Patent ID: 8842165
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereoscopic image pickup apparatus that captures a stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image pickup apparatus comprising: a first imaging section that includes a zoom lens; a second imaging section that includes a zoom lens; a zoom controller that controls horizontal angles of view of the zoom lenses of the first imaging section and the second imaging section; and an image selection section that outputs image signals, which are output by the first imaging section and the second imaging section, as image signals of two channels when the horizontal angles of view controlled by the zoom controller are equal to or greater than 8°, and the image selection section outputs image signals, each of which is based on the same image signal output by one of the first imaging section or the second imaging section, as the image signals of two channels when the horizontal angles of view controlled by the zoom controller are less than 8°; wherein the horizontal angles of view of the zoom lenses controlled by the zoom controller range from a wide angle side and a telephoto side.