VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120075418A1
• Filed: 04/27/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jung-su, OH, Keum-yong, JUNG, Da-na
• Granted Patent: US 8,810,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/167 Synchronising or controlling image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application

Abstract

Disclosed are a video processing apparatus, a content providing server, and control methods thereof. The video processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a two-dimensional (2D) video signal; a communication unit which communicates with a content providing server providing a supplementary video signal for a three-dimensional (3D) video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal; a signal processor which processes the 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal; and a controller which controls the communication unit to receive the supplementary video signal corresponding to the received 2D video signal from the content providing server, and the signal processor to generate the 3D video signal based on the received supplementary video signal and the received 2D video signal. Accordingly, it is possible to generate and reproduce the 3D video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal.

Claims

1. A video processing apparatus comprising:

a receiver which receives a two-dimensional (2D) video signal;

a communication unit which communicates with a content providing server providing a supplementary video signal for a three-dimensional (3D) video signal corresponding to the received 2D video signal;

a signal processor which processes the received 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal; and

a controller which controls the communication unit to receive the supplementary video signal corresponding to the received 2D video signal from the content providing server, and the signal processor to generate the 3D video signal based on the received supplementary video signal and the received 2D video signal.

2. The video processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signal processor generates a 3D video signal by using the received 2D video signal as one of a left-eye video signal and a right-eye video signal, and using the received supplementary video signal as another one of the left-eye video signal and the right-eye video signal.

3. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the signal processor comprises:

a first decoder which decodes the received 2D video signal; and

a second decoder which decodes the received supplementary video signal.

4. The video processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the signal processor extracts information used for synchronization from the decoded 2D video signal and the decoded supplementary video signal, respectively, and synchronizes the 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal to be displayed as a 3D image in accordance with the extracted information.

5. The video processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a synchronous signal generator which generates a synchronous signal for opening and closing shutters of shutter glasses according to the extracted information used for the synchronization.

6. The video processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the communication unit to transmit at least one of information about the video processing apparatus and information about the received 2D video signal when requesting the supplementary video signal from the content providing server.

7. The video processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an encrypting unit,

wherein the controller controls the encrypting unit to encrypt at least one of the information about the video processing apparatus and the information about the received 2D video signal, and controls the communication unit to transmit the encrypted information.

8. The video processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller outputs user notification information about use of the supplementary video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal.

9. The video processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a display unit which displays the user notification information.

10. The video processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a user input unit which receives a user input in response to the displayed user notification information,

wherein the controller controls the communication unit to receive the supplementary video signal when the received user input is for approving the use of the supplementary video signal through the user input unit.

11. A content providing server comprising:

a communication unit which communicates with an external video processing apparatus; and

a controller which controls the communication unit to select a supplementary video signal from among at least one supplementary video signal and to transmit the selected supplementary video signal to the external video processing apparatus in response to a request for the supplementary video signal for generating a 3D video signal corresponding to a 2D video signal from the external video processing apparatus.

12. The content providing server according to claim 11, further comprising a storage unit which stores the at least one supplementary video signal.

13. A control method of a video processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

receiving a two-dimensional (2D) video signal;

requesting a content providing server to transmit a supplementary video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal; and

generating a three-dimensional (3D) video signal based on the 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal received in response to the requesting.

14. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the generating the 3D video signal comprises generating the 3D video signal by using the received 2D video signal as one of a left-eye video signal and a right-eye video signal and the received supplementary video signal as another one of the left-eye video signal and the right-eye video signal.

15. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the generating the 3D video signal comprises decoding the received 2D video signal and the received supplementary video signal, respectively.

16. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the generating the 3D video signal comprises:

extracting information used for synchronization from the decoded 2D video signal and the decoded supplementary video signal, respectively; and

synchronizing the 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal to be displayed as a 3D image in accordance with the extracted information.

17. The control method according to claim 16, further comprising generating a synchronous signal for opening and closing shutters of shutter glasses according to the extracted information used for the synchronization.

18. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the requesting the supplementary video signal comprises transmitting at least one of information about the video processing apparatus and information about the received 2D video signal when requesting the supplementary video signal.

19. The control method according to claim 18, further comprising encrypting at least one of the information about the video processing apparatus and the information about the received 2D video signal.

20. The control method according to claim 19, further comprising outputting user notification information about use of the supplementary video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal.

21. The control method according to claim 20, further comprising:

displaying the user notification information; and

receiving the supplementary video signal when receiving a user'"'"'s input for approving the use of the supplementary video signal in response to the displayed user notification information.

22. A control method of a content providing server, the control method comprising:

receiving a request from an external video processing apparatus to provide a supplementary video signal for generating a 3D video signal corresponding to a 2D video signal; and

selecting, from among at least one supplementary video signal, the supplementary video signal corresponding to the received request and transmitting the selected supplementary video signal to the external video processing apparatus.

23. The control method according to claim 22, further comprising storing the at least one supplementary video signal.

24. The control method according to claim 22, wherein:

the request comprises information about at least one of the external video processing apparatus and the 2D video signal; and

the selecting the supplementary video signal comprises;

determining, based on the information about at least one of the external video processing apparatus and the 2D video signal, whether the at least one supplemental video signal comprises the supplemental video signal corresponding the 2D video signal,

transmitting, to the external video processing apparatus, a notification that the at least one supplemental video signal comprises the supplemental video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal if the at least one supplemental video signal is determined to comprise the supplemental video signal corresponding the 2D video signal, and

transmitting the supplementary video signal to the external video processing apparatus in response to a request for the supplementary video signal from the external video processing apparatus that has received the transmitted notification.

25. A video processing system comprising:

a video processing apparatus which receives a two-dimensional (2D) video signal, transmits a request for a supplementary video signal used to generate a three-dimensional (3D) video signal corresponding to the received 2D video signal, and, if the supplementary video signal is received in response to the transmitted request, generates the 3D video signal based on the received supplementary video signal and the received 2D video signal; and

a content providing server which receives the request from the video processing apparatus, determines, according to the received request, whether the supplementary video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal exists among at least one supplementary video signal, and, if the supplementary video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal exists, transmits the supplementary video signal to the video processing apparatus.