THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION

• US 20100182404A1
• Filed: 12/04/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KUNO, YOSHIKI
• Application Number:
  US12/631,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20100182404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/43
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/24 involving temporal multiplexing, e.g. using sequentially activated left and right shutters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/359 Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/007 Aspects relating to detection of stereoscopic image format, e.g. for adaptation to the display format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/008 Aspects relating to glasses for viewing stereoscopic images

Abstract

A three dimensional video reproduction apparatus includes a video input unit operable to input a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image; a separation unit operable to divide an image indicated by the signal inputted in the video input unit into two images; a difference extraction unit operable to extract a difference or correlation between the two divided images; a determination unit operable to determine whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image or a signal for displaying a 2D image, based on the output of the difference extraction unit; and a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over an output mode for outputting an image between a 2D mode for displaying a 2D image and a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image, based on the result of the determination by the determination unit.

Claims

1. A three dimensional video reproduction apparatus comprising:

a video input unit operable to input a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image;

a separation unit operable to divide an image indicated by the signal inputted in the video input unit into two images;

a difference extraction unit operable to extract a difference or correlation between the two divided images;

a determination unit operable to determine whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image or a signal for displaying a 2D image, based on an output of the difference extraction unit; and

a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over an output mode for outputting an image between a 2D mode for displaying a 2D image and a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image, based on a result of the determination by the determination unit.

2. The three dimensional video reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an audio input unit operable to input an audio signal relating to the image, and

a scene-change detection unit operable to detect a changeover of an image, based on at least one of the video signal inputted in the video input unit or the audio signal inputted in the audio input unit,

wherein the determination unit determines whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on an output from the scene-change detection unit and the output from the difference extraction unit.

3. The three dimensional video reproduction apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the difference extraction unit extracts the difference or the correlation, when the scene-change detection unit detects the changeover of the image, and

the determination unit determines whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on the difference or the correlation extracted by the difference extraction unit, when the scene-change detection unit detects the changeover of the image.

4. The three dimensional video reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a display unit operable to display an image,

an OSD display unit operable to perform an on screen display on the display unit,

a video output unit operable to cause the display unit to display an image inputted in the video input unit in a 2D mode or a 3D mode, and

a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over the output mode in the video output unit between the 2D mode and the 3D mode,

wherein the OSD display unit performs, on the display unit, an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 2D image, when the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 2D image, and performs, on the display unit, an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 3D image, when the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image.

5. A three dimensional video reproduction apparatus comprising:

a video input unit operable to input a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image;

a determination unit operable to determine whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image;

a display unit operable to display an image;

an OSD display unit operable to perform an on screen display on the display unit;

a video output unit operable to cause the display unit to display the image indicated by the signal inputted in the video input unit, in a 2D manner or a 3D manner; and

a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over an output mode in the video output unit between a 2D mode and a 3D mode;

wherein the OSD display unit performs an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 2D image on the display unit, when the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 2D image, and performs an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 3D image, when the signal input in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image on the display unit.

6. The three dimensional video reproduction apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising

a conversion unit operable to convert the signal for displaying a 3D image which is inputted from the video input unit into a signal for displaying a 2D image and outputs the converted signal when the output mode by the 2D/3D changeover unit is the 2D mode and, the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image.

7. A three dimensional video display system comprising a three dimensional video display device capable of selectively displaying a 2D image or a 3D image, and glasses for viewing a 3D image displayed on the three dimensional video display device,

the glasses comprising:

a switch operable to be closed and opened when the glasses are worn and taken off, and

a transmission unit operable to transmit information about opening or closing of the switch to the three dimensional video display device,

the three dimensional video display device comprising;

a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over the display between a 2D image and a 3D image, on receiving the information about opening and closing of the switch in the glasses.

8. A three dimensional video reproduction method comprising:

inputting a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image;

dividing an image indicated by the inputted signal into two divided images;

extracting a difference or a correlation between the two divided images;

determining whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on a result of the extraction of the difference or the correlation; and

changing over an output mode for outputting the image between a 2D mode for displaying a 2D image and a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image, based on a result of the determination.

9. The three dimensional video reproduction method according to claim 8, further comprising

detecting a changeover of an image based on at least one of the inputted video signal or the inputted audio signal, and

determining whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on a result of the detection of the image changeover and based on a result of the extraction of the difference or the correlation.

10. The three dimensional video reproduction method according to claim 8, further comprising:

extracting the difference or the correlation when an image changeover is detected, and

determining whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on the extracted difference or the extracted correlation, when an image changeover is detected.

11. A three dimensional video reproduction method, comprising:

inputting a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image;

determining whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image; and

performing an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 2D image on a display unit, when the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image, and performing, on the display unit, an on screen display indicative of inputting of a 3D image, when the image indicated by the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 3D image.

12. The three dimensional video reproduction method according to claim 11, further comprising:

converting the inputted signal for displaying a 3D image into a signal for displaying a 2D image, when a mode for outputting an image to the display unit is a 2D mode and, the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 3D image.

13. A semiconductor device for three dimensional video reproduction, comprising:

a video input unit operable to input a signal for displaying a 2D image or a 3D image is inputted;

a separation unit operable to divide an image indicated by the signal inputted in the video input unit into two images;

a difference extraction unit operable to extract a difference or correlation between the two divided images;

a determination unit operable to determine whether the signal inputted in the video input unit is a signal for displaying a 3D image or a signal for displaying a 2D image, based on an output of the difference extraction unit; and

a 2D/3D changeover unit operable to change over an output mode for outputting an image between a 2D mode for displaying a 2D image and a 3D mode for displaying a 3D image, based on a result of the determination by the determination unit.

14. The semiconductor device for three dimensional video reproduction according to claim 13, further comprising

a scene-change detection unit operable to detect a predetermined changeover between video signals, based on at least one of the video signal inputted in the video input unit or an audio signal inputted in an audio input unit,

wherein the determination unit determines whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on an output from the scene-change detection unit and the output of the difference extraction unit.

15. The semiconductor device for three dimensional video reproduction according to claim 13,

wherein the difference extraction unit extracts the difference or the correlation, when the scene-change detection unit detects the image changeover of the image, and

the determination unit determines whether the inputted signal is a signal for displaying a 2D image or a signal for displaying a 3D image, based on the difference or the correlation extracted by the difference extraction unit, when the scene-change detection unit detects the changeover of the image.