IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

The present technique relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for realizing high-precision image generation of predetermined viewpoints by using depth images on the receiving end when the depth images with reduced resolutions are transmitted. A parallax image resolution increasing unit increases the resolution of each of the parallax images of auxiliary images having half the resolution of a compatible image. A parallax image warping unit generates parallax images of virtual viewpoints by performing a warping operation on the parallax images of the auxiliary images with the increased resolutions based on the positions of the virtual viewpoints. A smoothing unit corrects the parallax values of the occlusion regions in the parallax images of the virtual viewpoints. The present technique can be applied to decoding devices that decode glasses-free 3D images, for example.