Patent ID: 8072485
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image taking apparatus, comprising: an image taking mode switching device which switches between a multi-viewpoint image taking mode that takes a subject image that is viewed from a plurality of viewpoints and a single viewpoint image taking mode that takes a subject image that is viewed from a single viewpoint; an image taking mode detection device which detects the image taking mode that is switched to by the image taking mode switching device; an image pickup device which acquires a multi-viewpoint image or a single viewpoint image that is taken in the image taking mode that is switched to by the image taking mode switching device; a recording device which records a multi-viewpoint image or a single viewpoint image acquired with the image pickup device on a recording medium; a protection setting device which, in a case where the multi-viewpoint image taking mode is detected by the image taking mode detection device, sets a protection with respect to a multi-viewpoint image that is recorded by the recording device so that the multi-viewpoint image is not changed; an edit mode setting device which, in a case where images including the multi-viewpoint image are recorded on the recording medium, sets an edit mode that edits a desired image that is selected from among the images; an edit mode detection device which detects whether or not the edit mode is set; a warning device which, when the desired image is the multi-viewpoint image in a case where the edit mode is detected by the edit mode detection device, issues a warning to the effect that the multi-viewpoint image is to be edited; a protection canceling device which, in a case where selection of the multi-viewpoint image is confirmed after a warning is issued by the warning device, cancels the protection that is set for the selected multi-viewpoint image; and an editing device which edits the multi-viewpoint image for which the protection is cancelled by the protection canceling device, wherein the recording device records the multi-viewpoint image that is edited by the editing device on a recording medium, and the protection setting device sets a protection with respect to the edited multi-viewpoint image that is recorded by the recording device so that the multi-viewpoint image is not changed.