Method and system for utilizing depth information as an enhancement layer

摘要

A monoscopic 3D video generation device, which comprises one or more depth sensors, may be operable to store captured 2D video image data as a base layer and store captured corresponding depth information separately as an enhancement layer. The 2D video image data may be captured via one or more image sensors and the corresponding depth information may be captured via the one or more depth sensors in the monoscopic 3D video generation device. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may determine whether to transmit the enhancement layer to a video rendering device. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may encode the base layer. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may encode the enhancement layer based on the determination of transmitting the enhancement layer. The encoded base layer and/or the encoded enhancement layer may be transmitted to the video rendering device for 3D video rendering and/or 2D video rendering.

主权项

1. A method for processing video in a monoscopic three-dimensional (3D) video generation device comprising one or more depth sensors, the method comprising:
storing captured two-dimensional (2D) video image data as a base layer; storing captured depth information corresponding to the 2D video image data as an enhancement layer in response to a request from a rendering device; and selectively transmitting the enhancement layer in response to the request from the rendering device, wherein the request from the rendering device is based on a processor decision to limit bandwidth usage and a 3D rendering capacity of a video rendering device.