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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Katsunori Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device; a first storage section storing image data including an image obtained by the imaging device; a display section displaying the image data stored in the first storage section; an image-effect specification section specifying a type of image effect to be produced on the image data displayed in the display section; a scaling operation section capable of specifying expansion and contraction of the image data displayed in the display section and specifying a range of an image edit area on the displayed image data; and an image processing section performing image processing on the image edit area specified by the scaling operation section in accordance with the specification from the image-effect specification section.