3D system including rendering with shifted compensation

• US 10,148,933 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VEFXi Corporation
• Original Assignee: VEFXi Corporation
• Inventors: Peterson, Craig, Roberts, Markus, Lomov, Sergey, Muro, Manuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Luo, Kate H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Young, Patricia I
• Application Number:
  US15/293,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/139 Format conversion, e.g. of frame-rate or size
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/261 with monoscopic-to-stereoscopic image conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/271 wherein the generated image signals comprise depth maps or disparity maps
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking

Abstract

A three dimensional system including rendering with shifted compensation.

Claims

1. A method for conversion of a series of two dimensional images using a processor into a series of three dimensional images comprising:

(a) said processor receiving said series of two dimensional images where each of said series of two dimensional images are from a same viewpoint;

(b) said processor processing said series of two dimensional images all of which are from said same viewpoint to determine a respective depth map associated with each of said series of two dimensional images where all of said series of two dimensional images are from said same viewpoint;

(c) said processor processing different pixels of said two dimensional images in a manner to result in modified two dimensional images all of which are from said same viewpoint where different pixels of one of said two dimensional images are modified a different amount based upon whether such different pixels would otherwise result in a dead zone when viewing a respective one of said series of three dimensional images and processing said depth map including said one of said two dimensional images to render said modified two dimensional images on a display as said series of three dimensional images, wherein portions of said series of three dimensional images has an appearance of being behind a plane of a screen of said display and other portions of said series of three dimensional images has the appearance of being in front of said plane of said screen of said display in a manner which would otherwise be reversed if said one of said two dimensional images was not otherwise modified, and wherein said modification of said one of said two dimensional images is further based upon determining a location of a viewer relative to said display;

(d) rendering said two dimensional images all of which are from the same viewpoint based upon said processed depth map on a display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein a view pixel mapping is modified based upon the position of a view relative to the display to center a preferred location at the viewers position being provided together.