US 12,143,618 B2
Method, system and computer program product for encoding disparities between views of a stereoscopic image
Veeramanikandan Raju, Bangalore (IN); Wei Hong, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Minhua Zhou, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,512.
Application 17/880,512 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,251, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,490,105.
Application 17/018,251 is a continuation of application No. 13/532,105, filed on Jun. 25, 2012, granted, now 10,805,625, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/504,491, filed on Jul. 5, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377362 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01); H04N 19/70 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/46 (2014.11) [H04N 13/128 (2018.05); H04N 19/597 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving capture information of a stereoscopic image, stereoscopic image disparity measurements, and conversion information, the stereoscopic image including a left image and a right image;
determining disparity limits based on the conversion information;
determining a difference between the stereoscopic image disparity measurements and the disparity limits;
cropping, by at least one processor, the left image based on the difference to generate a cropped left image;
cropping, by one or more of the at least one processor, the right image based on the difference to generate a cropped right image;
outputting a cropped stereoscopic image, the cropped stereoscopic image including the cropped left image and the cropped right image.