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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Masafumi Takiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Takiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device includes: a plurality of image capturing units that capture images from different viewpoints; an image analyzing unit that detects characteristic points by image analysis of the images captured by the plurality of image capturing units; a control unit that calculates image conversion parameters for correction of inputting characteristic point information generated by the image analyzing unit to correct deviation in the up and down direction of the plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturing units; and an image conversion unit that performs a conversion process of the captured images of the plurality of image capturing units by applying the image conversion parameters calculated by the control unit.