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US 9,041,781 · App. 13/435,177 · Granted May 26, 2015

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

Inventor: Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N13/0497H04N13/0022
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Patent No.
US 9,041,781
App. No.
13/435,177
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a stereoscopic effect adjustment unit that receives left eye images and right eye images applied to three-dimensional image display, and performs stereoscopic effect adjustment by correcting the received images which are input images, wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit performs a reduction process or an enlargement process in a transverse direction for at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images, and generates corrected images where parallax is adjusted.

Claims (18)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a stereoscopic effect adjustment unit that receives left eye images and right eye images applied to three-dimensional image display, and performs stereoscopic effect adjustment by correcting the received images which are input images,

wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit performs a reduction process or an enlargement process in a transverse direction for at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images, and generates corrected images where parallax is adjusted.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit determines display positions of the corrected images generated by reducing or enlarging at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images in the transverse direction, on a display unit.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an input unit to which image setting information can be input; and

a stereoscopic effect adjustment amount determination unit that determines control parameters for determining image correction types according to the image setting information input from the input unit,

wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit performs an image correction process and a display position determination process according to the control parameters determined by the stereoscopic effect adjustment amount determination unit.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image setting information input from the input unit is left and right end portion depth information ZL and ZR of display images,

wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment amount determination unit determines enlargement or reduction ratios of the left eye image and the right eye image and display positions thereof on the display unit, based on the depth information ZL and ZR.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment amount determination unit determines enlargement or reduction ratios of the left eye image and the right eye image and display positions thereof on the display unit, based on metadata attached to the input images.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit that performs 3D image display to which a left eye image and a right eye image which are the corrected images generated by the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit are applied.

7. An image processing method executed in an image processing apparatus, comprising:

causing a stereoscopic effect adjustment unit to receive left eye images and right eye images applied to three-dimensional image display, and to perform stereoscopic effect adjustment by correcting the received images which are input images,

wherein the adjusting of the stereoscopic effect includes performing a reduction process or an enlargement process in a transverse direction for at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images, and generating corrected images where parallax is adjusted.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by one or more processors for causing an image processing apparatus to perform steps comprising:

causing a stereoscopic effect adjustment unit to receive left eye images and right eye images applied to three-dimensional image display, and to perform stereoscopic effect adjustment by correcting the received images which are input images,

wherein the adjusting of the stereoscopic effect includes performing a reduction process or an enlargement process in a transverse direction for at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images, and generating corrected images where parallax is adjusted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2012
From: YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027963/0026 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-085994 · Apr 8, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120256912A1 · Oct 11, 2012