Patent ID: 8289419
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion of an optical image; an optical zoom unit configured to perform optical magnification variation in response to a zooming operation; an electronic zoom unit configured to perform electronic magnification variation on a signal output from the imaging unit; and a controller configured to operate the electronic zoom unit together with the optical zoom unit in a first zoom range in response to the zooming operation, to operate the optical zoom unit without operating the electronic zoom unit in response to the zooming operation in a second zoom range, which is closer to a telephoto side than the first zoom range, and to operate the electronic zoom unit together with the optical zoom unit in response to the zooming operation in a third zoom range, which is closer to the telephoto side than the second zoom range; wherein the controller performs an electronic image stabilization to reduce image vibration using a number of pixels of an image corresponding to signal output from the imaging unit.