Patent ID: 8310563

Claim:
An imaging apparatus for capturing multiple object images that are subject to be combined to generate a panoramic image, comprising: a Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor configured to image the multiple object images while the imaging apparatus is being moved in a direction perpendicular to readout lines of the CMOS image sensor; a controller configured to perform optical axis control with respect to a predetermined shape of a segment corresponding to a plurality of readout lines of the CMOS image sensor for each of the multiple object images so that the optical axis is changed in a direction for negating the movement of the imaging apparatus during a first period when the predetermined shape of the segment of the CMOS image sensor is exposed, the optical axis returning to a vicinity of approximately a center of the movement during a second period other than the first period, wherein, portions of each of the multiple object images corresponding to the predetermined shape of the segment of the CMOS image sensor are subject to be combined so as to generate the panoramic image.