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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, a combining unit configured to superimpose an image captured by the second imaging unit on an image captured by the first imaging unit, and a control unit configured to control a position combining the image captured by the second imaging unit with the image captured by the first imaging unit. The control unit changes the combining position according to the orientation of the imaging apparatus that is detected by the orientation detection unit.