Patent ID: 8405709
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a determining unit configured to receive image data for three-dimensional display as input, and determine the three-dimensional display format corresponding to the input data; a converter configured to convert the input data in accordance with the determination results from the determining unit; and a display unit configured to display the converted results from the converter; wherein the determining unit determines whether the input data is in time-division format or space-division format, and if the input data format differs from the display format corresponding to the display unit, then the converter converts the input data from the time-division format to the space-division format, or from the space-division format to the time-division format, and wherein if the input data is determined to be in space-division format, the determining unit determines whether the input data is in a side-by-side space-division format or an interlaced space-division format by selecting a single frame from the frames constituting the input data, computing the similarity of the left and right images in the selected frame by using a vector V(M) obtained by block matching of the left and right images, and comparing the computed similarity to a threshold value set in advance.