DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE APPLIED TO THE SAME

• US 20120075291A1
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SOHN, Young-wook
• Application Number:
  US13/210,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075291A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/261 with monoscopic-to-stereoscopic image conversion

Abstract

A display apparatus and a method for processing an image are provided. The image processing method includes: extracting an object from an input image; obtaining depth information of the object from the input image; adjusting a size of the object using the depth information; and alternately outputting a left eye image and a right eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted. Therefore, the size of the object is adjusted using depth information of the input image and thus, a user may enjoy a 3D image having more depth and more stereoscopic sense.

Claims

1. A method for processing an image, the method comprising:

extracting an object from an input image;

obtaining depth information of the object from the input image;

adjusting a size of the object using the depth information; and

alternately outputting a left eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted and a right eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the size of the object if a depth value of the object is less than a threshold value, and decreasing the size of the object if the depth value of the object exceeds the threshold value.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises increasing the size of the object if the object is in front from among a plurality of objects and decreasing the size of the object if the object is in back from among the plurality of objects.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the adjusting further comprises:

if there is a gap around the object of which the size is adjusted, filling the gap by interpolating a background area of the object.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the size of the object to a value input by a user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the size of the object to a value predefined at a time of manufacturing.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

generating the left eye image and the right eye image corresponding to the input image,

wherein the input image is a two-dimensional (2D) image, and

wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the size of the object included in the left eye image and the right eye image.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

generating the left eye image and the right eye image before the object is extracted,

wherein the input image is a three-dimensional (3D) image.

19. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 1.

9. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an image input unit which receives an image;

a 3D image representation unit which generates a left eye image and a right eye image corresponding to the input image; and

a controlling unit which controls the 3D image representation unit to extract an object from the input image, obtain depth information of the object from the input image, and adjust a size of the object using the depth information.

10. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controlling unit controls to increase the size of the object if a depth value of the object is less than a threshold value and decrease the size of the object if the depth value of the object exceeds the threshold value.

11. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controlling unit controls to increase the size of the object if the object is in front from among a plurality of objects or decrease the size of the object if the object is in back from among the plurality of objects.

12. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controlling unit controls, if there is a gap around the object of which the size is adjusted, the 3D image representation unit to fill the gap by interpolating a background area of the object.

13. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controlling unit controls to adjust the size of the object to a value input by a user.

14. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controlling unit controls to adjust the size of the object to a value predefined at a time of manufacturing.

15. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein:

the input image is a 2D image; and

the controlling unit controls to generate the left eye image and the right eye image corresponding to the 2D image and adjust the size of the object included in the left eye image and the right eye image.

16. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein:

the input image is a 3D image; and

the 3D image representation unit generates the left eye image and the right eye image before the object is extracted.

17. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a display unit which alternately outputs the left eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted and the right eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted.

18. A method for processing an image, the method comprising:

adjusting a size of an object of an input image according to a depth of the object in the input image; and

outputting a left eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted and a right eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted.

20. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 18.