The present description discloses a method and apparatus for processing a 3D service. Here, a 3D service apparatus according to one example of the present invention comprises: a receiving unit which receives a broadcast signal including the 3D service; an SI processing unit which extracts SI information on the 3D service from the broadcast signal and decodes the extracted information; a first processing unit which decodes 3D view data and depth data; a second processing unit which uses, as an input, the decoded signal outputted from the first processing unit and generates a virtual view of a certain time point on the basis of the decoded SI information; and an output formatter which generates 3D service data on the basis of the virtual view of the certain time point generated by the second processing unit, and outputs the generated 3D service data.

A method is described that includes capturing a pixelated depth image of a person with a depth camera. The method also includes identifying body parts from the image. The method also includes forming a vector of distances between the body parts. The method also includes comparing the vector against a database of respective body distance vectors for a plurality of people to identify the person.

A 3D imaging apparatus with enhanced depth of field to obtain electronic images of an object for use in generating a 3D digital model of the object. The apparatus includes a housing having mirrors positioned to receive an image from an object external to the housing and provide the image to an image sensor. The optical path between the object and the image sensor includes an aperture element having apertures for providing the image along multiple optical channels with a lens positioned within each of the optical channels. The depth of field of the apparatus includes the housing, allowing placement of the housing directly on the object when obtaining images of it.

A method for depth-image-based rendering, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a first reference view; obtaining a depth map for the first reference view; obtaining a second reference view; obtaining a depth map for the second reference view; the method further comprising the steps of extracting noise present in the first and the second reference views; denoising the first and the second reference views and, based on the denoised first and second reference views, rendering an output view using depth-image-based rendering; adding the extracted noise to the output view.

A method of integrating binocular stereo video scenes with maintaining time consistency includes: propagating and extracting a contour of moving object of stereo video A; integrating and deformating of parallax between moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency; color blending of moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency where a method of median coordinate fusion is utilized. The method is simple and effective to utilize a small quantity of user interactions to successfully extract moving objects from stereo video which are same in time and as consistent as possible between left view and right view to develop multiple constraint conditions to guide the integration and deformation of parallax of moving object and dynamic scene and allow moving object to conform to the rules of perspective of dynamic scene. Moreover, the deformation result of moving object is smooth and consistent and can avoid effectively the occurrence of dithering phenomenon.

A method for processing a 3D image signal and an image display device for implementing the method are provided. The 3D image signal processing method is implemented by the 3D image display device. Although an image signal transmission side transmits information to be included in a plurality of image signals, while omitting a portion of the information, a receiver can synthesize the transmitted information to reproduce an image. The device restores at least one image from a broadcast signal, and additionally generates an image at a virtual camera view from the restored image and displays it three-dimensionally. To this end, the image display device receives a broadcast signal and obtains at least one set of camera parameters from signaling information. Then, the image display device generates a virtual view image according to the camera parameters, and formats the virtual view image and the broadcast image included in the broadcast signal three-dimensionally.

A method for generating a stereoscopic video stream includes composite images having pixels related to a right and a left image of a tridimensional video content; the pixels of the right and left images are inserted into a composite image of the stereoscopic video stream, all the pixels of the right and left images are inserted in the composite image by leaving one of said two images unaltered and breaking up the other one into regions including a plurality of pixels and entering the regions into the composite image; the composite image has larger dimensions than those necessary to allow the insertion of all pixels of the left and right images, and in the pixels of the composite image left after such insertion a depth map is inserted, whose elements correspond to the pixel depth of the tridimensional content.

A method for superimposing images on three-dimensional content, wherein a video stream is received which includes the three-dimensional content and a depth map for superimposing images on the three-dimensional content. Once the video stream has been received, images are superimposed on the three-dimensional content in a position in depth dependent on the superimposition depth map (DM). The superimposition depth map contains information about the depth of the three-dimensional content and is inserted as an image contained in a frame (C) of the video stream. The depth map has a smaller number of pixels than that of a two-dimensional image associated with the three-dimensional content. The invention also relates to devices enabling the implementation of the methods.

An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes entering a three-dimensional (3D) setting menu, upon receipt of a 3D view input, displaying the 3D setting menu on a display, for setting at least one of a 3D format or an ordering of left-eye and right-eye images that form a 3D image, and displaying a 3D image obtained by performing 3D processing on an input image according to the set 3D format or the set ordering of left-eye and right-eye images on the display.

Vehicle headlamps are typically used to illuminate scenes for better vision. The same headlamps can be used as part of an active camera at discrete times during the camera's imaging periods. In embodiments, a lighting control module utilizes an electronic control module to control on/off states of the headlamps during a set of non-imaging periods of the camera system and a camera control configured to control multiple on/off states of the set of headlamps during a set of imaging periods of the camera system. Embodiments of lighting control modules can be used in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Control Systems for commercial and passenger vehicles.