Patent ID: 6141036
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising:a pair of image pickup means for picking up respective images;image pickup mode control means for controlling said pair of image pickup means, said pair of image pickup means having at least the following modes:a mode in which a stereoscopic image is picked up by said pair of image pickup means; anda mode in which a panoramic image is picked up by said pair of image pickup means;a mode in which a modified aspect ratio image is picked up by said pair of image pickup means;a mode in which an HDTV image is picked up by said pair of image pickup means;selection means for selecting one of the modes associated with said image pickup mode control means;change means for changing a relative angle between optical axes of said pair of image pickup means according to the mode selected by said selection means; andrecording means for recording a mode signal of said selection means together with an image signal picked up in the selected mode.