Patent application number | Description | Published |
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 |