Patent ID: 7509041

Claim:
An image-capturing device having multiple optical systems, the image-capturing device comprising: an image-capturing optical system having a first image-capturing optical system which is of a zoom type and a second image-capturing optical system which is of a zoom type, wherein an angle of view at a wide end of a zoom range of the first image-capturing optical system is set to be wider than an angle of view at a wide end of a zoom range of the second image-capturing optical system and the zoom ranges are set so that a portion of the zoom range of the first image-capturing optical system overlaps a portion of the zoom range of the second image-capturing optical system; a user setting unit which sets an angle of view for image capturing to an angle of view desired by a user; and a controller which applies a control to switch to the second image-capturing optical system at a tele end or a position near the tele end of the first image-capturing optical system when the first image-capturing optical system is used to zoom in and to switch to the first image-capturing optical system at a wide end or a position near the wide end of the second image-capturing optical system when the second image-capturing optical system is used to zoom out, the controller further controls a switching point between the first image-capturing system and the second image-capturing system when a captured image is transitioned from wide to tele that is not identical and differs from the switching point between the first image-capturing system and the second image-capturing system when the captured image is transitioned from tele to wide.