Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Wilhelmus Hendricus Alfonsus Bruls

Philip Steven Newton

Christiaan Varekamp

Wiebe De Haan

Bart Kroon

Johan Cornelis Talstra

Hendrik Frank Moll

An apparatus comprises a receiver () receiving an image signal representing a scene. The image signal includes image data comprising a number of images where each image comprises pixels that represent an image property of the scene along a ray having a ray direction from a ray origin. The ray origins are different positions for at least some pixels. The image signal further comprises a plurality of parameters describing a variation of the ray origins and/or the ray directions for pixels as a function of pixel image positions. A renderer () renders images from the number of images based on the plurality of parameters.

Image signal representing a scene

A three dimensional [3D] video signal is processed in a video device (). The device has generating means () for generating an output signal for transferring the video data via a high-speed digital interface like HDMI to a 3D display, which selectively generate a 3D display signal for displaying the 3D video data on a 3D display operative in a 3D mode, a 2D display signal for displaying 2D video data on the 3D display operative in a 2D mode, or a pseudo 2D display signal by including 2D video data in the output signal for displaying the 2D video data on the 3D display operative in the 3D mode. Processing means () detect a request to display 2D video data on the 3D display, while the 3D display is operative in the 3D mode, and, in response to the detection, the generating means are set to generate the pseudo 2D display signal for maintaining the 3D mode of the 3D display.

Switching between 3D and 2D video

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Wilhelmus Hendricus Alfonsus Bruls