IP Library Granted Patent US 8,599,198
Granted Patent B2
US 8,599,198 · App. 12/923,323 · Granted Dec 3, 2013

Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system

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Patent No.
US 8,599,198
App. No.
12/923,323
Granted
Dec 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plurality of basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate first evaluation values. A statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image is calculated to generate a second evaluation value. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result and the non-3D image. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data and the generated second evaluation value to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image.

Claims (23)

1. A pseudo 3D image creation apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of basic depth models indicating depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures;

a calculator configured to calculate statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image to generate first evaluation values, wherein the non-3D image has depth information supplied neither explicitly nor, unlike a stereo image, implicitly;

a calculator configured to calculate a statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image to generate a second evaluation value;

a combining device configured to combine said stored plurality of basic depth models into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values;

a generator configured to generate depth estimation data from said combination result and the non-3D image;

a shifter configured to compute a ratio between the generated second evaluation value and a prescribed value and shift a texture of the non-3D image in response to the computed ratio and the generated depth estimation data to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal; and

an outputting device configured to output the generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image as a pseudo 3D picture signal;

wherein the shifter compares the computed ratio with a threshold value to generate a comparison result and sets a coefficient depending on the generated comparison result, and shifts the texture of the non-3D image in response to a product of the generated depth estimation data and the set coefficient; and

wherein the shifter sets the coefficient greater than 1 when the computed ratio is less than the threshold value.

2. The pseudo 3D image creation apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shifter sets the coefficient to a fixed value greater than 1 when the computed ratio is less than a predetermined value smaller than the threshold value, and sets the coefficient decreasing as the computed ratio increases from the predetermined value to the threshold value.

3. A pseudo 3D image display system comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of basic depth models indicating depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures;

a first calculator configured to calculate statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image to generate first evaluation values, wherein the non-3D image has depth information supplied neither explicitly nor, unlike a stereo image, implicitly;

a second calculator configured to calculate a statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image to generate a second evaluation value;

a combining device configured to combine said stored plurality of basic depth models into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values;

a data generator configured to generate depth estimation data from said combination result and the non-3D image;

a texture shifter configured to compute a ratio between the generated second evaluation value and a prescribed value and shift a texture of the non-3D image in response to the computed ratio and the generated depth estimation data to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal;

an outputting device configured to output the generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image as a pseudo 3D picture signal; and

a display device configured to use one of the generated different-viewpoint picture signal and the picture signal representative of the non-3D image which are outputted from the outputting device as a right-eye picture signal and use the other as a left-eye picture signal, and indicate a pseudo 3D image in response to the right-eye picture signal and the left-eye picture signal;

wherein the texture shifter compares the computed ratio with a threshold value to generate a comparison result and sets a coefficient depending on the generated comparison result, and shifts the texture of the non-3D image in response to a product of the generated depth estimation data and the set coefficient; and

wherein the texture shifter sets the coefficient greater than 1 when the computed ratio is less than the threshold value.

4. The pseudo 3D image display system of claim 3 , wherein the texture shifter sets the coefficient to a fixed value greater than 1 when the computed ratio is less than a predetermined value smaller than the threshold value, and sets the coefficient decreasing as the computed ratio increases from the predetermined value to the threshold value.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2012
From: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028002/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2010
From: YAMADA, KUNIO
To: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025032/0653 →