Patent ID: 6278480
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A stereo camera comprising:left and right image pickup means provided a predetermined distance apart from each other, for converting an object image to left and right image signals;image processing means for performing a predetermined process to left and right image signals output from said left and right image pickup means;recording means for recording output signals from said image processing means;display means for displaying the output signals of said image processing means; anddisplay control means for controlling said display means to display the left and right image signals in first and second displaying regions in a display screen of said display means so as to form a stereo image with a predetermined parallax at a position a predetermined distance apart from a surface of said display means,wherein said left and right image pickup means are mechanically and rotatable supported on said display means so as to vary an orientation of image pickup operation of said left and right image pickup means, andwherein said display control means causes said display means to selectively display the object image picked up by said left and right image pickup means in one of a stereoscopic image pickup mode and a two-dimensional image pickup mode.