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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2012
Ji-bum Moon, Seoul, KR;
Han-soo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Oh-jae Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-seok Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-hoon Han, Seoul, KR;
Ji-bum Moon, Seoul, KR;
Han-soo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Oh-jae Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-seok Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-hoon Han, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting two-dimensional (2D) contents into three-dimensional (3D) contents is disclosed. The method including: displaying a frame, the frame containing an object which will be extracted from among plural frames contained in the 2D contents; designating a boundary region of an object to be extracted on the displayed frame, in accordance with a user command through a user interface (UI) for collectively designating a region; generating a trimap based on the designated boundary region including inner and outer regions of the object to be extracted, and extracting the object based on the generated trimap. With this, a user can more conveniently and efficiently convert 2D contents into 3D contents.