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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2004
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Tadayuki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Noma, Tokyo, JP;
Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographic apparatus with an image correction function is provided, in which even if an image has a large distortion at its peripheral area, the lens distortion is suitably corrected and the image distortion is small in spite of an image having a wide field of view. The apparatus comprises a photographic lens sectionable to adjust photographic parameters, a photographic parameter detecting sectionfor detecting the photographic parameters of the photographic lens sectionduring photographing, a photoreceptor sectionfor receiving the image information formed by the photographic lens section, and an image correction sectionfor receiving an image signal from the photoreceptor section, and for performing distortion correction of the information signal based on a predetermined calibration parameter corresponding to the photographic parameter detected at the photographic parameter detecting section