Image processing device, image processing method, program, and image processing system

An image processing method, comprising:

• acquiring information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye;
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• determining correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye.

A program for causing a computer to function as:

• means for acquiring information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye;
• and
• means for determining correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye.

An imaging system, comprising:

• an imaging device that images an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye;
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• an image processing device that includes an acquiring section that acquires information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye and a determining section that determines correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye.

An image processing device, comprising:

• a captured image acquiring section that acquires an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye;
• and
• a depth-of-field extension processing section that extends a depth-of-field of each of the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye and creates a depth-of-field extended image by synthesizing the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye in each of which the depth-of-field has been extended.

An image processing method, comprising:

• acquiring an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye;
• and
• extending a depth-of-field of each of the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye and creating a depth-of-field extended image by synthesizing the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye in each of which the depth-of-field has been extended.

A program for causing a computer to function as:

• acquiring an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye;
• and
• extending a depth-of-field of each of the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye and creating a depth-of-field extended image by synthesizing the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye in each of which the depth-of-field has been extended.