Patent ID: 7557824

Claim:
A method of generating a stereoscopic image of a scene, the method comprising: defining a first region of the scene; forming a first image pair, wherein the first image pair comprises: a first image of a first part of the first region as perceived from a first location; and a second image of the first part of the first region as perceived from a second location; wherein the second location is spaced from the first location by a first offset distance; performing a first mapping process on the first image pair to generate a first part of a display image pair; defining a second region of the scene; forming a second image pair, wherein the second image pair comprises: a third image of a second part of the second region as perceived from a third location; and a fourth image of the second part of the second region as perceived from a fourth location; wherein the fourth location is spaced from the third location by a second offset distance; and further wherein the first and second offset distances are different; performing a second mapping process on the second image pair to generate a second part of the display image pair; and combining the first part of the display image pair and the second part of the display image pair to form a combined display image pair, said combined display image pair being adapted to provide a stereoscopic image of the first and second regions of the scene, wherein an object having a predetermined depth in a viewing direction in the first region has a first perceived depth and a second object having the predetermined depth in a second viewing direction in the second region has a second perceived depth, the second perceived depth having a perceived displacement from the first perceived depth.