IP Library Granted Patent US 9,172,941
Granted Patent B2
US 9,172,941 · App. 13/154,718 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Moving image processing device and moving image processing method

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Patent No.
US 9,172,941
App. No.
13/154,718
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving image processing device is configured such that a frame data acquisition unit configured to acquire frame data in which a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye are arranged across an active space. An image processing unit configured to subject the frame data to image processing. An active space setting unit configured to identify the position of the active space processed by the image processing unit and to set the pixel values of the active space to be fixed values.

Claims (23)

1. A moving image processing device comprising:

a frame data acquisition unit configured to acquire frame data in which a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye are arranged across an active space;

an image processing unit configured to subject the frame data to image processing; and

an active space setting unit configured to identify the position of the active space processed by the image processing unit and to set the pixel values of the active space to be fixed values,

wherein the position of the active space is determined using a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal,

wherein the fixed active space values are used to display the parallax image regardless of a distorted active space value that is determined during image processing, and

wherein the active space setting unit sets the pixel values of the active space to be fixed values after the image processing unit has subjected the frame data to image processing.

2. The moving image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the active space is a rectangular area sharing a side with the parallax image for the left eye and a side with the parallax image for the right eye, respectively, and a horizontal blank and a vertical blank are provided around the frame data, the active space setting unit successively processes the frame data in units of pixels and identifies the position of the active space based on a data-enabled signal indicating that pixels of the frame data are input, the length of the parallax image, and the length of a side of the active space.

3. The moving image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a database configured both to store a video identification signal, defined according to the size of the parallax image for the left eye and the size of the parallax image for the right eye, and to store the position of the active space within the frame data, mapping the video identification signal to the position, and wherein the active space setting unit identifies the position of the active space by acquiring the video identification signal and referring to the database.

4. A moving image processing method configured to cause a process to perform a process comprising:

acquiring frame data in which a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye are arranged across an active space;

subjecting the frame data to image processing;

and identifying the position of the active space in the frame data subjected to image processing and setting the pixel values of the active space to be a fixed value for all frame data subject to image processing.

wherein the position of the active space is determined using a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and

wherein the pixel values of the active space are set to be fixed values the frame data as been subjected to image processing.

5. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a module to acquire frame data in which a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye are arranged across an active space;

a module to subject the frame data to image processing; and

a module configured to identify the position of the active space in the frame data subjected to image processing and to set the pixel values of the active space to be fixed values,

wherein the pixel values of the active space are set after image processing to avoid distortion of the active space,

wherein the position of the active space is determined using a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and

wherein the pixel values of the active space are set to be fixed values the frame data has been subjected to image processing.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2015
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036334/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2011
From: SUGIMURA, AKIHIRO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 026673/0305 →