Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image input unit configured to receive at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision;
a stereoscopic image generation processing unit configured to receive one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generate a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process,wherein, among the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, two images are output as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision; and
an output image selection processing unit configured to select two images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision as output images from the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, wherein the output image selection processing unit selects using a depth map;
the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is greater than a first predetermined threshold based on the depth map, andthe second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is less than a second predetermined threshold on the depth map.
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Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image input unit configured to receive at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision, and a stereoscopic image generation processing unit configured to receive one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generate a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process. Among the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, two images are output as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision.
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image input unit configured to receive at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision; a stereoscopic image generation processing unit configured to receive one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generate a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process, wherein, among the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, two images are output as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision; and an output image selection processing unit configured to select two images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision as output images from the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, wherein the output image selection processing unit selects using a depth map; the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is greater than a first predetermined threshold based on the depth map, and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is less than a second predetermined threshold on the depth map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image processing method performed in an image processing apparatus, the image processing method comprising:
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receiving at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision; receiving one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generating a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process; and outputting, based on a depth map, two images as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision from the first left eye image and the first right eye image input in the image input step and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by a stereoscopic image generation processing unit, wherein the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit are selected as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is greater than a first predetermined threshold based on the depth map, and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit are selected as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is less than a second predetermined threshold on the depth map.
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a processor of for causing an image processing apparatus causes the processor to perform image processing including:
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receiving at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision; receiving one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generating a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process; and outputting, based on a depth map, two images as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision from the first left eye image and the first right eye image input in the image input step and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by a stereoscopic image generation processing unit, wherein the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit are selected as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is greater than a first predetermined threshold based on the depth map, and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit are selected as the output images when it is determined that the object distance is less than a second predetermined threshold on the depth map.
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Current AssigneeSony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
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Original AssigneeSony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
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InventorsIto, Atsushi, Kobayashi, Seiji
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Primary Examiner(s)CHAWAN, SHEELA C
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Application NumberUS13/491,023Publication NumberTime in Patent Office887 DaysField of Search382/154, 382/117, 382/172, 348/43, 348/E13, 348/6, 348/761, 348/42US Class Current382/154CPC Class CodesH04N 13/111 Transformation of image sig...H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparityH04N 13/144 for flicker reductionH04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors ...
