Method and apparatus for converting 2d video to 3d video

An apparatus for converting a Two-Dimensional (2D) video to a Three-Dimensional (3D) video, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory memory having stored therein a computer program code, which when executed controls the processor to:
• detect a shot including similar frames in the 2D video;
• set a key frame in the shot;
• determine whether a current frame is the key frame;
• when the current frame is the key frame, perform segmentation on the key frame, assign a depth to each segmented object in the key frame;
• and
• when the current frame is not the key frame, perform the segmentation on non-key frames, and assign the depth to each segmented object in the non-key frames.