IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20120062551A1
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Hyungnam, Jang, Saehun, Kim, Uniyoung
• Application Number:
  US13/197,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20120062551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• 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 13/332 Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking

Abstract

An image display apparatus and a method for operating an image display apparatus are provided. Optimized image quality setting values (or configuration values) may be applied so that content may be more correctly and conveniently used, thereby improving user convenience.

Claims

1. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:

determining information regarding an arrangement of a display;

setting an image quality setting value based on the determined information; and

displaying a perceived three-dimensional (3D) image on the display based on the set image quality setting value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining information regarding an arrangement of the display includes determining a slope of the display.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the image quality setting value includes at least one of a contrast ratio, a brightness, a sharpness, a color saturation, and a 3D rendering setting value.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein setting the image quality setting value includes increasing at least one setting value from previous image quality setting values when an inclination angle corresponding to the determined slope is less than a predetermined angle.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein setting the image quality setting value includes setting at least one setting value to a higher value when the determined slope of the display decreases from a previous value.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining information regarding an arrangement of the display includes determining an arrangement state of the display.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising displaying a setting menu window, the setting menu window including information for setting at least one image quality setting value.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein setting the image quality setting value includes setting the image quality setting value based on the displayed setting menu window.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein displaying the setting menu window includes displaying information related to image quality setting values.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the image quality setting value includes at least one of a contrast ratio, a brightness, a sharpness, a color saturation, color, and a 3D rendering setting value.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting menu window includes further information associated with the arrangement state of the display.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting menu window includes further information associated with a detected external environment.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting menu window further includes recommended setting value information based on the determined arrangement state of the display.

14. A method for operating an image display apparatus, the method comprising:

determining position information of a user or a three-dimensional (3D) viewing device;

setting an image quality setting value based on the determined position information; and

displaying a perceived 3D image on a display based on the set image quality setting value.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the image quality setting value includes at least one of a contrast ratio, a brightness, a sharpness, a color saturation, and a 3D rendering setting value.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein determining the position information determining includes information of a distance between the display and the user or the 3D viewing device.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein setting the image quality setting value includes setting at least one setting value to a higher value as the distance increases between the display and the user or the 3D viewing device.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein setting the image quality setting value includes increasing at least one setting value from previous image quality setting values when the distance between the display and the user or the 3D viewing device is greater than a reference distance.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the reference distance is determined based on a size of the display.

20. The method according to claim 16, further comprising changing the displaying of the perceived 3D image in response to a changed position of the user or the 3D viewing device.

21. An image display apparatus comprising:

a device to sense a position of a user or a three-dimensional (3D) viewing device relative to the device;

a controller to set an image quality setting value based on the sensed position information; and

a display to display a perceived 3D image based on the set image quality setting value, and the display to change the perceived 3D image in response to a changed position of the user or the 3D viewing device.

22. The image display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the device senses a distance between the display and the user or the 3D viewing device, and the controller sets the image quality setting value based on the sensed distance.

23. The image display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the image quality setting value includes at least one of a contrast ratio, a brightness, a sharpness, a color saturation, and a 3D rendering setting value.

24. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a device to detect information regarding an arrangement of the display;

a controller to set an image quality setting value based on the information detected by the device, wherein the display to display a perceived three-dimensional (3D) image based on the set image quality setting value.

25. The image display apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the device determines a slope of the display, and the controller sets the image quality setting value based on the determined slope of the display.

26. The image display apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the device determines an arrangement state of the display, and the controller sets the image quality setting value based on the determined arrangement state.