Imaging apparatus and optical axis correction method of imaging apparatus

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APP PUB NO 20100141734A1
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12588761

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An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of imaging units each having a lens and an image pickup device. At least one of the imaging units is a wide-angle imaging unit having a lens with a wider angle of view, and at least another one is a zoom imaging unit having a lens with a narrower angle of view and a higher magnification and mounted rotatably to the imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes a driving unit that rotates the zoom imaging unit to change an imaging range of the zoom imaging unit, an image comparison unit that compares a partial image of a wide-angle image captured by the wide-angle imaging unit and a magnified image captured by the zoom imaging unit, and an optical axis information update unit that updates optical axis information of the zoom imaging unit based on a comparison result of the image comparison unit.

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HITACHI MAXELL LTDOSAKA JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shinta, Ikuo Ibaraki-shi, JP 7 88
Taguchi, Keisuke Ibaraki-shi, JP 5 24
Tani, Manabu Ibaraki-shi, JP 14 71

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