Electronic zooming apparatus and digital camera

Details Electronic zooming apparatus and digital camera Electronic zooming apparatus and digital camera

2008-07-18

2011-11-08

Villecco, John M (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

C382S298000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08054345

ABSTRACT:
A digital camera includes a memory, and pixel data cut out from the memory is subjected to ½ horizontal thinning processing by a ½ horizontal thinning circuit when a zooming magnification is equal to or larger than “2”, and the thinned pixel data is written to an image buffer. A zooming circuit performs zooming processing on the thinned pixel data stored in the image buffer. Here, when the zooming magnification is smaller than “2”, the zooming circuit performs the zooming processing on original pixel data being read from the memory and then stored in the image buffer.

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English translation of Japanese Office Action dated May 24, 2011, issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-188101 submitted with IDS filed May 27, 2011.
Japanese Office Action dated May 24, 2011, issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-188101.

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