IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD
First Claim
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of imaging elements;
a plurality of solid lenses that form images on the plurality of imaging elements;
a plurality of optical axis control units that control the directions of the optical axes of light that is incident to each of the plurality of imaging elements;
a plurality of video processing units that convert photoelectric converted signals output from each of the plurality of imaging elements to video signals;
a stereo image processing unit that, by performing stereo matching processing based on the plurality of video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, determines the amount of shift for each pixel, and generates compositing parameters in which the shift amounts that exceed the pixel pitch of the plurality of imaging elements are normalized to the pixel pitch; and
a video compositing processing unit that generates high-definition video by compositing the video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, based on the compositing parameters generated by the stereo image processing unit.
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of solid lenses that form images on the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of optical axis control units that control the directions of the optical axes of light that is incident to each of the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of video processing units that convert photoelectric converted signals output from each of the plurality of imaging elements to video signals; a stereo image processing unit that, by performing stereo matching processing based on the plurality of video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, determines the amount of shift for each pixel, and generates compositing parameters in which the shift amounts that exceed the pixel pitch of the plurality of imaging elements are normalized to the pixel pitch; and a video compositing processing unit that generates high-definition video by compositing the video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, based on the compositing parameters generated by the stereo image processing unit.
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5 Claims
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1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of solid lenses that form images on the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of optical axis control units that control the directions of the optical axes of light that is incident to each of the plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of video processing units that convert photoelectric converted signals output from each of the plurality of imaging elements to video signals; a stereo image processing unit that, by performing stereo matching processing based on the plurality of video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, determines the amount of shift for each pixel, and generates compositing parameters in which the shift amounts that exceed the pixel pitch of the plurality of imaging elements are normalized to the pixel pitch; and a video compositing processing unit that generates high-definition video by compositing the video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, based on the compositing parameters generated by the stereo image processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5)
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4. An imaging method for generating high-definition video comprising:
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controlling the directions of the optical axes of light that is incident to each of the plurality of imaging elements; converting the photoelectric converted signals output by the plurality of imaging elements into video signals; by performing stereo matching processing based on the plurality of video signals converted by the plurality of video processing units, determining the amount of shift for each pixel, and generating compositing parameters in which the shift amounts that exceed the pixel pitch of the plurality of imaging elements are normalized to the pixel pitch; and generating high-definition video by compositing the video signals based on the compositing parameters.
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