Video processing apparatus and video processing method

A video processing apparatus comprising:

• a viewer detector configured to perform face recognition using a video photographed by a camera and acquire position information of a viewer;
• a correction amount calculator configured to calculate a correction amount for compensating for an error of the position information involved in deviation of an attaching position of the camera;
• a position information corrector configured to correct the position information using the correction amount calculated by the correction amount calculator;
• a viewing area information calculator configured to calculate, using the position information corrected by the position information corrector, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the viewer is set;
• a viewing area controller configured to control the viewing area according to the control parameter;
• a display configured to display plural parallax images that the viewer present in the viewing area can observe as a stereoscopic video, the display being configured to display a 3D viewing position check screen including plural parallax images, two parallax images in a center among the plural parallax images including a common guide character not present in the other parallax images;
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• an apertural area controller configured to output the plural parallax images displayed on the display in a predetermined direction.