Methods and systems for presenting three-dimensional motion pictures with content adaptive information

摘要

The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for the production of 3D motion picture subtitles adapted to image content for improved viewer experience. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to positioning subtitles at variable, scene-dependent depth. Certain aspects of the present invention may be applicable to general 3D display applications and/or digital projection of 3D motion pictures.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image sequence; receiving a subtitle file for the 3D image sequence, the subtitle file comprising a subtitle element and timing information associated with the subtitle element; associating the subtitle element with a segment of image frames of a temporal duration of the 3D image sequence, wherein associating the subtitle element with the segment of the 3D image sequence is based on the timing information; generating a right-eye abstract image from the segment and generating a left-eye abstract image from the segment, the right-eye abstract image representing multiple right-eye images of the segment, the left-eye abstract image representing multiple left-eye images of the segment; computing, by a computing device, an abstract depth map from the right-eye abstract image and the left-eye abstract image, the computing device comprising a processor capable of causing the computing device to compute the abstract depth map; computing, by the computing device, a proxy depth based on the abstract depth map for the subtitle element; using the proxy depth to determine a render attribute for the subtitle element; and outputting the render attribute.