IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- separating first image data of an image into image data of objects and image data of background;
obtaining feature amounts of objects from the image data of objects;
comparing the feature amounts of the objects with data stored in a database; and
determining front-back relations among the objects using results of the comparisons.
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Abstract
An image processing method to obtain a high sense of depth or high stereoscopic effect for an image and a display device utilizing the method are provided. Image data of an image is separated into image data of a plurality of objects and a background. A feature amount is obtained from the image data of each object, so that the objects are identified. The relative distance between viewer'"'"'s eye and any of the objects is determined by the data of the sizes of the objects in the image and the sizes of the objects stored in the database. The image data of each object is processed so that an object with a shorter relative distance is enlarged. The image data of each object after image processing is combined with the image data of the background, so that a sense of depth or stereoscopic effect of an image is increased.
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20 Claims
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1. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
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separating first image data of an image into image data of objects and image data of background; obtaining feature amounts of objects from the image data of objects; comparing the feature amounts of the objects with data stored in a database; and determining front-back relations among the objects using results of the comparisons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
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separating first image data of an image into image data of objects and image data of background; obtaining feature amounts of objects from the image data of objects; comparing the feature amounts of the objects with data stored in a database; determining front-back relations among the objects using results of the comparisons; processing the image data of the objects in accordance with the front-back relations; and combining the image data of the objects after the processing with the image data of the background to generate second image data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A display device comprising a display portion and an image processing portion, the image processing portion comprising:
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an image data input portion; a database; a means for separating image data of an image into image data of objects and image data of background; a means for obtaining feature amounts of objects from the image data of objects; a means for comparing the feature amounts of the objects with data stored in the database; a means for determining front-back relations among the objects using results of the comparisons; a means for processing the image data of objects according to the front-back relations among the objects; a means for combining the image data of objects after the processing with the image data of the background; a display portion controller configured for generating an image signal from the combined image data and outputting the image signal to the display portion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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