Compound eye type imaging apparatus with distance measuring capability

A compound eye type imaging apparatus with distance measuring capability comprising:

• a plurality of optical lenses disposed in a substantially coplanar alignment;
• a plurality of imaging areas corresponding to the plurality of optical lenses in a one-to-one relationship;
• a baffle wall for preventing light rays that pass through one optical lens among the plurality of optical lenses from being incident on imaging areas that do not correspond to said one optical lens;
• and
• means for determining the amount of parallax by comparing a plurality of images captured in the plurality of imaging areas,
• wherein the baffle wall comprises means for diffusively reflecting incident light rays,
• the imaging apparatus further comprises means for removing low frequency components from the spatial frequencies of the plurality of images captured in the plurality of imaging areas, and
• the means for determining the amount of parallax determines the amount of parallax by comparing the plurality of images obtained upon removal of the low frequency components by the means for removing low frequency components.