Data format for hologram, and apparatus and method for holographic video system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016187850-A1
Application number	US-201514674932-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A holographic image processing method and a holographic image display method are provided. The holographic image processing method performed by a holographic image processing apparatus may include acquiring a holographic image, encoding the holographic image by quantizing the holographic image to improve at least one of a temporal correlation, a spatial correlation, and a channel correlation of the acquired holographic image, and generating the encoded holographic image.

First claim

1 . A holographic image processing method performed by a holographic image processing apparatus, the holographic image processing method comprising:
acquiring a holographic image; encoding the holographic image by quantizing the holographic image to improve at least one of a temporal correlation, a spatial correlation, and a channel correlation of the acquired holographic image; and generating the encoded holographic image.

2 . The holographic image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding of the holographic image encodes the holographic image by quantizing the holographic image using a ratio based on absolute values of maximum values or minimum values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number field of the acquired holographic image.

3 . The holographic image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding of the holographic image encodes the holographic image by deriving a ratio based on absolute values of maximum values or minimum values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number field using a texture image and a depth image among the acquired holographic images and quantizing the holographic image, the texture image has a fixed pixel value, and the depth image has a random pixel value.

4 . The holographic image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding of the holographic image encodes the holographic image by generating a random pattern for successive holographic images among the acquired holographic images, and encodes the holographic image by using the same random pattern as the random pattern or a modified random pattern generated by modifying the same random pattern for adjacent areas of the holographic images.

5 . The holographic image processing method of claim 1 , wherein the encoding of the holographic image encodes the holographic image by modifying a pixel pitch of an area with a different wavelength among the acquired holographic images.

6 . The holographic image processing method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving wavelength information and pixel pitch information of a holographic image display apparatus configured to display the encoded holographic image from the holographic image display apparatus, wherein the encoding of the holographic image encodes the holographic image based on the received wavelength information and pixel pitch information.

7 . A holographic image display method performed by a holographic image display apparatus, the holographic image display method comprising:
receiving a holographic image encoded by a holographic image processing apparatus; outputting the holographic image by decoding the received encoded holographic image; and displaying the output holographic image, wherein the encoded holographic image is generated by quantizing a holographic image to improve at least one of a temporal correlation, a spatial correlation, and a channel correlation.

8 . The holographic image display method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving metadata comprising wavelength information and pixel pitch information of the encoded holographic image or information on a hologram reproducible depth area; and transcoding the output decoded holographic image when the wavelength information and the pixel pitch information of the encoded holographic image are different from a wavelength and a pixel pitch supported by the holographic image display apparatus, wherein the displaying of the holographic image comprises displaying the transcoded holographic image, and the transcoded holographic image comprises a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) converted holographic image.

9 . The holographic image display method of claim 7 , wherein the encoded holographic image is a holographic image encoded by quantizing a holographic image acquired by the holographic image processing apparatus using a ratio based on absolute values of maximum values or minimum values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number field of the acquired holographic image.

10 . A holographic image processing apparatus comprising:
a holographic image acquirer to acquire a holographic image; a holographic image encoder to encode the holographic image by quantizing the holographic image to improve at least one of a temporal correlation, a spatial correlation, and a channel correlation of the acquired holographic image; and a holographic image generator to generate the encoded holographic image.

11 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the holographic image encoder quantizes the holographic image using a ratio based on absolute values of maximum values or minimum values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number field of the acquired holographic image.

12 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the holographic image encoder quantizes the holographic image by deriving a ratio based on absolute values of maximum values or minimum values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number field using a texture image and a depth image among the acquired holographic images, the texture image has a fixed pixel value, and the depth image has a random pixel value.

13 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the holographic image encoder encodes the holographic image by generating a random pattern for successive holographic images among the acquired holographic images, and encodes the holographic image by using the same random pattern as the random pattern or a modified random pattern generated by modifying the same random pattern for adjacent areas of the holographic images.

14 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the holographic image encoder encodes the holographic image by modifying a pixel pitch of an area with a different wavelength among the acquired holographic images.

15 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:
a display apparatus transceiver to transmit the generated holographic image to a holographic image display apparatus configured to display a holographic image.

16 . The holographic image processing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the display apparatus transceiver receives wavelength information and pixel pitch information of the holographic image display apparatus from the holographic image display apparatus,
wherein the holographic image encoder encodes the holographic image based on the received wavelength information and pixel pitch information.

17 - 20 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Oh Kwan Jung

Classifications

• H04N19/124

  Quantisation · CPC title

• G03H1/08 Primary

  Synthesising holograms, {i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from holograms}(using electric digital computers G06F; G06T) · CPC title

• G03H1/2294

  Addressing the hologram to an active spatial light modulator · CPC title

• H04N19/136 Primary

  Incoming video signal characteristics or properties · CPC title

• G03H2226/04

  Transmission or communication means, e.g. internet protocol · CPC title