Patent ID: 7511730
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for processing image data which is formed of a predetermined number of pixel data obtained-by an image-capturing device including a predetermined number of pixels, the pixels having a time integrating function, comprising: a foreground/background component image generating unit configured to generate, from the image data including a foreground area consisting of only foreground object components forming a foreground object, a background area consisting of only background object components forming a background object, and a mixed area in which the foreground object components and the background object components are mixed, a foreground component image consisting of only the foreground object components and a background component image consisting of only the background object components; a foreground-parallax-image generating unit configured to generate a right-eye foreground parallax image by adding a right-eye parallax to the foreground component image, and to generate a left-eye foreground parallax image by adding a left-eye parallax to the foreground component image, wherein the right-eye foreground parallax image and left-eye foreground parallax image are stored; and a parallax-image generating unit configured to generate a right-eye parallax image by combining the right-eye foreground parallax image that has been temporarily stored in the foreground-parallax-image generating unit with a certain background image, and the parallax-image generating unit configured to generate a left-eye parallax image by combining the left-eye foreground parallax image which has been temporarily stored in the foreground-parallax-image generating unit with the background image.