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US 11,240,479 B2Granted
Viewer-adjusted stereoscopic image display
OwnerNicholas Routhierinventor
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Abstract
A stereoscopic video playback device is provided that processes original stereoscopic image pairs taken using parallel-axis cameras and provided for viewing under original viewing conditions by scaling and cropping to provide new viewing condition stereoscopic video on a single screen.
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A system for streaming stereoscopic images comprising:
- a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions, wherein said instructions, when executed by said processor, are operable to perform a method of processing stereoscopic images for display to a viewer on a single screen of a remote client display, said stereoscopic images taken using parallel-axis cameras having a first field of view, the method comprising:
- receiving and using a definition of a second field of view provided by said single screen of said remote client display, an interocular distance Io for said viewer and a distance between said viewer and said single screen to position and to scale said stereoscopic images so that display of said images on said single screen of said remote client display at said distance from said viewer respects said first field of view;
- processing said stereoscopic images such that when said stereoscopic images as scaled for said single screen are larger than said single screen, to crop said images for said single screen, and when said stereoscopic images as scaled for said single screen are smaller than said single screen, providing a border for said images for said single screen;
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- encoding said processed stereoscopic images for streaming transmission to said remote client display.
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A computer program product for streaming stereoscopic images comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storing instructions for a processor or reconfigurable hardware, wherein said instructions, when executed by said processor or reconfigurable hardware, are operable to perform a method of processing stereoscopic images for display to a viewer on a single screen of a remote client display, said stereoscopic images taken using parallel-axis cameras having a first field of view, the method comprising:
- receiving and using a definition of a second field of view provided by said single screen of said remote client display, an interocular distance Io for said viewer and a distance between said viewer and said single screen to position and to scale said stereoscopic images so that display of said images on said single screen of said remote client display at said distance from said viewer respects said first field of view;
- processing said stereoscopic images such that when said stereoscopic images as scaled for said single screen are larger than said single screen, to crop said images for said single screen, and when said stereoscopic images as scaled for said single screen are smaller than said single screen, providing a border for said images for said single screen;
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- encoding said processed stereoscopic images for streaming transmission to said remote client display.
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