Imaging apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorAtsushi TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus according to an implementation of the present invention is connected to a memory and includes: an imaging device reading any given area; a main image storage unit reading an image of a main image area, the image representing a whole image formed on the imaging device, and store in the memory an image associated with the read image as a main image; a sub image storage unit reading an image of a watch area from the imaging device, the watch area being an area to be watched, and store the read image in the memory as a sub image; an encoder encoding the main image and the sub image stored in the memory by the main image storage unit and the sub image storage unit; and a recording unit recording the main image and the sub image encoded by the encoder on a recording medium.
Claims13
An imaging apparatus connected to a memory, said apparatus comprising:
- an imaging device which reads any given area;
- a main image storage unit configured to read an image of a main image area, the image representing a whole image formed on said imaging device, and store in the memory an image associated with the read image as a main image;
- a sub image storage unit configured to read an image of a watch area from said imaging device, the watch area being an area to be watched, and store the read image in the memory as a sub image;
- an encoder which encodes the main image and the sub image stored in the memory by said main image storage unit and said sub image storage unit;
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- a recording unit configured to record the main image and the sub image encoded by said encoder on a recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.