Patent ID: 8606076
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting three dimensional video information over an interface from a playback device to a displaying device, the method comprising: determining an input video format in which a compressed three dimensional video information is available to an input of the playback device, the three dimensional video information available either as stored on a record medium or received via a data transmission system; querying the displaying device over the interface with respect to one or more three dimensional video formats which the displaying device is able to process; selecting a matching video format based on the available video format and the video formats which the displaying device is able to process; processing the compressed three dimensional video information such that the three dimensional video information is transmitted over the interface in the matching video format, wherein the method further comprises reading a maximum horizontal and vertical frequency reachable by the displaying device when the matching video format is stereo and different from the input video format; and when the maximum horizontal and vertical frequency are high enough to accommodate resolution and frame rate of the three dimensional video information, selecting a time sequential video format as the matching video format; and when the maximum horizontal and vertical frequency are not high enough to accommodate resolution and frame rate of the three dimensional video information and when the content color depth is less than or equal to half of the maximum display color depth, selecting a color depth video format as the matching video format.