Patent ID: 9374525
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A shooting apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit that picks up objects to obtain a picked-up image; a frame setting unit that sets frames for arranging a plurality of still images obtained from the picked-up image as a combination photograph based on a photographer's operation before the still images are shot; an object determination unit that determines an object from the picked-up image based on a photographer's object designation operation before the still images are shot; a still image acquisition unit that acquires the still images including the object determined by the object determination unit from the picked-up image while the image pickup unit shoots a moving image; an arrangement unit that arranges the still images acquired by the still image acquisition unit in the frames set by the frame setting unit based on a photographer's operation to form an arrangement; and a combining unit that combines the still images acquired by the still image acquisition unit according to the arrangement formed by the arrangement unit to generate the combination photograph; wherein the frame setting unit sets the frame based on a photographer's operation on a display screen on which the picked-up image is displayed while the image pickup unit shoots the moving image.