IP Library Granted Patent US 8,619,123
Granted Patent B2
US 8,619,123 · App. 12/954,483 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Video processing apparatus and method for scaling three-dimensional video

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Patent No.
US 8,619,123
App. No.
12/954,483
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video processing apparatus configured to scale three-dimensional video data including an interleaved image of a first resolution, in which a left-eye image and a right-eye image are alternately disposed in every other scanning line, to a second resolution, can include a left/right-eye image extraction module, an image interpolation module, and a scaling module. The left/right-eye image extraction module extracts a left-eye interleaved image corresponding to scanning lines of the left-eye image and a right-eye interleaved image corresponding to scanning lines of the right-eye image. The image interpolation module generates an interpolated left-eye image and an interpolated right-eye image by interpolating pixels by using the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image. The scaling module generates a left-eye scaling image and a right-eye scaling image by scaling the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image to the second resolution.

Claims (20)

1. A video processing apparatus configured to scale three-dimensional video data from a first resolution to a second resolution, the three-dimensional video data comprising an interleaved image of a left-eye image and a right-eye image alternately disposed in scan lines, the apparatus comprising:

an image extraction module configured to extract a left-eye interleaved image corresponding to scan lines of the left-eye image and a right-eye interleaved image corresponding to scan lines of the right-eye image;

an image interpolation module configured to generate an interpolated left-eye image and an interpolated right-eye image by interpolating pixels missing from the disposition of the left-eye image and the right-eye image in alternate scan lines, by using the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image; and

a scaling module configured to generate a left-eye scaling image and a right-eye scaling image by scaling the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image to the second resolution,

wherein the image interpolation module is configured to generate a first three-dimensional model by using the left-eye interleaved image, to generate a second three-dimensional model by using the right-eye interleaved image, to generate a three-dimensional model wherein the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model are integrated, and to interpolate the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using the three-dimensional model.

2. The video processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image interpolation module is configured to interpolate the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using an immediately preceding scaled interleaved image corresponding to an interleaved image immediately preceding the interleaved image being processed in the three-dimensional video data.

3. The video processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the image interpolation module is configured to generate a first three-dimensional model by using the left-eye interleaved image, to generate a second three-dimensional model by using the right-eye interleaved image, to generate a three-dimensional model wherein the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model are integrated, and to interpolate the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using the three-dimensional model and the immediately preceding scaled interleaved image.

4. The video processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an interleaved image generator configured to generate a scaled interleaved image by alternately disposing the left-eye scaling image and the right-eye scaling image in every other scan line.

5. A video processing method of scaling three-dimensional video data from a first resolution to a second resolution, the three-dimensional video data comprising an interleaved image of a first resolution, wherein a left-eye image and a right-eye image are alternately disposed in scan lines, the method comprising:

extracting a left-eye interleaved image corresponding to scan lines of the left-eye image and a right-eye interleaved image corresponding to scan lines of the right-eye image;

generating an interpolated left-eye image and an interpolated right-eye image by interpolating pixels missing from the disposition of the left-eye image and the right-eye image in alternate scan lines, by using the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image; and

generating a left-eye scaling image and a right-eye scaling image by scaling the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image to the second resolution,

wherein the generating the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image comprises generating a first three-dimensional model by using the left-eye interleaved image, generating a second three-dimensional model by using the right-eye interleaved image, generating a three-dimensional model wherein the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model are integrated, and interpolating the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using the three-dimensional model.

6. The video processing method of claim 5 , wherein the generating the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image comprises interpolating the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using an immediately preceding scaled interleaved image corresponding to an interleaved image immediately preceding the interleaved image being processed in the three-dimensional video data.

7. The video processing method of claim 6 , wherein the generating the interpolated left-eye image and the interpolated right-eye image further comprises

generating a first three-dimensional model by using the left-eye interleaved image,

generating a second three-dimensional model by using the right-eye interleaved image,

generating a three-dimensional model wherein the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model are integrated, and

interpolating the left-eye interleaved image and the right-eye interleaved image by using the three-dimensional model and the immediately preceding scaled interleaved image.

8. The video processing method of claim 7 , further comprising generating a scaled interleaved image by alternately disposing the left-eye scaling image and the right-eye scaling image in every other scan line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2010
From: MIZUTANI, FUMITOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 025422/0799 →