Image pickup apparatus
First Claim
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of image pickups for individually picking up images of a plurality of divisional image pickup objects of an image pickup object extending over a wide range; and
a processor for receiving image information from said image pickups and processing the image information to produce a single image by stitching images presented by the image information;
said image pickups being disposed such that, where a point at which an extension of a straight line component in an object space of a selected one of principal rays passing the center of an aperture stop for a lens set provided in each of said image pickup means which is positioned in a Gauss region intersects with an optical axis of said lens set is set as an NP point, the NP points of said image pickup means are collectively set within a predetermined radius region centered at one of the NP points.
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus which can suppress appearance of a parallax between images picked up by multiple cameras is disclosed. The image pickup apparatus includes several video cameras for individually picking tip images of a number of divisional image pickup objects of an image pickup object extending over a wide range. A processing section is provided for receiving image information from the video cameras and processing the image information to produce a single image by stitching images presented by the image information. A lens set including a number of lenses is provided in a lens barrel of each of the video cameras and has an aperture stop interposed therein. In one of the video camera, a straight line component in an object space of a principal ray which passes the center of the aperture stop and is positioned in a Gauss region is extended, and a point at which the extension intersects with the optical axis of the lens set is set as a first non-parallax point. The lens sets of the other video cameras are disposed such that such non-parallax points thereof are positioned within a spherical region of a radius of approximately 20 mm centered at the first non-parallax point.
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7 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of image pickups for individually picking up images of a plurality of divisional image pickup objects of an image pickup object extending over a wide range; and
a processor for receiving image information from said image pickups and processing the image information to produce a single image by stitching images presented by the image information;
said image pickups being disposed such that, where a point at which an extension of a straight line component in an object space of a selected one of principal rays passing the center of an aperture stop for a lens set provided in each of said image pickup means which is positioned in a Gauss region intersects with an optical axis of said lens set is set as an NP point, the NP points of said image pickup means are collectively set within a predetermined radius region centered at one of the NP points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of image pickups for individually picking up images of a plurality of divisional image pickup objects of an image pickup object extending over a wide range; and
a processor for receiving image information from said image pickups and processing the image information to produce a single image by stitching images presented by the image information;
said image pickups being disposed such that, where a point at which an extension of a straight line component in an object space of a selected one of principal rays passing the center of an aperture stop for a lens set provided in each of said image pickups which is positioned in a Gauss region intersects with an optical axis of said lens set is set as an NP point, the NP point is set to a position outside a lens barrel by disposing, intermediately of a light path which passes said lens set of the image pickups, a mirror member for bending incoming light at a predetermined angle in an inclined relationship by a predetermined angle so that the incoming light is bent and the NP points of said image pickup means are collectively set within a predetermined radius region centered at one of the NP points. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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