Patent ID: 8736671
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereoscopic image reproduction device comprising: first acquisition part for reading a three-dimensional image file having recorded therein N viewpoint images for stereoscopic vision of N (N: an integer equal to or greater than 3) viewpoints and auxiliary information corresponding to the N viewpoint images, the auxiliary information including the (N−1) maximum display sizes corresponding to the maximum amount of parallax on a distant view side between two viewpoint images of different combinations of a viewpoint image of a reference viewpoint set in advance from the N viewpoint images and other (N−1) viewpoint images, and the maximum display size enabling binocular fusion when the two viewpoint images are displayed on a stereoscopic display, and acquiring the N viewpoint images and auxiliary information from the three-dimensional image file; second acquisition part for acquiring the display size of the stereoscopic display as an output destination; first determination part for comparing the acquired display size of the stereoscopic display with the (N−1) maximum display sizes to determine whether or not the display size of the stereoscopic display is greater than the (N−1) maximum display sizes; selection part for selecting a set of two viewpoint images from a set or a plurality of sets of two viewpoint images corresponding to the maximum display size which is determined by the first determination part to be equal to or smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic display from the (N−1) maximum display sizes; and output part for outputting one viewpoint image from the N viewpoint images to the stereoscopic display if the first determination part determines that the display size of the stereoscopic display is greater than the (N−1) maximum display sizes and outputting the two viewpoint images selected by the selection part to the stereoscopic display if the first determination part determines that the display size of the stereoscopic display is equal to or smaller than one maximum display size from the (N−1) maximum display size.