Methods and systems for reducing or eliminating perceived ghosting in displayed stereoscopic images

A system comprising:

• a device for receiving a plurality of original stereoscopic images prior to the stereoscopic images being displayed, the stereoscopic images comprising image content, at least one left eye image, and at least one right eye image;
• a calibration module for determining at least one display system parameter;
• an image analysis processor configured to:
• identify a first local region and a second local region of the plurality of original stereoscopic images using the image content of the stereoscopic images prior to the stereoscopic images being displayed, each of the first local region and the second local region comprising ghosting;
• select a first psychovisual factor using the image content for the first local region;
• select a second psychovisual factor using the image content for the second local region;
• and
• analyze (i) the first local region using the at least one display system parameter and the first psychovisual factor and (ii) the second local region using the at least one display system parameter and the second psychovisual factor, to generate a control mask comprising:
• at least one computation applicable to the first local region and the second local region;
• and
• a location and a scaling of the at least one computation applicable to the first local region and the second local region;
• a computing processor configured to generate a modified image from the plurality of original stereoscopic images by reducing or eliminating ghosting of the first local region and the second local region separately by using the control mask in modifying the first local region differently than the second local region;
• and
• a display device for outputting the modified image.

A computer program product including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium disposed in a device, the instructions being configured to be executed to cause the device to perform actions, the actions comprising:

• identifying a first local region and a second local region of a stereoscopic image using image content of the stereoscopic image prior to the stereoscopic image being displayed, wherein the first local region and the second local region each comprises ghosting;
• selecting a first psychovisual factor for the first local region using the image content;
• selecting a second psychovisual factor for the second local region using the image content;
• generating a modified stereoscopic image from the stereoscopic image by reducing or eliminating the ghosting of the first local region and the second local region separately by using the first psychovisual factor, the second psychovisual factor, and at least one display system parameter in modifying the first local region differently than the second local region;
• and
• outputting the modified stereoscopic image.