Patent ID: 9509985
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit which inputs video signals including both a three-dimensional video content and a two-dimensional video content from a plurality of video signal sources to be output as images after a predetermined process is performed; a display position processing unit which outputs display position information for simultaneously displaying the input video signals on a screen; a multi-screen processing unit which performs a multi-screen process to display the respective images input from the image processing unit on a display panel screen of a display device on the basis of the display position information; a 3D/2D converting unit which converts an image of a three-dimensional video content into an image of a two-dimensional video content, or converts an image of a two-dimensional video content into an image of a three-dimensional video content, and a controlling unit which controls the image processing unit, the display position processing unit, the 3D/2D converting unit and the multi-screen processing unit, wherein when the three-dimensional video content and the two-dimensional video content are displayed at the same time on the screen, the controlling unit controls the display panel screen of the display device to display, as a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional video content on a first area of the display panel screen, and the two-dimensional video content, an image of which is converted to a three-dimensional video by the 3D/2D converting unit, on a second area of the display panel screen; and wherein a center line of a stereoscopic view for the first area of the display panel screen matches that for the second area of the display panel screen.