Multi-view Image Magnification via Selective Resolution Multiplexing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 3D displays face challenges in enlarging images without deteriorating resolution, particularly in multiview scenarios where the number of views and resolution per view create a trade-off, leading to reduced image quality.
Innovation Solution
An image enlarging apparatus and method that designates specific regions for enlargement, determines an appropriate enlargement rate, and uses scalable multiplexing to resize and adjust disparity, allowing for partial image enlargement without reducing resolution by maintaining or exceeding the resolution of non-enlargement regions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of views in multiview images is increased, then the 3D display capability is improved, but the resolution per view deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image processing into different regions: a first region (enlargement target) and a second region (non-enlargement). This segmentation allows different resolution treatments for different parts of the multiview image, enabling selective enlargement of specific views or regions while maintaining other views at original resolution, thus resolving the contradiction between number of views and resolution per view
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality levels to different regions of the multiview image. The first region is enlarged with higher resolution while the second region maintains original resolution. This local quality approach allows important regions to have high resolution while other regions consume less bandwidth, resolving the contradiction between enhancing specific views and maintaining overall multiview capability
2Measurement precision
If image enlargement is performed in 3D display, then the visibility of details is improved, but the resolution deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically adjusts the resolution of different regions based on enlargement requirements. The first region is dynamically enlarged with adjusted resolution while the second region maintains static original resolution. This dynamic approach allows detail enhancement where needed while preserving overall resolution efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the resolution parameter selectively for different regions. The first region undergoes parameter change (enlargement with adjusted resolution) while the second region maintains original parameters. This selective parameter change resolves the contradiction by improving detail visibility in specific regions without compromising overall resolution
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AI summary
Provided are an image magnification apparatus and method for three-dimensional display images. A multi-view image magnification apparatus includes: a region designation detection unit for detecting detection regions corresponding to the magnification regions of three-dimensional display images from original view images; a magnification ratio determination unit for determining the magnification ratios of the magnification regions; and a partial multiplexing unit for multiplexing non-detection regions except for the detection regions of the original view images according to a predetermined resolution and multiplexing the detection regions according the resolution which is different from the resolution of the non-detection regions on the basis of the magnification ratios. The present invention can magnify the images without lowering the resolution in a three-dimensional display.