Patent ID: 9191684
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: an image capturing device; and a controller which is configured to: acquire a displacement amount by which the image capturing apparatus moves in a first direction while an object is sequentially captured by the image capturing device; set a determination criterion for determining whether image data output by the image capturing device is suitable for combining; change a level of the determination criterion from a first level which is set when a total displacement amount of the image capturing apparatus is within a first range of the displacement amount, to a second level which is more relaxed than the first level and which is set when the total displacement amount of the image capturing apparatus exceeds the first range of the displacement amount to be within a second range of the displacement amount; determine whether image data of an object is valid as a composition target based on the determination criterion with the changed level; and combine image data determined to be valid as a composition target.