WO2006019038A1 - 立体画像生成装置及びその立体画像生成方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a stereoscopic image generating apparatus that allows a user to observe a stereoscopic image using parallax between a right eye and a left eye, and a generation method thereof.
- a stereoscopic image generating apparatus capable of switching between a normal 2D image and a 3D image and displaying the 2D image and a 3D image in a mixed manner, and the stereoscopic image generation thereof Regarding the method.
- a stereoscopic image display method capable of viewing a stereoscopic image by stereoscopically viewing a set of images having parallax. For example, left-eye and right-eye images are alternately output to the display device, and the user observes the images through glasses that can switch the shirt line in synchronization with the display switching timing, thereby providing a stereoscopic image. Can be observed.
- a method of reproducing a stereoscopic image without using special glasses or the like there is a method called a Norrax Noria method.
- Each of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is decomposed into strips in the vertical scanning direction of the image, and alternately arranged to form one image.
- the display device that displays the image has a strip-like slit similar to the case where the image is disassembled. Through the slit, the strip-shaped image data is observed by the display device.
- a wrench chiral method that uses a wrench chiral lens instead of a slit.
- FIG. 18 (a) is a diagram showing this.
- the right eye image displayed on the pixel 1803 is the right eye
- the left image displayed on the pixel 1804 is displayed.
- a mode that the image for eyes is observed with the left eye is shown. In this way, a parallax is created between the image observed with the right eye and the image observed with the left eye, so that a human can feel a three-dimensional effect in the image.
- each of the RGB data of the three primary colors is referred to as a dot, and a group of the RGB data of the three primary colors is referred to as a pixel.
- FIG. 17 shows a state where a plurality of windows are displayed on the display screen. The window can be displayed at any position, and it is possible to display 2D or 3D content within the window. Windows 1702, 1703 display 2D content, and 1701, 1704 display 3D content.
- the content includes a still image and a moving image.
- Patent Document 1 when parallax inversion occurs due to movement of the window, the right and left parallax images are correctly obtained by exchanging the right eye image and the left eye image by the method shown in FIG. 19 (a). The method for producing the observed Figure 19 (b) is disclosed.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-231913
- An object of the present invention is to display a stereoscopic image in a window that can be displayed at an arbitrary position on the display screen, and to perform parallax inversion by moving the window without replacing the image in units of columns.
- a stereoscopic image generation apparatus and a stereoscopic image generation method thereof. Means for solving the problem
- a stereoscopic image generating apparatus and a stereoscopic image generating method according to the present invention have the following features.
- a stereoscopic image generation apparatus is a stereoscopic image generation apparatus that displays a 2D image and a Z or multi-viewpoint 3D image, and detects parallax inversion of the multi-viewpoint 3D image being displayed.
- a parallax reversal detecting means that moves the entire multi-viewpoint 3D image in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance when the parallax reversal occurs in the displayed multi-viewpoint 3D image. It is characterized by that.
- the parallax inversion detection unit determines a reference point at which the parallax inversion does not occur, and includes information on the number of viewpoints of a multi-viewpoint 3D image, the reference point, and the window. From this distance, the presence or absence of parallax inversion is detected, and the amount of deviation from the window position where correct observation is possible is detected.
- the stereoscopic image generation apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the parallax inversion detection unit notifies the shift adjustment unit of the detected shift amount.
- the movement adjusting unit corrects the notified shift amount, and adjusts the distance between the reference point and the window to be an integral multiple of the number of viewpoints. It is characterized by adjusting.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus of the present invention further includes display image generating means for generating and displaying a 2D image and a Z or multi-viewpoint 3D image, and the display image generating means includes an image display area in the window.
- the display is characterized by being shifted by one pixel or a plurality of pixels.
- the movement adjusting unit deletes one or more columns at the vertical end of the displayed image in the window, and the remaining number of images equal to the number of deleted columns. Is moved in the direction of filling the deleted one or more columns.
- the predetermined number of images are inserted in the same number as the number of moved columns. It is characterized by that.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the movement adjusting means is applied to a window displaying a 3D image.
- the movement adjusting means may be in a display mode.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the display mode is switched according to identification information included in the input image content.
- the stereoscopic image generation method of the present invention displays a 2D image and a Z or multi-viewpoint 3D image.
- 3D image generation method comprising: a visual inversion detection means for detecting parallax inversion of a multi-viewpoint 3D image being displayed; and when the parallax inversion occurs in the multi-viewpoint 3D image being displayed, the multi-viewpoint 3D And a movement adjustment step for moving the entire image in the horizontal direction by a predetermined distance.
- the parallax inversion detection step determines a reference point without the parallax inversion, information on the number of viewpoints of a multi-viewpoint 3D image, the reference point, and the current key. It is characterized by detecting the presence or absence of parallax inversion and the amount of deviation from the observable window position from the distance from the window.
- the stereoscopic image generation method of the present invention is characterized in that the parallax inversion detection step notifies the detected shift amount to the movement adjustment step.
- the movement adjustment step is characterized in that the notified shift amount is corrected and adjusted so that the movement amount of the window is an integral multiple of the number of viewpoints.
- the stereoscopic image generation method of the present invention further includes a display image generation step for generating and displaying a 2D image and a Z or multi-viewpoint 3D image, and the display image generation step includes an image display area in the window.
- the display is shifted by one pixel or multiple pixels.
- the movement adjustment step deletes one or more columns at the vertical end of the display image in the window, and the remaining number of the same number as the number of deleted columns.
- the image is moved in a direction to fill the deleted row.
- the movement adjustment step moves the remaining image in the direction of the deleted one or a plurality of columns, and then the same number as the number of columns moved is predetermined. These images are inserted.
- the stereoscopic image generation method of the present invention is characterized in that the movement adjustment step is applied to all windows regardless of the 2DZ3D display in the display mode.
- the stereoscopic image generation method of the present invention is characterized in that the movement adjustment step is applied to a window displaying a 3D image.
- N is an arbitrary integer greater than or equal to 2
- the parallax inversion that occurs when the window moves in the 3D image can be prevented.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a stereoscopic image generation apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a drawing unit 113 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an internal configuration example of 3D drawing means 202 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for determining the coordinates of a window 1701 in the image display area.
- FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing means 202 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining processing of the image adjusting unit 501 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing means 202 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining processing of the display image creating means 702 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- FIG. 9 A multi-view 3D image with N-view image power is processed for 3D display and superimposed on the window.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining processing of the image adjustment unit 1501 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining processing of display image creating means 1601 when the parallax inversion information 14 ′ is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the stereoscopic image generating device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a drawing unit 1202 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of 3D drawing means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram of a display device capable of displaying a plurality of windows.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram showing the positional relationship between the liquid crystal panel used in the parallax noria system and the slits of the parallax noria.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a state in which adjacent columns are interchanged to prevent parallax inversion.
- FIG. 20 Concept showing means for creating 3D image data by alternately arranging right-eye images and left-eye images one by one from image data in which right-eye images and left-eye images are arranged side by side It is a figure.
- FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing means for creating 3D image data by alternately arranging images for viewpoints one by one from image data in which images for a plurality of viewpoints are arranged side by side.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing an operation example of 3D rendering means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing another operation example of the 3D drawing means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing another operation example of the 3D drawing means 1301 according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing how a user observes a multi-viewpoint image in which parallax inversion has occurred. Explanation of symbols
- the image data includes a moving image and a still image. Further, the image data includes compressed image data using a compression technique such as MPEG-4.
- a stereoscopic image generating device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the stereoscopic image generating apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus includes a stereoscopic image generating unit 101 capable of handling 2D images and 3D images, and a display unit 102 capable of displaying 2D images and 3D images.
- the stereoscopic image generating unit 101 and the display unit 102 may be a separated type connected by a cable or an integrated type.
- the stereoscopic image generation unit 101 includes a content reproduction unit 111, a drawing unit 113, a 2DZ3D control unit 112, and a graphic memory 114.
- the display unit (display) 102 includes display means 121 and 2DZ3D switching means 122.
- the content playback means 111 decodes the input 2DZ3D content C1, converts it to an appropriate image format such as RGB format, and outputs the image data to the rendering means 113. At this time, if the input 2DZ3D content C1 includes identification information indicating that it is a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image, it is output to the 2DZ3D control means 112 as 2DZ3D identification information II. When 3D identification information is not included, information indicating that the image is a two-dimensional image is output to the 2DZ3D control means 112 as 2D Z3D identification information II.
- User input UI1 is input to 2DZ3D control means 112 from the outside
- 2DZ3D switching control information 12 is input from 2DZ3D switching means 122
- 2DZ3D identification information II is input from the content playback means.
- the 2DZ3D control means 112 also switches the display mode to 2DZ3D according to a predetermined control method for these information powers.
- 2DZ3D switching information 13 which is information indicating whether the current display mode is a 2D display mode or a 3D display mode is output to the drawing means 113.
- control method there are various control methods, for example, 2DZ3D identification information II is given priority over user input UI1ZUI 2, and user input UI1ZUI2 is not accepted while 2DZ3D identification information II exists. However, any of them may be used.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the drawing unit 113. As shown in FIG. 2, 2DZ3D switching information 13 is input to the drawing means 113. Each of the switch 251 and the switch 252 is a switch that is switched according to the contents of the 2DZ3D switching information 13.
- the switch 251 is switched so that the decoded image data D1 is input to the 2D drawing means 201,
- the switch 252 is switched so that the window movement request UI3 is input to the 2D drawing means 201.
- the switch 251 when indicating that the mode is for 3D display, the switch 251 is switched so that the image data D1 is input to the 3D drawing means 202, and the window movement request UI3 is changed to the 3D drawing means 202. Switch 252 switches as entered.
- the 2D drawing means 201 and the 3D drawing means 202 create display image data D2 as follows from the input window movement request UI3 and the decoded image data D1, respectively.
- the 2D drawing means 201 superimposes the decoded image data D1 on the corresponding window.
- the window move request UI 3 is input, the window is moved, and the corresponding image is also moved in accordance with the movement of the window.
- display image data D2 is created and output to the graphic memory 114.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the internal configuration of the 3D drawing means 202.
- the 3D drawing unit 202 includes a parallax inversion detection unit 301, a movement adjustment unit (hereinafter referred to as a movement amount adjustment unit) 302, a display image generation unit 303, and a 3D image generation unit 304. Is done.
- the decoded image data D1 is an image in which the right-eye image and the left-eye image are arranged side by side as shown in FIG. For picture and left The ophthalmic images are alternately arranged one by one, and 3D image data as shown in FIG. 20 (b) is preliminarily created and output to the display image creation means 303.
- Window movement request UI3 is input to parallax inversion detection means 301.
- the disparity inversion detection means 301 obtains the current window position from the window position information power (not shown), determines whether the disparity inversion occurs at the position of the window after movement by the window movement request UI3, and detects the disparity inversion.
- Disparity inversion information 14 indicating whether or not and a window movement request
- UI3 is output to the movement amount adjusting means 302.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for determining the coordinates of the window 1701 in the image display area.
- the parallax inversion detection unit 301 uses the upper left corner of the window 1701 as a reference point 402 (X, y), and the reference point 402 is a point 401 (hereinafter referred to as the origin) at the upper left corner of the display screen (0, If the horizontal distance X from the origin 401 after moving the window is an odd number, it is detected that the parallax inversion has occurred. Note that means other than those described here may be used as the parallax inversion detection means.
- the switch 251 is switched, and the decoded image data D1 is input to the 3D drawing means 202.
- a control unit (not shown) operates the parallax inversion detection unit 301.
- the parallax inversion detection means 301 always checks for the presence of parallax inversion every time.
- the parallax inversion is performed even when the window is arranged at a position where the parallax inversion is detected. Can be detected.
- Window movement request UI3 and parallax inversion information 14 are input to movement amount adjusting means 302.
- the movement amount adjustment unit 302 uses the window movement request UI3 as it is as the window movement request UI3 'as it is and the display image creation unit 303. Output to. Further, when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that the parallax inversion has been detected, the movement amount adjustment means 302 displays the window movement request UI3. The newly generated window movement request UI3 ′ is output by increasing or decreasing by one pixel only with respect to the horizontal movement amount without changing the direct movement amount.
- the window is not placed at the position of the odd pixel horizontally from the origin (0, 0), and the window movement request UI3 ′ input to the display image creation means 303 has a value that does not cause parallax inversion. It will be corrected.
- the graphic memory 114 outputs the image data D3 to the display unit 121 and is displayed on the display unit 121.
- the presence or absence of parallax inversion is detected from the input window movement amount, and the window movement amount is adjusted in accordance with the presence or absence of the display, so that images can be displayed without being replaced in units of columns.
- the means 121 can always display a 3D image without parallax inversion.
- the amount of parallax does not change because measures are taken so that the parallax is not reversed only by adjusting the movement amount of the window.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus according to the second embodiment is a modification of only the internal configuration of the 3D drawing means 202 described in the first embodiment, and the configuration is the same and the operation is the same for the other parts. The description is omitted, and only the internal configuration and operation of the 3D drawing means 202 will be described.
- FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing unit 202 shown in FIG.
- the difference from the 3D drawing unit 202 described with reference to FIG. 3 is that the movement amount adjusting unit 302 is deleted, and instead, a movement adjusting unit (hereinafter referred to as an image adjusting unit in this embodiment).
- the point where 01 is added and the parallax inversion detection unit 301 is a point at which the parallax inversion information 14 is input to the image adjustment unit 501.
- the image adjustment unit 501 will be described.
- the image adjustment unit 501 receives the parallax inversion information 14 and the 3D image data D4.
- the image adjustment unit 501 When the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that no parallax inversion has been detected, the image adjustment unit 501 outputs the input 3D image data D4 as it is to the display image creation unit 303, When the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected, the image adjustment unit 501 performs image adjustment on the input 3D image data D4, and then proceeds to the display image creation unit 303. Output.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining processing of the image adjustment unit 501 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- FIG. 6 (a) As described in FIG. 4 and FIG. 18 (b), the horizontal position force at the upper left corner of the window displaying the 3D image, the origin force, and the odd-numbered pixel position are reached. 3D image data when parallax inversion occurs. When this 3D image data is moved by one pixel in the direction of the arrow 601 and the leftmost column image is deleted, the result is as shown in FIG. 6 (b). In FIG. 6 (b), parallax inversion does not occur because the right-eye image and left-eye image in FIG. 6 (a) are shifted to the left by one pixel.
- the size of the entire image is reduced by one pixel in the horizontal direction.
- a predetermined image is inserted into the right end of the image to create image data.
- the 3D image data D4 ′ created by the image adjustment means 501 is output.
- examples of the predetermined image include a black-painted image, but the image is not limited to this and may be any image.
- an image reduced by one pixel in the horizontal direction may be output as image data created by the image adjustment means.
- the display means 121 can always display a 3D image without parallax inversion and without changing the parallax amount.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus according to the third embodiment is obtained by changing only the internal configuration of the 3D drawing unit 202 described in the second embodiment. The description will be omitted, and only the internal configuration and operation of the 3D drawing means 202 will be described.
- FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing unit 202 shown in FIG.
- the parallax inversion detection unit 301 and the 3D image creation unit 304 in FIG. 7 are the same as those in FIG. 3, the same reference numerals are used, and description thereof is omitted.
- the difference from FIG. 3 is that the moving amount adjustment means 302 is a V-point, and display image creation means instead of the display image creation means 303 (the display image creation means in this embodiment is different from the display image creation means).
- the parallax inversion detection unit 301 is a point at which the parallax inversion information 14 is input to the display image creation unit 702.
- the display image creating means 702 will be described.
- the display reversal information 14 and the 3D image data D4 are input to the display image creating means 702.
- the display image creation unit 702 performs the same processing as the 2D drawing unit 201 illustrated in FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining processing of the display image creating unit 702 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- the horizontal position of the upper left corner of the window displaying 3D image data is an odd pixel position from the origin, that is, if parallax inversion is detected, the image display in the window Move the position by one pixel in the direction of the arrow, and display it as shown in Fig. 8 (b).
- the positions of the right-eye image and the left-eye image are interchanged in FIGS. 8A and 8B, so that the parallax inversion does not occur.
- the pixel position at the left end of the window frame in FIG. If the distance W from the pixel position is 1 pixel, the frame disappears. Therefore, if you want to display the frame, it is desirable to have 2 or more pixels. Note that in FIG. 8 (a), the power may be driven to the right, which shows an example of moving the entire image to the left.
- the display unit 121 always moves the parallax by moving the image display area in the window. It is possible to display a 3D image that does not invert and does not change the amount of parallax.
- the 3D image data to be handled is composed of image data of two viewpoints for the left eye and the right eye!
- the 3D image data may be a multi-viewpoint stereoscopic image composed of N (N is a natural number of 2 or more) viewpoints! /.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram in which a multi-viewpoint stereoscopic image having N-viewpoint image power is processed for stereoscopic display and superimposed on a window.
- N 2 for 2 viewpoints
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus described in the first, second, and third embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a multi-view stereoscopic image in the same manner as in the case of two viewpoints. .
- FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the stereoscopic image generating device according to the fourth embodiment.
- the stereoscopic image generation apparatus is different from the stereoscopic image generation apparatus described in the first embodiment of FIG. The difference is that the number reproduction means 1201 is installed in place of the drawing means 113 and the drawing means 1202 is installed, and the number-of-views information 15 is output in addition to the decoded image data D1 from the content reproduction means 1201 to the drawing means 1202.
- the configuration is the same and the operation is the same, and the description thereof is omitted.
- the content reproduction means 1201 will be described. If the input 2DZ3D content C1 includes the number-of-views information indicating that the content is composed of images of N (N is a natural number of 2 or more) viewpoints! The same operation as the content reproduction means 111 in FIG. 1 is performed except that the score information is analyzed and output.
- 2DZ3D content C1 is a multi-viewpoint stereoscopic image content composed of N-viewpoint images and includes viewpoint number information.
- the content reproduction unit 1201 analyzes the number-of-views information and transmits it to the drawing unit 1202 together with the decoded image data D1.
- the content reproduction means 1201 may output information indicating that the number-of-views information is unknown as the number-of-views information, You may output the number-of-views information which shows that there exists.
- the viewpoint number information may be input to the drawing unit 1202 by the user from outside.
- FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the drawing unit 1202.
- the drawing unit 1202 performs the same operation except that the number of viewpoints information is added to the input and the 3D drawing unit 1301 is installed instead of the 3D drawing unit 202. Do. Further, the number-of-views information input to the drawing unit 1202 is transmitted to the 3D drawing unit 1301.
- FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the 3D drawing means 1301. Since the display image creation means 303 in FIG. 14 is the same as that in FIG. 3, the same reference numerals are used and description thereof is omitted.
- the number-of-views information input to the 3D drawing unit 1301 is transmitted to the 3D image creation unit 1401, the visual inversion detection unit 1402, and the movement amount adjustment unit 1403, respectively.
- the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 has the number of viewpoints as input compared to the parallax inversion detection unit 301 in FIG. The same operation is performed except that the point where the information 15 is added and the point where the parallax inversion information 14 ′ is output instead of the parallax inversion information 14.
- the parallax inversion information 14 ′ includes information indicating whether or not parallax inversion has been detected, and the value of k when the parallax inversion is detected.
- the movement amount adjustment unit 1403 is different from the point that the viewpoint number information 15 is added to the input and the point that the parallax inversion information 14 ′ is input instead of the parallax inversion information 14. Perform the same input / output
- the movement amount adjusting means 1403 displays the window movement request UI3 as it is as the window movement request UI3'. Output to creation means 303.
- the movement amount adjustment unit 1403 does not change the vertical movement amount of the window movement request UI3, but only with respect to the horizontal movement amount.
- N Output a newly created window move request UI3 'that increases by k pixels or decreases by k pixels.
- the window is always arranged at a position horizontally multiple of N from the origin (0, 0), and the window movement request UI3 ′ input to the display image creation means 303 is a value that does not cause parallax inversion. It will be modified.
- the decoded image data D1 and the number-of-views information 15 are input to the 3D image creation means 1401.
- the 3D image creating means 1401 From the number of viewpoints information 15, that is, the number of viewpoints N included in the image data D1, the position of each viewpoint image included in the image data D1 is specified, and one column is taken out from the right (or left) end of each viewpoint image and alternately. Average Then, 3D image data as shown in FIG. 21 (b) is created and output to the display image creation means 303.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 3D drawing means 1301 according to this embodiment.
- the state in which the power of the apparatus is turned on is set as the start state of the flowchart, and the process proceeds to determination step S101.
- determination step S101 if decoded data D1 is input to 3D image creation means 1401, the process proceeds to determination step S102, otherwise returns to determination step S101.
- the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 proceeds to step S103 when the window movement request U13 is input, and proceeds to step S112 when it is not input.
- step S112 the movement amount adjusting unit 1403 is not operated, the window movement request UI3 ′ is not output to the display image creating unit 303, and the process proceeds to step 110.
- step S103 the parallax inversion detection means 1402 obtains the input viewpoint number information 15 force as well as the viewpoint number N, the window movement amount from the window movement request UI3, and the obtained viewpoint number N deviates from the window movement amount force.
- the amount k is calculated, and the process proceeds to determination step S104.
- step S104 in the parallax inversion detection means 1402, if the shift amount k is not 0, the process proceeds to step S105, and if it is 0, the process proceeds to step S106.
- step S105 the shift amount k and the window movement request UI3 are respectively output from the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 to the movement amount adjustment unit 1403 as the parallax inversion information 14 ′ indicating that the parallax inversion has been detected. Proceed to step S107.
- step S 107 the movement amount adjusting means 1403 obtains the window movement amount from the input window movement request UI 3 and the viewpoint number N from the viewpoint number information 15. Using these values and the shift amount k obtained from the parallax inversion information 14 ', the window movement amount is adjusted to increase by N k pixels or decreased by k pixels to create a new window movement amount. Output this newly created window movement amount as window request UI3 ', Proceed to step SI 08.
- the amount is output to the amount adjusting unit 1403, and the process proceeds to step S109.
- step S109 the movement amount adjusting unit 1403 inputs the parallax inversion information 14
- the window movement request UI3 is output as it is to the window moving request UI3 ′ to the display image creating means 302, and the process proceeds to step S108.
- step S108 the display image creating means 302 moves the window to an appropriate position based on the window movement request UI3 ′, and proceeds to step 110.
- step S110 the input 3D image data is displayed at the center of the window at the current position.
- Display image data D2 created by superimposing D4 is output, and the process proceeds to decision step 111.
- the determination step 111 it is determined whether or not the process of the 3D drawing unit 1301 is finished. If not, the process returns to S101, and if finished, the process ends.
- the above processing may be terminated by stopping playback or display of the 3D image or turning off the power of the apparatus.
- FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing means 1301 shown in FIG. Further, since the parallax inversion detection unit 1402, the 3D image creation unit 1401, and the display image creation unit 303 in FIG. 15 are the same as those in FIG. 14, the same numbers are used and the description thereof is omitted.
- the difference from the 3D drawing unit 1301 of FIG. 14 is that the movement amount adjusting unit 1403 is deleted, and an image adjusting unit 150 1 is installed between the 3D image creating unit 1401 and the display image creating unit 303 instead.
- the parallax inversion information 14 ′ is input to the image adjustment unit 1501 from the parallax inversion detection unit 1402.
- the visual point number information 15 input to the 3D drawing unit 1301 is supplied to the parallax inversion detection unit 1402, the image adjustment unit 1501, and the 3D image creation unit 1401, respectively. Is transmitted.
- the operation of the image adjustment unit 1501 will be described.
- the image adjustment unit 1501 has the same input / output as the image adjustment unit 501 in FIG. 5 except that the parallax number information 15 is added to the input.
- the image adjustment unit 1501 When the parallax inversion information 14 'is information indicating that no parallax inversion has been detected, the image adjustment unit 1501 outputs the input 3D image data D4 as it is to the display image generation unit 303. If the information indicates that parallax inversion has been detected, the image adjustment unit 1501 performs image adjustment on the input 3D image data D4, and then outputs the image to the display image creation unit 303.
- the image adjustment performed by the image adjustment unit 1501 is an extension of the image adjustment performed by the image adjustment unit 501 of FIG. 5 for the N viewpoints, and the image adjustment at this time will be described below.
- Fig. 9 shows a situation where parallax inversion occurs when k pixels are separated from a point that is a multiple of the horizontal position force N at the upper left point of the window displaying the 3D image.
- the 3D image at this time is an image composed of N viewpoint image columns arranged alternately for each column, as described in FIG. 21 (b).
- the image adjusting means 1501 obtains the number of viewpoints N and the shift amount k from the input viewpoint number information 15 and parallax inversion information 14 ', respectively.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining processing of the image adjustment unit 1501 when the parallax inversion information 14 is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- the image adjustment means 1501 is provided for k columns from the left of the image. Is deleted, and the entire remaining image is moved to the left by k pixels.
- each pixel of the 3D image is placed at the same Cf position as the upper left point of the window when the origin force is a distance that is a multiple of N, so parallax inversion does not occur.
- the left edge of the image has been deleted by k columns, and the remaining image has been moved to the left.
- the right edge of the image has been deleted by Nk columns, and the entire image has been shifted to the right by Nk pixels. You may move. Thereafter, a predetermined image of Nk pixels may be inserted at the left end of the image.
- k may be compared with Nk, and a selection method such as deleting the left end when k is smaller and deleting the right end when Nk is smaller may be used.
- examples of the predetermined image include a black-painted image, but the image is not limited to this and may be any image.
- the number of columns to be inserted may be the output of the image adjustment means, and the number of columns to be inserted may be reduced.
- image data deleted by k or Nk pixels in the horizontal direction of the image size may be output as the image adjustment means.
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 3D rendering means 1301 according to this embodiment. Note that steps S101, S102, S103, S104, S105, S106, S108, SlO, Sill, and S112 are performed in the same manner as in the flowchart of FIG. The explanation is omitted, and only steps S206, S208, and S209 are described.
- step S206 the image adjusting means 1501 deletes the left k columns of the display image, moves the entire remaining display image to the left by k pixels, and proceeds to step S208.
- step S208 the image adjustment means 1501 adds a predetermined number of predetermined columns of images to the right side of the display image, and proceeds to step S109.
- steps S206 and S208 the example in which the left side of the display image is deleted has been described. However, the right side of the display image is deleted, the remaining images are moved to the right side, and the moved columns are displayed. You can add a predetermined image to the left side.
- step S209 the image adjustment means 1501 is required to input the parallax inversion information 14, the force, and the displacement k force ⁇ , and the window move request UI3 is not adjusted and the window move request is left as it is. It outputs to the display image creation means 302 as UI3 ′, and proceeds to step S108.
- the display means 121 when the presence or absence of parallax inversion is detected from the input window movement amount and the parallax inversion occurs, the deviation from the position where the correct observation can be performed from the position of the window and the number of viewpoints information.
- the display means 121 By obtaining the amount, deleting one end row of the image data according to the amount of deviation, and adding a predetermined image to the end row in the opposite direction to the deleted row, the display means 121 always causes parallax inversion. N-viewpoint 3D images can be displayed without changing the amount of parallax.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus is obtained by changing only the internal configuration of the 3D drawing means 1301 described in the fourth embodiment, and the configuration of other parts is changed. The operation is the same, the description is omitted, and only the internal configuration and operation of the 3D drawing means 1301 will be described.
- FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing another configuration example of the 3D drawing unit 1301 shown in FIG. Since the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 and the 3D image creation unit 1401 in FIG. 16 are the same as those in FIG. 14, the same numbers are used and the description thereof is omitted.
- the difference from FIG. 14 is that the movement amount adjusting means 1403 is deleted, and the display image creating means ′ (including the movement adjusting means) 1601 is installed instead of the display image creating means 303.
- the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 outputs the parallax inversion information 14 ′ to the display image creation unit 1601.
- the number-of-views information input to the 3D rendering unit 1301 is transmitted to the parallax inversion detection unit 1402 and the 3D image creation unit 1401, respectively. Is done.
- the display image creating means 1601 has the same input / output as the display image creating means 702 of FIG. 7 except that it outputs parallax inversion information 14' instead of parallax inversion information 14.
- the display image creation unit 1601 displays the 2D drawing means shown in Fig. 2 when the parallax inversion is not detected. The same processing as 201 is performed.
- the display image creation unit 1601 performs the following process.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the display image creation means 1601 when the parallax inversion information 14 'is information indicating that parallax inversion has been detected.
- the horizontal position of the upper left corner of the window is a multiple of N from the origin + k (k is a natural number smaller than N), that is, the disparity If inversion is detected, move the image display position in the window to the left by k pixels and display as shown in Fig. 11 (b).
- each pixel of the 3D image is arranged at the same position as when the upper left point of the window is a multiple of N from the original point, so that no parallax inversion occurs. .
- k and N—k may be compared, and power may be driven to the left when k is smaller and to the right when N—k is smaller.
- the distance W is set to NZ so that the moved image does not protrude from the frame.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 3D rendering means 1301 according to this embodiment. Since steps S101, S102, S103, S104, S105, S106, S108, Sill, and S112 are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG. 21, the same numbers are used and description thereof is omitted. In addition, since step S300 is a step for explaining the same operation as S108, its explanation is omitted, and only steps S301 and S302 will be explained below.
- step S301 when the 3D image data D4 is superimposed on the window in the display image creation means 1601, it is created by overlaying the center of the window with k pixels on the left or N ⁇ k pixels on the right.
- the display image data D2 is output and the process proceeds to decision step 111.
- step S302 the display image creation means 1601 creates a display created by superimposing the input 3D image data D4 on the center of the window at the current position in the same manner as the display image creation means 302 in step S108. Image data D2 is output, and the process proceeds to decision step 111.
- the display means 121 can always display a 3D image in which the parallax inversion does not occur and the parallax amount does not change.
- 3D image data to be handled is composed of image data of two viewpoints for the left eye and the right eye.
- N is a natural number of N ⁇ 2 viewpoints
- disparity inversion due to window movement is prevented.
- the amount of parallax does not change.
- the parallax adjustment is performed when the amount of movement of the window is not divisible by the number of viewpoints.
- the parallax adjustment is performed only when parallax inversion occurs at the current observation position of the observer. May be performed.
- parallax adjustment is performed only when such inversion occurs.
- the parallax adjustment may be shifted by any number of viewpoints as long as the parallax is not reversed.
- the adjustment may be made by shifting left and right by one viewpoint, or may be adjusted by shifting left and right so that an image of the same viewpoint as before the movement can be seen.
- examples of the image generation apparatus described in all the embodiments of the present invention include a computer, a broadcast receiving terminal, a disk type reproduction apparatus, a tape type reproduction apparatus, and the like, but are not limited thereto. Any device can be used as long as it is a device that generates a stereoscopic image that is not a thing.
- the stereoscopic image generating apparatus and the stereoscopic image generating method thereof according to the present invention require only fine adjustment of the image display position that does not require replacement of images for each column, and parallax inversion and parallax inversion that occur when the window moves. Therefore, the present invention can be widely applied to stereoscopic image generation devices such as personal computers and disk-type playback devices that are generally used.
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