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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Osamu Yuki, Atsugi, JP;
Seiji Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Yuki, Atsugi, JP;
Seiji Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to form a magnified image without degradation of a resolution, signals of pixels contained in a first image pickup area are read through addition of n (n is a natural number) pixels, and signals of pixels contained in a second image pickup area smaller than the first image pickup area are read through addition of m (m<n, m is a natural number) pixels or without addition.