Patent ID: 8325219

Claim:
A stereoscopic image generation device comprising: an obtaining device that obtains sequentially a plurality of original images arranged in a time line and forming a content item; a calculation device that calculates a first image characteristic value from pixel values of a plurality of pixels included in one of the plurality of original images obtained by the obtaining device; a storage device that stores second image characteristic values for the plurality of original images and stereoscopic parameters for generating stereoscopic images from the original images, with the second image characteristic values respectively associated with the stereoscopic parameters; a retrieval device that compares a first image characteristic value calculated by the calculation device from a particular original image, with each of the second image characteristic values stored in the storage device, to retrieve a stereoscopic parameter for the particular original image, based on a comparison result; and a stereoscopic imaging device that generates a stereoscopic image from the particular original image, based on the stereoscopic parameter retrieved by the retrieval device.