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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Tomokuni Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomokuni Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a lens array having a plurality of lenses; a plurality of image pickup regions () disposed to correspond to the plurality of lenses one-to-one and each including a light receiving surface substantially perpendicular to a direction in which an optical axis of the corresponding lens extends; a temperature sensor () disposed in the vicinity of the lens array to detect a temperature; a correction coefficient generating portion () configured to generate, based on the temperature, correction coefficients including correction coefficients correlated to magnifications of images taken in the image pickup regions; and a correction calculating portion () configured to correct, based on the correction coefficients, image pickup signals generated in the image pickup regions and calculate a parallax using the corrected image pickup signals.