Vehicle display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10869014-B2
Application number	US-201616329453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2016
Priority date	Aug 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus for vehicle including: a display unit configured to include a barrier unit and an image output unit; and a processor configured to output a parallax barrier 3D image to the display unit by implementing a parallax barrier in the barrier unit and outputting a disparity image to the image output unit, and to adjust an open slit ratio of the barrier unit based on an average luminance value of the disparity image.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display apparatus for vehicle comprising:
a display unit configured to include a barrier unit and an image output unit; and
a processor configured to output a parallax barrier three-dimensional (3D) image to the display unit by implementing a parallax barrier in the barrier unit and outputting a disparity image to the image output unit, and to adjust an open slit ratio of the barrier unit based on an average luminance value of the disparity image,
wherein the processor is configured to:
increase a luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image or decrease a crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image, by adjusting the open slit ratio to be in inverse proportion to the average luminance value of the disparity image, and
based on the average luminance value of the disparity image being equal to or less than a first set luminance value, increase the luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image by increasing the open slit ratio based on a difference between the first set luminance value and the average luminance value of the disparity image.

2. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, when the average luminance value of the disparity image is equal to or larger than a second set luminance value, the processor decreases the crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image by reducing the open slit ratio, based on a difference between the second set luminance value and the average luminance value of the disparity image.

3. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 1 , wherein when the open slit ratio is adjusted, the processor adjusts the disparity image so that the disparity image and the parallax barrier correspond to each other.

4. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the barrier unit includes a plurality of barrier areas,
wherein the processor adjusts open slit ratios of the plurality of barrier areas individually, based on an average luminance value of each portion of the disparity image corresponding to each of the plurality of barrier areas.

5. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the image output unit includes a plurality of image areas from which a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of barrier areas are outputted,
the processor adjusts the open slit ratios of the plurality of barrier areas individually based on an average luminance value of each of the plurality of image areas.

6. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 5 , wherein among the plurality of image areas, the processor adjusts an open slit ratio of a barrier area corresponding to an image area from which a two-dimensional (2D) image is outputted to 100%, and adjusts an open slit ratio of a barrier area corresponding to an image area from which a disparity image is outputted based on an average luminance value of the outputted disparity image.

7. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 5 , further comprising an input unit configured to receive a user input,
wherein the processor outputs an image selected based on the user input to an image area that is selected based on the user input among the plurality of image areas.

8. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, when the open slit ratio is adjusted, the processor adjusts a backside distance which is a gap between the barrier unit and the image output unit, based on the adjusted open slit ratio.

9. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the processor adjusts the backside distance so that the open slit ratio is inversely proportional to the backside distance.

10. The display apparatus for vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the average luminance value of the disparity image is an average value of a luminance of a plurality of pixels included in the image output unit, when the disparity image is outputted.

11. A method of controlling a display apparatus for vehicle for outputting a parallax barrier three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising:
outputting a parallax barrier 3D image by outputting a disparity image to an image output unit and implementing a parallax barrier in a barrier unit;
measuring an average luminance value of the disparity image; and
adjusting an open slit ratio of the barrier unit, based on the average luminance value of the disparity image,
wherein adjusting the open slit ratio comprises increasing a luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image or decreasing a crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image, by adjusting the open slit ratio to be in inverse proportion to the average luminance value of the disparity image, and
wherein increasing the luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image comprises:
based on the average luminance value of the disparity image being equal to or less than a first set luminance value, increasing the luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image by increasing the open slit ratio, based on a difference between the first set luminance value and the average luminance value of the disparity image.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein adjusting the open slit ratio comprises:
decreasing the crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image by decreasing the open slit ratio, based on a difference between a second set luminance value and the average luminance value of the disparity image, when the average luminance value of the disparity image is equal to or larger than the second set luminance value.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising adjusting the disparity image so that the disparity image corresponds to the parallax barrier, after the open slit ratio is adjusted.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising adjusting a backside distance which is a gap between the barrier unit and the image output unit, based on the adjusted open slit ratio, after the open slit ratio is adjusted.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting a backside distance comprises adjusting the backside distance so that the open slit ratio is inversely proportional to the backside distance.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a user input for the luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image or the crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image; and
adjusting the open slit ratio of the barrier unit so that the luminance of the parallax barrier 3D image or the crosstalk value of the parallax barrier 3D image is changed, in response to the received user input.

17. A display apparatus for vehicle comprising:
a display unit configured to include a barrier unit and an image output unit; and
a processor configured to output a parallax barrier three-dimensional (3D) image to the display unit by implementing a parallax barrier in the barrier unit and outputting a disparity image to the image output unit, and to adjust an open slit ratio of the barrier unit based on an average luminance value of the disparity image,
wherein the barrier unit includes a plurality of barrier areas, and
wherein the processor is configured to adjust open slit ratios of the plurality of barrier areas individually based on an average luminance value of each portion of the disparity image corresponding to each of the plurality of barrier areas.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Yonguk
• Jun Sunghwan
• Kim Kyunglack

Classifications

• B60K35/81

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