Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a displaying device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image; a detector configured to detect a viewer; an obtaining device configured to obtain, on the basis of a detection result from the detector, a second position of the viewer in a second coordinate system fixed to the detector; a first calculator configured to calculate a difference between a first position in a first coordinate system fixed to the displaying device and the second position; and a second calculator configured to calculate a correction value for at least one of a set position of a viewing zone in which the viewer can view the three-dimensional image and the second position so as to compensate for the difference.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an image processor includes an image acquirer, a first image generator, a point acquirer, a detector, a calculator and a determiner. The detector detects a second plurality of points in the first perspective images or the second perspective images corresponding to the first plurality of points. The calculator calculates, based on at least the first plurality of points and the second plurality of points, a difference in position of the target between when the first perspective images were captured and when the second perspective images were generated. The determiner determines whether or not the difference is in a range. If the difference is not in the range, then the first image generator generates updated ones of the second perspective images from an updated one of the volume data, which is different by the difference from a previous one of the volume data.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an image processor of an embodiment has an imaging parameter acquirer and a virtual perspective image generator. The imaging parameter acquirer acquires an imaging parameter which is used by a radiographic imaging apparatus in capturing a perspective image of a target. The virtual perspective image generator determines a method of generating a virtual perspective image from volume data acquired by capturing the target in accordance with the imaging parameter. The virtual perspective image generator generates the virtual perspective image from the volume data in accordance with the determined method.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operating unit configured to calculate a tangent-line direction of an edge and a normal-line direction of the edge by using a vertical-direction derivative value and a horizontal-direction derivative value of a pixel value of a pixel in an input image; a converting unit configured to convert local coordinates positioned within a predetermined area with respect to a target pixel in the input image into rotated coordinates, by rotating the local coordinates according to an angle formed by the horizontal direction and the tangent-line direction of the edge; and a fitting unit configured to perform, at the rotated coordinates, a fitting process that employs a least-squares method by using a curved surface model expressed with the pixel value of the target pixel in the input image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a position estimation device includes first and second obtaining units, first and second calculators, and an estimating unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain first data about a size and a position of an object in a first image. The second obtaining unit is configured to obtain second data about a distance to or a position of the object in a second image. The first calculator is configured to calculate, based on the first and second data, weights for first and second actual sizes of the object estimated respectively from the first and second data. The second calculator is configured to calculate a third actual size of the object by using the first and second actual sizes and the weights. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the object by using the third actual size.

Abstract: According to an image processor of one embodiment, a first acquirer acquires a first perspective image of a target viewed in a first direction. A second acquirer acquires a second perspective image of the target viewed in a second direction at a time different from when the first acquirer acquires the first perspective image. The second direction is substantially the same as the first direction. The second time is different from the first time. A point acquirer acquires first information indicating a first position of a first point on the first perspective image, and a second information indicating a second position of a second point on the second perspective image. An image generator generates an image that is based on the first and second perspective images, wherein a first coordinate of the first perspective image is changed so that the first point corresponds to the second point.

Abstract: According to an image processor of one embodiment, a first acquirer acquires a first perspective image of a target, which has a first resolution. A second acquirer acquires a second perspective image of the target, which has a second resolution. A first image generator generates first and second display images respectively from the first and second perspective images. The first and third display images have a third resolution lower than at least one of the first and second resolutions. A first point acquirer acquires first and second corresponding points respectively on the first and second display images. A first corrector searches, on the second perspective image, a second image similar to a first image on the first perspective image, the first image including the first corresponding point, and changes, on the second perspective image, a position of the second corresponding point to a position of the second image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, a first calculating unit, and a second calculating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a plurality of captured images by imaging a target object from a plurality of positions. The second acquiring unit acquires a provisional three-dimensional position and a provisional size. The first setting unit sets at least one search candidate point near the provisional three-dimensional position. The second setting unit sets a search window for each projection position where the search candidate point is projected, the search window having a size. The first calculating unit calculates an evaluation value that represents whether or not the target object is included inside the search window. The second calculating unit calculates a three-dimensional position of the target object based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an image processor includes a perspective image generator, a perspective image acquirer, a corresponding point acquirer, a first calculator and a display image generator. The first calculator updates the position of the one or more first corresponding point on the first perspective image, based on a difference in position between the first and second perspective images. The display image generator generates a first display image including the first and second perspective images, the one or more first corresponding points updated on the first perspective image, and the one or more second corresponding points on the second perspective image. The perspective image generator changes the first direction into a third direction based on the difference in position between the first and second perspective images, and generates an updated one, viewed in the third direction, of the first perspective image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical image processing device includes a processor, and a memory. The memory that stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute acquiring a first perspective image of a subject viewed in a first direction; setting a first region and a second region on the first perspective image, the first region including a first group of pixels around a target pixel, the second region including a second group of pixels, the second group including a pixel not included in the first group; calculating a likelihood of the target pixel, wherein the likelihood increases as a difference between pixel values included in the first group decreases and a difference between pixel values of the first group and the second group increases; and detecting a position of an object in the subject based on the likelihood.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives target image data that is including a first perspective image and a second perspective image, photographing an object from different directions; a first acquirer which acquires positional information of a specified point on the first perspective image; a second acquirer which acquires positional information of a candidate point on the second perspective image, the candidate point corresponding to the specified point; and a generator which generates a first enlarged image obtained by enlarging a part of the first perspective image neighboring the specified point and a second enlarged image obtained by enlarging a part of the second perspective image neighboring the candidate point.

Abstract: A portable display device includes a display unit, a first capturing unit, and a second capturing unit. The display unit includes a rectangular display screen for displaying an image. The first capturing unit is configured to capture an image of an object. The first capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a first side of the display screen, which is a part of a peripheral region of the display unit other than the display screen. The second capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the object. The second capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a second side adjacent to the first side, which is a part or the peripheral region.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first detector, a calculator, and a determiner. The first detector is configured to detect a position of a viewer. The calculator is configured to calculate a position variation probability that indicates a probability of the viewer making a movement, based on positions detected at different times. The determiner is configured to determine a visible area within which stereoscopic images to be displayed on a display are visible, based on the position variation probability.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided an image processing device that displays a stereoscopic image on a display device having a panel and an optical aperture, including: a parallax image acquiring unit, a viewer position acquiring unit and an image generating unit. The parallax image acquiring unit acquires at least one parallax image, the parallax image being an image for one viewpoint. The viewer position acquiring unit acquires a position of a viewer. The image generating unit corrects a parameter for correspondence relationship between the panel and the optical aperture based on the position of the viewer relative to the display device, and generates an image, based on the corrected parameter, to which each pixel of the parallax image is allocated such that the stereoscopic image is visible to the viewer when the image is displayed on the display device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a depth signal generating apparatus includes following units. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a statistic value for pixel values for each of predefined areas in the first image, and calculate, for each of predetermined base depth models, a first evaluation value based on the calculated statistic value. The correcting unit is configured to correct, based on a second evaluation value previously derived for the second image and a first degree of similarity indicating a similarity between the predetermined base depth models, the first evaluation value to derive second evaluation values for the predetermined base depth models. The selecting unit is configured to select a base depth model having the highest second evaluation value from the predetermined base depth models. The generating unit is configured to generate a depth signal based on the selected base depth model.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device provides a stereoscopic image to be displayed on a display and includes an acquisition unit, first and second calculators, a selector, and a determiner. The acquisition unit acquires observer information. The first calculator calculates, a viewpoint vector pointing from one to another of the observer position of each observer and the display, and an eye vector pointing from one to another eye of the observer, based on the observer information. The second calculator calculates a weight indicating a degree of desirability of stereoscopic viewing for each observer when the stereoscopic image according to one of display parameters is displayed on the display) by using the viewpoint vector and the eye vector of the observer. The selector selects one display parameter based on the weight. The determiner determines the stereoscopic image according to the selected display parameter.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a depth correction apparatus includes a clusterer, a calculator and a corrector. The clusterer is configured to apply clustering to at least one of pixel values and depth values of a plurality of pixels in a calculation range corresponding to a correction target pixel, and to classify the plurality of pixels in the calculation range into a plurality of classes. The calculator is configured to calculate pixel value statistics of the respective classes using pixel values of pixels in the respective classes. The corrector is configured to determine a corresponding class of the correction target pixel based on a pixel value of the correction target pixel and the pixel value statistics of the respective classes, and to apply correction which replaces a depth value of the correction target pixel by a representative depth value of the corresponding class.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an acquirer, a calculator, and a display controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire a three-dimensional coordinate value that indicates a position of a viewer. The calculator is configured to, using the three-dimensional coordinate value, calculate a reference coordinate value that indicates a position of the viewer in a reference plane that includes a visible area within which the viewer is able to view a stereoscopic image. The display controller is configured to control a display, which displays the stereoscopic image for which the visible area is different for each different height, so as to display information corresponding to the reference coordinate value.

Abstract: A portable display device includes a display unit, a first capturing unit, and a second capturing unit. The display unit includes a rectangular display screen for displaying an image. The first capturing unit is configured to capture an image of an object. The first capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a first side of the display screen, which is a part of a peripheral region of the display unit other than the display screen. The second capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the object. The second capturing unit is arranged in a region, corresponding to a second side adjacent to the first side, which is a part of the peripheral region.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes an obtaining unit, a first determining unit, and a detecting unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain an input image. The first determining unit is configured to determine a detection order that indicates an order of performing a detection operation for detecting whether an object is present with respect to partitioned areas into which the input image are divided, according to an existence probability that is set in advance for each of the partitioned areas and indicates a probability at which an object exists. The detecting unit is configured to perform, according to the detection order, the detection operation to detect whether the object is present in an area corresponding to a partitioned area subjected to the detection order in the input image.