| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a higher-quality panorama image with a lower calculation cost. SOLUTION: An image capturing apparatus captures a plurality of images in a moving state, combines the captured images arranged on a panorama coordinate system so that the subjects are substantially overlapped with one another to generate one panoramic image. A moving subject detector 64 detects a moving subject from consecutive two images, and generates subject information representing a degree of a movement of the moving subject. A subject information projection unit 65 projects the subject information on a sweep axis constituting the panorama coordinate system. A connection line calculation unit 66 determines connection lines when the captured images are connected based on the subject information projected on the sweep axis. The image capturing apparatus determines the connection line with low-cost calculation, such as one-dimensional search, in the sweep axis direction. The present invention is applicable to the image capturing apparatus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
