Image processing method and image processing apparatus

1. An image processing method, comprising:

receiving an image according to a first timing signal having at least one first active pixel time period, at least one first horizontal blanking time period and a first vertical blanking time period; and

outputting the image according to a second timing signal having at least one second active pixel time period, at least one second horizontal blanking time period and a second vertical blanking time period,

wherein a pixel number corresponding to the first active pixel time period equals to a pixel number corresponding to the second active pixel time period, the second horizontal blanking time period is less than the first horizontal blanking time period, and the second vertical blanking time period is larger than the first vertical blanking time period.

2. The image processing method of claim 1 , wherein a difference between a pixel number corresponding to one cycle of the first timing signal and a pixel number corresponding to one cycle of the second timing signal is less than a predetermined value.

3. The image processing method of claim 2 , wherein the pixel number corresponding to the one cycle of the first timing signal equals to the pixel number corresponding to the one cycle of the second timing signal.

4. The image processing method of claim 2 , wherein a row number corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period is determined according to the following formula:

H d /V t =M+Q

where H d is a difference between a total pixel number corresponding to all the at least one first active pixel time period, all the at least one first horizontal blanking time period, and the first vertical blanking time period in one cycle of the first timing signal and a total pixel number corresponding to all the at least one second active pixel time period and all the at least one second horizontal blanking time period in one cycle of the second timing signal, where V t is a pixel number of one of rows corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period, where M is a quotient of the division H d /V t and Q is a remainder of the division H d /V t ;

wherein if M is equal to or larger than 1, M is the row number corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period, and if Q is not equal to zero, a remainder pixel number is accumulated by Q and stored.

5. The image processing method of claim 4 , further comprising:

accumulating the remainder pixel number by Q each time when receiving the image according to the first timing signal and outputting the image according to the second timing signal are performed; and

setting M to be the row number when the remainder pixel number is not larger than the value of V t , otherwise, setting M+N to be the row number when the remainder pixel number is larger than the value of V t , and subtracting the multiplication of V t and N from the remainder pixel number, where N is an positive integer.

6. The image processing method of claim 4 , wherein the value of V t equals to a sum of a pixel number corresponding to one of the at least one second active pixel time period and a pixel number corresponding to one of the at least one second horizontal blanking time period.

7. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage; and

a controller, configured to control the storage for receiving an image according to a first timing signal having at least one first active pixel time period, at least one first horizontal blanking time period and a first vertical blanking time period, and to control the storage for outputting the image according to a second timing signal having at least one second active pixel time period, at least one second horizontal blanking time period and a second vertical blanking time period,

wherein a pixel number corresponding to the first active pixel time period equals to a pixel number corresponding to the second active pixel time period, the second horizontal blanking time period is less than the first horizontal blanking time period, and the second vertical blanking time period is larger than the first vertical blanking time period.

8. The image processing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a difference between a pixel number corresponding to one cycle of the first timing signal and a pixel number corresponding to one cycle of the second timing signal is less than a predetermined value.

9. The image processing apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the pixel number corresponding to the one cycle of the first timing signal equals to the pixel number corresponding to the one cycle of the second timing signal.

10. The image processing apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller determines a row number corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period according to the following formula:

H d /V t =M+Q

where H d is a difference between a total pixel number corresponding to all the at least one first active pixel time period, all the at least one first horizontal blanking time period, and the first vertical blanking time period in one cycle of the first timing signal and a total pixel number corresponding to all the at least one second active pixel time period and all the at least one second horizontal blanking time period in one cycle of the second timing signal, where V t is a pixel number of one of rows corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period, where M is a quotient of the division H d /V t and Q is a remainder of the division H d /V t ;

wherein if M is equal to or larger than 1, M is the row number corresponding to the second vertical blanking time period, and if Q is not equal to zero, a remainder pixel number is accumulated by Q and stored.

11. The image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to accumulate the remainder pixel number by Q each time when receiving the image according to the first timing signal and outputting the image according to the second timing signal are performed; and set M to be the row number when the remainder pixel number is not larger than the value of V t , otherwise, setting M+N to be the row number when the remainder pixel number is larger than the value of V t , and subtracting the multiplication of V t and N from the remainder pixel number, where N is an positive integer.

12. The image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the value of V t equals to a sum of a pixel number corresponding to one of the at least one second active pixel time period and a pixel number corresponding to one of the at least one second horizontal blanking time period.