Patent ID: 7262767

Claim:
A pseudo 3D (three-dimensional) image creation device that creates depth estimation data from a non-3D image having depth information supplied neither explicitly nor, unlike a stereo image, implicitly for creating a pseudo 3D image from the depth estimation data and the non-3D image, said pseudo 3D image creation device comprising: a generating unit that generates a plurality of basic depth models indicating depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures, one for each; a calculation unit that calculates a statistical amount of pixel values in a predetermined area on a screen of the non-3D image, which is supplied, to estimate a scene structure; a composition unit that composes said plurality of basic depth models, which are generated by said generating unit, according to a composition ratio corresponding to a value calculated by said calculation unit; and a creation unit that creates the depth estimation data from the composition result composed by said composition unit and the supplied non-3D image.