Patent ID: 6864911

Claim:
A stereo image capture system, comprising: a first digital camera adapted for hand-held use by a user as a stand-alone digital camera and operative to capture a first digital image and including a first optical axis and a first data port; a second digital camera adapted for hand-held use by a user as a stand-alone digital camera and operative to capture a second digital image and including a second optical axis and a second data port, the first and second data ports are adapted to intercommunicate data including the first and second digital images between the cameras, the first and second digital cameras are adapted to be connected with each other so that the first and second optical axes are coplanar and parallel to each other and are separated by a predetermined distance, and wherein when the cameras are connected with each other, the cameras form the stereo image capture system operative to capture a stereo image by capturing the first and second digital images.