Stereoscopic image playback device, stereoscopic image playback system, and stereoscopic image playback method

A stereoscopic image playback device configured to reproduce and display a stereoscopic image on a stereoscopic image display device, comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a piece of data of a stereoscopic image;
• a display size acquisition unit configured to acquire a display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a parallax adjustment amount creation unit configured to create, based on the acquired display size, a plurality of parallax adjustment amounts different from one another for adjusting a parallax of the stereoscopic image;
• a small screen display unit configured to cause the stereoscopic image display device to display a plurality of stereoscopic images having parallaxes adjusted based on the plurality of parallax adjustment amounts in small screens each with a size smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• an image selection unit configured to allow a user to select a stereoscopic image having the most appropriate stereoscopic effect from among the plurality of images displayed in the small screens;
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• a display control unit configured to cause the stereoscopic image display device to display the selected stereoscopic image having the parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount with the display size of the stereoscopic image display device.

A stereoscopic image playback device configured to reproduce and display a stereoscopic image on a stereoscopic image display device, comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a piece of data of a stereoscopic image;
• a display size acquisition unit configured to acquire a display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a parallax adjustment amount creation unit configured to create, based on the acquired display size, a parallax adjustment amount for adjusting a parallax of the stereoscopic image;
• a small screen display unit configured to cause the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having a parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount in a small screen with a size smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a correction unit configured to allow a user to correct the parallax adjustment amount based on the image displayed in the small screen;
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• a display control unit configured to cause the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having the parallax adjusted based on the corrected parallax adjustment amount with the display size of the stereoscopic image display device.

A stereoscopic image playback method which causes a stereoscopic image display device to reproduce and display a stereoscopic image, comprising:

• an image acquisition step of acquiring a piece of data of a stereoscopic image;
• a display size acquisition step of acquiring a display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a parallax adjustment amount creation step of creating, based on the acquired display size, a parallax adjustment amount for adjusting a parallax of the stereoscopic image;
• a small screen display step of causing the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having a parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount in a small screen with a size smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a determination step of determining, based on the stereoscopic image displayed in the small screen, whether a stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopic image is appropriate;
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• a display control step of causing, when it is determined that the stereoscopic effect is appropriate in the determination step, the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having the parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount with the display size of the stereoscopic image display device.

A stereoscopic image playback method which causes a stereoscopic image display device to reproduce and display a stereoscopic image, comprising:

• an image acquisition step of acquiring a piece of data of a stereoscopic image;
• a display size acquisition step of acquiring a display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a parallax adjustment amount creation step of creating, based on the acquired display size, a plurality of parallax adjustment amounts different from one another for adjusting a parallax of the stereoscopic image;
• a small screen display step of causing the stereoscopic image display device to display a plurality of stereoscopic images having parallaxes adjusted based on the plurality of parallax adjustment amounts in small screens each with a size smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• an image selection step of allowing a user to select a stereoscopic image most appropriate for stereoscopic viewing from among the plurality of images displayed in the small screens;
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• a display control step of causing the stereoscopic image display device to display the selected stereoscopic image having the parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount with the display size of the stereoscopic image display device.

A stereoscopic image playback method which causes a stereoscopic image display device to reproduce and display a stereoscopic image, comprising:

• an image acquisition step of acquiring a piece of data of a stereoscopic image;
• a display size acquisition step of acquiring a display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a parallax adjustment amount creation step of creating, based on the acquired display size, a parallax adjustment amount for adjusting a parallax of the stereoscopic image;
• a small screen display step of causing the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having a parallax adjusted based on the parallax adjustment amount in a small screen with a size smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic image display device;
• a correction step of allowing a user to correct the parallax adjustment amount based on the image displayed in the small screen;
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• a display control step of causing the stereoscopic image display device to display the stereoscopic image having the parallax adjusted based on the corrected parallax adjustment amount with the display size of the stereoscopic image display device.