Patent ID: 8063930
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for converting a monoscopic video movie passively acquired using a single camera to a stereoscopic video movie, said method comprising generating stereoscopic pairs comprising, for each frame in the original sequence, a transformed original frame selected from said monoscopic video movie and a transformed alternate frame; wherein said transformed frames are generated from said original and said alternate frame in said monoscopic video movie by the following steps: a.) select said original frame; b.) select said alternate frame such that a considerable, approximately constant parallax is developed between it and said original frame; c.) calculate the fundamental matrix between said original frame and said alternate frame based on point correspondences between them; d.) calculate from said fundamental matrix two homography transformations that may stratify said original and said alternate frames; e.) apply one of said homography transformations to said original frame and the other of said homography transformations to said alternate frame, thereby obtaining two new frames, which are stereoscopic partners.