Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program

• US 20130272601A1
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suguru Ushiki, Takafumi Morifuji
• Original Assignee: Takafumi Morifuji
• Inventors: MORIFUJI, Takafumi, USHIKI, Suguru
• Granted Patent: US 8,948,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/00 Image coding bandwidth or redundancy reduction for static pictures H04N1/41; coding or decoding of static colour picture signals H04N1/64; methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/001 Model-based coding, e.g. wire frame

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to obtain information representing a user'"'"'s viewing situation of 3D content stored in a certain storage unit, and, based on a preset saving reference in accordance with a viewing situation of 3D content, determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit; and a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the determined data reduction level.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. An image processing apparatus comprising:

viewing situation analyzing means for

obtaining information representing a user'"'"'s viewing situation of 3D content, the viewing situation including a number of viewing times of the 3D content, and

determining a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content in accordance with the number of viewing times; and

data conversion means for performing data compression of the content data of the 3D content in accordance with the determined data reduction level.

13. An image processing method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

obtaining information representing a user'"'"'s viewing situation of 3D content, the viewing situation including a number of viewing times of the 3D content;

determining, by the computer, a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content in accordance with the number of viewing times; and

performing, by the computer, data compression of the content data of the 3D content in accordance with the determined data reduction level.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform:

obtaining information representing a user'"'"'s viewing situation of 3D content, the viewing situation including a number of viewing times of the 3D content;

determining a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content in accordance with the number of viewing times; and

performing data compression of the content data of the 3D content in accordance with the determined data reduction level.

15. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to

obtain information representing a user'"'"'s viewing situation of 3D content, the viewing situation including a number of viewing times of the 3D content, and

determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content in accordance with the number of viewing times; and

a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content in accordance with the determined data reduction level.