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Digital device and method for processing three dimensional image thereof

US9619885B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 11, 2014
Grant dateApr 11, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/286
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital device capable of obtaining both a color image and a depth image and a method of processing a three dimensional image using the same. The method can include the steps of switching a resolution of a light-receiving unit from a first resolution to a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, sensing a visible light and an infrared light from a prescribed subject, extracting color image information from the visible light sensed by a first sensing unit of the light-receiving unit during a first time, extracting depth image information from the infrared light sensed by a second sensing unit of the light-receiving unit during a second time, determining whether extraction of both the color image information and the depth image information for the subject is completed and if the extraction of the color image information and the extraction of the depth image information for the subject are completed, implementing a 3D image of the subject based on the extracted color image information and the depth image information.

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