Stereoscopic video

• US 7,319,720 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2002
• Issued: 01/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Abrams, Thomas Algie Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Diep; Nhon
• Application Number:
  US10/058,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20030156188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,178 Days
• Field of Search: 375/240.12, 375/240.13, 386/111, 386/126, 348/43
• US Class Current: 375/240.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/15 for colour aspects of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/161 Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/363 using image projection screens volumetric display H04N13/388
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

Abstract

Methods, devices, systems and/or storage media for stereoscopic video.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing stereoscopic video data;

determining a resolution for display of the stereoscopic video data wherein the determining a resolution comprises receiving information related to a computer in communication with a computer network;

determining a display scheme for the stereoscopic video data wherein the determining a display scheme comprises receiving information related to a computer in communication with the computer network; and

transmitting the stereoscopic video data via the computer network at one or more bit rates based at least in part on the resolution and the display scheme.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising scaling the stereoscopic video data based on the resolution.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the stereoscopic video data comprises transmitting compressed stereoscopic video data.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising compressing the stereoscopic video data prior to the transmitting the compressed stereoscopic video data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein a server performs the determining the resolution and the determining the display scheme via information received via the computer network.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the display scheme optionally comprises an interlace display scheme.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the display scheme optionally comprises a quad-buffering display scheme.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the display scheme optionally comprises a full screen display scheme.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the display scheme optionally comprises use of eyewear.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising managing digital rights of the stereoscopic video data.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a number of processors associated with a computer in communication with the computer network.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the one or more bit rates depend at least in part on the number of processors.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a number of players associated with a computer in communication with the computer network.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the one or more bit rates depend at least in part on the number of players.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting stereoscopic video data to more than one client computer via the computer network.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a compression ratio for the stereoscopic video data.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the determining a compression ratio comprises receiving information related to a computer in communication with the computer network.

18. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions to perform, when executed by a computer:

determining a resolution for display of stereoscopic video wherein the determining a resolution comprises receiving information related to a computer in communication with a computer network;

determining a display scheme for the stereoscopic video wherein the determining a display scheme comprises receiving information related to a computer in communication with the computer network; and

transmitting stereoscopic video data via the computer network at one or more bit rates based at least in part on the resolution and the display scheme.