Patent ID: 9137513
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: selecting a 2D video output format or a 3D video output format; selecting an order for windows of a video composition canvas corresponding to the selected video output format, the order of each window determining content overlap in a composited video data, the content overlap preventing display of at least a portion of the content; mapping video data from a video source, and at least one of video data from additional video sources and graphics data from graphics sources to respective windows of the video composition canvas; and generating the composited video data, by combining the windows of the video composition canvas based on the selected order, wherein the combination is based on a layout of the video composition canvas that corresponds to the selected video output format, wherein the generating step includes converting a format of the content to an intermediate format different from the video output format prior to generating the composited video data, generating the composited video data in the intermediate format, and converting the composited video data to the selected output format.