Image Processing Device Fixation Point Emphasis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies require complex processing to generate a three-dimensional sensation similar to natural viewing, involving precise detection of the fixation point and complicated diffusion processing, and lack clear indication of display changes based on user line of sight.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device communicatively connected to a display device with a sensor to detect the viewer's fixation point, featuring an attention area specifying unit to identify the area of focus and an image processor that performs emphasis processing on the attention area to generate a post-processing image, simplifying the processing while enhancing three-dimensional sensation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If diffusion processing is performed in accordance with the distance from the fixation point to the target object, then a three-dimensional sensation close to actual viewing is obtained, but the processing becomes relatively complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The image is divided into multiple vertical stripes, and emphasis processing is applied to specific stripes based on the fixation point position. This segmentation approach simplifies the processing by avoiding complex diffusion calculations while still achieving depth perception through selective emphasis of vertical regions corresponding to different depth planes.
Solution Approach 2:
Different processing is applied to different vertical regions of the image based on the fixation point. The attention area (stripes corresponding to the fixation point region) receives emphasis processing while other areas receive different processing, creating local quality variations that produce three-dimensional sensation without requiring full-image complex diffusion processing.
2Measurement precision
If high-precision fixation point detection is performed, then accurate three-dimensional image generation is achieved, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of performing high-precision fixation point detection and processing, the patent applies emphasis processing to multiple vertical stripes that partially cover the attention area. This partial action approach achieves acceptable three-dimensional effect without the complexity of precise fixation point detection and processing.
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AI summary
An image from which a three-dimensional sensation that is close to the actual viewing in the natural world is acquired is generated with simple processing. A controller of an image processing device includes: an attention area specifying unit that specifies an attention area out of a plurality of areas formed by dividing an image to be displayed by a display in the vertical direction thereof on a basis of the fixation point detected by a fixation point detecting sensor; and an image processor that generates a post-processing image by performing emphasis processing for at least a part of the attention area with respect to the image.