Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a receiver for receiving a first image and a second image; a first processor for outputting a third image by using at least one of the first image and the second image; a signal line bypassing at least one of the first image and the second image; a switch for connecting a signal output from the receiver to the first processor or the signal line; and a transmitter for transmitting at least two of the first to third images.
1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a first image and a second image, the second image different from the first image;
a first processor configured to output a third image by using one of the first image and the second image, the third image different from the first image and the second image;
a first signal line bypassing the first processor;
a second signal line bypassing the first processor, the second signal line different from the first signal line;
a first switch connecting the first image to the first signal line or the first processor according to a control signal;
a second switch connecting the second image to the second signal line or the first processor according to the control signal; and
a transmitter configured to transmit at least two images among the first to third images.
2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first processor comprises a convolutional neural network.
3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first switch connects one of the first image to the first processor, and connects the second image to the second signal line.
4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first switch connects the first image to the first signal line, and
wherein the second switch connects the second image to the second signal line.
5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first image is connected to the first signal line by first the switch, and
wherein the second image is connected to the second signal line by the second switch.
6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first signal line comprises a first synchronizing unit, and
wherein the second signal line comprises a second synchronizing unit.
7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transmitter transmits the at least two images to a second processor.
8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the second processor comprises an ISP (Image Signal Processor).
9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first processor performs super resolution (SR) generating the third image having a second resolution from at least one image of the first image and the second image having a first resolution.
10 . An image processing method comprising:
receiving a first image and a second image, the second image being different from the first image;
sending a third image outputted from a first processor and one of the first image and the second image through a respective signal line, when one of the first image and the second image bypasses the first processor and the other one of the first image and the second image is connected to the first processor, wherein the third image is different from the first image and the second image,
wherein the respective signal line for the first image is a first signal line that bypasses the first processor and the respective signal line for the second image is a second signal line that bypasses the first processor,
wherein the second signal line is different from the first signal line, and
wherein the connecting one of the first image and the second image to the first processor and the other bypassing the first processor through the respective signal line comprises:
connecting the first image to the first signal line or the first processor using a first switch according to a control signal, and
connecting the second image to the second signal line or the first processor using a second switch according to the control signal.
11 . The image processing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first processor comprises a convolutional neural network.
12 . The image processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the connecting the first image and the second image to the first processor or respective signal line comprises:
connecting one of the first image and the second image to the first processor, and connecting the other image to a respective signal line.
13 . The image processing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein when the first image is connected to the first signal line, and
wherein when the second image is connected to the second signal line.
14 . The image processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
synchronizing the first image or the second image connected to a respective the signal line with the third image.
15 . The image processing method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the synchronizing comprises:
synchronizing the first image with the third image using a first synchronizing unit, or
synchronizing the second image with the third image using a second synchronizing unit.
16 . The image processing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first processor performs super resolution (SR) generating the third image having a second resolution from at least one image of the first image and the second image having a first resolution.
17 . The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a first transmission channel and a second transmission channel,
the first transmission channel is configured to transmit the first image or the third image, and
the second transmission channel is configured to transmit the second image or the third image.
18 . The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control signal includes:
a first state causing the first switch to provide the first image to the first signal line and the second switch to provide the second image to the second signal line;
a second state causing the first switch to provide the first image to the first signal line and the second switch to provide the second image to the first processor; and
a third state causing the first switch to provide the first image to the first processor and the second switch to provide the second image to the second signal line.