Device and method for stereoscopic image printing
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorMikio WATANABE
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Abstract
A method for stereoscopic image printing according to one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes acquiring information on distribution of parallax of a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints; determining, based on the information on the distribution of parallax, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image which is printed on a lenticular lens sheet; generating, if the number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image is smaller than the determined number of viewpoints, a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image; and printing a stereoscopic image which is made of the multi-viewpoint image and the generated viewpoint image.
Claims17
A stereoscopic image generating device, comprising:
- an image input unit configured to input a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints;
- an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on distribution of parallax of the inputted multi-viewpoint image;
- a number-of-viewpoint determination unit configured to determine, based on the information on the distribution of parallax acquired by the information acquisition unit, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image;
- a comparison unit configured to compare a number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit and the number of viewpoints determined by the number-of-viewpoint determination unit;
- a viewpoint image generation unit configured to generate, if the number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit is smaller than the number of viewpoints of the determined stereoscopic image, a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image;
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- a stereoscopic image generating unit configured to generate a stereoscopic image including the multi-viewpoint image inputted via the image input unit and the viewpoint image generated by the viewpoint image generation unit.
A method of generating a stereoscopic image, comprising:
- an image input step of inputting a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints;
- an information acquisition step of acquiring information on distribution of parallax of the inputted multi-viewpoint image;
- a number-of-viewpoint determination step of determining, based on the acquired information on the distribution of parallax, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image;
- a viewpoint image generation step of comparing a number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted in the image input step and the number of viewpoints determined in the number-of-viewpoint determination step and generating a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image if the number of viewpoints of the inputted multi-viewpoint image is smaller than the number of viewpoints of the determined stereoscopic image;
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- a stereoscopic image generating step of generating a stereoscopic image including the multi-viewpoint image inputted in the image input step and the viewpoint image generated in the viewpoint image generation step.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including instructions stored thereon, such that when the instructions are read and executed by a processor, the processor is configured to perform:
- an image input step of inputting a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints;
- an information acquisition step of acquiring information on distribution of parallax of the inputted multi-viewpoint image;
- a number-of-viewpoint determination step of determining, based on the acquired information on the distribution of parallax, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image;
- a viewpoint image generation step of comparing a number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image inputted in the image input step and the number of viewpoints determined in the number-of-viewpoint determination step and generating a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image if the number of viewpoints of the inputted multi-viewpoint image is smaller than the number of viewpoints of the determined stereoscopic image;
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- a stereoscopic image generating step of generating a stereoscopic image including the multi-viewpoint image inputted in the image input step and the viewpoint image generated in the viewpoint image generation step.
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