Patent ID: 7254264

Claim:
A method for the generation of 3-D images from a first sequence of 2-D images by calculating images in a second sequence of images, said calculated images being assigned to images of the first sequence by an approximation of image information which is temporally proximate to the images of the first sequence, an approximation variable (α) determines the width of a stereo base, and by assigning a current image and the calculated image to respective viewing channels in relationship to the predominant direction of motion in the images of the first sequence, characterized in that a first measure of similarity (d k ) between sequential images of the first image sequence is determined and compared to predetermined threshold values (δ 0 <δ 1 <δ 2 ), and (1) if δ 0 <d k <δ 2 and d k −d k−1 ≦−δ 1 and as long as α≦k−1, the approximation variable is set to α:=α+s, (2) if δ 0 <d k <δ 2 and d k −d k−i ≧δ 1 and as long as α≧s, the approximation variable is set to α:=α−s, wherein s denotes a step width and (3) if δ 2 <d k , the approximation variable is set to α:=1/d k .