Terminal for increasing visual comfort sensation of 3D object and control method thereof

• US 9,674,501 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2012
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Hyungseok, Park, Sangjo, Lee, Dongyoung, Han, Soonbo, Song, Hyojin, Kang, Donghyun
• Primary Examiner(s): ELAHI, SHAN E
• Application Number:
  US14/406,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,796 Days
• Field of Search: 348 51
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity

Abstract

Disclosed are a terminal for increasing visual comfort sensation of a 3D object and a control method thereof. To this end, a control method of a terminal includes displaying the 3D content on a screen of the terminal. When a specific 3D object included in the 3D content moves in a specific direction on the screen, a rendering scheme of the specific 3D object is changed. The specific 3D object is displayed on the screen using the changed rendering scheme.

Claims

1. A control method of a display device providing a 3D content, the method comprising:

displaying the 3D content on a screen of the display device;

detecting movement of a specific 3D object included in the 3D content, wherein the specific 3D object comprises a first image and a second image, wherein the first and second images correspond to a left-eye image and a right-eye image; and

changing a rendering scheme of the specific 3D object included in the 3D content when the specific 3D object moves in a predetermined direction on the screen,

wherein the changing the rendering scheme comprises;

in response to the detection of the movement of the specific 3D object, determining whether a first portion of one of the first and second images within the 3D content is out of the screen;

removing the first portion and a second portion corresponding to the first portion of the other one of the first and second images when the first portion is out of the screen; and

displaying, on the screen, a changed first and second images of the specific 3D object without the first portion and the second portion, and

wherein the specific 3D object in which the first and second images of the specific 3D object are overlapped with each other is displayed on the screen when a degree of movement of the specific 3D object is larger than a reference range.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the 3D content is a 3D web-page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined direction is a direction facing an edge on the screen from a previous position of the specific 3D object movement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the rendering scheme is performed by changing an image depth of the specific 3D object based on a position of the specific 3D object on the screen.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the image depth is decreased when the position of the specific 3D object on the screen approaches an edge on the screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the rendering scheme comprises:

determining whether or not the specific 3D object is out of a reference area based on the movement of the specific 3D object; and

changing the rendering scheme when the specific 3D object is out of the reference area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the reference area is determined based on a degree of visual fatigue of a user of the terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering scheme is a scheme in which a 3D effect is implemented based on the first and second images included in the specific 3D object, and image centers of the first and second images are positioned on the screen while being spaced apart from each other at a distance corresponding to an image depth of the specific 3D object.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the image center of the first image is closer to an edge on the screen than that of the second image.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing of the rendering scheme is performed by decreasing an image depth of the specific 3D object.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first portion of the one of the first and second images is positioned on the screen based on the decrease in the image depth.

12. A display device comprising:

a display configured to display a 3D content on a screen of the display device; and

a controller configured to;

detect movement of a specific 3D object included in the 3D content, wherein the specific 3D object comprises a first image and a second image, wherein the first and second images correspond to a left-eye image and a right-eye image, and

change a rendering scheme of the specific 3D object included in the 3D content when the specific 3D object moves in a predetermined direction on the screen,

wherein in the changing the rendering scheme, the controller is further configured to;

in response to detection of the movement of the specific 3D object, determine whether a first portion of one of the first and second images within the 3D content is out of the screen,

remove the first portion and a second portion corresponding to the first portion of the other one of the first and second images when the first portion is out of the screen, and

display, on the screen, a changed first and second images of the specific 3D object without the first portion and the second portion, and

wherein the specific 3D object in which the first and second images of the specific 3D object are overlapped with each other is displayed on the screen when a degree of movement of the specific 3D object is larger than a reference range.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the predetermined direction is a direction facing an edge on the screen from a previous position of the specific 3D object movement.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the rendering scheme is changed by changing an image depth of the specific 3D object based on the position of the specific 3D object on the screen.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the rendering scheme is a scheme in which a 3D effect is implemented based on the first and second images included in the specific 3D object, and image centers of the first and second images are positioned on the screen while being spaced apart from each other at a distance corresponding to an image depth of the specific 3D object.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the rendering scheme is changed by decreasing an image depth of the specific 3D object.