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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Osamu Kawamae, Kyoto, JP;
MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a camera apparatus capable of measuring a distance to a subject omnidirectionally while capturing an image of the subject omnidirectionally, and storing data of the image and the distance in correspondence therebetween. The camera apparatus includes two camera devices installed at positions that enable omnidirectional imaging; and two distance measurement devices installed at positions that enable omnidirectional distance measurement. Image data of each of pixel positions captured by the camera devices and distance data of each of the pixel positions measured by the distance measurement devices are stored in a memory in association with the pixel positions. The two camera devices are installed on surfaces that face each other with respect to a principal surface of the camera apparatus, and the two distance measurement devices are installed on surfaces that face each other with respect to a surface orthogonal to the principal surface of the camera apparatus.