Patent ID: 9288470
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a tuner, encoded video signals containing a plurality of video streams based on respectively different image viewpoints that support stereoscopic or 3D digital video images; decoding, by a video decoder, the received video signals and identifying a first parameter and a second parameter from the decoded video signals to be used in addressing potential stereoscopic window violations with respect to displaying of stereoscopic or 3D digital video images; and processing, by a controller, the decoded video signals using the identified first and second parameters to support the displaying of stereoscopic or 3D digital video images with minimal stereoscopic window violations, wherein the stereoscopic window violations are suppressed by using floating window information, which includes a size of the floating window, added into a header extension for a video elementary stream (ES) among the plurality of video streams, wherein the size of the floating window is determined based on a position difference between an object in a right image and a corresponding object included in a left image, and wherein the header extension includes at least one field indicating the number or coordinates of a first luminance sample and a last luminance sample to identify the size of the floating window.