Patent ID: 6208348
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G03B,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A system for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images, the system comprising:an image monitor adapted to generate visual displays in response to visual display control signals; anda processor adapted to generate the visual display control signals such that the visual displays prompt a user of the system to provide user inputs pertaining to an original image and selected objects within a copy of the original image, and to render a complementary image including complementary objects with pixels of the complementary objects being horizontally repositioned within the complementary image as compared to positions of the selected objects within the original image;wherein the original image is retained and the processor is adapted to provide the original image in conjunction with the complementary image such that the original image and the complementary image make up a pair of images of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image.