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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kensei Ito, Sagamihara, JP;
Maki Toida, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tani, Sagamihara, JP;
Manabu Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup device includes a display unit that includes a plurality of display areas, a display control unit that controls the display unit so that an image displayed in one of the plurality of display areas is changed from a live view image to an image obtained by an image pickup unit in accordance with a shooting instruction when a first reception unit has received the shooting instruction and so that an image displayed in a display area specified by a display position changing instruction is changed to a live view image when a second reception unit has received the display position changing instruction, and an image process unit that synthesizes image data of a plurality of images being displayed in the plurality of display areas and generates image data of a combined image in which the plurality of images are laid out as displayed in the display unit.