Patent ID: 8624959
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a video data stream, the method comprising: receiving, by a data processing system, the video data stream from a single monoscopic video camera, wherein the video data stream is a monoscopic video data stream comprising a plurality of monoscopic images of a scene from a plurality of different directions with respect to the scene; selecting, by the data processing system, a plurality of image pairs from the plurality of monoscopic images, wherein a first image of a first area in the scene overlaps a second image of a second area in the scene in each image pair in the plurality of image pairs, and wherein the first image and the second image in each image pair in the plurality of image pairs are from different directions with respect to the scene; and adjusting, by the data processing system, the each image pair in the plurality of image pairs to form a plurality of adjusted image pairs, wherein the plurality of adjusted image pairs is configured to comprise a plurality of stereoscopic images to provide a perception of depth for the scene when the plurality of adjusted image pairs is presented as a video, and wherein each adjusted image in an adjusted image pair comprising a stereoscopic image in the plurality of stereoscopic images is from a different direction with respect to the scene.