Patent Document ID: 20120281119
Application ID: 13511408
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image data creation support device for supporting creation of image data used by a display device in which data of a plurality of images that have been captured at a plurality of different zoom factors are interchangeably used as the data of an image to be displayed at a predetermined scale ratio when enlarging or reducing a display image, comprising: an input information acquisition unit configured to receive an input specifying a desired zoom factor for the image of an object from a user; an image-capturing unit configured to capture a plurality of images for displaying, that include the object, at a plurality of zoom factors starting with the zoom factor specified by the user which is received by the input information acquisition unit; and a metadata creation unit configured to obtain metadata which associates plurality of images captured by the image-capturing unit with one another and includes the the zoom factors of the respective images that determine an order and timing for the switching at the time of display, add the metadata to the image data, and then store the metadata in a memory device.