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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kelvin Ma, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David Swift, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
Reveo, Inc., Elmsford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting a monoscopic image with one perspective to a stereoscopic image with two perspectives is provided. A foreground object is identified and outlined. The depth of the object is endowed with depth information. The second perspective is generated by image warping. Alternate embodiments comprising additional features, such as removing redundant frames, which reduce the necessary computation are also provided.