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20090161992 | IMAGE RESOLUTION INCREASING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image resolution increasing method include setting a first block which is included in a low resolution image and is located at a first position, and a second block which is included in a high resolution image and is located at a second position, and setting, as an increasing resolution block of the first block, a third block expressed by a second vector obtained by projecting a first vector representing the second block to a linear manifold as a set of vectors that indicate fourth blocks of the second block size, the fourth blocks becoming the first block due to reduced resolution, in a Euclidean space having, as the number of dimensions, a product of the number of pixels arranged vertically in the second block size and the number of pixels arranged horizontally in the second block size. | 06-25-2009 |
20110181593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a setting unit, a transform unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a parallax value of each pixel of a plurality of images having a parallax. The setting unit is configured to set at least one reference range within a range of the parallax value. The transform unit is configured to apply transform to the parallax value of each pixel so as not to change a parallax value belonging to the reference range but to change a parallax value that does not belong to the reference range without changing a magnitude relationship between the parallax values of the pixels. The generation unit is configured to generate a parallax image from the image based on the parallax values after applying the transform. | 07-28-2011 |
20110242280 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a parallax image generating apparatus is for generating, using a first image, a parallax images with a parallax therebetween. The apparatus includes following units. The first estimation unit estimates distribution information items indicating distributions of first depths in the first image by using first methods. The distribution information items falls within a depth range to be reproduced. The first combination unit combines the distribution information items to generate first depth information. The second calculation unit calculates second depth information indicating relative unevenness of an object in the first image. The third combination unit combines the first depth information and the second depth information by using a method different from the first methods, to generate third depth information. The generation unit generates the parallax images based on the third depth information and the first image. | 10-06-2011 |
20120002862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH SIGNAL - According to one embodiment, a depth signal generating apparatus includes following units. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a statistic value for pixel values for each of predefined areas in the first image, and calculate, for each of predetermined base depth models, a first evaluation value based on the calculated statistic value. The correcting unit is configured to correct, based on a second evaluation value previously derived for the second image and a first degree of similarity indicating a similarity between the predetermined base depth models, the first evaluation value to derive second evaluation values for the predetermined base depth models. The selecting unit is configured to select a base depth model having the highest second evaluation value from the predetermined base depth models. The generating unit is configured to generate a depth signal based on the selected base depth model. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008855 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to embodiments, a stereoscopic image generation apparatus for generating a disparity image based on at least one image and depth information corresponding to the at least one image is provided. The apparatus includes a calculator, selector and generator. The calculator calculates, based on the depth information, evaluation values that assume larger values with increasing hidden surface regions generated upon generation of disparity images for respective viewpoint sets each including two or more viewpoints. The selector selects one of the viewpoint sets based on the evaluation values calculated for the viewpoint sets. The generator generates, from the at least one image and the depth information, the disparity image at a viewpoint corresponding to the one of the viewpoint sets selected by the selector. | 01-12-2012 |
20120019625 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a parallax image generation apparatus comprises a calculation unit and a generation unit. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a distance between a target pixel value of a target pixel contained in an input image and a representative pixel value, and calculating a depth of the target pixel in a stereoscopic space in accordance with the distance. The generation unit is configured to generate, based on the depth, at least one parallax image corresponding to a view point different from that of the input image. | 01-26-2012 |
20120069009 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A detecting unit detects an object in an input image. A depth map generating unit selects a depth template corresponding to a type of the object and places a selected depth template on a depth map in accordance with a position of the object to generate the depth map having a depth value for each pixel. A correcting unit calculates a weight of at least one interested pixel and a weight of a peripheral pixel based on a relationship between pixel values to the interested pixel and the peripheral pixel and corrects the depth value of the interested pixel based on a weighted sum of the respective depth values corresponding to the interested pixel and the peripheral pixel. An image generating unit generates parallax images based on the corrected depth map and the input image. | 03-22-2012 |
20120082368 | DEPTH CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a depth correction apparatus includes a clusterer, a calculator and a corrector. The clusterer is configured to apply clustering to at least one of pixel values and depth values of a plurality of pixels in a calculation range corresponding to a correction target pixel, and to classify the plurality of pixels in the calculation range into a plurality of classes. The calculator is configured to calculate pixel value statistics of the respective classes using pixel values of pixels in the respective classes. The corrector is configured to determine a corresponding class of the correction target pixel based on a pixel value of the correction target pixel and the pixel value statistics of the respective classes, and to apply correction which replaces a depth value of the correction target pixel by a representative depth value of the corresponding class. | 04-05-2012 |
20120154555 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A correction unit corrects gradation of pixels of a processing-target image signal for the right eye or the left eye. A writing unit writes the corrected image signal into display pixels of an image displaying unit. A reached level calculation unit calculates a reached gradation which is a gradation to be reached by each display pixel after one sub-frame period after the corrected image signal is written into the display pixel, on the basis of response characteristics of the display pixel, respectively. A timing controlling unit controls opening/closing timing of the glasses according to writing timing of the writing unit. The correction unit corrects the gradation of the pixels of the processing-target image signal, respectively, on the basis of a difference between the writing timing of the writing unit and the opening/closing timing of the glasses, and the reached gradation of the pixels in an immediately previous sub-frame. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162223 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a parallax image generating apparatus includes a deriving unit, a generating unit, a first calculating unit, a setting unit, a searching unit, and an interpolating unit. The deriving unit derives a parallax vector corresponding to a first pixel from the input image and depth information associated with the first pixel. The generating unit generates an intermediate image. The first calculating unit calculates first weights for respective pixels of a parallax image. The setting unit sets one or more candidate blocks near a shade-forming-area pixel of the intermediate image, and sets a reference block among one or more candidate blocks. The searching unit searches a target block similar to the reference block in the input image and/or the intermediate image. The interpolating unit interpolates a pixel value of the shade-forming-area pixel. | 06-28-2012 |
20120169844 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method for creating a disparity image for 3D display from a 2D video image includes detecting based on a first image of the 2D video image in a time and a second image in a time different from the first image, motion vectors between the first and second images for each block of the first image, detecting from the motion vectors, a most backward vector of a portion whose depth is on the back side, calculating differential vectors between each motion vector and the most backward vector and giving a depth on a close to the block of the first image corresponding to the motion vector having the larger differential vector and creating one or more disparity images from the first image and the depth. | 07-05-2012 |
20120182292 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image displaying apparatus is configured to display a multi-viewpoint image. An acquirer acquires person data including a position of each of at least one person viewing a stereoscopic image, a calculator calculates a weight from (1) the person data and (2) display parameters, the weight representing a stereoscopic degree inferred, for each of the at least one person, from a multi-viewpoint image to be displayed in accordance with the display parameters, a determiner selects the display parameter based on the weights, and generates a multi-viewpoint image that accords with the display parameters selected, and a displaying device displays the generated image. | 07-19-2012 |
20120293640 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional video display apparatus includes a display, a calculator and a generator. The display displays a plurality of images with different viewpoints by using a plurality of light beam control elements to control light beams from pixels. The calculator calculates a quality of view for each of viewing positions with respect to the display based on a number of the light beam control elements causing pseudoscopy at each of the viewing positions. The generator generates a map indicating the quality of view for each of the viewing positions. | 11-22-2012 |
20130229336 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a display element in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix topology, an optical element coupled to the display element, the optical element having variable optical characteristics. The device also includes an acquirer, calculator, and controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire person's information including a position of each of at least one person viewing a stereoscopic image. The calculator is configured to calculate, based on the person's information, a weight representing a quality of stereoscopic viewing for each person. The controller is configured to select optical characteristic parameters corresponding to the weight, and control the optical characteristics of the optical element based on the optical characteristic parameters. | 09-05-2013 |
20140139427 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable display device includes a display unit, a first capturing unit, and a second capturing unit. The display unit includes a rectangular display screen for displaying an image. The first capturing unit is configured to capture an image of an object. The first capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a first side of the display screen, which is a part of a peripheral region of the display unit other than the display screen. The second capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the object. The second capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a second side adjacent to the first side, which is a part of the peripheral region. | 05-22-2014 |
20140168394 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an acquirer, a calculator, and a display controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire a three-dimensional coordinate value that indicates a position of a viewer. The calculator is configured to, using the three-dimensional coordinate value, calculate a reference coordinate value that indicates a position of the viewer in a reference plane that includes a visible area within which the viewer is able to view a stereoscopic image. The display controller is configured to control a display, which displays the stereoscopic image for which the visible area is different for each different height, so as to display information corresponding to the reference coordinate value. | 06-19-2014 |
20140192047 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a display, a determiner, a generator, and a display controller. The display is configured to display a stereoscopic image which includes a plurality of parallax images having mutually different parallaxes. The determiner is configured to determine the number of parallaxes in such a way that, the larger a viewing distance from the display to a viewer, the smaller becomes the interval between light beams which belong to each of the parallax images and which are emitted from the display. The generator is configured to generate the parallax images in number corresponding to the number of parallaxes. The display controller is configured to display the parallax images on the display. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192168 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device provides a stereoscopic image to be displayed on a display and includes an acquisition unit, first and second calculators, a selector, and a determiner. The acquisition unit acquires observer information. The first calculator calculates, a viewpoint vector pointing from one to another of the observer position of each observer and the display, and an eye vector pointing from one to another eye of the observer, based on the observer information. The second calculator calculates a weight indicating a degree of desirability of stereoscopic viewing for each observer when the stereoscopic image according to one of display parameters is displayed on the display) by using the viewpoint vector and the eye vector of the observer. The selector selects one display parameter based on the weight. The determiner determines the stereoscopic image according to the selected display parameter. | 07-10-2014 |
20140247329 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to an embodiment, there is provided an image processing device that displays a stereoscopic image on a display device having a panel and an optical aperture, including: a parallax image acquiring unit, a viewer position acquiring unit and an image generating unit. The parallax image acquiring unit acquires at least one parallax image, the parallax image being an image for one viewpoint. The viewer position acquiring unit acquires a position of a viewer. The image generating unit corrects a parameter for correspondence relationship between the panel and the optical aperture based on the position of the viewer relative to the display device, and generates an image, based on the corrected parameter, to which each pixel of the parallax image is allocated such that the stereoscopic image is visible to the viewer when the image is displayed on the display device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140313199 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A 3D image display apparatus according to embodiments is capable of displaying a 3D image. The apparatus may comprises a display, a quantization unit, a sub-pixel selector, a ray calculator, a brightness calculator, and a sub-pixel brightness generator. The display may have a display panel of which a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged on a surface and an optical aperture opposed to the display panel. The quantization unit may divide the surface of the display panel into areas. The selector may select one or more sub-pixels corresponding to each area to make a sub-pixel group. The ray calculator may calculate a ray number indicating a direction of a representative ray representing rays emitted from each sub-pixel group. The brightness calculator may calculate a brightness value corresponding to each ray number based on the direction of the representative ray and a model data figuring a 3D shape of an object. The sub-pixel brightness generator may generate the 3D image by determining a brightness value of the sub-pixels included in each sub-pixel group based on the brightness value. | 10-23-2014 |
20140362194 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first detector, a calculator, and a determiner. The first detector is configured to detect a position of a viewer. The calculator is configured to calculate a position variation probability that indicates a probability of the viewer making a movement, based on positions detected at different times. The determiner is configured to determine a visible area within which stereoscopic images to be displayed on a display are visible, based on the position variation probability. | 12-11-2014 |
20150015484 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable display device includes a display unit, a first capturing unit, and a second capturing unit. The display unit includes a rectangular display screen for displaying an image. The first capturing unit is configured to capture an image of an object. The first capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a first side of the display screen, which is a part of a peripheral region of the display unit other than the display screen. The second capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the object. The second capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a second side adjacent to the first side, which is a part or the peripheral region. | 01-15-2015 |
20150018595 | TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a treatment system includes a plurality of first radiators, a plurality of detectors, a determiner, and a controller. Each of the first radiators irradiates a radioactive beam to a subject. Each of the detectors detects a radioactive beam transmitted through the subject and generates an image based on the detected radioactive beam. The determiner determines whether an object in the subject is included in a first region using a given image that is one of the images. The controller controls the first radiators so that, when the object is not included in the first region, a smaller amount of radioactive beams is irradiated per unit time than when the object is included in the first region. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025295 | MEDICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a medical treatment apparatus includes: a first acquirer to acquire a group including five or more pairs of corresponding points on a first perspective image of a subject captured at a first timing and a second perspective image of the subject captured at a second timing; a second acquirer to acquire a first parameter including position/orientation information of an imaging device capturing the first perspective image and conversion information related to a coordinate system of the first perspective image, and acquire a second parameter including position/orientation information of an imaging device capturing the second perspective image and conversion information related to a coordinate system of the second perspective image; a calculator to calculate difference in position of the subject between the first timing and the second timing using the group and the parameters; and a controller to control a subject position using the difference. | 01-22-2015 |
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20120113094 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus creates a depth map representing distribution of depths of pixels in an image. The apparatus includes an area detecting unit configured to detect an area of a vertical object included in an image; a base depth adding unit configured to add a base depth to the image, the base depth being a basic distribution of depths of pixels in the image; and, a depth map creating unit configured to acquire at least one depth of a vicinity of a ground contact position of the vertical object from the base depth added to the image, and create the depth map by setting the acquired depth onto the base depth as a depth of the area of the vertical object. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113117 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect at least one object included in an image; a selecting unit configured to select a depth model to be a base of information about depth of the object in accordance with a property of the object; a segment unit configured to segment an area of the object detected from the image; and a depth map creating unit configured to create a depth map representing a depth of the image. The depth map creating unit arranges the depth model at a position on the depth map corresponding to a position of the segmented area of the object in the image, compares an area of the depth model and the area of the object, and gives a corrected depth value to a position not superimposed on other. | 05-10-2012 |
20120128256 | Image Processing Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an image processing method includes calculating an activity value for a first block, the activity value indicating a higher degree of activity as pixel values vary in a greater degree in the first block, and calculating a first evaluation value that indicates higher evaluation as a difference between a pixel value of the first block and a pixel value of a second block is smaller. The method further includes calculating a second evaluation value that indicates higher evaluation as correlation between a relative spatial relationship of the pixel value of the first block and that of the pixel value of the second block is higher, and calculating a third evaluation value by weighting the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value to search for the second block that corresponds to the first block, a weight of the first evaluation value is larger as the activity value is larger. | 05-24-2012 |
20120162200 | MAP CONVERTING METHOD, MAP CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MAP CONVERSION - According to an embodiment, a map converting method includes calculating existing frequency of depths in a first map, the first map corresponding to at least an image area of an image and each pixel of the first map representing a depth corresponding to a pixel of the image area; and first converting the first map into a second map that represents a depth in a first range for each pixel by using the existing frequency. | 06-28-2012 |
20120268455 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a displaying device, a receiver, a calculator, and a controller. The displaying device can display a stereoscopic image. The receiver receives a start signal used for starting setting a viewing zone in which the stereoscopic image can be viewed by a viewer. The calculator calculates, on the basis of position information of the viewer, viewing zone information representing a position of the viewing zone when the start signal is received. The controller controls the displaying device so as to set the viewing zone corresponding to the viewing zone information. | 10-25-2012 |
20120314932 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a specifying unit. The first setting unit detects a position of at least a part of an object in an image so as to obtain, for one pixel or each of a plurality of pixels in the image, a first likelihood that indicates whether the corresponding pixel is included in a region where the object is present. The second setting unit obtains, for one pixel or each of a plurality of pixels in the image, a second likelihood indicating whether the pixel is a pixel corresponding to a 3D body by using a feature amount of the pixel. The a specifying unit specifies a region, in the image, where the object is present by using the first likelihood and the second likelihood. | 12-13-2012 |
20130050303 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a specifying unit configured to specify, from among a plurality of parallax images each having a mutually different parallax, a pixel area containing at least a single pixel; and a modifying unit configured to, depending on a positional relationship between each pixel in the pixel area specified from among the parallax images and a viewpoint position of a viewer, modify the pixel area into a modified pixel area that contains a pixel which is supposed to be viewed from the viewpoint position. | 02-28-2013 |
20130121560 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, a first calculating unit, and a second calculating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a plurality of captured images by imaging a target object from a plurality of positions. The second acquiring unit acquires a provisional three-dimensional position and a provisional size. The first setting unit sets at least one search candidate point near the provisional three-dimensional position. The second setting unit sets a search window for each projection position where the search candidate point is projected, the search window having a size. The first calculating unit calculates an evaluation value that represents whether or not the target object is included inside the search window. The second calculating unit calculates a three-dimensional position of the target object based on the evaluation value. | 05-16-2013 |
20130155051 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a displaying device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image; a detector configured to detect a viewer; an obtaining device configured to obtain, on the basis of a detection result from the detector, a second position of the viewer in a second coordinate system fixed to the detector; a first calculator configured to calculate a difference between a first position in a first coordinate system fixed to the displaying device and the second position; and a second calculator configured to calculate a correction value for at least one of a set position of a viewing zone in which the viewer can view the three-dimensional image and the second position so as to compensate for the difference. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162783 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of parallax images having parallax between one another; a second acquiring unit that acquires identification information of a parallax image to be observed from a predetermined observing point position in each of a plurality of regions into which a display area on which three-dimensional image is configured to be displayed is divided, each of the regions including at least one element image, and the element image including each pixel in the plurality of parallax images; a corrector that corrects pixels at positions corresponding to the regions in the parallax images into pixels of parallax images identified by the identification information; and a first generator that generates the three-dimensional image from the parallax images resulting from the correction. | 06-27-2013 |
20130257870 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire volume data of a three-dimensional image; and a superimposed image generating unit configured to generate a superimposed image that is made by superimposing light information on a depth image when a parallax image obtained by rendering the volume data from multiple viewpoints is displayed as a stereoscopic image. The light information represents a relationship between a position in a depth direction of the stereoscopic image and resolution of the stereoscopic image. The depth image is obtained by rendering the volume data from a depth viewpoint at which the entire volume data in the depth direction is viewable. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258057 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an image processing device includes an acquiring unit and a correcting unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a stereoscopic image containing a plurality of parallax images each having a mutually different parallax. The correcting unit is configured to perform, for each pixel of the stereoscopic image, correction to set a parallax number of a parallax image viewed at a viewpoint position to a first parallax number of a parallax image to be viewed at the viewpoint position by using correction data representing a difference value between the first parallax number and a second parallax number of a parallax image that is actually viewed at the viewpoint position and on which distortion correction for correcting distortion of light beams has been performed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130286016 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image processing device generates a three-dimensional image to be displayed on a display unit. The display unit includes a display element unit that has pixels each containing a plurality of sub-pixels arranged thereon and a ray control element unit that controls emission directions of rays emitted from the sub-pixels. The image processing device includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire three-dimensional data for generating the three-dimensional image; and a generating unit configured to calculate, for each of the sub-pixels, a luminance value of the sub-pixel on the basis of an emission direction of a ray emitted from the sub-pixel through the ray control element unit and the three-dimensional data to generate the three-dimensional image. | 10-31-2013 |
20130336539 | POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a position estimation device includes first and second obtaining units, first and second calculators, and an estimating unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain first data about a size and a position of an object in a first image. The second obtaining unit is configured to obtain second data about a distance to or a position of the object in a second image. The first calculator is configured to calculate, based on the first and second data, weights for first and second actual sizes of the object estimated respectively from the first and second data. The second calculator is configured to calculate a third actual size of the object by using the first and second actual sizes and the weights. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the object by using the third actual size. | 12-19-2013 |
20140049540 | Image Processing Device, Method, Computer Program Product, and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an observing unit and a generating unit. The observing unit obtains an observation image by observing a viewer which views a display unit. The generating unit generates a presentation image in which visible area is superimposed on the observation image. The visible area is an area within which the viewer is able to view the stereoscopic image. A display form of the visible area changes based on a position of the viewer in a perpendicular direction to the display unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140071181 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a first calculator, a second obtaining unit, and a selector. The first obtaining unit obtains a first parallax number representing a parallax image that is actually observed. The specifying unit specifies a panel parameter candidate. The first calculator calculates a second parallax number which represents a parallax image to be observed from the viewpoint position when the panel parameter is changed from the first panel parameter to the panel parameter candidate. The second obtaining unit obtains a third parallax number calculated when a first panel parameter candidate is specified, and the third parallax number is smaller than an error between the second parallax number calculated when a second panel parameter candidate is specified, and the third parallax number, the selector selects the first panel parameter candidate as the panel parameter. | 03-13-2014 |
20140125656 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY - A device according to embodiments may comprise an acquisition unit, an arrangement unit, a calculating unit, and a processing unit. The acquisition unit may acquire candidate vectors from among corresponding vectors which have been calculated for each candidate block around the target block. The arrangement unit may arrange particles around each candidate block indicated by each of the acquired candidate vectors while using the target block as an origination, and arrange particle vectors while using the target block as an origination. The calculating unit may calculate a correlation between a pixel value of the target block and a pixel value of each block defined by each of the particles, and give a weight depending on the calculated correlation to each of the particle vectors. The processing unit may obtain the corresponding vector for the target block based on the weight calculated for each of the particle vectors. | 05-08-2014 |
20140125781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an obtaining unit, a first determining unit, and a detecting unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain an input image. The first determining unit is configured to determine a detection order that indicates an order of performing a detection operation for detecting whether an object is present with respect to partitioned areas into which the input image are divided, according to an existence probability that is set in advance for each of the partitioned areas and indicates a probability at which an object exists. The detecting unit is configured to perform, according to the detection order, the detection operation to detect whether the object is present in an area corresponding to a partitioned area subjected to the detection order in the input image. | 05-08-2014 |
20140139648 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A 3D display apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a display unit, an input unit, an estimator, a generator and an output unit. The display unit is capable of displaying a plurality of parallax images as a 3D image. Each of the parallax images may have a mutually different parallax. An input unit may input an input image. An estimator may estimate a relative tilt angle of an interocular direction of an observer with respect to a reference direction having been preset on the display unit. A generator may generate the parallax images from the input image using the relative tilt angle, each of the parallax images having the mutually different parallax along the interocular direction. An output unit may make the display unit display the parallax images. | 05-22-2014 |