ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,879, issued on Dec. 2.
"3D video synthesis (encoding) method for viewing 3D (three-dimensional) 8K image quality with 4K cameras" was invented by Akira Shibata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system capable of synthesizing (encoding) two images taken by two left and right cameras into a 3D video, and viewing the 3D image on a display. The system comprises a computer that uses two cameras with a resolution equivalent to half the number of horizontal pixels of a 3D display, to execute an application program, and arrange each pixel of the two cameras on pixels equivalent to the display. The checkered pattern configur...