IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACTIVE SHUTTER GLASSES

• US 20110234586A1
• Filed: 03/24/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: AOKI, Toshimichi
• Application Number:
  US13/070,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/397 Arrangements specially adapted for transferring the contents of two or more bit-mapped memories to the screen simultaneously, e.g. for mixing or overlay G09G5/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/359 Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes

Abstract

The image signal processing device includes: an image signal obtainment unit which obtains a three-dimensional image signal for allowing three-dimensional viewing of images using a pair of active shutter glasses; an output unit which outputs the three-dimensional image signal; a judgment unit which judges whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in a valid state which allows three-dimensional viewing using the pair of active shutter glasses, based on a result of obtaining information from outside the image signal processing device; and a control unit which switches, by controlling the output unit, an output signal from the output unit, from the three-dimensional image signal to a two-dimensional image signal associated with the three-dimensional image signal, when a result of the judgment by the judgment unit indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state.

Claims

1. An image signal processing device comprising:

an image signal obtainment unit configured to obtain a three-dimensional image signal for allowing three-dimensional viewing of images using a pair of active shutter glasses;

an output unit configured to output the three-dimensional image signal;

a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in a valid state which allows three-dimensional viewing using the pair of active shutter glasses, based on a result of obtaining information from outside said image signal processing device; and

a control unit configured to switch, by controlling said output unit, an output signal from said output unit, from the three-dimensional image signal to a two-dimensional image signal associated with the three-dimensional image signal, when a result of the judgment by said judgment unit indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state.

2. The image signal processing device according to claim 1, further comprising

a communication unit configured to receive a predetermined signal from the pair of active shutter glasses, the predetermined signal being the information from outside said image signal processing device,

wherein said judgment unit is configured to judge that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state when said communication unit does not receive the predetermined signal from the pair of active shutter glasses.

3. The image signal processing device according to claim 2,

wherein said judgment unit is configured to judge that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state when said communication unit does not receive the predetermined signal for a predetermined period of time.

4. The image signal processing device according to claim 2,

wherein said communication unit is configured to transmit an inquiry signal to the pair of active shutter glasses, and

said judgment unit is configured to judge that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state when said communication unit does not receive the predetermined signal as a response to the inquiry signal.

5. The image signal processing device according to claim 1, further comprising

a captured-image data obtainment unit configured to obtain captured-image data which is the information from outside said image signal processing device, obtained by capturing an image of a view in front of a screen on which images based on the three-dimensional image signal outputted from said output unit are displayed,

wherein said judgment unit is configured to judge whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in the valid state, according to a result of an analysis of the captured-image data.

6. The image signal processing device according to claim 1,

wherein, when the result of the judgment indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state, said control unit is configured to switch, by controlling said output unit, the output signal from said output unit, from the three-dimensional image signal to an image signal which is the two-dimensional image signal and is for displaying information indicating an occurrence of a state caused by the pair of active shutter glasses not being in the valid state.

7. A pair of active shutter glasses which performs an operation of alternately blocking a field of vision of a left eye and a field of vision of a right eye of a user in synchronization with switching between each of left-eye images and right-eye images which are displayed alternately, said pair of active shutter glasses comprising

a communication unit configured to transmit, during an operational period, a predetermined signal which can be received by a device on a displaying-side of the left-eye images and the right-eye images, the operational period being a period of time during which said pair of active shutter glasses performs the operation.

8. The pair of active shutter glasses according to claim 7,

wherein, when it is the operational period and an inquiry signal is received from the device on the displaying-side, said communication unit is configured to transmit the predetermined signal as a response to the inquiry signal.

9. The pair of active shutter glasses according to claim 7, further comprising

a detection unit configured to detect whether or not said pair of active shutter glasses is in a wearing state which is a state of being worn by the user,

wherein said communication unit is configured to transmit the predetermined signal when it is the operational period and a result of the detection by said detection unit indicates the wearing state.

10. The pair of active shutter glasses according to claim 7, further comprising

a detection unit configured to detect an amount of tilt of a lateral axis of said pair of active shutter glasses with respect to a lateral axis of three-dimensional images based on the left-eye images and the right-eye images,

wherein said communication unit is configured to transmit the predetermined signal when it is the operational period and a result of the detection by said detection unit indicates that the amount of tilt is within a predetermined range.

11. An image signal processing method executed by an image signal processing device, said method comprising:

obtaining a three-dimensional image signal for allowing three-dimensional viewing of images using a pair of active shutter glasses;

outputting the three-dimensional image signal;

judging whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in a valid state which allows three-dimensional viewing using the pair of active shutter glasses, based on a result of obtaining information from outside the image signal processing device; and

switching an output signal outputted in said outputting, from the three-dimensional image signal to a two-dimensional image signal associated with the three-dimensional image signal, when a result of the judgment in said judging indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state.

12. A program recorded on a non-statutory computer-readable recording medium, for controlling operations of an image signal processing device, said program causing a computer to execute:

obtaining a three-dimensional image signal for allowing three-dimensional viewing of images using a pair of active shutter glasses;

outputting the three-dimensional image signal;

judging whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in a valid state which allows three-dimensional viewing using the pair of active shutter glasses, based on a result of obtaining information from outside the image signal processing device; and

switching an output signal outputted in said outputting, from the three-dimensional image signal to a two-dimensional image signal associated with the three-dimensional image signal, when a result of the judgment in said judging indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state.