Patent ID: 8395693
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G01C,G01J,G01S,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens array including a plurality of lenses; a plurality of image pickup regions disposed so as to correspond to the plurality of lenses one-to-one and each including a light receiving surface substantially perpendicular to a direction in which an optical axis of the corresponding lens extends; a temperature sensor disposed in a vicinity of the lens array to detect a temperature; a temperature compensating and image pickup signal correcting portion configured to obtain, based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, movement distances of all the optical axes of the plurality of lenses, and correct an image pickup signal, generated in the image pickup region, in accordance with the obtained movement distances; and a parallax calculating portion configured to calculate a parallax based on the image pickup signal corrected by the temperature compensating and image pickup signal correcting portion.