Method and apparatus for monoscopic to stereoscopic image conver

Details Method and apparatus for monoscopic to stereoscopic image conver Method and apparatus for monoscopic to stereoscopic image conver

1997-07-07

2000-02-29

Le, Vu

Television

Stereoscopic

Signal formatting

348 42, 345419, H04N 1300

Patent

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060315644

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for converting a monoscopic image with one perspective to a stereoscopic image with two perspectives is provided. A foreground object is identified and outlined. The depth of the object is endowed with depth information. The second perspective is generated by image warping. Alternate embodiments comprising additional features, such as removing redundant frames, which reduce the necessary computation are also provided.

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