Patent ID: 6529206
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus for processing a two-dimensional moving picture, comprising:operating means operable to enable designation of shape information concerning the shape of a surface that forms part of a three-dimensional object displayed in the moving picture and designation of a characteristic point which is located on said moving picture; computing means for determining, based on the shape information and the characteristic point, a correlation equation expressing the correlation between a projected image which is obtained by projecting said surface constituting part of the three-dimensional object and an expanded image which is obtained by developing said surface into two-dimensional plane; first transforming means for transforming, based on said correlation equation, the three-dimensional projected image of said surface in said moving picture into the two-dimensional expanded image; storing means for storing said expanded image; retouching means for effecting retouching on said expanded image stored in said storing means; and second transforming means for transforming, based on said correlation equation, the two-dimensional retouched expanded image to a three-dimensional retouched projected image in said moving picture.