Patent ID: 8451321
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive communication data including an L image as an image for the left eye and an R image as an image for the right eye, which are applied to three-dimensional image display; an attribute information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the communication data, attribute information including a photographing time; and an output control unit configured to analyze the images and the attribute information included in the communication data, and perform a process of switching between three-dimensional image display and two-dimensional image display on the basis of the result of the analysis, wherein, if a pair of L and R images photographed at the same photographing time has been acquired, the output control unit performs the three-dimensional image display, wherein, if a pair of L and R images photographed at the same photographing time has not been acquired, the output control unit determines whether or not an object imaging position error occurring in the three-dimensional image display using L and R images photographed at different photographing times does not exceed a preset permissible object imaging position error, performs the three-dimensional image display using the L and R images photographed at different photographing times if the object imaging position error does not exceed the permissible error, and stops the three-dimensional image display and performs the two-dimensional image display if the object imaging position error exceeds the permissible error, and wherein the output control unit calculates an inter-frame motion vector V of a moving object having a maximum moving speed among moving objects included in the L and R images photographed at different photographing times, calculates a permissible photographing time difference δT by using the motion vector V and a permissible binocular disparity shift amount δWs on a display surface of a three-dimensional image, performs the three-dimensional image display using the L and R images photographed at different photographing times if the difference in photographing time between the L and R images photographed at different photographing times does not exceed the permissible photographing time difference δT, and stops the three-dimensional image display and performs the two-dimensional image display if the difference in photographing time between the L and R images photographed at different photographing times exceeds the permissible photographing time difference δT.