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US 8,947,511 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for presenting three-dimensional media content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorLee G. Friedman
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor including a controller to obtain three-dimensional media content, obtain position information associated with at least one viewer of a display device that is operably coupled to the media processor, adjust convergence of the three-dimensional media content based on the position information, and provide the three-dimensional media content with the adjusted convergence to the display device for presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims18
A media processor, comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising:
- obtaining three-dimensional media content;
- receiving a request to calibrate a display to display the three-dimensional content according to a position of a viewer;
- responsive to receiving the request to calibrate:
- displaying, on a display device operably coupled to the media processor, an instruction message instructing the viewer to perform a gesture in accordance with a displayed image having a known distance associated therewith;
- and
- capturing an image of the viewer performing the gesture, thereby obtaining position information associated with the viewer, wherein the position information comprises a distance of the viewer from the display device;
- adjusting a convergence of the three-dimensional media content based on the position information, resulting in an adjusted convergence, wherein each of a plurality of three-dimensional images of the three-dimensional media content depicts common content with different convergences, which are determined based on the position information, and wherein the adjusting of the convergence of the three-dimensional media content is based on a corresponding convergence associated with one of the plurality of three-dimensional images from the viewer;
- providing the three-dimensional media content with the adjusted convergence to the display device for presentation;
- and
- storing the adjusted convergence as a user profile associated with the viewer and the position information.
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A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions causes a processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining a distance between a viewer and a display device using a calibrator, comprising:
- displaying, on the display device, an instruction message instructing the viewer to perform a gesture in accordance with a displayed image having a known distance associated therewith to determine a distance of the viewer from the display device, and
- capturing an image of the viewer performing the gesture;
- adjusting a convergence of three-dimensional media content based on the known distance, resulting in an adjusted convergence, wherein each of a plurality of three-dimensional images of the three-dimensional media content depicts common content with different convergences, which are determined based on position information, and wherein the adjusting of the convergence of the three-dimensional media content is based on a corresponding convergence associated with one of the plurality of three-dimensional images from the viewer;
- providing the three-dimensional media content with the adjusted convergence to the display device for presentation;
- and
- storing the adjusted convergence as a user profile associated with the viewer and the position information.
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A method, comprising:
- obtaining, by a system comprising a processor, three-dimensional media content at a media device;
- displaying, on a display device operably coupled to the processor, an instruction message instructing a viewer of the display device to perform a depth indicating gesture in accordance with a displayed image having a known distance associated therewith to determine a distance of the viewer from the display device;
- capturing, by the system, an image of the viewer performing the depth indicating gesture, thereby obtaining distance information associated with the viewer;
- adjusting, by the system, the three-dimensional media content based on the distance information, resulting in adjusted three-dimensional media content, wherein each of a plurality of three-dimensional images of the three-dimensional media content depicts common content with different convergences, which are determined based on position information, and wherein the adjusting of the convergence of the three-dimensional media content is based on a corresponding convergence associated with one of the plurality of three-dimensional images from the viewer;
- providing, by the system, the adjusted three-dimensional media content to the display device for presentation;
- and
- storing the adjusted convergence as a user profile associated with the viewer and the position information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.