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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Peter-andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Fabian Edgar Ernst, Eindhoven, NL;
Piotr Wilinski, Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Joseph Rita Op DE Beeck, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter-Andre Redert, Eindhoven, NL;
Fabian Edgar Ernst, Eindhoven, NL;
Piotr Wilinski, Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Joseph Rita Op De Beeck, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a visual communication signal () which comprises image model information () for generating 3-D images. The image model information () may comprise a 3-D image model, e.g. a 3-D wireframe model or a 3-D voxel map. Some of the generated 3-D images may have a relatively low image quality. The visual communication signal () further comprises image enhancement information () corresponding to at least part of the 3-D images for enhancing the image quality of the generated 3-D images. This image enhancement information () may comprise image information corresponding to one or more single viewpoints () and/or image information corresponding to one or more ranges of viewpoints (). The visual communication signal () may be transmitted from a transmitter () to a receiver () in a visual communication system () such as a 3-D television system or a 3-D teleconferencing system. Alternatively, the visual communication signal () may be carried by a tangible medium, e.g. a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM.