Electronic device, stereoscopic image information transmission method of electronic device and stereoscopic information receiving method of electronic device

• US 9,628,872 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tao, Akihiko, Saito, Takehiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Braniff, Christopher T
• Application Number:
  US13/638,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20130021439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,898 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/178 Metadata, e.g. disparity information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/371 for tracking viewers with different interocular distances; for tracking rotational head movements around the vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/378 for tracking rotational head movements around an axis perpendicular to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video

Abstract

Stereoscopic image information (3D information) can be efficiently transmitted between electronic devices at high speed. Using a capability register (Capability Register) of MHL, the 3D information is transmitted between devices. (1) An MHL sink device transmits a “SET_INT command” immediately after changing the 3D information of the capability register, a 3D_CHG flag of an MHL source device side is set to “1” and the MHL sink device notifies the MHL source device of the 3D information. (2) The MHL source device responds ACK. (3) The MHL source device recognizes that the 3D_CHG flag is set to 1, transmits a “READ_DEVCAP command” in which address information of the 3D information of the capability register is added to the MHL sink device and reads only the 3D information from the capability register. Using a scratchpad register of MHL, the 3D information is transmitted between the devices and detailed 3D control is performed.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a register to which function information is written in advance;

a change notification transmission unit configured to, in an event of a change in stereoscopic image information written in the register, transmit change notification to an external device by use of a write burst command;

a read command receiving unit configured to receive a read command and address information of the stereoscopic image information in the register, transmitted from the external device, based on the transmission of the change notification transmitted from the change notification transmission unit; and

a stereoscopic image information transmission unit configured to read the stereoscopic image information from the address in the register that corresponds to the address information received in the read command receiving unit and transmit data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information to the external device by use of the write burst command in a first transmission,

wherein in an event size of the stereoscopic image information exceeds a threshold size, the stereoscopic image information transmission unit is configured to transmit remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information to the external device in a subsequent transmission after reception of address information of the remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic image information includes information of a structure and a video format of stereoscopic image data which can be managed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic image information transmission unit is further configured to transmit the data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information of less than or equal to the threshold size to the external device by use of the write burst command in the first transmission.

4. A method for transmitting stereoscopic image information, the method comprising:

transmitting change notification to an external device using a write burst command, in an event of a change in stereoscopic image information written in a register to which function information is written in advance;

receiving a read command and address information of the stereoscopic image information in the register, from the external device, based on the transmission of the change notification; and

transmitting data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information, read from the address in the register corresponding to the address information received in the read command using the write burst command in a first transmission,

wherein in an event size of the stereoscopic image information exceeds a threshold size, remaining data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information are transmitted to the external device in a subsequent transmission after reception of address information of the remaining data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a change notification receiving unit configured to receive, by use of a write burst command, change notification of stereoscopic image information notified from an external device that has a register to which function information is written in advance,

wherein a value present in a register of the electronic device is set based on the received change notification;

a read command transmission unit configured to transmit a read command and address information of the stereoscopic image information in the register to the external device, based on the change notification received in the change notification receiving unit; and

a stereoscopic image information receiving unit configured to receive, in a first transmission from the external device, data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information, read and transmitted from the register in the external device that corresponds to the read command and the address information of the stereoscopic image information transmitted from the read command transmission unit,

wherein in an event size of the stereoscopic image information exceeds a threshold size, the stereoscopic image information receiving unit is configured to receive remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information in a subsequent transmission from the external device after transmission of address information of the remaining data packets that correspond to the stereoscopic image information.

6. A method for receiving stereoscopic image information, the method comprising:

receiving, using a write burst command, a change notification of stereoscopic image information from an external device having a register to which function information is written in advance,

wherein a value present in a register of the electronic device is set based on the received change notification;

transmitting a read command and address information of the stereoscopic image information in the register, to the external device, based on the received change notification; and

receiving, in a first transmission from the external device, data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information, which is read and transmitted from the register of the external device, corresponding to the read command and the address information of the stereoscopic image information transmitted to the external device,

wherein in an event size of the stereoscopic image information exceeds a threshold size, remaining data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information are received in a subsequent transmission from the external device after transmitting address information of the remaining data packets corresponding to the stereoscopic image information.