Image processing method, medium and apparatus

An image processing method, a recording medium and an apparatus thereof are provided to detect characteristics of an image, interpret an image signal based on the detected characteristics of the image, conduct area division of the image signal according to the interpreting result, and process the image signal according to the area division result, thereby increasing three-dimensional effects of the image through differential image processing. An image processing method comprises the following steps of: detecting characteristic of an image after receiving an image signal indicating the image, and interpreting the image signal based on the detected characteristics of the image; estimating a depth of the image signal according to the interpreting result(S800); performing area division of the image signal according to the estimated depth(S804); and processing the image signal according to the area division result(S808).