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Patent No.:

US 9554118 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2011
Applicant:

Youichi Sawachi, Saitama, JP;

Inventor:

Youichi Sawachi, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G03B 35/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01);
Abstract

Stereoscopic tracking during a zooming period is facilitated to alleviate eye fatigue. An image processing device includes an imaging unitthat acquires a stereoscopic image including a plurality of viewpoint images, an operation unitthat acquires a zoom value, an electronic zoom processing unitthat performs magnification of the stereoscopic image by image processing on the basis of the acquired zoom value, a monitorcapable of outputting the magnified stereoscopic image, and a control unitthat outputs the stereoscopic image immediately before or immediately after a change in the zoom value to the monitoras a stereoscopic still image magnified by the electronic zoom processing unitwhile the acquired zoom value is varying, and outputs the stereoscopic image acquired by the imaging unitto the monitoras a stereoscopic moving image while the zoom value is not varying.


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