# US 2014/0192150 A1 · Image processing device, method for controlling image processing device, control program, and computer-readable recording medium which records the control program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192150 A1 - Document ID: US20140192150A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/122,280 - Filed: 2012-05-30 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-02 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yuhji Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192150A1 ## CPC - H04N 13/156: Mixing image signals - H04N 13/359: Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - H04N 13/361: Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background - H04N 2013/0088: {Synthesising a monoscopic image signal from stereoscopic images, e.g. synthesising a panoramic or high resolution monoscopic image} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image processing device (10a) that receives a plurality of individual images including at least two images that form a stereoscopic image and generates a display image displaying the plurality of input individual images simultaneously on a display unit. The image processing device includes an image conversion unit (111) that converts at least one image among the input images that form the stereoscopic image into a planar image, and an image generation unit (151) that generates the display image by synthesizing the planar image that has been converted by the image conversion unit (111) and an image among the plurality of input images that has not been converted into a planer image by the image conversion unit (111). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing device that receives a plurality of individual images including at least two images that form a stereoscopic image and generates a display image displaying the plurality of input individual images simultaneously on a display unit, the image processing device comprising: image conversion means that converts at least one image among the input images that form the stereoscopic image into a planar image; and image generation means that generates the display image by synthesizing the planar image that has been converted by the image conversion means and an image among the plurality of input images that has not been converted into a planar image by the image conversion means. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic image is configured to have an image for a left eye viewing left and an image for a right eye viewing right, and the image conversion means converts the stereoscopic image into a planar image by making the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye the same, which configure a stereoscopic image to be converted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the image conversion means converts the stereoscopic image into a planar image by replacing the image for the left eye, which configures the stereoscopic image to be converted with an image that is the same as the image for the right eye, which configures the stereoscopic image to be converted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the image conversion means converts the stereoscopic image into a planar image by replacing the image for the left eye, which configures the stereoscopic image to be converted with an image that is the same as the image for the left eye, which configures the stereoscopic image to be converted. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image conversion means converts all of the input stereoscopic images except a stereoscopic image among the input stereoscopic images into planar images. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The image processing device according to claim 5, wherein, the image conversion means converts all of the input stereoscopic images except a stereoscopic image that is the largest in size on the display unit among the input stereoscopic images into planar images. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The image processing device according to claim 5 further comprising: attribute information acquisition means that acquires attribute information that is associated with the input stereoscopic images, wherein the image conversion means converts all of the stereoscopic images except a stereoscopic image that is associated with the attribute information into planer images when the attribute information that is acquired by the attribute information acquisition means matches predetermined conditions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image processing device according to claim 1 further comprising: operation input means that receives an operation by a user and changes a display region of an image that is synthesized in the display image, wherein the image generation means generates the display image having a display region that is changed according to the operation received by the operation input means, and the image conversion means converts all of the input stereoscopic images into planar images in a period in which the operation is being received by the operation input means. ### Claim 9 A method for controlling an image processing device that receives a plurality of individual images including at least two images that form a stereoscopic image and generates a display image displaying the plurality of input individual images simultaneously on a display unit, the controlling method comprising: an image conversion step of converting at least one image among the input images that form the stereoscopic image into a planar image; and an image generation step of generating the display image by synthesizing the planar image that has been converted in the image conversion step and an image among the plurality of input images that has not been converted into a planar image in the image conversion step. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A control program that causes a computer to operate that is included in the image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control program causes the computer to function as each of the means. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 10 is recorded.