Patent ID: 9661232
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image-viewing system, comprising: a body with a lens to gather an image including target subject matter; an image sensor having a resolution in pixels for receiving the image; a viewfinder for displaying at least a portion of the image received by the image sensor; a processor operative to digitally zoom in by utilizing a subject of the image sensor pixels to gather the image, thereby magnifying a portion of the image displayed in the viewfinder; apparatus for automatically digitally zooming out the image displayed in the viewfinder if relative movement is detected between the body and the target subject matter, and automatically digitally zooming in the image displayed in the viewfinder if the relative movement between the subject matter and the body slows down or stops; wherein the rate of zoom relative to the movement of the subject matter is user adjustable; and wherein the apparatus is operative to automatically zoom out or zoom in, regardless of the position of the target subject matter in the viewfinder, in response to movement of the target subject matter relative to the body, movement of the body relative to the target subject matter, or movement of both the target subject matter and body sufficient to cause relative movement therebetween.