Image pickup device
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1. An image pickup device adapted to be mounted on a moving object for picking up an image on a surrounding area during traveling of the moving object, comprising:
- an image pickup system having a plurality of lens components and a plurality of image receiver sections located in correspondence to the plurality of lens components;
a control signal input section inputting a control signal commanding the image pickup system to execute image pickup operation;
an image-area selecting section responsive to the control signal inputted from the control signal input section to select a preset image area from image areas picked up by the image pickup system; and
an image signal output section outputting an image signal indicative of an image area selected from the image-area selecting section.
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Abstract
An image pickup device is disclosed, having a plurality of camera modules each composed of a plurality of image pickup sections combined with normal image pickup lens components and associated image receiver sections, and operative to control image pickup directions and image pickup areas on individual image pickup sections in response to a control signal applied from an outside. Further, introducing an image processing section allows an image with an improved visibility to be obtained.
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1. An image pickup device adapted to be mounted on a moving object for picking up an image on a surrounding area during traveling of the moving object, comprising:
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an image pickup system having a plurality of lens components and a plurality of image receiver sections located in correspondence to the plurality of lens components;
a control signal input section inputting a control signal commanding the image pickup system to execute image pickup operation;
an image-area selecting section responsive to the control signal inputted from the control signal input section to select a preset image area from image areas picked up by the image pickup system; and
an image signal output section outputting an image signal indicative of an image area selected from the image-area selecting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image pickup device adapted to be mounted on an automobile for picking up an image on a surrounding area during traveling of the moving object, comprising:
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an image pickup system including a plurality of lens components and a plurality of image receiver sections disposed in correspondence to the plurality of lens components;
a control signal input section for inputting a control signal commanding the image pickup system to execute image pickup operation;
an image-area selecting section responsive to the control signal inputted from the control signal input section to select a preset image area from image areas picked up by the image pickup system; and
an image signal output section for outputting an image signal indicative of an image area selected from the image-area selecting section.
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13. An image pickup device adapted to be mounted on a moving object for picking up an image on a surrounding area during traveling of the moving object, comprising:
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image pickup means having a plurality of lens components and a plurality of image receiver means located in correspondence to the plurality of lens components;
control signal input means inputting a control signal commanding the image pickup system to execute image pickup operation;
image area selecting means responsive to the control signal inputted from the control signal input means to select a preset image area from image areas picked up by the image pickup means; and
image signal output means outputting an image signal indicative of an image area selected from the image area selecting means.
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14. An image pickup device adapted to be mounted on an automobile for picking up an image on a surrounding area during traveling of the automobile, comprising:
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image pickup means including a plurality of lens components and a plurality of image receiver means disposed in correspondence to the plurality of lens components;
control signal input means for inputting a control signal commanding the image pickup means to execute image pickup operation;
image area selecting means responsive to the control signals inputted from the control signal input means to select a preset image area from image areas picked up by the image pickup means; and
image signal output means for outputting an image signal indicative of an image area selected from the image area selecting means.
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