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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhide Hyodo, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); G06T 7/0075 (2013.01); H04N 13/0018 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20228 (2013.01); H04N 2213/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an image processing method including acquiring an original image and a disparity map, the disparity map indicating distribution of disparity values associated with respective pixels in the original image, causing a processor to decide a dynamic range of disparity on the basis of the acquired original image and the acquired disparity map, and converting the disparity map in a manner that each disparity in the disparity map is distributed within the decided dynamic range of the disparity.