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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Toshiaki Nakahira, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiaki Nakahira, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital camera includes an imaging device driven by at least two kinds of drive modes, an image display device having a number of pixels less than a number of pixels of the imaging device, and an enlarging display setting device that enlarges a part of an area of a whole image obtained by the imaging device at a desired enlargement ratio and to display an enlarged image on the image display device. One of the at least two kinds of drive modes for driving the imaging device is selected such that a resolution of the part of the area of the whole image to be enlarged is greater than a resolution of the image display device.