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Imaging apparatus, method and program

US8068694B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2008
Grant dateNov 29, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/951
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging apparatus displays and records any area in a synthesized image according to user's taste. The synthesized image is displayed based on the set display area and the record area is set to display the synthesized image, so that the display area is compared with the record area to enable easily confirming whether the actually acquired synthesized image satisfies the area desired by the user and assisting recording in an area where a better composition is provided even if the user is unfamiliar with the composition.

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