JP2001320733A - Stereoscopic image display system, stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image display method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the simplification of a configuration, and the improvement in the convenience by enabling photographing of an image for right eye and an image for left eye with one camera. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a camera 2 having one CCD element 12 to take an image and photographing the image in which the image for right eye is took in the right half of the CCD element 12 and the image for left eye is took in the left half, a picture display device 3 to specify automatically the region of the other image correspondent to the specified region and then to display the prescribed region of the image for right eye and the prescribed region of the image for left eye alternately on the monitor 55 so that a parallax exists, when the boundary part between the image for right eye and the image for left eye of the image is extracted, the image for right eye and the image for left eye are displayed in a monitor 55, and the prescribed region of the image displayed on the monitor 55 is specified, and shutter glasses 4 with which a pair of right and left lens parts 4a and 4b can be alternately switched to a perspective state and a light shielding state by the timing of the switching of the prescribed region of the image for right eye, and the prescribed region of the image for left eye alternately displayed on the monitor 55.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stereoscopic image display system capable of photographing an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye and stereoscopically viewing the captured image using shutter glasses.
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device, a three-dimensional image display method, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a stereoscopic image display system for displaying a two-dimensional image in a three-dimensional manner has a tripod in which two cameras for a right eye and a left eye are separated from each other by a distance (about 65 mm) between human eyes. And an image display device that is supplied with image data captured by each of the two cameras and alternately displays the image data so as to have parallax, and an image display device. Shutter glasses, which are made invisible one by one in accordance with the displayed image.

In such a three-dimensional image display system, two cameras constituting an image pickup device are driven in synchronization with each other. Then, the image display device alternately displays two image data captured by the two cameras. At this time, the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye are alternately displayed on the image display device so as to have parallax. Further, shutter glasses are connected to this image display device. When the image for the right eye is displayed on the image display device, the shutter glasses bring the right-eye lens into a see-through state and the left-eye lens into a light-shielding state. Further, when the image for the left eye is displayed on the image display device, the shutter glasses make the left-eye lens transparent and the right-eye lens light-shielding. As described above, in the image display system, the user can stereoscopically view the image displayed on the image display device by synchronizing the on / off of the pair of left and right lenses of the shutter glasses.

[0004]

However, the above-described stereoscopic image display system requires an image pickup device having two cameras fixed. For this reason, in this stereoscopic image display system, the size of the imaging device becomes large, and it is difficult to carry it at the time of photographing or the like. Further, in this stereoscopic image display system, it is necessary to drive two cameras in synchronization, and the configuration of an electric circuit and the like are complicated. Furthermore, in this stereoscopic image display system, it is necessary to match the conditions such as the aperture and white balance between the two cameras, but performing this adjustment is a complicated operation and requires skill. Met. Further, in this stereoscopic image display system, two files of image data for the right eye and image data for the left eye are formed, and it is necessary to manage these two files in correspondence with each other. Was complicated.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a single camera capable of capturing an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic image display system, a stereoscopic image display device, a stereoscopic image display method, and a storage medium capable of simplifying the configuration, improving the convenience, and further facilitating file management. Aim.

[0006]

A three-dimensional image display system according to the present invention has one image pickup device for capturing an image, and a right-eye image pickup device is provided on substantially the right half of the image pickup device in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. An image capturing apparatus that captures an image composed of an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye by capturing the image for the right eye and capturing the image for the left eye for the left eye in approximately the left half, and for the right eye of the image When the boundary between the image and the image for the left eye is extracted and at least one of the image for the right eye or the image for the left eye is displayed on the display means, and when a predetermined area of the image displayed by the display means is specified, the designation is performed. Image display device for automatically designating the area of the other image corresponding to the displayed area, and alternately displaying the predetermined area of the image for the right eye and the predetermined area of the image for the left eye so as to have parallax on the display means And a pair of left and right lens units, Each other and a shutter glasses lens portion of the pair in accordance with the switching timing of a predetermined region of a predetermined area and the left-eye image are switched alternately blocked while the perspective state of the right-eye image displayed.

[0007] Further, a stereoscopic image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
In order to solve the above-described problem, image data including a right-eye image for a right eye and a left-eye image for a left eye are stored, and a predetermined region of the right-eye image and the left-eye image is designated. Storage means for storing position data at the time, and extracting a boundary portion between the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye, and when a predetermined region of at least one image is designated, the other image corresponding to the predetermined region Control means for automatically designating an area of the image and storing position data indicating a predetermined area of at least one image in the storage means; and a predetermined area of the right-eye image based on the position data stored in the storage means. Display means for alternately displaying a predetermined area of the ophthalmic image with parallax. Then, the control unit causes the pair of left and right lens units of the shutter glasses to be in the see-through state and the light-shielding state in accordance with the switching timing of the predetermined area of the right-eye image and the predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display unit. The switching is controlled alternately.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the stereoscopic image display method according to the present invention stores image data comprising a right-eye image for the right eye and a left-eye image for the left eye in the storage means. Storing the image data stored in the storage means on the display means, extracting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and storing the boundary part in the storage means; Specifying an area, automatically specifying an area of the other image corresponding to the predetermined area, and storing position data indicating the predetermined area of at least one of the images in the storage means; Alternately displaying a predetermined area of the image and a predetermined area of the image for the left eye so as to have a parallax; and switching between a predetermined area of the image for the right eye and a predetermined area of the image for the left eye displayed on the display means. According to the timing A pair of right and left lenses of Yatta glasses shielding state fluoroscopic state and a step of switching control alternately.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the storage medium according to the present invention stores image data including a right-eye image for a right eye and a left-eye image for a left eye in a storage means. Means for displaying the image data stored in the storage means on the display means, extracting a boundary portion between the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye, and storing the predetermined area of at least one image in the storage means; Means for automatically specifying the area of the other image corresponding to the predetermined area, storing the position data indicating the predetermined area of at least one image in the storage means, and displaying the right eye image on the display means. Means for alternately displaying the predetermined area and the predetermined area of the image for the left eye so as to have parallax, and the timing of switching between the predetermined area of the image for the right eye and the predetermined area of the image for the left eye displayed on the display means. Shutter glasses And means for switching alternately a pair of left and right lens portions in the light shielding state and perspective state is stored.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a stereoscopic image display system to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a stereoscopic image display system 1 to which the present invention is applied captures a digital camera 2 for photographing an image, image data generated by the digital camera 2, and acquires the image data. The control device 3 performs the data processing described above and displays an image having parallax on the display 55, and the shutter glasses 4 make each eye invisible in accordance with the image displayed on the display 55. Further, the digital camera 2 includes a lens barrel having a built-in lens such as an imaging lens and a focus lens.
An adapter 5 for capturing an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye is attached. As a result, an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye are captured by one CCD element used in the digital camera 2. The control device 3 is supplied with image data including the right-eye image and the left-eye image generated by the digital camera 2. The control device 3 includes a keyboard 7 serving as a character input unit.
a, for example, an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye are cut out based on an input signal from an input device 7 such as a mouse 7b serving as a position input means for operating a pointing position of a pointing means such as a pointer. . And this control device 3 is a CRT
(Cathode-Ray Tube) or a cut-out image for the right eye and a cut-out image for the left eye which are cut out on a display 55 such as a liquid crystal display panel are displayed alternately. The control device 3 and the display 5
5, a spectacles control device 6 for controlling on / off of the shutter spectacles 4 is provided. The shutter glasses 4 include a right-eye lens unit 4a and a left-eye lens unit 4a, and the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b are configured by liquid crystal shutters. Such shutter glasses 4 are connected to the glasses control device 6. The shutter glasses 4 open and close the liquid crystal shutters constituting the lens units 4a and 4b in synchronization with the right-eye image and the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display 55 under the control of the eyeglass control device 6. Thereby, the user can display 5
By opening and closing the lens portions 4a and 4b of the shutter glasses 4 in accordance with the right-eye cut image and the left-eye cut image alternately displayed in 5, the image displayed on the display 55 can be viewed three-dimensionally. Can be.

Hereinafter, the digital camera 2, the control device 3, the adapter 5, and the spectacle control device 6 constituting the stereoscopic image display system 1 as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

The digital camera 2 has the same configuration as a normal digital camera, and as shown in FIG.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) element 1 that photoelectrically converts light incident from an imaging lens 11 and generates an imaging signal
2 and a CDS / AGC (Correlated Double Sampling / Automator) for removing noise from the image pickup signal from the CCD element 12.
atic Gain Control) 13, an A / D converter 14 for converting an image pickup signal from the CDS / AGC 13 into a digital signal, and a signal processing unit 15 for performing signal processing corresponding to color coding.

The CCD element 12 serving as an image sensor includes:
This is a two-dimensional color image sensor having millions of pixels.
e, Cy, Mg) into a color-coded image pickup signal, and converts the signal into a CDS / AGC signal.
13 is output.

The CDS / AGC 13 performs correlated double sampling and holding of the image signal supplied from the CCD element 12, removes reset noise and controls gain, and outputs the signal to the A / D converter 14.

The A / D converter 14 is a CDS / AGC
13 is converted into digital image data. Then, the A / D converter 14 outputs the digitally converted image data to the signal processing unit 15.

The signal processing unit 15 includes an A / D converter 14
A decoding process or the like corresponding to the color coding by the color coding filter of the CCD element 12 is performed on the image data from the CPU, and luminance information, color difference information and the like are generated from the image data.

As shown in FIG. 2, the digital camera 2 has a compression section 16 for compressing the image data processed by the signal processing section 15, and a memory for storing the image data compressed by the compression section 16. 17 and a USB (Univ.) For transmitting the image data compressed by the compression unit 16 to the control device 3.
interface 18 for transmitting an image data to an IC card 8 using a flash memory or the like as a storage medium.
9 and a control unit 20 for controlling the whole.

The compression section 16 converts the image data signal-processed by the signal processing section 15 into, for example, JPEG (Joint Photograph).
ic Experts Group). And the compression unit 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a memory 17 for storing image data compressed in the JPEG format.
The image data compressed in the JPEG format is stored in the memory 17.

The USB interface 18 is
For example, the image data compressed in the JPEG format stored in the memory 17 is transferred to the control device 3. Further, the IC card interface 19 is provided on the card-type IC card 8 serving as an external storage device, for example, as a JP program stored in the memory 17.
The image data compressed in the EG format is transferred to the control device 3.

The control section 20 controls the entire digital camera 2. Specifically, the control unit 20 drives and controls a focus lens, a zoom lens, and the like based on an operation signal from an operation unit (not shown). In addition, the control unit 20
The image data compressed in the G format is stored in the memory 17. Further, the control unit 20 directly transfers the compressed image data to the control device 3 via the USB interface 18 without storing the compressed image data in the memory 17,
The data is stored in the IC card 8 via the card interface 19.

When an image is taken by the digital camera 2 as described above and this data is recorded in the memory 17, the digital camera 2 photoelectrically converts the light incident from the imaging lens 11 by the CCD element 12 and generates the image. Image signal
The image data is generated by digital conversion by the A / D converter 14 via the DS / AGC 13, the signal data is processed by the signal processing unit 15, the image data is compressed into the JPEG format by the compression unit 16, The stored image data is stored. When recording the JPEG image data stored in the memory 17 on the IC card 8,
Is recorded on the IC card 8 attached to the digital camera 2 via the IC card interface 19 in response to an operation signal from the operation unit, and is controlled when image data is transferred to the control device 3 by USB. The unit 20 transfers the data to the control device 3 via the USB interface 18 in response to an operation signal from the operation unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, an adapter 5 for capturing an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye is attached to the lens barrel 2a of the digital camera 2. The adapter 5 is for taking in an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye around one center of the CCD element 12 used in the digital camera 2. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the adapter 5 is provided on the inner surfaces of left and right inclined walls 32 a and 32 b serving as side walls of the outer casing 31.
Flat mirrors 33a and 33b are provided. Also,
A substantially triangular partition wall 34 is provided substantially at the center of the outer casing 31. One side 34c of the partition wall 34 is
The front housing 1 has a right-eye opening 35a and a left-eye opening 35b for taking in external light with the outer casing 31. Also, two side surfaces 34 adjacent to the one side surface 34c
a and 34b are provided so as to be substantially parallel to the inclined walls 32a and 32b of the outer casing 31.
The second flat mirrors 36a and 36b are provided on the 34b so as to be substantially opposed to the first flat mirrors 33a and 33b. Further, on the rear wall 37 of the outer casing 31, first flat mirrors 33a and 33b and second flat mirrors 36a and
The external light reflected by 36b is applied to the lens barrel 2 of the digital camera 2.
An opening 38 for taking in the inside a is formed.

The adapter 5 configured as described above is attached to the distal end of the lens barrel 2a such that the opening 38 faces the imaging lens 11 of the digital camera 2. The external light R captured from the right-eye opening 35a and the external light L captured from the left-eye opening 35b are reflected by the first flat mirrors 33a and 33b, and then the second flat mirrors 36a and 36b. Through the imaging lens 11 facing the opening 38, the CC of the digital camera 2
It is taken into the D element 12. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, a point 39 is provided on the CCD element 12 as shown in FIG.
Assuming that the angle of view at a and 39b is θ, an image with an angle of view of 2θ is captured. Also, the distance D between the points 39a and 39b
Determines the parallax, the interval D is set to 65 mm to 70 mm according to the human eye width.
The interval D may be adjusted according to individual differences. Therefore, the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye separated by the interpupillary distance are taken into the CCD element 12 side by side.

FIG. 5 is an image captured by the CCD element 12 when the adapter 5 is attached to the digital camera 2. This image 41 is a woman with a flowerpot placed in front and a mountain in the background. Is taken. As shown in FIG. 5, the image 41 has a right-eye image 41a provided in a substantially right half and a left-eye image 41b provided in a substantially left half of a boundary 42. Comparing the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b, for example, the flower 43a and the mountain 44a of the right-eye image 41a are slightly shifted to the left from the flower 43b and the mountain 44b of the left-eye image 41b. . As described above, the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b are shifted by the left and right parallax, that is, by the interval D. The boundary 42
Are actually formed in blurry white lines.

Therefore, when an image is taken with the adapter 5 attached to the digital camera 2, the image 41 composed of the image 41 a for the right eye and the image 41 b for the left eye is taken into one CCD element 12 and The image data in one unit is stored in the memory 17 or the IC card 8, and
The data is transferred to the control device 3 via the SB interface 18. By using such an adapter 5, in the digital camera 2, the stereoscopic image 41 can be composed of one file, and management can be facilitated. Further, unlike the case where two conventional cameras are used, there is no need to provide a timing generator or the like for synchronizing each camera, and the configuration can be simplified. Further, in the digital camera 2 to which the adapter 5 is attached, even when a still image is continuously photographed and a moving image is formed, the left and right images can be simultaneously photographed without using two cameras. Furthermore, in the digital camera 2 to which the adapter 5 is attached, since it is not necessary to align the optical axes of the two camera lenses, a zoom function using a zoom lens can be used.

Next, a control device for editing and displaying image data generated by the digital camera 2 to which the above-described adapter 5 is attached, that is, an image 41 composed of a right-eye image 41a and a left-eye image 41b. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

The control device 3 has substantially the same configuration as a normal personal computer.
A hard disk (hereinafter, also referred to as an HDD) 51 in which image data of one, an application program for editing the image data, an application program for displaying the image data three-dimensionally, and the like are recorded;
Random-Access Memory (Random-Access Memo) that temporarily reads application programs, etc. recorded in
ry, hereinafter also referred to as RAM. ) 52, a USB interface 53 for performing data transmission with the digital camera 2 described above, an IC card interface 54 for reading data recorded on the IC card 8,
A display 55 for displaying an image, and a video random-access memory (hereinafter, referred to as a video random-access memory) for displaying the image data on the display 55.
Also called VRAM. ) 56, and an input device 57 including a keyboard 57a and a mouse 57b for inputting a command for executing an application program.
A compression / expansion unit 58 for expanding JPEG format data and compressing the data to JPEG format, and a microprocessor (Micro Processors) serving as a control unit for controlling the whole.
sor Unit, hereinafter also referred to as MPU. ) 58.

The HDD 51 includes an operating system (hereinafter, also referred to as an OS), an editing program for editing the image 41 including the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b, and an editing program for the editing program. A browser for viewing the edited image, image data including a right-eye image 41a and a left-eye image 41b, and the like are recorded.

In the RAM 52, an application program to be executed and image data to be processed are read from the HDD 51 or the like. For example, image data composed of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image read from the HDD 51 is:
In this RAM 52, the display 5 is converted from a single image data.
A cutout process is performed to cut out the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye to be displayed in 5.

The USB interface 53 is a USB interface.
When the digital camera 2 is connected to the USB interface 18 of the digital camera 2 by the
Receiving the image data compressed by the method. And US
The image data received by the interface for B 53 is M
The data is stored in the HDD 51 by the PU 59.

The IC card interface 54
When the C card 8 is inserted into the drive of the IC card 8 provided in the apparatus main body, the image data of the image captured by the digital camera 2 stored in the IC card 8 is read. The image data read by the USB interface 53 is transmitted to the HDD 51 by the MPU 59.
Is stored.

The display 55 is composed of a CRT or a liquid crystal display panel, and before the editing process, a right-eye image 41a and a left-eye image 41b as shown in FIG. 5 are arranged in a horizontal direction. An image 41 is displayed. In addition, the right-eye cut image data and the left-eye cut image data for which the cut processing of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b has been completed are alternately displayed so as to have parallax. The display 55
May be a progressive system or an interlace system.

The VRAM 56 for displaying an image on the display 55 has memory units 56a and 56b having a capacity necessary to store one frame of cut-out image data. For example, the memory unit 56a stores the right-eye cut image data for one frame, and the memory 56b stores the left-eye cut image data for one frame. Then, the VRAM 56 alternately outputs the cut image data for the right eye stored in the memory unit 56a and the cut image data for the left eye stored in the memory unit 56b to the display 55.

The compression / decompression unit 58 is, for example, an IC card 8
The image data compressed in the JPEG format recorded in
When reading to the AM 52, the compressed image data is expanded. When saving the edited image data, the compression / decompression unit 58 converts the image data in the RAM 56 into a JPE
The data is compressed in the G format and stored in the HDD 51 or the IC card 8.

The MPU 59 controls the entire apparatus. For example, the MPU 59 stores the image data read by the USB interface 53 or the IC card interface 54 in the HDD 51. Also, MPU5
9 is an image 41a for the right eye and an image 4 for the left eye from the HDD 51.
An editing program for editing the image 41 composed of 1b, a browser for viewing the image edited by this editing program, and image data processed by these programs are read out to the RAM 52. The MPU 59 performs a cutting process of cutting out the right-eye image and the left-eye image to be displayed on the display 55 from the read single image data, and outputs the processed right-eye cut image data from the RAM 52 to the VRAM 56. And outputs the left-eye cut-out image data to the memory unit 56b.

The control device 3 operates as follows when displaying the image data composed of the cut image for the right eye and the cut image for the left eye on the display 55. That is, the MPU 59 expands the image data composed of the right-eye image and the left-eye image compressed in the JPEG format from the HDD 51 or the like, reads the image data into the RAM 52, and outputs the image data from the input device 7 operated by the user. 5, a predetermined area of the right-eye image 41 a and the left-eye image 41 b shown in FIG. 5 is cut out, and the cut-out right-eye cut image data is output to the memory unit 56 a constituting the VRAM 56, and the left-eye cut image The data is output to the memory unit 56b. Next, the VRAM 56 displays the memory unit 56 on the display 55.
The cut-out image data for the right eye is alternately output from the memory unit 56b. Here, each cut-out image data is output to the display 55 of a system in which all the scanning lines are drawn in order, that is, a progressive system. The cut image for the right eye and the cut image for the left eye are alternately displayed on the display 55, and the user wearing the shutter glasses 4 can view the image displayed on the display 55 in three dimensions.

When the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye are displayed on the progressive display 55, as shown in FIGS. Memory image of the VRAM 56
6a and 56b, and alternately display them. In the shutter glasses 4, the right-eye lens unit 4a is synchronized with this switching.
It is necessary to switch the shutter of the left eye lens unit 4a. For this reason, between the display 55 and the VRAM 56, a spectacles control device 6 for controlling the shutter spectacles 4 is attached.

As shown in FIG. 7, the glasses control device 6 displays the right-eye cut image data and the left-eye cut image data for one frame stored in the memory units 56a and 56b of the VRAM 56 on the display 55. When outputting, a detection unit 61 that detects a vertical synchronization signal of each image data, one is connected to the detection unit 61, and the other is a terminal 62 of the right eye lens unit 4 a of the shutter glasses 4 and a left eye lens unit 4 b And a switch 64 selectively connected to the terminal 63.

As shown in FIG. 8A, when the right-eye cut image data and the left-eye cut image data are alternately output from the VRAM 56 to the display 55, the detecting unit 61
Detects a vertical synchronization signal of each cut-out image data. For example, the detection unit 61 determines that the cutout image data for the right eye is VRAM
When output from the memory section 56a, the vertical synchronization signal of the cut image data is detected. When detecting the vertical synchronizing signal of the right-eye cut-out image data, the detecting unit 61 performs the operation shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), in order for the user to be able to see the next displayed left-eye cutout image data with the left eye,
The lens unit 4b for the left eye of the shutter glasses 4 is turned off, and FIG.
As shown in (C), the switch 64 is switched so that the right-eye lens unit 4a is turned on. Thereby, when the cut image for the left eye is displayed on the display 55, the lens unit 4b for the left eye is in a see-through state, and the lens unit 4
a becomes a see-through state.

Next, when the detecting section 61 detects the vertical synchronization signal of the currently displayed left eye cut image data,
As shown in FIG. 8C, the right eye lens unit 4a of the shutter glasses 4 is turned off so that the user can view the next displayed right eye cut image data with the right eye. ,
As shown in FIG. 8B, the switch 64 is switched so that the left-eye lens unit 4b is turned on. Thus, when the cut image for the right eye is displayed on the display 55, the lens unit 4a for the right eye is in a see-through state, and the lens unit 4b for the left eye is in a see-through state. Thereafter, by switching the shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 in accordance with the timing of switching between the right-eye cut image and the left-eye cut image, The user can view the image displayed on the display 55 three-dimensionally.

The case of using the interlaced display 55 will be described.
In the memory 56a, the data of the horizontal scanning lines of the right-eye cut image data is recorded line by line, for example, right-eye cut image data in which even-numbered lines are thinned out.
In b, left-eye cut image data in which horizontal scanning line data of the left-eye cut image data is thinned out for each line, for example, odd-numbered lines are recorded. Then, the memory 56a
, The cut-out image data for the right eye is output to the display 55 as image data for one field, and the cut-out image data for the left eye is output from the memory 56b to the next one.
It is output as image data for the field. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
First, an image in which even-numbered lines are thinned out is displayed,
Next, an image in which the odd-numbered lines are thinned out is displayed.

At this time, the spectacles control device 6 controls the shutter spectacles 4 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the right-eye cut image data for the first field is output from the memory 56a, the detection unit 61 detects the vertical synchronization signal provided at the end of this field. I do.
When the vertical synchronization signal of the right-eye cut image data is detected, the detecting unit 61 allows the user to view the left-eye cut image data to be displayed next with the left eye as shown in FIG. 9C. To be able to do so, the left eye lens part 4b of the shutter glasses 4
Is turned off, and as shown in FIG. 9D, the switch 64 is switched so as to turn on the right-eye lens unit 4a. Thus, when the cut image for the left eye is displayed on the display 55, the lens unit 4b for the left eye is in a see-through state, and the lens unit 4a for the right eye is in a light-shielding state.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the detecting section 61 detects a vertical synchronization signal of the currently displayed left-eye cut-out image data, as shown in FIG. In order to allow the user to view the right-eye cutout image data displayed on the right eye, the right-eye lens unit 4a of the shutter glasses 4 is turned off, and as shown in FIG. The switch 64 is switched so that the left-eye lens unit 4b is turned on. Thus, when the cut image for the right eye is displayed on the display 55, the lens unit 4a for the right eye is in a see-through state, and the lens unit 4b for the left eye is in a see-through state.
Thereafter, by switching the shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 in accordance with the timing of switching between the right-eye cut image and the left-eye cut image, The user can view the image displayed on the display 55 three-dimensionally.

Even in the case of the progressive system, as described above, for example, the right-eye cut-out image data in which even-numbered lines have been thinned out is recorded in the memory unit 56a.
The cutout image data for the left eye in which the odd-numbered lines are thinned out may be recorded. In this case, as in the case of the interlace method, the display 55 alternately displays a cut image for the right eye in which even-numbered lines are thinned out and a cut image for the left eye in which odd-numbered lines are thinned out. Further, even when the horizontal line is thinned and the right-eye cut image data and the left-eye cut image data are output to the VRAM 56,
As described above, the CCD 12 of the digital camera 2
Since a device having several million pixels is used, the user does not feel deterioration in image quality.

Next, processing using the control device 3 for image data photographed by attaching the adapter 5 to the digital camera 2 described above, that is, image data editing processing will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step S1, for example, when an icon for starting the editing program displayed on the display 55 is clicked with the mouse 57b, the MPU
59, the editing program from the HDD 51 to the RAM 52
, And the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the MPU 59 selects a file of image data to be edited based on a command from the input device 57 including the keyboard 57a and the mouse 57b, and opens the selected file. here,
This image data is a file compressed in the JPEG format. Specifically, the MPU 59 is a digital camera 2
When the controller and the control device 3 are connected by USB, the corresponding file is compressed /
After being decompressed by the decompression unit 58, it is read out to the RAM 52,
When the IC card 8 is mounted on the drive of the control device 3, the corresponding file is decompressed by the compression / decompression unit 58 from the IC card 8 and read out to the RAM 52. RAM5 after decompression by compression / decompression unit 58
2 and the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the MPU 59
The read image data once recorded in the AM 52 is output to the progressive or interlaced display 55 via the VRAM 56 to display the image on the display 55, and the process proceeds to step S4. In this step S3, the image 41 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 55. That is, the display 55
, The image 41a for the right eye and the image 41b for the left eye are displayed as one image arranged in the horizontal direction. The right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b are displaced by the left and right parallax. The right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b
Is displayed as a slightly blurred white line.

In step S4, the MPU 59 converts the image 41 into a right-eye image 41a as shown in FIG.
And a dividing line 71 for dividing the image into a left-eye image 41 in the vertical direction of the display 55. The division line 71 is held by the pointer 72 when the mouse 57b is clicked, and is moved so as to overlap the boundary portion 42 of the image 41 as seen by the user. Thus, the MPU 59 divides the image 41 into the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b. This allows the user to
The image 41a for the right eye and the image 41b for the left eye can be easily distinguished.

In step S5, the MPU 59 sets the vertical center of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b divided by the division line 71 displayed on the display 55 as shown in FIG. For easy viewing, a vertical center line 73a for the right-eye image 41a and a vertical center line 73b for the left-eye image 41b are displayed. Here, the MPU 59 displays the vertical center line 73a for the right-eye image 41a and the vertical center line 73b for the left-eye image 41b so that the distance from the division line 71 is equal. Then, the vertical center line 73a for the right-eye image 41a is held by the pointer 72 when the mouse 57b is clicked, and is moved horizontally to the vertical center desired by the user as viewed by the user. You. Similarly, the image 41 for the left eye
The vertical center line 73b for b is the image 41a for the right eye.
The same amount as the movement amount of the vertical center line 73a for
It is automatically moved in the same direction. Thus, MPU59
Makes it easier for the user to see the vertical center of the right-eye image 41a and the vertical center of the left-eye image 41b, and the set vertical center lines 73a and 73b are used in the next step to set the right-eye image 41a. This is used as a guide for the cutting operation of the left-eye image 41b.

In step S6, the MPU 59 sets the horizontal center of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b divided by the division line 71 displayed on the display 55, as shown in FIG. To make it easier to see,
The horizontal center line 74 is displayed. Here, MPU5
9 is displayed at the center in the vertical direction over the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b. The horizontal center line 74 is held by the pointer 72 when the mouse 57b is clicked, and is moved vertically to a horizontal center desired by the user as viewed by the user.
Thus, the MPU 59 makes it easy for the user to see the center of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b in the horizontal direction, and also uses the vertical center lines 73a and 73b to form the right-eye image 41a and left-eye image 41b Center point 75 of
a and 75b are made easy to determine, and in the next step, the cutout operation of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b is used as a guide.

The center points 75a and 75b can be readjusted. That is, the adjustment of the vertical center lines 73a and 73b is performed as shown in FIG.
The center line 73a for the right-eye image 41a can be moved again in the horizontal direction, and the horizontal center line 74 can be adjusted in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Can be performed.

In step S7, the MPU 59 performs a process of extracting an image desired by the user. Specifically, in the right-eye image 41a, the user sets the vertical center line 7
With reference to 3a, the horizontal center line 74, and the center point 75a, the start point 76 is determined by the pointer 72 of the mouse 57b, and when the pointer 72 is moved diagonally, FIG.
As shown in (D), a substantially rectangular cutoff line 77a is displayed in the right-eye image 41a. Same as this, MPU
Reference numeral 59 also displays a cut line 77b having the same shape as the cut line 77a on the left-eye image 41b. At this time, the MPU 59
The interval between the division line 71 and the line on the division line 71 side of the cut line 77a is equal to the interval between the side edge of the left eye image 41b on the side facing the division line 71 and the line of the cut line 77b on the side edge side. In addition, a cutoff line 77b is displayed.

Thus, the MPU 59 is connected to the display 5
In step 5, the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye for stereoscopic display are generated.
By the way, as described above, the user may want to see how the user stereoscopically displays the image on the display 55 before saving the data of the actually cut image in the HDD 51. Therefore, in step S8, the MPU 59
Outputs the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye to the VRAM 56, and activates the play mode. The details of this preview mode will be described later. Then, step S10
, The MPU 59 compresses the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye into a JPEG format by the compression / decompression unit 58, and stores the compressed data in the HDD 51. The details of this storage method will be described later.

In the above-described image data editing processing method, a region desired by the user is cut out from the image data of the image 41, and a three-dimensional image suitable for the user is displayed on the display 55. be able to. When editing the image data of the image 41, the display 55 displays the vertical center lines 73a and 73b and the horizontal center line 74, so that the user can easily perform the cutting operation of the image 41. it can.

Since the above-described editing operation of the image 41 is performed using the right-eye image 41a, the MPU 59 automatically recognizes the boundary portion 42 and the display 55 displays the edited image. Right eye image 4 for work
Only 1a may be displayed.

Next, the preview mode in step S8 will be described with reference to FIG. Step S1
In 1, the MPU 59 activates a preview mode based on a command from the input device 57.

In step S12, the MPU 59
A display format selection screen is displayed on the display 55. Here, as a mode of displaying a stereoscopic image, FIG.
, A substantially rectangular frame 79a having an aspect ratio of 3: 4,
As shown in FIG. 13B, there is a substantially rectangular frame 79b having an aspect ratio of 9:16, and as shown in FIG. 13C, a substantially circular frame 79c. Then, the input device 57 is input by the user.
Based on the command from the MPU 59, the MPU 59
One of the frames 79 is selected from the frames shown in FIGS. 13A to 13C, and the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the output order of the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the cut image 78b for the left eye from the VRAM 56 is determined by the user based on the input signal from the input device 57. Specifically, the output order is to display the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye on the display 55 or to display the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye on the display 55.

In step S14, the MPU 59
The right eye cut image 78a and the left eye cut image 78b are alternately displayed on the display 55 so as to have parallax. Specifically, the MPU 59 outputs the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye to the memory unit 56a of the VRAM 56, and outputs the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye to the memory unit 56b of the VRAM 56. Then, the VRAM 56 alternately outputs the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye to the display 55 based on the output order of the image data determined in step S13. Then, the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b are alternately displayed.

As a result, FIGS. 14A and 14B
As shown in FIG. 7, the display 55 displays the cut image 78a for the right eye and the cut image 78b for the left eye as shifted. Specifically, the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b displayed on the display 55 are displayed such that the shift amount is 0 at the position of the user's viewpoint, and the position where the shift amount is 0 is displayed. Is displayed such that the shift amount increases toward the front or the back as viewed from the user.
Hereinafter, the position where the shift amount is 0 is referred to as a cross point 8
One. That is, in the image shown in FIG. 14A, when the position of the person is the cross point 81, the mountain is displayed in one direction because the mountain is deeper than the person, and the flower is located in front of the person. It is displayed shifted in the direction.

As described above, the spectacles control device 6
Switches the shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b in accordance with the output order of the image data in step S13. At the time of this switching, the spectacles control device 6 detects the vertical synchronization signal of the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye by the detection unit 61, and Switching of the shutters of the right eye lens unit 4a and the left eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 is performed in accordance with the timing of switching between the cutout image 78a and the left eye cutout image 78b. Thereby, the user can view the image displayed on the display 55 in three dimensions. In the subsequent steps, the user performs the process in the preview mode while wearing the shutter glasses 4.

In step S15, the depth adjustment, that is, the adjustment of the cross point 81 is performed in order to make it easy for the user to view the stereoscopic image. That is, MP
U59 displays adjustment buttons 83 and 84 for adjusting the cross point 81 on the screen 82 shown in FIG. Here, the adjustment button 83 is for moving the cross point 81 in front of the plane, that is, horizontally in one direction, and the adjustment button 84 is for moving the cross point 81 to the back of the screen,
That is, it is for moving horizontally in the other direction.
Since these adjustment buttons 83 and 84 move the cross point 81 in the horizontal direction, they are displayed side by side in the horizontal direction on the screen 82 to facilitate the operation.

When the user presses the adjustment button 83 on the input device 57, the MPU 59 moves the cross point 81 to the near side, that is, the lower left direction in the screen 82 of FIG. Then, for example, when the cross point 81 moves to the position of the flower, the cut image 78a for the right eye and the cut image 78b for the left eye of the person's position are shifted in one direction on the display 55, and the image of the mountain position is further enlarged. It will be displayed as shifted in one direction. Thereby, the shutter glasses 4
The user who looks at it looks like there is a person in the back based on the flower, and there is a mountain in the back. In addition, the user operates the input device 57.
When the adjustment button 84 is pressed, the MPU 59 moves the cross point 81 to the back, that is, the upper right direction in the screen 82 of FIG. And, for example, cross point 8
When 1 moves to the position of the mountain, the display 55 shows
Right eye cutout image 78a and left eye cutout image 78 of a person's position
b is shifted in the other direction, and the image at the position of the flower is displayed as being further shifted in the other direction. Thus, the user sees that the person is in the foreground based on the mountain and that the mountain is further in the foreground. As described above, the user can perform the depth adjustment, that is, the adjustment of the cross point 81, to a position where the stereoscopic image is most easily viewable.

In step S16, vertical adjustment is performed to make it easier for the user to view the stereoscopic image. That is, when the adapter 5 is attached to the digital camera 2 to perform photographing, the adapter 5 may be attached to the digital camera 2 at an angle, and the photographed image 41 shown in FIG. 5 may be inclined. It is difficult to stereoscopically view such an inclined image 41. Therefore, in this step S16, the MPU 59 displays the screen 8
In FIG. 2, adjustment buttons 85 and 86 for vertically adjusting the cutout image 78a for the right eye and the cutout image 78b for the left eye are displayed.
When the user presses the adjustment button 85 on the input device 57, MP
U59 shifts the cut image 78a for the right eye upward and shifts the cut image 78b for the left eye downward. Also, when the user presses the adjustment button 86 on the input device 57, the MPU 59 shifts the right-eye cutout image 78a downward, and the left-eye cutout image 7a.
8b is shifted upward. As described above, the user can adjust the vertical position of the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b to a position where the stereoscopic image can be most easily viewed. Since the adjustment buttons 85 and 86 move the image in the vertical direction, they are displayed side by side in the vertical direction on the screen 82 to facilitate the operation.

In the play view mode as described above, the depth and the cross point 81 are adjusted by the adjustment buttons 83 and 84 provided on the screen 82, and the right eye is adjusted by the adjustment buttons 85 and 86 provided on the screen 82. Before the user can save the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b in the HDD 51, the user can adjust the vertical direction of the cutout image 78a for the left eye and the cutout image 78b for the left eye. Can be stored in a state where the three-dimensional image can be most easily viewed.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 15, for example, in the above-described play view mode, the input device 57 moves on the stereoscopic image 78 in which the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b are alternately displayed. May be moved by the pointer 72 of the mouse 57b. At this time, the pointer 7
If 2 is displayed two-dimensionally, that is, in a display state at the cross point 81, it becomes difficult for the user to see the pointer 72. Therefore, the MPU 59 also shifts the pointer 72 in accordance with the parallax of the position of the pointer 72 on the stereoscopic image 78, that is, the amount of shift between the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b. That is,
As shown in FIG. 15, when the cross point 81 is at the position of the person and the pointer 72 is near the mountain at the back of the stereoscopic image 78, the MPU 59 sets the right eye cutout image 78 a and the left eye The pointer 72 is also shifted according to the shift amount of the cut-out image 78b for display, and when the pointer 72 is near the flower in front of the three-dimensional image 78, the MPU 59
Indicates that the pointer 72 is also shifted in accordance with the shift amount between the cut image 78a for the right eye and the cut image 78b for the left eye at this position. Further, the pointer 72 moves to the cross point 8
When the value is 1, the MPU 59 displays the pointer 72 in a planar manner without shifting the pointer 72 because there is no shift between the cut image 78a for the right eye and the cut image 78b for the left eye. This allows
The user moves the pointer 7 on the stereoscopic image 78 for stereoscopic display.
When the pointer 2 moves, the pointer 72 is always displayed in accordance with the parallax of the image in the background, and the pointer 72 can be viewed three-dimensionally. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from having difficulty viewing the pointer 72.

As shown in FIG. 15, when editing the image 41, a character 87 can be input into the image 41. That is, the pointer 72 of the mouse 57b
Specifies the position at which the character 87 in the stereoscopic image 78 is to be input, and the character (for example, “A”) is specified by the keyboard 57a.
Is input, the MPU 59 displays a character 87 at the position in the stereoscopic image 78. At this time, the MPU 59
Parallax on the coordinates where the character 87 on the stereoscopic image 78 is input,
That is, the right eye cutout image 78a and the left eye cutout image 78b
The character 87 is also shifted and displayed in accordance with the shift amount of. That is, the cross point 81 is located at the position of the person and the character 8
When 7 is displayed near the mountain at the back of the three-dimensional image 78, MP
U59 also displays the character 87 shifted in accordance with the amount of shift between the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b at this position, and the character 87 is displayed near the flower in front of the three-dimensional image 78. At some point, the MPU 59 also shifts and displays the characters 87 in accordance with the amount of shift between the right-eye cutout image 78a and the left-eye cutout image 78b at this position. Furthermore, the character 8
When 7 is displayed at the cross point 81, the MPU 59
Since there is no shift between the right-eye cut-out image 78a and the left-eye cut-out image 78b, the character 87 is displayed two-dimensionally without shifting. Accordingly, when the user displays the character 87 on the stereoscopic image 78 for performing the stereoscopic display, the character 87 is always displayed in accordance with the parallax of the image in the background, and the character 87 can be viewed in three dimensions. , Characters 87 can be prevented from being difficult to see. Also, when the shift amount of the character 87 is matched with the shift amount closest to the front in the image,
To the user, the character 87 appears to be in the foreground, and the character 87 can be emphasized.

When the right eye cut image 78a and the left eye cut image 78b are alternately displayed as shown in FIG. A frame 79 shown in FIG. That is,
The screen 82 and the frame 79 on the screen have a planar display form that does not consider parallax. Therefore, a user wearing the shutter glasses 4 and viewing the stereoscopic image 78 of FIG.
Since the periphery of the stereoscopic image 78 displayed on the screen 82 is displayed in a planar manner, it becomes difficult to stereoscopically view the stereoscopic image 78. Therefore, around the three-dimensional image 78,
As shown in FIG. 16, a frame 88 having a predetermined width such as a frame is displayed. This frame 88
If the shift amount is the same as or more than the shift amount of the flower which is seen in the foreground, for example, the shift amount of the flower, it is possible to show the user that the stereoscopic image 78 is stereoscopically displayed inside the frame 88. it can. In addition, if the amount of displacement of the frame 88 is the same as or larger than the depth of the frame 88, for example, the amount of displacement of the mountain, the user is notified that the three-dimensional image 78 has popped out of the frame 88. Can be shown. As described above, by providing the frame 88 having a predetermined width around the three-dimensional image 78, it is possible to make it easier for the user to view the three-dimensional image.

Next, a method for managing the image data of the three-dimensional image 78 composed of the image data of the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b edited as described above, that is, The method of managing the cut image data in step S9 in FIG. 10 will be described with reference to FIG. When saving the image data of the cut image 79a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 79b for the left eye shown in FIG. 14A, first, the save button 89 displayed on the screen 82 with the mouse 57b of the input device 57 or the like. Is pressed. When the save button 89 is pressed by the pointer 72, the MPU 59
The image data of the cut image 79a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 79b for the left eye on 52 are stored in the HDD 51 or the IC card 8 via the bus. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, the MPU 59 stores, in a folder 91, information including a right-eye cut image data file 92, a left-eye cut image data file 93, and information that associates these files 92 and 93. Save the file 94.

The cut image data file 92 for the right eye is a cut image 78 for the right eye cut in step S7 in FIG.
This image data is compressed in the JPEG format by the compression / decompression unit 58. The cut image data file 93 for the left eye is a cut image 78b for the right eye.
The image data is compressed by the compression / expansion unit 58 in the JPEG format.

The information file 94 contains the cut image 78 for the right eye.
The coordinates of the cross point 81 when a and the left-eye cutout image 78b are alternately displayed are recorded. Further, as described above, when displaying the right-eye cut image data in which even-numbered lines have been thinned out and the left-eye cut image data in which odd-numbered lines have been thinned on the display 55, Line information indicating whether the data is the first line is recorded. That is, in the information file 94, data necessary to reproduce the stereoscopic image at the time of storage is recorded.

In the data management method described above, the right-eye cut image data file 92, the left-eye cut image data file 93, and the information file 94 are provided separately. In addition, re-editing can be performed even if the data is compressed or expanded. That is, this folder 91
Since there is a right-eye cut image data file 92 and a left-eye cut image data file 93, the user enlarges or reduces the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b again. Can be re-edited.

The image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye can be stored as shown in FIG. That is, folder 9
6, an image data file 97 composed of image data composed of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b shown in FIG. 5, and a right-eye cut image 78a and a right-eye cut image from the image data file 97. An information file 98 including information for generating the image 78b is recorded. That is, the image data file 97 is obtained by compressing the image data before the editing process shown in FIG. The information file 98 is
The position data of the division line 71, the position data of the vertical center lines 73a and 73b, the position data of the horizontal center line 74, and the position data of the cut lines 77a and 77b shown in FIG. 11D are recorded. The information file 96
Includes a right-eye cut image 78a and a left-eye cut image 78b.
Are alternately displayed, the coordinates of the cross point 81 are recorded. Further, when displaying the right-eye cut image data in which even-numbered lines have been thinned out and the left-eye cut image data in which odd-numbered lines have been thinned out on the display 55, which data is the first Is recorded. That is, the information file 98
Records data necessary for reproducing the stereoscopic image at the time of storage.

In the data management method described above, since the image data composed of the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b is stored, even if this image data is compressed and decompressed, it is shown in FIG. More editing work can be performed than the saving method. Specifically, in this management method, FIG.
0, the image data file 97 and the information file 98 are read from the folder 96, and
Editing work such as clipping of images as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 can be performed.

Further, the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye can be stored as follows. In other words, this storage method stores the composite image data in which the data of the horizontal scanning line of the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye and the data of the horizontal scan line of the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye are alternately stored. As shown in FIG. 19, the folder 101
A composite image data file 102 is recorded in which composite image data in which right-eye cut-out image data with even-numbered lines thinned out and left-eye cut-out image data with odd-numbered lines thinned out are combined is recorded. Is done.

In such a management method, re-editing cannot be performed because no information file is provided, as compared with the image data management methods shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, but the data size is reduced. can do.
The folder 101 includes, in addition to the composite image data file 102, the right-eye cut image data file 92 and the left-eye cut image data file 93 shown in FIG. An information file 94 including information to be performed may be stored. In addition to the composite image data file 102, the folder 101 includes the right-eye image 41a shown in FIG.
An image data file 97 composed of image data composed of an image 41b and a left-eye image 41b, and an information file 98 composed of information for generating a right-eye image 78a and a right-eye image 78b from the image data file 97 are stored. You may do so.

The different data management methods have been described above with reference to FIGS. 17 to 19. In this control device 3, any one of the different data management methods is shown in FIGS.
The image data may be stored in the HDD 51 by one of the methods, or one of the methods may be selected and stored in the HDD 51. For example, the saving method shown in FIG. 17 is convenient when the editing work is interrupted and re-editing is performed, and the saving method shown in FIG.
This is convenient because the other party can enlarge or reduce the image.
The storage method shown in FIG. 19 is convenient for storing a homepage or the like.

By the way, the data is edited by the above-mentioned editing program and stored in the recording means such as the HDD 51 as shown in FIG.
A browser that reads data stored in the format shown in FIG. 19 and displays the data on the display 55 will be described.

First, the activation of the browser will be described with reference to FIG. 20. In step S21, for example, when the icon for activating the browser displayed on the display 55 is clicked with the mouse 57b, the MPU 5
9 stores the browser program from the HDD 51 into the RAM 5
2 and the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S22, the MPU 59
A startup screen 111 shown in FIG. 21 is displayed substantially at the center of the screen 82 of the display 55. At this time, although the details will be described later, the spectacles control device 6 detects the signal of the start screen 111 and controls on / off of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter eyeglasses 4.

In step S24, the MPU 59
The browser 112 is displayed on the screen 82 of the display 55. That is, the VRAM 56 outputs the image data for the right eye of the browser 112 to the display 55 from the memory unit 56a, and outputs the image for the left eye of the browser 112 to the display 55 from the memory unit 56b. On the display 55, the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye of the browser 112 are alternately displayed so as to have a parallax. Thus, the user wearing the shutter glasses 4 can use the browser 112
Screen can be viewed in three dimensions.

In step S25, the MPU 59
An input device 57 including a keyboard 57a and a mouse 57b
17 to 19, the folders of the image data to be edited, ie, folders 91,
Open 96,101. Here, the selected file 9
The MPU 59 decompresses the files 91, 96, and 101 by the compression / decompression unit 58, reads them out to the RAM 52, and displays them on the browser 112 displayed on the display 55 because the files 1, 96 and 101 are compressed in the JPEG format. , The right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b are alternately displayed so as to have parallax. That is, the VRAM 56
Are displayed on the display 55 when the right-eye cut-out image data with the even-numbered lines thinned out and the left-eye cut-out image data with the odd-numbered lines thinned out recorded in the information files 94 and 98 are displayed. First, based on line information indicating which data is the first line, the memory unit 5
6a to output the image data of the cut image 78a for the right eye,
Next, the image data of the cut image 78b for the left eye is output from the memory unit 56b, and thereafter, this is repeated to display the stereoscopic image 78 on the display 55. Therefore, the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b are
When viewed from the user wearing the shutter glasses 4, the image is further three-dimensionally displayed in the frame 113 displayed three-dimensionally. In this way, by displaying the three-dimensional image 78 further in the three-dimensional frame 113, the browser 112 makes it easy for the user to view the three-dimensional image.

Further, the ending operation of the browser 112 will be described with reference to FIG. 22. In step S31, when the ending instruction portion 114 formed by an “x” mark at the corner of the browser 112 is clicked with the mouse 57b, The MPU 59 starts an end operation of the browser 112. Then, in step S32, the MPU 59
As shown in FIG. 21, an end screen 115 substantially the same as the start screen 111 is displayed substantially at the center of the screen 82 of the display 55. At this time, although details will be described later, the glasses control device 6
By detecting the signal of the end screen 115, the shutter glasses 4
The right eye lens unit 4a and the left eye lens unit 4b are both turned off. Then, in step S33, the MPU 59
Completes the end operation of the browser 112.

When the browser 112 is started, the shutter glasses 4 need to be driven. Therefore, when the start screen 111 is displayed on the screen 82 of the display 55 in step S22 shown in FIG. The glasses control device 6 detects whether or not the browser 112 has been activated. That is, when the browser 112 is activated, as shown in FIG. 24A, the VRAM 56 supplies a video signal of, for example, a white → black → white → black pattern for displaying the activation screen 111 on the display 55. I am trying to do it.

Here, the detecting section 61 of the spectacles control device 6 shown in FIG. 7 detects an image signal of a pattern of white → black → white → black, and first outputs from the memory section 56a in step S25 in FIG. The right eye lens unit 4a of the shutter glasses 4 is turned off so that the user can view the right eye image with the right eye according to the output of the image data of the right eye image of the browser 112 to be output. The switch 64 is switched so as to turn on the left-eye lens unit 4b. Thus, when the right-eye image is displayed on the display 55, the right-eye lens unit 4a is in a see-through state, and the left-eye lens unit 4b is in a light-shielding state.

Next, as shown in FIG.
1 detects the vertical synchronizing signal of the right eye image data,
In order to allow the user to view the left-eye image data of the browser 112 displayed next with the left eye, the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 is turned off, and the right-eye lens unit 4a is turned off. The switch 64 is switched so as to be turned on.
Thus, when the left-eye image is displayed on the display 55, the left-eye lens unit 4b is in a see-through state, and the right-eye lens unit 4a is in a light-shielding state. Thereafter, by switching the shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 in synchronization with the switching timing of the right-eye image 78a and the left-eye image 78b, The user can stereoscopically view the image of the browser 112 displayed on the display 55.

The MPU 59 detects icons, characters, and the like in an area where the browser 112 is not displayed on the screen 82 by detecting a video signal of a white → black → white → black pattern, thereby forming an image having parallax. The user may be able to stereoscopically view what is displayed on the entire screen.
This makes it possible to prevent the entire screen from becoming a three-dimensional display image and flickering in an area where the three-dimensional image 78 including the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b is not displayed. As described above, the video signal of the pattern of white → black → white → black is supplied to the shutter glasses 4 and the display 55.
Are used as a synchronization signal for synchronizing an image displayed in the browser 112 and a detection signal for detecting that the browser 112 has been opened.

When the browser 112 is terminated, the driving of the shutter glasses 4 must be stopped.
When step S32 shown in FIG. 23, that is, when the end screen is displayed on the screen 82 of the display 55, the glasses control device 6 detects whether or not the browser 112 has ended. That is, the browser 11
2 ends, as shown in FIG.
The M56 supplies an image signal of, for example, a white → black → black → white pattern for displaying the end screen 115 to the display 55.

Here, when the detecting section 61 of the spectacles control device 6 shown in FIG. 7 detects the video signal of the pattern of white → black → black → white, the stereoscopic image can no longer be viewed. 4, both the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b are turned off, and both the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b are put into a see-through state. That is, the shutter glasses 4 are turned off and the lens units 4a and 4b are in the see-through state, so that the user can easily see the two-dimensional display when the user does not activate the browser 112.

The browser 11 on the screen 82 described above
In the case where icons, characters, and the like in an area where 2 is not displayed are images having parallax, and the user can see what is displayed on the entire screen in three dimensions, this white → black → black → By detecting the video signal of the white pattern,
The MPU 59 stops the image having the parallax from the icon, the character, and the like, and switches the image to the image without the shift. That is, the video signal of the pattern of white → black → black → white is used as a detection signal for turning off the shutter glasses 4 and as a detection signal for detecting that the browser 112 is closed. .

As described above, when the browser 112 is activated, the video signal of the white → black → white → black pattern is
The shutter glasses 4 are output from the RAM 56 and detected by the spectacles control device 6 in synchronization with the right-eye image data and the left-eye image data of the browser 112 which are alternately output to the display 55. The switching of the liquid crystal shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b can be controlled. Thus, for example, when the image for the right eye is displayed on the display 55, the lens unit for the right eye 4a is in a see-through state, the lens unit for the left eye 4b is in a see-through state, and the image for the right eye is viewed with the left eye. Defects can be eliminated. Also, when the browser 112 terminates, the video signal of the white → black → black → white pattern is
By outputting the signal from M56 and detecting this signal with the spectacles detecting device 6, both the right eye lens portion 4a and the left eye lens portion 4b of the shutter spectacles 4 are turned off, and the right eye lens portion 4a By making both the left-eye lens portions 4b in the see-through state, it is possible to make the two-dimensional display easier to see. Also,
By using the above image signals for the start screen 111 and the end screen 115, it is possible to prevent the user from being noticed.

The video signals at the time of starting and ending the browser 112 are white-to-black-to-white-to-black patterns and white-to-white patterns at the time of starting.
The pattern is not limited to the black → black → white pattern, and any color or combination may be used as long as the pattern has a color that is not easily noticeable.

By the way, there is a case where the second stereoscopic image is further superimposed on the browser 112 which is stereoscopically displayed as the first stereoscopic image and displayed on the display 55. For example, as shown in FIG. 25, this is a case where a three-dimensional image already cut out is pasted on the browser 112 or a three-dimensional image 78 displayed on the browser 112 is moved. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 25, a right-eye cutout image in which even-numbered lines of horizontal scanning line data are thinned out and a left-eye cutout image in which odd-numbered lines of horizontal scanning line data are thinned out. When the images are alternately displayed, the stereoscopic image 7 is displayed on the browser 112.
When the image 8 is pasted or moved, the line for the left eye of the stereoscopic image 78 may be positioned on the line for the right eye of the browser 112. That is, when the browser 112 is displaying the image for the right eye, the stereoscopic image 78 displays the image for the left eye, or when the browser 112 is displaying the image for the left eye, the stereoscopic image 78 is displayed for the right eye. Image is displayed. In this case, the user cannot view the three-dimensional image 78 three-dimensionally. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 25, when moving the stereoscopic image 78 and the line of the browser 112 does not match the line of the stereoscopic image 78, the browser 112 The line is shifted so that the line of the browser 112 and the line of the three-dimensional image 78 match.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 26, in step S41, the stereoscopic image 78 at, for example, the first upper left position in FIG. When the moving destination of the stereoscopic image 78 or the pasting destination is specified, in step S42, M
The PU 59 moves the stereoscopic image 78 at the first position to the second position or pastes the stereoscopic image 78.

In step S43, the MPU 59 determines at the second position where the stereoscopic image 78 is to be moved or pasted, the coordinates A on the most upstream side in the scanning direction.
It is detected whether Y of (X, Y) is on the horizontal scanning line for the right eye or the horizontal scanning line for the left eye of the browser 112. Then, the MPU 59 outputs the three-dimensional image 78
When the line of the first horizontal scanning line and the line of the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112 match, the process ends, and when they do not match, the process proceeds to step S44. That is, when the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 is for the right eye, and when Y is on the right scanning line of the browser 112, the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112 The MPU 59 ends the process assuming that the line of the three-dimensional image 78 matches the line of the first horizontal scanning line. If the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 is for the right eye and Y is on the horizontal scanning line for the left eye of the browser 112, the browser 11
MPU 5
In step S9, the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S44, the MPU 59
The three-dimensional image 78 is moved by one line up or down.
Thereby, the MPU 59 matches the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 with the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112 so that the user can view the stereoscopic image 78 stereoscopically. Then, the MPU 59 ends the processing.

As described above, in the browser 112, even when the three-dimensional image 78 is moved and the three-dimensional image 78 is pasted, the three-dimensional image 78 is always added to the line of the browser 112 serving as the frame of the image. By matching the 78 lines, the user can always see a stereoscopic image.

As shown in FIG. 27, there is a case where a stereoscopic image 78 as a second stereoscopic image displayed on the browser 112 as a first stereoscopic image is enlarged or reduced. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 27, the right-eye cut image in which even-numbered horizontal scanning lines are thinned out and the left-eye cut image in which odd-numbered horizontal scanning lines are thinned alternately. Is displayed on the browser 112,
Is enlarged or reduced, the horizontal scanning line for the left eye of the stereoscopic image 78 may be positioned on the horizontal scanning line for the right eye of the browser 112. That is, the stereoscopic image 78 displays the left-eye image when the browser 112 is displaying the right-eye image, or the stereoscopic image 78 is displayed when the browser 112 is displaying the left-eye image.
Will display the image for the right eye. In this case, the user cannot view the three-dimensional image 78 three-dimensionally. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 27, when the stereoscopic image 78 is enlarged or reduced, when the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112 does not match the horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 as shown in FIG. The three-dimensional image 78 is shifted by one line in the vertical direction so that the line of the browser 112 and the line of the three-dimensional image 78 match.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 28, in step S51, the stereoscopic image 78 is selected by the input device 57, and the display magnification of the selected stereoscopic image 78 is specified. Then, in step S52, the MPU 59 enlarges or reduces the stereoscopic image 78 based on the display magnification specified by the user.

Then, in step S53, the MPU 59 determines the coordinate B on the most upstream side in the scanning direction of the enlarged image 121a or the reduced image 121b of the stereoscopic image 78.
Whether Y ₁ and Y _{2 of 1} (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) and B ₂ (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) are on the horizontal scanning line for the right eye or the line for the left eye of the browser 112 Is detected. And MPU5
In step 9, the process ends when the first horizontal scanning line of the images 121a and 121b matches the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112, and proceeds to step S54 when they do not match. That is, when the first horizontal scanning line of the images 121a and 121b is for the right eye, Y
_{If 1} and Y ₂ are on the line of the horizontal scanning line for the right eye of the browser 112, the MPU 59 determines that the line of the browser 112 and the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 match. Ends the processing. When the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 is for the right eye, and when Y ₁ and Y ₂ are on the horizontal scanning line for the left eye of the browser 112, the browser 112 And the line of the first horizontal scanning line of the stereoscopic image 78 do not match, the MPU 59 determines in step S44
Proceed to.

In step S54, the MPU 59
The image 121a, 121b is moved by one line up or down, and the first horizontal scanning line of the images 121a, 121b is matched with the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112. As another method, the MPU 59 determines that the first horizontal scanning line of the images 121a and 121b matches the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112 at a position closest to the display magnification specified by the user. , Images 121a and 121b are enlarged or reduced again. According to the method described above, the MPU 59 causes the images 121a, 1
The first line 21b is matched with the horizontal scanning line of the browser 112, so that the user can stereoscopically view the enlarged or reduced images 121a and 121b. Then, the MPU 59 ends the processing.

As described above, in the browser 112, the image 1
Even when expanding or reducing 21a, 121b,
Since the images 121a and 121b always match the line of the browser 112, which is the frame of the image, with the line of the stereoscopic image 78, the user can always see the stereoscopic image.

Incidentally, the image 41a for the right eye as described above.
An editing program for editing the image 41 composed of the image 41b and the left-eye image 41b, and a browser for viewing the image edited by the editing program are stored and stored in the HDD 51, and are also stored on a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk. , An optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, these programs are loaded with the recording medium into the drive unit 131,
When an operation for starting by the input device 57 is performed, MP
U59 is read from the recording medium to the RAM 52 via the bus. The above-described processing is executed by a program read from the recording medium.

These programs can also be installed in the HDD 51 from the drive unit 131 via a medium such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory on which the program is recorded. . In addition to installing these programs on the HDD 51 via such a providing medium,
Transmitter / receiver 132 wirelessly or by wire from the download site
Can also be installed in the HDD 51 via the.

Next, a network system 151 using the stereoscopic image system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The network system 151 includes a server device 1 that stores stereoscopic image data.
52 and a personal terminal device 153 that accesses the server device 152 and downloads stereoscopic image data.
Then, the server device 152 and the plurality of personal terminal devices 153
And are connected via a network.

The server device 152 has substantially the same configuration as a normal computer, and stores a storage unit 161 for storing stereoscopic image data and the like, and various programs such as a program for controlling the overall operation. Read-only memory (hereinafter also referred to as ROM) 162, a RAM 163 for temporarily reading a program or the like recorded in the ROM 162, and the personal terminal device 1.
A transmitting / receiving unit 164 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the CPU 53;
A control unit 165 composed of an MPU for controlling the whole.

[0109] The server device 152 has a ROM 1
A program for controlling the entire operation is temporarily read from the RAM 62 to the RAM 163 and executed by the control unit 165 to control the operation of the entire apparatus. In the server device 152, a home page composed of a stereoscopic image or the like is set up in the storage unit 161, and the personal terminal device 153 can access, that is, browse this home page.

The personal terminal device 153 corresponds to the control device 3 described above, and has a similar configuration. That is, as shown in FIG. 29, browsing search software (browser 1) for displaying the image 41 in three dimensions.
12) HD with recorded e-mail program, etc.
D51, a RAM 52 for temporarily reading application programs and the like recorded in the HDD 51, and an image 41
55 for displaying the same, etc., and a VRAM 56
, An input device 57, a compression / decompression unit 58 for decompressing JPEG format data and compressing the data to JPEG format, and an MPU 59 for controlling the whole.

[0111] The personal terminal device 153 is installed at, for example, an individual user's home, and includes a demodulator and a telephone line.
Terminal Adapter and ISDN (Integrated Service)
s Digital Network line, CATV (Cable Televisio)
n) It is connected to a provider in the Internet 154 via a line or the like. For example, when browsing a homepage established on the server device 152, the user operates the input device 57 to operate a URL (Unif.
Orm Resource Locator), the browser 112, the TCP / IP protocol (Transmission Control)
As a result, the personal terminal device 153 accesses the server device 152 via the Internet 154, downloads the accessed homepage, and displays it on the display 55. Further, the user can use this personal terminal device 153 to send an e-mail to another user's personal terminal device 153 via the Internet 154.

Also, the personal terminal device 153 includes
As shown in FIG. 9, shutter glasses 4 for stereoscopically viewing an image displayed on the display 55 are connected between the VRAM 56 and the display 55 via the glasses control device 6. Therefore, the user can stereoscopically view the image having parallax displayed on the homepage by wearing the shutter glasses 4.

The network system 151 as described above
A case where the user browses the homepage established in the server device 152 with the personal terminal device 153 will be described. In the server device 152, data for a stereoscopic image is stored as an image having parallax, for example, by a method as shown in FIG. The data for this stereoscopic image is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, composite image data is recorded in which composite image data obtained by combining right-eye cut image data with even-numbered lines thinned out and left-eye cut image data with odd-numbered lines thinned out is recorded. An image data file 102 is stored.
Since the data size of such a composite image data file 102 is small, the time for downloading the composite image data file 102 from the server device 152 can be reduced.

On the other hand, in the personal terminal device 153, in step S61 shown in FIG. 30, when browsing the home page as shown in FIGS. When the icon is clicked with the mouse 57b, the MPU 59
The browser program is read out from the HDD 51 into the RAM 52, and the startup screen 111 shown in FIG.
5 is displayed on the screen 82. Here, as shown in FIG. 24A, the VRAM 56 supplies a video signal of a white → black → white → black pattern for displaying the startup screen 111 to the display 55. The detection unit 61 of the glasses control device 6 includes:
The video signal of the white → black → white → black pattern is detected, and it is detected that the browser 112 has been started. Browser 112
Is completed, the browser 1 is read from the VRAM 56.
Twelve right-eye image data and left-eye image data are alternately output, and the right-eye image and the left-eye image are displayed on the display 55 so as to have parallax alternately.

At the same time when the activation of the browser 112 is completed, the spectacles control device 6 sets the right-eye lens 4a of the shutter spectacles 4 in a see-through state when the right-eye image of the browser 112 is displayed in step S62. Then, the left-eye lens unit 4b is controlled to be in the light-shielding state, and then, when the image for the left eye of the browser 112 is displayed, the left-eye lens 4b of the shutter glasses 4 is brought into the see-through state, and the right-eye lens is set. The section 4a is controlled to be in a light-shielded state, and the shutter glasses 4 are controlled so as to repeat this. As described above, the switching of the shutters of the right-eye lens unit 4a and the left-eye lens unit 4b of the shutter glasses 4 is performed in accordance with the switching timing of the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the browser 112.
The user operates the browser 11 displayed on the display 55.
The two images can be viewed three-dimensionally.

Then, in step S63, the user operates the input device 57 to enter the URL of the desired homepage.
Is performed, the personal terminal device 153 accesses the server device 152 via the Internet 154, downloads the accessed homepage, and displays it on the display 55. In addition, a stereoscopic image posted on a homepage can be selected and downloaded.
The selected image is stored in the storage unit 16 of the server device 152.
In FIG. 1, stereoscopic image data is stored by the method shown in FIG. The image data shown in FIG. 17 includes a right-eye image data file 92, a left-eye image data file 93, and an information file 94 including information related to the files 92 and 93. Since this image data includes the right-eye image data file 92 and the left-eye image data file 93, the personal terminal device 153 edits the right-eye image and the left-eye image using an editing program. Can be done by

The network system 151 as described above
Then, the image data for the stereoscopic image is stored in the server device 152 by the method shown in FIGS.
The user wears the shutter glasses 4 on the display 55 side.
By looking at the homepage displayed in, the image displayed on the display 55 can be viewed three-dimensionally. For example, when a user purchases a product via the Internet 154, the user can view the product three-dimensionally,
It is possible to easily determine whether or not to purchase a product.

Further, in this network system 151, electronic mail can be exchanged between the personal terminal devices 153. For example, the digital camera 2 described above
The image data that has been subjected to the above-described editing processing with the adapter 5 attached thereto is attached to an e-mail, and is attached to another personal terminal device 15.
3 is transmitted. Here, a case where image data is stored in the HDD 51 of the personal terminal device 153 on the transmitting side by the method shown in FIG. 17 will be described. In this case, as described above, the folder 91 includes a cut image data file 92 for the right eye and a cut image data file 93 for the left eye.
And an information file 94 including information relating to these files 92 and 93.

In the personal terminal device 153 on the transmitting side, the user operates the input device 57 to transmit the folder 91 to the address of the server device 152 which is the transmission destination. As a result, the transmitted folder 91 is stored in the storage unit 161 of the server device 152. Thereafter, when the personal terminal device 153 of the user serving as the recipient accesses the address of the server device 152, the personal terminal device 153 of the recipient becomes:
The folder 91 is downloaded and stored in the HDD 51.

In the personal terminal device 153 on the receiver side, when viewing the image stored in the folder 91, the browser 112 is started in the procedure shown in FIG. Then, the user who is the recipient opens the received file 91, and
6 alternately displays the cut image data file 92 for the right eye and the cut image data file 93 for the left eye on the display 55 so as to have parallax.
The image displayed on the browser 112 can be viewed three-dimensionally in a state where the symbol is applied. By the way, since the folder 91 includes the right-eye cut image data file 92 and the left-eye cut image data file 93, the user again stores the right-eye cut image 78a and the left-eye cut image 78b. Re-editing such as enlargement or reduction can be performed.

Next, a case where image data is stored in the HDD 51 by the method shown in FIG. 18 will be described. In this case, as described above, the folder 96 includes an image data file 97 including image data including the right-eye image 41a and the left-eye image 41b illustrated in FIG. File 98 including information for generating the image 78a for the right eye and the image 78b for the right eye
And have been saved.

The user operates the input device 57 to transmit the folder 96 to the personal terminal device 153 of the user via the server device 152.

In the personal terminal device 153 on the receiver side, when viewing the image stored in the folder 96, the browser 112 is started in the procedure shown in FIG. Then, the user who is the recipient opens the received file 96, and
6 alternately displays the cut image data file 92 for the right eye and the cut image data file 93 for the left eye on the display 55 so as to have parallax.
The image displayed on the browser 112 can be viewed three-dimensionally in a state where the symbol is applied. By the way, since the folder 91 has the image data file 97, the user again performs the editing work as shown in FIG. 10, that is, the editing work such as cutting out the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye. be able to.

The network system 151 as described above
Then, each personal terminal device 153 has at least the browser 11
By having the number 2, the stereoscopic image data can be exchanged by attaching the stereoscopic image to the electronic mail.

The above description has been made in connection with an example in which image data is compressed in the JPEG format and stored.
(Motion picture expert group) or the like. Further, the example of the still image has been described above, but the image may be a moving image.

[0126]

According to the present invention, the pair of left and right lens portions of the shutter glasses is adjusted in accordance with the switching timing of the predetermined area of the right-eye image and the predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means. By alternately switching between the see-through state and the light-shielded state, a user wearing shutter glasses can view a stereoscopic image. Then, the predetermined region of the right-eye image and the predetermined region of the left-eye image displayed on the display unit are cut out from the image data composed of the right-eye image for the right eye and the left-eye image for the left eye and edited. When extracting, the boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image is extracted, and when a predetermined region of at least one image is specified, the region of the other image corresponding to the predetermined region is automatically specified By doing so, the editing operation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a stereoscopic image display system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an adapter attached to a lens barrel of the digital camera.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the adapter.

FIG. 5 When an adapter is attached to a digital camera,
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an image captured by a CCD element.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control device that edits and displays image data composed of a right-eye image and a left-eye image captured by a digital camera.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a glasses control device for controlling shutter glasses.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the timing of switching between the right-eye lens unit and the left-eye lens unit of the shutter glasses in the progressive system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the timing of switching between the right-eye lens unit and the left-eye lens unit of the shutter glasses in the interlace mode.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an image data editing process.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an editing screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a preview mode.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display mode of an image in a preview mode.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display screen in a play view mode.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a method for displaying a pointer and characters on a display screen in a play view mode.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying a three-dimensional frame around an image.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a storage format of image data.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating another example of a storage format of image data.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating still another example of a storage format of image data.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for starting a browser.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a startup screen of a browser.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a state in which an image is displayed on a browser.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for closing a browser.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating signals on the start screen and the end screen of the browser.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an image displayed on a browser is moved.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for moving an image displayed on a browser.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an image displayed on a browser is enlarged or reduced.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for enlarging or reducing an image displayed on a browser.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a network system using a stereoscopic image system.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for viewing a home page.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 stereoscopic image system, 2 digital camera, 3 control device, 4 shutter glasses, 5 adapter, 6 glasses control device

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Claims (31)

[Claims] 1. An image pickup device for capturing an image, comprising:
An imaging device that captures an image composed of a right-eye image and a left-eye image by capturing a right-eye image in a substantially right half of the image sensor and capturing a left-eye image in a substantially left half of the image sensor. Extracting the boundary between the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye of the image and displaying at least one of the image for the right eye or the image for the left eye on display means, and displaying the image on the display means. When you specify a certain area of the image,
The area of the other image corresponding to the specified area is automatically specified, and the predetermined area of the image for the right eye and the predetermined area of the image for the left eye are alternately displayed on the display means so as to have parallax. An image display device, and a pair of left and right lens units, and the left and right images are alternately displayed on the display means in accordance with the switching timing of the predetermined region of the right eye image and the predetermined region of the left eye image. A stereoscopic image display system comprising: a pair of lens units; and shutter glasses in which a pair of lens units are alternately switched between a see-through state and a light-shielding state. 2. When extracting a boundary portion between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, the display means may display that the right-eye image and the left-eye image are displayed side by side. The three-dimensional image display system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The three-dimensional image display system according to claim 2, wherein the boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the image displayed on the display means is manually selected. . 4. The stereoscopic image display system according to claim 2, wherein when extracting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, a division line is displayed at the boundary. 5. A three-dimensional image according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined area of the image displayed on said display means is designated, a cut line is displayed on the image displayed on said display means. Display system. 6. The stereoscopic image display system according to claim 1, wherein the shutter glasses switch between a pair of left and right lens units by detecting a vertical synchronization signal when displayed on the display unit. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cross point between a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means can be adjusted in a depth direction. The stereoscopic image display system as described. 8. The stereoscopic image display according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image displayed on the display unit can be adjusted in a vertical direction. system. 9. A storage means for storing image data consisting of an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye, and for storing position data when a predetermined area of the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye is designated. And extracting the boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and automatically specifying a region of the other image corresponding to the predetermined region when a predetermined region of at least one image is specified. A control unit that stores, in the storage unit, position data indicating a predetermined region of the at least one image; a predetermined region of the right-eye image and the left-eye image based on the position data stored in the storage unit Display means for alternately displaying a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means. Switching of areas A stereoscopic image display device, wherein a pair of left and right lens units of shutter glasses are alternately switched between a see-through state and a light-shielding state in accordance with timing. 10. When extracting a boundary portion between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, the display means may display that the right-eye image and the left-eye image are displayed side by side. The three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein: 11. The stereoscopic image display according to claim 10, wherein a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the image data displayed on the display means is manually selected. apparatus. 12. The three-dimensional image display device according to claim 10, wherein when extracting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, a division line is displayed at the boundary. 13. The stereoscopic image according to claim 9, wherein when a predetermined area of the image displayed on said display means is designated, a cutout line is displayed on the image displayed on said display means. Display device. 14. The stereoscopic image display device according to claim 9, wherein the shutter glasses perform switching between the pair of left and right lens units by detecting a vertical synchronization signal when displayed on the display unit. 15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a cross point between a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means can be adjusted in a depth direction. The stereoscopic image display device as described in the above. 16. The stereoscopic image display according to claim 9, wherein a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image displayed on the display unit can be adjusted in a vertical direction. apparatus. 17. A step of storing image data composed of an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye in a storage means, displaying the image data stored in the storage means on a display means, Extracting a boundary part of the image for the left eye and storing the boundary part in the storage unit; and designating a predetermined area of at least one image,
Automatically specifying an area of the other image corresponding to the predetermined area, and storing position data indicating the predetermined area of the at least one image in the storage means; Alternately displaying a region and a predetermined region of the left-eye image so as to have parallax; and switching between a predetermined region of the right-eye image and a predetermined region of the left-eye image displayed on the display means. Controlling alternately switching a pair of left and right lens units of the shutter glasses between a see-through state and a light-shielded state in accordance with the timing of the stereoscopic image display method. 18. When extracting a boundary portion between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, the display means may display that the right-eye image and the left-eye image are displayed side by side. The stereoscopic image display method according to claim 17, characterized in that: 19. The stereoscopic image display according to claim 18, wherein a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the image data displayed on the display means is manually selected. Method. 20. The stereoscopic image display method according to claim 19, wherein when extracting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, a division line is displayed at the boundary. 21. A method according to claim 17, wherein when a predetermined area of the image displayed on said display means is designated, a cut line is displayed on the image displayed on said display means.
The stereoscopic image display method as described. 22. The stereoscopic image display method according to claim 17, wherein the shutter glasses switch the pair of left and right lens units by detecting a vertical synchronization signal when displayed on the display unit. 23. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein a cross point between a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means can be adjusted in a depth direction. The stereoscopic image display method as described. 24. The stereoscopic image display according to claim 17, wherein a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image displayed on the display unit can be adjusted in a vertical direction. Method. 25. A means for storing image data composed of an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye in the storage means, and displaying the image data stored in the storage means on the display means. Means for extracting a boundary part of the image for the left eye and storing the boundary part in the storage means; and designating a predetermined area of at least one image,
Means for automatically designating the area of the other image corresponding to the predetermined area and storing position data indicating the predetermined area of the at least one image in the storage means; Means for alternately displaying an area and a predetermined area of the image for the left eye so as to have parallax; switching between a predetermined area of the image for the right eye and a predetermined area of the image for the left eye displayed on the display means Means for alternately switching the pair of left and right lens units of the shutter glasses between a see-through state and a light-shielding state in accordance with the timing of (i). 26. When extracting a boundary portion between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, the display means displays the right-eye image and the left-eye image constituting the image data. 26. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the means is stored. 27. The storage medium according to claim 26, wherein means for manually selecting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the image data displayed on the display means is stored. . 28. The recording medium according to claim 27, wherein, when extracting a boundary between the right-eye image and the left-eye image, means for displaying a division line is stored in the boundary. 29. A method for designating a predetermined area of an image displayed on said display means, wherein means for displaying a cut line is stored on the image displayed on said display means.
The recording medium according to the above. 26. The stereoscopic image display device according to claim 25, wherein is displayed. 30. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein a cross point between a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image alternately displayed on the display means can be adjusted in a depth direction. The recording medium according to the above. 31. The recording medium according to claim 25, wherein a predetermined area of the right-eye image and a predetermined area of the left-eye image displayed on the display unit can be adjusted in a vertical direction.