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| 20080303832 | METHOD OF GENERATING TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONVERTIBLE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE BITSTREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE SAME - Provided is a method of generating a two-dimensional ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HEADER INFORMATION OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image bitstream; recording camera information related to cameras used for obtaining a stereoscopic image, in the header region; recording parallax information between base and additional images of the stereoscopic image in the header region; and recording the image data in the payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090002481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE BITSTREAM USING BLOCK INTERLEAVED METHOD - Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image bitstream. The method includes dividing a base view image and an additional view image into blocks having a predetermined size, generating a combined image by combining the blocks of the base view image and the blocks of the additional view image, recording the combined image in a payload area of the stereoscopic image bitstream, and recording block combination pattern information about a pattern of arranging the blocks of the base view image and the additional view image in the combined image, in a header area of the stereoscopic image bitstream. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING 2D/3D SWITCHABLE DISPLAY - Provided are an apparatus and method for driving a 2-dimensional (2D)/3-dimensional (3D) switchable display for improving the quality of image. The apparatus for driving a 2D/3D switchable display includes: an image mode determination unit determining whether input image signals of continuous frames are in a 2D mode or 3D mode; and an over-driving control unit over-driving the input image signal of a current differently according to the determined image mode. According to the apparatus and method, the response time in each of the 2D mode and the 3D mode can be increased, while motion blur and cross-talk effects can be decreased, thereby improving the quality of image. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE FORMAT INCLUDING BOTH INFORMATION OF BASE VIEW IMAGE AND INFORMATION OF ADDITIONAL VIEW IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a stereoscopic image format. The method includes generating a combined image by combining a base view image and an additional view image, generating a depth map between the base view image and the additional view image, generating a first YUV format using the combined image, and generating a second YUV format using the depth map. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090040295 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE USING DEPTH CONTROL - A method and apparatus for reproducing a stereoscopic image are provided. The method includes generating information about parallax between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of objects included in the stereoscopic image based on a stereo camera parameter of the stereoscopic image, controlling the depth of the objects in the stereoscopic image based on the generated information, and reproducing the stereoscopic image based on the controlled depth. Accordingly, the stereoscopic image can be reproduced while minimizing the eye fatigue of a viewer. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046142 | AUTO STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY IMPROVING BRIGHTNESS - Provided is an auto stereoscopic display improving brightness, including: a left eye pixel including a plurality of first color sub pixels and a first white sub pixel; a right eye pixel including a plurality of second color sub pixels and a second white sub pixel; and a viewing field separating unit which separates a viewing field of a left image formed by the left eye pixel and a viewing field of a right image formed by the right eye pixel. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090092311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTIVIEW CAMERA PARAMETERS FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIVIEW CAMERA PARAMETERS FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Provided is a method of receiving multiview camera parameters for a stereoscopic image. The method includes: extracting multiview camera parameter information for a predetermined data section from a received stereoscopic image data stream; extracting matrix information including at least one of translation matrix information and rotation matrix information for the predetermined data section from the multiview camera parameter information; and restoring coordinate systems of multiview cameras by using the extracted matrix information. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090092335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND GENERATING IMAGE DATA STREAM INCLUDING PARAMETERS FOR DISPLAYING LOCAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving and generating an image data stream including a three dimensional (3D) image. The method of receiving an image data stream includes receiving an image data stream including at least one of two dimensional (2D) and 3D image data periods; extracting local 3D image parameters, which are parameters of each image data period, from the image data stream; and restoring at least one of 2D and 3D images by using the local 3D image parameters. In the method, each 3D image is composed of at least one of a base image and an additional image, and the local 3D image parameters include stereoscopic arrangement order information representing an arrangement order of the base image and additional image of the 3D image. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090096863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FATIGUE RESULTING FROM VIEWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DATA STREAM OF LOW VISUAL FATIGUE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided is a method of reducing fatigue resulting from viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image display. The method includes: obtaining low visual fatigue parameter information on a frame section including at least one frame of a received 3D image; obtaining disparity vector information on each frame of the 3D image; and determining a disparity minimum limit value and a disparity maximum limit value with respect to the 3D image. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090160932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTIVIEW IMAGE DATA STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING THE SAME - Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image data stream, the method including: recording multi-view image data onto the multi-view image data stream; recording onto the multi-view image data stream a multi-view image parameter recording parameter indicating whether a multi-view image parameter with regard to the multi-view image data is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream; and determining whether the multi-view image parameter is to be recorded onto the multi-view image data stream based on a value of the multi-view image data parameter recording parameter. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090195640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA STREAM FOR TEMPORALLY PARTIAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DATA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TEMPORALLY PARTIAL 3D DATA OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Provided is a method of decoding a stereoscopic image data stream. In the method, a plurality of monoscopic image data regions are determined from among image data regions of a stereoscopic image data stream; a composition time stamp (CTS) of each of the monoscopic image data regions is extracted; and, if there are colliding image data regions having the same CTS from among the monoscopic image data regions, monoscopic image data is extracted from a monoscopic image data region of a main stream of the colliding image data regions. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090199100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING MEDIA FILES - A computer readable medium having data stored thereon is provided. A structure of the data includes a media data box including two or more media data, and a movie data (‘moov’) box including information on view sequence data in the media data. The ‘moov’ box includes track reference information indicating that a track box for one view sequence references a track box of another view sequence. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090202227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING DATA, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING DATA - Provided are a method of reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) image using data stored in an optical recording medium. The method includes: reading 3D reproduction additional information from a recording medium to which at least one audio/video (AV) stream providing a plurality of related image signals and the 3D reproduction additional information for reproducing a 3D image using the plurality of related image signals are recorded; determining whether the plurality of related image signals are 3D image signals for reproducing a 3D image, based on the 3D reproduction additional information; and selectively reproducing a 3D image using the at least one AV stream and the 3D reproduction additional information based on a result of the determining. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090207238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VIEW OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE FOR STEREO SYNCHRONIZATION - Provided is a method and apparatus for determining stereo views of a stereoscopic image. The method includes: selecting a pair of first and second images from a pair of frames of the stereoscopic image, the pair of frames including a base view image and an additional view image. The method further includes determining which of the first image and the second image is the base view image and which of the first image and the second image is the additional view image based on a parallax between the pair of first and second images. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090219282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MULTIVIEW IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATASTREAM BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090232389 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are an image processing method and apparatus, and an image reproducing method and apparatus. The image processing method includes receiving three-dimensional (3D) image data; generating additional information about the 3D image data; and inserting the additional information in a blanking interval of the 3D image data. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090245347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND REPRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) video content, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to execute the method. The method of providing 3D image content includes: inserting content type information indicating whether the image content is two-dimensional (2D) image content or 3D image content into a reserved region of a Program Map Table (PMT); inserting additional information about the 3D image content into one of an Elementary Stream (ES) descriptor region of the PMT and a reserved region included in a video sequence of the ES; and multiplexing the PMT and the ES of the 3D image content so as to generate a Transport Stream (TS). Accordingly, compatibility with a conventional digital broadcasting system can be maintained and more realistic 3D image content can be provided to a user. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090257452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL CONTENTS - Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing three-dimensional (3D) digital content by using a conventional system for providing two-dimensional (2D) digital content. The method includes generating an elementary stream (ES) regarding first data of 2D digital content, generating an ES regarding second data of 3D digital content, packetizing the ESs of the first data and the second data, and recording) the packetized second data and content information of the second data within header information of multiplexed stream of the packetized first data. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100208750 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR GENERATING THREE (3)-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA STREAM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING THREE (3)-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA STREAM - Provided is a method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) image data stream, the method including: generating an elementary stream (ES) including an encoded bit string of a 3D image; generating at least one packetized elementary stream (PES) by packetizing the elementary stream; generating at least one section by multiplexing program related information of the 3D image; generating at least one transport stream (TS) packet for the at least one section and the at least one PES; and generating a TS by multiplexing the generated TS packet, wherein 3D image reproduction information that is required to reproduce the 3D image is inserted into at least one of the at least one PES, the at least one TS packet, and the at least one section. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100247059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING COMPRESSED DATA USING DIGITAL DATA INTERFACE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING COMPRESSED DATA USING DIGITAL DATA INTERFACE - A method of receiving media data capable of being transceived via a digital data interface is provided. In the method, media data is received and parsed, and ancillary data for raw data and compression-related information about compressed data for the raw data are extracted from an ancillary data field of the parsed media data. The compressed data is extracted from the parsed media data, and the compressed data is decoded using the compression-related information so as to restore the raw data. The restored raw data is played back using the ancillary data and the compression-related information. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110023066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR REPRODUCING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING THE 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATASTREAM - A method of generating a 3-dimensional (3D) image datastream is provided. The method includes generating an elementary stream including an encoded bit string of 3D image data; generating at least one packetized elementary stream by packetizing the elementary stream; generating at least one section including service related information of the 3D image data; inserting 3D image reproduction information for reproducing the 3D image data into a program guide information section from among the at least one section; generating at least one transport stream packet for each of the at least one section and the at least one packetized elementary stream; and generating a transport stream by multiplexing the at least one transport stream packet. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110080465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UNCOMPRESSED THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DATA VIA DIGITAL DATA INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving video data via a digital data interface are provided. The video data transmission method includes: inserting three-dimensional (3D) video data into a video data period in a video frame; inserting information regarding a 3D image format of the 3D video data into a data island period in the video frame; and transmitting the video frame via the digital data interface. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110090314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STREAM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING STREAM - Provided are a method and apparatus for generating a stream, and a method and apparatus for processing of the stream. The method of generating the stream includes: generating an elementary stream including three-dimensional (3D) image data providing a 3D image, and 3D detail information for reproducing the 3D image; generating a section including 3D summary information representing that a transport stream to be generated from the elementary stream provides the 3D image; and generating the transport stream with respect to the section and the elementary stream. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110119708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA STREAM FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL REPRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA STREAM FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL REPRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION INFORMATION - A multimedia stream generating method for 3-dimensional (3D) reproduction of additional reproduction information is provided, the method includes generating a video elementary stream (ES), an audio ES, an additional data stream, and an ancillary information stream that respectively comprise video data, audio data related to the video data, data of additional reproduction information which is to be reproduced together with the video data on a display screen, and additional reproduction information depth information used for 3D reproduction of the additional reproduction information. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA STREAM FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL REPRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA STREAM FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL REPRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL VIDEO REPRODUCTION INFORMATION - A multimedia stream generating method for 3-dimensional (3D) reproduction of additional reproduction information is provided. The method includes generating a video elementary stream (ES), an audio ES, an additional data stream, and an ancillary information stream that respectively comprise video data, audio data related to the video data, data of additional reproduction information which is to be reproduced together with the video data on a display screen, and additional reproduction information depth information used for 3D reproduction of the additional reproduction information, the video data including at least one of a 2D video image and a 3D video image. | 05-19-2011 |
