Display apparatus and associated glasses
View Patent ↗A display apparatus associated with a pair of glasses displays three-dimensional (3D) content. The pair of glass includes a transmitting circuit for establishing bi-directional communication with the display apparatus; and a proximity sensor, which is for sensing whether the pair of glasses is worn, controlling the pair of glasses, and for controlling whether to perform 3D display on the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes an image capturing apparatus, which is for capturing an image, determining whether the pair of glasses is worn, and for controlling the display apparatus and the pair of glasses according to a determination result. The display apparatus includes an image processing module for extracting two-dimensional (2D) content from the 3D content.
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display, operating in a three-dimension (3D) mode or a two-dimension (2D) mode, that displays a 3D image content when operating in the 3D mode, and displays a 2D image content when operating in the 2D mode;
a controller that controls the display to operate in one of the 3D mode and the 2D mode and generates a remote control signal to control a pair of glasses, the remote control signal including an identification instruction requesting for an identification code of the pair of glasses, the remote control signal further including both of audio data to be audibly played by the pair of glasses and vibration data configured to cause the pair of glasses to vibrate;
a transmitting circuit configured to transmit the remote control signal to the pair of glasses; and
a receiving circuit that receives a status signal from the pair of glasses, the status signal indicating the identification code of the pair of glasses and an indication of a power supply status of the pair of glasses that allows the display to show the power supply status to the user by on-screen display (OSD),
wherein the 3D image content carries at least one set of a left frame and a right frame, each set forms a 3D image, and
wherein the display apparatus further comprises:
an image processing module that retrieves the 2D image content from the 3D image content; and
a format converting module that extracts the at least one set of the left frame and the right frame from the 3D image content, and selects one frame from each set of left and right frames to form the 2D image content,
wherein the display apparatus automatically displays the 2D image content when the status signal indicates power supply for the pair of glasses is interrupted, and
wherein the display apparatus is configured to record a plurality of operating parameters for a plurality of pairs of glasses including predetermined audio volumes for speakers in respective pairs of glasses.
2. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the 2D image content is generated according to the 3D image content, and the controller selectively outputs the 3D image content and the 2D image content to the display.
3. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the controller of the display switches the operating modes of the display according to the status signal so that the display displays the 3D image content to match operation of the pair of glasses, from which the status signal is transmitted, and the status signal is related to an operating status of the pair of glasses.
4. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the controller selectively outputs the 3D image content and the 2D image content to the display according to the status signal.
5. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the image processing module further comprises:
a format determining module that determines a format of the 3D image content, with the format converting module extracting the at least one set of left and right frames from the 3D image content according to the format.
6. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the image processing module further comprises:
a scaling module that scales the selected frame according to a resolution of the display.
7. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
an image capturing apparatus that captures an image;
an identification module that determines whether the pair of glasses is worn according to the image to provide an identification result; and
a controller that controls the display according to the identification result.
8. The display apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the transmitting circuit is further configured to transmit a radio signal according to an audio signal associated with image content.