Patent ID: 7911516

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a plurality of lens portions, each comprising at least one lens; a plurality of imaging regions, provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of lens portions, each comprising a light-receiving surface that is substantially orthogonal to an optical axis direction of its corresponding lens portion; an imaging signal input portion to which a plurality of imaging signals outputted respectively from the plurality of imaging regions are inputted; a block division portion for dividing at least one imaging signal of the plurality of imaging signals into a plurality of blocks; a parallax computing portion for computing for each of the blocks a parallax between images formed respectively by the plurality of lens portions using the imaging signal; a parallax correcting portion for correcting the plurality of imaging signals in each of the blocks based on the parallax of the respective blocks and performing an image synthesis of the corrected plurality of imaging signals; and a parallax evaluation computing portion for computing for each of the plurality of blocks at least one parallax accuracy evaluation value indicating an accuracy of the parallax based on the imaging signal, the parallax correcting portion determines for each of the plurality of blocks whether or not the block is to be divided into at least two based on the parallax accuracy evaluation value, divides a block determined to be divided, and corrects for each of the plurality of blocks the plurality of imaging signals based on the parallax and the parallax accuracy evaluation value and performs the image synthesis.