Image Processing Apparatus Segmentation for Stereoscopic Visual Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing devices for display technologies, such as TV SoCs, are costly and complex, struggling to provide satisfactory visual effects for stereoscopic displays due to fixed parameter settings and complex circuit structures.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that separate a source image into a foreground and background, processing each part with different settings to generate target images, allowing dynamic adjustment of parameters for enhanced visual effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional TV SoC uses fixed parameter settings and complex circuit structures for stereoscopic display processing, then visual effects can be provided, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The source image is divided into multiple regions (first image and second image) with different characteristics. Each region is processed independently with region-specific parameters, allowing complex visual effects to be achieved through simple, dedicated processing paths for each segment rather than a complex unified processing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different processing parameters are applied to different regions of the image. The first image uses first setting parameters while the second image uses second setting parameters, enabling each region to be optimized for its specific visual requirements without requiring complex global processing circuits.
2Reliability
If conventional TV SoC uses additional special circuits for parallax scrolling effect, then stereoscopic visual effects are achieved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing is segmented into separate processing paths for different image regions. Each path uses simple, standardized processing circuits with region-specific parameters, eliminating the need for expensive specialized circuits while maintaining stereoscopic visual effects.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using complex specialized circuits, the invention achieves stereoscopic effects by changing processing parameters (such as scaling, positioning, and merging parameters) for different image regions. This parameter-based approach reduces hardware complexity and manufacturing cost while maintaining visual quality.
3Device complexity
If conventional TV SoC uses same parameter settings for all separated images, then processing is simple, but visual effects quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies different parameter settings to different image regions based on their specific characteristics. The first image uses first setting parameters optimized for its characteristics, while the second image uses second setting parameters optimized for its characteristics, thereby achieving high visual quality without requiring overly complex processing.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting the image processing into region-specific processing paths with independent parameter control, the system achieves both simplicity (through modular processing) and quality (through optimized region-specific parameters) simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus including a processor and a non-transitory storage medium is provided. The non-transitory storage medium includes a program code executable by the processor. The apparatus is configured to execute the program code with the processor for processing a source image to generate a target image. The target image includes a plurality of target pictures, and the program code includes: a first code segment, configured to separate the source image into a first image comprising a first part of the source image and a second image comprising a second part of the source image; a second code segment, configured to process the first image to obtain a plurality of target first pictures according to a first setting; a third code segment, configured to process the second image to obtain a plurality of target second pictures according to a second setting; and a fourth code segment, configured to combine each of the target first pictures with a corresponding one of the target second pictures to obtain the plurality of target pictures.