IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPARITY AMOUNT

摘要

A subject whose disparity amount is to be adjusted is selected with a cross key. An identification mark representing the subject is displayed on a two-dimensional graph in an assistance window. Both the disparity amount corresponding to a vertical axis and distance information corresponding to a horizontal axis are explicitly indicated. A guide mark is displayed close to the identification mark. The guide mark, being an arrow, indicates a direction in which the disparity amount of the subject decreases. The identification mark and the guide mark are shifted along the vertical axis in accordance with an operation for adjusting the disparity amount, and displayed. A disparity amount adjustment circuit is activated to adjust the disparity amount of the subject. When the identification mark is shifted to a position between displayed lines, which indicate an appropriate range, the guide mark disappears.

主权项

1. An image processing device comprising:
a parallax image obtaining section for obtaining a parallax image for reproducing a stereoscopic image; a parallax information obtaining section for obtaining a disparity amount of a subject in the parallax image; a stereoscopic image display section for displaying the stereoscopic image of the subject on a display screen, based on the parallax image; a subject selector for selecting specific one of the subjects displayed on the display screen, in accordance with a selecting operation, and providing a selection mark to the specific subject; a disparity amount adjustment section for increasing and decreasing the disparity amount of the specific subject in accordance with an adjustment operation; and a disparity amount graph display section for moving an identification mark corresponding to the specific subject along a disparity amount axis on a two-dimensional graph in accordance with the adjustment operation of the disparity amount adjustment section and displaying the identification mark, and separately displaying the identification mark and an identification mark corresponding to the another subject relative to a distance information axis on the two-dimensional graph in accordance with a relative distance in a depth direction, the relative distance in the depth direction being calculated in accordance with the disparity amount of the each subject, the two-dimensional graph being displayed on an assistance screen different from the display screen, the two-dimensional graph being represented by the disparity amount axis and the distance information axis.