DECODER, PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF

• US 20120194640A1
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optoma Corporation
• Original Assignee: Optoma Corporation
• Inventors: Chung, Yau Wing, Lu, Yi-Chun
• Granted Patent: US 9,077,983 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/363 using image projection screens volumetric display H04N13/388
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof

Abstract

A decoder, a projecting system, and a method for processing an image thereof are provided. The decoder is adapted to the projecting system having a projecting module and a shutter glass. The decoder includes a decoding circuit and an indicating unit. The projecting module outputs a frame turning control signal to the shutter glass. The decoding circuit receives and decodes a three-dimensional (3D) video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data to the projecting module. The indicating unit is coupled to the decoding circuit and correspondingly produces an indicating signal when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data.

Claims

1. A decoder, adapted for a projecting system, wherein the projecting system has a projecting module and a shutter glass, the projecting module outputs a frame turning control signal to the shutter glass, the decoder comprising:

a decoding circuit, configured to receive and decode a three-dimensional video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data, and output the first image data and the second image data to the projecting module; and

an indicating unit, coupled to the decoding circuit, and produces an indicating signal correspondingly when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data.

2. The decoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the decoding circuit correspondingly produces an image status signal according to one of the first image data and the second image data output by the decoding circuit, and the indicating unit receives the image status signal to correspondingly produce the indicating signal.

3. The decoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indicating unit comprises a first light emitting element configured to emit light according to the image status signal when the decoding circuit outputs the first image data.

4. The decoder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the indicating unit further comprises a second light emitting element configured to emit light according to the image status signal when the decoding circuit outputs the second image data.

5. The decoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indicating signal produced by the indicating unit is transmitted to the shutter glass.

6. The decoder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shutter glass comprises a first shuttering unit and a second shuttering unit, and an image receiving operation of the first shuttering unit and an image receiving operation of the second shuttering unit are contrary to each other, wherein the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are controlled by turning on or turning off the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit according to the frame turning control signal.

7. The decoder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the indicating signal is configured to indicate that the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are turned on or turned off.

8. A projecting system, comprising:

a decoder, comprising;

a decoding circuit, configured to receive and decode a three-dimensional video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data; and

an indicating unit, coupled to the decoding circuit, and producing an indicating signal correspondingly when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data;

a projecting module, coupled to the decoder, and configured to receive the first image data and the second image data; and

a shutter glass, configured to receive a frame turning control signal output by the projecting module.

9. The projecting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the decoding circuit correspondingly produces an image status signal according to one of the first image data and the second image data output by the decoding circuit, and the indicating unit receives the image status signal to correspondingly produce the indicating signal.

10. The projecting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the indicating unit comprises a first light emitting element configured to emit light according to the image status signal when the decoding circuit outputs the first image data.

11. The projecting system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the indicating unit further comprises a second light emitting element configured to emit light according to the image status signal when the decoding circuit outputs the second image data.

12. The projecting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the indicating signal produced by the indicating unit is transmitted to the shutter glass.

13. The projecting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the shutter glass comprises a first shuttering unit and a second shuttering unit, and an image receiving operation of the first shuttering unit and an image receiving operation of the second shuttering unit are contrary to each other, wherein the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are controlled by turning on or turning off the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit according to the frame turning control signal.

14. The projecting system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the indicating signal is configured to indicate that the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are turned on or turned off.

15. The projecting system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the projecting module receives the first image data to produce a first projecting image, the projecting module receives the second image data to produce a second projecting image, and the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are configured to receive the first projecting image and the second projecting image respectively.

16. A method for processing an image of a projecting system, comprising:

receiving and decoding a three-dimensional video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data; and

producing an indicating signal by an indicating unit correspondingly according to one of the first image data and outputting the second image data by a decoding circuit.

17. The method for processing the image of the projecting system as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

producing an image status signal according to one of the first image data and outputting the second image data by the decoding circuit, and the indicating unit receiving the image status signal from the indicating unit to correspondingly produce the indicating signal.

18. The method for processing the image of the projecting system as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

outputting a frame turning control signal to a first shuttering unit and a second shutter unit of the projecting system, wherein an image receiving operation of the first shuttering unit and an image receiving operation of the second shuttering unit are contrary to each other, and the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit are controlled by turning on or turning off the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit according to the frame turning control signal.

19. The method for processing the image of the projecting system as claimed in claim 18, further comprising:

indicating the image receiving operations of the first shuttering unit and the second shuttering unit to turn on or turn off.