JP2011171915A - Three-dimensional image display apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three-dimensional image display apparatus that facilitates anyone to view a new content having a desired three-dimensional image. <P>SOLUTION: A three-dimensional image can be viewed on the three-dimensional image display apparatus 10 without using glasses for stereoscopic viewing. The three-dimensional image display apparatus 10 includes a display 12 on which a three-dimensional image is displayed. The display 12 includes an image display unit for displaying an image, and a parallax barrier screen 12b provided removably on the image display unit in order to show an image as a three-dimensional image. Furthermore, a USB port 13 is provided, and image data for displaying an image are received externally through the USB port 13 by using a USB memory and displayed on the display 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device, and more particularly to a three-dimensional image display device that allows a three-dimensional image to be easily viewed.

  A portable integrated stereoscopic video multimedia device is described in, for example, JP-T-2009-534960 (hereinafter referred to as “Patent Document 1”).

Patent Document 1 discloses a portable integrated stereoscopic video multimedia device including a main body, an autostereoscopic liquid crystal display, a control device, a battery, two digital photographing lenses, and the like.
JP-T 2009-534960 (summary)

  A conventional three-dimensional image display device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image is configured as described above. Such a device is simply an idea application in which a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a stereoscopic image with the naked eye is combined with an existing portable television-like device. Therefore, in addition to the basic components of a television such as a display or a speaker, the configuration may include a battery, a memory, a communication button, and a camera for 3D photography. Etc.

  Therefore, in such a device, there is no specific description on how to actually use this device, and it is unclear whether the device actually operates.

  In addition, Patent Document 1 describes that new content is shot with a shooting camera that the user owns, or receives image data having a visual difference for stereoscopic television. Then it does not exist. Therefore, new content cannot be easily viewed on such an apparatus.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional image display device in which anyone can easily view content having a new desired three-dimensional image. And

  The three-dimensional image display apparatus according to the present invention can view a three-dimensional image without using stereoscopic display glasses. The three-dimensional image display device includes a display for displaying a three-dimensional image, and the display is detachably provided on the display unit for displaying the image and the parallax barrier screen for making the image appear as a three-dimensional image. Including. Furthermore, it includes a control unit that includes a communication port and controls to receive image data for displaying an image from the outside via the communication port and display the image data on the display.

  Preferably, the display can detachably attach a plurality of different parallax barrier screens to the display unit.

  More preferably, each of the plurality of different parallax barrier screens has a plurality of barriers, and the intervals between the barriers of the different parallax barrier screens are different.

  Image storage means for storing image data received from the outside via the communication port may be included.

  The data received from the outside via the communication port may include data relating to the contents of the image data together with the image data.

  In the present invention, content including a new three-dimensional image can be easily captured from the outside via the communication port. Therefore, the user can input a desired three-dimensional image via the communication port and display it on the display.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a 3D image display apparatus that allows anyone to easily view content having a new desired 3D image.

1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a three-dimensional image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the detail of the display of a three-dimensional image display apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a three-dimensional image display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which CPU of a three-dimensional image display apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen displayed on the display of a three-dimensional image display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the moving image reproduction | regeneration processing content shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the USB reproduction | regeneration processing content shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content in the case of preparing a new three-dimensional image.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a three-dimensional image display apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a three-dimensional image display device 10 according to this embodiment that can view a three-dimensional image without using stereoscopic display glasses includes a housing 11 having a display 12 on the front surface, A USB connection port 13 serving as a connection port for connecting a USB device provided on the side surface of the housing 11, and a predetermined input for controlling the three-dimensional image display device 10 is made to the USB connection port 13. A mouse 20 is connected. In addition, a switch 15 for turning on the operation of the three-dimensional image display device 10 is provided on the upper surface 11 a of the housing 11. In the drawing, a part of the display is cut away.

  The casing 11 has a certain width, a rectangular upper surface 11a having a first dimension, and a second dimension having the same width as the upper surface 11a and a depth larger than the first dimension. A rectangular bottom surface 11b, a display 12 that is provided between the top surface 11a and the bottom surface 11b in the vertical direction and protrudes toward the front in the downward direction, a front portion 11d that is provided at the bottom of the display 12, and a display 12 And a rectangular back surface portion 11e provided on the back surface of the front portion 11d, and left and right side surface portions 11f and 11g provided on the left and right sides of the display 12 and the front portion 11d. The left and right side surface portions 11f and 11g have a pentagonal shape with a short upper side and a long lower side.

  The front portion 11d is provided with a pair of stereo speakers 14a and 14b separated into left and right.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing details of the display 12. Referring to FIG. 2, display 12 includes an image display unit 12a formed of a liquid crystal screen or the like, and a parallax barrier screen 12b that is detachably provided on image display unit 12a. The image display unit 12 a is provided in the display holding unit 11 c on the front part 11 d of the housing 11.

  Specifically, the left and right ends of the display holding portion 11c extend from the top to the bottom along the display holding portion 11c, hold a predetermined distance from the image display portion 12a, and have a rectangular shape. A pair of L-shaped barrier screen guide portions 12c for placing the parallax barrier screen on the image display portion 12a while guiding the parallax barrier screen at the left and right ends are provided. The lowermost portions of the pair of barrier screen guide portions 12c are connected to each other at the upper portion of the front portion 11d, thereby supporting the lower portion of the parallax barrier screen 12b.

  The image display unit 12a is the same as the three-dimensional image display device disclosed in Patent Document 1, WO / 2008/148378, or WO / 2009/036758 described above, and the first image is displayed. The first pixel to be displayed and the second pixel to display the second image are arranged along the horizontal direction of the image display unit 12a.

  In this embodiment, since the parallax barrier screen can be detachably mounted on the image display unit, it is possible to enjoy displaying different three-dimensional images by replacing a plurality of parallax barrier screens having different barrier shapes. . The plurality of different parallax barrier screens may have different intervals between the plurality of barriers, or the number of simultaneously visible pixels may be changed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main part of the three-dimensional image display device 10. Referring to FIG. 3, the three-dimensional image display device 10 stores a CPU 30 (control means) for controlling the entire device, a switch 15 connected to the CPU 30, an image display unit 12a, and image information for display. A hard disk (HDD) 21, a graphic board 22 for displaying an image on the image display unit 12 a at a high speed, a RAM 23, a USB port 13, and a pair of stereo speakers 14.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation performed by the CPU 30 when the switch 15 of the three-dimensional image display device 10 is turned on. Referring to FIG. 4, when switch 15 is turned on (step S <b> 11 in FIG. 4, hereinafter, step is omitted), CPU 30 first determines the device connected to USB port 13 (S <b> 12).

  Here, examples of the device include input means such as a mouse and a keyboard connected by USB, a USB memory in which 3D image data is stored, and the like.

  If it is determined that an input means such as a mouse is connected, the contents of the reproducible 3D image are displayed on the display together with the playlist so that the user can select them (S13). A display example on the display in this case is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 5, a playlist and the contents of reproducible images are displayed. When the user selects a desired image from these with a mouse or the like, the image is reproduced. The sound is reproduced by the speaker 14.

  Next, a procedure for reproducing the built-in 3D image shown in S13 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the contents of processing performed by the CPU in this case.

  Referring to FIG. 6, the playlist shown in FIG. 5 is reproduced (S131). When a desired moving image is selected on this screen (S132), the selected three-dimensional image is reproduced (S133). When the reproduction is completed, the display automatically returns to the playlist display screen shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S12 that the connected USB device is a storage such as a USB memory, the CPU 30 accesses the USB memory, reads the contents, stores the contents in the HDD 21, and stores the contents (image data). A USB playback process to be changed is performed (S14).

  Next, details of the USB playback process will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents. Referring to FIG. 7, first, when a three-dimensional image is displayed on the display, the reproduction is stopped (S141). This is to reduce the load on the CPU 30. Next, a moving image file in the USB memory is detected, and all the moving image files and their playlists are transferred to the hard disk 21 (S142, S143). In the USB memory, playback software for 3D video playback stored in the hard disk 21 is specified, and the CPU 30 detects the playback software and automatically displays a playlist on the display 12 for the user. The moving image selected according to the selection is reproduced (S144).

  If the USB memory storing the playlist prepared in this way and the 3D image data is connected to the USB port of the 3D image display device 10, the playlist and the 3D image are automatically set as described above. Data is stored in the HDD 15 of the three-dimensional image display device 10 and automatically reproduced.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since 3D image data can be taken into a 3D image display device using a simple and versatile device such as a USB memory, anyone can easily obtain a desired one. The 3D image data can be stored in the 3D image display device 10 and reproduced.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the 3D image data is temporarily stored in the HDD 15 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the 3D image data may be directly displayed on the display 12 without being stored in the HDD 15. Further, the image referred to here may be a still image or a moving image.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the USB port is used as the communication port has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other general-purpose serial such as ilink or a communication port based on the parallel communication standard is used. Thus, the three-dimensional image data may be taken into the three-dimensional image display device 10.

  Next, a method for transferring 3D display image data together with a playlist to the 3D image display apparatus 10 using a USB memory will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation performed by the CPU of the personal computer when this processing is performed using a general-purpose personal computer. Referring to FIG. 8, first, desired three-dimensional image data is prepared, and a playlist related thereto is created on a personal computer (S21 to S22). The created 3D image data and the playlist are associated with each other and stored in the USB memory (S23 to S25). At this time, it is preferable to designate a software name for reproducing the image based on the three-dimensional image data. Then, as described above, the built-in three-dimensional image is reproduced.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the display of the three-dimensional image display device is tilted has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a display on any one surface may be used.

  In the above embodiment, the case where a 3D image stored in a hard disk or USB memory is displayed on a display has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a built-in antenna or tuner is provided to externally display a 3D image. Broadcasts may be received and displayed. Also, a 3D image recorded on the disc may be displayed by incorporating a disc device for reproducing a Blu-ray disc or the like.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

  The three-dimensional image display apparatus according to the present invention can be advantageously used as a three-dimensional image display apparatus because desired three-dimensional image data can be easily input and displayed in the three-dimensional image display apparatus.

  10 3D image display device, 11 housing, 12 display, 12a image display unit, 12b parallax barrier screen, 13 USB connection port, 14 speaker, 15 switch, 21 hard disk, 22 graphic board, 23 RAM, 30 CPU.

Claims (5)

A 3D image display device capable of viewing a 3D image without using stereoscopic display glasses,
A display for displaying the three-dimensional image;
The display includes a display unit that displays an image, and a parallax barrier screen that is detachably provided on the display unit and displays the image as a three-dimensional image.
Including communication ports,
3D image display apparatus comprising: control means for controlling to receive image data for displaying the image from the outside via the communication port and to display the image data on the display.   The three-dimensional image display device according to claim 1, wherein the display is configured such that a plurality of different parallax barrier screens can be detachably attached to the display unit. Each of the different parallax barrier screens has a plurality of barriers;
The three-dimensional image display device according to claim 2, wherein intervals between the barriers of the different parallax barrier screens are different.   The three-dimensional image display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising image storage means for storing image data received from outside via the communication port.   5. The three-dimensional image display device according to claim 1, wherein the data received from the outside via the communication port includes data related to the content of the image data together with image data.

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