Patent ID: 8660337
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a depth information extraction means to extract depth information from an input 3D image; a luminance extraction means to extract luminance components of the inputted 3D image; a contrast extraction means to extract contrast components of the inputted 3D image based on the luminance components of the inputted 3D image extracted by the luminance extraction means; a storage means to store a performance function indicating relation between the contrast components of the inputted 3D image and depth amounts subjectively perceived, which is determined based at least in part on visual sense characteristics of human beings; and a contrast adjustment means to calculate present depth amounts of the inputted 3D image from the contrast components of the inputted 3D image extracted by the contrast extraction means based at least in part on the performance function with respect to region of the inputted 3D image which are determined from the depth information extracted by the depth information extraction means and adjusting contrast components of the inputted 3D image based at least in part on the calculated present depth amounts and a set depth adjustment amount.