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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroshi Yamato, Amagasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Yamato, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G01C 11/06 (2006.01); G03B 35/08 (2006.01); G03B 35/10 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/06 (2013.01); G03B 35/08 (2013.01); G03B 35/10 (2013.01); G06K 9/00208 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06T 7/0075 (2013.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/025 (2013.01); H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2213/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a stereo camera which includes: a main camera which photographs a first image; a sub-camera which has camera parameters different from those of the main camera and photographs a second image; a distance information acquiring part which associates each pixel in the first and second images and acquires distance information including parallax information; and a right/left image generating part which generates a stereo view image based on one of the first and second images and the distance information.