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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract
For pixel signals of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first pixel area arranged in a two dimensional matrix form, a size of the first pixel area is converted to output first image data, and for pixel signals of pixels arranged in a second pixel area smaller than the first pixel area, a size of the second pixel area is converted to output second image data, wherein an operating mode is changed in response to the size of the second pixel area.