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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, and an image frame that includes two or more motion vectors that describe motion in the image frame is obtained from the source video, wherein each of the motion vectors is associated with a region of the image frame. A respective parameter is calculated 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. A deformation value is generated by applying an algorithm that uses 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 bridge frame that is a non-solid color and is different from the modified image frame, to generate a blended frame. The direction of motion and velocity of motion parameters in the calculating step 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, the method comprising:

(1) acquiring a source video comprising a sequence of 2D image frames, each of the 2D image frames being associated with a respective chronological position in the sequence;
(2) identifying a first image frame associated with a first chronological position in the sequence of the source video and a second image frame associated with a second chronological position in the sequence of the source video;
(3) combining the first image frame and the second image frame to generate a modified image frame, the modified image frame having first and second opposing sides defining a first dimension and third and fourth opposing sides defining a second dimension;
(4) blending the modified image frame with a bridge frame that is a non-solid color, different from the modified image frame, different from the first image frame, and different from the second image frame, to generate a blended frame, wherein the blended image frame includes first and second non-overlapping portions, the first portion having the first dimension and including a first selected portion of the modified image frame, the second portion having the first dimension and including a second selected portion of the bridge frame.

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Facts

Application: 14/566,205Filed 10 Dec 2014 · continuation
Priority: 23 Jan 2001
Published: US 2015/0138318 A121 May 2015
Granted: 23 Aug 2016
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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