Patent ID: 9253398
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor which sequentially captures an object and sequentially outputs plural pieces of image data while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction; and a CPU which is configured to: perform first display control to display, on a display, a processing area for generating composite image data to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor, wherein the processing area shows a predetermined range to be overwritten with the composite image data; judge whether a specific position of a photographing range of the image sensor is within the processing area in a state in which another part of the photographing range which does not include the specific position is within the processing area; and perform second display control to display, on the display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return the specific position of the photographing range to the processing area when it is judged that the specific position of the photographing range is not within the processing area in the state in which said another part of the photographing range which does not include the specific position is within the processing area, wherein the directional indicator image is displayed so as to be superimposed on the processing area.