THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to three-dimensional glasses, to a three-dimensional image display apparatus, and to a method for driving the three-dimensional glasses and the three-dimensional image display apparatus. The present invention is a method for driving three-dimensional glasses for watching a three-dimensional image consisting of a left-eye image and a right-eye image, wherein the method comprises the following steps: transmitting glasses characteristic information, including information relating to the opening/closing speed of shutters of a left-eye lens unit and a right-eye lens unit of the three-dimensional glasses, to an external three-dimensional image display apparatus for outputting the three-dimensional image; receiving synchronization information, including information relating to the output periods of the left-eye image and right-eye image, from the three-dimensional image display apparatus; and synchronizing, using the synchronization information, the opening/closing periods of the shutters of the left-eye lens unit and the right-eye lens unit with the output periods of the left-eye image and right-eye image outputted by the three-dimensional image display apparatus. The synchronization information includes information on the time of opening the shutter of the left-eye lens unit, information on the time of closing the shutter of the left-eye lens unit, and information on modes for indicating the type of image outputted by the three-dimensional image display apparatus, and the method for driving the three-dimensional glasses and three-dimensional image display apparatus of the present invention, efficient data communication between the three-dimensional glasses and the three-dimensional image display apparatus is enabled, in order to increase the convenience of a user watching the three-dimensional images and prevent the unnecessary consumption of a battery of the three-dimensional glasses.
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34 Claims
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25. A method for processing a 3-dimensional (3D) content at a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:
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decoding the 3D content including 3D images each of which includes a left image and a right image; generating the control signal for controlling a 3D glasses, wherein the control signal includes sync information including a left lens open reference field specifying a time reference for opening a left lens of the 3D glasses for watching the left image, and a left lens close reference field specifying a time reference for closing the left lens of the 3D glasses; transmitting the generated control signal to the 3D glasses; and displaying the decoded 3D content, wherein the displaying the decoded 3D content comprises displaying the left image and the right image alternately. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A broadcast receiver for processing a 3-dimensional (3D) content at a, the broadcast receiver comprising:
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an image processor configured to decode the 3D content including 3D images each of which includes a left image and a right image; a control signal generator configured to generate the control signal for controlling a 3D glasses, wherein the control signal includes sync information including a left lens open reference field specifying a time reference for opening a left lens of the 3D glasses for watching the left image, and a left lens close reference field specifying a time reference for closing the left lens of the 3D glasses; a communication interface configured to transmit the generated control signal to the 3D glasses; and a display unit configured to display the decoded 3D content, wherein the displaying the decoded 3D content comprises displaying the left image and the right image alternately. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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