Patent ID: 8482598
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereoscopic image display apparatus for generating and displaying a stereoscopic image that forms a three-dimensional image comprising: a viewer's point setting unit that sets a point of view of a viewer seeing an object of a size greater than a critical parallax boundary; a critical parallax calculating unit that calculates a critical parallax that is the boundary of a parallax capable of forming a three-dimensional image which is in focus on a retina of the viewer from the point of view of the viewer; a rectangular parallelepiped dimension calculating unit that calculates the dimensions of a rectangular parallelepiped inscribing a sphere having a diameter equal to the calculated critical parallax; an estimating unit that estimates a space using the calculated rectangular parallelepiped and including the object; a space dividing unit divides the estimated space into multiple spaces based on the calculated rectangular parallelepiped and disposes those spaces until the object is not included therein; a focus point setting unit that sets focus points for the multiple spaces, respectively; a focus image generating unit that generates a stereoscopic image for the each of the multiple spaces, with respect to the point of view of the viewer and the focus point; a focus image pasting unit that pastes the generated multiple stereoscopic images together to generate a single stereoscopic image, said focus point image pasting unit comprises: an image displaying unit that displays the generated single stereoscopic image.