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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Nobuyuki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiyuki Shiratani, Sagamihara, JP;
Noriyuki Iyama, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Mihara, Tama, JP;
Hiroyuki Minakata, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyuki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiyuki Shiratani, Sagamihara, JP;
Noriyuki Iyama, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Mihara, Tama, JP;
Hiroyuki Minakata, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprises an optical magnification changing mechanism which optically changes a magnification of an image, and an electronic magnification changing mechanism which reduces or expands a magnification with respect to image data by signal processing, the imaging apparatus providing a magnification-changed image according to a predetermined magnification based on the optical magnification changing mechanism and the electronic magnification changing mechanism. The optical magnification changing mechanism has at least two magnifications W and T (W<T) which are discrete each other, and has a switching mechanism which, when a predetermined magnification M (W<M<T) has been set, switches an image obtained by the magnification W and an expanding conversion using the electronic magnification changing mechanism and an image obtained by the magnification T and a reducing conversion using the electronic magnification changing mechanism.