Video image processing apparatus and method for controlling video image processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9253429-B2
Application number	US-201013322893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2010
Priority date	Jun 3, 2009
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a video image processing apparatus. A display device includes a first display portion for a left eye image and a second display portion for a right eye image. The apparatus comprises: video image processing means for cutting out a part of frame images from a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of the frame images, a single frame image being formed by arranging a pair of a left and right eye images corresponding to the same scene in a prescribed pattern; and output means for outputting the partial image to the display device. The video image processing means, when changing the cutout position, cuts out the partial image such that an arrangement pattern of the left and right eye images in the partial image after the change matches an arrangement pattern of the first and the second display portions in the display region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A video image processing apparatus that outputs a video image to a display device having a display region including a first display portion for displaying a left eye image and a second display portion for displaying a right eye image, comprising:
a video image processing unit configured to cut out a partial image from frame images of a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of the frame images for each scene, a single frame image being formed by arranging a pair of a left eye image and a right eye image corresponding to the same scene in a prescribed pattern; and
an output unit configured to output the partial image cut out by the video image processing unit to the display device,
wherein the video image processing unit, when changing a cutout position of the partial image, cuts out the partial image from the frame images such that an arrangement pattern of the left eye image and the right eye image in the partial image after the cutout position is changed matches an arrangement pattern of the first display portion and the second display portion in the display region.

2. The video image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the display region, the first display portion and the second display portion are provided on alternating horizontal lines, and
the video image processing unit shifts the cutout position by 2n lines (where n is a natural number) in a vertical direction.

3. A video image processing apparatus that outputs a video image to a display device, comprising:
a video image processing unit configured to cut out a partial image from a left eye frame image and a right eye frame image of a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of left and right frame image sets for each scene, a single left and right frame image set being formed of a pair of a left eye frame image and a right eye frame image corresponding to the same scene, and
an output unit configured to output the partial image cut out by the video image processing unit to the display device,
wherein the video image processing unit executes processing for changing a cutout position of the partial image, and
wherein the video image processing unit executes the processing for changing the cutout position at a timing in which, in the three-dimensional video image, a left and right frame image set corresponding to the same scene is switched to the next left and right frame image set.

4. The video image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the video image processing unit, when changing the cutout position from a current cutout position to a target cutout position, the cutout position is shifted to the target cutout position in a stepwise manner by gradually shifting the cutout position over a plurality of left and right frame image sets.

5. A method for controlling a video image processing apparatus that outputs a video image to a display device having a display region including a first display portion for displaying a left eye image and a second display portion for displaying a right eye image, comprising:
cutting out a partial image from frame images of a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of the frame images for each scene, a single frame image being formed by arranging a pair of a left eye image and a right eye image corresponding to the same scene in a prescribed pattern; and
outputting the partial image cut out in the cutting to the display device,
wherein in the cutting, when changing a cutout position of the partial image, the partial image is cut out from the frame image such that an arrangement pattern of the left eye image and the right eye image in the partial image after the cutout position is changed matches an arrangement pattern of the first display portion and the second display portion in the display region.

6. The method according to claim 5 ,
wherein, in the display region, the first display portion and the second display portion are provided on alternating horizontal lines, and
in the cutting, the cutout position is shifted by 2n lines (where n is a natural number) in a vertical direction.

7. A method for controlling a video image processing apparatus that outputs a video image to a display device, comprising:
cutting out a partial image from a left eye frame image and a right eye frame image of a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of right and left frame image sets for each scene, a single right and left frame image set being formed of a pair of a left eye frame image and a right eye frame image corresponding to the same scene, and
outputting the partial image cut out in the cutting to the display device,
wherein in the cutting, processing for changing a cutout position of the partial image is executed, and
wherein in the cutting, the processing for changing the cutout position is executed at a timing in which, in the three-dimensional video image, a left and right frame image set corresponding to the same scene is switched to the next left and right frame image set.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein in the cutting, when changing the cutout position from a current cutout position to a target cutout position, the cutout position is shifted to the target cutout position in a stepwise manner by gradually shifting the cutout position over a plurality of left and right frame image sets.

9. The video image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not an input video image is the three-dimensional video image,
wherein the video image processing unit cuts out the partial image from the frame images of the three-dimensional video image in a case where it is determined that the input video image is the three-dimensional image.

10. The video image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not an input video image is the three-dimensional video image,
wherein the video image processing unit cuts out the partial image from the left eye frame image and the right eye frame image of the three-dimensional video image in a case where it is determined that the input video image is the three-dimensional image.

11. The video image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the video image processing unit cuts out the partial image from the left eye frame image and the right eye frame image of the three-dimensional video image in a manner that a positional relationship between the left eye frame image and the right eye frame image does not change between before and after the cutting out.

12. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
determining whether or not an input video image is the three-dimensional video image,
wherein the cutting cuts out the partial image from the frame images of the three-dimensional video image in a case where it is determined that the input video image is the three-dimensional image.

13. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
determining whether or not an input video image is the three-dimensional video image,
wherein the cutting cuts out the partial image from the left eye frame image and the right eye frame image of the three-dimensional video image in a case where it is determined that the input video image is the three-dimensional image.

14. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the cutting cuts out the partial image from the left eye frame image and the right eye frame image of the three-dimensional video image in a manner that a positional relationship between the left eye frame ima

Assignees

• Kikkawa Teruki
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kikkawa Teruki

Classifications

• H04N21/44

  Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs · CPC title

• G09G3/003

  to produce spatial visual effects · CPC title

• G09G2320/106

  Determination of movement vectors or equivalent parameters within the image · CPC title

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• H04N21/816

  involving special video data, e.g 3D video · CPC title