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Image processing method and apparatus therefor

  • US 8,767,048 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2009
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image processing method, comprising:

  • extracting shot information included in metadata of a video data, the shot information classifies frames of the video data into shot units, each shot unit being a group of frames having a similar composition with resect to a previous frame;

    determining whether frames of a predetermined shot can be reproduced as a three-dimensional image format based on shot type information included in the shot information, the shot type information indicates whether the frames of the predetermined shot need to be output as a two-dimensional image format or the three-dimensional image format;

    extracting background depth information from the metadata if the frames of the predetermined shot unit can be reproduced as the three-dimensional image format, wherein the background depth information relates to a background of the frames of the predetermined shot unit;

    generating a depth map about the background of the frames based on the background depth information;

    if the frames of the predetermined shot unit comprise an object, extracting object depth information about the object from the metadata; and

    generating a depth map about the object based on the object depth information.

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