Patent Document ID: 8619130
Application ID: 12861475
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for altering images, the apparatus comprising: an input unit operable to receive a left image and a right image; and an image altering unit which is operable to alter the received left image and the received right image and to output an output image signal including the altered left image and the altered right image, wherein the left image is altered by changing a first portion, which is near a boundary area in the left image, and wherein the right image is altered by changing a second portion, which is near a boundary area in the right image, wherein at least one of the boundary area in the left image and the boundary area in the right image includes a plurality of sub areas, wherein each of the plurality of sub areas has at least one of a different color, a different shape, and a different size from other sub areas of the plurality of sub areas, and wherein the image altering unit alters the first potion and the second portion so as to show predetermined patterns.