Patent ID: 7068310
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device for receiving an input image and producing two size-adjusted output images, the device comprising: photographing means for capturing the input image and outputting the captured input image as image data; first adjusting means for performing image size adjustment using a linear interpolation on the image data to produce a first output image that is displayed and outputted; second adjusting means for performing image size adjustment using a curve interpolation on the image data to produce a second output image that is recorded on a recording medium; display data output means for displaying the first output image; and recording means for recording the second output image in said recording medium, wherein the image size adjustment using a linear interpolation allows the first adjustment means to be simply configured to cope with changes in display operations of the display data output means, and wherein the image size adjustment using a curve interpolation allows the second adjustment means to substantially reduce image degradation so that the second output image can be recorded with high quality.