Apparatus for processing image signal and method for controlling thereof

• US 8,319,827 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Issued: 11/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Eun-bae
• Primary Examiner(s): JACOBS, LASHONDA T
• Application Number:
  US11/751,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20080151043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: 348 43- 60, 348/E13.062, 348/E13.063, 348/E13.064, 348/E13.068
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/007 Aspects relating to detection of stereoscopic image format, e.g. for adaptation to the display format

Abstract

An image signal process apparatus and a method for controlling thereof are provided. The image signal process apparatus includes a storage unit storing pixel data of an incoming frame image, a scaling filter generating one frame image by scaling the pixel data, and a controller retrieving a part of the pixel data among pixel data of the frame image stored at the storage unit, and transmitting the retrieved pixel data to the scaling filter. As a result, a process of processing a stereoscopic image may be reduced such that deterioration of an image quality may be prevented, and a data processing time may be reduced.

Claims

1. An image signal process apparatus comprising:

a storage unit which stores pixel data of an input frame image; and

a controller which, when the input frame image is a stereoscopic image which is a combination of a left frame image and a right frame image, retrieves a portion of the pixel data of the input frame image stored at the storage unit and transmits the retrieved portion of the pixel data to a scaling unit;

wherein the scaling unit generates one frame image by scaling the portion of pixel data of the input frame image when the input frame image is the stereoscopic image and generates one frame image by scaling whole pixel data of the input frame image when the input frame image is not the stereoscopic image; and

wherein the portion of pixel data retrieved by the controller constitutes one of the left frame image and the right frame image.

2. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller retrieves the remaining pixel data among pixel data of the frame image stored at the storage unit and transmits the retrieved remaining pixel data to the scaling unit, and the scaling unit generates another frame image by scaling the remaining pixel data.

3. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portion of the pixel data retrieved by the controller comprises the pixel data of the left frame image, and

wherein the controller retrieves the pixel data of the right frame image, after retrieving the pixel data of the left frame image, and transmits the retrieved pixel data of the right frame image to the scaling unit.

4. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller groups the pixel data stored at the storage unit, and retrieves the grouped pixel data in an alternate order.

5. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein if the input frame image is not a stereoscopic image, the controller retrieves all of the pixel data of the frame image stored at the storage unit, and transmits all of the pixel data to the scaling unit.

6. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an image analysis unit that determines whether the input frame image is a stereoscopic frame image, and transmits a determination result to the controller.

7. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if the input frame image is a stereoscopic frame image comprising a left image and a right image, the storage unit stores rows of the left image and rows of the right image in an alternating manner.

8. The image signal process apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller groups pixel data of each row of the left image into odd-numbered groups, groups pixel data of each row of the right image into even-numbered groups, and alternatingly retrieves grouped pixel data from the odd-numbered groups and even-numbered groups.

9. The image signal process apparatus of claim 1, wherein, if the input frame image is a stereoscopic frame image comprising a left image and a right image, the storage unit stores all rows of one of the left image and right image, followed by all rows of the other one of the left image and right image.

10. A method for controlling an image signal process apparatus having a processor, the method comprising:

storing pixel data of an input frame image;

retrieving, by the processor, a portion of the stored pixel data of the input frame image, when the input frame image is a stereoscopic image which is a combination of a left frame image and a right frame image; and

generating one frame image by scaling the retrieved portion of the pixel data of the input frame image when the input frame image is the stereoscopic image and generating one frame image by scaling whole pixel data of the input frame image when the input frame image is not the stereoscopic image; and

wherein the retrieved portion of the stored pixel data constitutes one of the left frame image and the right frame image.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieving comprises retrieving the remaining pixel data among the stored pixel data of the frame image, and the generating the frame comprises generating another frame image by scaling the retrieved remaining pixel data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieved portion of the stored pixel data comprises the left frame image,

wherein the retrieving comprises retrieving the pixel data of the right frame image, after retrieving the pixel data of the left frame image, and

wherein the generating the frame comprises generating a frame by scaling the retrieved left frame image and generating another frame by scaling the retrieved right frame image.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieving comprises grouping the pixel data, and retrieving the grouped pixel data in an alternate order.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein if the input frame image is not a stereoscopic image, retrieving all of the pixel data of the frame image stored at the storage unit, and generating the one frame image based on all of the pixel data of the frame image.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining whether the input frame image is a stereoscopic frame image,

wherein, the retrieving comprises retrieving at least a portion of the stored pixel data of the frame image based on a result of the determining.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein, if the input frame image is a stereoscopic frame image comprising a left image and a right image, the storing comprises storing rows of the left image and rows of the right image in an alternating manner.