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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2006
Masao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Taro Kushida, Nagano, JP;
Masao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Taro Kushida, Nagano, JP;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
In an image-capturing device having multiple optical systems, power consumption is reduced and operativity by the user is improved. The image-capturing device has an optical system having a relatively wide angle of view, and an optical system having a relatively narrow angle of view. An image processing system displays an image obtained by the optical system on a display device, crops, from the image of the optical system, an image corresponding to an image-capturing area according to an amount of operation of a zoom operation lever by the user, and displays the cropped image on the display device. When the user operates a release button, the image processing system and a lens control system drive the optical system to an angle of view corresponding to the image-capturing area and stores an image obtained by the optical system in a storage device.