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Samsung patents method to create 3D images from two camera views

This filing describes a way to decode video data to create light field images, which capture light rays from different angles to enable 3D effects. The system uses two reference frames from different viewpoints along with specific data on depth and object overlap to generate a third, synthesized frame. This allows a device to reconstruct a more complete 3D scene from limited input data.

Why it mattersThis technology could improve how phones or headsets display 3D content by making it easier to process and transmit complex spatial video data.

In the filing’s own words

A method for decoding and outputting light field images. The method including obtaining an encoded first frame, an encoded second frame, an encoded synthesis parameter, and an encoded occlusion map. The encoded first frame and the encoded second frame indicate reference frames captured from different views. The method includes decoding the encoded first frame, the encoded second frame, the encoded synthesis parameter, and the encoded occlusion map to reconstruct a first frame, a second frame, a disparity vector, a synthesis weight, and an occlusion map; generating a synthesis frame based on the first frame, the second frame, the disparity vector, the synthesis weight, and the occlusion map; and outputting light field images including the first frame, the second frame, and the synthesis frame

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for decoding and outputting light field images, the method comprising: obtaining an encoded first frame, an encoded second frame, an encoded synthesis parameter, and an encoded occlusion map, wherein the encoded first frame and the encoded second frame indicate reference frames captured from different views; decoding the encoded first frame, the encoded second frame, the encoded synthesis parameter, and the encoded occlusion map to reconstruct a first frame, a second frame, a disparity vector, a synthesis weight, and an occlusion map; generating a synthesis frame based on the first frame, the second frame, the disparity vector, the synthesis weight, and the occlusion map; and outputting light field images comprising the first frame, the second frame, and the synthesis frame.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD
Publication number
US20260320738A1
Application number
19705092
Filed
Jun 11, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
15

Classified under

G06T 3/4038 Physics & computing
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