Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional images
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1. A three-dimensional image processing apparatus comprising:
- a parallax control unit configured to adjust parallax between or among a plurality of viewpoint images for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users; and
a map storage unit having a pre-stored adjusting map to be referred to by the parallax control unit in adjusting the parallax, whereinthe adjusting map includes parallax adjusting amounts based on which,the parallax control unit adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of viewpoint images to become smaller at a peripheral region of the three-dimensional image or adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of 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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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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11 Claims
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1. A three-dimensional image processing apparatus comprising:
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a parallax control unit configured to adjust parallax between or among a plurality of viewpoint images for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users; and a map storage unit having a pre-stored adjusting map to be referred to by the parallax control unit in adjusting the parallax, wherein the adjusting map includes parallax adjusting amounts based on which, the parallax control unit adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of viewpoint images to become smaller at a peripheral region of the three-dimensional image or adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A three-dimensional image processing method comprising the steps of:
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pre-storing adjusting amounts; receiving a plurality of viewpoint images for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users; and adjusting a parallax between or among the received plurality of viewpoint images based on the adjusting amounts, wherein the adjusting step adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of viewpoint images to become smaller at a peripheral region of the three-dimensional image or adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of 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, in accordance with the adjusting amounts. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium having a program, when executed, controlling a computer to perform the steps of:
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pre-storing adjusting amounts; receiving a plurality of viewpoint images for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users; and adjusting a parallax between or among the received plurality of viewpoint images based on the adjusting amounts, wherein the adjusting step adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of viewpoint images to become smaller at a peripheral region of the three-dimensional image or adjusts the parallax between or among the plurality of 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, in accordance with the adjusting amounts.
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