Patent ID: 8102395

Claim:
An image processing method for processing images captured from a plurality of positions, the image processing method comprising: detecting, by a viewpoint detecting unit, a plurality of viewpoints of a plurality of users; determining, by a viewpoint processing unit, whether the plurality of viewpoints are within a predetermined distance of each other; selecting, by an image selecting mechanism, viewpoint images of a predetermined object as viewed from the plurality of viewpoints of the plurality of users, based on the plurality of detected viewpoints of the plurality of users, from the images captured respectively from the plurality of positions; integrating, by an integrating mechanism, the plurality of detected viewpoints of the plurality of users into a position of a barycenter of the plurality of detected viewpoints of the plurality of users, the integrating step further integrating the plurality of detected viewpoints of the plurality of users into a single viewpoint, based on the determination in the determining step; and generating, by a viewpoint-image converting mechanism, a projected image based on the selected viewpoint images, the plurality of detected viewpoints of the plurality of users, the determination in the determining step, the integration in the integrating step, and a predetermined three dimensional shape of an interior display surface, the projected image being projected onto the interior display surface by a projector and viewed on an outer surface of the interior display surface.