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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:

Soo Hyun Bae, San Jose, CA (US);

Farhan Baqai, Fremont, CA (US);

Alexander Berestov, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Soo Hyun Bae, San Jose, CA (US);

Farhan Baqai, Fremont, CA (US);

Alexander Berestov, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/026 (2013.01); G06T 15/40 (2013.01); H04N 13/0018 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for converting a two-dimensional image into a stereoscopic three-dimensional image. In one embodiment, a method of converting a two-dimensional image into a stereoscopic three-dimensional image comprises identifying at least one corresponding pixel from a left eye image and determining a depth and an intensity value for the each pixel within a right eye image using the at least one corresponding pixel. The depth value is stored in a right eye depth map and the intensity value is stored in the right eye image. The method further comprises inpainting at least one occluded region within the right eye image using the right eye depth map.


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