# US 10,122,992 B2 · Parallax based monoscopic rendering

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- Number: US 10,122,992 B2
- Document ID: US10122992B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/285,240
- Filed: 2014-05-22
- Published: 2015-11-26
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-05-22
- Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Applicants: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors: Lewis Nathaniel Siegel; Brandon Bloch; Robert M. Neuman; Brian Whited; David Anthony Bossert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122992B2

## CPC

- H04N 13/261: with monoscopic-to-stereoscopic image conversion
- H04N 13/111: Transformation of image signals corresponding to virtual viewpoints, e.g. spatial image interpolation
- H04N 13/128: Adjusting depth or disparity
- H04N 13/366: using viewer tracking
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method for creating multiple viewpoint images for an image frame. The method includes receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair. Once the images are received, the method includes determining by the processing element a first viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second viewing location corresponding to the right eye image and determining by the processing element a plurality of new viewpoint locations using the first viewing location and the second viewpoint location.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for creating multiple viewpoint images for an image frame comprising:
receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair;
determining by the processing element a first viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second viewing location corresponding to the right eye image;
determining by the processing element a plurality of exterior viewpoint locations outside of a range between the first viewing location and the second viewing location; and
generating a plurality of exterior viewpoint images based on the exterior viewpoint locations and both the left eye image and the right image at the exterior viewpoint locations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein each of the viewpoint images represent the image frame as viewed from the respective exterior viewpoint locations.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising storing in a memory component the plurality of exterior viewpoint images.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising selectively displaying one or more of the plurality of exterior viewpoint images on a display screen.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising selectively transmitting one or more of the plurality of exterior viewpoint images to a computing device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a plurality of interior viewpoint locations that are in a range between the first viewing location and the second viewing location.