Abstract:
An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The an image processing apparatus includes: a depth map estimating unit which estimates a depth map of a stereoscopic image; a region setup unit which sets up a region in the stereoscopic image; and a 3D effect adjusting unit which determines a difference in a depth level between the setup region and a surrounding region other than the setup region based on the estimated depth map, and adjusts a 3D effect of the stereoscopic image based on the determined difference in the depth level.
Abstract:
A frame rate converter is provided, and includes a motion vector calculator which calculates a motion vector; a motion error calculator which calculates a motion error level of the motion vector; an interpolation frame output part which generates a repetition interpolation frame, which corresponds to the current frame or the previous frame, and a motion interpolation frame based on the motion vector; and a controller which calculates a frame selection value larger than a preset reference selection value by more than a first level when the motion error level is larger than a reference error level, and calculates a frame selection value smaller than the previous frame selection value by a second level, which is smaller than the first level, when the motion error level is smaller than the reference error level, and controls the interpolation frame output part to output the repetition interpolation frame or the motion interpolation frame based on the calculated frame selection value.
Abstract:
A display apparatus that displays a picture based on a video signal, including a moving picture determiner that determines whether the video signal is used for displaying a moving picture; a moving picture gradation level table that stores information about a moving picture gradation level group for displaying the moving picture; a still picture gradation level table storing information about a still picture gradation level group including a predetermined number of gradation levels in consideration of a gradation level difference between the gradation levels of adjacent gradation levels in the case where the gradation level difference between the adjacent gradation levels of the moving picture gradation level group is larger than a predetermined reference gradation level difference; and a gradation level converter that converts the video signal to have the gradation level of the moving picture gradation level group or the still picture gradation level group according to results of the determination. With this configuration, a false contour is attenuated and a flicker is avoided in a moving picture.
Abstract:
A motion estimator for generating an interpolation frame based on current and previous frames is provided. The motion estimator includes: a first candidate motion vector calculating unit which divides the current frame into plural blocks and generates plural first candidate motion vector groups, each group including a first candidate motion vector for each of the blocks calculated based on a previous motion vector previously estimated; a second candidate motion vector calculating unit which calculates plural second candidate motion vectors for each of the blocks, each of the second candidate motion vectors being calculated based on a respective first candidate motion vector included in each of the first candidate motion vector group; and a final motion vector deciding unit which selects a final motion vector for each of the blocks from among the second candidate motion vectors, the interpolation frame being generated based on the final motion vector.
Abstract:
A display apparatus and a control method which can effectively remove a false contour and a motion blur from a moving picture when an image includes a repetitive pattern of a frame are provided. A display apparatus comprises a pattern determiner to determine a frame pattern of the input image, a motion vector calculator to calculate a motion vector on the basis of a first frame corresponding to a first presented frame among the frames of a repetitive pattern, and a second frame corresponding to an image that is different from the frames of the repetitive pattern after the repetitive pattern is generated, when the input image includes the repetitive pattern, a motion compensating brightness calculator to calculate motion compensating brightness at the beginning of each subfield according to the motion vector, an integral brightness calculator to calculate integral brightness of the quantity of light emitted in the subfield for a predetermined period of time along the motion vector, and an emission pattern selector to select whether light is emitted in the subfield on the basis of the motion compensating brightness and the integral brightness.
Abstract:
The present general inventive concept relates to a display apparatus processing a frame for a picture by a plurality of timesharing subfields, comprising a gradation converter to convert a video signal into a moving picture gradation, and the moving picture gradation comprises at least two linear gradation levels including one or more successive non-light emission subfields and one or more successive light emission subfields temporally adjacent to the one or more successive non-light emission subfields, and at least one middle gradation level including one or more discontinuous from the non-light emission subfields and one or more discontinuous light emission subfields and the at least one middle gradation level falling between the at least two linear gradation levels. Thus, the display apparatus can decrease a false contour of a moving picture while at the same time finely displaying the moving picture.
Abstract:
Image processing method and apparatus for creating an image of an intermediate frame are provided. The image processing method generates a background image and a first motion image using a current frame and a previous frame, and generates a second motion image of the intermediate frame using either the current frame or the previous frame. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the interpolation error in the boundary area vulnerable to the motion estimation error.
Abstract:
A motion estimator for generating an interpolation frame based on current and previous frames is provided. The motion estimator includes: a first candidate motion vector calculating unit which divides the current frame into plural blocks and generates plural first candidate motion vector groups, each group including a first candidate motion vector for each of the blocks calculated based on a previous motion vector previously estimated; a second candidate motion vector calculating unit which calculates plural second candidate motion vectors for each of the blocks, each of the second candidate motion vectors being calculated based on a respective first candidate motion vector included in each of the first candidate motion vector group; and a final motion vector deciding unit which selects a final motion vector for each of the blocks from among the second candidate motion vectors, the interpolation frame being generated based on the final motion vector.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for estimating motion are provided. An exemplary motion estimating apparatus comprises a background representative calculator for calculating a background representative vector representing background motion of a frame to be interpolated on the basis of motion vectors of the frame to be interpolated, a block motion calculator for calculating motion vectors for respective blocks of the frame to be interpolated on the basis of a current frame and a previous frame, for providing the motion vectors to the background representative calculator, and for calculating background motion vectors for the respective blocks through local search on the basis of the background representative vector output from the background representative calculator, a motion error detector for determining whether each block is in a text area on the basis of the motion vectors and the background motion vectors output from the block motion calculator and a motion correcting unit for determining whether each block in the text area is in a boundary area on the basis of motion vectors of peripheral blocks of each block when each block is in the text area, and for correcting a motion vector of each block in the boundary area when each block in the text area is in the boundary area.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a moving picture processing method and an apparatus thereof. The moving picture processing apparatus includes a light emitting center calculator for calculating a light emitting center point for each of the sub-fields. A motion estimator detects a motion vector of a correspondent pixel using field data in a memory. A motion compensation luminance calculator calculates a motion compensation luminance for each of the sub-fields at a location of a correspondent pixel using the motion vector. An integral luminance calculator calculates a cumulative sum of predetermined luminance weights of sub-fields required to emit. A linear luminance calculator calculates a cumulative sum of predetermined luminance weights. A light emission selector determines presence/absence of light emission starting from a sub-field having the largest luminance weight, using the motion compensation luminance, integral luminance, linear luminance and luminance weight.