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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Fumio Ohtomo, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Kaoru Kumagai, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Hitoshi Otani, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a wide-angle image pickup unit, comprising at least two cameras (and) to take digital images, wherein the two cameras are arranged in such a manner that optical axes (and) of the two cameras cross perpendicularly each other on a same plane and images of wide field angle α with the crossing point O as a center enable to be acquired, and wherein parts of field angles of the two cameras are superimposed on each other and an overlapping portion is formed by the two images superimposed on each other, and stereoscopic measurement can be performed based on the two images of the overlapping portion.