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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Tomoyasu Kurokawa, Kokubunji, JP;
Tomoyasu Kurokawa, Kokubunji, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a digital camera, when the shutter is half-depressed, a controlling sectionsequentially acquires current through-images imaged by an image acquiring sectionwhich are wide-angle images imaged before zooming. Then, when a zoom operation is performed, the controlling sectionholds a wide-angle image acquired at that point as a guidance image. Next, when the zoom magnification exceeds a predetermined magnification (for example, 3×), the controlling sectiondisplays in a display sectionthe guidance image (wide-angle: low magnification) imaged before the zoom operation with a telephoto image imaged after the zoom operation. At the same time, a position corresponding to the current telephoto image is displayed to be identifiable within the guidance image. As a result, an imaging subject is easily confirmed when zooming is performed from wide-angle imaging to telephoto imaging.