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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Clive Henry Gillard, Alton, GB;
Stephen Mark Keating, Reading, GB;
Mark Russell, Maidenhead, GB;
Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Winchester, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0059 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising: obtaining a disparity map for one of a left eye image and a right eye image, the disparity map indicating the horizontal displacement between corresponding pixels in the left eye image and the right eye image; generating a luminance representation of the disparity map, wherein a disparity unit which defines the resolution of the disparity map, is mapped to a corresponding luminance value; and companding the luminance value for transmission over a luminance channel is described.