System, medium, and method measuring geometric reliability index for image compensation

• US 20080024684A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jong-il, Park, Han-hoon, Park, Tae-suh, Lee, Yong-beom, Jeong, Moon-sik
• Application Number:
  US11/882,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20080024684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/745
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/74 Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3191 Testing thereof testing of displays in general G09G3/006

Abstract

A system, medium, and method measuring a geometric reliability index, e.g., in image compensation, and more particularly, a system, medium, and method measuring a geometric reliability index in image compensation that can measure a geometric model of a projection surface onto which an image is projected. The system include a pattern generating unit generating first and second patterns, each having a plurality of pattern points for image compensation and the pattern points of the first pattern being different from the pattern points of the second pattern, a pattern transmitting unit transmitting the generated first and second patterns to an image projecting system, a pattern acquiring unit acquiring the first and second patterns projected onto a projection surface by the image projecting system, and a reliability index measuring unit measuring a geometric reliability index of the projection surface on the basis of a variation in position between the corresponding pattern points of the acquired first and second patterns.

Claims

1. A system measuring a geometric reliability index for image compensation, the system comprising:

a pattern acquiring unit to acquire captured first and second patterns as projected onto a projection surface; and

a reliability index measuring unit to measure a geometric reliability index of the projection surface based on a comparison of respective pattern points of the captured first and second patterns and corresponding respective pattern points of corresponding stored first and second patterns.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a pattern generating unit to generate the stored first and second patterns for projection onto the projection surface, each pattern having a plurality of differently positioned pattern points available for image compensation.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a pattern transmitting unit to transmit the generated first and second patterns to an image projecting system for projecting an image on the projection surface.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising the image projecting system.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image capturing system to capture the projected first and second patterns.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

pattern points of the stored first pattern do not overlap pattern points of the stored second pattern; and

positions of the pattern points of the stored second pattern are assigned based on positions of the pattern points of the stored first pattern for generation of a geometric model of the projection surface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the reliability index measuring unit measures the geometric reliability index based upon a comparison of a first geometric model, derived from the captured first pattern and the stored first pattern, and a second geometric model, derived from the captured second pattern and the stored second pattern.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the reliability index measuring unit determines a vector difference between a first vector of a pattern point of the stored first pattern a pattern point of the stored second pattern and a second vector of a pattern point of the captured first pattern and a pattern point of the captured second pattern, and judges whether the measured geometric reliability index fails by comparing the determined vector difference with a reference value.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the reliability index measuring unit determines a distance difference between distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured first pattern and the stored first pattern and distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured second pattern and the stored second pattern, and judges whether the measured geometric reliability index has failed by comparing the determined distance difference with a reference value.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the reliability index measuring unit determines a distance difference between distances of corresponding pattern points of the stored first pattern and the stored second pattern and distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured first pattern and the captured second pattern, and judges whether the measured geometric reliability index has failed by comparing the determined distance difference with a reference value.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the reliability index measuring unit judges that the geometric reliability index of the projection surface has not failed when a variation in position between respective pattern points of the stored first or second pattern and the captured first or second pattern does not meet a reference value, and judges that the geometric reliability index of the projection surface has failed when the variation in position meets the reference value.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein, when the measured geometric reliability index does not fail, the reliability index measuring unit controls an image compensating system to perform the image compensation.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising a message output unit to output a message according to a judgment result of the geometric reliability index measuring unit.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein, when the geometric reliability index fails, the message output unit outputs at least one of a message indicating that the image compensation has stopped and a message that the projection surface is inappropriate.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image compensating system to perform image compensation.

16. A method of measuring a geometric reliability index for image compensation, the method comprising:

acquiring captured first and second patterns as projected onto a projection surface; and

measuring a geometric reliability index of the projection surface based on a comparison of respective pattern points of the captured first and second patterns and corresponding respective pattern points of corresponding stored first and second patterns.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising generating the stored first and second patterns for projection onto the projection surface, each pattern having a plurality of differently positioned pattern points available for image compensation.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising projecting the stored first and second patterns on the projection surface through an image projecting system for projecting an image on the projection surface.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising capturing the stored first and second patterns, as the captured first and second patterns, as projected on the projection surface.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein:

pattern points of the stored first pattern do not overlap pattern points of the stored second pattern; and

positions of the pattern points of the stored second pattern are assigned based on positions of the pattern points of the stored first pattern for generation of a geometric model of the projection surface.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises measuring the geometric reliability index based upon a comparison of a first geometric model, derived from the captured first pattern and the stored first pattern, and a second geometric model, derived from the captured second pattern and the stored second pattern.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises determining a vector difference between a first vector of a pattern point of the stored first pattern a pattern point of the stored second pattern and a second vector of a pattern point of the captured first pattern and a pattern point of the captured second pattern, and judging whether the measured geometric reliability index fails by comparing the determined vector difference with a reference value.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises determining a distance difference between distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured first pattern and the stored first pattern and distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured second pattern and the stored second pattern, and judging whether the measured geometric reliability index has failed by comparing the determined distance difference with a reference value.

24. The method of claim 16, the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises determining a distance difference between distances of corresponding pattern points of the stored first pattern and the stored second pattern and distances of corresponding pattern points of the captured first pattern and the captured second pattern, and judging whether the measured geometric reliability index has failed by comparing the determined distance difference with a reference value.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises judging that the geometric reliability index of the projection surface has not failed when a variation in position between respective pattern points of the stored first or second pattern and the captured first or second pattern does not meet a reference value, and judging that the geometric reliability index of the projection surface has failed when the variation in position meets the reference value.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein the measuring of the geometric reliability index comprises controlling a compensating of an image when the measured geometric reliability index does not fail.

27. The method of claim 16, further comprising outputting a message based on a result of the measuring of the geometric reliability index.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the outputting of the message comprises outputting at least one of a message indicating that the image compensation has stopped and a message that the projection surface is inappropriate, when the geometric reliability index fails.

29. At least one medium comprising computer readable code to control at least one processing element to implement the method of claim 16.