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Image capturing apparatus capable of displaying live preview image

US8294805B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 2009
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/667
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject and outputs image data containing the image; a display unit configured to display a live preview image of the subject based on the image data output from the imaging unit; a processor configured to set an image size of the image to be recorded and perform image processing on the live preview image to control a display range of the live preview image to be displayed on the display unit based on the image size to be recorded.

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