Method and apparatus for calibrating a tiled display
First Claim
1. In a system for controlling a tiled display system that receives an input video signal, the tiled display system having two or more displays, each manifesting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a viewing surface or screen to form a composite image, the improvement comprising:
- camera means for providing a capture image of at least a portion of the composite image;
determining means for determining if the capture image has one or more non-desirable characteristics; and
identifying means for identifying a transformation function that can be used to process the input video signal and provide processed input video signals to selected displays to reduce the non-desirable characteristics.
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Abstract
A display system that can be calibrated and re-calibrated with a minimal amount of manual intervention. To accomplish this, one or more cameras are provided to capture an image of the display screen. The resulting captured image is processed to identify any non-desirable characteristics, including visible artifacts such as seams, bands, rings, etc. Once the non-desirable characteristics are identified, an appropriate transformation function is determined. The transformation function is used to pre-warp the input video signal that is provided to the display such that the non-desirable characteristics are reduced or eliminated from the display. The transformation function preferably compensates for spatial non-uniformity, color non-uniformity, luminance non-uniformity, and other visible artifacts.
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44 Claims
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1. In a system for controlling a tiled display system that receives an input video signal, the tiled display system having two or more displays, each manifesting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a viewing surface or screen to form a composite image, the improvement comprising:
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camera means for providing a capture image of at least a portion of the composite image;
determining means for determining if the capture image has one or more non-desirable characteristics; and
identifying means for identifying a transformation function that can be used to process the input video signal and provide processed input video signals to selected displays to reduce the non-desirable characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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17. A method for controlling a display system that has two or more displays, each display manifesting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a viewing surface or screen to form a composite image, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a capture image of at least a portion of the composite image;
determining if the capture image has one or more non-desirable characteristics; and
identifying a transformation function that can be used to process an input video signal and provide a processed input video signal to selected displays to reduce the non-desirable characteristics.
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29. A method for calibrating a tiled display system, the tiled display system having two or more displays, each receiving an input signal and each manifesting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a viewing surface or screen to form a composite image, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an input signal to selected projectors to project a number of discrete images, each discrete image having a predetermined pattern with a number of corresponding features;
capturing a capture image of at least a portion of the screen using a camera device;
determining a distortion in the composite image by isolating the location of selected features in the capture image;
identifying a transformation function that can be applied to the input signal of selected displays to at least partially remove the distortion from the composite image.
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37. A method for calibrating a tiled projection display, the tiled projection display having two or more projectors, each receiving an input signal and each projecting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a screen to form a composite image, the method comprising the steps of:
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sequentially inputting to selected projectors an input signal that correspond to a flat field image of a first color for each of a number of luminance intensities;
capturing a capture image of selected flat field images;
determining a distortion in the projection display by examining the captured flat field images; and
identifying a transformation function that can be applied to the input signal that will at least partially remove the distortion from the composite image.
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42. A method for calibrating a tiled projection display, the tiled projection display having two or more projectors, each receiving an input signal and each projecting one of a number of discrete images separately onto a screen to form a composite image, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a physical template that includes a predetermined pattern adjacent the screen;
capturing a capture image of at least a portion of the physical template using a camera device; and
determining a camera distortion that is introduced by the camera device by comparing the capture image with a predetermined expectation. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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