Patent ID: 8830301
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that forms a stereoscopic image by alternately displaying a left image and a right image, for reproducing a stereoscopic image in a pause mode, the apparatus comprising: a decoder unit configured to perform decoding on received image information; a three-dimensional format generation unit configured to pair left and right images that are temporally consistent to generate stereoscopic image data; and a user input processing unit configured to receive a user selection with respect to image reproduction and to provide a corresponding signal to the decoder unit and the three-dimensional format generation unit, wherein when the user input processing unit receives a selection of a pause mode from the user, the decoder unit stops the decoding based on the signal from the user input processing unit and the three-dimensional format generation unit generates the stereoscopic image data by using the same left and right video frames, wherein the three-dimensional format generation unit to generate, in the pause mode, one of the stereoscopic image data and a two-dimensional image based on a user's selection received by the user input processing unit, wherein when the user input processing unit receives, from the user, a selection of changing the stereoscopic image being reproduced in the pause mode into the two-dimensional image, the three-dimensional format generation unit generates the two-dimensional image by interpolating the same left and right video frames based on a signal from the user input processing unit, and wherein the generated two-dimensional image by interpolating is repeatedly output in the pause mode.