Imaging apparatus and method for displaying zoom information

• US 20080055429A1
• Filed: 08/15/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoshida, Tohru
• Granted Patent: US 8,040,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/240.99
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

An imaging apparatus is provided, which includes an image capturing unit, an adjusting unit and a display unit. The adjusting unit adjusts a clipped area for an image captured by the image capturing unit on photographing mode. The display unit displays a first number of pixels of the clipped area adjusted by the adjusting unit.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image capturing unit;

an adjusting unit that adjusts a clipped area for an image captured by the image capturing unit on photographing mode; and

a display unit that displays a first number of pixels of the clipped area adjusted by the adjusting unit.

2. An imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit;

a setting unit that sets a second number of pixels of an image to be recorded on the storage unit;

a judging unit that judges whether or not the first number of pixels is larger than the second number of pixels; and

a first display controller that controls the display unit to display the second number of pixels when the judging unit has judged that the first number of pixels is larger than the second number of pixels.

3. An imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second display controller that controls the display unit to display a zoom magnification corresponding to the clipped area adjusted by the adjusting unit.

4. An imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging lens;

a moving unit that moves the imaging lens; and

a position setting unit that sets for the moving unit a position of the imaging lens at a time of the adjusting unit starting to adjust the clipped area.

5. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image capturing unit;

an imaging lens;

a moving unit that moves the imaging lens;

an adjusting unit that adjusts a clipped area for an image captured by the image capturing unit on photographing mode;

a position setting unit that sets for the moving unit a position of the imaging lens at a time of the adjusting unit starting to adjust the clipped area.

6. An imaging apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

an acquiring unit that acquires a photographing condition of the imaging apparatus at a time of the adjusting unit starting to adjust the clipped area; and

a display unit that displays the photographing condition in addition to a zoom magnification corresponding to the clipped area.

7. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image capturing unit;

an adjusting unit that adjusts a clipped area for an image captured by the image capturing unit on photographing mode;

a first output unit that outputs a zoom magnification corresponding to the clipped area;

a memory unit that stores information about degradation of the image quality, which occurs at a time of recording due to the adjustment performed by the adjusting unit, in correlation with the clipped area;

a SECOND output unit that outputs the information about degradation corresponding to the clipped area read out from the memory unit; and

a display unit that displays the zoom magnification outputted by the first output unit and the information about degradation outputted by the second output unit.

8. A method for displaying zoom information of an imaging apparatus having a display unit, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) adjusting a clipped area for a captured image; and

(b) displaying a number of pixels of the clipped area adjusted in step (a).

9. A method for determining a position of an imaging lens of an imaging apparatus that has a moving unit for moving the imaging lens, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) adjusting a clipped area for a captured image; and

(b) outputting to the moving unit a position of the imaging lens at a time of starting to adjust the clipped area in step (a).

10. A method for controlling a display unit of an imaging apparatus having a memory unit that stores information about degradation of an image at a time of recording in correlation with a clipped area, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) adjusting a clipped area for a captured image;

(b) outputting a zoom magnification corresponding to the clipped area adjusted in step (a);

(c) outputting the information about degradation corresponding to the clipped area read out from the memory unit; and

(d) displaying the zoom magnification outputted in step (b) and the information about degradation outputted in step (c).