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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Makoto Chishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Chishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Stereo photographs and panoramic photographs can be taken separately without enabling cameras to rotate relative to a casing in which the cameras are placed. A camera device capable of selectively photographing panoramic images and stereo images includes a casing (D) fixed with a photographic lens (D), and a casing (U) that is fixed with a photographic lens (U) and that moves relative to the casing (D) while facing the casing (D); wherein in cases in which the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are disposed in open, mutually spaced apart positions by relative movement of the case (U), the optical axes of the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are placed in positions capable of photographing stereo images; and in cases in which the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are disposed in closed, mutually proximal positions by relative movement of the case (U), the optical axes of the photographic lenses (D) and (U) are placed in positions capable of photographing panoramic images.