Patent ID: 8284236

Claim:
A method of positioning primary and secondary images on a stereoscopic display device, comprising: receiving primary and secondary image data representing primary and secondary images for simultaneous display on a stereoscopic display panel, wherein at least one of the primary and secondary image data represents three dimensional stereoscopic image data; ascertaining a perceived depth of the primary image; ascertaining a perceived depth of the secondary image; where ascertaining the perceived depth of at least one of the primary image and the secondary image is carried out by either reading metadata associated with at least one of the primary and secondary image, or by carrying out a depth analysis of the at least one of the primary image and secondary image data; transforming the perceived depth of at least one of the primary and secondary image data by compressing the perceived depth of the at least one of the primary and secondary image data; and transforming at least one of the primary and secondary image data so as to position the perceived secondary image at a position that will be perceived by a viewer to be situated at a depth when viewed on the stereoscopic display such that the secondary image appears to be situated fully between the primary image and the viewer when viewed stereoscopically.