Multi-lens image pickup apparatus
US6507358B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/698
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a multi-lens image pickup apparatus provided with plural image pickup systems and an image display means and adapted to synthesize the plural images picked up respectively with the plural image pickup systems, into one, to store the synthesized image in image memory means and to display the stored image on the image display means. The camera further comprises horizontal compression means for comprising the plural picked-up images in the horizontal directions, selection means for compressing the plural images in the vertical direction by selecting the input of the plural image signals and outputting thus selected image signal to the image display means, and memory control means for storing the compressed plural images in said image memory means in such a manner that the plural images compressed in the horizontal and vertical directions are displayed in an arranged manner.
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