Stereo camera with automatic control of interocular distance

摘要

There is disclosed stereographic camera system (100) including a left and a right camera (510L, 510R) including respective lenses (512L, 512R), plural mechanisms (558, 556, 554, 552) to synchronously set a focal length of the lenses, to synchronously set a focal distance of the lenses, to set a convergence angle between the left and right cameras, and to set an intraocular distance between the left and right cameras. A distance measuring device (565) may be used to measure the distance to an extreme object. A controller (560) may cause an interocular distance and a convergence angle between the left and right cameras to be set based on a maximum allowable disparity, the focal length of the lenses, and a convergence distance.