AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE IN ORDER TO ALLOW A SIMULTANEOUS STEREOSCOPIC AND MONOSCOPIC DISPLAY OF SAID IMAGE

摘要

The invention concerns a device and a method for generating on a defined display screen of determined size a 3D image including a left view and a right view from an incoming video signal to be viewed at a distance by a viewer. The device comprises: Means for measuring the distance between the viewer and the display; means for determining a disparity threshold value in relation with the determined size of the display screen and the measured distance to achieve a 2D and 3D compatibility level; means for editing a disparity map corresponding to the values of disparity between the left and the right views; means for analyzing with an histogram the disparity values of the disparity map in comparison to the determined threshold value; and means for replacing one of the left or right view by a view interpolation so that the disparity level of the histogram is below the determined threshold value, if the disparity level of the histogram is above the determined disparity threshold value.