Mobile equipment with three dimensional display function

• US 20040004616A1
• Filed: 07/03/2003
• Published: 01/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Miyata, Yusuke, Yasumoto, Takashi, Okuda, Kei, Konya, Minehiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,889,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/55 from multiple images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/31 using parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/359 Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/361 Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile phone that includes a single camera for picking up a 2D image and provides the 2D image with parallax information to create a 3D image. The 3D image is displayed on a display unit.

Claims

1. Mobile equipment comprising:

a pickup device picking up an image of a subject;

a three dimensional image creation portion providing said image with parallax information to create a three dimensional image; and

a display unit displaying said three dimensional image.

2. The mobile equipment of claim 1, wherein said pickup device is a pickup device for picking up a two dimensional image.

3. The mobile equipment of claim 2, further comprising:

a communication control portion controlling a communication with another device; and

a transmission and reception portion allowing a call to and from another device.

4. Mobile equipment comprising:

a single pickup device picking up an image of a subject;

a three dimensional image creation portion providing said image with parallax information to create a three dimensional image; and

a display unit displaying said three dimensional image.

5. The mobile equipment of claim 4, wherein said pickup device is a pickup device for picking up a two dimensional image.

6. The mobile equipment of claim 5, further comprising:

a communication control portion controlling a communication with another device; and

a transmission and reception portion allowing a call to and from another device.

7. The mobile equipment of claim 4, wherein said three dimensional image creation portion cuts a human face out of said image picked up, to obtain a face image and provides said face image with said parallax information.

8. The mobile equipment of claim 7, wherein said pickup device is a pickup device for picking up a two dimensional image.

9. The mobile equipment of claim 8, further comprising:

a communication control portion controlling a communication with another device; and

a transmission and reception portion allowing a call to and from another device.

10. The mobile equipment of claim 4, wherein said three dimensional image creation portion selects a particular subject from said image picked up, to obtain an image of the subject and provides said image of the subject and an image included in said image picked up other than said particular subject with different parallax information, respectively.

11. The mobile equipment of claim 10, wherein said pickup device is a pickup device for picking up a two dimensional image.

12. The mobile equipment of claim 11, further comprising:

a communication control portion controlling a communication with another device; and

a transmission and reception portion allowing a call to and from another device.

13. A three dimensional conversion program product causing a computer to execute a three dimensional conversion process comprising the steps of:

inputting a two dimensional image;

cutting a human face image out of said two dimensional image to obtain a face image;

providing said face image with parallax information to create a three dimensional image; and

outputting said three dimensional image.