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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Seiji Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Shioi, Chiba, JP;
Goro Hamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Ken Mashitani, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Shioi, Chiba, JP;
Goro Hamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Ken Mashitani, Osaka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, a stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and an image display method that are capable of managing specification of display unit on which a stereoscopic-vision image is desired to be displayed as accessory information (assumed display information). The assumed display information includes a type and a display size of the display unit on which a stereoscopic-vision image is desired to be displayed. This allows an appropriate stereoscopic-vision image to be obtained by specifying a type or a display size of the display unit that is desired to be displayed with them being combined with the stereoscopic-vision image and scaling the stereoscopic-vision image up or down, in display of a stereoscopic image, in accordance with the type or the display size of the display unit.