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Continuous adjustable 3Deeps filter spectacles for optimized 3Deeps stereoscopic viewing, control method and means therefor, and system and method of generating and displaying a modified video

OwnerKenneth Martin Jacobs, Ronald Steven Karpfinventors

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Abstract

A source video comprising a sequence of 2D image frames is acquired, a value for an inter-ocular distance of a viewer is determined, and an image frame is obtained from the source video that includes two or more motion vectors that describe motion in the image frame where each of the motion vectors is associated with a region of the image frame. Parameters for a lateral speed of the image frame and a direction of motion of the image frame are determined. A deformation value is generated based on the inter-ocular distance and both of the parameters, and the deformation value is applied to the image frame to identify a modified image frame. The modified image frame is blended with a first bridge frame and with a second bridge frame that are different from the modified image frame and different from each other to generate first and second blended frames. The first blended frame and the second blended frame are displayed to a viewer. The direction of motion and velocity of motion parameters are calculated only from the motion vectors input along with the image frame.

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Dependent claims

A method for generating modified video, comprising:

(1) acquiring a source video comprising a sequence of 2D image frames;
(2) determining a value for an inter-ocular distance of a viewer;
(3) obtaining an image frame from the source video that includes two or more motion vectors that describe motion in the image frame where each of the motion vectors is associated with a region of the image frame;
(4) calculating a single parameter for each of the following:
(a) a lateral speed of the image frame, using the two or more motion vectors;
and
(b) a direction of motion of the image frame, using the two or more motion vectors;
(5) generating a deformation value by applying an algorithm that uses the inter-ocular distance and both of the parameters;
(6) applying the deformation value to the image frame to identify a modified image frame;
(7) blending the modified image frame with a first bridge frame that is different from the modified image frame to generate a first blended frame;
(8) blending the modified image frame with a second bridge frame that is different from the modified image frame and different from the first bridge frame to generate a second blended frame;
and
(9) displaying the first blended frame and the second blended frame to the viewer;
wherein the direction of motion and velocity of motion parameters in the calculation step are calculated only from the motion vectors input along with the image frame.

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Facts

Application: 14/333,266Filed 16 Jul 2014 · continuation
Priority: 23 Jan 2001
Published: US 2014/0118492 A16 Nov 2014
Granted: 27 Jan 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

H04N 13/156
Processing image signals: mixing image signals
G02B 27/017
Head-up displays: head mounted
G02B 27/0172
Head mounted: characterised by optical features
G02B 30/24
Of the stereoscopic type: involving temporal multiplexing, e.g. using sequentially activated left and right shutters

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