VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20130113899A1
• Filed: 05/25/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: MOROHOSHI, Toshihiro, NISHIOKA, Tatsuhiro, MATSUBARA, Shinzo
• Application Number:
  US13/480,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20130113899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/302 for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/368 for two or more viewers

Abstract

A video processing device has a viewer detector to recognize a face of a viewer using a video shot by a camera in order to acquire position information of the viewer, a subscreen display controller to superimpose a live video shot by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device as a subscreen, a viewing area frame display controller to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where the viewer is viewable a stereoscopic video, and a face frame display controller to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame.

Claims

1. A video processing device comprising:

a viewer detector configured to recognize a face of a viewer using a video obtained by a camera to acquire position information of the viewer;

a subscreen display controller configured to superimpose a live video obtained by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device, the part of the display screen comprising a subscreen;

a viewing area frame display controller configured to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where a stereoscopic video is viewable by the viewer; and

a face frame display controller configured to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame.

2. The device of claim 1,

wherein the camera is at a lower center of the display screen of the display device, and

the subscreen display controller displays the subscreen near the camera.

3. The device of claim 1,

wherein a width of the viewing area frame corresponds to an average facial width for the viewer.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a frame storage configured to store one or more types of viewing area frames based on a straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer; and

a distance estimator configured to estimate the straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer based on the video obtained by the camera,

wherein the viewing area frame display controller reads, from the frame storage, the viewing area frame corresponding to a straight-line distance closest to the straight-line distance estimated by the distance estimator, and displays it in the subscreen.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a distance estimator configured to estimate the straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer based on the video obtained by the camera,

wherein the face frame display controller is configured to display the first face frame when the straight-line distance estimated by the distance estimator is within a specific range, and to display the second face frame when the straight-line distance estimated by the distance estimator is not within the specific range.

6. The device of claim 5,

wherein the face frame display controller displays a sign indicating a direction in which the viewer should move when the straight-line distance estimated by the distance estimator is now within the specific range.

7. The device of claim 1,

wherein the subscreen display controller draws the subscreen by supplying two-dimensional image data without parallax information to respective pixels of the display device corresponding to a display range of the subscreen.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a mode selector configured to select a single user mode for adjusting the viewing area when a single viewer is located around a center of the display device and to select a multiple user mode for adjusting the viewing area when a plurality of viewers are located within a field angle of the camera,

wherein the face frame display controller displays the first face frame or the second face frame in accordance with the mode selected by the mode selector.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising:

a video type detector configured to detect a video type of input video data,

wherein the mode selector selects either the single user mode or the multiple user mode based, at least in part, on the video type of the input video data detected by the video type detector.

10. The device of claim 9,

wherein the mode selector selects the single user mode when displaying a stereoscopic video by supplying, to respective pixels of the display device, two-parallax data generated using parallax information or depth information included in the input video data, and enables the viewer to select one of the single user mode and the multiple user mode when displaying a stereoscopic video by supplying, to respective pixels of the display device, multi-parallax data of three or more parallaxes.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a check screen generator configured to generate a test pattern screen including a left-eye parallax image and a right-eye parallax image; and

a viewing area controller configured to adjust the viewing area using the test pattern screen to enable the viewer to view the stereoscopic video with both eyes.

12. A video processing method, comprising:

when a viewer selects, by an operating device, an automatic adjustment option for a viewing area, obtaining an image of the viewer using a camera, estimating a straight-line distance between the viewer and a display device based on the image, and adjusting the viewing area so that the viewer is located within a viewing area where a stereoscopic video is viewable;

when the viewer selects, by the operating device, an arbitrary adjustment option for the viewing area, displaying a subscreen with a live video obtained by the camera on a part of a display screen of the display device; and

displaying a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and displaying a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein the camera is at a lower center of the display screen of the display device, and

displaying the subscreen further comprises displaying the subscreen near the camera.

14. The method of claim 12,

wherein a width of the viewing area frame corresponds to an average facial width for the viewer.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing in a frame storage one or more types of viewing area frames based on a straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer; and

estimating the straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer based on the video obtained by the camera, wherein displaying the subscreen further comprises reading, from the frame storage, the viewing area frame corresponding to a straight-line distance closest to the straight-line distance estimated by the distance estimator, and displays it in the subscreen.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

estimating the straight-line distance from the display device to the viewer based on the video obtained by the camera,

wherein displaying the second face further comprises displaying the first face frame when the estimated straight-line distance is within a specific range, and displaying the second face frame when the estimated straight-line distance is not within the specific range.

17. The device of claim 16,

wherein displaying the second face further comprises displaying a sign indicating a direction in which the viewer should move when the estimated straight-line distance is not within the specific range.

18. The method of claim 12,

wherein displaying the subscreen further comprises drawing the subscreen by supplying two-dimensional image data without parallax information to respective pixels of the display device corresponding to a display range of the subscreen.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

selecting a single user mode for adjusting the viewing area when a single viewer is located around a center of the display device and selecting a multiple user mode for adjusting the viewing area when a plurality of viewers are located within a field angle of the camera,

wherein displaying the second face frame further comprises displaying the first face frame or the second face frame in accordance with the selected mode.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

detecting a video type of input video data,

wherein either the single user mode or the multiple user mode is selected based, at least in part, on the video type of the input video data detected by the video type detector.