INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD

• US 20110285821A1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Takehiro
• Application Number:
  US13/110,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285821A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/46
• 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 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus executes a browser and player software plugged in the browser. The player software is configured to play back video content received from a server. A capture module captures two-dimensional video data from the player software, the two-dimensional video data being obtained by playback of the video content. A converter converts the captured two-dimensional video data to three-dimensional video data, the three-dimensional video data includes left-eye video data and right-eye video data. A three-dimensional display control module displays a three-dimensional video on a display based on the left-eye video data and right-eye video data.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus configured to execute a browser and player software, wherein the player software is a browser plug-in associated with the browser, and wherein the player software is configured to play back video content received from a server, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a capture module configured to capture two-dimensional video data from the player software during playback of the video content;

a converter configured to convert the captured two-dimensional video data to three-dimensional video data, wherein the three-dimensional video data comprises left-eye video data and right-eye video data; and

a three-dimensional display control module configured to display a three-dimensional video on a display, wherein the three-dimensional video is based on the left-eye video data and the right-eye video data.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional display control module is further configured to:

create a sequence of video data for displaying the three-dimensional video; and

output the sequence of video data to the display.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a resolution enhancement module configured to convert the three-dimensional video data from a first resolution to a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the browser is configured to browse a site on the Internet, and wherein the three-dimensional display control module is further configured to display the three-dimensional video in a separate window from a window of the browser.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional display control module is further configured to set a window used to display the three-dimensional video into a full-screen mode.

6. An information processing apparatus configured to execute a browser and player software, wherein the player software is a browser plug-in associated with the browser, and wherein the player software is configured to play back video content received from a server, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a capture module configured to capture two-dimensional video data which is output from the player software to an operating system during playback of the video content;

a converter configured to convert the captured two-dimensional video data to three-dimensional video data, wherein the three-dimensional video data comprises left-eye video data and right-eye video data; and

a three-dimensional display control module configured to;

create a sequence of video data for displaying a three-dimensional video based on the left-eye video data and the right-eye video data; and

output the sequence of video data to the operating system, wherein the operating system uses the video data to display the three-dimensional video on a display.

7. A video content playback method comprising:

executing a browser and player software, wherein the player software is a browser plug-in associated with the browser, and wherein the player software is configured to play hack video content received from a server;

capturing two-dimensional video data from the player software during playback of the video content;

estimating depths of the captured two-dimensional video data and converting, based at least in part on the estimated depths, the two-dimensional video data to three-dimensional video data, wherein the three-dimensional video data comprises left-eye video data and right-eye video data; and

displaying a three-dimensional video on a display, wherein the three-dimensional video is based on the left-eye video data and right-eye video data.

8. The video content playback method of claim 7, wherein displaying the three-dimensional video on the display further comprises:

creating a sequence of video data for displaying the three-dimensional video; and

outputting the sequence of video data to the display.

9. The video content playback method of claim 7, further comprising converting the three-dimensional video data from a first resolution to a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution.