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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomokuni Iijima, Takashi Ishikawa, Ikuo Numai, Masahito Hayakawa, Aki Takai
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A camera module that can be made thinner and achieves a beautiful image over an entire image region regardless of a subject distance is provided. The camera module includes a plurality of lens portions, each including at least one lens, a plurality of imaging regions, provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of lens portions, each including 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, and a parallax correcting portion for correcting the plurality of imaging signals based on the parallax and performing an image synthesis.
A camera module comprising:
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A program recording medium storing a program for controlling an operation of an image processing portion in 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, and the image processing portion for performing an image processing of the inputted imaging signal;
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