3D color video conversion from 2D video sequence using stereo matching technique

In this work, we present novel algorithm that permits converting 2D video color sequence into 3D one via the region based stereo matching in order to obtain the depth maps from video sequence. These depth maps were applied to design 3D video being observed via an anaglyph in a cheaper way. The anaglyphs were designed by manipulation with red component gathering two neighbor 2D frames of the video sequence. Numerous simulation results with different video sequences have confirmed good visual performance of restored 3D color video sequences by proposed framework.