Stereoscopic image processing and display system
First Claim
1. A stereoscopic image processing method comprising adding information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image to a base image to display the stereoscopic image.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit and an information adding unit. The image obtaining unit obtains a base image for stereovision in a multiplex format or a side-by-side format, or obtains an original image and then converts it to such a base image. The information adding unit records information to be referred to for stereovision, such as the format of the base image and the number of assumed viewpoints, in a header of the image data.
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74 Claims
- 1. A stereoscopic image processing method comprising adding information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image to a base image to display the stereoscopic image.
- 8. A data structure for a stereoscopic image, comprising a combination of main data of a base image to display a stereoscopic image, and sub-data which retain information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display the stereoscopic image.
- 10. A stereoscopic image processing method comprising searching information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image, which is added to a base image to display the stereoscopic image.
- 17. A stereoscopic image processing method for dealing with a stereoscopic image on an apparatus with a memory, comprising storing in the memory a base image, a configuration style of which is different from that of a base image to be finally displayed on a screen, and retrieving the stored image appropriately and utilizing the image.
- 19. A stereoscopic image processing method comprising searching information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image, which is added to a base image to display the stereoscopic image, and adjusting brightness of a screen employed to display the stereoscopic image using the information.
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21. A stereoscopic image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image obtaining unit which obtains a base image to display a stereoscopic image; and
an information adding unit which adds to the obtained base image information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display the stereoscopic image.
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22. A stereoscopic image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image obtaining unit which obtains a base image to display a stereoscopic image; and
an information searching unit which searches information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display the stereoscopic image, which is added to the obtained base image. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A stereoscopic image processing system comprising a composing apparatus and a display apparatus for a stereoscopic image, wherein the composing apparatus incorporates information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image into a base image to display the stereoscopic image, and the display apparatus searches the information to be referred to and appropriately applies an image process to the base image on a basis of the searched information and then displays the stereoscopic image.
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25. A stereoscopic image processing method comprising obtaining a base image to display a stereoscopic image and assessing information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display the stereoscopic image by examining the base image.
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26. A computer program executable by a computer, the program comprising the functions of adding information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image to a base image to display the stereoscopic image.
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27. A computer program executable by a computer, the program comprising the functions of searching information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display a stereoscopic image, which is added to a base image to display the stereoscopic image.
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28. A computer program executable by a computer, the program comprising the functions of obtaining a base image to display a stereoscopic image, and assessing information to be referred to at a prescribed scene during a sequence of processes to display the stereoscopic image by examining the base image.
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29. A stereoscopic image compression method comprising selecting display elements, which are actually used in a stereoscopic image, from a parallax image, and composing drawing elements by a combination of the display elements to reduce an amount of information in the parallax image.
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30. A stereoscopic image compression method comprising:
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selecting display elements, which are actually used in a stereoscopic image, from each of a plurality of parallax images, and composing drawing elements by a combination of the display elements, and thereby generating a plurality of new parallax images; and
composing the stereoscopic image by extracting the drawing elements from each of the plurality of the generated parallax images.
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31. A stereoscopic image compression apparatus comprising:
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a compressing unit which selects display elements, which are actually used in a stereoscopic image, from an input parallax image, and composes drawing elements by a combination of the display elements, and thereby compresses the parallax image;
a storage unit which stores the compressed parallax image; and
a composing unit which composes the stereoscopic image by extracting the drawing elements from each of a plurality of parallax images with different viewpoints stored in the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A computer program executable by a computer, the program comprising the functions of:
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selecting display elements, which are actually used in a stereoscopic image, from each of a plurality of parallax images, and composing drawing elements by a combination of the display elements, and thereby generating a plurality of new parallax images; and
composing the stereoscopic image by extracting the drawing elements from each of the plurality of the generated parallax images.
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35. A stereoscopic image compression system comprising a terminal and a server, wherein the server comprises:
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a compressing unit which selects display elements, which are actually used in a stereoscopic image, from an input parallax image, and composes drawing elements by a combination of the display elements, and thereby compresses the parallax image; and
a transmitting unit which transmits a plurality of the compressed parallax images with different viewpoints to the terminal, and wherein the terminal comprises;
a receiving unit which receives the plurality of the parallax image transmitted by the server; and
a composing unit which composes the stereoscopic image by extracting the drawing elements from each of the plurality of the received parallax images.
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36. A stereoscopic image display method comprising:
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displaying a first image to be stereoviewed in a display apparatus and adjusting a display position of the image and storing a proper position for stereovision which is determined by the adjustment;
reading out the proper position in displaying a second image to be stereoviewed; and
displaying the second image by arranging the image in accordance with the proper position read out. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A stereoscopic image display apparatus comprising:
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a position writing unit which obtains a display position when a first image to be stereoviewed is displayed as a proper position for stereovision and records the position to a memory;
a position reading unit which reads out the proper position when a second image to be stereoviewed is displayed; and
a position adjusting unit which adjusts a display position of the second image to the proper position read out. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A stereoscopic image display method comprising:
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displaying an image to be stereoviewed in a display apparatus;
detecting a notification that a display condition of the image is not appropriate; and
changing a way of displaying the image when the notification is detected. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A stereoscopic display apparatus comprising:
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an adjustment instruction obtaining unit which detects a notification that a display condition when an image to be stereoviewed is displayed is not appropriate; and
an adjusting unit which changes a way of displaying the image when the notification is detected. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A stereoscopic image display method comprising:
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displaying an image to be stereoviewed on a screen of a display apparatus; and
shifting the image on the screen, and wherein, a shift unit of the image is restricted to a value defined according to the number of different parallax images which compose the image. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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60. A stereoscopic image display apparatus comprising:
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a shift instruction obtaining unit which obtains an instruction to shift an image to be stereoviewed on a screen; and
a shift processing unit which shifts the image according to the instruction, and wherein, the shift processing unit shifts the image in such a manner that a shift unit of the image is restricted to a value defined according to the number of different parallax images which compose the image. - View Dependent Claims (61)
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62. A stereoscopic image display method comprising:
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displaying an image to be stereoviewed in a display apparatus and adjusting a display position of the image and storing a proper position for stereovision which is determined by the adjustment;
reading out the proper position in redrawing the image; and
redrawing the image in a new start position away from the proper position by a distance of a value defined according to the number of different parallax images which compose the image. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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64. A stereoscopic image display apparatus comprising:
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a position writing unit which obtains a display position when an image to be stereoviewed is displayed as a proper position for stereovision and records the position to a memory;
a position reading unit which reads out the proper position when the image is redrawn; and
a position adjusting unit which adjusts a new drawing start position of the image to a position away from the proper position by a distance of a value defined according to the number of different parallax images which compose the image. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66)
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67. An object display method comprising displaying an object to be two-dimensionally displayed on a display unit with an optical filter attached after conducting an enlargement process on the object.
- 68. An object display apparatus comprising an expanding unit which enlarges an object to be two-dimensionally displayed before the object is displayed on a display unit with an optical filter attached.
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74. A computer program executable by a computer which have a display unit, the program comprising the functions of conducting an enlargement process on an object to be two-dimensionally displayed, when the object is displayed on the display unit with an optical filter attached.
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