Patent ID: 8350929
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: image pickup means for picking up an image pickup object to produce image data; transformation information calculation means for calculating, based on a first picked up image which is an image corresponding to the image data and a second picked up image positioned later than the first picked up image on a time axis upon image pickup of the image data, transformation information regarding the first picked up image and the second picked up image; image storage means for storing those images which are positioned prior to the second picked up image on the time axis as history images; image transformation means for transforming the second picked up image based on the calculated transformation information; image synthesis means for synthesizing the transformed second picked up image with the history images to form a synthesized image; operation acceptance means for accepting a designation operation for designating a display magnification of the second picked up image; and control means for determining a display region on the synthesized images stored in the image storage means based on the designated display magnification and causing the images included in the display region to be displayed successively, wherein