Patent ID: 7423671

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a storage device for storing first image data and second image data obtained respectively in a first photographing operation and a second photographing operation; a first direction-designating unit for designating a direction for the first image data stored in the storage device; a second direction-designating unit for designating a direction for the second image data stored in the storage device; a direction-comparing unit for comparing the directions designated respectively for the first image data and the second image data; an image-angle correcting unit for adjusting a tilt of at least one of the first and the second image data depending on a comparison result produced by the direction-comparing unit so that the directions of the first image data and the second image data are made to coincide; an image composing unit for combining the first image data and the second image data, as adjusted by the image-angle correcting unit; and an image designating unit for designating one of the first image data and the second image data, wherein the image-angle correcting unit corrects the tilt of the image data designated by the image designating unit so that the direction of the designated image data coincides with the direction of the other image data.