Decimating and cropping based zoom factor for a digital camera
US7688364B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/134
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A camera system and a method for zooming the camera system is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an electronic image by sensing an optical image received by the camera, the sensing including electronic cropping to a window size to establish an initial resolution for the electronic image, (B) generating a final image by decimating the electronic image by a decimation factor to a final resolution smaller than the initial resolution and (C) changing a zoom factor for the final image by adjusting both of the decimation factor and the window size.
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