Image processing apparatus and method, printed matter production apparatus and method, and printed matter production system

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a point-of-regard setting means for specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a compensation amount calculation means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between said point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, and calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement calculated;
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• an image conversion processing means for generating a parameter for use in an image conversion to which said motion compensation amount calculated by said motion compensation amount calculation means is added, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter, on the basis of said parameter.

A method of image processing comprising:

• a step of specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a step of calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between said point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, and calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement of said point-of-regard;
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• a step of generating a parameter for use in an image conversion, to which said motion compensation amount is added, and converting said motion image data to data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parameter.

A printed matter production apparatus comprising:

• a point-of-regard setting means for specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a motion compensation processing means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard set in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement calculated, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter, in which a perceived image varies depending on its viewing angle;
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• a printing means for printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parallax image data.

A method of producing a printed matter comprising:

• a step of specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a step of calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter in which a perceived image varies depending on its viewing angle;
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• a step of printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parallax image data.

A printed matter production apparatus comprising:

• a point-of-regard setting means for specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a motion compensation amount calculation means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard set in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, and calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement thereof;
• an image conversion processing means for generating a parameter relating to image conversion, to which said motion compensation amount calculated by said motion compensation calculation means is added, thereby converting said motion image data to data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parameter calculated;
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• a printing means for printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said data converted.

A method of producing a printed matter comprising:

• a step of specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a step of calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, and calculating a motion compensation amount on the basis of said amount of movement thereof;
• a step of generating a parameter relating to image conversion, to which said motion compensation amount calculated is added, thereby converting said motion image data to data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parameter generated;
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• a step of printing the parallax image printed matter on the basis of said data converted.

A printed matter production system comprising

• a communication terminal device including:
• a motion image input means for inputting motion image data;
• a point-of-regard setting means for specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute the motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• and a first communication means for transmitting data relating to said motion image data and said point-of-regard, and
• a printing device including:
• a second communication means for receiving data from said first communication means;
• a motion compensation processing means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement thereof, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter in which a perceived image varies depending on its viewing angle;
• and a printing means for printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parallax image data converted.

A printing device comprising:

• a communication means for receiving data relating to motion image data, a reference frame in said motion image data and a point-of-regard set on an object in said reference frame from an external device;
• a motion compensation processing means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement calculated, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter in which a perceived image varies depending on its viewing angle;
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• a printing means for printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of said parallax image data.

A printed matter production system comprising

• a communication terminal device including:
• a motion image input means for inputting motion image data;
• a point-of-regard setting means for specifying at least one frame as a reference frame from a plurality of frames that constitute the motion image data, and setting a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a motion compensation processing means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement calculated, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter in which a perceived image varies depending on a viewing angle;
• and a first communication means for transmitting the data relating to said motion image data, and
• a printing device including:
• a second communication means for receiving the data from said first communication means;
• and a printing means for printing a parallax image printed matter on the basis of the data relating to said motion image data.

A communication terminal device comprising:

• a motion image input means for inputting motion image data;
• a point-of-regard setting means for setting at least one frame as a reference frame in a plurality of frames that constitute the motion image data, and a point-of-regard on an object in said reference frame;
• a motion compensation processing means for calculating an amount of movement of said point-of-regard using a relation between the point-of-regard in said reference frame and a point corresponding thereto in another frame, calculating a motion compensation amount for each frame on the basis of said amount of movement thereof, and executing a motion compensation processing for said motion image data on the basis of said motion compensation amount, thereby converting said motion image data to parallax image data that can be printed as a parallax image printed matter in which a perceived image varies depending on a viewing angle;
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• a communication means for transmitting data relating to said motion image data.