Patent Document ID: 9282317
Application ID: 13104101
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing an image by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining an image to be photographed; adjusting a focus of the image to a first subject and a second subject; generating 3-dimensional (3D) information that represents a numerical degree of three or more numerical degrees of stereoscopic effects of the image based on distances respectively between the image processing apparatus and at least two objects in the image and depth information of the image; and outputting the 3D information to inform the numerical degree of stereoscopic effects of the image to be photographed to a user before capturing the image, and to guide the user to obtain an image which has a desired stereoscopic feeling, wherein the step of generating 3D information comprises: calculating the first distance between the image processing apparatus and the first subject; calculating a second distance between the image processing apparatus and the second subject indicated by the AF points; calculating at least one of a first probability indicating a degree to which a distance between the first subject and the second subject is within a first reference range, and a second probability indicating a degree to which the first distance and the second distance are within a second reference range; calculating at least one of a weighted first probability and a weighted second probability by multiplying weights by the at least one of the first and second probabilities, respectively; and generating 3D information using the at least one of the weighted first and second probabilities.