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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takafumi Morifuji, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Ushiki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 9/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a viewing situation analyzing unit configured to obtain information representing a user's viewing situation of 3D content stored in a certain storage unit, and, based on a preset saving reference in accordance with a viewing situation of 3D content, determine a data reduction level of content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit; and a data conversion unit configured to perform data compression of the content data of the 3D content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the determined data reduction level.