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| 20080252718 | ENHANCEMENT OF VISUAL PERCEPTION III - A system, device within a system, and a method for enhancing visual perception in a two-dimensional image is disclosed, providing the induction of retinal disparity in the viewer by in a system with which the two-dimensional image is viewed. With fusion of the retinally disparate images of the two-dimensional image, the viewer experiences the enhancement of his or her visual perception in the two dimensional image, which includes enhancement of depth perception and enhancement in clarity perception. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080273081 | Business system for two and three dimensional snapshots - A method for enabling viewing of stereoscopic images is provided. The method includes providing a two dimensional image representation to a service bureau configured to convert the two dimensional image representation into a stereoscopic image and transmitting the enhanced image from the service bureau to an entity for purposes of displaying the images in a user desired configuration, such as in a digital photo frame. Alternately, the present design includes receiving a two dimensional electronic image representation in electronic form together with conversion criteria, converting the two dimensional electronic image representation into a stereoscopic image based on the conversion criteria, and providing the stereoscopic image to a user for display. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080303892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING BLOCK-BASED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE FORMAT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES FROM BLOCK-BASED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE FORMAT - Provided are a methods and apparatuses for generating a stereoscopic image format and reconstructing stereoscopic images from the stereoscopic image format. The method of generating a stereoscopic image format for compression or transmission of stereoscopic images includes receiving a base view image and an additional view image, determining block pixel information for the stereoscopic image format for each block position using first block pixel information of the base view image and second block pixel information of the additional view image based on blocks obtained by dividing the base view image and the additional view image, and disposing the determined block pixel information in each block position, thereby generating a combined image including pixel information of the base view image and pixel information of the additional view image. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HEADER INFORMATION OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image bitstream; recording camera information related to cameras used for obtaining a stereoscopic image, in the header region; recording parallax information between base and additional images of the stereoscopic image in the header region; and recording the image data in the payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090002481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE BITSTREAM USING BLOCK INTERLEAVED METHOD - Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image bitstream. The method includes dividing a base view image and an additional view image into blocks having a predetermined size, generating a combined image by combining the blocks of the base view image and the blocks of the additional view image, recording the combined image in a payload area of the stereoscopic image bitstream, and recording block combination pattern information about a pattern of arranging the blocks of the base view image and the additional view image in the combined image, in a header area of the stereoscopic image bitstream. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090040295 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE USING DEPTH CONTROL - A method and apparatus for reproducing a stereoscopic image are provided. The method includes generating information about parallax between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of objects included in the stereoscopic image based on a stereo camera parameter of the stereoscopic image, controlling the depth of the objects in the stereoscopic image based on the generated information, and reproducing the stereoscopic image based on the controlled depth. Accordingly, the stereoscopic image can be reproduced while minimizing the eye fatigue of a viewer. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090096863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FATIGUE RESULTING FROM VIEWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DATA STREAM OF LOW VISUAL FATIGUE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided is a method of reducing fatigue resulting from viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image display. The method includes: obtaining low visual fatigue parameter information on a frame section including at least one frame of a received 3D image; obtaining disparity vector information on each frame of the 3D image; and determining a disparity minimum limit value and a disparity maximum limit value with respect to the 3D image. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096864 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE/VIDEO CONTENTS ON TERMINAL BASED ON LIGHTWEIGHT APPLICATION SCENE REPRESENTATION - A method for providing stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image/video content in a terminal based on Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) is provided. The method includes receiving a LASeR content including therein stereoscopic 3D image/video information, decoding the received LASeR content according to a stereoscopic 3D image/video attribute, checking LASeR commands from the decoded LASeR content, carrying out the LASeR commands, parsing scene information including stereoscopic 3D image/video information included in the decoded LASeR content, determining whether a media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video according to the stereoscopic 3D image/video information and, when the media object to be included in scene description is a stereoscopic 3D image/video, displaying the stereoscopic 3D image/video according to whether the terminal supports a stereoscopic 3D image/video. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090122133 | STEREO CAMERA HAVING 360 DEGREE FIELD OF VIEW - A stereo camera comprises at least one image sensor; a first surface configured to direct a first view of an area to the at least one image sensor, the first view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; and a second surface configured to direct a second view of the area to the at least one image sensor, the second view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; wherein the at least one image sensor is configured to capture the first and second views in at least one image. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122134 | METHOD OF RECORDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A method of storing 3D image data in a recording medium includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating either one of a single stereoscopic image or a compound image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a predetermined image configuration information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configuration information indicating attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configuration relation between encoded streams of the plurality of media objects, configuration information of the encoded streams; loading in an image data container field media data of an image to be stored; and loading, in a meta container field, metadata including information for playing the 3D image data. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128620 | Demultiplexing for stereoplexed film and video applications - A method for demultiplexing frames of compressed image data is provided. The image data includes a series of left compressed images and a series of right compressed images, the right compressed images and left compressed images compressed using a compression function. The method includes receiving the frames of compressed image data via a medium configured to transmit images in single frame format, and performing an expansion function on frames of compressed image data, the expansion function configured to select pixels from the series of left compressed images and series of right compressed images to produce replacement pixels to form a substantially decompressed set of stereo image pairs. Additionally, a system for receiving stereo pairs, multiplexing the stereo pairs for transmission across a medium including single frame formatting, and demultiplexing received data into altered stereo pairs is provided. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135246 | STEREO CAMERA - It has a right camera, a left camera, a camera stay which holds the right camera and the left camera at predetermined positions, and an attachment portion having openings for fixing the camera stay to a vehicle, in which the openings are positioned at a plurality of virtual lines parallel to a base line connecting the right camera and the left camera, a plurality of the openings are arranged on a virtual parallel line far from the camera stay, and one opening is arranged on a virtual parallel line closer to the camera stay than the faraway virtual parallel line. This structure provides a stereo camera which can prevent from deformation of the camera stay owing to a difference of expansion between the attachment portion and the camera stay and from deviation in the base length and the optical axis of the both cameras, with high distance-measurement accuracy even in a change of surrounding temperature. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090160931 | Image processing for supporting a stereoscopic presentation - An image processing is applied in common to image data for a first image and to image data for a second image. The image data for the first image and the image data for the second image are moreover compared as a basis for matching a visual appearance of images for a stereoscopic presentation. The visual appearance can be matched in the current pair of images by adjusting at least one of the images accordingly and/or in future pairs of images by adjusting parameters of at least one of the image capturing components providing the image data. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTIVIEW IMAGE DATA STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING THE SAME - Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image data stream, the method including: recording multi-view image data onto the multi-view image data stream; recording onto the multi-view image data stream a multi-view image parameter recording parameter indicating whether a multi-view image parameter with regard to the multi-view image data is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream; and determining whether the multi-view image parameter is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream based on a value of the multi-view image data parameter recording parameter. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090251531 | CODING SCHEME FOR DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNALS AND AN IMAGE ARCHITECTURE USING THE SAME - Video signals in a video stream are encoded by inserting reference signals in the video stream such that the encoded video stream carry both reference signals and video signals being coded. In the decoding stage, reference images generated from the reference signals are detected and used for identifying the encoded video signals based upon the profiles of the detected reference images. An imaging architecture capable of using the coding scheme comprises a shutter that can be implemented as a dual-processor configuration. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090315976 | MESSAGE PROPAGATION- BASED STEREO IMAGE MATCHING SYSTEM - A stereo image matching system includes an image processing unit for converting input images inputted from a first and a second image acquisition unit into digital signals to output first and second pixel data; and an image matching unit for computing at least two of an upward, a downward, a forward and a backward message of each pixel by using data values of the first and the second pixel data that are located on a same epipolar line to calculate a disparity value of each pixel by using the computed messages corresponding to adjacent pixel(s). The stereo image matching system employs a parallel pipeline VLSI configuration with a time complexity of O(N). Thus, a plurality of image lines are used for matching, so that correct distance image information is obtained regardless of the conditions of the surrounding environment. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DATA - A video processing method and apparatus, the video processing method including: decoding two-dimensional video data; adjusting a brightness of the decoded two-dimensional video data; converting the brightness-adjusted two-dimensional video data into three-dimensional video data; and displaying the three-dimensional video data. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090322857 | CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS - Continuous Adjustable Pulfrich Filter Spectacles are provided with lenses with continuously changeable optical densities, so that viewing of 2D movies is optimized for visualization in natural 3D. Method and means are disclosed for the continuous Adjustable Pulfrich Filter Spectacles to perform two independent optimizations to achieve optimized 3Deeps visual effects on 2D movies. First they compute the optical density setting of the lenses for optimal viewing of 2D movies as 3D. Then they continuously render the lenses of the spectacles to these optical densities optimized for characteristics of the electro-optical material from which the lenses of the spectacles are fabricated. The invention works for both 3DTV and 3D Cinema theater viewing. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100002073 | Blur enhancement of stereoscopic images - A method and apparatus for selectively blurring parts of an image set according to differences in disparity between successive images. As a result, the one-dimensional ‘ringing’ edge artifacts, intrinsic to autostereoscopic displays, are hidden, thereby improving the perceived image quality of a multi-view autostereoscopic image. The method may involve detecting regions of disparity between adjacent views, and then blurring those regions by weighted local pixel averaging. The relationship between the blur radius and the disparity is preferentially non-linear to maintain sharpness of low disparity regions. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100020158 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100045777 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT - A method of determining the distribution of radioactive material within a region is described. A plurality of radiological measurements and associated geometrical measurements taken at a plurality of positions in said region are input to a computer system. A 3D model of structures within said region is defined and the position within the model of each radiation measurement is obtained by using the geometrical measurements. The radiological measurements are then ascribed to a distribution of sources restricted to defined locations in the 3D model. The source distribution is parameterised over the defined source locations, and each parameter is related to the calculated observable radiation field, calculated using a physical model, at each measurement position. The parameters are adjusted to optimize the correspondence between the actual radiological measurements and the calculated observable radiation field, to yield the distribution of radioactive material as defined by the adjusted parameters | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053304 | Control System for Navigating a Principal Dimension of a Data Space - Systems and methods are described for navigating through a data space. The navigating comprises detecting a gesture of a body from gesture data received via a detector. The gesture data is absolute three-space location data of an instantaneous state of the body at a point in time and physical space. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using the gesture data. The navigating comprises translating the gesture to a gesture signal, and navigating through the data space in response to the gesture signal. The data space is a data-representational space comprising a dataset represented in the physical space. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100073461 | Lighting unit and method for the generation of an irregular pattern - A lighting unit ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079577 | CONCEALED REGIONS COMPLEMENTING SYSTEM OF FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO IMAGES - A sender produces a background video image | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100091091 | BROADCAST DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE THEREOF - A broadcast display apparatus and a two dimensional (2D) image display method of the broadcast display apparatus are provided. The 2D image display method includes selecting a 2D display mode; generating a 2D image using at least one of a left image and a right image of a three dimensional (3D) image; and displaying the 2D image. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100110162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING 3D STILL IMAGE SERVICE OVER DIGITAL BROADCASTING - A method and apparatus for providing 3D still image service in a specific time interval during audio-visual service of digital broadcast are provided. The method includes receiving a reference image and a 3D supplement image, which construct a 3D still image, through a data channel or a video channel together with a 2D image; restoring the reference image and the 3D supplement image to the 3D still image; and displaying the 3D still image in a specific interval during digital audio-visual broadcast using the 2D image according to display information which includes a play time and a play mode. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100118119 | CREATING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS DATA - The present invention relates to a method in a graphics system for creating a graphics stream allowing to form a three-dimensional graphics data, the graphics stream consisting of segments. The graphics stream is divided into at least a first segment and a second segment, the first segment comprises two-dimensional graphics data and the second segment comprises a depth map for the two-dimensional graphics data. The graphics stream can be decoded by a decoder to form two data sequences to be output separately to a display device for rendering a three-dimensional subtitle or graphics image for a three-dimensional video image. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100165077 | Multi-View Video Coding Using Scalable Video Coding - There are provided methods and apparatus for stereoscopic video coding using scalable video coding. A scalable video encoder includes an encoder ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100182400 | Aligning Images - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for aligning images are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an inaccurate three-dimensional (3D) position of a physical camera, where the physical camera captured a photographic image; basing an initial 3D position of a virtual camera in a 3D virtual environment on the inaccurate 3D position of the physical camera; correlating one or more markers in the photographic image with one or more markers in the 3D virtual environment that appear in the virtual camera's field of view; and adjusting the initial 3D position of the virtual camera in the 3D virtual environment based on a disparity between the one or more markers' 3D positions in the photographic image as compared to the one or more markers' 3D positions in the virtual camera's field of view. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL VIDEOS USING VIDEO FEATURES - A method for managing digital videos includes extracting a feature of an input digital video, searching for candidate features having similarity to the extracted feature, and comparing the extracted feature with each of the candidate features to select at least one of the candidate features similar to the extracted feature and provide information on a digital video corresponding to the selected candidate feature. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182402 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, STEREO IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND STEREO IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD - The present invention makes it possible to perform transmission of stereo image data between devices in a favorable manner. A source device (disc player | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100188480 | Single camera device and method for 3D video imaging using a refracting lens array - An embodiment of the present invention may include an apparatus that captures 3D images having a lens barrel. The lens barrel may include a lens disposed at the first end of the lens barrel, an image capture element at the second end of the lens barrel, and a pair of refracting lenses positioned along the optical axis of the lens barrel. The first and second refracting lenses may be mounted to a first set and second set of positioning elements. The image capture element may capture images continuously at a predetermined frame rate, and the first and second set of positioning elements may continuously change the position of the first and second refracting lenses among a series of predetermined correlated positions based on the predetermined frame rate. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194855 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING DEVICE AND BOARD INSPECTION DEVICE - A three-dimensional measuring device includes an irradiation means capable of irradiating a striped light pattern used for a spatial encoding method and a striped light pattern used for a phase shift method on a measurement object part on a board main body, an imaging means capable of imaging a measurement object part irradiated by the light pattern, an image control means for controlling imaging by the imaging means, a first calculation means for calculating a height of the measurement object part according to the phase shift method based on a multiplicity of image data imaged by the imaging means, and a second calculation means capable of using the spatial encoding method to identify a line corresponding to the measurement object part from among the image data at a time of calculation by the first calculation means by the phase shift method based on the image data. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH-RELATED INFORMATION PROPAGATION - The present invention relates to an apparatus for and a method of propagating depth-related information from a first depth-map ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100225740 | METADATA GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING METADATA - A metadata generating method including: receiving sub-region dividing information to divide an object into a plurality of sub-regions; and generating sub-region indicating information to indicate each of the plurality of sub-regions divided according to the sub-region dividing information. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCK-BASED DEPTH MAP CODING AND 3D VIDEO CODING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a block-based depth map coding method and apparatus and a 3D video coding method using the same. The depth map coding method decodes a received bitstream in units of blocks of a predetermined size using a bitplane decoding method to reconstruct a depth map. For example, the depth map coding method may decode the bitstream in units of blocks using the bitplane decoding method or an existing Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)-based decoding method adaptively according to decoded coding mode information. The bitplane decoding method may include adaptively performing XOR operation in units of bitplane blocks. For example, a determination on whether or not to perform XOR operation may be done in units of bitplane blocks according to the decoded value of XOR operation information contained in the bitstream. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100253765 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - There is provided an information processing device enabling a content of 3D image to be appropriately reproduced from a recording medium. A virtual extent read out from a recording medium recorded with interleaved data obtained by dividing each of a base stream and an enhanced stream into extents Ext | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100289871 | Method of transmitting video data for wirelessly transmitting three-dimensional video data - A source device transmits an output format notify message for video data to a sink device before transmitting the video data to the sink device, the output format notify message including a 3D field storing data for identifying whether the video data to be transmitted is two-dimensional video data or three-dimensional video data transmitted using frame packing. In response to this, the sink device identifies a type and a format structure of the video data, and decodes the received video data based on the identified type and format structure of the video data. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295922 | Coding Mode Selection For Block-Based Encoding - In a method of selecting coding modes for block-based encoding of a digital video stream composed of a plurality of successive frames, depth values of pixels contained in coding blocks having different sizes in the plurality of successive frames are obtained, the largest coding block sizes that contain pixels having sufficiently similar depth values are identified, and coding modes for block-based encoding of the coding blocks having, at minimum, the largest identified coding block sizes are selected. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100315486 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDING/RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Provided is a stereoscopic video service providing method using a stereoscopic video stream including first and second video streams in a digital broadcasting system. The stereoscopic video service providing method includes: generating information on the first video stream and information on the second video stream; inserting an identifier of the information on the second video stream into the information on the first video stream; and transmitting the first video stream and the information on the first video stream and the second video stream and the information on the second video stream through separate transmission channels, respectively. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100328425 | TEXTURE COMPRESSION IN A VIDEO DECODER FOR EFFICIENT 2D-3D RENDERING - In a video decoding system, a method and system for decoding previously encoded frames of video into a compressed and uncompressed format. The uncompressed format frames may be further stored and utilized to decode additional frames of video. The compressed format frames may be further stored and provided to a display processor to be rendered with additional textures. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328426 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE QUALITY - An image processor includes: an receiving module configured to receive a video signal of a content; an image quality adjusting module configured to adjust image quality of the video signal received by the receiving module using image quality adjustment parameters including at least a contrast-related parameter; a 3D video detecting module configured to determine whether the video signal is of a 3D content; and a control module configured to control the image quality adjusting module to adjust the image quality of the video signal using the contrast-related parameter being set to a second parameter setting for enhancing contrast more than at a first parameter setting, when the video signal is determined to be the 3D content by the 3D video detecting module while the image quality adjusting module is adjusting the image quality using the contrast-related parameter being set at the first parameter setting. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001790 | Method of Simulating Blur in Digitally Processed Images - In an image processing method, a first two-dimensional image (I(x, y)) of a three-dimensional scene is obtained. Each pixel location of a first image is associated with a respective distance parameter (z(x, y)) representing a distance of a viewer's eye to an object of the scene appearing at this pixel location in the first image. A respective spreading parameter (Φ | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007131 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - An information processing apparatus includes a depth-information detecting section, a comparison/detection section, and a control unit. The depth-information detecting section is provided for detecting a peak position of an object in a depth direction, at which the object is displayed at the front in an additional information display area. The comparison/detection section is provided for making a comparison between depth information of the additional information and the peak value of the stereoscopic video data to detect a positional relationship between the stereoscopic data and the display position of the additional information in the depth direction. The control unit is provided for controlling the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information in response to the positional relationship between the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007132 | Method and system for brightness correction for three-dimensional (3D) projection - A method and system are disclosed for brightness correction for use in three-dimensional (3D) projection of film-based or digital images. Based on brightness information for a projection system, brightness adjustment can be provided, which can be used for correcting brightness disparity in stereoscopic images for 3D projection. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007133 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A stereo camera is provided with two imaging units. A CPU detects a position of a CCD provided in each of the imaging units. Based on detection results, the CPU checks whether the CCD has reached an edge of a corresponding correctable area for each of the imaging units. The CPU starts to move the CCDs to their respective reference positions when one of the CCDs has reached the edge of the corresponding correctable area. The CPU controls actuations of CCD shifters such that the CCDs reach their respective reference positions simultaneously. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110018965 | APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING GEOMETRIC CALIBRATION - An apparatus for enabling geometric lens distortion calibration for a metric digital camera includes a turntable, a cage mounted on the turntable, and an array of targets disposed on the cage. The device provides distribution of image references points in three planes and is rotatable, allowing minimal movement of the camera being calibrated in three dimensions and reducing space requirements for calibration facilities. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110032327 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RECORDING MEDIUM - Playback device for playing back graphics stream according to stream selection table recorded on recording medium. Stream number register stores, as current stream number, one of a plurality of stream numbers written in the stream selection table. Capability register indicates capability to play back graphics. Procedure means determines playback type of graphics corresponding to the current stream number, based on the playback capability indicated by the capability register. Playback of graphics streams falls into two types: first playback type in which a monoscopic graphics stream is used; and second playback type in which a pair of left-eye graphics stream and right-eye graphics stream is used to perform a stereoscopic playback. The capability register indicates whether capability to perform the stereoscopic playback using the pair of left-eye and right-eye graphics streams is present in graphics decoder. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110050846 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying 3D Multi-Viewpoint Camera Video Over a Network - A number of cameras capture a scene and send corresponding video sub-streams to an acquisition PC. Each sub-stream is made up of a plurality of sub-frames. The acquisition PC sends the sub-streams over a network to a playback PC. The playback PC stores each sub-frame in a queue corresponding to an associated sub-stream. For each sub-stream the playback PC calculates a sub-stream average period to produce a plurality of sub-stream average periods. It then calculates a composite average period by averaging the plurality of sub-stream average periods, and calculates a playback frame rate as a reciprocal of the composite average period. The playback PC then reads the sub-frames from their corresponding queue in synchronism with the calculated playback frame rate to display the plurality of sub-streams. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050847 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base-view stream and a dependent-view stream. The base-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The dependent-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the base-view stream. The recording medium further includes a first file and a second file. The first file refers to the base-view stream in monoscopic video playback, and the second file refers to the base-view stream in stereoscopic video playback. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110058016 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING 2D/3D VIDEO - A video processor decompresses stereoscopic left and right reference frames of compressed 3D video. New left and right frames are interpolated. The frames may be stored and/or communicated for display. The left and right frames are combined into a single frame of a single stream or may be sequenced in separate left and right streams. The left and right frames are interpolated based on the combined single stream and/or based on the separate left and right streams. Motion vectors are determined for one of the separate left or right streams. The frames are interpolated utilizing motion compensation. Areas of occlusion are determined in the separate left and right streams. Pixels are interpolated for occluded areas of left or right frames of separate streams from uncovered areas in corresponding opposite side frames. The left and right interpolated and/or reference frames are displayed as 3D and/or 2D video. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063409 | ENCODING AND DECODING A MULTI-VIEW VIDEO SIGNAL - There is disclosed methods and apparatuses for multi-view video transmission and reception. The method comprises receiving a first sequence of pictures from a first view; and receiving a second sequence of pictures from a second view. The first sequence of pictures and the second sequence of pictures are divided into a first period of pictures and a second period of pictures, wherein no picture in the second period of pictures precedes any picture in the first period of pictures in output order. At least a third sequence of pictures is obtained of at least one view between the first view and the second view covering the first period of pictures. Said at least the third sequence of pictures and a first set of pictures of the first sequence of pictures and the second sequence of pictures that belong to the second period of pictures are encoded. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063410 | System and method for three-dimensional video capture workflow for dynamic rendering - There is provided a system and method for a three-dimensional video capture workflow for dynamic rendering. There is provided a method of generating three-dimensional video data comprising obtaining two-dimensional video data from a scene having a plurality of objects, identifying objects in the scene, obtaining relative positions of the plurality of objects, encoding the two-dimensional video data to generate encoded two-dimensional video data, generating relative positions metadata based on the relative positions of the plurality of objects, and providing a three-dimensional depth factor metadata for operation on the relative positions metadata. In this manner, existing two-dimensional workflows may be utilized in a cost effective manner, and end users may adjust the three-dimensional depth factor metadata to suit particular rendering environments or personal viewing preferences. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063411 | Receiving device, receiving method, transmission device and computer program - There is provided a receiving device including a receiving section receiving image data displaying a stereoscopic image in some portion of a program, procedure description information transmitted with broadcast signals and included supply source information of the stereoscopic image data, and switching instruction information indicating a switching timing instruction of the stereoscopic image transmitted with the broadcast signals, a procedure description information analyzing section switching a supply source of the stereoscopic image data based on an analysis of procedure description information, a switch notifying section notifying the procedure description information analyzing section of a switching of the stereoscopic image data when switching instruction information reaches while standing by for switching instruction information of the stereoscopic image data based on the analysis, and a playback control section switching to reception/playback of the stereoscopic image data based on supply source information and the switching instruction for the stereoscopic image data. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063412 | Image signal processing device, transmitting device, image signal processing method, program and image signal processing system - An image signal processing device is provided which includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal and setting information for each predetermined unit of the image signal including image type setting information to define whether the image signal represents a stereoscopic image and gamma correction setting information to define a gamma correction amount for the image signal, a gamma correcting unit for performing gamma correction for the image signal based on the gamma correction setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit, and a stereoscopic image processing unit for selectively performing a process to display the stereoscopic image for the image signal corrected by the gamma correcting unit based on the image type setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063413 | Method and Media Player for Playing Images Synchronously with Audio File - A method and a media player for playing images synchronously with an audio file are provided. The method includes the following steps. Audio file associated parameters are read according to a preset time interval when an audio file is played. Stereoscopic image associated parameters corresponding to the read audio file associated parameters are generated according to a preset first corresponding relation between the audio file associated parameters and the stereoscopic image associated parameters. Stereoscopic images corresponding to the audio file are generated according to the stereoscopic image associated parameters, and the stereoscopic images are played. Through the method and media player, stereoscopic images can be played synchronously when an audio file is played. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069150 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069151 | MULTI-LENS CAMERA AND CONTROL METHOD - A dual lens camera for producing a three-dimensional image includes plural lens systems and a zoom mechanism. Initial correction data is constituted by a displacement vector of an amount and a direction of misalignment between plural images according to a superimposed state thereof for each of zoom positions of the lens systems. A vector detector, if a calibration mode is set, obtains a current displacement vector related to one first zoom position. A data processor outputs current correction data by adjusting the initial correction data according to the initial correction data and current displacement vector. If the current correction data is stored, a displacement vector is obtained from the current correction data according to a zoom position of the lens systems upon forming the plural images, to carry out image registration between the images according to the obtained displacement vector for producing the three-dimensional image. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110080462 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO PLAYBACK - Inconsistency between a left-view video image and a right-view video image possibly occurs in a playback device having a function of switching between a monoscopic playback mode for monoscopically playing back video images and a stereoscopic playback mode for stereoscopically playing back video images. The present invention aims to prevent such inconsistency when switching from the monoscopic playback mode to the stereoscopic playback mode. Specifically, the present invention prevents the inconsistency by invalidating a rendering request which is Graphics#drawImage, copying a content stored in the left-view graphics plane to a right-view graphics plane, switching a graphics plane setting after the copying, and then removing prohibition of a rendering request which is StereoGraphics#drawImage. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080463 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method executed in an apparatus, includes steps of: inputting a left-viewpoint image and a right-viewpoint image therebetween to the apparatus; searching for a corresponding point in the right-viewpoint image with respect to the left-viewpoint image, generating a first corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a first intermediate-viewpoint image based on the left-viewpoint image; searching for a corresponding point in the left-viewpoint image with respect to the right-viewpoint image, generating a second corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a second intermediate-viewpoint image based on the right-viewpoint image; extracting missing portions of pixels in the first and second intermediate-viewpoint images; determining whether a missing portion extracted is a missing portion to be interpolated or not; interpolating the missing portion to be interpolated based on a result of determination; and generating a third intermediate-viewpoint image based on the intermediate-viewpoint images. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080464 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR FILLING OCCLUDED AREAS OF A DEPTH OR DISPARITY MAP ESTIMATED FROM AT LEAST TWO IMAGES - A method of filling occluded areas of a depth or disparity map estimated from at least two images and consisting of a matrix of pixels forming a set of lines and columns, each pixel of the map being associated with a depth or disparity value (pixel value) and any pixel of an occluded area (invalid pixel) being associated with a pixel value identifiable as being invalid. This method comprises a step of processing each line of the map pixel by pixel in a predefined direction and assigning each invalid pixel Pi encountered on a current line a value determined as a function of the values associated with the pixels in a predefined vicinity around the first valid pixel P | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110090304 | METHOD FOR INDICATING A 3D CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL - A method and apparatus may be provided that includes receiving a signal that includes content at an image display device, determining whether the content within the received signal includes three dimensional (3D) image data, displaying information about the content within the received signal on a display of the image display device, and displaying a 3D indicator on the display when the content within the received signal is determined to include 3D image data. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090305 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The recording medium | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090306 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A broadcast receiver and a 3D broadcast data processing method are disclosed. The processing method includes receiving a broadcast signal including system information (SI) and video data, parsing SI of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service on the basis of the SI, extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, 3D broadcast data corresponding to the 3D broadcast service, and processing the 3D video data according to the SI. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit receiving a broadcast signal including SI and video data, an SI processor parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service on the basis of the SI, a demultiplexer extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, 3D broadcast data corresponding to a 3D broadcast service, and a video processing unit processing 3D video data according to the SI. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110109719 | Orthorectifying stitched oblique imagery to a nadir view, and applications thereof - Embodiments of this invention relates to orthorectifying oblique imagery to a nadir view. In an embodiment, a method orthorectifies oblique photographic imagery. An oblique photographic image is projected onto a three-dimensional model of terrain. Points are sampled from the projected photographic image at the intersection of the three-dimensional model of terrain and parallel rays extended from a virtual viewport having a nadir perspective. The sampled points are assembled into an orthorectified image. Finally, the orthorectified image or the sampled points are adjusted approximately according to a difference in tilt angle between a camera that captured the oblique photographic image and the viewport having the nadir perspective to generate a foreshortened orthorectified image. Each location in the foreshortened orthorectified image corresponds linearly to a corresponding location in a two-dimensional map. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115880 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an operating method thereof where the image display apparatus may display a three-dimensional (3D) object and may process an image signal such that the depth of a 3D object can vary according to the priority level of the 3D object. Thus, a user may view a 3D object having a depth from the image display apparatus that varies according to the 3D object's priority level. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110122224 | ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION OF BACKGROUND IMAGE (ACBI) BASED ON SEGMENTATION OF THREE DIMENTIONAL OBJECTS - Systems and methods for three dimensional (3D) video compression that reduce the transmission data rate of a 3D image pair to within the transmission data rate of a conventional 2D video image. The 3D video compression systems and methods described herein utilize the characteristics of the video capture systems and the Human Vision System (HVS) and reduce the redundancy of background images while maintaining the 3D objects of the 3D video with high fidelity. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122225 | Depth Coding as an Additional Channel to Video Sequence - A 3D video coding apparatus and method which selectively codes video data from a plurality of video sources to include depth information. Coding may be performed by combining depth information with view information, such as RGB, YCrCb, or YUV, and coded together with the view information as, RGBD, YCrCbD or YUVD. An apparatus may selectively code the depth information based on a depth format flag to include no depth information (e.g. a 2D format) or include depth information as a chroma channel. The depth information may be coded separately or together with YCrCb based on a coding cost or rate distortion estimate to encode the video information to obtain the highest quality. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110134210 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTER AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEIVER - [Object] To embed disparity information in a subtitle stream so that the disparity information can concurrently exist with subtitle information. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MULTIPLE 3-D VIDEO FORMATS - Aspects of a method and system for handling multiple 3-D video formats are provided. A video processing system may receive one or more video frames comprising first 3-D view pixel data and second 3-D view pixel data suitable for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) video frame. The video system may be operable to determine an arrangement of the first 3-D view pixel data and the second view pixel data in the one or more video frames. In instances that the determined arrangement is not a desired arrangement, the video processing system may be operable to convert the one or more video frames to the desired arrangement. Either or both of the determined arrangement and the desired arrangement may comprise a series of two single-view frames. Either or both of the determined arrangement and the desired arrangement may comprise a single frame comprising the first 3-D view pixel data and the second 3-D view pixel data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134212 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING 3-D VIDEO - A video processing system may receive a first frame comprising pixel data for a first 3-D view of an image, which may be referred to as first 3-D view pixel data, and receive a second frame comprising pixel data for a second 3-D view of the image, which may be referred to as second 3-D view pixel data. The system may generate a multi-view frame comprising the first 3-D view pixel data and the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may make a decision for performing processing of the image, wherein the decision is generated based on one or both of the first 3-D view pixel data and/or the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may process the 3-D multi-view frame based on the decision. The image processing operation may comprise, for example, deinterlacing, filtering, and cadence processing such as 3:2 pulldown. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110149019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED 2D VIDEO DISPLAY BASED ON 3D VIDEO INPUT - A video processing device may generate a two dimensional (2D) output video stream from a three dimensional (3D) input video stream that comprises a plurality of view sequences. The plurality of view sequences may comprise sequences of stereoscopic left and right reference fields or frames. A view sequence may initially be selected as a base sequence for the 2D output video stream, and the 2D output video stream may be enhanced using video content and/or information from unselected view sequences. The video content and/or information utilized in enhancing the 2D output video stream may comprise depth information, and/or foreground and/or background information. The enhancement of the 2D input video stream may comprise improving depth, contrast, sharpness, and/or rate upconversion using frame and/or field based interpolation of images in the 2D output video stream. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149020 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO POST-PROCESSING BASED ON 3D DATA - A media player may read three-dimensional (3D) video data comprising a plurality of view sequences of frames or fields from a media storage device, and may decimate one or more of the view sequences to enable transferring the video data to a display device. The media player may determine operational parameter(s) and/or transfer limitation(s) of a connecting subsystem used to transfer the video data to the display device. The decimation may be performed based on this determination of transfer limitation(s). The decimation may be performed temporally and/or spatially. The plurality of view sequences may comprise sequences of stereoscopic left and right view reference frames or fields. The decimation may be performed such that the removed data for each view sequence may be reconstructed, after reception, based on remaining data in the same view sequence and/or video data of other corresponding view sequences. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARPNESS PROCESSING FOR 3D VIDEO - A video processing device may enhance sharpness of one or more of a plurality of view sequences extracted from a three dimensional (3D) input video stream. The plurality of extracted view sequences may comprise stereoscopic left and right view sequences of reference fields or frames. The sharpness enhancement processing may be performed based on sharpness related video information, which may be derived from other sequences in the plurality of view sequences, user input, embedded control data, and/or preconfigured parameters. The sharpness related video information may enable classifying images in the 3D input video streams into different regions, and may comprise depth related data and/or point-of-focus related data. Sharpness enhancement processing may be performed variably on background and foreground regions, and/or on in-focus or out-of-focus regions. A 3D output video stream for display may be generated from the plurality of view sequences based on the sharpness processing. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING 3D OUTPUT VIDEO WITH 3D LOCAL GRAPHICS FROM 3D INPUT VIDEO - A video processing device may extract a plurality of view sequences from a three-dimensional (3D) input video stream and generate a plurality of graphics sequences that correspond to local graphics content. Each of the plurality of graphics sequences may be blended with a corresponding view sequence from the extracted plurality of view sequences to generate a plurality of combined sequences The local graphics content may comprise on-screen display (OSD) graphics, and may initially be generated as two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The plurality of graphics sequences may be generated from the local graphics content, based on, for example, video information for the input 3D video stream, user input, and/or preconfigured conversion data. After blending the view sequences with the graphics sequences, the video processing device may generate a 3D output video stream. The generated 3D output video stream may then be transformed to 2D video stream if 3D playback is not available. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149023 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a video signal processor including: a combining process section adapted to superimpose a first marker signal on a first video signal component at a specific position and superimpose a second marker signal on a second video signal component at roughly the same position as the specific position; and a control section adapted to control the condition of superimposition of the first and second marker signals so that an image appears to indicate that the first and second marker signals are combined correctly when the first and second video signal components are combined in a correct phase relationship, and so that an image appears to indicate that the first and second marker signals are combined incorrectly if the first and second video signal components are combined in an incorrect phase relationship. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110149024 | Three-Dimensional Image Data Transmission Device, Three-Dimensional Image Data Transmission Method, Three-Dimensional Image Data Reception Device, Three-Dimensional Image Data Reception Method, Image Data Transmission Device, and Image Data Reception Device - [Object] To maintain consistency of perspective with each object in an image in the display of overlay information. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157302 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH MULTI-STREAM SENDING/RECEIVING OPERATION - A three-dimensional processing circuit includes a multi-stream 3D image sender that produces packet based multi-stream information that includes a first stream that has first eye view information, such as left eye frame information and a second stream that includes corresponding second eye view information, such as right eye frame information, for display on a single display, wherein each stream comprises a same object viewed from differing view perspectives. In one example, the multi-stream information is communicated as packetized data over a single cable, for example wherein a packet includes both the left eye and right eye information. In addition, the encoder provides as part of the multi-stream information, control information indicating that the first and second streams are for a single display. In one example, the multi-streams are communicated concurrently so that the single display can display stereoscopic left and right eye frame information. A corresponding receiver is also disclosed that decodes the packet based multi-stream information and combines the decoded left eye frame information and corresponding right eye information for a 3D viewing effect. In one example this may be based on control information associated with the packet based multi-stream information. Related methods are also set forth. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110169913 | SET-TOP BOX CIRCUITRY SUPPORTING 2D AND 3D CONTENT REDUCTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE VIEWING ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS - Set-top box circuitry and methods of operating the same are described that support the delivery of media content between one or more media content sources and a screen assembly of a display system. The set-top box circuitry is configured to process media content having display requirements that exceed constraints associated with a viewing environment that includes the screen assembly to produce processed media content having display requirements that do not exceed the constraints. The set-top box circuitry may also be configured to obtain substitute media content that replaces requested media content when the requested media content has display requirements exceeding constraints associated with a media content source, a communication path from the media content source, and/or the viewing environment. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110187817 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is a recording medium on which are recorded a main-view stream, sub-view stream, and management information. The management information includes a system rate for each stream. Each stream is divided into a plurality of data blocks that form a plurality of extent blocks. In each extent block, main-view data blocks and sub-view data blocks are in a continuous interleaved arrangement. A main-view data block and sub-view data block forming a single pair each have a maximum size that is determined by the following conditions: (i) the system rate of the sub-view stream, (ii) whether the pair is the top pair within the extent block, and (iii) whether a long jump region exists between the recording areas of two extent blocks that are to be read continuously. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187818 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - Video processing apparatus and method including a process for switching a 2D program and a 3D video program. The method has the steps of, for example: inputting a 3D video signal and a 2D video signal; discriminating whether the video signal which is inputted is the 3D video signal or the 2D video signal; and converting a clock frequency of the video signal which is determined as a 2D video signal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110221861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - In a method for processing video signals acquired from multiple cameras, the present invention provides a method for processing video signals including receiving a multiview video coded bit stream including color pictures and depth pictures, wherein the depth picture indicates a group of digitalized information on a distance between a base camera and an object; acquiring data type identification information from the multiview video coded bit stream, wherein the data type identification information indicates whether or not depth-coded data are included in the multiview video coded bit stream; acquiring reference information between views of the depth picture based upon the data type identification information, wherein the reference information between views of the depth picture includes a number of depth-view reference pictures, and a view identification number of the depth-view reference picture; acquiring an estimation value of the depth picture by using the reference information between views of the depth picture; recovering the depth picture by using the estimation value of the depth picture; and acquiring a 3-dimensional image by using the recovered depth picture. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110228046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE VIA A 3D SYNC SIGNAL - A controlling device is configures to control functional operations of an appliance by using a 3D sync signal transmitted to synchronize a wearable 3D viewing apparatus with a device adapted to render 3D media to select from a library of command codes a command code set appropriate for controlling functional operations of the appliance. The command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes are assigned to respective keys of the controlling device whereupon a subsequent activation of one or more of the respective keys of the controlling device will cause the controlling device to issue a command transmission via use of one or more of the command codes within the command code set selected from the library of command codes to thereby control one or more functional operations of the appliance. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110242275 | 3D GLASSES WITH HINGED FRAME AND ENHANCED CONTRAST LENSES - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110267423 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the method are disclosed. The method for processing a 3D video signal includes receiving a digital broadcast signal including a multiple hierarchy descriptor, identifying at least one of a second dependent Elementary Stream (ES) based on a first field included in the multiple hierarchy descriptor, wherein the second dependent ES is to be accessed before decoding of a first dependent ES, identifying signaling information of the second dependent ES based on a second field included in the multiple hierarchy descriptor, decoding the first dependent ES and the second dependent ES, and outputting a three dimensional (3D) video signal by formatting the decoded first and second dependent ESs. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273529 | CODING OF DEPTH MAPS - Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to filtering of depth maps. According to a general aspect, a first depth picture is accessed that corresponds to a first video picture. For a given portion of the first depth picture, a co-located video portion of the first video picture is determined. A video motion vector is accessed that indicates motion of the co-located video portion of the first video picture with respect to a second video picture. A second depth picture is accessed that corresponds to the second video picture. A depth portion of the second depth picture is determined, from the given portion of the first depth picture, based on the video motion vector. The given portion of the first depth picture is updated based on the depth portion of the second depth picture. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273530 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. A three dimensional (3D) video data processing method for use in a broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal including three dimensional (3D) video data, extracting display condition information of the 3D video data from the broadcast signal, and controlling an output of the 3D video data using the extracted display condition information. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110279641 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CROPPING, TEMPORALLY-COHERENT WARPING AND RETARGETING - A method for warping a video is provided. The method for warping a video, comprising steps of (a) receiving a video having at least a frame having a specific area; (b) defining a target video cube having a predetermined warping ratio and including the specific area; and (c) warping the frame so that the warped frame conforms to an aspect ratio of the target video cube. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285813 | Depth and Video Co-Processing - Co-processing of a video frame ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110292168 | 3D VISION MONITOR, SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a 3D vision monitor, system, and display parameter adjusting method thereof. In one embodiment, the 3D vision monitor judges whether the image signal is a 3D image according to a synchronous clock signal of the image signal. While the 3D vision monitor confirms the image signal is a 3D image, it adjusts the brightness, the red gain value, the green gain value, or the blue gain value of the image signal. In another embodiment, a computer executes the 3D vision program and generates a trigger signal. Then, according to the trigger signal, the 3D vision monitor increases the brightness, the red gain value, the green gain value, or the blue gain value of the image signal. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110298889 | Administration method of lumber - In an administration method of a lumber, an outer appearance of a lumber is photographed to obtain an image data, and a three-dimensional coordinate model of the lumber is created from the image data. Then, a minimum diameter and a length of the lumber are obtained from the three-dimensional coordinate model to calculate a mass volume of the lumber. Further, an edge surface pattern appearing on an edge surface of the lumber is extracted from the image data. After various processes are applied to the lumber, an edge surface pattern is recorded to create an edge surface pattern data. A history data, in which histories of the various processes are accumulated, and the edge surface pattern data are correlated and recorded, is constructed. Accordingly, when the edge surface pattern is compared with the edge surface pattern data, it is possible to trace the histories of the various processes. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110310220 | DEPTH CAMERA ILLUMINATOR WITH SUPERLUMINESCENT LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A depth camera illuminator with a superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED) in a motion tracking system. One or more SLEDs have a sufficient power, such as 75-200 milliwatts, to extend in a field of view in an area such as a room in a home. To correct for chromatic aberration which would otherwise exist due to the wider range of wavelengths which are emitted by an SLED compared to a laser, an achromatic diffractive optical element is used to disperse the light over the field of view. The achromatic diffractive optical element can have a stepped multi-level profile with three or more levels, or a continuous profile. Based on a tracked movement of a human target, an input is provided to an application in a motion tracking system, and the application performs a corresponding action such as updating a position of an on-screen avatar. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120002006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO DATA TO IMPLEMENT LOCAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video data. The video data decoding method includes decoding a first video stream to generate 2D video data for two-dimensionally displaying video content and decoding a second video stream to generate 3D video data for three-dimensionally displaying at least one part of the display section of the video content. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120033034 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus, for receiving a digital broadcast signal, which is broadcasted by combining 3D video program content and 2D video program content, for displaying the most suitable picture to a user, at a changing point between 2D video and 3D video, comprises: a receiver unit, which is configured to receive a digital broadcast signal, including program content and a first identification information for identifying the program content to be a 3D picture program or a 2D picture program; and a controller unit, which is configured to determine the program content received to be a 3D video program content or a 2D video program content, upon basis of the first identification information about the program content received by the receiver unit, and further determine a 3D view preparation condition, being a condition for preparing view of 3D video by a user, wherein a video signal is outputted, being exchanged between 2D display and 3D display, determined from the 3D view preparation condition of the user and the information of whether the program content identified from the first identification information is the 3D video program content or the 2D video program content. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING 3-DIMENSIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE - Provided is a method and system of transmitting and receiving a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting and receiving a reference image and a 3D auxiliary image for the 3D broadcasting service through a digital broadcasting network in real-time or in non-real time. According to the present invention, a smooth broadcasting service may be provided to terminals receiving a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D broadcast. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120044321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BROADCASTING SERVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A broadcasting service monitoring apparatus includes: a stream separation unit to extract a partial stream from an inputted 3D stream and separate detailed stream configuration and service-related information and a stream for 3D video service from the 3D stream; a configuration information analysis unit to minutely analyze the separated service-related information and the separated stream for 3D video service; a 2D image decoding unit to decode the separated stream for 3D video service into a predetermined image; an image separation unit to separate one screen of the decoded predetermined image into two screens and generate two images; a 3D image reproduction unit to reproduce the generated two images; a depth information extraction unit to extract depth information for 3D video service from the generated two images; and a 3D information representation unit to represent the analyzed values and the extracted depth information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120056980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY MONITOR REPRESENTED IN A VIDEO FEED - According to some embodiments, information about dynamic adjustments being made to a video feed may be received from an instrumented video camera, the video feed including a representation of a display monitor. An image to be displayed on the display monitor represented in the video feed may also be received. The image to be displayed on the display monitor may then be automatically adjusted based on the information received about dynamic adjustments to the video feed. The adjusted image may then be output to the display monitor. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056981 | INTER-LAYER DEPENDENCY INFORMATION FOR 3DV - Various implementations are directed to providing inter-layer dependency information. In one implementation, syntax elements are generated that indicate an inter-layer dependency structure among three-dimensional video (3DV) layers. Based on the inter-layer dependency structure, an inter-layer reference is identified for a picture from a layer of the 3DV layers. The picture is encoded based, at least in part, on the inter-layer reference. Corresponding decoding implementations are also provided. Additionally, in another implementation, a transmission priority and an indication of network congestion are used to determine whether to transmit data for a particular 3DV layer. The transmission priority is based on an inter-layer dependency structure among multiple 3DV layers. Another implementation is directed to a network abstraction layer unit that can explicitly identify and convey inter-layer references and corresponding dependencies. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120062697 | Hyperspectral imaging sensor for tracking moving targets - The present disclosure provides for a system and method for aerial detection, identification, and/or tracking of unknown ground targets. A system may comprise collection optics, a RGB detector, a SWIR MCF, a SWIR detector, and a sensor housing affixed to an aircraft. A method may comprise generating a RGB video image, a hyperspectral SWIR image, and combinations hereof. The RGB video image and the hyperspectral SWIR image may be analyzed to detect, identify, and/or track unknown targets. The RGB video image and the hyperspectral SWIR image may be generated simultaneously. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120086772 | CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR 3D TELEVISION - First and second closed captioning (CC) windows containing identical text are presented on a video display slightly offset from each other so as to give a 3D appearance to the combined text. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092448 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: an acquisition section adapted to acquire stereoscopic image information for displaying a stereoscopic image; and a production section adapted to compare a first image and a second image, which configure the acquired stereoscopic image information, with each other to produce a parameter indicative of a position of a body included in the stereoscopic image in the depthwise direction when the stereoscopic image is displayed. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092449 | Support Of Full Resolution Graphics, Menus, And Subtitles In Frame Compatible 3D Delivery - Full resolution graphic overlays (e.g., graphics, menus, arrows, buttons, captions, banners, picture in picture information) and subtitles in frame compatible | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120127264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE GENERATING STEREO SOUND SYNCHRONIZED WITH STEREOGRAPHIC MOVING PICTURE - An electronic device including a receiver configured to receive a stereoscopic moving image including a plurality of frames; a controller configured to obtain a change in depth information of at least one object included in the stereoscopic moving image and to produce a sound zooming factor reflecting the obtained change in depth information; and an audio processor configured to apply the produced sound zooming factor to a sound signal corresponding to at least one speaker of a plurality of speakers outputting sound signals for the stereoscopic moving image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127265 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT ADJUSTMENT ON VIDEO DISPLAY - The disclosure is regarding methods and apparatus for stereoscopic effect adjustment on video. The method for stereoscopic effect adjustment on video comprises receiving a 3D video, analyzing the 3D video for generating an analyzing result, and adjusting the 3D video according to a user preference input for stereoscopic effect and the analyzing result to generate a new 3D video. The apparatus for stereoscopic effect adjustment on video comprises a video analysis module, for receiving a 3D video and analyzing the 3D video to generate an analyzing result, and a 3D parameter adjustment module, for adjusting the 3D video according to a user preference input for stereoscopic effect and the analyzing result to generate a new 3D video. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC 3D BROADCASTING SERVICE COMPATIBLE WITH HD BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a broadcasting service are provided. The broadcasting service may be classified based on a broadcasting service type, such as a frame-compatible service, and a service-compatible service. Additionally, a descriptor may be generated based on the broadcasting service type, and a compatibility between a stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service and a single stream-based broadcasting service may be provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133731 | HIGH BANDWIDTH STREAMING TO MEDIA PLAYER - A method performed by one or more computing devices includes receiving, by a data center and from a user device via a public network connection, a selection of high-definition three-dimensional (HD3D) content and sending, by the data center and to the user device, a link to a content delivery system to provide the selected HD3D content. The method also includes receiving, by the content delivery system and from the user device, a streaming request for the selected HD3D content; reserving, by the content delivery system, bandwidth, for the selected HD3D content, within a managed network; and sending, by the content delivery system and to the user device, a streaming Internet protocol (IP) address for providing the selected HD3D content over the managed network. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120140025 | Dynamic Modification of Video Content at a Set-Top Box Device - A particular method includes receiving video content at a set-top box device. Scene data defining a three-dimensional scene is accessed, where the scene data includes object data defining at least one three-dimensional graphical object, and where the scene data is accessed based at least in part on information associated with the video content. The method further includes processing the object data to render the at least one three-dimensional graphical object. The rendered at least one three-dimensional graphical object is overlaid on a portion of the video content, thereby generating dynamically modified video content. The method includes sending the dynamically modified video content to a display device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120162362 | MAPPING SOUND SPATIALIZATION FIELDS TO PANORAMIC VIDEO - Systems and methods are disclosed for mapping a sound spatialization field to a displayed panoramic image as the viewing angle of the panoramic image changes. As the viewing angle of the image data changes, the audio data is processed to rotate the captured sound spatialization field to the same extent. Thus, the audio data remains mapped to the image data whether the image data is rotated about a single axis or about more than one axis. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120182385 | STEREOPHONIC SOUND GENERATING APPARATUS AND STEREOPHONIC SOUND GENERATING METHOD - A stereophonic sound generating apparatus of an embodiment includes a depth vector detecting unit, a motion vector detecting unit, an area dividing unit which divides a frame into a plurality of areas on the basis of motion vectors detected by the motion vector detecting unit, a depth vector average calculating unit, a voice processing unit which divides a frequency spectrum extracted from a voice signal into a plurality of frequency components, an associating unit which associates the plurality of areas divided by the area dividing unit with the plurality of frequency components divided by the voice processing unit, and a voice source identifying unit which identifies a source of a voice of a corresponding frequency component from the plurality of frequency components on the basis of the average of the depth vectors calculated for each of the areas by the depth vector average calculating unit. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120194639 | IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus and method includes extracting video depth information indicating a depth of a 3D video image from a video stream. The image processing apparatus and method also includes adjusting a depth value of a graphic screen, to be synchronized with the 3D video image, using the video depth information. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194640 | DECODER, PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - A decoder, a projecting system, and a method for processing an image thereof are provided. The decoder is adapted to the projecting system having a projecting module and a shutter glass. The decoder includes a decoding circuit and an indicating unit. The projecting module outputs a frame turning control signal to the shutter glass. The decoding circuit receives and decodes a three-dimensional (3D) video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data to the projecting module. The indicating unit is coupled to the decoding circuit and correspondingly produces an indicating signal when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194641 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes a projecting unit that includes an illumination capable of varying illuminance and that projects a stripe to a measurement object with light from the illumination and shifts a phase of the stripe projected to the measurement object; an imaging unit which captures an image of the measurement object; and a control unit which allows the imaging unit to capture a plurality of the images by allowing the projecting unit to shift the phase of the stripe projected to the measurement object a plurality of times, extracts luminance values from the plurality of captured images, calculates an error rate in three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object based on the extracted luminance values, calculates the error rate for each illuminance by varying the illuminance of the illumination, and determines measurement illuminance for three-dimensionally measuring the measurement object based on the calculated error rate of each illuminance. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120200666 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Abstract: A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including system information and video data, parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service from the system information, extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, broadcast data of the program, and processing video data of broadcast data according to the system information. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit receiving a broadcast signal including system information and video data, an SI processor parsing system information of a program, and determining whether the program provides a 3D broadcast service from the system information, a demultiplexer extracting, if the program provides a 3D broadcast service, broadcast data of the program, and a video processor processing video data of the broadcast data according to system information. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206567 | SUBTITLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TELEVISION VIDEO - A sub-title detection system and method for television video are provided in which a static region detection is performed, and the results of the static region detection are pruned using a feature based on density of horizontal transition pairs, an intelligent adaptive temporal filtering is performed that uses object-level subtitle information and has suitable properties for integration in a streaming video environment, rectangular bounding boxes are computed around the subtitle using height, width and filling-degree constraints, and finally, subtitle bounding boxes are identified by binary classification based on text stroke alignment features. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212575 | GATEWAY/STB INTERACTING WITH CLOUD SERVER THAT PERFORMS HIGH END VIDEO PROCESSING - A gateway includes a communications interface and processing circuitry and establishes communications with at least one service provider device and with a serviced client device. The gateway receives video on demand instructions from the serviced client device and transmits the video on demand instructions to the cloud server. The gateway then receives streamed video content from the cloud server, the streamed video content video processed based upon the video on demand instructions and, during some operations the streamed video content having video on demand icons formed therein. The gateway then transmits the streamed video content to the serviced client device. The advanced video processing instructions may be three-dimensional processing instruction, texturing, or another type of advanced video processing. The cloud server may also service a Video on Demand session for the serviced client device. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120229599 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A video signal processing device processes a | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120249732 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving module, first and second processors, depth information generation module, and an image generation module. The receiving module receives a moving image including images. The first and second processors decode the moving image inputted from the receiving module and generate decoded data for each of the images. The depth information generation module generates, based on the decoded data generated by the first processor, depth information concerning the decoded data. The image generation module generates a parallax image, if an image with which the decoded data generated by the second processor is associated is subsequent to an image with which the depth information generated by the depth information generation module is associated, by using the decoded data generated by the second processor and depth information concerning an image subsequent to the image with which the generated depth information is associated. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249733 | MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING STEREO VIDEO FORMAT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A measuring apparatus for measuring a stereo video format includes an active space measuring circuit and a decision circuit. The active space measuring circuit is utilized for determining a position of an active space of a frame packing to generate an active space measuring result according to pixels values of a plurality of scan lines of the frame packing. The decision circuit is coupled to the active space measuring circuit, and is utilized for determining the stereo video format according to at least the active space measuring result. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120257010 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC 3D STEREOSCOPIC DISPARITY CURSOR - Embodiments of the present invention provide a “disparity cursor” for easily measuring disparity within a selected region of a 3D image under test. In operation, a user places a window that defines the disparity cursor over a selected region of the 3D image under test using a mouse, keyboard, or other user-interface device. An average disparity value for the image segments contained within the window is then automatically calculated and reported to the user. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262542 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WARPING AND HOLE FILLING DURING VIEW SYNTHESIS - Implementations include methods and systems for a converting reference images or video to 3D images or video. A two-step conversion is described which accomplishes warping and hole filling on a pixel-by-pixel basis. In one implementation, of a plurality of pixel values of a reference image at a plurality of first collinear pixels locations are successively mapped to a respective plurality of second pixel locations of a destination image. Between two of the mappings, a location of a hole between two of the second pixel locations may be identified and filled. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268557 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING 3D EFFECT THEREOF - Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and a method of adjusting a 3D effect thereof. The 3D image processing apparatus includes: a meta data analyzer which analyzes meta data about an input video signal and extracts, from the meta data, at least one auxiliary data usable in adjusting 3D effect information of the input video signal; a meta data processor which calculates a 3D effect adjusting value for adjusting the 3D effect information on the basis of the at least one extracted auxiliary data; and a 3D effect adjuster which adjusts the 3D effect information on the basis of the calculated 3D effect adjusting value, and adjusts the input video signal to have a 3D effect based on the adjusted 3D effect information. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING USING INTER LAYER PREDICTION WITH PRE-FILTERING, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DECODING USING INTER LAYER PREDICTION WITH POST-FILTERING - Disclosed are a video encoding method and apparatus for encoding an image synthesized from at least one image, and a video decoding method and apparatus for decoding an image synthesized from at least one image. The video encoding method includes: generating a base layer bitstream by encoding first components of the at least one image; pre-filtering second components of the at least one image using a correlation between the first components and the second components; and generating an enhancement layer bitstream by encoding the pre-filtered second components with reference to the first components. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120287233 | PERSONALIZING 3DTV VIEWING EXPERIENCE - A method for personalized video depth adjustment includes receiving a video frame, obtaining a frame depth map based on the video frame, and determining content genre of the video frame by classifying content of the video frame into one or more categories. The method also includes identifying a user viewing the video frame, retrieving depth preference information for the user from a user database, and deriving depth adjustment parameters based on the content genre and the depth preference information for the user. The method further includes adjusting the frame depth map based on the depth adjustment parameters, and providing a 3D video frame for display at a real-time playback rate on a user device of the user. The 3D video frame is generated based on the adjusted frame depth map. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293614 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120300024 | IMAGING SYSTEM - A three-dimensional imaging system to reduce detected ambient light comprises a wavelength stabilized laser diode to project imaging light onto a scene, an optical bandpass filter, and a camera to receive imaging light reflected from the scene and through the optical bandpass filter, the camera configured to use the received imaging light for generating a depth map of the scene. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMAL MOTION REPRODUCTION IN STEREOSCOPIC DIGITAL CINEMA - A method and apparatus are described including determining an inter-frame object displacement for each object in a left eye image frame pair, determining an inter-frame object displacement for each object in a right eye image frame pair, determining a convergence shifting field between each object in the left eye image and the right eye image pair, determining an amount of motion blur responsive to the inter-frame object displacement for each object in the left eye image frame pair, the inter-frame object displacement for each object in the right eye image frame pair, and the convergence shifting field between each object in the left eye image and the right eye image pair and adjusting the motion blur by the amount of motion blur. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120307004 | VIDEO DECODING WITH 3D GRAPHICS SHADERS - Video coding using 3D graphics rendering hardware by enhancing pixel shaders to pixel block shaders to provide efficient motion compensation computations. Reference frame prediction corresponds to texture lookup, and matrix multiplication is cast in linear combinations of rows format to correspond to pixel shader vector operations. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120314022 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROLLER - Controlling operations of a display apparatus using a remote controller that detects user motion in a three-dimensional space and transmits the detected motion of the user in the three-dimensional space to thereby determine commands corresponding to the detected motion of the user. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314023 | SPLIT SCREEN FOR 3D - A method, apparatus and system are provided for the visual inspection of a three-dimensional video stream as it is being re-encoded into a second video format. A portion of a frame of a decoded three-dimensional video stream and a corresponding portion of a frame of the three-dimensional video stream having been re-encoded are arranged into a combined video frame such that the video frame portions appear together in the combined video frame. A boundary between the video frame portions in the combined video frame is manipulated such that a change of disparity on the boundary between the video frame portions, and any overlap between the combined video frame portions, are not visible. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320152 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereoscopic image generation method and apparatus is provided. A single image is segmented into segments, and feature points are extracted from the segments. An object is recognized by using the extracted feature points, and a depth value is assigned to the recognized object. Matching points are acquired according to the depth value. A left image or a right image is reconstructed with respect to the image by using the feature points and the matching points. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320153 | DISPARITY ESTIMATION FOR STEREOSCOPIC SUBTITLING - In various embodiment of the present invention, the difference of disparity between subtitles in stereoscopic content along time is restrained by a function of time and disparity. This guarantees that two consecutive subtitles will have similar disparity if they are close in time. More specifically, a method for the positioning of subtitles in stereoscopic content includes estimating a position for a subtitle in at least one frame of the stereoscopic content and restraining a difference in disparity between subtitles in at least two frames by a function of time and disparity. In such an embodiment, the estimating can include computing a disparity value for the subtitle using a disparity of an object in a region in the at least one frame in which the subtitle is to be inserted. The subtitle can then be adjusted to be in front of or behind the object. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130002810 | OUTLIER DETECTION FOR COLOUR MAPPING - A method and an arrangement for an improved outlier detection for colour mapping are recommended, wherein a neighborhood of a partially colour compensated test-image by comparing the initially corrected test-image with a reference image in a neighborhood comparator is used for outlier detection and not outlier detection of at least two images for colour mapping. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010055 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CODING A SEREOSCOPIC NETWORK - In response to a stereoscopic image of first and second views, a maximum positive disparity is computed between the first and second views, and a minimum negative disparity is computed between the first and second views. Within a bit stream, at least the stereoscopic image, the maximum positive disparity, and the minimum negative disparity are encoded. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010056 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - The reproduction apparatus includes a remote control receiver that receives an instruction for adjusting an offset amount between the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data, a video signal processor that adjusts an offset amount between the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data so as to be an offset amount based on the instruction, and a CPU that determines whether an absolute value of the offset amount adjusted by the video signal processor is not more than a limit value. When the CPU determines that the adjusted absolute value of the offset amount is more than the limit value, the video signal processor adjusts the offset amount between the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data so that the absolute value of the offset amount between the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data is not more than the limit value. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010057 | 3D DISPARITY MAPS - A particular implementation accesses a disparity value for a particular location in a picture, the disparity value indicating disparity with respect to a particular resolution. The particular implementation modifies the accessed disparity value based on multiple resolutions to produce a modified disparity value. Another implementation accesses a disparity value for a particular location in a picture, the picture having a particular resolution, and the disparity value indicating disparity with respect to another resolution that is different from the particular resolution and that is based on multiple resolutions. A further implementation modifies the accessed disparity value to produce a modified disparity value indicating disparity with respect to the particular resolution. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130021435 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR STEREOSCOPIC REPRODUCTION - In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory stores, as a number of pixel lengths, an offset indicating how far in a right direction or a left direction to move coordinates of pixels to realize stereoscopic view. When realizing stereoscopic view, a plane shift engine moves the coordinates of image data in a graphics plane in the right direction or the left direction by the number of pixel lengths indicated by the offset. When a scale of video data targeted for stereoscopic view is changed by a basic graphics plane, a shift distance of pixel coordinates by the plane shift engine is based on a number of pixel lengths obtained by multiplying the offset by a changed scaling factor in the horizontal direction. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027511 | Onboard Environment Recognition System - To provide an onboard environment recognition system capable of preventing, with a reduced processing load, erroneous recognition caused by light from a headlight of a vehicle in the surroundings. An onboard environment recognition system | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027512 | PRESENTING THREE DIMENSIONAL DEPTH - An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by determining, using a light-field camera, a depth map corresponding to an environment. The depth map represents how light falls in the environment. The method also includes determining a parallax occlusion map of the environment and creating, using the depth map and the parallax occlusion map, a three-dimensional image representing the environment. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a first picture of the environment with a first flash intensity and a second picture of the environment with a greater second flash, determining differences between the first picture of the environment and the second picture of the environment, determining one or more properties of the environment based at least in part on the determined differences and dynamically re-lighting the three-dimensional image using the depth map, the parallax occlusion map, and one or more of the determined properties of the environment. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130038682 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An apparatus for capturing a stereoscopic image maintains the image quality of partial image data by appropriately cutting out the partial image data from image data generated by an imaging unit. The apparatus includes imaging units which generate right-eye image data and left-eye image data having binocular parallax for making a viewer sense a stereoscopic image; an information storage unit which stores, when image center points of the right-eye and left-eye image data image data are origins, position information indicating positions of right and left correction points obtained by moving marks projected on the right-eye and left-eye image data by a differential vector, respectively; and a cutout control unit which, based on the position information, cuts out pieces of partial image data having the same size from the right-eye and left-eye image data. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038683 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD - Service compatibility with respect to a 2D TV is realized when transmitting frame compatible type stereoscopic image data. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044182 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) 3D IMAGING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method are disclosed to implement a radio-frequency (RF) 3D imaging system. In one embodiment, the method includes searching and analyzing signals emitted from emitters external to the 3D glasses to determine a strongest RF (Radio Frequency) signal source. The method also includes reading and storing an identification code of the strongest RF signal source. The method further includes receiving synchronization signals from an emitter that emits the strongest RF signal. In addition, the method includes synchronizing and controlling the 3D glasses based on the synchronization signals. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT AND FOR CALIBRATING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An improved apparatus for determining the 3D coordinates of an object ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050411 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing device has a depth data generator which generates depth data corresponding to video data of each frame for performing frame rate conversion, depending on a logical value of a control signal, the logical value changing from a first logical value to a second logical value before the video data is outputted the first frame number of times when the first frame number is larger than the second frame number, and a three-dimensional data generator which generates three-dimensional video data based on the video data of each frame after the frame rate conversion by the frame rate converter, and on the depth data corresponding to the video data of each frame. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A viewpoint position sets, when a stereoscopic video image is provided that includes a left-eye parallax image and a right-eye parallax image having a predetermined parallax distribution and that is observed from a given viewpoint, a virtual viewpoint for observing a subject from another viewpoint. A parallax image generation unit generates a left-eye and a right-eye parallax image for providing a desired parallax distribution that are obtained when an observation is made from the virtual viewpoint, by shifting the image cut-out position of at least one of the left-eye or the right-eye parallax image. When the shift amount at the image cut-out position changes due to a position change of the virtual viewpoint, the parallax image generation unit generates a parallax image while changing the shift amount in stages from a shift amount obtained before the change to a shift amount obtained after the change. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130057644 | SYNTHESIZING VIEWS BASED ON IMAGE DOMAIN WARPING - Techniques are disclosed for generating autostereoscopic video content. A multiscopic video frame is received that includes a first image and a second image. The first and second images are analyzed to determine a set of image characteristics. A mapping function is determined based on the set of image characteristics. At least a third image is generated based on the mapping function and added to the multiscopic video frame. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063556 | EXTRACTING DEPTH INFORMATION FROM VIDEO FROM A SINGLE CAMERA - Techniques are provided for generating depth estimates for pixels, in a series of images captured by a single camera, that correspond to the static objects. The techniques involve identifying occlusion events in the series of images. The occlusion events are events in which dynamic blobs are at least partially occluded, by static objects, from view of the camera. The depth estimates for pixels of the static objects are generated based on the occlusion events and depth estimates associated with the dynamic blobs. Techniques are also provided for generating the depth estimates associated with the dynamic blobs. The depth estimates for the dynamic blobs are generated based on how far down, within at least one image, the lowest point of the dynamic blob is located. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063557 | EYEWEAR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EYEWEAR DEVICE - An eyewear device which adjusts a transmitted light amount to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer to perform an assistance operation, which assists the viewer in viewing images so that the viewer stereoscopically perceives the images, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a synchronization signal in synchronization with display of the images; and a controller which analyzes a signal configuration of the synchronization signal after power supply is started for the assistance operation, and switches a control mode between a first control mode and a second control mode, which is different from the first control mode, based on an analysis result of the signal configuration. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130083160 | METHOD FOR DECODING 2D-COMPATIBLE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO FLOWS - A method for processing a video stream of digital images includes: receiving the video stream which includes at least one composite frame containing a pair of stereoscopic digital images according to a predetermined packing format; receiving metadata which describes the format of the composite frame; generating an output video stream which can be reproduced on a visualization device, wherein the method further includes the steps of determining the area in the composite frame which is occupied by one image of the stereoscopic pair within the composite frame based on the metadata; extracting the image contained in the area from the composite frame, and generating an output frame containing the extracted image. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130093843 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING STEREOSCOPIC MOVING PICTURE FILE - Disclosed is a method for configuring a stereoscopic moving picture file. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for configuring a stereoscopic moving picture file is to analyze a plurality of right and left images which constitute a stereoscopic moving picture, and to obtain disparity information and depth information of the stereoscopic moving picture file. Then, biostability information for the stereoscopic moving picture file is set using at least one piece of information obtained from the disparity information and depth information, and the set biostability information is included in the coded data of the stereoscopic moving picture. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130113877 | DETERMINING FEATURE VECTORS FOR VIDEO VOLUMES - A volume identification system identifies a set of unlabeled spatio-temporal volumes within each of a set of videos, each volume representing a distinct object or action. The volume identification system further determines, for each of the videos, a set of volume-level features characterizing the volume as a whole. In one embodiment, the features are based on a codebook and describe the temporal and spatial relationships of different codebook entries of the volume. The volume identification system uses the volume-level features, in conjunction with existing labels assigned to the videos as a whole, to label with high confidence some subset of the identified volumes, e.g., by employing consistency learning or training and application of weak volume classifiers. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113878 | Methods for Interfacing With an Interactive Application Using a Controller With an Integrated Camera - A method for determining a position of a controller in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. One method includes an operation to calibrate a computer program to identify a group of recognized fixed points from a plurality of fixed points within the three-dimensional space using a depth camera integrated with the controller. Another operation activates use of the controller and depth camera during interface with the application. During use of the controller, image and depth data within the three-dimensional space is captured with the depth camera of the controller. The captured data can then be used to enable input to a computer system. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130127987 | SIGNALING DEPTH RANGES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - In one example, a video coder, such as a video encoder or a video decoder, is configured to code a first set of one or more depth range values for a first set of video data, wherein the first set of one or more depth range values have respective first precisions, code a second set of one or more depth range values for a second set of video data, wherein the second set of one or more depth range values have respective second precisions different than the respective first precisions, and code at least a portion of the second set of video data using the second set of one or more depth range values. In this manner, the video coder may update precisions (e.g., numbers of bits) used to represent depth range values for coding multiview plus depth video data. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135430 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING MOVING DEPTHS OF VIDEO - A method for adjusting moving depths for a video is provided, which is adapted for 2D to 3D conversion. The method includes receiving a plurality of frames at a plurality time points and calculating a plurality of local motion vectors and a global motion vector in each of the frames. The method also includes determining a first difference degree between the local motion vectors and the global motion vector in the frames. The method further includes determining a second difference degree between a current frame and the other frames of the frames. The method also includes calculating a gain value according to the first difference degree and the second difference degree. The method further includes adjusting original moving depths of the current frame according to the gain value. Accordingly, a phenomenon of depth inversion can be avoided or mitigated. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135431 | SEQUENCE LEVEL INFORMATION FOR MULTIVIEW VIDEO CODING (MVC) COMPATIBLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING (3DVC) - In general, techniques are described for separately coding depth and texture components of video data. A video coding device for processing the video data comprising one or more processors may perform the techniques. The one or more processors may be configured to determine first sequence level information describing characteristics of the depth components, and determine second sequence level information describing characteristics of an operation point of the video data. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141528 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO TEMPORAL FRAME OFFSET MEASUREMENT - A stereoscopic video temporal frame offset measurement system uses an improved signature curve generator to generate a robust signature curve for each of the left and right image sequences of a stereo video signal. The resulting signature curves are cross-correlated over a specified correlation range to generate cross-correlation coefficients. The cross-correlation coefficients are compared to a high threshold, and a temporal frame offset is generated and displayed for each cross-correlation coefficient that exceeds the high threshold. Each new temporal frame offset result is highlighted when displayed, otherwise the last result is displayed in a background fashion. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130162762 | GENERATING A SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO STREAM FROM A SOURCE VIDEO STREAM IN A FIRST OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT USED TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT VIDEO STREAM IN A SECOND OUTPUT TYPE FORMAT - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing a source video stream of frames of images providing a first type of output format to generate a supplemental video stream, wherein the source video stream and the supplemental video stream are processed by a video processor to produce an output video stream having a second type of output format. The source video stream has a plurality of frames of digital images comprising an array of pixels in the first type of output format. The frames of the source video stream are processed by transforming color values for the pixels in the images in the frames to different color values to produce a modified video stream whose frames are merged with the corresponding frames in the source video stream to produce the supplemental video stream. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH-RELATED INFORMATION MAP ACCORDING TO QUALITY MEASUREMENT RESULT OF THE DEPTH-RELATED INFORMATION MAP - An exemplary depth control method includes following steps: receiving input images corresponding to different views; generating at least one depth-related information map according to the input images; estimating a confidence level by measuring quality of the depth-related information map; and adjusting the depth-related information map according to the confidence level. In addition, an exemplary depth control apparatus includes a depth-related information map generation circuit, a quality measurement circuit and an adjustment circuit. The depth-related information map generation circuit receives input images corresponding to different views, and generates at least one depth-related information map according to the input images. The quality measurement circuit estimates a confidence level by measuring quality of the depth-related information map. The adjustment circuit adjusts the depth-related information map according to the confidence level. Then the depth-related information maps are used by an image interpolation unit to interpolate output images. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162764 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising an image processing unit that applies, for left and right complement target areas serving as non-output areas respectively positioned closer to the center of the output plane than the left and right reference boundaries set by the reference boundary setting unit, image information about adjacent areas serving as partial areas within the left and right viewpoint images respectively adjacent to the left and right complement target areas, respectively, to the left and right complement target areas, to complement image information about the left and right complement target areas in each of the stereoscopic image frames and an output unit that outputs each of the stereoscopic image frames in which the image processing unit has complemented the image information to the left and right complement target areas according to the disparities adjusted by the disparity adjustment unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130176387 | DIGITAL RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D CONTENTS IN DIGITAL RECEIVER - The present invention relates to a digital receiver and a method for processing contents in the digital receiver. A digital receiver for 3D service according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a receiving unit which receives a 3D video base stream and system information including PVR support information of the 3D video base stream; a download module which adds a time-stamp to the 3D video base stream, and controls to configure and store an index file including information for PVR function performance of the 3D base stream, which is extracted from the PVR support information; a PVR module including an upload module which uploads the stored 3D video base stream on the basis of at least one of the index file and time-stamp values; a decoder which decodes the uploaded 3D video base stream; a formatter which formats the decoded 3D video data according to an output format; and an output unit which outputs the formatted 3D video data. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130182067 | RECEPTION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Previously, users could not be notified when the 3D mode type of a program being received by a digital broadcast receiver was not compatible with the digital broadcast receiver. A reception device is provided with: a reception unit which receives program content including video information and identification information including information for distinguishing whether the program content is 2D program content or 3D program content; and a display control unit which controls the display so as to display whether the aforementioned program content is 2D program content or 3D program content in response to the received aforementioned identification information. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188012 | Portable Structured Light Measurement Module/Apparatus with Pattern Shifting Device Incorporating a Fixed-pattern Optic for Illuminating a Subject-under-test - A surface measurement module for 3-D image acquisition of a subject-under-inspection. The module having: (a) a casing to house a pattern shifting device having a fixed-pattern optic through which light from a light source is passed, an output of the pattern shifting device being directed at a polarizing beam splitter and the polarized output of the splitter directed through a lens assembly comprising at least one lens element; (b) a reflector to direct the polarized output exiting the lens assembly, to illuminate a surface of the subject-under-inspection; (c) a scattered light illumination off the surface is directed back through the lens assembly for capture by an image sensor; and (d) the casing also housing the polarizing beam splitter, the lens assembly, and the image sensor. The output of the fixed-pattern optic comprises a multi-frequency pattern. The pattern shifting device may be a linear or rotating type. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130215219 | MULTICASTING MULTIVIEW 3D VIDEO - Apparatus, comprising a wireless transceiver to wirelessly communicate with multiple recipients, control logic coupled to the wireless transceiver to determine an amount of available bandwidth for multicasting multiple data streams for the recipients, the control logic to select an encoded data stream including data substreams relating to at least first and second video reference views and corresponding depth data for respective ones of the video reference views to transmit to a recipient via the wireless transceiver on the basis of the determined bandwidth. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130235150 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing device including an image input unit that performs image division on an input image, an evaluation value generation unit that generates an evaluation value based on an image signal of the input image, and a plurality of signal processing units that perform signal processing on the image signal based on the evaluation value generated by the evaluation value generation unit, wherein the plurality of signal processing units perform the signal processing using image signals of divided images divided by the image input unit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235151 | Image Adjusting Apparatus and Associated Method - An image adjusting method for extending vertical blanking intervals of an image signal is provided. Using the image adjusting method, an adjusted image signal is synchronized with an image signal before the adjustment to prevent image delay. The image adjusting method comprises providing a first image signal having a first data enable signal, wherein the first data enable signal has a first data enable duration; and generating a second data enable signal having a second data enable duration. The first and second data enable durations correspond to a same image frame of an image signal, and the second data enable duration substantially overlaps the first data enable duration. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130242043 | DEPTH VIDEO FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image synthesizing method according to the present invention includes generating a depth image in a current picture by searching depth information using a plurality of color images obtained at different view points, performing filtering on the depth image using a 3-dimensional (3D) joint bilateral filter, and generating a synthesized image using the plurality of color images and the filtered depth image, wherein the 3D joint bilateral filter performs filtering on the generated depth image using color image information for at least one of previous pictures, the current picture, and subsequent pictures, and the color image information includes information on a boundary of an object in the color images and color information of the color images. According to the present invention, image processing performance may be enhanced. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130250050 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS WITH IMPROVED 3D HUMAN POSE AND SHAPE MODELING - A video surveillance system, device and methods may accurately model the shape of a human object monitored by a video stream. 3D human models, such as a coarse 3D human model and a detailed 3D human model may be estimated by mapping individual body part components to a frame. For example, a coarse 3D human model may be obtained by mapping the cylindrical body parts to a plurality of skeleton pose estimates on a part by part basis. A detailed 3D human model may be estimated by mapping detailed human body parts to respective the cylindrical body parts of the coarse 3D human model on a part by part basis. The detailed 3D human model may be used to detect accessories of the human object being monitored, as well as overall dimensions, body part dimensions, age, and gender of the human object being monitored. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250051 | SIGNALING METHOD FOR A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SERVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Disclosed are a signaling method for a stereoscopic video service and an apparatus using the method. An image decoding method comprises: a step of determining a field value based on a broadcast service type and a display mode in decoding a program level descriptor; and a step of determining an encoded stream type, whether an elementary stream is a reference stream, whether the elementary stream is a left-eye image or a right-eye image, additional image upsampling information and information on a subsampled line. Thus, efficiency of encoding/decoding an additional image for a stereoscopic video content may increase. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250052 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING MULTIVIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL BROADCAST SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a receiving device and a method for receiving a multiview three-dimensional broadcast signal. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing multiview three-dimensional broadcast signal comprises the steps of: receiving a broadcast signal, which includes a three-dimensional broadcast image for a plurality of views and includes signaling data for signaling said three-dimensional broadcast image; parsing three-dimensional broadcast image view information, which is contained in said signaling data and identities a three-dimensional broadcast image of a particular view from a multiview subtitle descriptor for signaling subtitle data of a plurality of views, parsing multiview subtitle stream packet identifier information, which designates a packet identifier of a broadcast stream that transmits subtitle data for the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view identified by said three-dimensional broadcast image view information, and parsing multiview subtitle segment identifier information, which identifies a segment that transmits the subtitle data for the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view included in the broadcast stream which is identified by said multiview subtitle stream packet identifier information, to the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view having the same value as said three-dimensional broadcast image view information; and outputting the three-dimensional broadcast image for the plurality of the views including the three-dimensional broadcast image of the particular view, to which said subtitle data is applied. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130258049 | MERGE SIGNALING AND LOOP FILTER ON/OFF SIGNALING - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed that encode video, decode video, or both. These systems, methods, and devices generate and/or receive an enable syntax element in an encoded bitstream, wherein the enable syntax element indicates whether a loop filter is turned on or turned off for a group of video blocks. They also generate or receive one or more additional syntax elements identifying parameters for the loop filter for the group of video blocks in response to the enable syntax element indicating the loop filter is turned on for the group of video blocks. These systems, methods, and devices also perform the loop filter for the group of video blocks based on the received enable syntax element. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265387 | Opt-Keyframe Reconstruction for Robust Video-Based Structure from Motion - An opt-keyframe reconstruction technique for selecting and reconstructing optimizing keyframes to provide a better reconstruction in a structure from motion (SFM) technique. The technique may, for example, be used in an adaptive reconstruction algorithm implemented by a general SFM technique. This technique may add and reconstruct optimizing frames to a set of keyframes already generated by an initialization technique and by an adaptive technique for iteratively selecting and reconstructing additional keyframes. In addition, the technique may determine and remove outlier points from the projection, and determine and recover inlier points in the projection. Adding the opt-keyframes and inlier points may result in additional, and possibly shorter, point trajectories being included in the reconstruction, thus providing a better reconstruction that may be more suited for later operations that may be applied to the image sequence. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130278716 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR 3D UV IMAGING - A 3D ultraviolet (UV) imaging LADAR system includes a UV source configured to generate a UV interrogation beam, a sensor configured to receive a UV return beam reflected from a target and to produce an electrical signal, and an imaging module coupled to the sensor and configured to receive the electrical signal and to generate a corresponding 3D image of the target. In one example, the sensor includes a down-shifting device configured to down-shift the UV return beam to a down-shifted light beam of a different wavelength, for example, in the visible or SWIR wavelength ranges. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278717 | STEREOSCOPIC MOVING PICTURE GENERATING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC MOVING PICTURE GENERATING METHOD - An apparatus comprises a storage unit to get stored with a first and a second dynamic image, a predetermined image and a predetermined value; and an arithmetic unit to calculate a first difference quantity defined as a difference between a first position defined as an existing position of the predetermined image in the first image and a second position defined as an existing position of the predetermined image in the second image; to calculate a second difference quantity defined as a difference between a third position defined as an existing position of the predetermined image in the third image and a fourth position defined as an existing position of the predetermined image in the fourth image; and to generate, when a magnitude of the second difference quantity is larger than the predetermined value, a new fourth image based on the second image, the third image and the first difference quantity. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130321570 | TECHNIQUES FOR OBJECT BASED OPERATIONS - Techniques for object based operations may include identifying one or more objects in a multimedia stream. The one or more objects may be classified. An operation may be performed based on the classification of the one or more objects. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321571 | PROCESSING DEPTH DATA OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - The invention relates to a signal processing device ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130329006 | COORDINATED ILLUMINATION AND IMAGE SIGNAL CAPTURE FOR ENHANCED SIGNAL DETECTION - Signal detection and recognition employees coordinated illumination and capture of images under to facilitate extraction of a signal of interest. Pulsed illumination of different colors facilitates extraction of signals from color channels, as well as improved signal to noise ratio by combining signals of different color channels. The successive pulsing of different color illumination appears white to the user, yet facilitates signal detection, even for lower cost monochrome sensors, as in barcode scanning and other automatic identification equipment. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130342642 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TEMPORAL FILTERING OF DISPARITY MAPS - The invention consists in a method of and a device for temporal filtering of disparity maps of n different frames, each map indicating the disparity of pixels of 3D images comprising the steps of marking the stationary pixels and the non stationary pixels and implementing temporal filter for stationary pixels, detecting limitations for temporal filtering corresponding to a variation of moving pixels above a determined threshold value and automatically de-activating the temporal filters as response to the detected limitations for temporal filtering. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002591 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TEMPORAL DOMAIN HOLE FILLING BASED ON BACKGROUND MODELING FOR VIEW SYNTHESIS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002592 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING 3D FORMAT DESCRIPTION INFORMATION | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140009574 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - There is disclosed a method in which depth related information of a part of a picture is obtained and texture related information of the part of the picture is received. The depth related information is used to determine whether to use the depth related information in intra prediction of the texture related information of the part of the picture. There is also disclosed an apparatus and a computer program product to implement the method. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140015921 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE IN IMAGES - Various techniques are disclosed to effectively suppress noise in images (e.g., video or still images). For example, noise in images may be more accurately modeled as having a structured random noise component and a structured fixed pattern noise (FPN) component. Various parameters of noise may be estimated robustly and efficiently in real time and in offline processing. Noise in images may be filtered adaptively, based on various noise parameters and motion parameters. Such filtering techniques may effectively suppress noise even in images that have a prominent FPN component, and may also improve effectiveness of other operations that may be affected by noise. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022339 | CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN MULTIVIEW VIDEO PROCESSING - In one example, a method includes identifying a first set of pixels in co-located pairs in a corresponding pair of multiview image frames for which the co-located pairs have a disparity between the pixels that is greater than a selected disparity threshold. The method further includes identifying a second set of pixels in at least one of the image frames that are within a selected distance of an intensity transition greater than a selected intensity transition threshold. The method further includes applying crosstalk correction to pixels that are identified as being in at least one of the first set and the second set. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022340 | CROSSTALK REDUCTION WITH LOCATION-BASED ADJUSTMENT IN MULTIVIEW VIDEO PROCESSING - In one example, a method includes identifying a pixel in an image frame that is a candidate for causing crosstalk between the image frame and a corresponding image frame in a multiview image system. The method further includes, for a pixel identified as a candidate for causing crosstalk, applying crosstalk correction to the pixel. The method further includes applying a location-based adjustment to the pixel, wherein the location-based adjustment is based at least in part on which of two or more portions of the image frame the pixel is in. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140028793 | HYBRID VIDEO CODING SUPPORTING INTERMEDIATE VIEW SYNTHESIS - Hybrid video decoder supporting intermediate view synthesis of an intermediate view video from a first- and a second-view video which are predictively coded into a multi-view data signal with frames of the second-view video being spatially subdivided into sub-regions and the multi-view data signal having a prediction mode is provided, having: an extractor configured to respectively extract, from the multi-view data signal, for sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, a disparity vector and a prediction residual; a predictive reconstructor configured to reconstruct the sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, by generating a prediction from a reconstructed version of a portion of frames of the first-view video using the disparity vectors and a prediction residual for the respective sub-regions; and an intermediate view synthesizer configured to reconstruct first portions of the intermediate view video. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140043433 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY OF SCENE BEHIND SURFACE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to augmenting an appearance of a surface via a see-through display device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device comprising a see-through display device, a method of augmenting an appearance of a surface. The method includes acquiring, via an outward-facing image sensor, image data of a first scene viewable through the display. The method further includes recognizing a surface viewable through the display based on the image data and, in response to recognizing the surface, acquiring a representation of a second scene comprising one or more of a scene located physically behind the surface viewable through the display and a scene located behind a surface contextually related to the surface viewable through the display. The method further includes displaying the representation via the see-through display. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043434 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of easily executing color matching between respective images obtained by carrying out image-capturing over an object respectively irrespective of an illumination condition of the object. In order to achieve the object, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition section for acquiring a first image and a second image in which an object is captured, and a processing section for executing a color matching process between the first image and the second image by a conversion for causing a frequency distribution of a first histogram for pixel expression information about the first image to relatively approximate to a frequency distribution of a second histogram for the pixel expression information about the second image, in which the processing section further executes a saturation degree correction process. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140055559 | DIGITAL MEDIA PROCESSOR - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide highly integrated digital media processors for digital consumer electronics applications. These digital media processors are capable of performing the parallel processing of multiple format audio, video, and graphics signals. In one embodiment, audio and video signals may be received from a variety of input devices or appliances, such as antennas, VCRs, DVDs, and networked devices such as camcorders and modems, while output audio and video signals may be provided to output devices such as televisions, monitors, and networked devices such as printers and networked video recorders. Another embodiment of the present invention interfaces with a variety of devices such as navigation, entertainment, safety, memory, and networking devices. This embodiment can also be configured for use in a digital TV, set-top box, or home server. In this configuration, video and audio streams may be received from a number of cable, satellite, Internet, and consumer devices. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055560 | Depth Data Processing and Compression - Techniques for setting depth values for invalid measurement regions of depth images are described herein. A computing device may set the depth values based on evaluations of depth values of neighboring pixels and of corresponding pixels from time-adjacent depth images. Alternately or additionally, the computing device may utilize a texture image corresponding to the depth image to identify objects and may set depth values for pixels based on depth values of other pixels belonging to the same object. After setting the depth values, the computing device may normalize the depth values of the pixels. Further, the computing device may generate reduced representations of the depth images based on a depth reference model or a depth error model and may provide the reduced representations to an encoder. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063183 | METHOD OF PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - A method of processing a multi-view image, and a multi-view image processing apparatus for performing the method are provided. The multi-view image processing apparatus includes a first video codec module which is configured to output first image processed data as a result of processing a first image signal provided from a first image source, and to generate sync information at each predetermined time, and a second video codec module which is configured to output second image processed data as a result of processing a second image signal provided from a second image source, using part of the output first image processed data according to the sync information. The first image processed data and the second image processed data are combined into a multi-view image. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071230 | 3D VIDEO CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD, KEY FRAME SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present application discloses a Three Dimensions (3D) video conversion system and method, and a key frame selection method and apparatus thereof. The key frame selection method includes: after the ith key frame is determined, calculating feature matching ratios of video frames after the ith key frame in a 2D video; selecting video frames each of which has a feature matching ratio within the range of T | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140085413 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE ANDIMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An obtaining unit obtains, for the stereoscopic image signal, depth information indicating a depth value in each position in an image plane. A smoothing unit smoothes the depth information in the image plane. A correction unit corrects the depth information which has been smoothed and expands a range of an area having a depth value of a foreground in a boundary portion between the foreground and a background. An image generation unit generates, using the depth information which has been corrected, a new stereoscopic image from the stereoscopic image signal. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140104379 | Guided Photography and Video on a Mobile Device - In an example embodiment, an item listing process is run in an item listing application. Upon reaching a specified point in the item listing process, a camera application on the user device is triggered (or the camera directly accessed by the item listing application) to enable a user to capture images using the camera, wherein the triggering includes providing a wireframe overlay informing the user as to an angle at which to capture images from the camera. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104380 | EFFICIENT EWA VIDEO RENDERING - Techniques are disclosed for rendering images. The techniques include receiving an input image associated with a source space, the input image comprising a plurality of source pixels, and applying an adaptive transformation to a source pixel, where the adaptive transformation maps the source pixel to a target space associated with an output image comprising a plurality of target pixels. The techniques further include determining a target pixel affected by the source pixel based on the adaptive transformation. The techniques further include writing the transformed source pixel into a location in the output image associated with the target pixel. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140152766 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE - Provided is a video transmission device for transmitting a video image so that a video playback device can recognize a transmission path for an additional-view video image transmittable through various transmission paths, and play back a 3D video image. The video transmission device includes: a storage unit for storing therein video images transmitted through respective virtual channels, and virtual channel information pieces including definition information pieces defining the respective virtual channels; and a transmission unit for transmitting the video images and the virtual channel information pieces through the respective virtual channels, wherein the stored video images include one of two viewpoint images constituting the 3D video image, and, in one of the definition information pieces defining one of the virtual channels through which the one of the two viewpoint images is transmitted, transmission form information indicating a form of transmitting the other one of the two viewpoint images is described. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160237 | VIDEO SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A black line inserting section ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160238 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D SERVICE USING THE CONTENT AND ADDITIONAL IMAGE SEPERATELY TRANSMITTED WITH THE REFERENCE IMAGE TRANSMITTED IN REAL TIME - According to the present invention, a transmission apparatus and method and a reception method and apparatus for providing a 3D service are disclosed. The transmission method for providing the 3D service while making a reference image transmitted in real-time interwork with an additional image transmitted separately from the reference image includes a real-time reference image stream generating step of generating a real-time reference image stream based on the reference image and transmitting the generated real-time reference image stream to a receiving side in real-time and an additional image transmitting step of transmitting the additional image providing the 3D service in interworking with the reference image to the receiving side separately from the reference image stream, wherein the real-time reference image stream includes a linkage information, which is information relating to the additional image to be interworking with the reference image and synchronization information for synchronization with the reference image and the additional image and content. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168359 | REALISTIC POINT OF VIEW VIDEO METHOD AND APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for obtaining and providing realistic point of view video are described. In one innovative aspect, a device for providing video is provided. The system includes a view capture circuit configured to obtain multiple views of a scene, each view having a capture position. The system includes a receiver configured to receive a request for the scene, the request including a viewing position. The system includes a view selector configured to identify one or more views of the scene based on a comparison of the viewing position and the capture position of each view. The system includes a view generator configured to generate an output view based on the identified views and the viewing position. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING A 3D MESH - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding a three-dimensional (3D) mesh. The method for encoding the 3D mesh includes determining a priority of a gate configuring a 3D mesh corresponding to a 3D object, removing vertices configuring the 3D mesh using the determined priority of the gate, and simplifying the 3D mesh. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140184738 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - In order to obtain an optimum depth enhancement effect for three-dimensional (3D) images, a depth information extractor configured to compute depth information from an input video signal, a 2D/3D converter configured to convert, when the input video signal is a two-dimensional (2D) video signal, the 2D video signal to a first video signal which is a 3D video signal based on the depth information, a correction factor calculator configured to compute a correction factor based on the depth information, a selector configured to select either the input video signal or the first video signal and output the selected signal, and a contour enhancement processor configured to perform an enhancement process on the output of the selector based on the correction factor and output the enhanced signal as an output video signal are provided. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140192147 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING MATTE SYSTEM - A system for generating automatically tracking mattes that rapidly integrates live action and virtual composite images. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192148 | Encoder, Method in an Encoder, Decoder and Method in a Decoder for Providing Information Concerning a Spatial Validity Range | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140198176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP AND CONVERTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL DATA TO STEREOSCOPIC DATA - Systems and methods for performing multimedia conversion are disclosed. In a multimedia conversion system for converting two-dimensional (2D) multimedia data to stereoscopic multimedia data, an absolute difference between pixel pairs is determined for each scan line in a frame of the 2D multimedia data. The absolute difference values are accumulated, and a depth map is derived based on the accumulated difference values. The depth map is applied to the frame in the 2D multimedia data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140240456 | NEIGHBOR BLOCK-BASED DISPARITY VECTOR DERIVATION IN 3D-AVC - Techniques are described for deriving a disparity vector for a current block based on a disparity motion vector of a neighboring block in a 3D-AVC video coding process. The disparity vector derivation allows for texture-first coding where a depth view component of a dependent view is coded subsequent to the coding of the corresponding texture component of the dependent view. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140253679 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT QUALITY ENHANCEMENT - Described herein is a method for correcting defective depth values in depth map images. Defective values correspond to “noisy pixels” located on continuous flat surfaces and interpolated “flying pixels” located along an edge between a foreground object and a background object. The method comprising the steps of accessing a depth map of a scene which includes the foreground and background objects, detecting and identifying noisy and interpolated depth measurements within the depth map using a method, defining and applying a correction to each of the detected defective noisy and interpolated depth measurements using a specifically defined weighted correction factor. By providing the corrected defective depth values in depth map images, edges are sharpened in depth and continuous surfaces are flattened, enabling higher efficiency and robustness of further image processing. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140267600 | SYNTH PACKET FOR INTERACTIVE VIEW NAVIGATION OF A SCENE - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a synth packet and/or for providing an interactive view experience of a scene utilizing the synth packet. In particular, the synth packet comprises a set of input images depicting a scene from various viewpoints, a local graph comprising navigational relationships between input images, a coarse geometry comprising a multi-dimensional representation of a surface of the scene, and/or a camera pose manifold specifying view perspectives of the scene. An interactive view experience of the scene may be provided using the synth packet, such that a user may seamlessly navigate the scene in multi-dimensional space based upon navigational relationship information specified within the local graph. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140293003 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE COMPRISING AN EMBEDDED OBJECT AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for processing a stereoscopic image comprising a first image L and a second image R, an object being embedded on the first and second images modifying the initial video content of pixels associated with the embedded object on the first and second images. In order to ensure coherence between the disparity associated with the embedded object and the video information associated with the pixels of first and second images, the method comprises steps for:
| 10-02-2014 |
| 20140307047 | ACTIVE STEREO WITH ADAPTIVE SUPPORT WEIGHTS FROM A SEPARATE IMAGE - The subject disclosure is directed towards stereo matching based upon active illumination, including using a patch in a non-actively illuminated image to obtain weights that are used in patch similarity determinations in actively illuminated stereo images. To correlate pixels in actively illuminated stereo images, adaptive support weights computations may be used to determine similarity of patches corresponding to the pixels. In order to obtain meaningful adaptive support weights for the adaptive support weights computations, weights are obtained by processing a non-actively illuminated (“clean”) image. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313285 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM, SENDING MODULE AND RECEIVING MODULE - The disclosure relates an information display method which comprises when editing information, a sending end marks, with a 3D display label, a content required by a user or a content designated by a system, encodes the information and sends the encoded information; a receiving end receives the information, parses the information to obtain the content with the 3D display label, pre-processes the obtained content to obtain a 3D view, and display the 3D view in 3D mode. Through the technical solution of the disclosure, the 3D display content is marked and the 3D display processing manner is performed, so that some contents in the information can be effectively displayed with a 3D effect with respect to other contents, thereby achieving the enhancement effect, raising concern of the user, and effectively improving the user experience when the user views the information. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140333720 | SUBTITLE DETECTION FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO CONTENTS - A right image and a left image is provided. Then a disparity estimation map relating to both images is provided and a left subtitle detection map for the left image and a right subtitle detection map for the right image are generated. Each map indicates subtitle areas within an image. For said subtitle areas and based on said disparity estimation map a subtitle disparity value for X and Y directions common for all subtitle areas is determined. Said left and right subtitle maps and said subtitle X and Y disparity values are used in an image interpolation process. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340477 | MOVING-IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING-IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A moving-image processing device ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140354770 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving method and a receiving device thereof, and more specifically, to a digital broadcast receiving method for displaying a three-dimensional image and a receiving device thereof. To achieve this objective, the digital broadcast receiving method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving and demultiplexing a digital broadcasting signal that includes base view and extended view video streams; confirming discardable information on base view and extended view pictures by using transport packets which form the base view and extended view video streams; and decoding the base view and extended view video streams by using the discardable information. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150009286 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided an image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, image capture device, and image display device that prevent increase of computational complexity in image enlargement while mitigating degradation in image quality. An image input unit inputs a planar image signal containing signal values of pixels arranged on a plane and depth information including depth values corresponding to the pixels. An interpolation unit calculates a signal value for an interpolation coordinate between pixels on the plane by interpolating between the signal values of adjacent pixels which are present within a predetermined range from the interpolation coordinate. A weight decision unit determines a weighting factor for use in the interpolation based on the depth value of a reference pixel that is closest to the interpolation coordinate and the depth value of an adjacent pixel. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150035942 | CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ONE OR MORE AREAS IN A MEDICAL FACILITY - A method of monitoring an object during a medical process includes: using one or more cameras to obtain information regarding an actual three dimensional configuration of an object involved in a medical process; obtaining a three-dimensional model of the object representing a geometry of the object; obtaining a movement model of the object; and processing the information, the three-dimensional model, and the movement model to monitor the object during the medical process, wherein the act of processing is performed using a processing unit. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150042752 | OBJECTIVE 3D VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODEL - There is provided a method of determining the quality of a three dimensional (3D) video stream, wherein the 3D video comprises at least one 3D view composition, each 3D view composition defining a plurality of two dimensional (2D) views. The method comprises determining a characteristic of each of a plurality of 2D views. The method further comprises calculating a variation in the characteristic, the variation calculated between the 2D views corresponding to the same 3D view composition. The method further still comprises calculating a quality score for the 3D video sequence, the quality score based upon the calculated variation. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150116455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BROADCAST SIGNALS FOR 3D BROADCAST SERVICE - An apparatus for processing 3-Dimensional (3D) broadcast signals, comprises: a tuner for receiving broadcast signals containing 3D content; a service information processor for parsing target viewing information and at least one reference viewing condition information received from the broadcast signals which are received; a viewing analysis module for receiving viewing condition information of the viewer, parsing compensation-type information that is included in the reference viewing condition information, which contains information that is most relevant to the viewing condition information that is received, and for rendering the 3D content so that an element expressed by the correction-type information is maintained; and an output formatter for controlling so that the 3D content that is rendered is displayed. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150304627 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE CROSS-CHANNEL COLOUR MAPPING MODEL FROM AN SET OF TUPLES OF CORRESPONDING COLOURS RELATIVE TO AT LEAST TWO IMAGES - The present invention generally relates to a method and arrangement for estimating said at least one cross-channel colour mapping model from a set of tuples of corresponding colours relative to at least two images. The method is characterised in that it uses processing means for:—selecting at least one intermediate tuple of corresponding colours from the set of tuples of corresponding colours by using at least one channel-wise colour mapping model, and—estimating said at least one cross-channel colour mapping model from said at least one intermediate selected tuple of corresponding colours. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150317802 | Opt-keyframe Reconstruction for Robust Video-based Structure from Motion - A non-keyframe reconstruction technique is described for selecting and reconstructing keyframes that have not yet been included in a reconstruction of an input image sequence to provide a better reconstruction in a structure from motion (SFM) technique. The technique may, for example, be used in an adaptive reconstruction algorithm implemented by a general SFM technique. This technique may add and reconstruct non-keyframes to a set of keyframes already generated by an initialization technique and reconstructed by adaptive and optimization techniques for iteratively selecting and reconstructing additional keyframes. Camera motion and intrinsic parameters may be computed for non-keyframes by optimizing a cost function. Output of the non-keyframe reconstruction technique may include at least camera intrinsic parameters and Euclidean motion parameters for the images in the input image sequence. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150326844 | QUANTIFIABLE STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO EVALUATION METHODOLOGY - A methodology for quantifiable three-dimensional video evaluation is described. In one example, a graphics processor analyzes the video for a plurality of factors in a plurality of categories that affect the presentation of a video. A general processor compiles the scores for each factor into scores for a category and compiles scores for the category into an overall three-dimensional score, and an external interface presents the scores for evaluation. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150365652 | DEPTH CAMERA SYSTEM - The invention includes a control unit, a light source module, a sensor module with a lens and a computing unit. The light source module is electrically connected to the control unit and composed of multiple linear light sources. The sensor module receives reflective lights from the light source module and sends data of the reflective lights to the control unit. The computing unit is configured to receive the data of the reflective lights, to calculate the shortest distance between a reference point on an optical axis of the lens and an object distance to serve as a standard distance, to calculate sample distances between the reference point and sample points on the object, to calculate errors between the standard distance and the sample distances, and to correct the sample distances to be the same as the standard distance. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150373323 | METHOD OF ADAPTING 3D CONTENT TO AN OBSERVER WEARING PRESCRIPTION GLASSES - The invention consists in a method of and a device for adapting 3D content to an observer wearing prescription glasses. The method comprises the step of—providing information about prescription glasses of the observer;—calculating a value representative of the optical deviation created by the glasses from the provided information, for a given direction;—estimating a depth adjustment value as a function of the calculated value and—modifying the depth of the 3D content according to the estimated depth adjustment value. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160014395 | DATA FUSION PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY OBSCURED OBJECTS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160065904 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE 3D VIDEO MONITORING OF OBJECTS OF INTEREST - A device and a method for assisting security in the 3D tracking of objects of interest are provided. A proposed risk propagation module makes it possible to create kinship links between the analyzed tracks, during interactions or during disappearance/reappearance of tracks, thus making it possible to diffuse the highest risks to each track concerned. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065931 | Method and Apparatus for Computing a Synthesized Picture - A method for computing a synthesized picture (s | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160080721 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, STEREO IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND STEREO IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD - Transmission of stereo image data may be performed between devices, where a source device receives E-EDID from a sink device via DDC of an HDMI cable. This E-EDID contains information on 3D image data transmission modes supportable by the sink device. Based on information on 3D image data transmission modes from the sink device, the source device selects a predetermined transmission mode from among the 3D image data transmission modes supportable by the sink device. The source device transmits 3D image data in the selected transmission mode to the sink device. The source device transmits information on the transmission mode for the 3D image data, to the sink device by using an AVI InfoFrame packet or the like. The sink device processes the 3D image data received from the source device in accordance with its transmission mode, thereby obtaining left and right eye image data. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080724 | Methods for Interfacing With an Interactive Application Using a Controller With an Integrated Camera - A computer implemented method for using a controller with at least one integrated camera is provided. The method includes identifying fixed points associated with objects disposed in a three-dimensional space using a depth camera that is part of with a controller. The method includes analyzing the identified fixed points captured by the depth camera and determining changes in position of the controller based on changes in position of the fixed points as determined from depth data captured by the depth camera. The method further includes triggering an input command when the controller is determined to in a particular positon based on the determined changes in position. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160105661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D SPACE-DIMENSION BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - An apparatus for 3D representation of image data, comprising: a structure identifier for identifying structures in motion within image data, and a skeleton insertion unit, which associates three-dimensional skeleton elements with the identified structures. The skeleton elements are able to move with the structures to provide a three-dimensional motion and structural understanding of said image data which can be projected back onto the input data. As well as individual elements, complex bodies can be modeled by complex skeletons having multiple elements. The skeleton elements themselves can be used to identify the complex objects. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160171768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160182885 | Demultiplexing for stereoplexed film and video applications | 06-23-2016 |
| 20170237965 | STORAGE OF VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO IN MEDIA FILES | 08-17-2017 |
