Panoramic imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program with warning detection

摘要

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device capturing a subject image through an optical system; an image signal processor having a function of combining multiple captured images into a single image, the images being captured during the period when the imaging apparatus is moved; and a control unit, wherein the image signal processor detects any effect of parallax or a moving subject based on the similarity among motion vectors between adjacent images, and the control unit issues a warning when the image signal processor detects any effect of the moving object or parallax to prompt image recapturing.

主权项

1. An imaging apparatus for capturing multiple strip-shaped images to be combined to generate a panoramic image, comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture the multiple strip-shaped images to be combined to generate the panoramic image while the imaging apparatus is being moved in a direction perpendicular to readout lines of the image sensor; and a system controller configured to detect any effect of parallax on the multiple strip-shaped images and issue a warning when any effect of parallax is detected to prompt image recapturing, wherein,
each of the multiple strip-shaped images is a central portion that is clipped from an imaging range of the image sensor, andthe multiple strip-shaped images are captured at an overlapping rate of 50% or higher so that any part of a subject appears in at least two temporally adjacent strip-shaped images.