Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus having enhanced zoom operation
- Patent Title (中): 具有增强的变焦操作的成像设备
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Application No.: US12189274Application Date: 2008-08-11
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Publication No.: US08154626B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Ohsawa
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Ohsawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc IP Division
- Priority: JP2007-215622 20070822
- Main IPC: H04N5/262
- IPC: H04N5/262

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus includes a zoom operation unit operable to perform a zoom operation, an extraction unit configured to extract a main object from an captured image plane, and a control unit configured to control a zoom speed by using the size of a region occupied by the main object with respect to the captured image plane and operation information of the zoom operation unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090051789A1 IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-02-26
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