Patents Examined by Paul Barardesca
  • Patent number: 8976255
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first and a second imaging unit, a clipping unit, an image processing control unit. The first imaging unit is provided on a front face of an apparatus main body. The second imaging unit is provided on a back face of the apparatus main body. The clipping unit clips image data of the second main subject from the second acquired image data. The image processing control unit combines the first acquired image data with the image data of the second main subject clipped by the clipping unit to meet combining conditions determined by the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuoto, Osamu Nonaka, Kenichi Horie, Kensei Ito, Yoshiyuki Fukuya