IP Library Granted Patent US 9,690,175
Granted Patent B2
US 9,690,175 · App. 14/562,246 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Method of correcting distortion of image overlap area, recording medium, and execution apparatus

Inventors: Hwan Chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Su Ryeon Kang (Goyang-si, KR); Jihyung Kang (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
G03B21/147G03B37/04H04N9/3147H04N9/3182H04N9/3185
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Patent No.
US 9,690,175
App. No.
14/562,246
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of correcting the distortion of an image overlap area. The method includes identifying an overlap area between images projected by a plurality of projectors, obtaining information about the brightness of an image projected on the overlap area, and controlling the brightness of the image projected on the overlap area. Controlling the brightness of the image includes incorporating a transparency variable α into the image, and the transparency variable of an image projected by a specific projector is reduced toward remaining boundaries of the overlap area at a boundary of a non-overlap area and the overlap area.

Claims (22)

1. A method of correcting a distortion of an image overlap area, comprising:

identifying an overlap area between images projected by a plurality of projectors;

obtaining information about a brightness of an image projected on the overlap area;

controlling the brightness of the image projected on the overlap area; and

controlling at least one of a color and gamma value of the image projected on the overlap area so that a color distortion of the image projected on the overlap area is attenuated,

wherein

the controlling the brightness of the image comprises incorporating a transparency variable α into the image projected on the overlap area, and

the transparency variable of an image projected by a specific projector is reduced toward remaining boundaries of the overlap area at a boundary of a non-overlap area and the overlap area, and

wherein the color distortion is generated when color unique to an image projection surface is displayed and mixed with the image projected on the overlap area.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the controlling the brightness of the image, a total sum of transparency variables of the images projected by respective projectors is 1 in the overlap area of the images.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling at least one of a color and gamma value controls at least one of a color and gamma value of each of the images, projected on the overlap area, after the controlling the brightness of the image.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling at least one of a color and gamma value comprises controlling the color by incorporating a color control variable, having a negative correlation with the transparency variable, into the color.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling at least one of a color and gamma value comprises controlling the gamma value so that the gamma value has a negative correlation with brightness information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling at least one of a color and gamma value comprises:

providing a user with a user interface through which at least one of a color, saturation, and gamma value of the image is controlled;

receiving a color, saturation, or gamma value control command from the user through the user interface;

controlling the color, saturation, or the gamma value in response to the received control command; and

correcting the image based on the controlled value.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the controlling the color comprises controlling the color by incorporating a variable, having a negative correlation with the transparency variable, into the saturation control command received from the user and converting the saturation control command and the color control command into RGB.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user interface is provided in order to control the color depending on a Bezier curve.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method of correcting a distortion of an image overlap area according to claim 1 has been recorded.

10. An apparatus for executing a program for executing the method of correcting a distortion of an image overlap area according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
To: CJ 4DPLEX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063086/0682 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: KIM, HWAN CHUL; KANG, SU RYEON; KANG, JIHYUNG
To: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034397/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0152598 · Dec 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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