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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hee-chul Han, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an image zooming method and an image zooming apparatus for optical zooming by using a plurality of lenses with different focal lengths. The image zooming method includes capturing an identical scene via a plurality of lenses; obtaining a first image and a second image of the identical scene that have different resolving powers; determining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image which corresponds to the first area; and generating a composite image the second area and a remaining area of the first image from which the first area is excluded.