Wireless terminal comprising a camera
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHirotsugu Shirakawa
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Abstract
A camera installed in a wireless terminal comprises a first electronic zooming means to operate by hardware and a second electronic zooming means to operate by software. The first electronic zooming means quickly select one of several pictures with predetermined scale factor. The second electronic zooming means zoom in or out a picture in small steps. An operator can quickly display a picture of desired scale factor by these two means. Further, in a foldable type terminal with a magnetic sensor, a picture with desired scale factor can be displayed by adjusting an angle between a first housing and a second housing.
Claims17
A wireless terminal comprising a camera, comprising:
- a first electronic zooming means for zooming in or out a picture of an object by hardware;
- a second electronic zooming means for zooming in or out a picture of an object by software;
- a control unit for controlling the first and the second electronic zooming means;
- a display;
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- an operation key section.
A method for operating a wireless terminal comprising a camera comprising the steps of:
- zooming in or out a picture by a first electronic zooming means based on hardware;
- zooming in or out a picture by a second electronic zooming means based on software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.