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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2006
Applicants:

Takanobu Ujisato, Tokyo, JP;

Hideki Hama, Tokyo, JP;

Hiromitsu Baba, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaaki Kurebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Takanobu Ujisato, Tokyo, JP;

Hideki Hama, Tokyo, JP;

Hiromitsu Baba, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaaki Kurebayashi, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A camera system includes a camera apparatus for shooting an object to output an image signal and a camera control apparatus for controlling the camera apparatus such that the camera apparatus shoots a plurality of images constructing a panorama image in a predetermined order while changing zoom magnifications based on previously-determined setting and making a panorama image by joining a plurality of images with different zoom magnifications shot by the camera apparatus together.


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