Display Apparatus with Line-of-Sight Gain Staging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display technologies fail to effectively provide a sense of perspective in video display based on a user's line of sight, as they do not adequately incorporate three-dimensional information or dynamic enhancement processing.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus comprising a monitor, camera, sight line detection unit, enhancement processing unit, and display video output control unit that analyzes user video information to detect the line of sight and perform enhancement processing by setting higher gain amounts in stages around the attention point on the video display surface, using concentric circles with incremental radii less than the distance between adjacent pixels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If enhancement processing is performed uniformly across the entire video display surface, then sharpness is improved across all regions, but processing complexity increases and the natural sense of perspective is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo sharpnessVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different enhancement processing intensities to different regions of the video display surface based on the user's line of sight. The attention point region receives higher enhancement gain while peripheral regions receive lower gain, creating local quality variations that match human visual perception and reduce unnecessary processing complexity in non-critical areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The video display surface is segmented into multiple regions based on distance from the attention point (e.g., first region, second region, third region). Each segment receives customized enhancement processing with different gain amounts, allowing the system to manage processing complexity by dividing the overall enhancement task into manageable regional segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If enhancement gain is increased in the attention point region, then sharpness at the focal area is improved, but processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharpness at attention pointVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically changes the enhancement gain parameter based on the user's line of sight and the specific region being processed. By adjusting the gain parameter according to regional importance (higher at attention point, lower in peripheral regions), the system achieves high sharpness at the focal area while reducing overall computational load and processing time compared to uniform high-gain processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the predetermined length for concentric circles is set larger, then processing speed increases, but the precision of enhancement positioning decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing speedVSAvoidenhancement positioning precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the predetermined length parameter of concentric circles to balance processing speed and positioning precision. By setting the predetermined length to be equal to or less than the distance between adjacent pixels, the system achieves precise enhancement positioning at the pixel level while maintaining efficient processing speed through the use of regular geometric patterns rather than irregular region definitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2141921B1Display apparatus and display method
Publication Date: 2021.12.15 SATURN LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

A display apparatus includes a sight line detection unit (120) that detects a line of sight of a user by analyzing user video information, an enhancement processing unit (160) that detects an intersection point of the line of sight of the user detected by the sight line detection unit (120) and a video display surface of a monitor (19) as an attention point, which is a point on which the user focuses attention, and performs enhancement processing for the monitor (19) by setting a higher gain amount in stages from a position of a longer distance from the attention point toward a position of a smaller distance, and a display video output control unit (170) that outputs video via the monitor based on the gain amount set by the enhancement processing unit (160) and display video information whose input is received by a display video information input unit (150).