Stacked Warp Operations for Real-Time Image Distortion Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multiple warp operations in image processing can introduce image artifacts like blurring, affecting perceived image quality and increasing processing time, especially when corrections for environmental and viewer-related distortions need to be made in real-time.
Innovation Solution
Stacking multiple warp operations into a single warp operation to reduce processing time and increase efficiency, allowing for real-time compensation of viewer position and focus changes, thereby minimizing artifacts such as blurring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple warp operations are performed to correct multiple sources of distortion, then image distortion correction is improved, but image quality deteriorates due to artifacts like blurring
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sequential warp operations into a single stacked warp operation that applies all distortion corrections simultaneously. This merging approach maintains comprehensive distortion correction while eliminating the repeated filtering that causes blurring artifacts when multiple separate warp operations are performed sequentially.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple warp operations are performed to account for multiple distortion sources, then distortion correction completeness is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple warp operations into a single stacked warp operation that corrects multiple distortion sources (lens distortion, perspective distortion, etc.) in one processing pass. This eliminates the sequential execution overhead and repeated filtering operations, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining complete distortion correction.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple warp operations are performed to correct multiple distortion sources, then correction accuracy is improved, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple warp operations into a single stacked warp operation that maintains comprehensive correction accuracy for multiple distortion sources while improving operational efficiency by eliminating redundant processing steps and enabling real-time warp compensation.
Solution Approach 2:
The stacked warp operation structure enables a single operation to handle multiple types of distortions (lens distortion, perspective distortion, geometric transformations) simultaneously, making the system more efficient and versatile without sacrificing correction accuracy for any specific distortion type.
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AI summary
An electronic device may include an electronic display to display an image based on compensated image data in a panel space. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry to generate the compensated image data. Further, generating the compensated image data may include determining a first inverse mapping of a pixel grid from the panel space to a rendering space and determining a forward mapping of the pixel grid from the rendering space to the panel space based on the first inverse mapping. The forward mapping may include corrections for multiple different warp operations stacked in a single warp operation. Additionally, the image processing circuitry may apply the forward mapping to input image data to generate the compensated image data.