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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Morishita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Morishita, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a multi-view image generating method includes synthesizing images having a same depth value into a single image from among a plurality of images, based on depth values each being associated with one of the plurality of images and indicating image position in the depth direction of the image; shifting, with respect to each of a plurality of viewpoints each giving a different disparity, a synthesized image obtained at the synthesizing, according to a shift vector corresponding to the viewpoint and the depth value of the synthesized image in a direction and with an amount indicated in the shift vector, so as to generate an image having disparity given thereto; and generating a multi-view image in which the images that are shifted and that are given disparity at the shifting are arranged in a predetermined format.