Image conversion and encoding techniques
AssigneeDynamic Digital Depth Research Pty Ltd
InventorAngus Duncan Richards
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Abstract
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image including the steps of: a) identifying at least one object within said original image, b) outlining said or each object, c) defining a depth characteristic for said or each object, d) respectively displacing selected areas of said or each image by a determined amount in a lateral direction as a function of the depth characteristic of said or each object, to form two stretched images for viewing by the left and right eyes of the viewer.
Claims19
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image comprising displacing selected areas of said original 2D image by a determined amount and direction to thereby generate stretched images, said stretched images forming said left and right eye images, wherein each of said left and right eye images includes portions of said original 2D image which have been compressed and portions of said original 2D image which have been stretched.
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image including the steps of:
- a) identifying at least one object within said original image,
- b) outlining said or each object,
- c) defining a depth characteristic for said or each object,
- d) respectively displacing selected areas of said or each object by a determined amount in a lateral direction as a function of the depth characteristic of said or each object, to form two stretched images for viewing by the left and right eyes of a viewer, wherein said or each object in the stretched image for viewing by the left eye of the viewer includes portions which have been compressed and portions which have been stretched and wherein said or each object in the stretched image for viewing by the right eye of the viewer includes portions which have been compressed and portions which have been stretched.
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from a digitised 2D image Including the steps of:
- forming a mesh over said digitised image, said mesh initially having a plurality of parallel lateral mesh lines and a plurality of parallel longitudinal lines, wherein said lateral lines are positioned at right angles to said longitudinal lines and intersect to form a plurality of sub-points;
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- distorting the mesh by moving said sub-points to thereby stretch the underlying image.
A system for producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image, including means for selecting areas of said original image and means for displacing said selected areas by a determined amount and direction to thereby generate stretched images, said stretched images forming said left and right eye images, wherein each of said left and right eye images includes portions of said original 2D image which have been compressed and portions of said original 2D image which have been stretched.
A system for producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image including:
- means for identifying objects within said original image,
- means for defining a depth characteristic for each object,
- means for displacing selected areas of each object by a determined amount in a lateral direction as a function of the depth characteristic of each object, to thereby form two stretched images for viewing by the left and right eyes of the viewer, wherein each object in each of the two stretched images includes portions which have been compressed and portions which have been stretched.
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image comprising:
- compressing a first selected area of the 2D image by a determined amount and stretching a second selected area of the 2D image by the determined amount to form a stretched left eye image;
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- compressing a third selected area of the 2D image by the determined amount and stretched a fourth selected area of the 2D image by the determined amount to form a stretched right eye image.
A method of producing left and right eye images for a stereoscopic display from an original 2D image including the steps of:
- a) identifying an object within the original 2D image,
- b) outlining said object,
- c) defining a depth characteristic for said object,
- d) compressing and stretching, respectively, first and second selected areas of said object by a determined amount in a lateral direction as a function of the depth characteristic of said object, to form a stretched image for viewing by the left eye of a viewer;
- and
- e) compressing and stretching, respectively, third and fourth selected areas of said object by the determined amount in the lateral direction as a function of the depth characteristic of said object, to form a stretched image for viewing by the right eye of the viewer.
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