Patent Document ID: 9786253
Application ID: 13749861
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of generating additional views from a stereo image, comprising: executing a conversion module with a computer processor; with the conversion module, receiving as input at least one stereo image of one or more scenes, wherein each stereo image includes a left image associated with a left camera and a right image associated with a right camera; for each of the stereo images, generating a plurality of additional images of the one or more scenes with the conversion module, wherein the generating comprises identifying objects in the one or more scenes that are in a foreground and in a background relative to a focal plane of the right and left cameras and wherein the generating involves moving the identified objects from positions in the left and right images to new positions in the additional images based on whether the identified objects are in the foreground or in the background; and interlacing the plurality of additional images for each of the stereo images to generate a 3D content comprising multiple views of the one or more scenes for each of the stereo images, wherein the generating includes identifying a hole in one of the additional images and repairing the identified hole, wherein the interlacing is performed such that the generated 3D content is displayable on a 3D display device including a barrier grid or a lenticular lens array on or associated with a monitor, wherein the interlacing comprises displaying and replacing the additional images at a pixel level at an angle and position relative to pixel flow and replacement on a screen of the monitor, whereby the additional images are viewable by an observer of the monitor with frames in an order to be viewed in 3D, and wherein pixels of the interlaced additional images are displayed and replaced at one or more of the following angle ranges: negative to positive 3 degrees relative to vertical, negative 13 to 16 degrees to positive 13 to 16 degrees relative to vertical, negative 17 to 19 degrees to positive 17 to 19 degrees relative to vertical, and negative 24 to 28 degrees to positive 24 to 28 degrees relative to vertical.