Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100053305 | Stereoscopic video delivery - A method of operation of a de-interlacer/scaler for display of stereoscopic images consistent with certain implementations involves at a de-interlacer/scaler, receiving consecutive frames of video information that contain alternating left and right eye images from a decoder; at the de-interlacer/scaler, disabling all image processing algorithms that utilize pixel data for temporally or spatially adjacent pixels that represent images, where at least one pixel is for the left eye and one pixel is for the right eye; and sending stereoscopic images from the de-interlacer/scaler to a display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 03-04-2010 |
20100188577 | Display system and method for a freeze frame feature for streaming video - An embodiment may include a method or system for capturing still images from a video stream. The embodiment may operate in a playback mode and a capture mode. Operating in playback mode may include decoding and playing the input video stream at a first resolution. Operating in capture mode may include showing a still video frame from the input video stream while decoding and playing the input video stream at a second resolution. The embodiment may include a display, a control device, a video decoder, and a signal receiver. The embodiment may also include a buffer for storing decoded images for capture and display during video playback. | 07-29-2010 |
20110109715 | Automated wireless three-dimensional (3D) video conferencing via a tunerless television device - Automated wireless three-dimensional (3D) video conferencing is provided using a tunerless television device. A 3D video conference is automatically established with a wireless device capable of 3D video conferencing using a wireless communication interface of the tunerless television device. A first and a second two-dimensional (2D) video stream are received, using a camera interface module, from a first and a second video camera associated with the tunerless television device. A merged 3D video stream is created from the first 2D video stream and the second 2D video stream using a 3D video offload processing module operatively coupled to the camera interface module. The merged 3D video stream is sent to the wireless device using the wireless communication interface. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109721 | DYNAMIC REFERENCE FRAME REORDERING FOR FRAME SEQUENTIAL STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENCODING - Encoding of video sequences for frame sequential stereoscopic video, such as from spatially distinct right and left imagers. During the encoding process, reference frames are reordered if it is determined that reordering will increase the number of macroblocks (MBs) which can be skipped from the encoded output, or to otherwise increase coding efficiency. Then encoding is completed using motion prediction and entropy encoding for frame sequential stereoscopic video in response to the ordering of the reference frames. Side-information is encoded about reference frame sequencing within the sequential stereoscopic video output allowing a decoder to properly decode the reference frames. As a result the number of skipped MBs can be dramatically increased and the number of MBs referenced during motion prediction significantly reduced. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109725 | Three-dimensional (3D) video for two-dimensional (2D) video messenger applications - Three-dimensional (3D) video is provided to a legacy two-dimensional (2D) video messenger application. A request for video content from a single video camera is received at a camera interface module from the 2D video messenger application. The request for video content from the single video camera is forwarded to a video processing offload module. A first video camera and a second video camera are controlled. Merged 3D video content from the video processing offload module is received. The merged 3D video content is sent to the 2D video messenger application in response to receipt of the merged 3D video content from the video processing offload module. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 05-12-2011 |
20120137329 | ENHANCED INFORMATION ON MOBILE DEVICE FOR VIEWED PROGRAM AND CONTROL OF INTERNET TV DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE - The user of an Internet TV device can control the Internet TV device using a mobile device such as a smart phone. The smart phone also obtains program information from the Internet TV device and sends the information to a server as a search term, presenting supplemental program information received from the server on the display of the mobile device so that a person can browse the supplemental information without disturbing viewers of the Internet TV device. The mobile device can also grab a link related to the program from the Internet TV device and use that link as a recommendation to friends on social networking sites. | 05-31-2012 |
20120242777 | ESTABLISHING 3D VIDEO CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ON 2D DISPLAY - A 3D video conferencing system includes two cameras at each of two video conferencing locations. Images from the two cameras are exchanged between the locations and are combined at the receiving location in accordance with the angle at which the viewer at the receiving location is viewing an otherwise 2D display to give the illusion of depth perception. | 09-27-2012 |
20140015929 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SCANNING WITH PATTERNED COVERING - A method for obtaining 3D information of an object including the steps of retrieving two or more images of the object, the object being covered in an elastic covering comprising a uniform, matching a plurality of corresponding points in the two or more images based on the pattern, and generating a point cloud representing an object based the plurality of corresponding points. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015985 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method of distributing digital images includes capturing a first digital image using the first digital camera and converting, using the first digital camera, the first digital image into lossless code. The lossless code is displayed on the display of the first digital camera and is captured using a second digital camera. The lossless code captured from the display of the first digital camera is converted, using the second digital camera., into a copy of the first digital image, and the copy of the first digital image converted from the lossless code is displayed on the display screen of the second digital camera. | 01-16-2014 |
20140075548 | GESTURE- AND EXPRESSION-BASED AUTHENTICATION - A user can define a gesture-based input mode with respective input value to establish an authentication protocol to unlock a computer or govern other computer behavior. As an alternative or in addition, the user can define a second input mode based on face recognition plus IR sensing satisfying a threshold to ensure a live person is being imaged for authentication, and/or face recognition plus a particular facial expression such as a smile and wink. | 03-13-2014 |
20140089954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING AUDIO AND/OR IMAGES PRESENTED TO A USER WITH FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EXPRESSIONS OF THE USER - A computer includes at least one processor and at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor. The medium bears instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive at least one image of at least one viewer of a display on which content is presented. The instructions also cause the processor to generate a signal representative of at least one expression of the viewer made at or around the time the content was presented based on the image of the viewer, and also to receive metadata identifying the content. The instructions then cause the processor to associate the metadata identifying the content with the at least one expression of the viewer. | 03-27-2014 |
20140098178 | ESTABLISHING 3D VIDEO CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ON 2D DISPLAY - A 3D video conferencing system includes two cameras at each of two video conferencing locations. Images from the two cameras are exchanged between the locations and are combined at the receiving location in accordance with the angle at which the viewer at the receiving location is viewing an otherwise 2D display to give the illusion of depth perception. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104440 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO STREAMING - An apparatus and method are provided for a client application to provide a video stream as well as data regarding the video stream to an output device, where the data is generated from a process performed at a layer lower than the client application layer. By this, multiple client applications can simultaneously utilize the data generated by the lower-level process while at least one client application can effect streaming of the video stream to an output device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140313372 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method of distributing digital images includes capturing a first digital image using the first digital camera and converting, using the first digital camera, the first digital image into lossless code. The lossless code is displayed on the display of the first digital camera and is captured using a second digital camera. The lossless code captured from the display of the first digital camera is converted, using the second digital camera, into a copy of the first digital image, and the copy of the first digital image converted from the lossless code is displayed on the display screen of the second digital camera. | 10-23-2014 |