System and method for measuring potential eyestrain of stereoscopic motion pictures

A system for measuring potential eyestrain while viewing a three-dimensional (3D) presentation comprising:

• means for acquiring a first image and a second image from a segment;
• disparity estimator for estimating disparity of at least one point in the first image with at least one corresponding point in the second image;
• a disparity transition estimator for estimating disparity transition of a sequence of first and second images;
• and
• eyestrain estimator for determining potential eyestrain while viewing the 3D presentation based on the disparity and the disparity transition of the sequence of the first and second images, the determining potential eyestrain further comprising:
• determining an instant eyestrain function for each frame of a sequence of first and second images;
• and
• applying a decaying factor to the instant eyestrain function for each frame of the sequence of first and second images.

A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for measuring potential eyestrain while viewing a three-dimensional (3D) presentation, the method comprising:

• acquiring a first image and a second image from a first segment;
• estimating disparity of at least one point in the first image with at least one corresponding point in the second image;
• estimating disparity transition of a sequence of first and second images;
• and
• determining potential eyestrain while viewing the 3D presentation based on the disparity and the disparity transition of the sequence of the first and second images, the determining potential eyestrain further comprising:
• determining an instant eyestrain function for each frame of a sequence of first and second images;
• and
• applying a decaying factor to the instant eyestrain function for each frame of the sequence of first and second images.