Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a panoramic video. The method includes: requesting a server for acquiring a first panoramic video file; and upon detecting a change in a viewing angle of a user, according to an FOV type of the first panoramic video file, requesting the server for acquiring a second panoramic video file or an auxiliary FOV video file of the first panoramic video file.

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a panoramic video. The method includes: requesting a server for acquiring a first panoramic video file; and upon detecting a change in a viewing angle of a user, according to an FOV type of the first panoramic video file, requesting the server for acquiring a second panoramic video file or an auxiliary FOV video file of the first panoramic video file.

An appearance of depth is provided by displaying a single-perspective video to the left and right eyes of a viewer, with a time offset therebetween. Objects moving relative to the background exhibit a spatial displacement between left and right eyes due to the time offset. Providing the video with that spatial displacement yields a parallax between left and right eyes for the moving objects, providing depth cues to the viewer. These depth cues are based on differences in time (two asynchronous views of the same scene), as distinct from stereo based on differences in space (two simultaneous views from different perspectives). However, temporal stereo may be visually fused by viewers similarly to spatial stereo, without requiring special training or effort. Also, even if depth cues are not comprehensive, continuous, and/or spatially accurate, the depth cues still may suggest depth within the scene.

An image processing apparatus includes: an image input section through which a two-dimensional image signal is input; an image converting section which receives the image signal output from the image input section and generates and outputs a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing stereopsis; and an image output section which outputs the left eye image and the right eye image output from the image converting section. The image converting section extracts a spatial characteristic amount of the input image signal, generates at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image through an image conversion process in which the characteristic amount is applied, and performs the image conversion process of a different type according to a comparison result of distance information of a preset region unit in the input image signal and a predetermined threshold.

An image processing apparatus includes: an image input section through which a two-dimensional image signal is input; an image converting section which receives the image signal output from the image input section and generates and outputs a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing stereopsis; and an image output section which outputs the left eye image and the right eye image output from the image converting section. The image converting section extracts a spatial characteristic amount of the input image signal, generates at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image through an image conversion process in which the characteristic amount is applied, and performs the image conversion process of a different type according to a comparison result of distance information of a preset region unit in the input image signal and a predetermined threshold.

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a panoramic video. The method includes: requesting a server for acquiring a first panoramic video file; and upon detecting a change in a viewing angle of a user, according to an FOV type of the first panoramic video file, requesting the server for acquiring a second panoramic video file or an auxiliary FOV video file of the first panoramic video file.

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a panoramic video. The method includes: requesting a server for acquiring a first panoramic video file; and upon detecting a change in a viewing angle of a user, according to an FOV type of the first panoramic video file, requesting the server for acquiring a second panoramic video file or an auxiliary FOV video file of the first panoramic video file.

According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquirer, first and second calculators, and a selector. The acquirer acquires a first image of an object captured in a first imaging direction and a second image of the object captured in a second imaging direction. The first calculator calculates, for each pixel included in the respective first and second images, likelihood of whether the pixel is included in a region of the object on the basis of feature information indicating image feature. The second calculator calculates, on the basis of the likelihood, a degree of similarity between a region of interest in the first image and a candidate region in the second image. The candidate region is a candidate of a corresponding region corresponding to the region of interest. The selector selects the candidate region serving as the corresponding region on the basis of the degree of similarity.

According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an acquirer, first and second calculators, and a selector. The acquirer acquires a first image of an object captured in a first imaging direction and a second image of the object captured in a second imaging direction. The first calculator calculates, for each pixel included in the respective first and second images, likelihood of whether the pixel is included in a region of the object on the basis of feature information indicating image feature. The second calculator calculates, on the basis of the likelihood, a degree of similarity between a region of interest in the first image and a candidate region in the second image. The candidate region is a candidate of a corresponding region corresponding to the region of interest. The selector selects the candidate region serving as the corresponding region on the basis of the degree of similarity.

A method of adjusting depth in a stereoscopic video may include generating a left-eye viewing frame of a stereoscopic video. The left-eye viewing frame may include a plurality of left-eye viewing frame elements. The method may also include generating a right-eye viewing frame of the stereoscopic video. The right-eye viewing frame may correspond to the left-eye viewing frame and may include a plurality of right-eye viewing frame elements. Further, each right-eye viewing frame element may correspond to one of the left-eye viewing frame elements. The method may additionally include determining an offset between each right-eye viewing frame element and its corresponding left-eye viewing frame element. Further, the method may include applying a uniform summing factor to each offset to uniformly shift by substantially the same amount each right-eye viewing frame element with respect to its corresponding left-eye viewing frame element such that a perceived focus point is adjusted.