US 7,605,776 B2 · Stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and image display method

Abstract

This invention provides a stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, a stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and an image display method that are capable of managing specification of display unit on which a stereoscopic-vision image is desired to be displayed as accessory information (assumed display information). The assumed display information includes a type and a display size of the display unit on which a stereoscopic-vision image is desired to be displayed. This allows an appropriate stereoscopic-vision image to be obtained by specifying a type or a display size of the display unit that is desired to be displayed with them being combined with the stereoscopic-vision image and scaling the stereoscopic-vision image up or down, in display of a stereoscopic image, in accordance with the type or the display size of the display unit.

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Dependent claims

A stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus for generating a stereoscopic-vision image, the image processing apparatus comprising:

a first memory region to store actual display information describing at least a size of a display area of a display unit in which the stereoscopic-vision image is to be displayed;
a second memory region to store a plurality of viewpoint images having a parallax with respect to each other and assumed display information about an assumed display unit on which the stereoscopic-vision image was desired to be displayed when generated, the assumed display information comprises an assumed display size and/or assumed display type of the assumed display unit;
and
at least one control circuit adapted to compare the actual display information and the assumed display information and determine whether the stereoscopic-vision image can be generated properly when the plurality of viewpoint images are displayed on the display unit.

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An image display method for generating a stereoscopic-vision image, the method comprising:

comparing actual display information for a first display unit on which the stereoscopic-vision image is to be displayed, the actual display information describing at least an actual size of the first display unit, and assumed display information for the stereoscopic-vision image, the stereoscopic-vision image comprising a plurality of viewpoint images at least having a parallax with respect to each other and the assumed display information describing at least an assumed size of a second display unit on which the stereoscopic-vision image, when created, was intended to be displayed;
determining, based on the comparing, whether the stereoscopic-vision image can be displayed on the first display unit with a parallax within a threshold parallax tolerance;
and
if the stereoscopic-vision image can be displayed with a parallax within the threshold parallax tolerance, displaying the stereoscopic-vision image, and otherwise displaying a warning message informing a viewer of the first display unit that the stereoscopic-vision image may not be displayed properly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and image display method

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Stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and image display method

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