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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:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2011
Applicant:

Thomas Edward Horlander, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventor:

Thomas Edward Horlander, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing DTV, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0048 (2013.01); H04N 13/0497 (2013.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.11);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for generating a disparity map in a receiving device, e.g., a set-top box, that enables user control for adjusting image depth in a stereo image set are provided. The apparatus and method provide for receiving a signal comprising a left eye image and a right eye image, encoding the left eye image as a reference image, predictively coding the right eye image using the coded left eye image as the reference image, capturing motion indicators generated during encoding of the right eye image, and generating a disparity map between the left eye image and right eye image using the motion indicators.


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