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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Sunao Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sunao Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stereoscopic image capturing apparatus includes an objective optical system that has a function of forming a subject as a real image or an imaginary image, a plurality of image forming optical systems that respectively form a plurality of subject light beams emitted from different paths of the objective optical system as parallax images again, using a plurality of independent optical systems, a plurality of imaging devices that convert the parallax images formed by the plurality of image forming optical system into image signals, and a control unit that adjusts a formation position of a convergence point such that a ratio of a focal length of the objective optical system and a distance in an optical axis direction of the objective optical system between a focal point of the objective optical system and a primary principal point of the image forming optical system is substantially constant.