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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Shuichi Asajima, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kosakai, Tokyo, JP;
Takahide Otani, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a straight edge detection section that detects a straight edge of an object in at least one of first and second original images obtained by capturing the identical object from two different viewpoints; a first morphing processing section that performs a first morphing process, which does not include parallelization of the original images, on the original images to generate a first intermediate image seen from a virtual viewpoint between the two viewpoints; a distortion determination section that determines whether or not an edge of the object in the first intermediate image that corresponds to the straight edge detected by the straight edge detection section is distorted; and a second morphing processing section that, if the edge is distorted, performs a second morphing process, which includes parallelization of the original images, on the original images to generate a second intermediate image seen from the virtual viewpoint.