Patent ID: 7573489
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for associating a portion of a stereoscopic image with a perceived depth comprising: determining using a computing device offset values that each indicate a displacement between image data in a first image of a stereoscopic pair and corresponding image data in a second image of the stereoscopic pair, wherein the second image is generated based on the first image that includes at least one visual component of a scene, and wherein the displacement affects a perceived depth of a point represented by the image data and the corresponding image data; identifying image data that is not associated with a valid offset value; generating a supplementary offset value based on a portion of the determined offset values associated with the first image and the second image that is generated based on the first image, wherein generating the supplementary offset value comprises using valid offset values associated with image data substantially near the identified image data; associating the identified image data with the supplementary offset value; and visually displaying the stereoscopic image pair using the identified image data, the association, and the supplementary offset value.