Patent ID: 9204053
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to image an image of an object through a lens; a display unit configured to display the image imaged by the imaging unit; an interested-position obtaining unit configured to obtain specification of an interested position in the image displayed on the display unit; a face detector configured to detect a face near the interested position; a zoom operation obtaining unit provided for the lens and configured to obtain a zoom operation and to determine a cutout range change per time; and an image-processing unit configured to perform, on the image, a first electronic zoom processing and a second electronic zoom processing of enlarging the interested position, in accordance with the zoom operation, the first electronic zoom processing being a zoom-in processing from a current area to an area determined based on a size of the face, and the second electronic zoom processing being a zoom-in processing from the area determined based on the size of the face to a center of the face.