Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut - Versatility in Action – Stereo Film Material for Auto-Stereoscopic 3D Displays

At IBC 2009 in Amsterdam, the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin presents a technology for the about-face of stereo-quality blur actual for auto-stereoscopic 3D displays.

At IBC 2009 in Amsterdam, the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin presents a technology that prepares accepted stereo blur actual – of the affectionate now acclimated in 3D cinemas – for auto-stereoscopic 3D displays. This agency that such films can be beheld on auto-stereoscopic displays in 3D after any charge for appropriate glasses. To accomplish this possible, scientists at HHI accept developed a appropriate algorithm acclimated to automatically accomplish the added perspectives bare for 3D viewing. See the abide demonstrations at IBC 2009, Hall 8, Booth C81.

The anticipation of examination 3D video agreeable on auto-stereoscopic displays in the home or on adaptable end accessories places providers of 3D video agreeable afore new challenges. Unlike acceptable stereo or 3D cinema which relies on appropriate glasses to actualize the 3D effect, the basal ambit of 3D recordings for auto-stereoscopic displays like the examination ambit or awning admeasurement can alter considerably. To acclimate accepted stereo blur actual to the appropriate requirements of auto-stereoscopic 3D displays so that it can be beheld on them, blur agreeable have to aboriginal be adapted to a acceptable format.

Scientists at the Image Processing administration of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute accept developed a depth-based assembly architecture in which appropriate algorithms attach a pixel exact abyss map to anniversary stereo image. Depth image-based apprehension (DIBR) techniques are again acclimated to accomplish the missing perspectives. In the simplest cases, the added abyss is automatically generated, while in added difficult situations it can be accessible to abutment the automated action through acceptable acclimation of the ambit or to manually adjust decidedly analytical spots.

This all-encompassing depth-based assembly architecture enables acclimation to every affectionate of 3D display. The specific blazon of affectation defines the amount of basic perspectives which are again generated via DIBR.

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