Abstract: Three-dimensional visual information may be displayed on curvilinear display surfaces. The display devices can include a control system configured to execute various methods for obtaining the visual information and displaying the visual information on the curvilinear display surface. If the visual information is intended for display on a first display surface, the control system can modify the visual information for display on the curvilinear display surface. The control system also can modify the visual information based upon relative positions and orientations of a viewer, projector, and/or the display surface, as well as to correct for anticipated environmental or optical interference. The control system outputs the visual information or modified visual information to a display device for display on a curvilinear display surface.

Abstract: A stereoscopic video reproduction device comprising a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit; a decision unit; a parallax correction unit configured to correct a parallax when the binocular fusion is impossible, such that the binocular fusion becomes possible in the stereoscopic video in a predetermined interval in which the binocular fusion is decided to be impossible; and an output unit configured to: when outputting the acquired stereoscopic video to the stereoscopic display, output, to the stereoscopic display, the stereoscopic video in which the parallax is corrected in the stereoscopic video by the parallax correction unit in the predetermined interval in which the binocular fusion is decided to be impossible in a case where the decision unit decides that the binocular fusion is impossible; and output the acquired stereoscopic video as is to the stereoscopic display in a case where the decision unit decides that the binocular fusion is possible.

Abstract: A device for measuring three dimensional shape includes a first irradiation unit, a first grating control unit, a second irradiation unit, a second grating control unit, an imaging unit, and an image processing unit. After performance of a first imaging operation as imaging processing of a single operation among a multiplicity of imaging operations performed by irradiation of said first light pattern of multiply varied phases, a second imaging operation is performed as imaging processing of a single operation among a multiplicity of imaging operations performed by irradiation of said second light pattern of multiply varied phases. After completion of the first imaging operation and the second imaging operation, shifting or switching operation of the first grating and the second grating is performed simultaneously.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the exemplary embodiments may include, for example, means for generating a disparity map based on a depth map, means for determining accuracy of pixels in the depth map where the determining means identifies the pixels as either accurate or inaccurate based on a confidence map and the disparity map, and means for providing an adjusted depth map where the providing means adjusts inaccurate pixels of the depth map using a cost function associated with the inaccurate pixels. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Stereoscopic image display devices and methods of driving the same. The display device is configurable to display 2D images in a 2D mode and multi-view images in a 3D mode, and includes an optical plate configured to pass through images in the 2D mode, and separate images in the 3D mode; a user detector configured to detect the number of users, and output detection data including the number of the users; a view mode controller configured to calculate the optimum number of views according to the number of the users, and select a view mode based on the number of the optimum views; and a multi-view images converter configured to output image data in the 2D mode without conversion, and convert the image data into multi-view image data for separation according to the number of the views in the selected view mode.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes; a display device into which left-eye image data and right-eye image data are alternately input, and a shutter member including a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter, wherein the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter are opened in at least one of at least a part of an input period for the left-eye image data and at least a part of an input period for the right-eye image data.

Abstract: In a receiver for downloading video content including 3D video and outputting the downloaded video content to a removable medium, information concerning 3D video is made usable also by the removable medium. A content receiver includes a download control unit for receiving, via a network, video content and reproduction control information for use in reproducing and outputting, to outside, the video content and an output control unit for exporting the received video content to an external medium. In the content receiver, when outputting the video content to an external medium, the output control unit records, based on first 3D video information delivered being included in the reproduction control information and indicating a state of 3D video existence in the video content, second 3D video information indicating whether the video content includes 3D video in management information of the external medium for recording the video content.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more computing devices includes receiving, by a data center and from a user device via a public network connection, a selection of high-definition three-dimensional (HD3D) content and sending, by the data center and to the user device, a link to a content delivery system to provide the selected HD3D content. The method also includes receiving, by the content delivery system and from the user device, a streaming request for the selected HD3D content; reserving, by the content delivery system, bandwidth, for the selected HD3D content, within a managed network; and sending, by the content delivery system and to the user device, a streaming Internet protocol (IP) address for providing the selected HD3D content over the managed network.

Abstract: A display panel module includes: a pixel array section in which a sub-pixel formed by a self-luminous element of a current-driven type and a pixel circuit configured to drive and control the self-luminous element is arranged in a form of a matrix; a signal line driving section configured to drive a signal line; a writing control line driving section configured to control writing of a potential appearing in the signal line to the sub-pixel on a basis of a first scan clock; and a power supply controlling section configured to control supply of driving power to the sub-pixel and stop of the supply of the driving power, the power supply controlling section controlling timing of the supply of the driving power defining a lighting period of the self-luminous element on a basis of a second scan clock having a higher speed than the first scan clock.

Abstract: A method of controlling a view of a stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image display using the same are disclosed. The method of controlling a view of a stereoscopic image includes: detecting a position information of a viewer from an output of a sensor; changing parameters for rendering a viewing angle and a depth information according to the position information; generating a left-eye image and a right-eye image in which a viewing angle and a depth information are changed in accordance with the parameters; and displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image on a stereoscopic image display.

Abstract: A monoscopic low-power mobile device is capable of creating real-time stereo images and videos from a single captured view. The device uses statistics from an autofocusing process to create a block depth map of a single capture view. Artifacts in the block depth map are reduced and an image depth map is created. Stereo three-dimensional (3D) left and right views are created from the image depth map using a Z-buffer based 3D surface recover process and a disparity map which is a function of the geometry of binocular vision.

Abstract: A system of the present disclosure comprises a shooting system and a playback system. The shooting system includes first and second shooting sections and a disparity calculating section that generates a differential image representing a difference between first and second images that have been shot by the first and second shooting sections, respectively. The playback system includes an image generating section that generates, based on the differential image and the first image, a third image that has as high a resolution as the first image and that forms, along with the first image, a 3D image. The image generating section generates, based on the first image and the differential image, a depth map representing the amount of parallax between the first and second images, and generates the third image based on the first image and the depth map.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display includes a depth map extracting unit for extracting a region of interest (ROI) and a depth map from a 3D input image, an average depth for calculating unit calculating an average depth of the ROI, a depth map adjusting unit, which converts the average depth of the ROI into a screen depth value of a display panel, shifts depth values of the 3D input image in a shift direction of the average depth by a shifted amount of the average depth of the ROI, and adjusts a depth map of the 3D input image, a left/right eye image producing unit for producing left eye image data and right eye image data based on the adjusted depth map, and a display panel driver for displaying the left eye image data and the right eye image data on the display panel.

Abstract: [Object] To maintain perspective consistency among individual objects in an image in superimposition display of a caption (caption unit) in an ARIB method. [Solution] A multiplexed data stream including a video data stream and a caption data stream is transmitted from a broadcast station to a set top box. A video data stream supplied from a video encoder 113 includes stereo image data. A caption data stream supplied from a caption encoder 133 includes data of captions (caption units) in the ARIB method serving as superimposition information and disparity information (disparity information set). In the caption data stream, the pieces of data of a certain number of captions that are to be displayed on the same screen are sequentially arranged via a separator.

Abstract: Moiré generated in an autostereoscopic display utilizing a parallax barrier method is cancelled. The interval between visible light transmitting sections that are abutting in the horizontal direction of a parallax barrier is determined using: the average number of subpixels constituting one pixel for three-dimensional display in one row in the horizontal direction; the width of a subpixel, which forms a display; the distance from a predetermined diagonal moiré canceling position to the parallax barrier; the number of viewpoints of a video image used for displaying an autostereoscopic video image; and the distance (Z) from the image display surface of the display to the parallax barrier.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving multimedia contents that include at least two components (C1, C2). The reception method entails the reception of a first component (C1) from a first transmission medium (DVB) and the reception of a second component (C2) from a second transmission medium (IP), as well as the steps of: detecting (A4) a first “watermark” sequence from the first component (C1), detecting (A4) a second “watermark” sequence from the second component (C2), synchronizing (A5) the first and second components (C1, C2) on the basis of the first and second “watermark” sequences, and combining (A6) the synchronized first and second components (C1, C2) to form the multimedia content (MM); of course, the reception method provides the desired results if both components have been suitably and repeatedly marked prior to transmission.

Abstract: A system for providing a three-dimensional representation from a single image includes a reflector apparatus for providing an image of a scene comprising three adjacent views of the scene. The apparatus defines a left light path, a center light path, and a right light path, wherein each of the left light path and the right light path comprise opposed reflective surfaces for redirecting light, whereby light passing through the left light path, light passing through the right light path, and light passing through the center light path converge at a nodal point of an imager to create an image of the scene providing three adjacent views of the scene arrayed in a three-by-one rectangular grid. A client computing device receives data from the imager and transforms the data into a stereoscopic image or an image-plus-depth rendering, and/or converts or switches back and forth between two-dimensional and three-dimensional images.

Abstract: A method for enhancing a three-dimensional (3D) image comprising at least two depth layers wherein each depth layer comprising image objects. The method comprising the steps of determining a near field and a far field comprising at least one depth layer each, identifying the image objects in the near field and the far field respectively, applying a first correction curve to the image objects identified in the near field and applying a second correction curve to the image objects identified in the far field.

Abstract: An application for a three-dimensional television system includes content encoded with left/right frame indicators at a pre-determined location on each frame. For example, during display frames meant for a first eye, the set of pixels contain a first pattern while during display of frames meant for the second eye, the set of pixels contain a second pattern. A detector interfaced to the screen of the television detects the left/right indication and provides synchronization to shutters of three-dimensional eyewear. The detector is positioned over the set of pixels and determines which pattern is displayed, generating a synchronization signal based upon the patterns. The synchronization signal is then transmitted to three-dimensional eyewear where it is used to control the shutters. In some embodiments, a phased-locked loop is provided within the three-dimensional eyewear to continue operation during periods when the transmission of the synchronization signal is blocked or otherwise interrupted.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to using viewport state data objects (VSDO) to render a series of video frames according to render instructions to achieve video compression. In a particular implementation, the video compression format exposes the VSDO and render instructions to a video render client, allowing the video render client to finish rendering a sequence of video frames from different spatial locations and view transform parameters. Implementations of this video compression format further allow any arbitrary client with enough graphics processing power and bandwidth to retransmit novel, completely rendered viewports to thin clients without taxing the root remote render devices.

Abstract: A method of generating a geodetic reference database product is disclosed The method comprises acquiring mobile mapping data captured by means of digital cameras, range sensors and position determination means including GPS and IMU mounted to a vehicle driving across the earth surface, the mobile mapping data comprising simultaneously captured image data, range data and associated position data in a geographic coordinate system. Linear stationary earth surface features are derived from the mobile mapping data by processing the image data, range data and associated position data. 3D-models are generated for the linear stationary earth surface features in the geographic coordinate system from the image data, range data and associated position data and stored in a database to obtain the geodetic reference database product. A 3D-model could include an image representing the colors of the surface of the 3D model or a set of smaller images representing photo-identifiable objects along the model.

Abstract: There is provided a method of determining the quality of a three dimensional (3D) video stream, wherein the 3D video comprises at least one 3D view composition, each 3D view composition defining a plurality of two dimensional (2D) views. The method comprises determining a characteristic of each of a plurality of 2D views. The method further comprises calculating a variation in the characteristic, the variation calculated between the 2D views corresponding to the same 3D view composition. The method further still comprises calculating a quality score for the 3D video sequence, the quality score based upon the calculated variation.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stream, and a method and apparatus for processing of the stream. The method of generating the stream includes: generating an elementary stream including three-dimensional (3D) image data providing a 3D image, and 3D detail information for reproducing the 3D image; generating a section including 3D summary information representing that a transport stream to be generated from the elementary stream provides the 3D image; and generating the transport stream with respect to the section and the elementary stream.

Abstract: A system may comprise a selectively transparent projection device for projecting an image toward an eye of a viewer from a projection device position in space relative to the eye of the viewer, the projection device being capable of assuming a substantially transparent state when no image is projected; an occlusion mask device coupled to the projection device and configured to selectively block light traveling toward the eye from one or more positions opposite of the projection device from the eye of the viewer in an occluding pattern correlated with the image projected by the projection device; and a zone plate diffraction patterning device interposed between the eye of the viewer and the projection device and configured to cause light from the projection device to pass through a diffraction pattern having a selectable geometry as it travels to the eye.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating an autostereoscopic display. The method includes acquiring a first parallax image and at least one other parallax image. At least a portion of the first parallax image may be aligned with a corresponding portion of the at least one other parallax image. Alternating views of the first parallax image and the at least one other parallax image may be displayed.

Abstract: A method of monitoring an object during a medical process includes: using one or more cameras to obtain information regarding an actual three dimensional configuration of an object involved in a medical process; obtaining a three-dimensional model of the object representing a geometry of the object; obtaining a movement model of the object; and processing the information, the three-dimensional model, and the movement model to monitor the object during the medical process, wherein the act of processing is performed using a processing unit.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus and method for dynamic range adjustment and stereography are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a first imaging device for converting a light of a subject received through a first optical system into an electric signal; a second imaging device for converting a light of the subject received through a second optical system into an electric signal; a first image signal processor for generating an image signal for live view based on the electric signal output from the first imaging device before a photographing operation of a still image; an exposure controller for controlling an exposure so as to perform a step exposure in the second imaging device before the photographing of the still image; and an exposure calculator for calculating an exposure amount in the photographing operation of the still image based on the electric signal converted in the second imaging device obtained through the step exposure.

Abstract: A method for recognizing an object from two original images, includes the steps of accessing the two original images, reducing resolutions of the two original images so as to generate two resolution-reduced images, respectively, calculating a plurality of shift amounts, each of which is between two corresponding pixels in pixel blocks that have similar content and that are respectively in the two resolution-reduced images and generating a low-level depth image based on the shift amounts, determining an object area of the low-level depth image containing the object therein, and obtaining a sub-image, from one of the original images, corresponding to the object area of the low-level depth image, thereby recognizing the object based on the sub-image.

Abstract: A receiver allows controlling a device to be controlled such as a display device based on reference timing acquired from reception data without delay and with low power consumption, and includes: a communication device receiving data incoming intermittently; a first control circuit analyzing the data received by the communication device to identify the presence of a predetermined reference timing signal pattern in the data; and a timer for counting a clock from an initial value, generating a control signal for the device to be controlled according to a resulting count value, and if the count value reaches a predetermined interval value, resuming counting the clock at the initial value. The timer changes the initial value to reduce a count of the clock between the initial value and the interval value if the first control circuit identifies the predetermined reference timing signal pattern to be present.

Abstract: A video processing system may receive a first frame comprising pixel data for a first 3-D view of an image, which may be referred to as first 3-D view pixel data, and receive a second frame comprising pixel data for a second 3-D view of the image, which may be referred to as second 3-D view pixel data. The system may generate a multi-view frame comprising the first 3-D view pixel data and the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may make a decision for performing processing of the image, wherein the decision is generated based on one or both of the first 3-D view pixel data and/or the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may process the 3-D multi-view frame based on the decision. The image processing operation may comprise, for example, deinterlacing, filtering, and cadence processing such as 3:2 pulldown.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a “disparity cursor” for easily measuring disparity within a selected region of a 3D image under test. In operation, a user places a window that defines the disparity cursor over a selected region of the 3D image under test using a mouse, keyboard, or other user-interface device. An average disparity value for the image segments contained within the window is then automatically calculated and reported to the user.

Abstract: A receiver enabling to receive 2D and 3D content from a content distributor, including a content list obtaining unit obtaining a list screen of content receivable from the content distributor, a content obtaining unit obtaining 2D or 3D content from the content distributor, a display unit displaying the list screen and reproduced screen of the content on an external or built-in monitor, and a function determining unit determining a function for viewing/listening to 3D and 2D content, wherein the content list obtaining unit determines if 3D content is visible/listenable and obtains a content list of only 2D content or both 2D and 3D content, in accordance with a result of determination, from the content distributor, and the display unit displays the content list obtained through the content list obtaining unit, thereby enabling the receiver of content to receive, memorize and/or output outside the content, being distributed from various networks.

Abstract: The recorder apparatus includes the controller that sets conversion mode used when input stream is processed and converted into recording stream to any of two-dimensional mode that converts the input stream into two-dimensional recording stream and three-dimensional mode that converts the input stream into three-dimensional recording stream, the controller that sets one recording mode that can be used when the video signal is converted and processed in the two-dimensional mode and the three-dimensional mode and specifies recording rate, and the signal processor that processes the video signal based on the set conversion mode and the set recording mode to convert the video signal into recording video signal. The controller sets the recording modes such that combination of the recording modes that can be set when the two-dimensional mode is set is different from combination of recording modes that can be set when the three-dimensional mode is set.

Abstract: Stereo imaging can be provided on an electronic device without the need for two matched, high resolution, large format cameras. In various embodiments, two or more cameras of disparate types can be used to capture stereoscopic images. Various processing algorithms can be used to adjust aspects such as the effective pixel size and depth of focus in order to provide for sufficient information to generate three-dimensional images without significant artifacts resulting from differences in the mismatched cameras.

Abstract: The method for 3D visual mapping using 3D stereoscopic video content records live 2D perspective white images mapped to architectural or other 3D objects having abstract shaped surfaces to create 2D perspective masks fitting the surface shapes. Each abstract surface area is covered by a dedicated projector and controller. The mapping is locked into place on a pixel grid, the project being logically recorded-rendered onto a hard drive at native resolution to produce a 2D master mask, which is separated into sub-masks determined by the individual areas of the 2D master mask. Each 2D sub-mask is applied as a video layer and used to mask areas around 3D stereoscopic video content in its timeline. The 2D masked-mapped stereoscopic 3D video can be played on 3D stereoscopic projectors. A common clock synchronizes the processors for playback of the 3D content on the 3D surface areas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same. Stereoscopic image display includes a data display unit including a first scan transistor, an active black stripe unit including a second transistor and a third transistor, and a shift register sequentially supplying the gate pulse to each of (2n?1)th gate lines and (2n)th gate lines, where n is a natural number. The first scan transistor supplies a data voltage to a pixel electrode in response to a gate pulse of a (2n?1)th gate line, the second transistor supplies the data voltage to the pixel electrode in response to the gate pulse of the (2n?1)th gate line, and the third transistor supplies a low logic level voltage or a common voltage to the pixel electrode in response to a gate pulse of a (2n)th gate line.

Abstract: Margins are prevented from being produced when the amount of parallax of a stereoscopic image has been enlarged. A parallax adjustment command is applied if a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area that has been defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command to enlarge the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax will cause margins to be produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area on the page, then this page is replaced by a page on which an image compositing area that will not produce margins has been formed.

Abstract: When images from multiple viewpoints are required, respective imaging locations of the multiple viewpoints are specified and imaging operations themselves may be executed simply. When image data is to be imaged from plural viewpoints that are elements for generating a three-dimensional form of a specific subject, a user is appropriately guided. Messages prompting ranging directly in front of the specific subject, movement from the ranging position to an imaging start point, and movement from the imaging start point to an imaging end point are displayed in a message display region of an LCD monitor or the like. In addition, from analysis of a through-image, positions of a digital camera are automatically identified and automatic imaging is carried out on the basis of movements of feature points.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device which facilitates to improve picture quality of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) images by automatically converting an image driving mode (2D/3D) in accordance with a viewing distance, and a method for driving the same, wherein the device comprises a distance measuring unit which measures a viewing distance between the LCD device and a viewer; an image mode controller which sets a 2D image mode or 3D image mode in accordance with a comparison result between the viewing distance and a preset reference distance; a timing controller which aligns externally-provided image signals in accordance with the 2D image mode or 3D image mode set by the image mode controller, and converts the aligned image signals into image data by frame unit; and a liquid crystal panel which displays an image based on the 2D image mode or 3D image mode.

Abstract: There are provided an image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, image capture device, and image display device that prevent increase of computational complexity in image enlargement while mitigating degradation in image quality. An image input unit inputs a planar image signal containing signal values of pixels arranged on a plane and depth information including depth values corresponding to the pixels. An interpolation unit calculates a signal value for an interpolation coordinate between pixels on the plane by interpolating between the signal values of adjacent pixels which are present within a predetermined range from the interpolation coordinate. A weight decision unit determines a weighting factor for use in the interpolation based on the depth value of a reference pixel that is closest to the interpolation coordinate and the depth value of an adjacent pixel.

Abstract: An application for transmission of a three-dimensional eyewear synchronization signal to synchronize the operation of shutters of three-dimensional eyewear uses an industry standard wireless transmission technique. To compensate for inherent latencies of such transmission techniques, the latencies are measured and monitored to determine expected latencies and the shutter synchronization signal is skewed by the latency. In some embodiments, the synchronization signal is further adjusted by a user skew control.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a setting unit for setting a virtual viewpoint; a determining unit for determining an undefined area in which an object distance cannot be defined in a virtual image of the virtual viewpoint, from image data of a plurality of images photographed by a plurality of photographing units placed at different positions; a correction setting unit for setting an amount of correction of a position of at least one of the photographing units from the undefined area; and a generating unit for generating the image of the virtual viewpoint from image data of a plurality of images photographed by the plurality of photographing units placed at positions that are corrected in accordance with the amount of correction.

Abstract: An apparatus for operating a pair of 3-D glasses to view a 3-D video signal on a TV. The apparatus includes a controller having an input for receiving a 3-D video data stream from a video source, an output for delivering a portion of the 3-D video data stream as a video signal to be displayed on the TV, synchronization programming for reading the 3-D video data stream and obtaining 3-D commands relating to said 3-D video data and a transmitter for wireless transmitting the 3-D commands. The system further includes 3-D glasses having a receiver configured to receive the 3-D command signal, left and right shutters configured to selectively close and open according to the 3-D commands, and a control input configured to calibrate the glasses to the displayed video signal of the TV.

Abstract: A method of operating a camera with a microfluidic lens to identify a depth of an object in image data generated by the camera has been developed. The camera generates an image with the object in focus, and a second image with the object out of focus. An image processor generates a plurality of blurred images from image data of the focused image, and identifies blur parameters that correspond to the object in the second image. The depth of the object from the camera is identified with reference to the blur parameters.

Abstract: A video signal processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts, from each frame of an input video including a right-eye image and a left-eye image, one of the right-eye image and the left-eye image as an extracted image; and an image enlargement processing unit which (i) forms an interpolated image by enlarging the extracted image extracted by the extraction unit, through pixel interpolation using a pixel included in a previous frame, and (ii) outputs the interpolated image, the previous frame being a frame previous to the frame including the extracted image.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide a dynamically configurable 3D display utilizing a content receiver. The content receiver generates the 3D content with an offset that enables the images to be viewable in a plurality of 3D regions, where each 3D region and images therein are perceived as having a different degree of depth relative to other images within 3D regions. The user viewing the 3D content may interact with the 3D content through a sensor device communicatively coupled to the content receiver that senses user movements and transmits signals to the content receiver for taking some action in response to the user's movements, including moving the 3D content between various 3D regions. 3D content in a foreground 3D region may be partially transparent to enable viewing of underlying 3D content in a background 3D region. 3D content may include a 3D user interface enabling the user to enter selections.

Abstract: A non-contact method and apparatus for inspecting an object. At least one first image of the object on which an optical pattern is projected, taken from a first perspective is obtained. At least one second image of the object on which an optical pattern is projected, taken from a second perspective that is different to the first perspective is obtained. At least one common object feature in each of the at least one first and second images is then determined on the basis of an irregularity in the optical pattern as imaged in the at least one first and second images.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an input unit that receives a first image and a second image that are taken from different positions. A first cutting unit cuts a first block from the first image. A second cutting unit moves a second block by P pixels in a row direction, in a moving limit set in a processing area of the second image, and cuts the second block from the second image. A correlation value calculating unit calculates a correlation value between the first and second blocks. A deviation amount calculating unit calculates an amount of deviation between the first and second images based on a largest value of the correlation value. The setting unit narrows the moving limit based on the correlation value calculated in the N-th row when the amount of deviation is calculated in the (N+1)-th row of the first image.

Abstract: A stereo camera apparatus for obtaining distance information of an object includes a camera unit that includes a left image sensor and a right image sensor respectively obtaining a left-side image and a right-side image, each being composed of a frame including plural pixels of plural rows and plural columns, the left image sensor and the right image sensor sequentially exposing the pixels of the rows from upper to lower in the frames, respectively; a shift amount detection unit that detects a relative positional shift amount in the vertical direction between a left-side image and a right-side image; and a timing control unit that changes the starting time of exposing the frame by the left image sensor or by the right image sensor based on the positional shift amount in the vertical direction detected by the shift amount detection unit.

Abstract: A method of storing 3D image data in a recording medium includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating either one of a single stereoscopic image or a compound image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a predetermined image configuration information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configuration information indicating attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configuration relation between encoded streams of the plurality of media objects, configuration information of the encoded streams; loading in an image data container field media data of an image to be stored; and loading, in a meta container field, metadata including information for playing the 3D image data.