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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Kenji Kagitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kagitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit that inputs binocular stereoscopic image data including plane image data for both eyes from an arbitrarily set viewpoint, a plane-image creating unit that creates plane image data based on the binocular stereoscopic image data, a distance determining unit that determines distances from a single viewpoint at the time of viewing a binocular stereoscopic image based on the binocular stereoscopic image data to each of a plurality of points in a three-dimensional space, an image correcting unit that corrects the plane image data using distance information about the each of the points in the three-dimensional space, and an image output unit that outputs the plane image data.