US 7,321,374 B2
Method and device for the generation of 3-D images
Rolf-Dieter Naske, Kakenstorf (Germany)
Assigned to NewSight Corporation, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on May 29, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/447,463.
Application 10/447463 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/EP01/13674, filed on Nov. 14, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0027346 A1, Feb. 12, 2004
Int. Cl. G06T 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—647  [348/44] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for implementing a method for generating three-dimensional (3-D) images on a sequence of two-dimensional (2-D) images, the apparatus including a device for scene analysis that performs the following steps:
analyzing a two-dimensional image to determine its scene type;
assigning a deformation to the determined scene type;
deforming the two-dimensional image using the deformation assigned to the determined scene type; and
transmitting the deformed two-dimensional image to at least one viewing channel;
wherein the analyzing step includes defining a partial image with variable size near the center of the whole two-dimensional image and calculating a root mean square deviation of the partial image and of the whole two-dimensional image in order to define a scene type as a close-up or a normal shot based on this calculation.