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:
an image pickup unit configured to take an image of an object, which includes a face of a person wearing 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 configured to identify the glasses included in the image of the object taken by the image pickup unit; a face detector configured to detect a facial region of 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; and an augmented-reality special rendering unit configured to add a virtual feature to the facial region detected by the face detector, wherein the glasses are shutter glasses having a right lens and a left lens that alternately block an image passing through the left lens and the right lens in a time sharing manner, and the glasses identifying unit includes a shutter region identifying unit for identifying the shutter glasses in a manner such that a region where passage of the image of the object is blocked from the image taken by the image pickup unit is detected as a lens region.