Patent ID: 8922605
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06T,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A projector for projecting an image, comprising: a fixed-pixel display device; and an image processor for performing resolution conversion on an input image represented by an input image signal to produce a display resolution-converted image having user-defined horizontal and vertical resolutions in order to display the same on the fixed-pixel display device, the user-defined horizontal and vertical resolutions being set equal to or lower than horizontal and vertical resolutions of the fixed-pixel display device, respectively, wherein a fixed horizontal resolution and a fixed vertical resolution are set in advance in the image processor for use in the resolution conversion of the input image, and wherein the image processor includes: a frame memory, wherein the fixed resolution-converted image is input from the first resolution converter to the frame memory, and subsequently read out from the frame memory to be input to the second resolution converter, the first resolution converter includes: a FIFO buffer having a memory area for p pixels where p is an integer more than 1: a first horizontal resolution converter for converting the horizontal resolution of the input image to produce a first horizontal resolution-converted image having the fixed horizontal resolution; first line buffers for temporarily storing the first horizontal resolution-converted image sequentially output from the first horizontal resolution converter; and a first vertical resolution converter for converting the vertical resolution of the first horizontal resolution-converted image sequentially output from the first line buffers to produce the fixed resolution-converted image having the fixed horizontal and vertical resolutions, wherein the FIFO buffer sequentially receives the input image signal from a leading pixel of the input image, and outputs image signal in m pixel units to the first horizontal resolution converter where m is an integer greater than 1 and is equal to or less than p, wherein a number of pixels constituting each of the first line buffers is a fixed number which is equal to the fixed horizontal resolution, and wherein the fixed horizontal and vertical resolutions are set equal to the horizontal and vertical resolutions of the fixed-pixel display device.