| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a decoding side to perform a stereoscopic display in the same state as an encoding side. <P>SOLUTION: Video cameras 21 and 22 image an object 3 respectively at the same time and perform conversion to image pickup signals. The video camera 22 divides its picture plane into a plurality of areas and calculates distances to the object 3 having the maximum area in each area by the divided areas to obtain focus information B3. A stereoscopic encoding part 23 encodes an inputted image pickup signal into encoded data C1 through specific processing and calculates the parallax between right and left images to obtain difference information B4. An inter-lens distance generation part 24 generates information A1 on the distance between lenses of the cameras 21 and 22. A multiplexing part 25 multiplexes the inputted encoded data C1, distance information A1, focus information B3, and difference information B4 according to a specified format and transmits them to the decoding side. This invention is applicable to a video camera. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
