Abstract: A stereo camera comprises at least one image sensor; a first surface configured to direct a first view of an area to the at least one image sensor, the first view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; and a second surface configured to direct a second view of the area to the at least one image sensor, the second view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; wherein the at least one image sensor is configured to capture the first and second views in at least one image.

Abstract: An image management method which creates and records two or more real images and two or more thumbnail images from two or more images by viewpoints photographed by two or more image pickup devices corresponding to the viewpoints, wherein the real images include a stereoscopic image including the images by viewpoints, a common image range cut from the images by viewpoints and a whole image synthesized from the images by viewpoints, and the thumbnail images include two or more thumbnail images y each viewpoint corresponding to each of images by viewpoints, a 3D thumbnail image corresponding to the stereoscopic image, and a whole thumbnail image corresponding to the whole image.

Abstract: In a method of coding light ray information including information about a position on a predetermined surface and information about an incident angle to the surface when a ray of light from a subject enters the surface, the light ray information is divided into two or more processing unit blocks. In a first coding process, coding are executed for each of the two or more processing unit blocks, and first block unit information composing first image information about the subject is obtained. In a second coding process, coding are executed for each of the two or more processing unit block, and second block unit information composing second image information different types from the first image information is obtained.