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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert B. Engle, Encino, CA (US);
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); H04N 13/0018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Rendering a stereoscopic image of a 3-D environment, including: tracing a path of ray from a camera to a light source for every pixel in a view window; determining shading of all pixels in the view window; and adjusting the shading for all pixels to show horizontal displacement but substantially reduce vertical displacement in the stereoscopic image. Keywords include shading and horizontal displacement.