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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
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;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus has two binocular stereoscopic modes. In two-take photography mode, a 3D image file is generated from left and right monocular images acquired by performing monocular photographing twice, and the 3D image file thus generated is recorded. In one-take photography mode, a 3D image file is generated from left and right monocular images acquired by performing binocular photographing once, and the 3D image file thus generated is recorded. When the 3D image file is recorded, a homogeneity tag is recorded in 3D metadata, as tag information of the header data portion of the 3D image file. The homogeneity tag is information about the homogeneity of the two monocular images and describes whether the two monocular images have been acquired in the one-take photography mode in which monocular images highly homogeneous are provided, or in the two-take photography mode in which monocular images not so homogeneous are provided.