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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1999
Shigeyuki Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Shirakura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image data generating method and apparatus in which, when performing viewing point conversion processing on data of strings of parallax images each made up of plural images containing the parallax information, data of a new string of parallax images can be generated promptly. To this end, a lookup table showing the relation of correspondence between pixels of respective images making up an original string of parallax images and pixels of respective images of a new string of parallax images is prepared at the outset and stored in a lookup table memory The pixel interchanging is effectuated, based on the lookup table, in order to effectuate viewing point conversion processing, to generate the data of the new string of parallax images.