Method of controlling stereo convergence and stereo image processor using the same
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1. A method of controlling a stereo convergence, the method comprising:
- storing a setup specification information according to preferences of a user, the setup specification information including a plurality of distance ranges;
detecting a plurality of objects from a stereo image comprising a left eye image and a right eye image;
grouping the plurality of objects into a plurality of object groups according to the setup specification information, each of the plurality of object groups corresponding to a different one of the plurality of distance ranges;
selecting one of the plurality of object groups as a selected object group based on the plurality of distance ranges indicated by the setup specification information; and
moving at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image of the stereo image to adjust convergence of the selected object group or to adjust convergence of a setup area comprising the selected object group in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, or in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction,wherein the plurality of objects are grouped based on distances between an imaging surface of a camera and the plurality of objects.
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A method of controlling a stereo convergence and an image processor using the method are provided. The method includes: detecting objects from a stereo image; grouping the detected objects into at least one or more objects according to setup specification information; and moving at least one of left and right eye images of a stereo image of the grouping or a setup area including the grouping in a horizontal or vertical direction or in the horizontal and vertical directions.
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1. A method of controlling a stereo convergence, the method comprising:
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storing a setup specification information according to preferences of a user, the setup specification information including a plurality of distance ranges; detecting a plurality of objects from a stereo image comprising a left eye image and a right eye image; grouping the plurality of objects into a plurality of object groups according to the setup specification information, each of the plurality of object groups corresponding to a different one of the plurality of distance ranges; selecting one of the plurality of object groups as a selected object group based on the plurality of distance ranges indicated by the setup specification information; and moving at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image of the stereo image to adjust convergence of the selected object group or to adjust convergence of a setup area comprising the selected object group in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, or in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, wherein the plurality of objects are grouped based on distances between an imaging surface of a camera and the plurality of objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system on chip comprising:
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a memory which stores setup specification information according to preferences of a user and image data, the setup specification information including a plurality of distance ranges; an object detector which detects a plurality of objects from a stereo image comprising a left eye image and a right eye image; an object classifier which groups the plurality of objects that are detected from the stereo image into a plurality of object groups according to the setup specification information, each of the plurality of object groups corresponding to a different one of the plurality of distance ranges; a convergence adjustment area determiner that selects one or more of the plurality of object groups from among the plurality of object groups as selected one or more object groups based on the plurality of distance ranges indicated by the setup specification information; and a convergence adjuster which moves at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image of the stereo image in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, or in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, to adjust a convergence of at least one object in the selected one or more object groups, wherein the object classifier classifies the plurality of objects into the plurality of object groups based on distances between an imaging surface of a camera and the plurality of objects. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling a stereo convergence, the method comprising:
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storing specification information according to preferences of a user, the specification information including a plurality of distance ranges; detecting one or more first objects in a left eye image of a stereo image, and one or more second objects in a right eye image of the stereo image; grouping the one or more first objects and the one or more second objects into a plurality of object groups according to the specification information and characteristics of the one or more first objects and the one or more second objects, each of the plurality of object groups comprising a first object from the left eye image and a second object from the right eye image, and each of the plurality of object groups corresponding to a different one of the plurality of distance ranges; selecting one of the one or more object groups from among the plurality of object groups as a selected object group based on the plurality of distance ranges indicated by the specification information; determining feature points (FPs) of objects in the selected object group; determining disparity vectors (DVs) with respect to the FPs; and moving the left eye image with respect to the right eye image in order to adjust the DVs of at least one object in the selected object group, wherein the one or more first objects and the one or more second objects that are detected are grouped based on distances between an imaging surface of a camera and the one or more first objects and the one or more second objects. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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