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IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD

  • US 20130314507A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2012
  • Published: 11/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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:

  • 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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