Patent ID: 8509521
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a three dimensional image from a two dimensional image, the two dimensional image having a background and a first foreground object and a second foreground object located thereon, the method comprising the steps of: applying a transformation to a copy of the background; generating stereoscopically for display the background and the transformed background; determining whether the first and second foreground objects occlude with one another, wherein in the event of occlusion, the occluded combination of the first and second object forms a third foreground object in the two dimensional image, and the method further comprises the step of: applying a transformation to the third foreground object, wherein the transformation applied to the third foreground object is less than or equal to the transformation applied to the background; generating a copy of the third foreground object with the transformation applied thereto; and generating stereoscopically for display the third foreground object with the transform applied thereto and the copy of the third foreground object displaced relative to one another by an amount determined in accordance with the position of one of the first or second foreground objects in the image.