Patent ID: 8605136

Claim:
A method of two dimensional (2D) content data conversion to three dimensional (3D) content data in a 3D television (TV), comprising: receiving, via a 2D to 3D content conversion module, frame sequential 3D video content and 2D user interface content data; determining a displacement represented by disparity data that defines a separation of left eye and right eye data for 3D rendering of the 2D user interface content data; determining a size of the 3D rendering of the 2D user interface content using pixel modification; displaying the 3D video content on a display of the 3D TV; and generating 3D user interface content data at a 3D depth on the display based upon the received 2D user interface content data and the determined displacement and size, where generating the 3D user interface content data at the 3D depth on the display based upon the received 2D user interface content data and the determined displacement comprises: providing first and second copies of the 2D user interface content data; placing the first copy of the 2D user interface content data in a first blank frame; merging the 2D user interface content data in the first frame with frame sequential left-image frames of the 3D video content at a location within the 3D video content; placing the second copy of the 2D user interface content data in a second blank frame; merging the 2D user interface content data in the second frame with frame sequential right-image frames of the 3D video content at the determined size and displacement from the location of the merged 2D user interface content data with the frame sequential left-image frames of the 3D video content based upon the disparity data.