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US 2010/0245630 A1Published application
Imaging apparatus having a zoom function
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoyasu KUROKAWA
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AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoyasu KUROKAWA
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In a digital camera, when the shutter is half-depressed, a controlling section 20 sequentially acquires current through-images imaged by an image acquiring section 10 which are wide-angle images imaged before zooming. Then, when a zoom operation is performed, the controlling section 20 holds a wide-angle image acquired at that point as a guidance image. Next, when the zoom magnification exceeds a predetermined magnification (for example, 3×), the controlling section 20 displays in a display section 25 the guidance image (wide-angle: low magnification) imaged before the zoom operation with a telephoto image imaged after the zoom operation. At the same time, a position corresponding to the current telephoto image is displayed to be identifiable within the guidance image. As a result, an imaging subject is easily confirmed when zooming is performed from wide-angle imaging to telephoto imaging.
An imaging apparatus comprising:
An imaging method using an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, a zoom unit for changing a zoom magnification during imaging by the imaging unit, and a display unit for displaying an image imaged by the imaging unit in real time, comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer in an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, a zoom unit for changing a zoom magnification during imaging by the imaging unit, and a display unit for displaying an image imaged by the imaging unit in real time, the program being executable by the computer to perform a process comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.