Image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and recording medium

摘要

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device that converts an image entering through a lens system into a captured image; a display unit that displays an image with a first field angle obtained from the captured image that is currently being shot; a moving distance detecting unit that detects a moving distance between images with the first field angle based on a plurality of images with the first angle sequentially captured; a partial image storing unit that stores an image with a second field angle that is less than the first field angle; and a panorama composing unit that composes a panoramic image based on a plurality of images with the second field angle stored in the partial image storing unit and the moving distances between the images with the first field angle that are respectively associated with the plurality of images with the second field angle.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image obtaining circuitry configured to capture and store a plurality of first images at a first field angle; a moving distance detecting circuitry configured to detect a moving distance between a pair of the first images that are sequentially captured; and a partial image storing circuitry configured to generate and store, during the capture of the plurality of first images, only a plurality of second images at a second field angle, wherein a length of the plurality of second images in a direction parallel to a moving direction of the image pickup apparatus is less than that of the plurality of first images, the plurality of first images having a leading edge and trailing edge in a direction parallel to the moving direction, wherein each second image is generated by cutting out a portion of the corresponding first image in accordance with the moving direction and a moving distance between a pair of the first images sequentially captured corresponding thereto, in which the cutting out is by cutting through at least one of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the first image only in a direction approximately perpendicular to the moving direction, in which, during the capture of the plurality of first images, the each second image is stored by discarding the portion of the corresponding first image that is cut out, wherein a panoramic image is created from the plurality of second images according to the moving distances.