Patent ID: 8487981

Claim:
A method for processing video, the method comprising: performing by one or more processors, one or more circuits, or any combination thereof: receiving stereoscopic left and right reference fields or frames of compressed video data; decompressing the left and right reference fields or frames of compressed video data; determining areas of occlusion in separate left and right streams of fields or frames; interpolating left and right fields or frames in the separate left and right streams of fields or frames based at least in part on said separate streams of decompressed left and right reference fields or frames and the areas of occlusion to produce a plurality of interpolated pixel values for each left and right fields or frames, the interpolated pixel values for the left fields or frames based on a left and right reference field or frame, the interpolated pixel values for the right fields or frames based on a left and right reference field or frame; and storing or communicating for display, the interpolated left and right fields or frames or said left and right reference fields or frames, or both.