STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A stereo image display apparatus comprising:
- binocular parallax control means for executing a control operation to vary a right eye and a left eye images with a binocular parallax therebetween such that the binocular parallax is substantially fixed in effect;
display means capable of displaying the left eye and right eye images on respective predetermined display areas; and
shading-off means for shading off in effect edge portions of the display areas of the left eye and right eye images.
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Abstract
A stereo image display apparatus is disclosed, in which the influence of display area edge portions on the viewing of stereo image is taken into considerations to enable display of stereo images without spoiling the viewer'"'"'s sense just like the viewer is actually on the site of the image scene. The display of a left eye and a right eye image is controlled to have a binocular parallax substantially fixed in effect. (Specifically, image shifters 32L and 32R shift the left eye and right eye images according to a parallax signal.) Edge portions of a left eye and a right eye image display area are shaded off in effect and made obscure by a left eye and a right eye eyepiece optical system 12L and 12R.
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10 Claims
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1. A stereo image display apparatus comprising:
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binocular parallax control means for executing a control operation to vary a right eye and a left eye images with a binocular parallax therebetween such that the binocular parallax is substantially fixed in effect;
display means capable of displaying the left eye and right eye images on respective predetermined display areas; and
shading-off means for shading off in effect edge portions of the display areas of the left eye and right eye images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A stereo image display apparatus comprising:
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display means capable of displaying a left eye and a right eye images with a binocular parallax therebetween on respective predetermined display areas;
horizontal display position control means for controlling the horizontal display positions of the left eye and right eye images on the left eye and right eye image display areas in opposite directions, respectively;
monochrome display area generating means for making the left and right edges and neighborhood thereof of the left eye and right eye image display areas to be predetermined monochrome display areas; and
monochrome display area width control means for controlling the width of the monochrome display areas, constituted by the left and right edges and neighborhood thereof of the left eye and right eye image display areas, such as to be increased on the right edge side of the display and reduced on the left edge side thereof when the position of the images on the display areas is shifted to the left, and increased on the left edge side of the display areas and reduced on the right edge side thereof when the position of the images on the display areas is shifted to the right. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A stereo image display apparatus comprising:
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display means capable of displaying a left eye and a right eye image with a binocular parallax therebetween on respective predetermined display areas;
spacial frequency detecting means for detecting a spacial frequency concerning the left eye or right eye image;
correlation calculation area specifying means for specifying correlation calculation area according to the spacial frequency detected by the spacial frequency detecting means such that the specified correlation calculation area is the smaller the relatively higher the detected spacial frequency and the greater the relatively lower the detected spacial frequency;
correlation calculating means for calculating a correlation of the left eye and right eye images to each other with respect to the correlation calculation area specified by the correlation calculation area specifying means; and
binocular parallax control means for controlling the binocular parallax in effect according to the result of the correlation calculation in the correlation calculating means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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