IP Library Granted Patent US 11,615,509
Granted Patent B2
US 11,615,509 · App. 16/325,930 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Picture processing method and device

Inventors: Bo Gao (Beijing, CN); Yue Li (Beijing, CN); Tiankuo Shi (Beijing, CN); Yafei Li (Beijing, CN); Wei Sun (Beijing, CN); Zhihua Ji (Beijing, CN); Jinxing Liu (Beijing, CN); Zijiao Xue (Beijing, CN); Xiangyi Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06T3/4076G06T1/20G06T5/006G06T5/50G06T2207/20221
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Patent No.
US 11,615,509
App. No.
16/325,930
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a picture processing method and device, including: an integrated circuit chip IC receiving a to-be-processed picture sent by a graphics processor GPU; the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture; the IC performing counter-distortion process on the pre-processed picture; and the IC outputting the picture which is subjected to the counter-distortion process for display.

Claims (61)

1. A picture processing method, comprises:

an integrated circuit chip IC receiving a to-be-processed picture sent by a graphics processor GPU;

the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture;

the IC performing counter-distortion process on the pre-processed picture; and

the IC outputting the picture which is subjected to the counter-distortion process for display, wherein the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture, comprising:

performing an enlargement process on a low-definition to-be-processed picture;

identifying a to-be-processed region of a high-definition to-be-processed picture according to its data address;

performing low-definition process on the to-be-processed region;

merging a high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process and a low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the IC receiving a to-be-processed picture sent by a graphics processor GPU, comprising:

the IC receiving the high-definition to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU and its data address, and storing the high-definition to-be-processed picture and its data address; and

the IC receiving the low-definition to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process is elliptical or circular.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing low-definition process on the to-be-processed region comprises:

extracting one pixel from the sub-circuit region in the to-be-processed region;

duplicating the pixel within the sub-circuit region to replace the sub-circuit region.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein merging the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process and the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process comprising:

setting the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the central position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence; or

setting the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the human eye tracking position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the IC receiving the to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU comprising:

the IC receiving a to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU, the to-be-processed picture comprising a high-definition region and an edge low-definition region which is subjected to a compression process.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture comprising:

performing an enlargement process on the edge low-definition region of the to-be-processed picture.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the IC performing counter-distortion process on the pre-processed picture, the method further comprises:

a vertical down sampling process is performed on the designated region corresponding to the edge low-definition region in the counter-distortion processed picture according to a preset index;

said IC outputting the picture which is subjected to the counter-distortion process comprising:

said IC outputting the vertical down sampling processed picture for display.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

when displaying the vertical down sampling processed picture output by the IC, controlling a GOA unit to turn on simultaneously a plurality of rows in the designated region according to the preset index.

10. A picture processing device, the device being disposed in an IC, the device comprising:

an image receiving circuit, configured to receive a to-be-processed picture sent by a graphics processor GPU; and

a pre-processing circuit, configured to pre-process the to-be-processed picture;

a counter-distortion circuit, configured to perform counter-distortion process on the pre-processed picture; and

an output circuit, configured to output a picture processed by the counter-distortion circuit for display,

wherein the pre-processing circuit comprises:

an enlargement sub-circuit, configured to perform an enlargement process on a low-definition to-be-processed picture;

an identifying sub-circuit, configured to identify a to-be-processed region of a high-definition to-be-processed picture according to its data address;

a low-definition processing sub-circuit, configured to perform low-definition process on the to-be-processed region;

a merging sub-circuit, configured to merge a high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process and a low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the image receiving circuit is configured to receive the high-definition to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU and its data address, and storing the high-definition to-be-processed picture and its data address; and

receive the low-definition to-be-processed picture sent by the GPU.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process is elliptical or circular.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the low-definition processing sub-circuit is configured to extract one pixel from the sub-circuit region in the to-be-processed region, and duplicate the pixel within the sub-circuit region to replace the sub-circuit region.

14. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the merging sub-circuit is configured to set the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the central position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence; or, set the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the human eye tracking position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence.

15. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture, comprising:

performing an enlargement process on the low-definition to-be-processed picture;

identifying a to-be-processed region of the high-definition to-be-processed picture according to the data address;

performing low-definition process on the to-be-processed region;

merging the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process and the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process.

16. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the IC pre-processing the to-be-processed picture comprising:

performing an enlargement process on the edge low-definition region of the to-be-processed picture.

17. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after the IC performing counter-distortion process on the pre-processed picture, the method further comprises:

a vertical down sampling process is performed on the designated region corresponding to the edge low-definition region in the counter-distortion processed picture according to a preset index;

said IC outputting the picture which is subjected to the counter-distortion process comprising:

said IC outputting the vertical down sampling processed picture for display.

18. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the pre-processing circuit comprises:

an enlargement sub-circuit, configured to perform an enlargement process on the low-definition to-be-processed picture;

an identifying sub-circuit, configured to identify a to-be-processed region of the high-definition to-be-processed picture according to the data address;

a low-definition processing sub-circuit, configured to perform low-definition process on the to-be-processed region; and

a merging sub-circuit, configured to merge the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process and the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process, wherein the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process is elliptical or circular.

19. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the merging sub-circuit is configured to set the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the central position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence; or, set the high-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to low-definition process at the human eye tracking position of the low-definition to-be-processed picture which is subjected to enlargement process for mergence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2019
From: GAO, BO; LI, YUE; SHI, TIANKUO; LI, YAFEI; SUN, WEI; JI, ZHIHUA; LIU, JINXING; XUE, ZIJIAO; CHEN, XIANGYI
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048346/0290 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201711298687.1 · Dec 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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