Passive 3D image system and image processing method thereof
View Patent ↗A passive 3D image system includes a passive 3D image display apparatus, a scaling module and a luminance adjusting module. The 3D passive image display apparatus includes N rows of display units. After receiving an original image including N rows of original data, the scaling module merges the N rows of original data to generate a scaled image including N/2 rows of scaled data. The original image is either a left-eye image or a right-eye image. The luminance adjusting module adjusts the N/2 rows of scaled data to increase the luminance of the scaled image.
1. A passive 3D image system, for receiving an original image comprising N rows of original data, the original image being a left-eye image or a right-eye image, N being a positive even integer, the passive 3D image system comprising:
a passive 3D image display module, comprising a polarizing film;
a scaling module, for generating a scaled image comprising N/2 rows of scaled data according to the N rows of original data, wherein the scaled data is generated by the scaling module according to a first original data and a second original data, and the luminance of the scaled data is adjusted according to an average luminance and a larger luminance of the first original data and the second original data; and
a luminance adjusting module, for adjusting the N/2 rows of scaled data to increase a luminance of the scaled image according to the N rows of original data;
wherein, the adjusted scaled image comprises N/2 rows of processed data, and is displayed by the passive 3D image display.
2. The passive 3D image system according to claim 1 , wherein the scaling module merges a (2i−1)th-row original data and a (2i)th-row original data of the N rows of original data to generate an (i)th-row scaled data of the N/2 rows of scaled data, with i being an integer between 1 and N/2.
3. The passive 3D image system according to claim 1 , wherein the luminance adjusting module increases the luminance of the scaled image by adjusting a luma component of a YUV color space of the scaled data.
4. The passive 3D image system according to claim 1 , wherein the scaled data is generated by the scaling module according to a first original data and a second original data, the first original data has a first luminance Y 1 , the second original data has a second luminance Y 2 , the processed data of the scaled image correspondingly has a processed luminance Yc, and the luminance adjusting module increases the luminance of the scaled image according to the following equation:
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where, w 1 and w 2 are weighting coefficients with a sum equal to 1.
5. The passive 3D image system according to claim 4 , wherein the weighting coefficients w 1 and w 2 are associated with neighboring images respectively corresponding to the first original data and the second original data.
6. An image processing apparatus, for operating with a passive 3D image display apparatus comprising a polarizing film, the image processing apparatus receiving an original image comprising N rows of original data, the original image being a left-eye image or a right-eye image, N being a positive even integer, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a scaling module, for generating a scaled image comprising N/2 rows of scaled data according to the N rows of original data, wherein the scaled data is generated by the scaling module according to a first original data and a second original data, and the luminance of the scaled data is adjusted according to an average luminance and a larger luminance of the first original data and the second original data; and
a luminance adjusting module, for adjusting the N/2 rows of scaled data to increase a luminance of the scaled image according to the N rows of original data;
wherein, the scaled image comprises N/2 rows of processed data, and is displayed by the passive 3D image display module.
7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the scaling module merges a (2i−1)th-row original data and a (2i)th-row original data of the N rows of original data to generate an (i)th-row scaled data of the N/2 rows of scaled data, with i being an integer between 1 and N/2.
8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the luminance adjusting module increases the luminance of the scaled image by adjusting a luma component of a YUV color space of the scaled data.
9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the scaled data is generated by the scaling module according to a first original data and a second original data, the first original data has a first luminance Y 1 , the second original data has a second luminance Y 2 , and the processed data of the scaled image correspondingly has a processed luminance Yc, and the luminance adjusting module increases the luminance of the scaled image according to the following equation:
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wherein, w 1 and w 2 are weighting coefficients with a sum equal to 1.
10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the weighting coefficients w 1 and w 2 are associated with neighboring images respectively corresponding to the first original data and the second original data.
11. An image processing method, applied to a passive 3D image display apparatus comprising a polarizing film, the image processing method comprising:
a) receiving an original image comprising N rows of original data, the original image being a left-eye image or a right-eye image;
b) scaling the N rows of original data to generate a scaled image comprising N/2 rows of scaled data generated according to a first original data and a second original data and the luminance of the scaled data is adjusted according to an average luminance and a larger luminance of the first original data and the second original data; and
c) adjusting the N/2 rows of scaled data to increase a luminance of the scaled image according to the N rows of original data, the adjusted scaled image comprising N/2 rows of processed data.
12. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein Step (b) comprises merging a (2i−1)th-row original data and a (2i)th-row original data of the N rows of original data to generate an (i)th-row scaled data of the N/2 rows of scaled data, with i being an integer between 1 and N/2.
13. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein Step (c) comprises increasing the luminance of the scaled image by adjusting a luma component of a YUV color space of the scaled data.
14. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the scaled data is generated according to a first original data and a second original data, the first original data has a first luminance Y 1 , the second original data has a second luminance Y 2 , and the processed data of the scaled image correspondingly has a processed luminance Yc, and the luminance adjusting module increases the luminance of the scaled image according to the following equation:
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2
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×
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with w 1 and w 2 being weighting coefficients with a sum equal to 1.
15. The image processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the weighting coefficients w 1 and w 2 are associated with neighboring images respectively corresponding to the first original data and the second original data.