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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to convert an object image formed by a photographing optical system, of the photographing apparatus, into electrical pixel signals, the photographing optical system including an optical element; and a photographing controller configured to control a photographing operation, in which a set of images for use in an image-synthesizing operation are photographed. During the photographing operation, the image sensor and the optical element are sequentially moved relative to each other from a reference position to relative positions in a direction different to a direction of the optical axis, wherein every time the photographing controller obtains a photographed image at each relative position, the photographing controller determines whether or not the photographed image satisfies usage testing-requirements for a constituent: image of the set of images. A photographing controller, a photographing control method, and a photographing control program are also provided.