Patent Document ID: 20130076749
Application ID: 13636437
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing device for generating images from multiple viewpoints, by shifting coordinates of pixels in an original image, in order to provide depth indicated by a depth image composed of a pixel region formed by a plurality of pixels, a value of each pixel in the depth image indicating the depth of a corresponding pixel in the original image, the image processing device comprising: a depth image conversion unit configured to convert the depth image by searching within the pixel region composing the depth image for edge pixels that constitute an edge of an object and shifting, in a predetermined direction, coordinates of pixels in the depth image that are surrounded by the edge pixels; a pixel shift unit configured to generate a viewpoint image from a different viewpoint than the original image by calculating a parallax that provides the depth indicated by the depth image converted by the depth image conversion unit and shifting the coordinates of pixels in the original image by a number of pixels corresponding to the parallax; and a pixel interpolation unit configured to interpolate an occlusion, occurring due to pixel shifting, in the generated viewpoint image.