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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Haruo Kogane, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Ootsuna, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus which can prevent a privacy zone from being shifted from a mask when a magnification converting lens is switched. The imaging unit () has an extender () which is a magnification converting lens capable of switching between an inserted state and an extracted state with respect to an optical axis. The signal processing circuit () composites a mask to an object region of the privacy zone in the image generated by the imaging unit (). The control unit () controls the signal processing circuit () according to switching of the extender (). When the extender () is switched, the control unit () instructs the signal processing circuit () to change the mask region in the image according to the magnification shift caused by the switching of the extender () and maintains the privacy zone in a masked state after the signal processing circuit () is switched.