To enable more natural three-dimensional(3D) view without overlapping preceding and following display images in the view from an observer by synthesizing a mask image with respective 2D images except a front picture, erasing the display information at the hidden sections of respective 2D images except the front picture, and displaying it on a 2D display device.
Mask image generators 120-122 and 133-135 for generating mask images for hiding the sections hidden so as not to be watched by the image of the front picture and synthesizers 126, 131 and 132 are arranged. Relating to the synthesizer 126, for example, the mask images generated by the mask image generators 120-122 are overlapped on a 2D image 119 displayed on a 2D display device 103. Next, the section to be hidden by images 115-117 displayed from 2D display devices 101-103 is erased by the mask images or its transmission factor is changed. Thus, the section hidden by the images 115-117 is not watched through.
SUYAMA SHIRO
KAMIHIRA KAZUTAKE
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