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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Tomokuni Iijima, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Numai, Osaka, JP;
Masahito Hayakawa, Osaka, JP;
Aki Takai, Osaka, JP;
Tomokuni Iijima, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Numai, Osaka, JP;
Masahito Hayakawa, Osaka, JP;
Aki Takai, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera module that can be made thinner and achieves a beautiful image over an entire image region regardless of a subject distance is provided. The camera module includes a plurality of lens portions, each including at least one lens, a plurality of imaging regions, provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of lens portions, each including a light-receiving surface that is substantially orthogonal to an optical axis direction of its corresponding lens portion, an imaging signal input portion to which a plurality of imaging signals outputted respectively from the plurality of imaging regions are inputted, a block division portion for dividing at least one imaging signal of the plurality of imaging signals into a plurality of blocks, a parallax computing portion for computing for each of the blocks a parallax between images formed respectively by the plurality of lens portions using the imaging signal, and a parallax correcting portion for correcting the plurality of imaging signals based on the parallax and performing an image synthesis.