IP Library Granted Patent US 7,474,782
Granted Patent B2
US 7,474,782 · App. 10/872,422 · Granted Jan 6, 2009

Apparatus and method for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium

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Patent No.
US 7,474,782
App. No.
10/872,422
Granted
Jan 6, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an apparatus for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic medium, a data arranging unit arranges input data in a form of M1×M2 data pixels on a page basis to thereby generate arranged data. Then, a holographic data detector outputs a page image including a detected data image, each data pixel of the arranged data corresponding to P1×P2 image pixels of the detected data image. Thereafter, a resized pixel detector finds a resized vertical length V and a resized horizontal length H of the detected data image. Finally, a sampling unit extracts image pixels at different intervals depending on whether the horizontal length and/or the vertical length of the detected data image is increased or decreased.

Claims (18)

1. An apparatus for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic Storage medium, comprising:

a holographic data detector for receiving a holographic data image reproduced from the holographic storage medium and outputting a page image including a detected holographic data image, wherein the holographic data image includes M1×M2 data pixels and each data pixel of the holographic data image corresponds to P1×P2 image pixels of the detected holographic data image, M1 and M2 being positive integers and P1 and P2 being positive integers greater than 1, respectively;

a resized pixel detector for finding a resized vertical length V and a resized horizontal length H of the detected holographic data image, V and H being integers, respectively; and

a sampling unit for partitioning the detected holographic data image into (|V|+1)×(|H|1) partitions; and sampling M1×M2 image pixels from the detected holographic data image to thereby reproduce the M1×M2 data pixels, wherein, within a partition, image pixels are sampled at intervals of P1 image pixels in a vertical direction and P2 image pixels in a horizontal direction, and, across a boundary of two neighboring partitions, image pixels are sampled (1) at intervals of P1+1 image pixels in a vertical direction if the V is a positive integer and P1−1 image pixels in the vertical direction if the V is a negative integer, and (2) at intervals of P2+1 image pixels in a horizontal direction if the H is a positive integer and P2−1 image pixels in the horizontal direction if the H is a negative integer.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resized pixel detector includes:

means for computing a vertical and a horizontal length of the detected holographic data image; and

means for calculating the resized vertical length V and the resized horizontal by length H wherein V=(the number of image pixels in a column of the detected holographic data image)−(M1×P1) and the H=(the number of image pixels in a row of the detected holographic data image)−(M2×P2).

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the page image further includes a detected brim surrounding the detected holographic data image.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the means for computing the vertical and the horizontal length of the detected holographic data image computes the vertical length by using positions of a top and a bottom side of the detected brim and the horizontal length by using positions of a left and a right side of the detected brim.

5. A method for processing holographic data reproduced from a holographic storage medium, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving, in a detector device, a holographic data image reproduced from the holographic storage medium and outputting a page image including a detected holographic data image, wherein the holographic data image includes M1×M2 data pixels and each data pixel of the holographic data image corresponds to P1×P2 image pixels of the detected holographic data image, M1 and M2 being positive integers and P1 and P2 being positive integers greater than 1, and, in a processing device:

(b) finding a resized vertical length V and a resized horizontal length H of the detected holographic data image, V and H being integers, respectively; and

(c) partitioning the detected holographic data image into (|V|+1)×(|H|+1) partitions; and sampling M1×M2 image pixels from the detected holographic data image to thereby reproduce the M1×M2 data pixels, wherein, within a partition, image pixels are sampled at intervals of P1 image pixels in a vertical direction and P2 image pixels in a horizontal direction, and, across a boundary of two neighboring partitions, image pixels are sampled (1) at intervals of P1+1 image pixels in a vertical direction if the V is a positive integer and P1−1 image pixels in the vertical direction if the V is a negative integer, and (2) at intervals of P2+1 image pixels in a horizontal direction if the H is a positive and P2−1 image pixels in the horizontal direction if the H is a negative integer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step (b) includes the steps of:

(b1) computing a vertical and a horizontal length of the detected holographic data image; and

(b2) calculating the resized vertical length variation V and the resized horizontal length variation H, wherein V=(the number of image pixels in a column of the detected holographic data image)−(M1×P1) and the H=(the number of image pixels in a row of the detected holographic data image)−(M2×P2).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the page image of the step (a) further includes a detected brim surrounding the detected holographic data image.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step (b1) computes the vertical length by using positions of a top and a bottom side of the detected brim and the horizontal length by using positions of a left and a right side of the detected brim.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: QUARTERHILL INC.
To: WI-LAN INC.
Reel/Frame 043181/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: MAPLE VISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.; QUARTERHILL INC.
To: QUARTERHILL INC.
Reel/Frame 042936/0464 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2011
From: DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MAPLE VISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 027440/0135 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MAPLE VISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 027437/0345 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2004
From: KANG, BYUNG-BOK
To: DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015498/0960 →