METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA AND AN APPARATUS OF PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA

• US 20100238274A1
• Filed: 03/16/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SONG, Keun Bok, KIM, Hak Tae, CHOI, Seung Jong
• Application Number:
  US12/724,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238274A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/061 for resetting or blanking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/122 Improving the 3D impression of stereoscopic images by modifying image signal contents, e.g. by filtering or adding monoscopic depth cues H04N13/128 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/139 Format conversion, e.g. of frame-rate or size
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof

Abstract

A method is provided that includes receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image signal, generating image data from the 3D image signal, wherein said image data includes a plurality of left image data and a plurality of right image data, configuring the generated 3D image data to a 3D format, wherein the configured 3D image data includes black data and displaying the configured 3D image data at an output frequency, wherein the output frequency is synchronized with a shutter glasses.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:

receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image signal;

generating image data from the 3D image signal, wherein said image data includes a plurality of left image data and a plurality of right image data;

configuring the generated 3D image data to a 3D format, wherein the configured 3D image data includes black data; and

displaying the configured 3D image data an output frequency, wherein the output frequency is synchronized with a shutter glasses.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises controlling a power of a backlight unit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of controlling the power of the backlight unit is performed at some part of a period being displayed 3D image data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the some part can be overlapped with a part of displaying the black data.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of controlling the power of the backlight unit is performed by any one of a backlight scanning and a backlight blinking.

6. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:

receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image signal;

generating image data from the 3D image signal, wherein said image data includes a plurality of first image data and a plurality of second image data;

configuring the generated 3D image data to a 3D format;

displaying the configured 3D image data at an output frequency, wherein the output frequency is synchronized with a shutter glasses; and

controlling a power of a backlight at some part of a period being displayed 3D image data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the configured 3D image data includes black data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the generated black data is configured for configured 3D format.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the some part of a period being displayed 3D image data can be overlapped with the black data.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of controlling the power of the backlight unit is performed by any one of a backlight scanning and a backlight blinking.

11. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:

receiving an image signal by a signal processor;

processing the image signal into a left image data and a right image data;

processing the left image data and right image data into a frame;

generating a plurality of frames based upon the frame;

formatting the generated plurality of frames into at least one left frames and at least one right frames;

displaying the formatted at least one left frames and the formatted at least one right frames;

controlling a power of a backlight at some part of a period being displayed the at least one left frames and at least one right frames; and

synchronizing a frequency of a user glasses with a frequency of the displayed at least one left frames and at least one right frames.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the left frames is a frame having black data and one of the right frame having black data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the displayed the formatted at least one left frames and the formatted at least one right frames become substantially black of the black frames of the right frames and the left frames.

14. An apparatus of processing three-dimensional (3D) image data, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving a 3D image signal;

a Frame Rate Converter (FRC) unit for generating image data from the 3D image signal, wherein the image data includes a plurality of first image data and a plurality of second image data;

a formatter for configuring the generated 3D image data to a 3D format, wherein the configured 3D image data includes black data; and

a display unit for displaying the configured 3D image data at an output frequency, wherein the output frequency is synchronized with a shutter glasses.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprises a controller for controlling a power of a backlight unit in the display unit.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller controls to be performed at some part of a period being displayed 3D image data.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller controls the some part of a period being displayed 3D image data to be overlapped with a part of displaying the black data.

18. An apparatus of processing three-dimensional (3D) image data, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving a 3D image signal;

a Frame Rate Converter (FRC) unit for generating image data from the 3D image signal, wherein said image data includes a plurality of first image data and a plurality of second image data;

a formatter for configuring the generated 3D image data to a 3D format;

a display unit for displaying the configured 3D image data at an output frequency, wherein the output frequency is synchronized with a shutter glasses; and

a controller for controlling a power of a backlight at some part of a period being displayed 3D image data.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller controls the configured 3D image data to include black data.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the controller controls the some part of a period being displayed 3D image data to be overlapped with a part of displaying the black data.