JPH0654991B2 - Stereoscopic imaging device - Google Patents

Stereoscopic imaging device

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JPH0654991B2
JPH0654991B2 JP62212128A JP21212887A JPH0654991B2 JP H0654991 B2 JPH0654991 B2 JP H0654991B2 JP 62212128 A JP62212128 A JP 62212128A JP 21212887 A JP21212887 A JP 21212887A JP H0654991 B2 JPH0654991 B2 JP H0654991B2
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image
deflection
stereoscopic
lens system
filter
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弘 大澤
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【発明の詳細な説明】 〈産業上の利用分野〉 本発明は両眼視差を利用した立体撮影装置に関するもの
である。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a stereoscopic imaging apparatus using binocular parallax.

〈発明の概要〉 本発明は左右の光を導く光学系を有し左右夫々の光を撮
像する撮像部分を有する立体撮影装置に関するものであ
る。
<Outline of the Invention> The present invention relates to a stereoscopic photographing apparatus having an optical system for guiding left and right lights and having an image pickup portion for picking up the left and right lights, respectively.

〈従来の技術〉 従来の立体撮影装置は2台のカメラを利用して行なうこ
とが一般的であり、その場合2台のカメラのレンズ系の
調整は夫々行なっていた。
<Prior Art> A conventional stereoscopic photographing apparatus generally uses two cameras, and in that case, the lens systems of the two cameras are respectively adjusted.

〈発明が解決しようとする問題点〉 上記のように2台のカメラのレンズ系の調整を夫々行な
うものであれば、像のサイズや焦点の調整など左右が同
じになる必要があるために夫々の調整を行なうにはかな
り時間を要し、特に撮影にはズーム比を変えて行なうこ
とが頻繁にあり、従って撮影には多くの時間や労力を費
さなければならない欠点があり、また撮影にも制限する
ことが多く立体撮影の大きな障害となる欠点があった。
<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> If the lens systems of the two cameras are respectively adjusted as described above, the left and right sides need to be the same, such as image size and focus adjustment, respectively. It takes a considerable amount of time to adjust, especially when shooting, often changing the zoom ratio, so there is a disadvantage that you have to spend a lot of time and effort in shooting, However, there is a drawback that it is often restricted, and it becomes a major obstacle to stereoscopic photography.

本発明は上記のような欠点を除去したもので、その目的
とする処は立体撮影を行なうためのレンズ系の調整をき
わめて簡単に行なうことができて操作性が良く、立体撮
影をきわめて少ない時間で確実に行なうことができ、作
品の表現手段も大幅に向上できる立体撮影装置を提供す
ることにある。
The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the objective of the present invention is that the lens system for stereoscopic photography can be adjusted very easily, the operability is good, and the time required for stereoscopic photography is extremely short. The object is to provide a stereoscopic photographing device that can be surely performed with, and can greatly improve the expression means of the work.

〈問題点を解決するための手段〉 本発明の立体撮影装置は像の拡大,縮小若しくは焦点調
整を行なうレンズ系の前に直交関係にある第1の偏光フ
ィルターを左右の光路に設け、その後の左右の光を合成
してレンズ系1系路に左右の光を通し、レンズ系を通っ
た左右の合成された光を直光関係にある第1の偏向フィ
ルターと同じ第2の偏向フィルターを左右の像を撮像す
る撮像部分の前に設け、左の像は左の像を撮像する部分
に、右の像は右の像を撮像する部分に夫々導く構成にし
たものである。
<Means for Solving Problems> In the stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention, a first polarizing filter having an orthogonal relationship is provided in the left and right optical paths before the lens system for enlarging, reducing, or adjusting the focus of an image, and The left and right lights are combined to pass the left and right lights through the lens system 1 path, and the left and right combined lights that have passed through the lens system are passed through the second deflection filter, which has the same direct light relationship as the first and second deflection filters. It is provided in front of the image pickup part for picking up the image of, and the left image is led to the part for picking the left image, and the right image is led to the part for picking the right image.

〈作用〉 レンズ系の操作が従来のカメラと同じとすることがで
き、撮影に際し特に技術をもたなくとも立体撮影が可能
となり、操作性が格段に改善でき、作品の表現手段も大
幅に向上できる。
<Operation> The lens system can be operated in the same way as a conventional camera, and stereoscopic shooting can be performed without special skills when shooting, the operability can be greatly improved, and the means of expressing works can be greatly improved. it can.

〈実施例〉 以下本発明の立体撮影装置の一実施例を第1図及び第2
図とともに説明する。
<Embodiment> An embodiment of the stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
It will be described with reference to the drawings.

本発明の立体撮影装置は第1図に示すように構成するも
のであり、また本発明の立体撮影装置による左右像の合
成,分離と偏向フィルターの特性の関係を第2図に示
す。
The stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the synthesis and separation of left and right images and the characteristic of the deflection filter by the stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention.

第1図及び第2図において、1,3は入光した夫々の光
を互に直交関係となるように偏向する偏向フィルター、
2は光を全部反射する全反射鏡、4,10は光を半透過
する半透過鏡(ハーフミラー)、5はズーム化,焦点調
整,絞り調整などを行なうレンズ系、6は左像を撮像し
て映像信号に変換する左像撮像部、7は右像を撮像して
映像信号に変換する右像撮像部、8は左像撮像部6より
の映像信号を処理して左眼用映像信号を出力する映像
信号処理部、9は右像撮像部7よりの映像信号を処理し
て右眼用映像信号rを出力する映像信号処理部、1′は
上記偏向フィルター1と同特性を有する偏向フィルタ
ー、3′は上記偏向フィルター3と同特性を有する偏向
フィルターである。
In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numerals 1 and 3 denote deflection filters for deflecting the respective incident lights so that they are orthogonal to each other.
2 is a total reflection mirror that totally reflects light, 4 and 10 are semi-transmission mirrors (half mirrors) that semi-transmit light, 5 is a lens system that performs zooming, focus adjustment, aperture adjustment, and the like, 6 is a left image A left image capturing unit for capturing a right image and converting it into a video signal, and a left image capturing unit for processing a video signal from the left image capturing unit 6 and a left eye image signal. , A video signal processing unit 9 for processing the video signal from the right image pickup unit 7 and outputting a video signal r for the right eye, and 1'deflection having the same characteristics as the deflection filter 1. The filter 3'is a deflection filter having the same characteristics as the deflection filter 3 described above.

次に本発明の立体撮影装置の動作を第1図及び第2図と
ともに説明する。
Next, the operation of the stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

まず、L,Rより左及び右の光(像)が入光すると、夫
々の光は夫々の偏光フィルター1,3により互に直交関
係となるように偏向され、それらの光は全反射鏡2によ
りハーフミラー10に導かれ、ここで左右の光L,Rは
合成されて光路は一系統となる。
First, when lights (images) to the left and right of L and R enter, the respective lights are deflected by the respective polarization filters 1 and 3 so as to be orthogonal to each other, and the lights are reflected by the total reflection mirror 2. Is guided to the half mirror 10 where the left and right lights L and R are combined to form a single optical path.

合成されたL,Rの光はレンズ系5でズーム比焦点調
整,絞り調整などが行なわれ、よってL,Rは同一量変
化させられる。
The combined light of L and R is subjected to zoom ratio focus adjustment, diaphragm adjustment, etc. by the lens system 5, so that L and R are changed by the same amount.

そしてレンズ系5からの光出力はハーフミラー4により
2分配され、夫々の偏向フィルター1′,3′に夫々導
かれ、該一方の偏向フィルター1′を通る光は偏向フィ
ルター1を通過してきたLの光で、該他方の偏向フィル
ター3′を通る光は上記偏向フィルター3を通過してき
れRの光である。
The light output from the lens system 5 is split into two by the half mirror 4 and guided to the respective deflection filters 1'and 3 ', and the light passing through the one deflection filter 1'passes through the deflection filter 1. The light passing through the other deflecting filter 3 ′ is the light of R which has passed through the deflecting filter 3.

そして、夫々の偏向フィルター1′,3′を通過した夫
々の光は左撮像部6と右撮像部7に導かれて夫々の映像
信号に変換され、該夫々の左像撮像部6と右像撮像部7
の映像信号の出力は夫々の映像信号処理部8,9で処理
され、該一方の映像信号処理部8より左眼用映像信号
を出力するとともに該他方の映像信号処理部9より右眼
用映像信号rを出力するものである。
Then, the respective lights that have passed through the respective deflection filters 1'and 3'are guided to the left image pickup unit 6 and the right image pickup unit 7 to be converted into respective video signals, and the left image pickup unit 6 and the right image pickup unit, respectively. Imaging unit 7
Of the video signals are processed by the video signal processing units 8 and 9, respectively, and the one video signal processing unit 8 outputs the video signal for the left eye and the other video signal processing unit 9 outputs the video for the right eye. It outputs a signal r.

上記の場合の左右像の合成,分離と偏向フィルターの特
性の関係は第2図に示す。
The relationship between the synthesis and separation of the left and right images and the characteristics of the deflection filter in the above case is shown in FIG.

偏向フィルター1,3は第2図に示すように互に直交関
係となる特性であり、該偏向フィルター1,3を通過し
た光はレンズ系を通り該偏向フィルター1,3と同様な
特性を有する偏向フィルター1′,3′に導かれ、該一
方の偏向フィルター1′は偏向フィルター1を通った光
だけを通すため、該偏向フィルター1′を通った光は左
像撮像部6に導かれ、また他方の偏向フィルター3′は
偏向フィルター3を通った光だけを通すため、該偏向フ
ィルター3′を通った光は右像撮像部6に導かれる。
As shown in FIG. 2, the deflection filters 1 and 3 have a characteristic that they are orthogonal to each other, and the light passing through the deflection filters 1 and 3 passes through a lens system and has the same characteristic as the deflection filters 1 and 3. The deflection filters 1 ′ and 3 ′ are guided, and the one deflection filter 1 ′ transmits only the light passing through the deflection filter 1, so that the light passing through the deflection filter 1 ′ is guided to the left image pickup unit 6, The other deflection filter 3'passes only the light passing through the deflection filter 3, so that the light passing through the deflection filter 3'is guided to the right image pickup unit 6.

尚、上記第1図の説明において、映像信号処理部8,9
の出力は別々に出力することもできるが、フィールド同
期に交互に出力するようにすれば時分割の立体表示に適
する映像信号とすることもできる。またこの具体例では
ビデオカメラを実施例にしたが、フィルタカメラ,映画
用カメラにも応用することができる。
In the description of FIG. 1 above, the video signal processing units 8 and 9
Can be output separately, but can also be output as a video signal suitable for time-division stereoscopic display if they are output alternately in field synchronization. Although the video camera is used as the embodiment in this specific example, it can be applied to a filter camera and a movie camera.

〈発明の効果〉 本発明の立体撮影装置は上記のような構成であるから、
立体撮影を行なうためのレンズ系の調整をきわめて簡単
に行なうことができて操作性が良く、立体撮影をきわめ
て少ない時間で確実に行なうことができ、作品の表現手
段も大幅に向上できる。
<Effect of the Invention> Since the stereoscopic photographing apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration,
The lens system for stereoscopic photography can be adjusted very easily and the operability is good, the stereoscopic photography can be surely performed in a very short time, and the expression means of the work can be greatly improved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

第1図は本発明の立体撮影装置の一実施例の構成を示す
概略説明図、第2図は本発明の立体撮影装置による左右
像の合成,分離と偏向フィルターの特性の関係を示す説
明図である。 図面中、1,3は偏向フィルター、1′,3′は偏向フ
ィルター、5はレンズ系を示す。
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a stereoscopic image pickup apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a relationship between synthesis and separation of left and right images by the stereoscopic image pickup apparatus of the present invention and characteristics of a deflection filter. Is. In the drawings, reference numerals 1 and 3 denote deflection filters, 1'and 3'representation filters, and 5 denotes a lens system.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】左右の光を導く光学系を有し左右夫々の光
を撮像する撮像部分を有する立体撮影装置において、像
の拡大,縮小若しくは焦点調整を行なうレンズ系の前に
直交関係にある第1の偏光フィルターを左右の光路に設
け、その後の左右の光を合成してレンズ系1系路に左右
の光を通し、レンズ系を通った左右の合成された光を直
交関係にある第1の偏向フィルターと同じ第2の偏向フ
ィルターを左右の像を撮像する撮像部分の前に設け、左
の像は左の像を撮像する部分に、右の像は右の像を撮像
する部分に夫々導くことを特徴とする立体撮像装置。
1. In a stereoscopic photographing apparatus having an optical system for guiding left and right light and having an image pickup portion for picking up left and right light, respectively, there is an orthogonal relationship in front of a lens system for enlarging, reducing or focusing an image. A first polarization filter is provided in the left and right optical paths, the left and right lights after that are combined, the left and right lights are passed through the lens system 1 path, and the left and right combined lights passing through the lens system are in an orthogonal relationship. The second deflection filter, which is the same as the first deflection filter, is provided in front of the image capturing part that captures the left and right images, the left image is the part that captures the left image, and the right image is the part that captures the right image. A stereoscopic image pickup device, which is characterized in that each is guided.
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