Patent ID: 9167142
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a first recording control unit configured to perform control to record an uncombined image captured in a multiple exposure shooting mode on a recording medium; a generation unit configured to combine an image or images captured in the multiple exposure shooting mode to generate a multiple combined image to be recorded on the recording medium; a second recording control unit configured to perform control to record the multiple combined image on the recording medium; a control unit configured to, if a number of images to be combined by the generation unit is one when multiple exposure shooting ends, perform control to prevent the generation unit from generating the multiple combined image or to prevent the second recording control unit from recording the multiple combined image; and a base image setting unit configured to set a base image to be combined with an image captured in the multiple exposure shooting mode, from among an image or images recorded on the recording medium, wherein, if no base image is set by the base image setting unit and the number of images captured in the multiple exposure shooting mode is less than or equal to one when the multiple exposure shooting ends, the control unit is configured to perform control to prevent the generation unit from generating the multiple combined image or to prevent the second recording control unit from recording the multiple combined image, and wherein the first recording control unit is configured to perform control to record the uncombined image regardless of whether the multiple combined image is generated or recorded.