IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130235167A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: IZAWA, Katsutoshi, NAKAMURA, Tomokazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,143,764 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/27 involving lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 35/24 using apertured or refractive resolving means on screens or between screen and eye
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/30 Image reproducers optical systems for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional effects G02B30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof

Abstract

An image processing device includes: a size acquisition section that acquires a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display; a storage section that stores respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performing 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and stores respective second display sizes of the display devices; a parallax amount computation section that computes a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section; and an output section that outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising:

a size acquisition section that acquires a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display;

a storage section that stores respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performing 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and stores respective second display sizes of the display devices;

a parallax amount computation section that computes a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section; and

an output section that outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

2. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a type acquisition section that acquires a type of the output target display device; and

a correction section that, corrects the computed parallax amount according to a predetermined viewing distance for the acquired type,

wherein the output section outputs to the output target display device the parallax amount corrected by the correction section and the 3D display image data.

3. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising a reception section that receives user data indicating a user,

wherein the storage section stores the respective parallax amounts adjusted by the user and the respective second display sizes in association with each user data;

and

the parallax amount computation section computes the parallax amount for the first display size based on the relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section, which corresponds to the user data received by the reception section.

4. The image processing device of claim 3, further comprising:

a type acquisition section that acquires a type of the output target display device; and

a correction section that, corrects the computed parallax amount according to the acquired type and a predetermined viewing distance corresponding to the received user data,

wherein the output section outputs to the output target display device the parallax amount corrected by the correction section and the 3D display image data.

5. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display section that performs 3D display;

a measuring section that measures a viewing distance from the display section to a user; and

a correction section that compares a predetermined viewing distance corresponding to the first display size and the viewing distance measured by the measuring section, and corrects the computed parallax amount based on a result of comparison,

wherein the output section outputs to the output target display device the parallax amount corrected by the correction section and the 3D display image data.

6. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising a parallax range acquisition section that acquires a parallax range of an image subject from the 3D display image data,

wherein in a case in which second 3D display image data that is different from first 3D display image data for which a parallax amount has been adjusted is to be output, the parallax amount computation section computes a parallax amount of the second 3D display image data based on the parallax range acquired from the first 3D display image data, the parallax range acquired from the second 3D display image data, and the parallax amount of the first 3D display image data, and

the output section outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the second 3D display image data.

7. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising an image subject distance acquisition section that acquires an image subject distance from 3D display image data,

wherein in a case in which second 3D display image data that is different from first 3D display image data for which a parallax amount has been adjusted is to be output, the parallax amount computation section computes a parallax amount of the second 3D display image data based on the image subject distance acquired from the first 3D display image data, the image subject distance acquired from the second 3D display image data, and the parallax amount of the first 3D display image data, and

the output section outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the second 3D display image data.

8. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising a display section that performs 3D display.

9. The image processing device of claim 1, further comprising an image capture section that captures a plurality of images from a plurality of different viewpoints,

wherein the output section outputs the captured plurality of images as the 3D display image data.

10. An image processing method comprising:

storing respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performance of 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and respective second display sizes of the display devices;

acquiring a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display;

computing a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the stored parallax amounts and the stored second display sizes; and

outputting to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

11. The image processing method of claim 10, further comprising:

acquiring a type of the output target display device;

correcting the computed parallax amount according to a predetermined viewing distance for the acquired type; and

outputting to the output target display device the corrected parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

12. The image processing method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving user data indicating a user;

storing the respective parallax amounts adjusted by the user and the respective second display sizes in association with each user data; and

computing the parallax amount for the first display size based on the relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section, which corresponds to the received user data.

13. The image processing method of claim 12, further comprising:

acquiring a type of the output target display device;

correcting the computed parallax amount according to the acquired type and a predetermined viewing distance corresponding to the received user data; and

outputting to the output target display device the corrected parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

14. The image processing method of claim 10, further comprising:

performing 3D display of the 3D display image data on a display section;

measuring a viewing distance from the display section to a user;

comparing a predetermined viewing distance corresponding to the first display size and the measured viewing distance, and correcting the computed parallax amount based on a result of the comparing; and

outputting to the output target display device the corrected parallax amount and the 3D display image data.

15. The image processing method of claim 10, further comprising:

acquiring a parallax range of an image subject from first 3D display image data for which the parallax amount has been adjusted and from second 3D display image data that is different from the first 3D display image data;

computing a parallax amount of the second 3D display image data based on the parallax range acquired from the first 3D display image data, the parallax range acquired from the second 3D display image data, and the parallax amount of the first 3D display image data; and

outputting to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the second 3D display image data.

16. The image processing method of claim 10, further comprising:

acquiring an image subject distance from first 3D display image data for which the parallax amount has been adjusted and from second 3D display image data that is different from the first 3D display image data;

computing a parallax amount of the second 3D display image data based on the image subject distance acquired from the first 3D display image data, the image subject distance acquired from the second 3D display image data, and the parallax amount of the first 3D display image data; and

outputting to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the second 3D display image data.

17. The image processing method of claim 10, wherein the 3D display image data comprises a plurality of images that are captured from a plurality of different viewpoints.

18. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute image processing, the image processing comprising:

storing respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performance of 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and respective second display sizes of the display devices;

acquiring a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display;

computing a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the stored parallax amounts and the stored second display sizes; and

outputting to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.