Patent ID: 8339442

Claim:
An image conversion apparatus comprising: a frame input unit; a frame storage unit; and a field output unit, wherein the frame input unit repeatedly inputs: an odd-numbered frame of first parallax data; an odd-numbered frame of second parallax data paired with the odd-numbered frame of the first parallax data; an even-numbered frame of the first parallax data; and an even-numbered frame of the second parallax data paired with the even-numbered frame of the first parallax data, in the order, wherein the frame storage unit stores the odd- and even-numbered frames of the first and the second parallax data input from the frame input unit, and wherein the field output unit alternately outputs as field data: (m+1) pieces of identical odd-numbered frames of the first parallax data (m is an integer of one or larger than one); and m pieces of identical odd-numbered frames of the second parallax data paired with the odd-numbered frames of the first parallax data, the frames stored in the frame storage unit, and subsequently the field output unit outputs: (m+1) pieces of identical even-numbered frames of the second parallax data; and m pieces of identical even-numbered frames of the first parallax data paired with the even-numbered frames of the second parallax data, the frames stored in the frame storage unit.