IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

To display an image to which depth perception is imparted based on the difference of depth between an object in the image that the user is gazing at, and other object in the image.SOLUTION: An image processing system includes image acquisition means for acquiring a two-dimensional image representative of a view from observation position, and depth information indicating the depth from the observation position to an object represented by each point of the two-dimensional image, identification means for identifying a gaze point gazed by the user in the two-dimensional image acquired by the image acquisition means, on the basis of detection results from detection means for detecting the line of vision of the user, difference acquisition means for acquiring the difference of depth between the gaze point identified by the identification means and a non-gaze point other than the gaze point in the two-dimensional image, on the basis of the depth information acquired by the image acquisition means, reduction means for reducing the image quality of the non-gaze point on the basis of the difference of the depth acquired by the difference acquisition means, and output means for outputting the two-dimensional image, in which the image quality of the non-gaze point was reduced by the reduction means, to an image display device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】画像内でユーザが注視している対象と、画像内の他の対象との間の奥行きの差に基づいて遠近感が付与された画像を表示させる。【解決手段】観察位置からの眺めを表す二次元画像と、観察位置から二次元画像の各箇所で表される対象までの奥行きを示す奥行き情報と、を取得する画像取得手段と、ユーザの視線を検出する検出手段による検出結果に基づいて、画像取得手段により取得された二次元画像内でユーザが注視する注視箇所を特定する特定手段と、画像取得手段により取得された奥行き情報に基づいて、特定手段により特定された注視箇所と、二次元画像内において注視箇所以外の非注視箇所と、の間の奥行きの差を取得する差取得手段と、差取得手段により取得された奥行きの差に基づいて、非注視箇所の画質を低下させる低下手段と、低下手段により非注視箇所の画質が低下させられた二次元画像を画像表示装置に出力する出力手段と、を備える。【選択図】図２