Stereoscopic floating window metadata

A non-transitory program storage device comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to:

• obtain a first stereoscopic video, wherein the first stereoscopic video comprises:
• a first plurality of first images representing a left stereo eye view;
• a second plurality of second images representing a right stereo eye view, wherein each first image in the first plurality has a corresponding second image in the second plurality, and wherein each first image and its corresponding second image comprise a stereoscopic image pair;
• and
• stereoscopic window violation metadata information, wherein the stereoscopic window violation metadata information is determined based on estimated occurrences of stereoscopic window violations in the first stereoscopic video and defines at least one offset value for at least one edge of at least one image in a stereoscopic image pair of the first stereoscopic video;
• and
• modify the first stereoscopic video for presentation on a display screen based, at least in part, on the stereoscopic window violation metadata information, wherein modifying the first stereoscopic video comprises adjusting an alpha value of pixels in an offset region of a given image in the first stereoscopic video.

An image processing method, comprising:

• obtaining a first stereoscopic video, wherein the first stereoscopic video comprises:
• a first plurality of first images representing a left stereo eye view;
• and
• a second plurality of second images representing a right stereo eye view, wherein each first image in the first plurality has a corresponding second image in the second plurality, and wherein each first image and its corresponding second image comprise a stereoscopic image pair;
• determining stereoscopic window violation metadata information for the first stereoscopic video, wherein the stereoscopic window violation metadata information is determined based on estimated occurrences of stereoscopic window violations in the first stereoscopic video and defines at least one offset value for at least one edge of at least one image in a stereoscopic image pair of the first stereoscopic video;
• and
• combining the stereoscopic window violation metadata information with the first stereoscopic video, wherein combining the stereoscopic window violation metadata information with the first stereoscopic video comprises adjusting an alpha value of pixels in an offset region of a given image in the first stereoscopic video.