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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Suguru Ushiki, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Morifuji, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Suguru Ushiki, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Morifuji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/007 (2013.01); H04N 13/004 (2013.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0066 (2013.01); H04N 21/4347 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition mechanism acquiring image data of a 3D image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image, and superimposed-area information being information on a superimposed area included in the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and a disparity detection mechanism detecting an amount of disparity in an area excluding the superimposed area identified by the superimposed-area information of the left-eye image and the right-eye image.