IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,376
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,376 · App. 15/056,797 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Image display apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image display method, and storage medium for distinguishing reconstructable image data from normal image data

Inventor: Hitomi Ueda (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N5/23229H04N5/23293H04N13/0232H04N13/0282G06T2207/10052H04N5/23212H04N2013/0081
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Patent No.
US 9,832,376
App. No.
15/056,797
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field, a display unit configured to display the image data included in the image file acquired by the acquisition unit as an image, and a control unit configured to control the display unit so as to display an image and perform display for informing a user that the image file corresponding to the image is a reconstructable image file.

Claims (66)

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

at least one processor or circuit configured to perform the operations of the following units:

a display unit configured to simultaneously display first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in a first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in a second file on a display;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first image file that includes the reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and the second image file includes the non-reconstructable image data;

a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different focus positions from the first image data; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to perform display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image data corresponding to the second image file, and configured to determine whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data,

wherein the control unit informs a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different focus positions.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the reconstructable image data that includes the information corresponding to the light field includes a plurality of pieces of image data having different disparities.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the reconstructable image data that includes the information corresponding to the light field is light field data.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes the display unit to alternately display on the display images in which focus is respectively placed on a nearest subject and a farthest subject that can be focused on in the reconstructable image data that includes the information corresponding to the light field.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the reconstructable image data includes a plurality of pieces of image data having different disparities and composite image data obtained by compositing the plurality of pieces of image data having the different disparities.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the reconstructable image data includes a piece of image data of a plurality of pieces of image data having different disparities and composite image data obtained by compositing the plurality of pieces of image data having the different disparities.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the first image file mage file that can be inversely transformed.

8. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquisition unit includes an image capturing element in which unit pixels that each include a plurality of photoelectric converting elements with respect to one microlens are arranged in a matrix.

9. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display on the display an image corresponding to non-reconstructable image data and an image corresponding to the reconstructable image data in different display modes.

10. An image display apparatus comprising:

at least one processor or circuit configured to perform the operations of the following units:

a display unit configured to simultaneously display first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in a first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in a second image file on a display;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first image file that includes the reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and the second image file that includes the non-reconstructable image data;

a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different view points from the first image data; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to perform display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image data corresponding to the second image file, and configured to determine whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data,

wherein the control unit informs a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different view points.

11. An image capturing apparatus comprising:

an image capturing element in which unit pixels that each includes a plurality of photoelectric converting elements with respect to one microlens are arranged in a matrix; and

at least one processor or circuit configured to perform the operations of the following units:

a display unit configured to simultaneously display first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in a first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in a second file on a display;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first image file that includes the reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and the second image file includes the non-reconstructable image data;

a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different focus positions from the first image data; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to perform display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image data corresponding to the second image file, and configured to determine whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data,

wherein the control unit informs a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different focus positions.

12. An image capturing apparatus comprising:

an image capturing element in which unit pixels that each includes a plurality of photoelectric converting elements with respect to one microlens are arranged in a matrix; and

at least one processor or circuit configured to perform the operations of the following units:

a display unit configured to simultaneously display first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in a first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in a second image file on a display;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first image file that includes the reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and the second image file that includes the non-reconstructable image data;

a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different view points from the first image data; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit to perform display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image data corresponding to the second image file, and configured to determine whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data,

wherein the control unit informs a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different view points.

13. An image display method comprising:

acquiring a first image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and a second image file that includes non-reconstructable image data;

displaying the first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in the first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in the second image file simultaneously on a display, and

controlling the displaying such that display is performed for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image date corresponding to the second image file;

wherein in the controlling, whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data is determined and it is informed to a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different focus positions.

14. An image display method comprising:

acquiring a first image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and a second image file that includes non-reconstructable image data;

displaying the first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in the first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in the second image file simultaneously on a display, and

performing control to display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image date corresponding to the second image file;

wherein in the performing, whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data is determined and it is informed to a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having different view points.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute steps of an image display method,

the image display method comprising:

acquiring a first image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and a second image file that includes non-reconstructable image data;

displaying the first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in the first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in the second image file simultaneously on a display, and

controlling the displaying such that display is performed for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image date corresponding to the second image file;

wherein in the controlling, whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data is determined and it is informed to a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having the different focus positions.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute steps of an image display method,

the image display method comprising:

acquiring a first image file that includes reconstructable image data that includes information corresponding to a light field and a second image file that includes non-reconstructable image data;

displaying the first image data corresponding to reconstructable image data included in the first image file and second image data corresponding to non-reconstructable image data included in the second image file simultaneously on a display, and

performing control to display for informing a user that the displayed image data corresponds to either the first image data corresponding to the first image file or the second image date corresponding to the second image file;

wherein in the performing, whether the image to be displayed corresponds to reconstructable image data is determined and it is informed to a user that the displayed image data corresponds to the first image file by causing the display unit to alternately display the plurality of images having different view points.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2016
From: UEDA, HITOMI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038949/0038 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-041775 · Mar 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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