Patent Document ID: 8712187
Application ID: 12646353
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing method for producing a three-dimensional image frame, the method comprising: applying an offset value to an object abstracted from a first image frame to obtain an offset image frame; determining whether a degree of similarity between the offset image frame and a second image frame is equal to or higher than a preset value; obtaining image information corresponding to a distorted area from a second image frame if it is determined that the degree of similarity between the offset image frame and a second image frame is equal to or higher than the preset value; and replacing the distorted area with the obtained image information, wherein the first image frame and the second image frame are two-dimensional image frames, and the first image frame is one of a plurality of image frames of a video signal and the second image frame is one of a previous image frame of the first image frame and a next image frame of the first image frame among the plurality of image frames of the video signal, wherein the degree of similarity between the offset image frame and the second image frame is determined based on a determining of whether the object exists in both the offset image frame and the second image frame, wherein the determining of whether the object exists in both the offset image frame and the second image frame comprises: detecting a first pixel area in the offset image frame; detecting a second pixel area in the second image frame; and determining whether image information in the first pixel area is substantially equal to image information in the second pixel area, and wherein the detecting of the first and second pixel areas is performed so as to exclude pixels of the object.