Patent ID: 8456516

Claim:
A stereoscopic imaging system for generating a stereoscopic image of a scene, the stereoscopic imaging system being configured to generate at least one sub-image for a first eye, at least one sub-image for a second eye and at least one common sub-image for said first eye and said second eye, said at least one sub-image for the first eye, at least one sub-image for the second eye and at least one sub-image for both eyes being configured to be combined into the stereoscopic image, wherein the system comprises: an image data processor configured to generate image data for producing at least one of said sub-images for the first eye and/or for the second eye based on a combination of the basic image data for the first eye and the basic image data for the second eye, wherein the image data is configured to image at least one sub-image to both the first eye and the second eye simultaneously, the basic image data for the first eye being the image information received by the first eye when the scene is seen by the first eye only and the basic image data for the second eye being the image information received by the second eye when the scene is seen by the second eye only, wherein the stereoscopic imaging system is configured to image at least one of said at least one sub-image, generated based on a combination of the basic image data for the first eye and the basic image data for the second eye, simultaneously to both the first eye and the second eye.