Patent ID: 8417024

Claim:
A three-dimensional image displaying apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image to be perceived by one or more users based on two-dimensional viewpoint images corresponding respectively to right and left eyes of the one or more users, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a user's instruction to select a parallax amount ran from pre-stored parallax amount ranges each parallax amount range providing the one or more users with a stereoscopic effect range different from those of the other parallax amount ranges; a control unit configured to increase or decrease parallax between or among the two-dimensional viewpoint images in accordance with the selected parallax amount range so that an object in the three-dimensional image is seen closely to, or away from, the one or more users; and a recording area for maintaining the last received user's instruction for subsequent use, wherein the control unit is configured to subsequently apply the recorded user's instruction to any two-dimensional viewpoint images for displaying three-dimensional images.