STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DERIVING MOTION VECTOR

1 . A stereoscopic image display device comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire stereoscopic image data composed of a combination of “left-eye” image data and “right-eye” image data for allowing a stereoscopic image to be perceived due to binocular parallax; and

a vector deriving unit configured to:

respectively derive correlation values representing correlation strength between each reference-part image data, which constitutes image data in segmented areas of an arbitrary first frame of the stereoscopic image data, and a plurality of objective-part image data, which constitute image data in segmented areas of a second frame different from the first frame of the stereoscopic image data and which are comparative objects to be compared with the each reference-part image data; and

extract, for each reference-part image data, the objective-part image data having the highest correlation value to the reference-part image data, thereby deriving a motion vector between the reference-part image data and the extracted objective-part image data, wherein

the vector deriving unit is configured to derive either the correlation values between the reference-part image data and the objective-part image data, both of which belong to the “right-eye” image data, or the correlation values between the reference-part image data and the objective-part image data, both of which belong to the “left-eye” image data.

2 . The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1 , further comprising

a left-right judgment unit configured to:

judge whether unit image data, which is obtained by compartmentalizing the stereoscopic image data every predetermined pixels, is belonging to the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on synchronous signals inputted together with the stereoscopic image data; and

affix image information representing whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, with respect to each unit image data.

3 . The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1 , wherein

predetermined unit image data constituting the stereoscopic image data has image information affixed thereto to represent whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, and

the vector deriving unit is configured to judge whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on the image information.

4 . A method of deriving a motion vector, comprising the steps of:

acquiring stereoscopic image data composed of a combination of “left-eye” image data and “right-eye” image data for allowing a stereoscopic image to be perceived due to binocular parallax;

respectively deriving correlation values representing correlation strength between each reference-part image data, which constitutes image data in segmented areas of an arbitrary first frame of the stereoscopic image data, and a plurality of objective-part image data, which constitute image data in segmented areas of a second frame different from the first frame of the stereoscopic image data and which are comparative objects to be compared with the each reference-part image data; and

extracting, for each reference-part image data, the objective-part image data having the highest correlation value to the reference-part image data, thereby deriving a motion vector between the reference-part image data and the extracted objective-part image data.

5 . The method of deriving a motion vector of claim 4 , further comprising the steps of:

judging whether unit image data, which is obtained by compartmentalizing the stereoscopic image data every predetermined pixels, is belonging to the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on synchronous signals inputted together with the stereoscopic image data; and

affixing image information representing whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, with respect to each unit image data.

6 . The method of deriving a motion vector of claim 4 , wherein

predetermined unit image data constituting the stereoscopic image data has image information affixed thereto to represent whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, and

the method further comprises the step of judging whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on the image information.

7 . The stereoscopic image display device of claim 2 , wherein

predetermined unit image data constituting the stereoscopic image data has image information affixed thereto to represent whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, and

the vector deriving unit is configured to judge whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on the image information.

8 . The method of deriving a motion vector of claim 5 , wherein

predetermined unit image data constituting the stereoscopic image data has image information affixed thereto to represent whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, and

the method further comprises the step of judging whether the unit image data is belonging to either the “left-eye” image data or the “right-eye” image data, based on the image information.