Abstract: In a three-dimensional image capturing apparatus (three-dimensional image processing apparatus), a depth obtainment unit obtains L depth information and R depth information from a three-dimensional image, and an image correction unit executes a smoothing process on an end part region of the subject based on the L depth information and the R depth information. As a result, the three-dimensional image processed by the three-dimensional image processing apparatus is a high-quality three-dimensional image that correctly expresses a sense of three-dimensionality and thickness in the subject and that has a low sense of a cardboard cutout effect.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image processing device for performing image correction processing on a three-dimensionally-viewed image includes a conversion unit and a composition unit. The conversion unit generates a converted image by performing tone conversion on a pixel value in an object included in the three-dimensionally-viewed image based on a relationship between a pixel value of a pixel of interest that is a processing target and a pixel value of a peripheral pixel of the pixel of interest. The composition unit synthesizes an n-th pixel in a first viewpoint image included in the three-dimensionally-viewed image and a corresponding pixel in a second viewpoint image included in the three-dimensionally-viewed image with a distribution ratio that is based on a subject distance of the n-th pixel. The corresponding pixel is located in the same spatial location as the n-th pixel.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes an obtainer that obtains three-dimensional image information including information of a first image and a second image, a shade information obtainer that obtains shade information from the information of the first image and/or the second image, and a disparity adjuster that adjusts a disparity of a subject contained in the first and the second images based on the shade information.

Abstract: A 3D image signal processing device performs a signal processing on at least one image signal of a first viewpoint signal as an image signal generated at a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint signal as an image signal generated at a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint. The device includes an image processor that executes a predetermined image processing on at least one image signal of the first viewpoint signal and the second viewpoint signal, and a controller that controls the image processor. The controller controls the image processor to perform an feathering process on at least one image signal of the first viewpoint signal and the second viewpoint signal, the feathering process being a process for smoothing pixel values of pixels positioned on a boundary between an object included in the image represented by the at least one image signal and an image adjacent to the object.

Abstract: In the three-dimensional imaging device (three-dimensional image processing device), the depth acquisition unit acquires L depth information and R depth information from a three-dimensional image. The image correction unit adjusts disparities of edge portion areas of a subject based on the L depth information and the R depth information such that the normal positions of the edge portion areas of the subject are farther away. Accordingly, when a three-dimensional image acquired by the three-dimensional imaging device is three-dimensionally displayed, the edge areas of the subject are displayed having a sense of roundness. As a result, a three-dimensional image that has been subjected to processing by this three-dimensional image processing device is a high-quality three-dimensional image that can appropriately reproduce the three-dimensional appearance and sense of thickness of the subject and has little of the cardboard effect.

Abstract: A 3D imaging device obtains a 3D image (3D video) that achieves an appropriate 3D effect and/or intended placement. The 3D imaging device (1000) estimates (calculates) an ideal disparity of a main subject based on a preset viewing environment (display condition) and a distance to the main subject, and obtains a disparity (an actual disparity) of the subject (main subject) actually occurring on a virtual screen. The 3D imaging device (1000) obtains a correction disparity using the ideal disparity and the actual disparity, and adds the calculated correction disparity to the 3D image (horizontally shifts the image) to perform appropriate disparity correction. The 3D imaging device (3000) obtains a 3D image (3D video) that achieves an appropriate 3D effect and/or intended placement without being affected by a disparity occurring in the horizontal direction caused by insufficient precision (in particular, insufficient optical precision).

Abstract: A 3D imaging device determines, during imaging, whether the captured images will be perceived three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a display information setting unit obtains a display parameter associated with an environment in which a 3D video is viewed, and a control unit determines during 3D imaging whether a scene to be imaged three-dimensionally will be perceived three-dimensionally based on the viewing environment.

Abstract: A 3D imaging device determines during imaging whether the captured images will be viewed three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a warning unit provides a warning to a photographer indicating that the captured images of the scene to be imaged will not be perceived as a 3D video having an appropriate 3D effect when a control unit determines that the captured images will not be perceived as such an appropriate 3D video.

Abstract: A conventional device adjusts the convergence angle of its imaging unit in a manner that the left-and-right face detection areas are at the same coordinates and thus forms a stereo image that will be placed on a display screen during display, but fails to place a subject at an intended stereoscopic position. A stereo image capturing device (1000) detects a face area from a right image, detects a disparity using the left-and-right face areas, and sets the imaging parameters (the subject distance, focal length, stereo base, and convergence angle) to adjust the detected disparity to a disparity enabling the subject to be placed at an intended placement position. This device forms a stereo image having an appropriate stereoscopic effect in which a target subject is placed at an intended stereoscopic position. The device uses only a limited target area for face detection and thus requires less calculation for face detection.

Abstract: A conventional stereo image pickup device forms an appropriate stereo image by changing the stereo base in accordance with the distance to a subject, but fails to select an appropriate focal length or stereo base by simply using the subject distance without obtaining the subject size. A stereo image pickup device (1000) estimates the size of a subject in accordance with the imaging mode set in a typical two-dimensional camera, and estimates the subject distance using the estimated size of the subject and the focal length, and further calculates the stereo base that enables an optimum disparity to be achieved using the subject distance, determines the stereo base, and aligns the two imaging units (the first imaging unit (103) and the second imaging unit (104)). As a result, the stereo image pickup device forms a stereo image having an appropriate stereoscopic effect.

Abstract: A computing device computes at least one index value for an execution history of opening/closing movement of an openable and closable member. A sensing device outputs signals one after another in response to a change in a rotational state of the electric motor, which is sensed by the sensing device. A setting device sets a masking range for at least one of the signals based on the at least one index value. A determination device determines whether an object is pinched by the openable and closable member based on at least another one of the signals, which is outputted in a range other than the masking range, without referring to the at least one of the signals in the masking range during execution of the opening/closing movement of the openable and closable member.

Abstract: An image playback device includes a playback portion which plays back content data to make a video stereoscopically viewed by means of video data including first and second images for first and second view points, respectively; a setting portion which sets a playback speed for playing back the content data; and an adjuster which adjusts parallax information about parallax between the first and second images in response to the playback speed set by the setting portion.