JP4804562B2 - Video signal processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a video signal processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a video signal processing apparatus and method such as an electronic still camera and a video camera that have a liquid crystal monitor and operate exclusively by a battery.

JP-A-10-336494

  This type of video signal processing apparatus is described in JP-A-10-336494. A desired subject image is picked up by a solid-state image sensor, and an image signal representing the image is converted into digital image data and recorded on a recording medium such as a memory card. The recorded image data can be read arbitrarily, and the image represented by the data can be reproduced on the mounted liquid crystal monitor.

  As such a digital camera, a camera capable of displaying an enlarged region of interest during reproduction is known, and this publication also describes a digital camera with a zoom display function. In other words, two frame memories are provided. A reproduction frame is stored in the first frame memory, and a selection frame for selecting a region of interest is stored in the second frame memory. The selection frame is displayed so as to be superimposed on the reproduced image. When the user selects a selection frame of a desired magnification and moves the selection frame to the attention area, the image is enlarged by the pixel interpolation method on the first frame memory. Displayed on the LCD monitor.

  However, with a conventional digital camera, the frame memory is updated each time the image is enlarged, so the memory access and the enlargement processing time that occurs each time feels stressful for the user who is expanding by looking at the magnification. And was consuming extra power each time. Further, the frame memory is used for displaying a liquid crystal monitor, and the image on the frame memory is coarser than the photographed image. Nevertheless, in this digital camera, an enlarged image is enlarged and interpolated from a coarse image on the frame memory to form a new frame memory, so that the image after the magnification has been determined is quite coarse.

  In addition, if you want to reduce an image that has already been enlarged, it is necessary to further expand after reconstructing the frame memory after decompressing from the compressed original image, which further increases processing time and power consumption. It was such a thing.

  The present invention solves these problems of the prior art, and performs video signal processing for displaying a fine image after the magnification is determined by performing resize display with low power consumption following the user's operation until the resize magnification is determined. An object is to provide an apparatus and method.

  The video signal processing apparatus according to the present invention reads and reads image data from a photographing unit, a recording unit that records image data obtained by the photographing unit on the recording medium, and a recording medium that stores the image data. Resizing means for resizing the image data, a memory for temporarily storing the image data resized by the resizing means for display, and reading and resizing the image data from the memory according to an enlargement operation of the image display A display control unit for displaying an image on the display unit, and a new image from the recording medium while the enlargement operation is being performed in a state where the image data stored in the memory is coarser than the captured image. Without reading out the data, the display control means reads out the image data from the memory and resizes it. An image is displayed on the display means, and after the enlargement operation is confirmed, image data is newly read out from the recording medium according to the confirmed operation content, and the image data newly read out from the recording medium is the resizing means And resizing control means for resizing at.

  The video signal processing method according to the present invention includes a photographing means, a recording means for recording image data obtained by the photographing means on the recording medium, and temporarily storing the image data for display on the display means. A video signal processing method of a video signal processing apparatus having a memory, wherein the image data is read from the recording medium storing the image data, the resizing step for resizing the read image data, and the image resized by the resizing step A storage step for storing data in the memory; a display control step for reading out and resizing the image data from the memory in response to an enlargement operation of image display; and displaying the image on the display means; and storing in the memory While the image data is coarser than the captured image, while the enlargement / reduction operation is being performed, Without reading out the image data, the display control step reads out the image data from the memory and resizes it, displays the resized image on the display means, and after confirming the enlargement operation, according to the confirmed operation content, A resizing control step of reading out image data from the recording medium and resizing the image data newly read out of the recording medium in the resizing step.

  According to the present invention, since the image display memory area is not reconfigured until the magnification is determined, it is possible to save the processing time and power consumption generated by the memory access and the resizing process. After the magnification is determined, the image display memory area is reconstructed from the original image, so that a fine enlarged image can be displayed.

1 is a block diagram of a schematic configuration of a video signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the reproduction | regeneration zoom operation | movement in a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the reproduction | regeneration zoom operation | movement in a present Example in case a magnification is the limit of the resolution of an original image. It is explanatory drawing of the reproduction | regeneration zoom operation | movement in a present Example when a magnification exceeds the limit of the resolution of an original image. It is a flowchart of the reproduction zoom operation in the present embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a video signal processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a photographing lens, 12 denotes an image sensor that converts an optical image into an electric signal, and 14 denotes an A / D converter that converts an analog signal output from the image sensor 12 into a digital signal. Reference numeral 16 denotes an image processing circuit that performs color carrier removal, aperture correction, and gamma processing on the output data of the A / D converter 14 to create a luminance signal, and simultaneously performs color interpolation, matrix conversion, gamma processing, gain adjustment, and the like. To create color difference signals and form YUV format video data. A resize circuit 17 resizes the image data to a desired size. A memory control circuit 18 controls the image display memory area 22 and the memory area 30 of the DRAM 21.

  A timing generation circuit 20 supplies a clock signal and a control signal to the image sensor 12, the A / D converter 14, and the D / A converter 26, and is controlled by the system control circuit 40.

  Reference numeral 24 denotes a resize display circuit for resizing a desired area read from the image display memory area 22 to display it on the image display unit 28, 26 denotes a D / A converter, and 28 denotes a television monitor or a liquid crystal monitor equivalent thereto. It is an image display part which consists of.

  The image signal output from the image sensor 12 is input to the image processing circuit 16 via the A / D converter 14, and if necessary, resizing processing is performed by the resizing circuit 17, and the processed image data is subjected to memory control. The images are sequentially input to the image display memory area 22 via the circuit 18. An electronic viewfinder can be realized by performing a resize display process in the resize display circuit 24 if necessary and sequentially displaying it on the image display unit 28 via the D / A converter 28. However, in this embodiment, the A / D conversion is temporarily stored in the image display memory area 22 without being bound by this procedure or processing, and the output is then output to the image processing circuit 16, the resizing circuit 17, the resizing display circuit 24, and the like. You may output to an image display part via the D / A converter 28.

  Reference numeral 30 denotes a memory area for storing captured images. Images can be exchanged between the memory area 30 and the recording medium 60.

  A compression / decompression circuit 32 compresses / decompresses image data by adaptive discrete cosine transform (ADCT) and its inverse transform.

  In this embodiment, the image signal output from the image sensor 12 is input to the image processing circuit 16 via the A / D converter 14, and if necessary, the resizing process is performed by the resizing circuit 17, and the processed image data is processed. Is temporarily stored in the memory area 30 via the memory control circuit 18, the image is read out from the memory area 30, compressed by the compression circuit 32, and then stored again in the memory area 30 via the memory control circuit 18.・ Recording is realized. However, the present invention is not limited to this means, and the A / D converted image data may be directly compressed after image processing or resizing. Alternatively, the A / D converted image data may be temporarily stored in the memory area 30 and then read out and compressed after image processing or resizing.

  Further, the recorded image is read from the memory area 30 via the memory control circuit 18 and decompressed by the compression / decompression circuit 32. If necessary, the resizing circuit 17 performs resizing processing, and the processed image data is When the image is input to the image display memory area 22 via the memory control circuit 18, if necessary, the image is resized by the resize display circuit 24 and displayed on the image display unit via the D / A converter 28. Image reproduction can be realized. If the resizing functions of the resizing circuit 17 and the resizing display circuit 24 are appropriately used as necessary, reproduction zoom can be realized.

  A system control unit 40 controls the entire video signal processing apparatus 100, and uses the DRAM 21 as a work area. The system control unit 40 includes a ROM that stores a program for controlling the video signal processing apparatus 100, a CPU that executes the program, and the like.

  Reference numeral 50 denotes an interface with the recording medium 60 such as a memory card, and 52 denotes a connector that is electrically connected to the recording medium 60 such as a memory card. The recording medium 60 includes a recording unit 62 composed of a semiconductor memory, an interface 64 with the video signal processing device 100, and a connector 66 that is electrically connected to the video signal processing device 100.

  Reference numeral 70 denotes an operation unit including a magnification button for designating the zoom of the reproduction zoom and a position button for designating a position.

  A method for realizing reproduction zoom in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the size of the recorded image is 1600 pixels × 1200 pixels, and the image display unit 28 is composed of 752 pixels × 480 lines, but the combination of the size of the recorded image and the resolution of the image display unit Is not limited to this, and any combination may be used.

FIG. 2 shows the case of enlarging from a zoom magnification of 1. FIGS. 2 (a-1) and 2 (a-2) show an operation example when realizing the reproduction zoom during the resizing magnification setting. In FIG. 2A-1, after the recorded image is decompressed by the compression / decompression circuit 32, the resizing process is performed by the resizing circuit 17 so as to obtain the image size of the image display unit 28. This is an image written in the display memory area 22. When resizing ratio is not fixed, as indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 2 are designated by the position buttons magnification button (a-1), interpolation by resizing the display circuit 24 the region of interest in the image display memory area 22 Zoom in. In this method, the monitor image becomes rough as shown in FIG. 2 (a-2). However, since the resize display can be realized only by switching the readout area, it is possible to achieve reproduction zoom with quick and low power consumption.

  FIGS. 2B-1, 2B-2, and 3B-3 illustrate operation examples after the resizing magnification is determined. FIG. 2B-1 shows a recorded original image. After the recorded original image is decompressed by the compression / decompression circuit 32, the resizing circuit 17 performs a resizing process so that the predetermined magnification is determined. The processed image data is written in the image display memory area 22 as shown in FIG. If the attention area of this image designated by the position button is displayed without resizing as shown in FIG. 2 (b-3), fine reproduction zoom can be realized.

  When the zoom magnification is not so large, the original image is reduced as shown in FIG. 2 (b-1) to (b-2). FIG. 3 shows the state when the zoom magnification is increased and the resizing of the original image is no longer necessary, as in FIG.

  When the zoom magnification is further increased from the state of FIG. 3, the image quality is the same for both the enlargement by the resizing circuit 17 and the enlargement by the resize display circuit 24. Therefore, when the magnification is higher, the resize display is displayed by the resize display circuit 24 as shown in FIG. This is advantageous in terms of the capacity of the image display memory area 22 and the like.

FIG. 5 shows a reproduction zoom processing sequence in the present embodiment. When the magnification button is pressed (S10), the area designated by the magnification button and the position button is resized and displayed on the resize display circuit 24 from the image display memory area 22 (S14). This operation is continued until it is detected that the magnification button is released and the magnification is fixed (S12). When the magnification button is released, the image in the image display memory area 22 is resized from the original image (reduction processing to a resolution corresponding to the magnification set by the magnification button ) (S20), and designated by the position button. The position is displayed without resizing display (that is, with the same number of pixels) (S22). At this time, if the magnification is 1 (S16), the current image stored in the image display memory area 22 is used as it is, and the area designated by the position button is displayed without resizing (S22).

Further, when the enlarged image exceeds the resolution range of the original image, that is, when the resolution of the image after enlargement at the set magnification exceeds the resolution of the original image (S18), the original image is not subjected to interpolation enlargement. (S24), the resize display circuit 24 resizes the area designated by the magnification button and the position button (ie, interpolates and enlarges the number of pixels) (S26).

10: photographing lens, 12: image sensor, 14: A / D converter, 16: image processing circuit, 17: resizing circuit, 18: memory control circuit, 20: timing generation circuit, 21: DRAM, 22: for image display Memory area, 24: Resize display circuit, 26: D / A converter, 28: Image display section, 30: Memory area, 32: Compression / decompression circuit, 40: System control circuit, 50: I / F section, 52: Connector: 60: Recording medium, 62: Recording unit, 64: I / F unit, 66: Connector, 100: Electronic still camera, 210: Image display memory area before resizing, 212: Monitor, 214: Original image, 216: Image display memory area after resizing, 218: monitor, 220: image display memory area before resizing, 222: monitor, 224: original image, 226: image display memory after resizing Pass, 228: monitor, 230: before resizing the image display memory area, 232: monitor, 234: original image, 236: image display memory area after resizing, 238: Monitor

Claims (2)

Photographing means;
Recording means for recording image data obtained by the photographing means on the recording medium;
Resizing means for reading out the image data from the recording medium storing the image data and resizing the read out image data;
A memory for temporarily storing the image data resized by the resizing means for display;
Display control means for reading and resizing the image data from the memory in accordance with an enlargement operation of the image display, and displaying the image on the display means;
While the image data stored in the memory is coarser than the photographed image, the display control means does not newly read the image data from the recording medium while the enlargement operation is performed. The image data is read out and resized, and the resized image is displayed on the display means. After the enlargement operation is confirmed, the image data is newly read out from the recording medium in accordance with the confirmed operation content, and the recording medium And a resizing control means for resizing the image data newly read from the resizing means by the resizing means. Photographing means;
Recording means for recording image data obtained by the photographing means on the recording medium;
A video signal processing method of a video signal processing apparatus having a memory for temporarily storing image data for display on a display means,
A resizing step of reading the image data from the recording medium storing the image data and resizing the read image data;
A storing step of storing the image data resized by the resizing step in the memory;
A display control step of reading out the image data from the memory and resizing it in accordance with an enlargement operation of the image display, and displaying the image on the display means;
While the image data stored in the memory is coarser than the photographed image, the display control step does not newly read image data from the recording medium while the enlargement operation is performed. The image data is read from the memory and resized, and the resized image is displayed on the display unit. After the enlargement operation is confirmed, the image data is newly read from the recording medium according to the confirmed operation content, and the recording is performed. And a resizing control step of resizing the image data newly read from the medium in the resizing step.

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