Patent Document ID: 8116557
Application ID: 11546337
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image dividing unit which receives a three-dimensional (3D) image and divides the 3D image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a histogram generation unit which breaks down the left-eye image and the right-eye image into blocks, estimates disparities between all of the blocks of the left-eye image and the right-eye image, measures a frequency with which the estimated disparities occur, and generates a histogram representing all of the estimated disparities and the measured frequency; a horizontal movement value determination unit which determines a horizontal movement value for the left-eye image and the right-eye image using the generated histogram; and a horizontal movement unit which horizontally moves at least one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image based on the determined horizontal movement value, wherein the horizontal movement value determination unit calculates a threshold value which renders a predetermined ratio of the disparities in the histogram to be positive and determines the horizontal movement value using the calculated threshold value.