Preventing interference between primary and secondary content in a stereoscopic display

摘要

A method of positioning primary and secondary images on a stereoscopic display device involves ascertaining a perceived depth of the primary image and the secondary image; transforming the perceived depth of at least one of the primary and secondary image data by compressing the perceived depth of the at least one of the primary and secondary image data; and transforming at least one of the primary and secondary image data so as to position the perceived secondary image at a position that will be perceived by a viewer to be situated at a depth when viewed on the stereoscopic display such that the secondary image appears to be situated fully between the primary image and the viewer when viewed stereoscopically. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

主权项

1. A method of positioning primary and user interface images on a stereoscopic display device, comprising:
receiving primary image data representing primary images for display on a stereoscopic display panel; receiving user interface (UI) image data representing a user interface for display on the stereoscopic display panel simultaneously with the display of the primary image; assigning a predefined depth to the user interface image data for display of the user interface at the predefined depth; ascertaining a depth of the primary image; determining that there is an overlap in depth between the primary image and the position in depth of the user interface image; and transforming the primary image data so as to position the primary image at a position that is behind the position in depth of the user interface data.