Method and apparatus for calibrating parameter of three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11284059-B2
Application number	US-202016910985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for calibrating parameters of a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus, the method including acquiring a first captured image of a 3D display apparatus displaying a first pattern image, adjusting a first parameter set of the 3D display apparatus based on the first captured image, acquiring a second captured image of the 3D display apparatus displaying a second pattern image based on the adjusted first parameter set, and adjusting a second parameter set of the 3D display apparatus based on the second captured image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A calibration method comprising:
acquiring a first captured image of a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus displaying a first pattern image;
adjusting a first parameter set of the 3D display apparatus based on the first captured image;
acquiring a second captured image of the 3D display apparatus displaying a second pattern image based on the adjusted first parameter set; and
adjusting a second parameter set of the 3D display apparatus based on the second captured image,
wherein the first pattern image is generated based on a plurality of first source images respectively corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints, and
the plurality of first source images each comprise a horizontal line at a position based on the respective corresponding plurality of viewpoints.

2. The calibration method of claim 1 , wherein
the second pattern image is generated based on a plurality of second source images respectively corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints, and
the plurality of second source images each comprise a vertical line at a position based the respective corresponding viewpoints.

3. The calibration method of claim 1 , further comprising:
repeating the acquiring the first captured image and the adjusting the first parameter set, until a first condition is satisfied.

4. The calibration method of claim 3 , wherein the first condition includes a gradient of a linear pattern appearing in the first captured image being less than a first threshold and a reference line of the linear pattern being located within a first range.

5. The calibration method of claim 1 ,
when a linear pattern represented in the first captured image includes a single line, the adjusting the first parameter set comprises:
measuring a gradient of the single line;
adjusting a pitch parameter by a first value; and
adjusting the pitch parameter by a second value based on a gradient change of the single line changing in response to the pitch parameter being adjusted by the first value.

6. The calibration method of claim 1 ,
when a linear pattern appearing in the first captured image includes a plurality of lines, the adjusting of the first parameter set comprises:
detecting a secondary linear pattern represented by the plurality of lines;
determining an actual value of a pitch parameter based on a current value of the pitch parameter and a pitch of the secondary linear pattern; and
adjusting the pitch parameter based on the determined actual value.

7. The calibration method of claim 1 , wherein the first parameter set further includes a start position parameter indicating a relative position between a 3D conversion device and a display panel in the 3D display apparatus, and
the adjusting the first parameter set comprises:
measuring a position of a reference line of a linear pattern appearing in the first captured image;
adjusting the start position parameter by a first value; and
adjusting the start position parameter by a second value based on a positional change of the reference line changing in response to the start position parameter being adjusted by the first value.

8. The calibration method of claim 3 , further comprising:
repeating the acquiring the second captured image and the adjusting the second parameter set, until a second condition is satisfied.

9. The calibration method of claim 8 , wherein the second condition includes a gradient of a linear pattern appearing in the second captured image being less than a second threshold and a reference line of the linear pattern being located within a second range.

10. The calibration method of claim 1 ,
when a linear pattern represented in the second captured image includes a single line, the adjusting the second parameter set comprises:
measuring a gradient of the single line;
adjusting a slanted angle parameter by a first value; and
adjusting the slanted angle parameter by a second value based on a gradient change of the single line changing in response to the slanted angle parameter being adjusted by the first value.

11. The calibration method of claim 6 ,
when a linear pattern appearing in the second captured image includes a plurality of lines, the adjusting of the second parameter set comprises:
detecting a secondary linear pattern represented by the plurality of lines;
determining an actual value of a slanted angle parameter based on a current value of the slanted angle parameter and a pitch of the secondary linear pattern; and
adjusting the slanted angle parameter based on the determined actual value.

12. The calibration method of claim 11 , wherein the adjusting the slanted angle parameter comprises:
adjusting the slanted angle parameter based on a pitch parameter included in the adjusted first parameter set, the pitch parameter that indicates a horizontal period of a unit element of a 3D conversion device in the 3D display apparatus.

13. The calibration method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring a third captured image of the 3D display apparatus displaying a warped image; and
determining a warping parameter for warping the first captured image and the second captured image based on the third captured image.

14. The calibration method of claim 13 , wherein the acquiring the first captured image comprises warping the first captured image based on the warping parameter, and
the acquiring the second captured image comprises warping the second captured image based on the warping parameter.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Juyong
• Hwang Hyoseok
• Nam Dongkyung

Classifications

• G06T7/70

  Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) · CPC title

• H04N13/317

  using slanted parallax optics · CPC title

• H04N13/327 Primary

  Calibration thereof · CPC title

• H04N13/305

  using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses · CPC title

• H04N2013/0096

  Synchronisation or controlling aspects · CPC title