IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/077805

A1

The purpose of the invention is to achieve full panoramic imaging with a normal image capturing device without requiring the user to carry out a complicated setting operation. The image capturing device is provided with: an image capturing unit to which an adaptor provided with a full panoramic image capturing optical system for capturing a full panoramic image of a scene can be removably attached, said image capturing unit comprising an image capturing optical system for capturing an image of a scene in one direction, and an image capturing element for capturing an image of the scene image incident from the image capturing optical system; an attachment detection unit for detecting whether or not the adaptor is attached to the image capturing unit; and a controlling unit for controlling the setting of the image capturing device in accordance with the characteristics of the full panoramic image capturing optical system when the adaptor is attached to the image capturing unit.

SATO MUNEYUKI (JP)
OKEGAWA SHUUJI (JP)
OSANO KEIJI (JP)
NISHIMURA YOSHIHIKO (JP)

PCT/JP2010/067263

June 30, 2011

October 01, 2010

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SONY CORP (JP)
SATO MUNEYUKI (JP)
OKEGAWA SHUUJI (JP)
OSANO KEIJI (JP)
NISHIMURA YOSHIHIKO (JP)

H04N5/225; G02B7/28; G03B17/04; G03B17/18; G03B17/56; G03B37/00

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See also references of EP 2518994A4

KAMEYA, Yoshiaki et al. (JP)
Yoshiaki Kameya (JP)

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