Patent ID: 9736453
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for encoding a stereoscopic image, the method comprising: acquiring a left image using a first sensor unit: acquiring a right image using a second sensor unit; generating a depth image based on the left and right images; generating a color image having an original number of bits based on the left and right images; simultaneously encoding the depth image and the color image into a single data unit having a predetermined bit number size; transmitting the single data unit to a host system, wherein the predetermined bit number size of the single data unit for the host system is different than a bit number size of the left and right images acquired from the first and second sensor units, and wherein bits within the single data unit having the predetermined bit number size are allocated to the color image having the original number of bits and a remaining number of bits within the single data unit, other than the bits within the single data unit allocated to the color image, are allocated to the depth image, based on calculating a number of bits receivable by the host system.