Patent ID: 7873207
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors implemented in the following states: an information generation process which searches for points corresponding to each other between a plurality of first images, which are photographed by a camera from a plurality of viewpoints that are different from each other, and generates correspondence information representing the corresponding points; a selection process which selects, out of the plurality of first images, a plurality of second images, and an image generation process which composites the plurality of second images to acquire a third image for stereoscopic vision, wherein the selection process determines, on the basis of the plurality of first images and the correspondence information, the positions of viewpoints and the line-of-sight directions for viewing a stereoscopic image of the third image, and the selection process selects, on the basis of the determined position of viewpoints and line-of-sight direction, the plurality of second images whose viewpoint intervals are substantially coincide each other.