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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Nakano, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Shirotori, Nagano, JP;
Hitoshi Toyoshima, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhito Suzuki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G03B 35/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1842 (2013.01); G02B 27/2214 (2013.01); G03B 35/14 (2013.01); G06K 15/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image generation method for generating an image, which is printed on a medium arranged so as to face a lens layer having a plurality of lenses and includes a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image, includes performing lossy compression for the two-dimensional image in a direction in which light focusing of the lenses occurs and magnifying the two-dimensional image in the direction in which the light focusing of the lenses occurs after the lossy compression for the two-dimensional image has been performed.