Patent ID: 9607424
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A method for manipulating depth-assigned content associated with a depth-enhanced picture, comprising: at a processor, receiving a depth-enhanced picture comprising a plurality of elements having different depth values; at the processor, receiving a depth-assigned content item, the depth-assigned content item being associated with the depth-enhanced picture and being assigned to a first depth value; at the processor, determining a focus depth for rendering of the depth-enhanced picture, wherein at least a first one of the elements has a depth that is closer to the focus depth than the depth of at least a second one of the elements; at the processor, determining whether to include the depth-assigned content item in rendering the depth-enhanced picture based on a determination as to whether the first depth value falls within a predetermined tolerance value of the determined focus depth; at an image rendering component, rendering the depth-enhanced picture so that the first element is more in focus than the second element; at the image rendering component: outputting the rendered depth-enhanced picture at an output device.