| US 7,483,563 B2 | ||
| Image processing apparatus and method | ||
| Kenji Kagitani, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 25, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/877,695. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-183970 (JP), filed on Jun. 27, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0069194 A1, Mar. 31, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—154 [382/106] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
an image input unit to input binocular stereoscopic image data including image data of a plurality of different perspectives;
a perspective position specifying unit to determine a specific perspective point within a three dimensional space;
a distance computation unit to calculate an absolute distance from the specific perspective point to each point within the
three dimensional space defined by the binocular stereoscopic image data;
a planar image generating unit to generate a two dimensional image from the specific perspective point based on the binocular
stereoscopic image data; and
a stereoscopy emphasizing unit to emphasize stereoscopic perception in the two dimensional image generated by the planar image
generating unit according to the absolute distance within the three dimensional space calculated by the distance computation
unit.
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