3D camera and imaging method

摘要

A 3D camera comprises first and second laterally displaced optical imaging systems each comprising one or more lenses, the first and second optical imaging systems also each comprising one or more actuators arranged to move one or more lenses of the respective optical imaging system, and a digital image analyser arranged in operation to evaluate the respective field of view of a first and second image of a stereoscopic image pair obtained respectively from the first and second optical imaging systems and generate a disparity value based on a disparity between the respective fields of view, wherein the 3D camera is arranged in operation to adjust the field of view of one or more images generated by the first and second optical imaging systems responsive to the disparity value so as to reduce the disparity between the respective fields of view of stereoscopic image pairs obtained from the first and second optical imaging systems.