JP2005175683A - Digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera capable of acquiring images in a plurality of regions from a photographed image at the same time when photographing an object. <P>SOLUTION: An imaging means photographs an image of the object. A display means has a display screen on which an image formed by a photographing lens is displayed. A region setting means sequentially sets a size and a position of a plurality of crop regions on the display screen to the image displayed on the display screen. A crop means captures an image in each crop region set by the region setting means as a crop image in response to a capture request via the imaging means. An image storage means stores each crop image. Since a plurality of crop regions can be set to the image displayed on the display screen, the digital camera can acquire images in a plurality of the regions from the image displayed on the display screen at the same time when the digital camera photographs the object. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital camera, and more particularly to a digital camera having a crop function for cutting out an image in a desired area from a captured image.

Recently, as the number of pixels of a digital camera increases, the data size of a captured image tends to increase, and effective utilization of the capacity of a storage medium for storing the image has become an important issue.
In order to solve this problem, a crop function (image cropping function) for designating a desired area (crop area) for a captured image and storing only an image (crop image) in the designated area in a storage medium is provided. A digital camera has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). Since a digital camera with a large number of pixels has a sufficient number of pixels even within a designated crop area, a sufficient image quality can be obtained even with a cropped image for a general purpose of use.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-177737 JP 2000-175095 A

  However, in the above-described conventional digital camera, only one crop area can be designated for an image (captured image) displayed on the display screen. For this reason, it has been impossible to acquire a plurality of crop images from an image displayed on the display screen at the same time as shooting. As a result, when the photographer wants to cut out images in a plurality of areas from the image to be photographed, it is necessary for the photographer to photograph while keeping in mind the image editing work after photographing, which is troublesome for the photographer.

  Further, in the above-described digital camera having the crop function, continuous shooting is not assumed, and the position of the crop area is fixed after the setting is completed. For this reason, for example, when continuously shooting a sports scene, there is a case where a shooting target initially included in the set crop area is out of the crop area as time passes. As a result, there has been a problem that it is impossible to obtain a crop image including temporally continuous shooting targets.

In view of such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera that can simultaneously acquire images in a plurality of regions from captured images.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera that can reliably acquire a crop image including temporally continuous shooting targets when shooting a shooting target that moves with time.

  In the digital camera of the first aspect, the imaging means captures an image of the subject. The display means has a display screen for displaying an image formed by the photographing lens. The area setting means sequentially sets the size and position of a plurality of crop areas on the display screen for the image displayed on the display screen. The cropping unit captures an image in each crop area set by the region setting unit as a cropped image in response to the capture request via the imaging unit. The image storage means stores each cropped image.

  According to another aspect of the digital camera of the present invention, the shooting mode selection means selects either single shooting or continuous shooting. The area mode setting means, when continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection means, for each crop area set by the area setting means, the position of the crop area is the position of the object set in the crop area. Either a movable mode that moves in accordance with the movement or a fixed mode in which the position of the crop area is fixed is set. The cropping unit repeats the cropped image capturing operation at a predetermined cycle when continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection unit.

In the digital camera according to the third aspect, the target designating unit designates an object as a moving target of the crop area for the crop area set in the movable mode by the area mode setting unit.
According to another aspect of the digital camera of the present invention, when the continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection unit, the information adding unit is configured for each crop region for a plurality of crop images sequentially captured by the crop unit in response to the capture request. In addition, capture order information indicating how many times these crop images have been captured is added.

According to another aspect of the digital camera of the present invention, the information adding unit adds timing information indicating that these cropped images have been captured simultaneously to the plurality of cropped images captured by the cropping unit in response to the capture request.
According to another aspect of the digital camera of the present invention, the area identifying means controls the display on the display screen in order to visually identify the crop area being set by the area setting means.

In the digital camera according to claim 7, the area identification means displays area identification information for identifying the crop areas from each other in each crop area set by the area setting means, and area identification of the crop area being set. Display information in the display screen.
According to another aspect of the digital camera of the present invention, the area identifying means lowers the luminance in the display screen excluding the inside of the crop area being set than in the crop area being set.

  According to another aspect of the digital camera, the area information storage means stores the size and position of each crop area set by the area setting means. The area information reading means stores the crop information stored in the area information storage means in order to set the size and position of a plurality of crop areas for the image displayed on the display screen without using the area setting means. Read the size and position of the area.

  In the digital camera according to the tenth aspect, the image storage means stores the entire image displayed in the display screen in addition to each crop image at a higher compression rate than each crop image.

  In the digital camera according to claim 1, the region setting unit can set a plurality of crop regions for the image displayed in the display screen. Therefore, the image in the plurality of regions (that is, the image displayed in the display screen (that is, Multiple crop images) can be acquired at the same time as shooting. For this reason, when the photographer wants to cut out images in a plurality of regions from the image to be photographed, the photographer can photograph without being conscious of the image editing work after photographing, and the troublesomeness can be eliminated. In addition, it is not necessary to perform an image editing operation for cutting out images in a plurality of regions from the photographed image after photographing.

In the digital camera according to claim 2, when continuous shooting is performed for a scene in which the position of the shooting target included in the set crop area changes with time, such as a sports scene, the time-sequential shooting target is included. Crop images can be acquired reliably.
In the digital camera according to claim 3, there is an object that moves in a direction different from a desired object in the crop area by specifying in advance an object that is a movement target of the crop area set in the movable mode. Even in this case, the position of the crop area can be reliably moved in accordance with a desired object.

In the digital camera according to claim 4, a crop image including a desired photographing target captured from the same crop area from among a large number of crop images stored in the image storage means can be easily obtained using the capture order information. Can be identified.
In the digital camera according to the fifth aspect, among the many crop images stored in the image storage means, it is possible to easily identify the crop images acquired simultaneously using the timing information.

In the digital camera according to the sixth to eighth aspects, by providing the area identifying means, the photographer can easily recognize the crop area being set, and can perform the crop area setting operation reliably and efficiently.
In the digital camera according to the ninth aspect, the setting operation of the crop area is completed only by reading the size and position of each crop area set at the time of previous photographing from the area information storage means. For this reason, it is possible to omit the crop area setting operation by the photographer, and to simplify the preparatory work before photographing.

  In the digital camera according to the tenth aspect, it is possible to save the entire image displayed in the display screen together with the cropped image in a state where the storage area of the image storage means necessary for saving the image is minimized.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a digital camera of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a main part of the digital camera of FIG. This digital camera is a so-called digital compact camera in which an image of a subject before photographing is displayed on an LCD.
The digital camera 10 includes a lens 12 (photographing lens), a CCD 14 (imaging unit) that captures an image of a subject through the lens 12, a control unit 16 that controls the entire digital camera 10, a display unit 18 (display unit), and an operation. Section 20, internal memory 22 (region information storage means), and storage medium 24 (image storage means).

  The display unit 18 includes an LCD 18a (display screen) for displaying images picked up by the CCD 14 and various menus, and an LCD driver. The operation unit 20 includes a mode dial 20a for selecting one of a crop photography mode using the crop function and a normal photography mode not using the crop function, a cross key 20b for performing various settings such as a photography condition, and the like. A determination button 20c and a shutter button 20d for instructing image acquisition (photographing) are provided.

  The internal memory 22 includes, for example, a ROM that stores firmware for causing the control unit 16 to execute various processes, an image captured by the CCD 14, and the size of the crop area set at the time of shooting in the previous crop shooting mode and It is composed of a RAM that stores various data such as position (previous area information). The storage medium 24 is, for example, a memory card (flash memory) that is detachably attached to the digital camera 10 and stores captured images.

Here, the operation of the digital camera 10 when shooting in the crop shooting mode will be described. At this time, the control unit 16 operates in accordance with the crop shooting mode program of the firmware stored in the internal memory 22.
When the photographer operates the mode dial 20a to select the crop shooting mode, the control unit 16 displays a menu for selecting either single shooting or continuous shooting on the LCD 18a of the display unit 18. The photographer operates the cross key 20b and the enter button 20c of the operation unit 20 with reference to the LCD 18a to select either single shooting or continuous shooting. As described above, the control unit 16, the display unit 18, and the operation unit 20 function as a shooting mode selection unit for selecting either single shooting or continuous shooting. Hereinafter, the operation of the digital camera 10 will be described separately when single shooting is selected and when continuous shooting is selected.

FIG. 3 shows the operation of the digital camera 10 when single shooting is performed in the crop shooting mode.
In step S10, the control unit 16 sets a menu for selecting whether or not to use the area information of the crop area set in the previous shooting stored in the internal memory 22 when setting the crop area. To display. The photographer operates the cross key 20b and the enter button 20c while referring to the LCD 18a to select whether or not to use the area information of the crop area set in the previous shooting. If the photographer has selected to use the previous area information, the process proceeds to step S20. If the photographer has not selected to use the previous area information, the process proceeds to step S30.

  In step S20, the control unit 16 reads the previous area information from the internal memory 22, and superimposes a frame indicating a crop area corresponding to the read previous area information on the captured image (monitor image) displayed in the LCD 18a. indicate. As described above, the control unit 16 functions as an area information reading unit that reads the size and position of the crop area stored in the internal memory 22. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S70. By using the previous area information, the following steps S30 to S60 are not required, and the preparatory work before photographing is simplified.

  In step S30, the control unit 16 displays a cursor for performing various settings, and displays a frame indicating a crop area having a default size in the center of the LCD 18a. The photographer sets the size and position of the crop area by operating the cross key 20b and the enter button 20c while referencing the LCD 18a to deform and move the frame indicating the crop area. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S40.

  Note that either the size setting or the position setting of the crop area may be performed first. In setting the size of the crop region, a lower limit value of the size of the crop region may be provided in advance in order to avoid deterioration of the image quality of the crop image. Further, the aspect ratio (aspect ratio) of the crop area may be limited to be the same as the image displayed in the LCD 18a, or may be arbitrarily set. The position setting of the crop area may be performed based on the center of the crop area, or may be performed based on any of the four corners of the crop area.

  In step S40, the control unit 16 displays on the LCD 18a a menu for selecting whether or not all the crop areas have been set. The photographer operates the cross key 20b and the enter button 20c while referring to the LCD 18a to select whether or not all the crop areas have been set. When the photographer selects setting completion, the process proceeds to step S50. If the photographer does not select setting completion, the process proceeds to step S30, and a new crop area setting process is performed. At this time, the new crop area may be set so that a part of the new crop area overlaps with the set crop area. Thus, the control unit 16, the display unit 18, and the operation unit 20 function as an area setting unit for sequentially setting the sizes and positions of the plurality of crop areas on the LCD 18a.

  During the processing of the loop composed of steps S30 and S40, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 16 sets the set crop area CA1 (area including the house) and the crop area CA2 being set (including cats). The area number (area identification information) for identifying the crop areas from each other is displayed in the upper right part in the area), and the area number of the crop area CA2 being set is displayed in the upper right part in the LCD 18a. Here, the area numbers of the crop areas CA1 and CA2 are 1 and 2, respectively. Thereby, the photographer can easily identify the crop area CA2 being set. In this way, the control unit 16 and the display unit 18 function as an area identifying unit for visually identifying the crop area being set. As shown in FIG. 5, the photographer can also set the crop area CA2 being set by setting the brightness in the LCD 18a except for the crop area CA2 being set to be lower than that in the crop area CA2 being set. Can be easily identified. The same effect can be obtained by reducing the contrast in the LCD 18a except for the crop area CA2 being set by the control unit 16.

In addition, when changing the setting of the crop area once the setting is completed, for example, the cursor is moved on the frame indicating the crop area to be changed by operating the cross key 20b and the determination button 20c is pressed. To be implemented.
In step S50, the control unit 16 displays on the LCD 18a a menu for selecting whether or not to save the size and position (region information) of each crop region set in step S30. In step S50, the photographer operates the cross key 20b and the determination button 20c while referring to the LCD 18a to select whether or not to save the size and position of each crop area. If the photographer has selected to save the area information, the process proceeds to step S60. If the photographer has not selected to save the area information, the process proceeds to step S70.

In step S60, the control unit 16 stores the size and position of each crop area set in step S30 in the internal memory 22. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S70.
In step S70, the control unit 16 waits until the shutter button 20d is pressed. When the photographer presses the shutter button 20d, the process proceeds to step S80.

  In step S80, the control unit 16 responds to the pressing (capture request) of the shutter button 20d to display each cropped image (set in step S30) from the image stored in the internal memory 22 for display in the LCD 18a. Image in each crop area). As described above, the control unit 16 functions as a crop unit that captures an image in each crop area as a crop image in response to a capture request. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S90. Note that the control unit 16 may display only each crop image on the LCD 18a after cutting out each crop image.

  In step S90, the control unit 16 saves each cropped image cut out in step S80 in the storage medium 24 with a file name that clearly indicates the shooting mode (single shooting), the region number, and the cutting date and time (timing information). To do. As described above, the control unit 16 functions as an information adding unit that adds timing information indicating that these are simultaneously captured to a plurality of crop images. Thus, the single shooting in the crop shooting mode is completed.

  The plurality of crop images acquired as described above are acquired in complete synchronization and are difficult to achieve when a plurality of digital cameras are used. In addition, since these cropped images are images cut out from an image captured by one CCD, there is a restriction that there is only one place where the focal point is in focus. It can respond enough.

FIG. 6 shows the operation of the digital camera 10 when continuous shooting is performed in the crop shooting mode. Detailed description of the same operation as that in the case of single shooting in the above-described crop shooting mode will be omitted.
First, similarly to the case of single shooting, steps S10 to S30 are performed according to the operation of the photographer.

  In step S32, the control unit 16 displays on the LCD 18a a menu for selecting either the movable mode or the fixed mode for the crop area being set. The photographer operates the cross key 20b and the enter button 20c while referring to the LCD 18a to set one of the movable mode and the fixed mode. Here, the position of the crop area set in the movable mode moves in accordance with the movement of the object set in the crop area during continuous shooting. The position of the crop area in the fixed mode is fixed during continuous shooting. As described above, the control unit 16, the display unit 18, and the operation unit 20 function as an area mode setting unit for setting either the movable mode or the fixed mode for each crop area. If the photographer sets the movable mode, the process proceeds to step S34. If the photographer sets the fixed mode, the process proceeds to step S40.

  In step S34, the control unit 16 displays a cursor for designating an object to be a movement target of the crop area in the crop area being set in the crop area being set. The photographer operates the cross key 20b while referring to the LCD 18a to move the cursor to a desired object in the crop area being set, and presses the enter button 20c to specify the movement target of the crop area. To do. As described above, the control unit 16, the display unit 18, and the operation unit 20 function as a target designating unit for designating an object to be moved with respect to the crop region set in the movable mode. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S40.

Then, similarly to the case of single shooting, steps S40 to S70 are performed according to the operation of the photographer.
In step S82, in response to the pressing of the shutter button 20d, the control unit 16 starts cropping of the cropped image and repeats it at a predetermined cycle. For example, the control unit 16 stores images captured by the CCD 14 in the internal memory 22 at regular time intervals, and stores the movement of the object (the feature point of the object) designated in step S34 in the internal memory 22. It detects from the difference between the performed images. And the control part 16 changes the position of the crop area | region set to the movable mode by step S32 according to a detection result. Thereby, even when continuous shooting is performed on a scene in which the position of the shooting target changes with time, a cropped image including a shooting target that is continuous in time is cut out. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S92.

  In step S92, the control unit 16 captures each cropped image extracted in step S82 by, for example, a shooting mode (continuous shooting), an area number, and a shooting sequence number (capture sequence) indicating how many times the clipping operation has been acquired. Information) and the file name clearly indicating the cut-out date and time, and sequentially stored in the storage medium 24. As described above, the control unit 16 functions as an information adding unit that adds, for each crop region, capture order information indicating how many times the crop images have been captured for each crop region. . Thereby, the continuous shooting in the crop shooting mode is completed.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of crop area settings during continuous shooting. For example, when shooting a soccer shoot scene continuously, the crop area CA1a is set to a movable mode, and a player to shoot is designated as a movement target. On the other hand, the crop area CA2a is set to the fixed mode with a size and a position covering the movement range of the goalkeeper. By setting the crop region in this way, it is possible to acquire a crop image obtained by capturing the movement of the player and goalkeeper shooting in the shooting scene in complete synchronization and in time.

  FIG. 8 shows another example of the crop area setting during continuous shooting. For example, when continuously shooting a table tennis rally scene, the crop areas CA1b and CA2b are both set to a movable mode, and a table tennis player included in each crop area is designated as a movement target. As a result, it is possible to acquire a crop image obtained by capturing the movements of each table tennis player in the rally scene in complete synchronization and in time.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
Since a plurality of crop areas can be set for the image displayed in the LCD 18a, images in the plurality of areas can be acquired simultaneously with photographing from the image displayed in the LCD 18a. For this reason, when the photographer wants to cut out images in a plurality of areas from the shot image, he / she can shoot without being aware of the image cutting work after shooting, and the troublesomeness is eliminated. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the need for an image editing operation for cutting out images in a plurality of areas from the captured image after shooting.

When continuous shooting is performed on a scene in which the position of the shooting target changes with time, a crop image including a shooting target that is continuous in time can be reliably acquired by setting the crop region including the shooting target to the movable mode. For this reason, it can respond to various imaging | photography uses and can expand the breadth of imaging | photography especially in the photography of a sports scene.
In addition, when continuously shooting a scene in which the position of the shooting target changes with time, a crop image (an image in which the shooting target is zoomed) including the shooting target continuous in time with the digital camera 10 being fixed is used. Since the image can be acquired, the object to be imaged is not out of the imaging range. On the other hand, with a conventional digital camera, it is necessary to perform telephoto shooting while changing the shooting direction of the digital camera according to the shooting target, and the shooting target may be out of the shooting range due to camera shake or the like. is there.

By specifying the movement target of the crop area set in the movable mode in advance, even if there is an object moving in a different direction from the specified object, the position of the crop area can be set. It can be reliably moved to a desired object.
The plurality of cropped cropped images are stored in association with the storage medium 24 with file names that clearly indicate the cropping date and time, so even when a large number of cropped images are stored in the storage medium 24, they were acquired simultaneously. The cropped image can be easily identified from the file name. In addition, since a plurality of cropped images cut out during continuous shooting are stored in association with each other in the storage medium 24 with a file name that clearly indicates the region number and the shooting order number, desired cropped images captured from the same crop region are stored. The cropped image including the subject to be photographed can be easily identified from the file name.

The area number is displayed in each crop area displayed on the LCD 18a, and the area number of the crop area being set is displayed in the LCD 18a, so that the photographer can easily recognize the crop area being set. The crop area setting operation can be performed reliably and efficiently.
When the use of the previous area information is selected, the setting of the crop area is completed simply by reading the size and position of each crop area stored in the internal memory 22. Can be omitted, and the preparatory work before photographing can be simplified.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the photographer performs various setting operations with reference to the LCD 18a. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, in the digital single-lens reflex camera 100 as shown in FIG. 9, the photographer may perform various setting operations while looking through the finder 26 and referring to the screen 180 a of the display unit 180. In this case, an image formed by the lens 12 is displayed on the screen 180a via the mirror 28, and various information from the control unit 16 such as a frame indicating a crop area and a menu is displayed.

  In the digital single-lens reflex camera 100, the control unit 16 may store only each cropped image in the internal memory 22 in response to pressing of the shutter button 20d. In this case, only the cropped image is displayed on the LCD (not shown) for displaying the captured image. When a CMOS sensor is used in place of the CCD 14, the control unit 16 drives only the image sensor corresponding to each set crop area instead of all the image sensors in response to the pressing of the shutter button 20d. As a result, only each cropped image can be stored in the internal memory 22.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which each crop image is stored in the storage medium 24 regardless of the overlapping state of a plurality of set crop areas. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, when there are overlapping portions in the two set crop areas, the image data excluding the overlapping portions in the first and second crop images and the image data of the overlapping portions are individually stored in the storage medium 24. You may make it do. In this case, since the image data of the overlapping portion is stored in the storage medium 24 only once, the storage area of the storage medium 24 can be saved. Also, when the first and second crop images are read from the storage medium 24 for display on the LCD 18a, the time required for reading from the storage medium 24 can be shortened because it is only necessary to read the overlapping portion of the image data once. Such a saving method of the storage medium 24 can be similarly applied to a case where three or more crop areas are set and three or more crop areas share an overlapping portion.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a digital camera has been described. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, the present invention may be applied to a digital camera function of a mobile device such as a mobile phone and a PDA or a video camera.
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the area information set by the photographer is stored in the internal memory 22 has been described. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, if it becomes a problem that the area information is erased from the internal memory 22 when the power of the digital camera 10 is turned off, the area information may be stored in the storage medium 24.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the entire image displayed in the LCD 18a is not saved has been described. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, when the entire image displayed on the LCD 18a is to be stored, the entire image displayed on the LCD 18a may be stored at a higher compression rate than each cropped image. As a result, the storage area necessary for saving the image is minimized, and the storage area of the storage medium 24 can be effectively used.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a plurality of crop images are acquired simultaneously with shooting has been described. The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment. For example, an image shot in the normal shooting mode in the storage medium 24 is read out and displayed on the LCD 18a, and a plurality of crop images can be acquired from the image by the same processing as in the single shooting mode in the crop shooting mode. It may be. Further, information such as the size and position of each crop area set before the crop image acquisition may be stored in the storage medium 24. In this case, it is possible to eliminate the need for trimming work on a personal computer or the like after photographing, and it is possible to directly print a cropped image without using a personal computer or the like using the direct print mechanism.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail, above-mentioned embodiment and its modification are only examples of this invention, and this invention is not limited to this. Obviously, modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the digital camera of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part of the digital camera of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the digital camera at the time of single shooting imaging | photography. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the identification method of a crop area | region. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of the identification method of a crop area | region. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the digital camera at the time of continuous shooting photography. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the setting of the crop area | region at the time of continuous shooting imaging | photography. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of the setting of the crop area | region at the time of continuous shooting imaging | photography. It is a block diagram which shows the single-lens reflex digital camera to which this invention is applied.

Explanation of symbols

10, 100 Digital camera 12 Lens 14 CCD
16 Control unit 18, 180 Display unit 18a LCD
180a Screen 20 Operation unit 20a Mode dial 20b Cross key 20c Enter button 20d Shutter button 22 Internal memory 24 Storage medium
CA1, CA1a, CA1b, CA2, CA2a, CA2b crop area

Claims (10)

A taking lens,
Imaging means for capturing an image of a subject;
Display means having a display screen for displaying an image formed by the photographing lens;
Area setting means for sequentially setting the size and position of a plurality of crop areas on the display screen for the image displayed in the display screen;
A cropping unit that captures an image in each crop region set by the region setting unit as a cropped image in response to the capture request via the imaging unit;
A digital camera comprising image storage means for storing each of the cropped images. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
Shooting mode selection means for selecting either single shooting or continuous shooting;
When continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection means, the position of the crop area for each crop area set by the area setting means matches the movement of the object set in the crop area. An area mode setting means for setting one of a movable mode to move and a fixed mode in which the position of the crop area is fixed;
The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein when the continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection unit, the cropping unit repeats a cropped image capturing operation at a predetermined period. The digital camera according to claim 2, wherein
A digital camera comprising target designation means for designating the object as a movement target of the crop area for the crop area set in the movable mode by the area mode setting means. The digital camera according to claim 2, wherein
When continuous shooting is selected by the shooting mode selection unit, for each crop region, for each crop region, the number of crop images of the plurality of crop images sequentially captured by the crop unit in response to the capture request. A digital camera comprising information adding means for adding take-in order information indicating whether or not a take-in operation has been taken in. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
An information adding means for adding timing information indicating that these crop images are simultaneously captured to a plurality of crop images captured by the crop means in response to the capture request is provided. Digital camera. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
A digital camera comprising an area identifying means for controlling display of the display screen in order to visually identify a crop area being set by the area setting means. The digital camera according to claim 6, wherein
The area identification means displays area identification information for mutually identifying the crop areas in each crop area set by the area setting means, and displays the area identification information of the crop area being set in the display screen. A digital camera characterized by being displayed on the screen. The digital camera according to claim 6, wherein
The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the area identification unit lowers the luminance in the display screen except in the crop area being set to be lower than that in the crop area being set. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
Area information storage means for storing the size and position of each crop area set by the area setting means;
In order to set the size and position of a plurality of crop areas for the image displayed in the display screen without going through the area setting means, the size of the crop area stored by the area information storage means A digital camera comprising region information reading means for reading out the position and position. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
The image storage means stores the entire image displayed in the display screen in addition to each crop image at a higher compression ratio than each crop image.

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