# US 10,484,661 B2 · Three-dimensional image generating device, three-dimensional image generating method, program, and information storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,661 B2 - Document ID: US10484661B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/905,373 - Filed: 2014-03-19 - Published: 2016-06-02 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-06 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Satoshi Kondo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484661B2 ## CPC - H04N 13/128: Adjusting depth or disparity - G09G 3/003: {to produce spatial visual effects} - H04N 13/167: Synchronising or controlling image signals - H04N 13/344: with head-mounted left-right displays - G09G 2370/04: Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A three-dimensional image generating device, a three-dimensional image generating method, a program, and an information storage medium provide for the ability to set the amount of disparity of a generated three-dimensional image to the amount of disparity according to the kind of display on which this three-dimensional image is displayed. A set value identifying section identifies the kind of display to which a three-dimensional image is output. An image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with the amount of disparity according to the kind of the display identified. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A three-dimensional image generating device that generates a three-dimensional image, comprising: an identifying section that determines a first setting value and a second setting value, the values being selected by a user to effect a viewing, by the user, of the image according to the values; and a three-dimensional image generating section that generates the three-dimensional image from a left eye image and a right eye image with disparity according to the selected values; wherein the first setting value indicates a kind of display on which the image is to be displayed in a three-dimensional display mode, the kind being selected from the group consisting of a head-mounted dual-screen display and a three-dimensional single-screen display; the second setting value indicates a three-dimensional depth user comfort level of the disparity for the selected kind, ranging from a lesser level corresponding to lesser disparity for the selected kind, to a greater level corresponding to greater disparity for the selected kind; and the disparity between the left eye image and the right eye image is greater when the kind is the dual-screen display than when the kind is the single-screen display, regardless of the value of the second setting. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range differs according to the kind of display identified. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range is greater when the display to which the three-dimensional image is output is the dual-screen display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range increases as a number of screens on which the three-dimensional image is displayed increases. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range increases as a distance between eyes of a user and a screen on which the three-dimensional image is displayed decreases. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range increases as a number of screens shared for display by the left eye image included in the three-dimensional image and the right eye image included in the three-dimensional image decreases. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The three-dimensional image generating device according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image generating section generates the three-dimensional image with an amount of disparity in a range, wherein a size of the range increases as a display size of the kind of display decreases. ### Claim 8 A three-dimensional image generating method, comprising: determining a first setting value and a second setting value, the values being selected by a user to effect a viewing, by the user, of the image according to the values; and generating the three-dimensional image from a left eye image and a right eye image with disparity according to the selected values; wherein the first setting value indicates a kind of display on which the image is to be displayed in a three-dimensional display mode, the kind being selected from the group consisting of a head-mounted dual-screen display and a three-dimensional single-screen display; the second setting value indicates a three-dimensional depth user comfort level of the disparity for the selected kind, ranging from a lesser level corresponding to lesser disparity for the selected kind, to a greater level corresponding to greater disparity for the selected kind; and the disparity between the left eye image and the right eye image is greater when the kind is the dual-screen display than when the kind is the single-screen display, regardless of the value of the second setting. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory, computer readable recording medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising: by an identifying section, determining a first setting value and a second setting value, the values being selected by a user to effect a viewing, by the user, of the image according to the values; and by a three-dimensional image generating section, generating the three-dimensional image from a left eye image and a right eye image with disparity according to the selected values; wherein the first setting value indicates a kind of display on which the image is to be displayed in a three-dimensional display mode, the kind being selected from the group consisting of a head-mounted dual-screen display and a three-dimensional single-screen display; the second setting value indicates a three-dimensional depth user comfort level of the disparity for the selected kind, ranging from a lesser level corresponding to lesser disparity for the selected kind, to a greater level corresponding to greater disparity for the selected kind; and the disparity between the left eye image and the right eye image is greater when the kind is the dual-screen display than when the kind is the single-screen display, regardless of the value of the second setting.