Patent ID: 8705844

Claim:
An image processing method comprising: extracting compensation information comprising a depth compensation value or a depth value compensated for based on the depth compensation value; when the compensation information comprises the depth compensation value, compensating for a depth value to be applied to a pixel of a 2D (two-dimensional) image based on the depth compensation value, and generating a depth map about the 2D image based on the compensated depth value, and when the compensation information comprises the compensated depth value, generating the depth map about the 2D image based on the compensated depth value; obtaining positions in a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on the depth map, wherein the pixel of the 2D image is mapped to the positions; and generating the left-eye image and the right-eye image in which the pixels are mapped to the obtained positions, the obtained positions being horizontally distant from the original positions in the 2D image, wherein the compensation information is provided for each user or each title.