(19)
(11) EP 2 106 152 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
04.11.2009 Bulletin 2009/45

(43) Date of publication:
30.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/40

(21) Application number: 09250861.3

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 13/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 26.03.2008 JP 2008079634

(71) Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Watanabe, Mikio c/o FUJIFILM Corporation
    Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi (JP)
  • Masuda, Tomonori c/o FUJIFILM Corporation
    Kurokawa.gun, Miyagi (JP)

(74) Representative: Stevens, Jason Paul 
Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD
London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

   


(54) Method, apparatus, and program for displaying stereoscopic images


(57) Perceived depths of stereoscopic images are efficiently changed, to reduce fatigue in users who stereoscopically view the stereoscopic images. When stereoscopically displaying stereoscopic images generated from a plurality of images obtained by photography of subjects from different viewpoints, an interpolative image generating section (3) generates at least one pair of interpolative images, which have smaller degrees of parallax than the degree of parallax among the plurality of images. A stereoscopic image generating section (4) generates at least one interpolative stereoscopic image from the at least one pair of interpolative images. A control section (8) sequentially displays the at least one interpolative stereoscopic image at least one.of a timing prior to and following display of the stereoscopic images.