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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Olympus Imaging Corp., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuyuki Uemura, Tachikawa, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an optical system configured to form an image of an object; an imaging unit configured to image an image of the object and generate image data; a first image generating unit configured to generate a first image data based on image data from a first area of the image data; a second image generating unit configured to generate a second image data based on image data from a second area of the image data; and a controller which (A) detects a setting operation and then sets the first area in the second area, and (B) detects a zooming operation and then performs zooming of the optical system, wherein a zooming range of the optical system is limited based on a setting of the second area.
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