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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method for activating image pickup apparatus
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Tomoki Iwasaki, Fuchu, JP;
Susumu Hashimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Toshihiro Hamada, Fuchu, JP;
Yuji Kutsuma, Kokubunji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device configured to pick up an optical image formed by an objective optical system and generate an image; a cut-out range setting portion configured to set a cut-out area so that a center comes close to a field-of-view center as a zoom magnification set by an electronic zoom setting portion increases; and a zoom processing portion configured to cut out the set cut-out area from the image, perform enlargement or reduction corresponding to the zoom magnification and generate a zoomed image.