Imaging device

Abstract

An imaging control unit specifies a scan region, including an effective pixel region and a blanking region, of an image based on a magnification for electronic zooming, and converts an input optical signal into an electrical signal by scanning the scan region. The imaging control unit reads the electrical signal stored and delivers the electrical signal to an image sensor unit as picture data. An RW control unit stores the picture data in a register based on the magnification for electronic zooming, and then reads the picture data at a predetermined frame rate. A resolution converter performs interpolation processing of the picture data based on the magnification for electronic zooming.

1 . An imaging device comprising: 
 means for specifying a scan region, including an effective pixel region and a blanking region, of an image based on a magnification for electronic zooming;    means for converting an input optical signal into an electrical signal by scanning the scan region, for storing the electrical signal, for reading the electrical signal stored, and for outputting the electrical signal as picture data;    means for storing the picture data based on the magnification for electronic zooming and for reading the picture data at a fixed frame rate; and    means for interpolation processing of the picture data read, based on the magnification for electronic zooming.    
   
   
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       7 . An imaging device comprising: 
 means for specifying a scan region, including an effective pixel region and a blanking region, of an image based on a magnification for electronic zooming;    means for converting an input optical signal into an electrical signal by scanning the scan region, for storing the electrical signal, for reading the electrical signal stored, and for outputting the electrical signal as picture data;    means for interpolation processing of the picture data read, based on the magnification for electronic zooming; and    means for storing the picture data on which the interpolation processing has been performed, based on the magnification for electronic zooming, and for reading the picture data at a fixed frame rate.