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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Hideaki Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;
Ken Mashitani, Neyagawa, JP;
Toshio Nomura, Funabashi, JP;
Tadashi Uchiumi, Osaka, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;
Ken Mashitani, Neyagawa, JP;
Toshio Nomura, Funabashi, JP;
Tadashi Uchiumi, Osaka, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An operation unit switches the operating mode between a 3D display output mode in which the images of the 3D image file are displayed as a stereoscopic images and a 2D display output mode in which one of the images of the 3D image file is displayed as an ordinary planar image. The 3D image file is composed of stereoscopic image data which represents a plurality of monocular images constituting a multi-ocular stereoscopic image and information which is added to the stereoscopic image data and which indicates that the data is stereoscopic data. In the 2D display output mode, a control unit makes an output unit display an image of the 3D image file read from a medium by a media reader and also display a mark on the same screen, indicating that the image displayed in the 2D display output mode is based on the 3D image file.