Patent ID: 9423602
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for compressing, encoding, transmitting, receiving, displaying, and viewing stereoscopic left and right image streams, comprising: receiving from a first input video source into a processor having a memory an input left image stream of sequential image frames having a left input frame rate and a left input transmission bandwidth, said input left image stream comprising input left-eye image frames, each said input left-eye image frame having a left input resolution, each said input left-eye image frame comprising left input pixels, each said left input pixel comprising left input pixel parts, each said left input pixel part comprising one or more left input sub-pixels, each said left input sub-pixel comprising a left input color value and a left input luminance value, each input left-eye image frame being the left image of a stereoscopic image pair; receiving from a second input video source into said processor an input right image stream of sequential image frames having a right input frame rate and a right input transmission bandwidth, said input right image stream comprising input right-eye image frames, each said input right-eye image frame having a right input resolution, each said input right-eye image frame comprising right input pixels, each said right input pixel comprising right input pixel parts, each said right input pixel part comprising one or more right input sub-pixels, each said right input sub-pixel comprising a right input color value and a right input luminance value, each input right-eye image frame being the right image of said stereoscopic image pair; generating one or more composite image frames from said input left-eye image frames and said input right-eye image frames, each said composite image frame having a composite resolution and a sub-pixel layout of sub-pixel positions, each of said sub-pixel positions being either a left-eye sub-pixel position or a right-eye sub-pixel position, each said composite image frame comprising composite pixels, each said composite pixel comprising composite pixel parts, each said composite pixel part comprising one or more composite sub-pixels, each said composite sub-pixel comprising a composite color value and a composite luminance value, each said composite sub-pixel being positioned in one of a left-eye sub-pixel position or a right-eye sub-pixel position in said composite image frame, wherein said composite resolution is approximately the same as said left input resolution and said right input resolution, the generating comprising: storing said composite pixels in said memory of said processor, each composite pixel comprising one or more left input pixel parts, one or more right input pixel parts, or one left input pixel part and one right input pixel part, and repeating said storing until said memory holds a number of said composite pixels equal to said composite resolution, said memory now containing a composite image frame, and repeating the previous two steps until the desired number of composite image frames is stored in said memory, wherein each left-eye sub-pixel position in the sub-pixel layout in each composite image frame comprises a left-eye sub-pixel and each right-eye sub-pixel position in the sub-pixel layout in each composite image frame comprises a right-eye sub-pixel, and wherein said sub-pixel layout is constant from composite image frame to composite image frame; transmitting said one or more composite image frames from said processor, said one or more transmitted composite image frames comprising a sequential composite image stream, said composite image stream having a composite frame rate and a composite transmission bandwidth, said composite frame rate being approximately the same as said left input frame rate and said right input frame rate, said composite transmission bandwidth being approximately the same as said left input transmission bandwidth and said right input transmission bandwidth, and the sub-pixel layout of each composite image frame remaining constant from composite image frame to composite image frame; receiving into a display device said composite image stream, and displaying to a human viewer on said display device said composite image stream via image directing means, said image directing means for directing said left images of said stereoscopic image pairs to said human viewer's left eye and said right images of said stereoscopic image pairs to said human viewer's right eye, so that said human viewer will perceive said composite image stream as continuous 3-D video.