Patent ID: 9485413
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G02B,G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging controller capable of performing image capturing with an optical zoom that optically zooms an image capturing lens and with an electronic zoom that electronically zooms an image, the imaging controller comprising: an image data input unit configured to input image data obtained by the image capturing; a display unit configured to display an image related to the image data; a touch panel provided on the display unit and configured to perform input to receive a user-specified position for changing an angle of view of the image displayed by the display unit; an angle-of-view setting unit configured to set, as an angle of view of the image displayed by the display unit, an area where positions of the input received by the touch panel define a diagonal line or an area including an image corresponding to the positions of the input received by the touch panel; a zoom control determination unit configured to determine to zoom with the optical zoom when the angle of view set by the angle-of-view setting unit includes an optical axis, and to determine to zoom with the electronic zoom when the angle-of-view set by the angle-of-view setting unit includes no optical axis; an angle-of-view change pattern setting unit configured to set a first pattern as an angle-of-view change pattern in zooming when an imaging device does not perform image capturing, and to set a second pattern different from the first pattern, as the angle-of-view change pattern in zooming when the imaging device performs the image capturing; and a control unit configured to change the angle of view of the image displayed by the display unit in accordance with a determination result of the zoom control determination unit and the angle-of-view change pattern set by the angle-of-view change pattern setting unit.