Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Communication System

摘要

In an image processing apparatus, an image pickup unit takes images of an object including the face of a person wearing the glasses by which to observe a stereoscopic image that contains a first parallax image and a second parallax image obtained when the object in a three-dimensional (3D) space is viewed from different viewpoints. A glasses identifying unit identifies the glasses included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit. A face detector detects a facial region the face of the person included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit, based on the glasses identified by the glasses identifying unit. An augmented-reality special rendering unit adds a virtual feature to the facial region of the face of the person detected by the face detector.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor operating under control of executable computer code stored in a non-tangible, computer readable recording medium, such that the image processing apparatus operates to:
obtain an image of an object, which includes a face of a person wearing an optical display apparatus by which to observe a stereoscopic image that contains a first parallax image and a second parallax image obtained when the object in a three-dimensional (3D) space is viewed from different viewpoints; identify the optical display apparatus included in the image of the object; detect a facial region of the face of the person included in the image of the object, based on the identified optical display apparatus; and generate an image of the face of the person that does not include the optical display apparatus by excluding the identified optical display apparatus, and by adding the face of the person to the detected facial region.