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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC 3D BROADCASTING SERVICE COMPATIBLE WITH HD BROADCASTING SERVICE A method and apparatus for providing a broadcasting service are provided. The broadcasting service may be classified based on a broadcasting service type, such as a frame-compatible service, and a service-compatible service. Additionally, a descriptor may be generated b... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE GENERATING STEREO SOUND SYNCHRONIZED WITH STEREOGRAPHIC MOVING PICTURE An electronic device including a receiver configured to receive a stereoscopic moving image including a plurality of frames; a controller configured to obtain a change in depth information of at least one object included in the stereoscopic moving image and to produce a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127265 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT ADJUSTMENT ON VIDEO DISPLAY The disclosure is regarding methods and apparatus for stereoscopic effect adjustment on video. The method for stereoscopic effect adjustment on video comprises receiving a 3D video, analyzing the 3D video for generating an analyzing result, and adjusting the 3D video ac... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120084652 | 3D VIDEO CONTROL SYSTEM TO ADJUST 3D VIDEO RENDERING BASED ON USER PREFERNCES 3D image data can be modified based on user preference data received from a user. The user preference data may be received at a first device and used to adjust 3D image data generated by the first device for presentation by a display device, or the first device may rece... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120050461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING BROADCAST CHANNEL A method for changing a channel by dividing channels into 3D channels and non-3D channels includes receiving a command to change a currently broadcast channel, and if the currently broadcast channel is one of the 3D broadcast channels, changing a screen to another of th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BROADCASTING SERVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM A broadcasting service monitoring apparatus includes: a stream separation unit to extract a partial stream from an inputted 3D stream and separate detailed stream configuration and service-related information and a stream for 3D video service from the 3D stream; a confi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120033035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING 3-DIMENSIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE Provided is a method and system of transmitting and receiving a three-dimensional (3D) broadcasting service, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting and receiving a reference image and a 3D auxiliary image for the 3D broadcasting service through a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033034 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD A receiving apparatus, for receiving a digital broadcast signal, which is broadcasted by combining 3D video program content and 2D video program content, for displaying the most suitable picture to a user, at a changing point between 2D video and 3D video, comprises: a ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120014456 | VISION-BASED QUALITY METRIC FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO In general, techniques are described for determining a vision-based quality metric for three-dimensional (3D) video. A device (12, 14) comprising a 3D analysis unit (24, 48) may implement these techniques to compute a 3D objective metric (36, 60). T... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007948 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the processing method are disclosed. A method for receiving a 3D broadcast signal includes receiving signaling information of at least one stream for a 3 Dimension TeleVision (3DTV... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO DATA TO IMPLEMENT LOCAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video data. The video data decoding method includes decoding a first video stream to generate 2D video data for two-dimensionally displaying video content and decoding a second video stream to generate 3D video d... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316990 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Provided is a video transmission device that includes: a transmission signal output portion that outputs a video signal that causes two-dimensional video or three-dimensional video to be displayed, an audio signal that causes audio to be output, and a control signal inc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310220 | DEPTH CAMERA ILLUMINATOR WITH SUPERLUMINESCENT LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE A depth camera illuminator with a superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED) in a motion tracking system. One or more SLEDs have a sufficient power, such as 75-200 milliwatts, to extend in a field of view in an area such as a room in a home. To correct for chromatic a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298889 | Administration method of lumber In an administration method of a lumber, an outer appearance of a lumber is photographed to obtain an image data, and a three-dimensional coordinate model of the lumber is created from the image data. Then, a minimum diameter and a length of the lumber are obtained from... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292168 | 3D VISION MONITOR, SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF The present invention discloses a 3D vision monitor, system, and display parameter adjusting method thereof. In one embodiment, the 3D vision monitor judges whether the image signal is a 3D image according to a synchronous clock signal of the image signal. While the 3D ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292186 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS An image processing apparatus includes components explained below. A parallax calculating unit receives input of image input data Da1 and Db1, calculates a parallax amount in each of a plurality of divided regions, and outputs a plurality of parallax data ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285813 | Depth and Video Co-Processing Co-processing of a video frame (32) and its associated depth map (34) suitable for free viewpoint television involves detecting respective edges (70, 71, 80, 81) in the video frame (32) and the depth map (34). The edges (70, 71, 80,... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279641 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CROPPING, TEMPORALLY-COHERENT WARPING AND RETARGETING A method for warping a video is provided. The method for warping a video, comprising steps of (a) receiving a video having at least a frame having a specific area; (b) defining a target video cube having a predetermined warping ratio and including the specific area; and... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273541 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE Provided is a signal transmission method including a step of, if one part of a content distributed through a network includes a stereoscopic image display zone for displaying a stereoscopic image, transmitting with the content, switching information related to a switchi... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273529 | CODING OF DEPTH MAPS Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to filtering of depth maps. According to a general aspect, a first depth picture is accessed that corresponds to a first video picture. For a given portion of the first depth picture, a co-located vid... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273530 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND 3D VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD A broadcast receiver and a 3D video data processing method are disclosed. A three dimensional (3D) video data processing method for use in a broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal including three dimensional (3D) video data, extracting display conditio... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268177 | JOINT DEPTH ESTIMATION Various implementations are described. Several implementations relate to joint depth estimation for multiple depth maps. In one implementation, a first-view depth indicator for a location in a first view is estimated, and a second-view depth indicator for a correspondin... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267423 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO SIGNAL AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD A method for processing a 3D video signal and a digital broadcast receiver for performing the method are disclosed. The method for processing a 3D video signal includes receiving a digital broadcast signal including a multiple hierarchy descriptor, identifying at least ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261155 | DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVER, DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVING METHOD AND DIGITAL CONTENTS TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD In a digital contents receiver for receiving transmitted digital contents, the digital contents include at least component information indicating an element which constitutes a program of the contents. When the component information indicates that the received digital c... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110242275 | 3D GLASSES WITH HINGED FRAME AND ENHANCED CONTRAST LENSES A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234763 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MULTI-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO An apparatus for transmitting a multi-view stereoscopic video includes: a control unit configured to receive a group of stereoscopic images taken by a plurality of stereoscopic imaging devices; a generation unit configured to select at least one stereoscopic frame from ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE VIA A 3D SYNC SIGNAL A controlling device is configures to control functional operations of an appliance by using a 3D sync signal transmitted to synchronize a wearable 3D viewing apparatus with a device adapted to render 3D media to select from a library of command codes a command code set... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL In a method for processing video signals acquired from multiple cameras, the present invention provides a method for processing video signals including receiving a multiview video coded bit stream including color pictures and depth pictures, wherein the depth picture in... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110187817 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Provided is a recording medium on which are recorded a main-view stream, sub-view stream, and management information. The management information includes a system rate for each stream. Each stream is divided into a plurality of data blocks that form a plurality of exten... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187818 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD Video processing apparatus and method including a process for switching a 2D program and a 3D video program. The method has the steps of, for example: inputting a 3D video signal and a 2D video signal; discriminating whether the video signal which is inputted is the 3D ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187836 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD A parallax information detection unit detects parallax information based on a motion vector obtained resulting from motion compensation on a 3D video performed by a decoder, and converts the detected parallax information into a stereoscopic effect level. Then, a control... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110188582 | PIXEL BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENCODING METHOD An application for three-dimensional encoding of frames of a digital video includes reserving a subset of pixels of each frame of the digital video and encoding frames meant for a first eye with a first pattern and encoding frames meant for the second eye with a second ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL BROADCASTING STREAM USING LINKING INFORMATION ABOUT MULTI-VIEW VIDEO STREAM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING THE SAME A digital broadcasting stream transmitting method and a digital broadcasting stream receiving method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional (3D) video services are provided. The transmitting method including: generating a plurality of elementary streams (ESs) for... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169926 | DATA STRUCTURE, RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM A recording apparatus includes a recording controller configured to record picture data of a 3D picture and viewing environment information indicating an environment intended as a viewing environment for the 3D picture on a recording medium.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169916 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME A method of producing and a display apparatus for a three-dimensional or two-dimensional image is presented. First unit pixel data and second unit pixel data are generated from an input image. The first unit pixel data and the second unit pixel data are provided to firs... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169913 | SET-TOP BOX CIRCUITRY SUPPORTING 2D AND 3D CONTENT REDUCTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE VIEWING ENVIRONMENT CONSTRAINTS Set-top box circuitry and methods of operating the same are described that support the delivery of media content between one or more media content sources and a screen assembly of a display system. The set-top box circuitry is configured to process media content having ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110157302 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH MULTI-STREAM SENDING/RECEIVING OPERATION A three-dimensional processing circuit includes a multi-stream 3D image sender that produces packet based multi-stream information that includes a first stream that has first eye view information, such as left eye frame information and a second stream that includes corr... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110158604 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Provided is a recording medium in which extents for a base-view and a dependent-view are arranged alternately. The lower limit of the size of the base-view extents is the larger of a first lower limit value and a second lower limit value. The lower limit of the size of ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING 3D OUTPUT VIDEO WITH 3D LOCAL GRAPHICS FROM 3D INPUT VIDEO A video processing device may extract a plurality of view sequences from a three-dimensional (3D) input video stream and generate a plurality of graphics sequences that correspond to local graphics content. Each of the plurality of graphics sequences may be blended with... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149023 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Disclosed herein is a video signal processor including: a combining process section adapted to superimpose a first marker signal on a first video signal component at a specific position and superimpose a second marker signal on a second video signal component at roughly... | 06/23/2011 |
