Viewpoint-responsive display system.
A method for creating multiple viewpoint images for an image frame. The method includes receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair. Once the images are received, the method includes determining by the processing element a first viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second viewing location corresponding to the right eye image and determining by the processing element a plurality of new viewpoint locations using the first viewing location and the second viewpoint location.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION(1) Aspects of the present invention relate to conversion of two dimensional (2-D) multimedia content to stereoscopic three dimensional (3-D) multimedia content. More particularly, aspects of the present invention involve a gradient modeling toolkit for sculpting stereoscopic gradient models for a 2-D image for purposes of applying a stereoscopic 3-D effect to one or objects of the 2-D image.BACKGROUND(2) Three dimensional (3-D) imaging, or stereoscopy, is a technique used to create the illusion of depth in an image. In many cases, the stereoscopic effect of an image is created by providing a slightly different perspective of a particular image to each eye of a viewer. The slightly different left eye image and right eye image may present two perspectives of the same object, where the perspectives differ from each other in a manner similar to the perspectives that the viewer's eyes may naturally experience when directly viewing a three dimensional scene. For example, in a frame of a stereoscopic 3-D film or video, a corresponding left eye frame intended for the viewer's left eye may be filmed from a slightly different angle (representing a first perspective of the object) from the corresponding right eye frame intended for the viewer's right eye (representing a second perspective of the object). When the two frames are viewed simultaneously or nearly simultaneously, the pixel offset between the left eye frame and the right eye frame provides a perceived d
1. A method of displaying content on a two-dimensional display for a three-dimensional effect comprising: displaying on the two-dimensional display a first image having a first viewpoint of a first frame of the content, wherein the first image includes a portion of the first frame and the first frame is predetermined; detecting by a sensor a user input; analyzing by a processing element the user input; determining, by the processing element, an adjustment to the first viewpoint based on the user input to provide an external viewpoint location that falls outside the first viewpoint of the first image; determining, by the processing element, a second image including edge content based on the first image and generated from the first frame, wherein the edge content includes additional information and is based on the exterior viewpoint location included in the first frame and not visible in the first image; and selectively displaying by the two-dimensional display the second image having the second viewpoint and the additional information corresponding to the edge content.
6. A computing device comprising: a screen for displaying a visual output; at least one sensor for detecting a first user input to the computing device; and a processing element in communication with the screen and the at least one sensor; wherein in response to the first user input; the screen displays a first viewpoint image of a predetermined frame of content; the processing element determines an adjustment to a viewpoint of the first viewpoint image based on the user input to generate an exterior viewpoint location that is outside of the viewpoint of the first image; the processing element determines a second viewpoint image corresponding to the exterior viewpoint location generated from the frame of content including peripheral content based on the first viewpoint image, wherein the peripheral content includes an edge object included in the first frame and not visible in the first viewpoint image; and the screen displays a second viewpoint image having the second viewpoint and including the edge object corresponding to the peripheral content.
11. A method of displaying content on a two-dimensional display for a three-dimensional effect comprising: receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair; detecting by a sensor a first user input corresponding to a first left viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a first right viewing location corresponding to the right eye image; determining by the processing element a plurality of exterior viewpoint locations outside of a range between the first left viewing location and the first right viewing location: generating a plurality of exterior viewpoint images based on the exterior viewpoint locations and both the left eye image and the right image at the exterior viewing locations: displaying on the two-dimensional display a first image having a first viewpoint of a first frame of the content, wherein the first image includes a portion of the first frame and the first frame is predetermined; detecting by the sensor a second user input corresponding to a second left viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second right viewing location corresponding to the right eye image; determining, by the processing element, an adjustment to the first left viewing location and first right viewing location based on the second user input; determining, by the processing element, a second viewpoint location corresponding to one of the plurality of exterior viewpoint locations corresponding to the adjustment to the first left viewing location and the first right viewing location; displaying on the two-dimensional display a second image corresponding to the second viewpoint location, corresponding to one of the plurality of exterior viewpoint images.