Patent ID: 9109891
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G01C,G03B,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereo camera, comprising: a first imaging part which photographs a first image; a second imaging part which has camera parameters different from those of said first imaging part and photographs a second image; a distance information acquiring part which associates each pixel in said first and second images and acquires distance information including parallax information, wherein said distance information acquiring part decides a correspondence detection area based on photographing information at the time of photographing said first and second images, and a right/left image generating part which generates a stereo view image based on one of said first and second images and said distance information, wherein said first imaging part has a higher resolution than said second imaging part, and said right/left image generating part regards said first image as a main image, displaces an image in said correspondence detection area inside said second image in accordance with said parallax information, and regards said first image and said new second image as said right/left images.