Patent ID: 9706109
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a first imaging unit; a second imaging unit; an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus; a combining unit configured to generate a combined image by combining an image captured by the second imaging unit with an image captured by the first imaging unit; a recording control unit configured to control the recording of an image performed by the recording unit; and a control unit configured to control the generating the combined image performed by the combining unit and the recording of the combined image performed by the recording unit, wherein the control unit changes a combining position where the image captured by the second imaging unit is combined with the image captured by the first imaging unit according to the orientation of the imaging apparatus detected by the orientation detection unit, wherein in a case where the orientation of the imaging apparatus detected by the orientation detection unit is a first orientation, the control unit performs control such that the combining unit generates the combined image by combining the image captured by the second unit with a rotated image which the image captured by the first imaging unit is rotated, and wherein the control unit performs control the recording such that the recording unit records the combined image having a predetermined image size, and in a case where the image captured by the first imaging unit is rotated, predetermined data is added to the rotated image, and the recording unit records the combined image that includes the rotated image to which the predetermined data is added.