IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE

• US 20140306954A1
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Kao, Meng-Chao
• Application Number:
  US14/146,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20140306954A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/117 the virtual viewpoint locations being selected by the viewers or determined by viewer tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking

Abstract

An apparatus and a corresponding method for displaying image are provided. The apparatus includes a physical camera, a display and a processor. The physical camera takes a first image. The processor is coupled to the physical camera and the display. The processor determines a position of a viewer relative to the display according to the first image, determines a position of a virtual camera relative to a three-dimensional (3D) scene model according to the position of the viewer relative to the display, and controls the display to display a second image of the 3D scene model taken by the virtual camera.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus, comprising:

a physical camera, taking a first image;

a display; and

a processor, coupled to the physical camera and the display, determining a position of a viewer relative to the display according to the first image, determining a position of a virtual camera relative to a three-dimensional (3D) scene model according to the position of the viewer relative to the display, and controlling the display to display a second image of the 3D scene model taken by the virtual camera.

2. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor identifies a target object that moves together with the viewer in the first image, so as to determine the position of the viewer relative to the display.

3. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises at least one angle and at least one distance of the viewer relative to the display, the processor determines the at least one angle according to a position of the target object in the first image, and determines the at least one distance according to a size of the target object in the first image.

4. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an emitter, emitting an infrared, wherein the physical camera is an infrared camera, the infrared causes a plurality of reflected light spots in the first image, and the processor identifies a variation of the reflected light spots caused by the viewer to determine the position of the viewer relative to the display.

5. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises at least one angle and at least one distance of the viewer relative to the display, the processor determines the at least one angle according to a position of the variation, and determines the at least one distance according to a density and/or brightness of the reflected light spots.

6. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position of the virtual camera relative to the 3D scene model is a position of the virtual camera relative to a preset position of the 3D scene model, and the position of the virtual camera relative to the 3D scene model is the same to the position of the viewer relative to the display.

7. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein a virtual window is located at the preset position, and the processor controls the display to display the second image of the 3D scene model taken by the virtual camera through the virtual window.

8. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the virtual camera is a 2D camera or a 3D camera, when the virtual camera is the 2D camera, the second image is a 2D image and the display is a corresponding 2D display, and when the virtual camera is the 3D camera, the second image is a 3D image and the display is a corresponding 3D display.

9. The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor corrects the second image into a shape the same with that of image displayed on the display, and controls the display to display the second image.

10. A method for displaying image, comprising:

taking a first image;

determining a position of a viewer relative to a display according to the first image;

determining a position of a virtual camera relative to a 3D scene model according to the position of the viewer relative to the display; and

controlling the display to display a second image of the 3D scene model taken by the virtual camera.

11. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of determining the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises:

identifying a target object that moves together with the viewer in the first image, so as to determine the position of the viewer relative to the display.

12. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 11, wherein the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises at least one angle and at least one distance of the viewer relative to the display, and the step of determining the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises:

determining the at least one angle according to a position of the target object in the first image; and

determining the at least one distance according to a size of the target object in the first image.

13. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

emitting an infrared, wherein the infrared causes a plurality of reflected light spots in the first image, and the step of determining the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises;

identifying a variation of the reflected light spots caused by the viewer to determine the position of the viewer relative to the display.

14. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 13, wherein the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises an angle and a distance of the viewer relative to the display, and the step of determining the position of the viewer relative to the display comprises:

determining the angle according to a position of the variation; and

determining the distance according to a density and/or brightness of the reflected light spots.

15. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 10, wherein the position of the virtual camera relative to the 3D scene model is a position of the virtual camera relative to a preset position of the 3D scene model, and the position of the virtual camera relative to the 3D scene model is the same to the position of the viewer relative to the display.

16. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 15, wherein a virtual window is located at the preset position, and the step of controlling the display to display the second image comprises:

controlling the display to display the second image of the 3D scene model taken by the virtual camera through the virtual window.

17. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 10, wherein the virtual camera is a 2D camera or a 3D camera, when the virtual camera is the 2D camera, the second image is a 2D image and the display is a corresponding 2D display, and when the virtual camera is the 3D camera, the second image is a 3D image and the display is a corresponding 3D display.

18. The method for displaying image as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of controlling the display to display the second image comprises:

correcting the second image into a shape the same with that of image displayed on the display, and controlling the display to display the second image.