Patent ID: 7590335

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: first captured image obtaining means for acquiring a first captured image by capturing an image of a subject at predetermined angle of view; second captured image obtaining means for acquiring a second captured image by means of capturing an image of a subject identical with the subject while at least one of the image capturing angle of view and an attitude of the camera is changed as compared with its counterpart used for capturing the first captured image; attitude detection means for detecting the attitude of the camera during image-capture operation; rotation processing means for rotating the first captured image in order to make an image of the subject in the first captured image stand in an erect position, on the basis of the attitude detected at the time of capture of the first captured image; and compensation means for compensating for missing portions where portions of the image are absent in a predetermined image recording range due to rotation of the first captured image, on the basis of the second captured image wherein the first captured image obtaining means and the second captured image obtaining means are two image capture means which are independently provided in one camera and capable of simultaneously acquiring images of a single subject at different angles of view; and the first captured image and the second captured image we images which are simultaneously captured by the two image capture means.