1. Field
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to a display device to provide a three dimensional (3D) image and an internal image processing method, and more particularly, to an image processing apparatus and method that may decrease a visual fatigue when viewing a 3D image.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, interest in three dimensional (3D) image processing has increased. A 3D image may be configured by providing images corresponding to different views with respect to a plurality of views. For example, the 3D image may be a multi-view image corresponding to a plurality of views, or a stereoscopic image that may provide a left eye image and a right eye image corresponding to two views.
Compared to a two dimensional (2D) display which displays only an existing plane image, a 3D display may provide a relatively higher sense of reality to a user. However, the 3D display may express different image information with respect to a left field of view and a right field of view and thus, may cause increased visual fatigue as compared to the 2D display. Accordingly, there is a desire for a solution to decrease visual fatigue.
Conventional methods for decreasing visual fatigue include a method of uniformly decreasing depth information, a method of increasing a contrast in the case of a near side region and decreasing the contrast in the case of a far side region, and the like.