Method, apparatus and system for adjusting stereoscopic image, television set and stereoscopic glasses

• US 9,082,225 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hisense Hiview Tech Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hong, Ye
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chin, Michelle
• Application Number:
  US13/701,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20130088488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,560 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/205 Image-based rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/122 Improving the 3D impression of stereoscopic images by modifying image signal contents, e.g. by filtering or adding monoscopic depth cues H04N13/128 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/144 for flicker reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/327 Calibration thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/332 Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, apparatus and system for adjusting a stereoscopic image, a television set and stereoscopic glasses, wherein the method includes: receiving and displaying, by a display terminal, a three-dimensional stereoscopic image; transmitting, by a distance sensor, a sensing signal and obtaining a sighting distance between the display terminal and a user according to the sensing signal; and adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance. In the invention, stereoscopic geometrical distortion can be alleviated or even eliminated to thereby improve real experience feelings of watching the 3D stereoscopic display.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a stereoscopic image, comprising:

receiving and displaying, by a display terminal, a three-dimensional stereoscopic image;

obtaining a sighting distance between the display terminal and a user; and

adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance;

wherein when the three-dimensional stereoscopic image is a sphere, an optimum sighting distance d is obtained in the formula of;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance comprises:

judging whether a difference between the sighting distance and the optimum sighting distance is within a predetermined range;

maintaining the three-dimensional stereoscopic image when the difference is within the predetermined range, and adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance when the difference is not within the predetermined range.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance comprises:

judging whether the sighting distance is equal to the optimum sighting distance;

maintaining the three-dimensional stereoscopic image when they are equal, otherwise adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance when they are unequal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance comprises:

comparing the sighting distance with the optimum sighting distance in size, wherein,

scaling up the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to a scaling formula when the sighting distance is larger than the optimum sighting distance; and

scaling down the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the scaling formula when the sighting distance is smaller than the optimum sighting distance.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance comprises:

comparing the sighting distance with the optimum sighting distance in size, wherein,

scaling up the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to a scaling formula when the sighting distance is larger than the optimum sighting distance; and

scaling down the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the scaling formula when the sighting distance is smaller than the optimum sighting distance.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the scaling formula is:

Scaling factor=Sighting Distance/Optimum Sighting Distance.

7. An apparatus for adjusting a stereoscopic image, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive and display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image; and

a detector configured to transmit a sensing signal and to obtain a sighting distance between a display terminal and a user according to the sensing signal; and

a processor configured to adjust the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance;

wherein when the three-dimensional stereoscopic image is a sphere, an optimum sighting distance d is obtained in the formula of;

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured:

to judge whether a difference between the sighting distance and the optimum sighting distance is within a predetermined range, to maintain the three-dimensional stereoscopic image when the difference is within the predetermined range, and to adjust the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance when the difference is not within the predetermined range; and

to judge whether the sighting distance is equal to the optimum sighting distance, to maintain the three-dimensional stereoscopic image when they are equal, otherwise to adjust the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the optimum sighting distance when they are unequal.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured:

to compare the sighting distance with the optimum sighting distance in size to obtain a comparison result;

to scale up the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to a scaling formula when the comparison result indicates that the sighting distance is larger than the optimum sighting distance; and

to scale down the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the scaling formula when the comparison result indicates that the sighting distance is smaller than the optimum sighting distance.

10. A system for adjusting a stereoscopic image, comprising:

a display terminal configured to receive and display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image, to transmit a sensing signal and to obtain a sighting distance according to the sensing signal to adjust the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image; and

stereoscopic glasses configured to receive the sensing signal and to return a feedback signal of the sensing signal to the display terminal;

wherein when the three-dimensional stereoscopic image is a sphere, an optimum sighting distance d is obtained in the formula of;

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the display terminal comprises:

a distance sensor configured to transmit the sensing signal to the stereoscopic glasses and to receive the feedback signal returned from the stereoscopic glasses; and

a processor configured to calculate an interval of time between transmitting the sensing signal and receiving the feedback signal by the distance sensor to obtain the sighting distance, and to adjust the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the stereoscopic glasses comprise:

a distance sensor configured to detect a sighting distance between a display terminal and a user; and

a processing device configured to send out prompt information according to a result of comparing the sighting distance with the optimum sighting distance to prompt the user to adjust the sighting distance.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the processing device comprises:

a calculator configured to calculate a difference between the sighting distance and the optimum sighting distance; and

a voice device configured to send out a voice prompt of the difference when the difference is out of a predetermined range or the difference is not zero.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the processing device comprises:

a calculator configured to calculate a difference between the sighting distance and the optimum sighting distance; and

a display device configured to display the difference when the difference is out of a predetermined range or the difference is not zero.