Patent Document ID: 20100086199
Application ID: 12522382
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image from a two-dimensional (2D) image by using a mesh map, the apparatus comprising: a reception unit for receiving the 2D image including a still image or a moving picture from an external device and receiving mesh shapes and depth information of a mesh map which are edited by a user; a screen reference unit for displaying the 2D image and the mesh map; an information management unit for managing the mesh shapes and the depth information of the mesh map that is edited by the user in accordance with shapes of a displayed image; a calculation unit for calculating relative depth information of pixels included in the 2D image in accordance with the mesh shapes and the depth information of the edited mesh map; and a stereoscopic image generation unit for generating a stereoscopic image file by using the calculated relative depth information of the 2D image.