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US 11,634,028 B2Granted
Image processing method of generating an image based on a user viewpoint and image processing device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJinho Lee, Dong Kyung Nam, Juyong Park, Yang Ho Cho, Kyuhwan Choi, Yoonsun Choi
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Abstract
Provided are an image processing method and an image processing device. The image processing method includes generating an image based on viewpoint information of a user; rendering the image based on information about what is in front of the user; and outputting the rendered image using an optical element.
Claims15
An image processing method comprising:
- tracking first information including a first position of a left eye of a user and a second position of a right eye of the user;
- generating second information associated with at least one of surroundings and an object present in front of the user;
- rendering an image of a display panel so as to provide a first virtual image to be input to the left eye of the user and a second virtual image to be input to the right eye of the user on an imaging plane based on the first information and the second information;
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- controlling the display panel to output the rendered image,
- wherein a depth range of a 3-Dimensional (3D) Augmented Reality (AR) object is determined based on the depth of the imaging plane,
- wherein a depth of the 3D AR object, within the depth range, represented by the first and second virtual images is different from a depth of the imaging plane, and
- wherein the first information is acquired by directly detecting the right eye or the left eye of the user using at least one of an image camera and an infrared camera or acquired by detecting the right eye or the left eye of the user as reflected on a windshield of a vehicle.
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An image processing device comprising:
- a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels;
- a controller configured to track first information including a first position of a left eye of a user and a second position of a right eye of the user, generate second information associated with at least one of surroundings and an object present in front of the user, render an image of the display panel so as to provide a first virtual image to be input to a left eye of the user and a second virtual image to be input to a right eye of the user on an imaging plane based on the first information and the second information, and control the display panel to output the rendered image, wherein a depth range of a 3-Dimensional (3D) Augmented Reality (AR) object is determined based on the depth of the imaging plane, wherein a depth of the 3D AR object, within the depth range, represented by the first and second virtual images is different from a depth of the imaging plane;
- a magnifying optical system configured to enlarge the rendered image;
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- at least one of an image camera and an infrared camera configured to acquire the first information based on one of a direct detection of the right eye or the left eye of the user directly and a detection of the right eye or the left eye of the user as reflected on a windshield of a vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.