Patent ID: 9602701
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image-pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of imaging optical systems each configured to form an optical image of an object; an image sensor having image-pickup areas each corresponding to one of the plurality of imaging optical systems and each configured to photoelectrically convert the optical image formed by a corresponding one of the imaging optical systems; a memory configured to store a relationship among an output pixel number, a frame rate, and a compound-eye function that is available with at least two of the imaging optical-systems; and a controller configured to set, when first setting data is input as setting data of a first item among a plurality of items including the output pixel number, the frame rate, and the compound-eye function, setting data of remaining items except the first item in the plurality of items based on any combinations of the plurality of items in which the first item has the first setting data in the relationship stored in the memory.