Image processing apparatus, receiver, and display device
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a display device, and a transmission module. The receiver includes a video receiver, a video processor, a graphics processor, and a multiprocessor. The video processor converts the video signal received by the video receiver to a moving image with a first resolution. The graphics processor outputs a still image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution according to an instruction. The multiprocessor divides the still image into divisional still images with the first resolution. The display device includes a display module, a scaling processor, a restoration processor, and a blend processor. The scaling processor scales the moving image with the first resolution. The restoration processor restores the divisional still images to the original still image. The blend processor displays the moving image and the still image with the second resolution on the display module.
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to output a still image and a moving image with a first resolution;
a display device configured to be capable of displaying the still image and the moving image with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; and
a transmission module configured to transmit the still image and the moving image with the first resolution between the receiver and the display device, wherein
the receiver comprises
a video receiver configured to receive a video signal from outside,
a video processor configured to convert the video signal to a moving image with the first resolution and output the moving image,
a storage module to store positional information indicating a position to display a still image with the second resolution on the moving image displayed on the display device;
a graphics processor configured to output the still image with the second resolution in response to an instruction from outside, and output the positional information stored in the storage module, and
a multiprocessor configured to divide the still image with the second resolution to generate divisional still images with the first resolution, output the generated divisional still images and the moving image with the first resolution frame by frame, obtain divisional image positional information indicating a position to display each of the divisional still images on the moving image to be displayed on the display device based on the positional information, and output the divisional image positional information,
the display device comprises
a display module configured to display the moving image and an superimposed image of the moving image and the still image with the second resolution,
a scaling processor configured to convert the first resolution of the moving image to the second resolution,
a video storage module to store a previous frame moving image, the previous frame moving image being a frame of the moving image with the second resolution output from the scaling processor,
a restoration processor configured to obtain the positional information based on the divisional image positional information, and restore the divisional still images to the still image with the second resolution based on the divisional image positional information,
a blend processor configured to control the displaying by the display module, and
a switching module configured to switch the frame of the moving image input to the blend processor,
the multiprocessor is configured to output an identification signal indicating that the divisional still images are output,
the scaling processor is configured to convert, when determining that the identification signal is not output from the multiprocessor, the first resolution of the moving image to the second resolution,
the restoration processor is configured to restore, when determining that the identification signal is output from the multiprocessor, the divisional still images to the still image with the second resolution,
the switching module is configured to input, when determining that the identification signal is output from the multiprocessor, the previous frame moving image stored in the video storage module to the blend processor, and input, when determining that the identification signal is not output to the multiprocessor, the moving image with the second resolution output from the scaling processor to the blend processor, and
the blend processor is configured to display, when determining that the identification signal is output from the multiprocessor, the superimposed image in which the restored still image with the second resolution and the previous frame moving image are superimposed based on the positional information by the display module, and display, when determining that the identification signal is not output from the multiprocessor, the moving image with the second resolution output from the scaling processor by the display module.
2. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to output a still image and a moving image with a first resolution;
a display device configured to be capable of displaying the still image and the moving image with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; and
a transmission module configured to transmit the still image and the moving image with the first resolution between the receiver and the display device, wherein
the receiver comprises
a video receiver configured to receive a video signal from outside,
a video processor configured to convert the video signal to a moving image with the first resolution and output the moving image,
a graphics processor configured to output the still image with the second resolution in response to an instruction from outside, and
a multiprocessor configured to divide the still image with the second resolution to generate divisional still images with the first resolution, output the generated divisional still images and the moving image with the first resolution frame by frame,
the display device comprises
a display module configured to display the moving image and the still image with the second resolution,
a scaling processor configured to convert the first resolution of the moving image to the second resolution,
a video storage module to store a previous frame moving image, the previous frame moving image being a frame of the moving image with the second resolution output from the scaling processor,
a restoration processor configured to restore the divisional still images to the still image with the second resolution, and
the video processor is configured to specify a static moving image portion and output static moving image portion information indicating a range of the static moving image portion, the static moving image portion being a static portion of the moving image with the first resolution,
the graphics processor is configured to specify an update still image portion, and output the update still image portion and update still image portion information indicating a range of the update still image portion, the update still image portion being a portion updated in the still image with the second resolution,
the multiprocessor is configured to replace at least a portion of the static moving image portion of the frame of the moving image with the first resolution by the update still image portion to generate a composite moving image, and output the composite moving image, the static moving image portion information, and the update still image portion information,
the scaling processor is configured to obtain, based on the static moving image portion information, a portion corresponding to the static moving image portion from the previous frame moving image, and replaces a region corresponding to the static moving image portion of a frame of the composite moving image with the converted second resolution by the portion corresponding to the static moving image portion obtained from the previous frame moving image to output a restored moving image, and,
the restoration processor is configured to obtain the update still image portion from the composite moving image based on the update still image portion information, and replaces an area corresponding to the update still image portion of the restored still image with the second resolution by-the update still image portion obtained from the composite moving image to generate a restored still image.
3. The image processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the multiprocessor is configured to compare the range of the static moving image portion and the range of the update still image portion, and generate the composite moving image only when the update still image portion is smaller than the static moving image portion.
4. The image processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the multiprocessor is configured to compare the range of the static moving image portion and the range of the update still image portion by comparing number of pixels in the static moving image portion and number of pixels in the update still image portion.