Patent ID: 8666146

Claim:
In a computer-implemented image conversion system, a method for generating a stereoscopic pair of images from a monoscopic image, comprising: receiving, by a processor of the computer-implemented image conversion system, a monoscopic image; receiving, by an input device coupled to the processor, a first input, wherein the first input includes at least one brushstroke corresponding to a location in the monoscopic image; computing, by the processor, a saliency map of the monoscopic image; computing, by the processor, an edge map of the monoscopic image; computing, by the processor, a first image warp defining a movement of each pixel of the monoscopic image to create a first warped image of the stereoscopic pair of images; and computing, by the processor, a second image warp defining a movement of each pixel of the monoscopic image to create a second warped image of the stereoscopic pair of images; wherein each of the first and second image warps is computed using the at least one brushstroke, the saliency map, and the edge map; and generating, by the processor, the stereoscopic pair of images from the first image warp and the second image warp.