18255667. IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS (KYOCERA CORPORATION)
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IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
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Atsushi Yamazaki of Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa (JP)
IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18255667 titled 'IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An imaging apparatus includes a first imager, a second imager, a third imager, and an image processor. The first imager acquires a first image captured in a first direction from a first position. The second and third imagers perform capturing in a second direction and a third direction from a second position and a third position to acquire a second image and a third image, respectively. The second position and the third position are positioned opposite the first direction with respect to the first position. The second imager and the third imager each partially share a visual field with the first imager. The image processor combines part of the second image and part of the third image with part of the first image to generate a combined image. The second imager and the third imager have a focal length longer than that of the first imager and has a viewing angle wider than that of the first imager.
