DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY AND TOUCH FUNCTIONS

• US 20100283833A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Original Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Yu-Chou
• Application Number:
  US12/504,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/46
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/27 involving lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/31 involving active parallax barriers involving directional light or back-light sources G02B30/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/243 using three or more 2D image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/302 for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof

Abstract

A digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions is provided. The digital image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a central processing unit (CPU), and a touch display module. The CPU transmits a stereo image to the touch display module. The touch display module converts the stereo image into a multi-image, and then the multi-image is synthesized into the stereo image after being perceived by eyes. When a touch body performs a touch operation on the touch display module, for example, a contact/non-contact touch, the touch display module produces a first or second motion track, and the stereo image on the touch display module changes in real time along with the first or second motion track, so as to achieve an interactive effect of a virtual stereo image during the touch operation.

Claims

1. A digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions, serving as a digital image capturing device for capturing an image of a predetermined object and being touched by a predetermined touch body, the digital image capturing device comprising:

an image capturing module, comprising a plurality of image capturing units, for capturing a plurality of external images of the predetermined object;

a touch display module, comprising a touch panel, a display panel, a stereo image converter plate, and an image switching unit, wherein;

the touch panel is used for recording a first motion track of the touch body during a touch motion;

the display panel is used for displaying a stereo image;

the stereo image converter plate is used for converting the stereo image into a multi-image, and the multi-image is made to generate the stereo image after being perceived by eyes; and

the image switching unit is electrically connected to the stereo image converter plate, for controlling the stereo image converter plate to convert the stereo image displayed by the display panel between a plane mode and a stereo mode; and

a central processing unit (CPU), electrically connected to the image capturing units of the image capturing module, and the touch panel, the display panel, the stereo image converter plate, and the image switching unit of the touch display module respectively, for synthesizing the external images into the stereo image and transmitting the stereo image to the display panel for being displayed, and receiving the first motion track, and enabling the display panel to display a real-time motion of the stereo image according to the motion track.

2. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing units are charge coupled devices (CCDs) or photo-sensitive devices formed by complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOSs).

3. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing module further comprises an image tracking unit, for controlling the image capturing units to track a position of the predetermined object.

4. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 3, wherein the image tracking unit is in a form of an integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the image capturing units, or in a form of firmware recorded in the image capturing units, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

5. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel is one selected from a group consisting of a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an infrared touch panel, an optical touch panel, and an ultrasonic touch panel.

6. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the stereo image converter plate is a light-grating structure or a lenticular sheet.

7. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the multi-image is at least divided into left eye images or right eye images.

8. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the CPU comprises a stereo image synthesizing unit for synthesizing the external images into the stereo image.

9. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 8, wherein the stereo image synthesizing unit synthesizes the stereo image by using a parallax barrier, binocular parallax, or slit source method.

10. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 8, wherein the stereo image synthesizing unit is in a form of an IC electrically connected to the CPU, or in a form of firmware recorded in the CPU, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

11. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel of the touch display module is stacked on the stereo image converter plate, and the stereo image converter plate is stacked on the display panel, so that the stereo image displayed by the display panel passes through the stereo image converter plate.

12. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the display panel is one selected from a group consisting of a twisted nematic (TN) LCD panel, a vertical alignment (VA) LCD panel, a multi domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel, a patterned vertical alignment (PVA) LCD panel, an in plane switching (IPS) LCD panel, a continuous pinwheel alignment (CPA) LCD panel, an optical compensated bend (OCB) LCD panel, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel, a passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED) panel, a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), a plasma display panel (PDP), a surface conduction electron-emitter (SED) display, a field emission display (FED), and an e-paper.

13. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the first motion track is a contact motion track produced when the touch body contacts the touch panel during the touch motion.

14. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the touch display module further comprises a plurality of motion sensing units, for recording a second motion track of the touch body during a touch motion.

15. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 14, wherein the second motion track is a non-contact motion track produced when the touch body does not contact the touch panel during the touch motion.

16. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 14, wherein the motion sensing units are CCDs or photo-sensitive devices formed by CMOSs.

17. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 14, wherein the motion sensing units are infrared sensors for generating appearance sensing signals of different surfaces of the touch body, and the CPU synthesizes the signals into the second motion track.

18. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 14, wherein the motion sensing units are ultrasonic sensors for generating appearance sensing signals of different surfaces of the touch body, and the CPU synthesizes the signals into the second motion track.

19. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing module is disposed on a first surface of the digital image capturing device, and the touch display module is disposed on a second surface of the digital image capturing device.

20. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 19, wherein the image capturing units of the image capturing module are disposed at positions on the first surface in a manner of being horizontally arranged side by side, perpendicularly arranged side by side, arranged at corners, arranged along sides, arranged in parallel at even numbers, and any combination thereof.

21. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the digital image capturing device is a digital camera or a digital video camera.

22. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the stereo image converter plate controlled by the image switching unit has a structure selected from a group consisting of an active lens structure, a lenticular lens structure, an LC lens structure, and an LC barrier structure.

23. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the image switching unit is in a form of an IC electrically connected to the CPU, or in a form of firmware recorded in the CPU, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

24. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the touch display module performs a stereo imaging process in the following manner:

transmitting the stereo image to the touch display module by the CPU;

displaying the stereo image by the display panel of the touch display module;

letting the stereo image pass through the stereo image converter plate of the touch display module;

converting the stereo image into the multi-image by the stereo image converter plate; and

perceiving the multi-image by eyes to generate the stereo image.

25. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 24, wherein the image capturing module captures a plurality of external images of the object, and then the external images are synthesized by the CPU into the stereo image.

26. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 24, wherein the stereo image is pre-stored in the digital image capturing device.

27. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the digital image capturing device performs a stereo imaging touch operation in the following manner:

displaying the stereo image by the display panel of the touch display module;

performing a touch motion on the touch panel of the touch display module by the touch body;

recording the first motion track of the touch body by the touch panel;

transmitting the first motion track to the display panel by the CPU; and

enabling the displayed stereo image to change according to the first motion track by the display panel.

28. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 27, wherein the first motion track is a contact motion track produced when the touch body contacts the touch panel during the touch motion.

29. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 14, wherein the touch display module performs a stereo imaging touch operation in the following manner:

displaying the stereo image by the display panel of the touch display module;

performing a touch motion on the touch panel of the touch display module by the touch body;

recording the second motion track of the touch body by the motion sensing units;

transmitting the second motion track to the display panel by the CPU; and

enabling the displayed stereo image to change according to the second motion track by the display panel.

30. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 29, wherein the second motion track is a non-contact motion track produced when the touch body does not contact the touch panel during the touch motion.

31. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing module further comprises an image tracking unit, for controlling the image capturing units to track a position of the predetermined object.

32. The digital image capturing device with stereo image display and touch functions according to claim 31, wherein the image tracking unit is in a form of an IC electrically connected to the image capturing units, or in a form of firmware recorded in the image capturing units, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

33. A digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function, serving as a digital image capturing device for capturing an image of a predetermined object, the digital image capturing device comprising:

an image capturing module, at least comprising four or more horizontally-arranged image capturing units, for capturing a plurality of external images of the predetermined object;

a display module, comprising a display panel, a stereo image converter plate, and an image switching unit, wherein;

the display panel is used for displaying a stereo image;

the stereo image converter plate is used for converting the stereo image into a multi-image, and the multi-image is made to generate the stereo image after being perceived by eyes; and

the image switching unit is electrically connected to the stereo image converter plate, for controlling the stereo image converter plate to convert the stereo image displayed by the display panel between a plane mode and a stereo mode; and

a central processing unit (CPU), electrically connected to the image capturing units of the image capturing module, and the display panel, the stereo image converter plate, and the image switching unit of the display module respectively, for synthesizing the external images into the stereo image and transmitting the stereo image to the display panel for being displayed.

34. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the image capturing units are charge coupled devices (CCDs) or photo-sensitive devices formed by complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOSs).

35. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the stereo image converter plate is a light-grating structure or a lenticular sheet.

36. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the multi-image is at least divided into left eye images or right eye images.

37. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the CPU comprises a stereo image synthesizing unit for synthesizing the external images into the stereo image.

38. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 37, wherein the stereo image synthesizing unit synthesizes the stereo image by using a parallax barrier, binocular parallax, or slit source method.

39. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 37, wherein the stereo image synthesizing unit is in a form of an integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the CPU, or in a form of firmware recorded in the CPU, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

40. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the stereo image converter plate of the display module is stacked on the display panel, so that the stereo image displayed by the display panel passes through the stereo image converter plate.

41. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the display panel is one selected from a group consisting of a twisted nematic (TN) LCD panel, a vertical alignment (VA) LCD panel, a multi domain vertical alignment (MVA) LCD panel, a patterned vertical alignment (PVA) LCD panel, an in plane switching (IPS) LCD panel, a continuous pinwheel alignment (CPA) LCD panel, an optical compensated bend (OCB) LCD panel, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) panel, a passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED) panel, a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), a plasma display panel (PDP), a surface conduction electron-emitter (SED) display, a field emission display (FED), and an e-paper.

42. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the image capturing module is disposed on a first surface of the digital image capturing device, and the display module is disposed on a second surface of the digital image capturing device.

43. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the digital image capturing device is a digital camera or a digital video camera.

44. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the stereo image converter plate controlled by the image switching unit has a structure selected from a group consisting of an active lens structure, a lenticular lens structure, an LC lens structure, and an LC barrier structure.

45. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the image switching unit is in a form of an IC electrically connected to the CPU, or in a form of firmware recorded in the CPU, or in a form of software read and computed by the CPU, or in a form of an electronic circuit constituted by active and passive devices.

46. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 33, wherein the display module performs a stereo imaging process in the following manner:

transmitting the stereo image to the display module by the CPU;

displaying the stereo image by the display panel of the display module;

letting the stereo image pass through the stereo image converter plate of the display module;

converting the stereo image into a multi-image by the stereo image converter plate; and

perceiving the multi-image by eyes to generate the stereo image.

47. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 46, wherein the image capturing module captures a plurality of external images of the object, and then the external images are synthesized by the CPU into the stereo image.

48. The digital image capturing device with a stereo image display function according to claim 46, wherein the stereo image is pre-stored in the digital image capturing device.