Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional images
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKen Mashitani, Goro Hamagishi, Satoshi Takemoto
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Abstract
A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library.
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A three-dimensional image displaying apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more users, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image, the parallax amount information, when applied to the two-dimensional viewpoint images, differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- an output unit configured to output the three-dimensional image in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image processing apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more users, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image, the parallax amount information, when applied to the two-dimensional viewpoint images, differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- an output unit configured to output the three-dimensional image in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image displaying apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more uses, based on two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of the one or more users, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for determining parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image for differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- a control unit configured to create the two-dimensional viewpoint images with the parallax in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image processing apparatus for processing two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more uses, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for determining parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image for differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- a control unit configured to create the two-dimensional viewpoint images with the parallax in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image processing method comprising the steps of:
- pre-storing parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more users, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image, the parallax amount information, when applied to the two-dimensional viewpoint images, differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- outputting the three-dimensional image in accordance with the pre-stored parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image processing method for displaying a three-dimensional image perceived by one or more users, based on two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of the one or more users, the method comprising the steps of:
- pre-storing parallax amount information for determining parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image for differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- creating the two-dimensional viewpoint images with the parallax in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having a program, when executed, controlling a computer to perform the steps of:
- pre-storing parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more users, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image, the parallax amount information, when applied to the two-dimensional viewpoint images, differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- outputting the three-dimensional image in accordance with the pre-stored parallax amount information.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having a program for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users, based on two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of the one or more users, the program, when executed, controlling a computer to perform the steps of:
- pre-storing parallax amount information for determining parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image for differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- creating the two-dimensional viewpoint images with the parallax in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image displaying apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to display a three-dimensional image to be perceived by the one or more users, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- an output unit configured to a differentiate three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image based on the parallax amount information when outputting the three-dimensional image.
A three-dimensional image displaying apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more uses, based on two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of the one or more users, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for determining parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images, the parallax amount information varying depending on respective locations within the three-dimensional image for differentiating a three-dimensional effect between or among the respective locations within the three-dimensional image;
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- a control unit configured to create the two-dimensional viewpoint images with the parallax in accordance with the parallax amount information.
A three-dimensional image processing apparatus comprising:
- a non-removal storage unit having pre-stored parallax amount information for varying parallax between or among two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of one or more users to become smaller at a peripheral region of a three-dimensional image or to vary the parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images so that an object at the peripheral region of the three-dimensional image is seen by the one or more users to be relatively distant;
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- an output unit configured to output the three-dimensional image in accordance with the parallax amount information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.