Patent ID: 8723927

Claim:
An apparatus for imprinting subtitle data comprising: at least one sensor for acquiring stereoscopic image pairs at least one memory unit at least one image processor comprising circuits and software for reformatting the images pairs acquired from the sensors processing the image pairs to produce a desired visual appearance storing the images in the memory unit outputting the images from the memory unit to a digital storage medium an I/O subsystem comprising a display and input unit and an I/O processor, the I/O subsystem comprising circuits and software for displaying camera data and imagery to a camera user inputting user image data into the camera inputting user decisions to create visible subtitling of the stereoscopic images a metadata processor comprising circuits and software for reformatting at least one of user input and camera status data into text or graphics compositing the reformatted data onto a single eye view of the stereo image pair if visible subtitling is desired passing reformatted camera status data to the I/O processor for display to the camera user using the display and input unit a camera status processor for obtaining camera status from the camera system, wherein the camera status data includes at least one of time of day, date, shutter speed, f-stop, geodetic location.