IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
First Claim
1. An image capturing device of a compound eye type for generating stereoscopic image data for displaying a stereoscopic image, based on left-eye image data and right-eye image data obtained through image capturing, comprising:
- a first image capturing element for generating said left-eye image data;
a second image capturing element for generating said right-eye image data;
a processor; and
a memory for storing said left-eye image data, said right-eye image data, and said stereoscopic image data therein,said processor determining whether or not said left-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said first image capturing element,said processor determining whether or not said right-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said second image capturing element,when one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data includes said image of said object and the other of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data does not include said image of said object, said processor deleting said one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data from said memory.
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Abstract
A mobile phone includes: a first image capturing element for generating left-eye image data; a second image capturing element for generating right-eye image data; a CPU; and a RAM. The CPU determines whether or not the left-eye image data includes an image of an obstacle, such as a finger, that blocks entrance of external light into the first image capturing element, and determines whether or not the right-eye image data includes an image of an obstacle that blocks entrance of external light into the second image capturing element. When one of the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data includes the image of the obstacle and the other of the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data does not include the image of the obstacle, the CPU deletes the one of the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data from the RAM.
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1. An image capturing device of a compound eye type for generating stereoscopic image data for displaying a stereoscopic image, based on left-eye image data and right-eye image data obtained through image capturing, comprising:
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a first image capturing element for generating said left-eye image data; a second image capturing element for generating said right-eye image data; a processor; and a memory for storing said left-eye image data, said right-eye image data, and said stereoscopic image data therein, said processor determining whether or not said left-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said first image capturing element, said processor determining whether or not said right-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said second image capturing element, when one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data includes said image of said object and the other of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data does not include said image of said object, said processor deleting said one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data from said memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data processing method in an image capturing device of a compound eye type for generating stereoscopic image data for displaying a stereoscopic image, based on left-eye image data and right-eye image data obtained through image capturing, the image capturing device including a first image capturing element for generating said left-eye image data, a second image capturing element for generating said right-eye image data, a processor, and a memory for storing said left-eye image data, said right-eye image data, and said stereoscopic image data therein,
the data processing method comprising the steps of: -
determining, by said processor, whether or not said left-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said first image capturing element; determining, by said processor, whether or not said right-eye image data includes an image of an object that blocks entrance of external light into said second image capturing element; and when one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data includes said image of said object and the other of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data does not include said image of said object, said processor deleting said one of said left-eye image data and said right-eye image data from said memory.
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