IP Library Granted Patent US 9,547,228
Granted Patent B2
US 9,547,228 · App. 14/455,111 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Method of correcting image-overlapped area, recording medium and execution device

Inventors: Hwan Chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Su Ryeon Kang (Goyang-si, KR); Ji Hyung Kang (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
G03B37/04G06F3/1446G09G3/003G09G5/026H04N9/3147H04N9/3182G09G2320/0666G09G2320/0686G09G2320/0693G09G2340/12G09G2360/04
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Patent No.
US 9,547,228
App. No.
14/455,111
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image correction method is disclosed. The method includes at least: identifying an overlapped area in an image projected by a plurality of projectors; determining a difference of at least any one of brightness and color of the overlapped area and a non-overlapped area of the image; and adjusting a factor among the brightness and the color in which the difference is generated.

Claims (24)

1. A method of correcting an image-overlapped area, the method comprising:

identifying an overlapped area in an image projected by a plurality of projectors;

determining a difference of at least any one or more of brightness and color of the overlapped area and a non-overlapped area of the image; and

adjusting a factor among the brightness and the color in which the difference is generated, and

wherein at the determining, a difference of brightness between the overlapped area and the non-overlapped area is determined, and at the adjusting, brightness of the overlapped area or the non-overlapped area is adjusted based on a brightest overlapped area, and

wherein at the determining, the difference of brightness is determined when an acquired RGB information or a sum of the RGB information of the image is smaller than a predetermined number so as to determine whether or not a currently projected image is a dark image close to a black color,

wherein the method further comprises, after the adjusting:

determining distortion of color according to the adjustment of brightness; and

re-adjusting brightness of the overlapped area or the non-overlapped area according to the distortion.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the identifying, an area on a projection surface on which images are overlapped is calculated using image projection area information of each projector stored or calculated in a master device which controls a plurality of projectors.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the identifying, any one or more of coordinates of an area in which images are overlapped and an overlapped degree of the area are calculated.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the determining, the difference is determined for each frame of an image.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the determining, the difference is determined for each pixel of an image.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting includes:

providing a user with a value resulting from the determining; and

adjusting at least any one of the brightness and the color of the image according to an adjustment command received from the user.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the determining, a difference of at least any one of brightness and color of the overlapped area and the non-overlapped area is calculated for each frame, and, at the adjusting, an image projected on a relatively dark area is compensated with the difference of brightness or the difference of image using a result calculated for each frame.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the adjusting, a blur filtering is applied at a boundary between the overlapped area and the non-overlapped area.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at the adjusting, a transparency variable is reflected in an image projected on the overlapped area by each projector.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a chromatic aberration variable is further reflected in addition to the transparency variable.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program for performing the method of correcting an image-overlapped area specified in claim 1 is recorded.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a central processing unit configured to execute a program for performing the method of correcting an image-overlapped area, specified in claim 1 ; and

a storage configured to store information.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
To: CJ 4DPLEX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063086/0682 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033495 FRAME: 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: KIM, HWAN CHUL; KANG, SU RYEON; KANG, JIHYUNG
To: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038865/0932 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2014
From: KIM, HWAN CHUL; KANG, SU RYEON; KANG, JI HYUNG
To: CJ CGV CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033495/0347 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0101354 · Aug 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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