Image transfer apparatus and method

摘要

An image transfer apparatus comprises an input operable to receive a signal comprising two non-stereoscopic images for different respective viewpoints of a virtual environment, a first output and a second output, and a signal splitter logic, and in which the signal splitter logic is operable to extract and separate the two non-stereoscopic images from the received signal, to format each of the two separated images for reception by a respective conventional 2D display, and to output to the first output and the second output a respective signal comprising one of the two separate images.

主权项

1. An image transfer apparatus, comprising:
a first output and a second output; an input operable to receive a signal from a signal source comprising a gaming device; and a signal splitter logic operable in at least a first and a second mode; in which for a received signal from the gaming device comprising two non-stereoscopic images for different respective viewpoints of a virtual environment, the two non-stereoscopic images being a dual-view signal from the gaming device, the signal splitter logic is operable in the first mode:
to extract and separate the two non-stereoscopic images from the received signal;to format each of the two separated images for reception by a respective conventional 2D display; andto output to the first output and the second output a respective signal comprising one of the two separate images; and in which for a received signal from the gaming device comprising a true stereoscopic pair of images for display on a 3D display, the signal splitter logic operable in the second mode:
to detect whether a display connected to each output is a 3D display or a conventional 2D display;to output the signal to a display detected as a 3D display; andto convert the signal to a monoscopic signal for output to a display detected as a conventional 2D display.