Method and device for controlling subtitle applied to display apparatus

1. A subtitle control method, applicable to a display apparatus, for dynamically adjusting a subtitle of an original image, the original image comprising a right-eye frame and a left-eye frame, the right-eye frame comprising right-eye subtitle information, the left-eye frame comprising left-eye subtitle information, the method comprising:

selecting an adjusted subtitle display mode;

determining a shift distance of the right-eye subtitle information and the left-eye subtitle information;

selectively adjusting the shift distance according to the adjusted subtitle display mode and a selected 3D depth, such that an adjusted subtitle presented by the right-eye frame and the left-eye frame shows an adjusted subtitle 3D depth; and

determining an original subtitle display mode, comprising:

comparing the shift distance of the right-eye subtitle information and the left-eye subtitle information;

determining the original subtitle display mode as a static display mode when the shift distance is substantially stable; and

determining the original subtitle display mode as a dynamic 3D display mode when the shift distance changes with time;

wherein, the adjusted subtitle display mode comprises a static display mode and a dynamic 3D display mode, and when the adjusted subtitle display mode is different from the original subtitle display mode, the selected 3D depth is generated according to the adjusted subtitle display mode to accordingly adjust the shift distance.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the adjusted subtitle display mode is the dynamic 3D display mode, and the selected 3D depth is associated with a 3D depth of an object in the original image.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the adjusted subtitle display mode is different from the original subtitle display mode, the selected 3D depth is provided by a user to accordingly adjust the shift distance.

4. A subtitle control device, applicable to a display apparatus, configured to dynamically adjust a subtitle of an original image, the original image comprising a right-eye frame and a left-eye frame, the right-eye frame comprising right-eye subtitle information, the left-eye frame comprising left-eye subtitle information, the device comprising:

a subtitle capturing unit, configured to capture the left-eye subtitle information from the left-eye frame and the right-eye subtitle information from the right-eye frame, and determining an original subtitle display mode according to a shift distance of the right-eye subtitle information and the left-eye subtitle information;

a frame processing unit, configured to generate a 3D depth; and

a subtitle superimposing unit, configured to selectively generate an adjusted left-eye frame and an adjusted right-eye frame according to the 3D depth;

wherein, an adjusted subtitle presented by the adjusted right-eye frame and the adjusted left-eye frame shows an adjusted subtitle 3D depth;

wherein when it is determined to change the original subtitle display mode, the subtitle superimposing unit adjusts the shift distance according to the 3D depth; and

wherein when the adjusted subtitle display mode is the dynamic 3D display mode, the frame processing unit generates the 3D depth according to a 3D depth of an object in the original image.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the subtitle capturing unit determines the original subtitle display mode as a static display mode when the shift distance is substantially stable, and determines the original subtitle display mode as a dynamic 3D display mode when the shift distance changes with time.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein when it is determined to change the original subtitle display mode, the 3D depth is provided by a user for the subtitle superimposing unit to accordingly adjust the shift distance.