Image Processing Apparatus Depth Perception Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing methods for enhancing 3D effects fail to consider input image characteristics, resulting in unrealistic and fatiguing visuals, especially when displaying ultra-definition images on large screens without 3D glasses.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that differentiates and processes color components of foreground, middle, and background layers in an input image by converting color spaces, adjusting contrast, chroma, and lightness, and controlling color stereopsis based on depth and hue ranges to enhance depth perception.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional image processing methods are used to enhance 3D effects, then 3D-image effects are improved, but the image becomes unrealistic and causes visual fatigue
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image into multiple depth layers (foreground layer, middle layer, background layer) and applies different color space conversion and processing parameters to each layer. This segmentation allows natural depth perception enhancement without overwhelming processing effects, resolving the contradiction between 3D effect enhancement and visual fatigue.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different processing quality and parameters to different regions (layers) of the image based on their depth characteristics. The foreground layer receives different color space conversion parameters compared to the background layer, creating local quality variations that enhance realism and reduce visual fatigue while maintaining 3D effects.
2Measurement precision
If color space conversion is applied to enhance depth perception, then depth perception is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the color space conversion process into separate operations for different depth layers, with each layer receiving appropriate conversion parameters. This segmented approach enhances depth perception by applying color processing tailored to each layer's characteristics while managing overall processing complexity through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes color space conversion parameters according to the depth characteristics of different layers. By adjusting parameters such as contrast, chroma, and lightness specifically for each layer, the system enhances depth perception without requiring overly complex processing, as the parameter changes are based on established depth-based rules.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and method for enhancing a depth perception. The image processing apparatus and method for enhancing the depth perception may classify an input image including a plurality of layers according to a depth into a foreground layer, a middle layer, and a background layer, and process a color component of each of the layers. The image processing apparatus and method for enhancing the depth perception may enhance the depth perception by stages according to the depth, thereby generating an image expressing natural realism.