Patent ID: 8648953

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a stereoscopic image obtaining imaging device for obtaining a stereoscopic image for allowing stereoscopic viewing, the stereoscopic image being generated from two or more images obtained from different viewpoints; a depth information obtaining unit in at least one processor, for obtaining depth information, the depth information indicating a distance in a depth direction of the stereoscopic image, of at least one subject contained in the stereoscopic image; a depth image generating unit in the at least one processor, for generating a depth image by positioning a subject image, which is an image corresponding to the at least one subject contained in the stereoscopic image, while relating the distance in the depth direction of the at least one subject, to a distance in the depth direction from a reference position to a position of the subject image; a rotation display controlling unit in the at least one processor, for controlling display of the subject image positioned in the depth image in a manner that the subject image is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the depth direction; and a displaying device for displaying the depth image with display of the subject image contained therein being controlled to be rotatable, and wherein said apparatus obtains a plurality of stereoscopic images, wherein each stereoscopic image of said stereoscopic images comprises at least a left image and a right image, generates depth images based on said plurality of stereoscopic images, and receives an instruction for a composition position using said generated depth images.