Method and device for generating 3D images

Means for conducting a method for the generation of 3-D images from a first sequence of 2-D images by calculating images in a second sequence of images, said calculated images being assigned to images of the first sequence by an approximation of image information which is temporally proximate to the images of the first sequence, an approximation variable (α) determines the width of a stereo base, and by assigning a current image and the calculated image to respective viewing channels in relationship to the predominant direction of motion in the images of the first sequence, the means comprising

• an image generator, for calculating an image of a second sequence of images for a current image of a first sequence of 2-D images, by an approximation of pixels of images which are temporally proximate to the current image of the first sequence, by means of an approximation variable (α) which determines the width of a stereo base,
• a motion analyzer, with which a first measure of similarity (dk) is determined indicating a velocity of motion in sequential images of the first image sequence, and for comparing the same with predetermined threshold values (δ0<δ1<δ2), wherein if δ0<dk<δ2 and dk−dk−j≦−δ1 and as long as α≦k−1, the approximation variable is set to α:=α+s and if δ0<dk<δ2 and dk−dk−j≧δ1 and as long as α≧s, the approximation variable is set to α:=α−s, wherein s denotes a step width,
• a phase analyzer, with which a predominant direction of motion in sequential images of the first image sequence is determined, and
• a phase selector, with which the current image and the calculated image is are assigned to a left and right viewing channel, respectively, in dependence of the predominant direction of motion in sequential images of the first sequence.