Stereoscopic image aligning apparatus, stereoscopic image aligning method, and program of the same
US8890934B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2013/0074
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A stereoscopic image aligning apparatus (200) automatically aligns image pairs for stereoscopic viewing in a shorter amount of time than conventional apparatuses, which is applicable to image pairs captured by a single sensor camera or a variable baseline camera, without relying on camera parameters. The stereoscopic image aligning apparatus (200) includes: an image pair obtaining unit (205) obtaining an image pair including a left-eye image and a right-eye image corresponding to the left-eye image; a corresponding point detecting unit (252) detecting a corresponding point representing a set of a first point included in a first image that is one of the images of the image pair and a second point included in a second image that is the other of the images of the image pair and corresponding to the first point; a first matrix computing unit (254) computing a homography transformation matrix for transforming the first point such that a vertical parallax between the first and second points is smallest and an epipolar constraint is satisfied; a transforming unit (260) transforming the first image using the homography transformation matrix; and an output unit (210) outputting: a third ima…
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