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Distributed three-dimensional video conversion system

  • US 8,749,618 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2011
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing computer-aided video image processing, the method comprising:

  • receiving a video comprising a plurality of video frames;

    programmatically assigning processing of the video frames to a plurality of workers;

    electronically inserting digital watermarks in at least some of the video frames, the digital watermarks comprising references to the workers assigned to process the video frames;

    providing a network application having functionality for allocating compressed versions of the video frames to worker systems operated by the plurality of workers over a network, the network application configured to;

    output a digital video editor user interface comprising functionality for the workers to perform at least a part of a two-dimensional to three-dimensional conversion process on the compressed video frames, the two-to-three dimensional conversion process comprising performing two or more of the following;

    rotoscoping, depth mapping, occlusion filling, pixel shifting, three dimensional modeling, and camera matching, andcollect processed frame information from the worker systems; and

    providing the processed frame information to a provider of the video as part of at least partially two-dimensional to three-dimensional converted video;

    wherein at least said providing the network application is implemented at least in part by a computer system comprising computer hardware.

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