Patent ID: 8890933
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A parallax image conversion apparatus comprising: a first multiple parallax image generator that generates a first multiple parallax image concerning a first image signal; a second multiple parallax image generator that receives a second image signal, depth information, and blend information concerning an OSD image, changes the blend information based on the depth information, and generates a second multiple parallax image concerning the OSD image based on the second image signal and the depth information; a compounding circuit that compounds the first multiple parallax image and the second multiple parallax image by using the changed blend information; and a circuit interface that receives the first image signal, the second image signal, the depth information concerning the OSD image, and the blend information concerning the OSD image, sends the first image signal to the first multiple parallax image generator, and sends the second image signal, the depth information concerning the OSD image, and the blend information concerning the OSD image to the second multiple parallax image generator, wherein, in the changed blend information used in the compounding, values of the blend information at a first screen region are moved in a horizontal screen direction to second and third screen regions, the values of the blend information becoming 0 at the first screen region before the move, and the values of the changed blend information becoming 0 at the second and third screen regions after the move, and wherein if the first image signal includes depth information, then the circuit interface performs processing by dividing the image signals and information into a first frame concerning R, G and B signal values of the first image signal, a second frame concerning depth information of the first image signal, a third frame concerning R, G and B signal values of the OSD image, and a fourth frame concerning the depth information and the blend information of the OSD image.