Patent ID: 7983477

Claim:
A method for generating a stereoscopic image of a scene having a first and a second object, the first object having a first predetermined depth in the scene and the second object having a second predetermined depth in the scene, the method comprising: capturing a left and right image of the first object using a first camera separation, wherein the first camera separation is based on a first perceived depth of the first object in a region of interest of the stereoscopic image of the scene, and wherein a ratio of the first perceived depth to the first predetermined depth is set at a desired viewing ratio; capturing a left and right image of the second object using a second camera separation, wherein the second camera separation is based on a second perceived depth of the second object in a second region of the stereoscopic image of the scene; generating a composite left image from the left image of the first object and the left image of the second object by overlaying the left image of the first object on top of the left image of the second object; generating a composite right image from the right image of the first object and the right image of the second object by overlaying the right image of the first object on top of the right image of the second object; and providing the composite left image and composite right image.