Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252558 | COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a color display apparatus which has a pixel pattern including a plurality of repeating units of a pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array is composed of at least five sub-pixels while including at least one sub-pixel from a first to fourth sub-pixel, respectively, the first sub-pixel representing a red color (R), the second sub-pixel representing a green color (G), the third sub-pixel representing a blue color (B), and the fourth sub-pixel representing a mixed color of at least two colors from among the R, G, and B, and each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array corresponds to at least two image pixels. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252628 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY - An image processing apparatus and a method to reduce power consumption of a self-luminous display. The image processing apparatus includes a parameter selection unit to select a parameter to adjust a degree to which power consumption is reduced; a scale factor setting unit to extract a high-frequency component of a current pixel in an input image and to set a scale factor according to the selected parameter and a size of the extracted high-frequency component; and a multiplier to multiply the current pixel by the set scale factor and to output a result of the multiplication. | 10-16-2008 |
20090022395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENHANCING COLOR OF IMAGE - An apparatus and method of enhancing color of image is provided. The apparatus for enhancing color of image including: a saturation enhancement unit to enhance a saturation of an input image using a saturation variation according to a brightness feature of the input image; a gray scale area protection unit to determine a final saturation variation depending on a saturation value of the input image and the saturation variation, and to prevent a saturation enhancement of a gray scale area; a color control unit to control a color of the input image using a color variation according to the brightness feature of the input image; and a brightness value correction unit to correct a difference between a resultant brightness value and an input brightness value of the input image, the resultant brightness value being generated by applying the final saturation variation and the color variation to the input image. | 01-22-2009 |
20090046307 | RGB TO RGBW COLOR DECOMPOSITION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A Red Green Blue-to-Red Green Blue White (RGB-to-RGBW) color decomposition method and system. The RGB-to-RGBW color decomposition method includes: determining an output value of white based on inputted RGB values and a saturation; and outputting the output value when an input color is a pure color. | 02-19-2009 |
20090059078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING SATURATION OF RGBW IMAGE SIGNAL - A system and method for improving the saturation of a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) image signal, the system including: an image signal classification unit to classify a frame of an image signal into an image classification unit using an image classification parameter based on a luminance and a saturation of the frame; a backlight luminance controller to increase a backlight luminance with respect to the frame if the image classification unit thereof is a saturation improvement target; and a W sub-pixel controller to decrease a luminance of a W sub-pixel of the frame according to an amount of increase in the backlight luminance. | 03-05-2009 |
20090085926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING RGB TO RGBW COLOR USING WHITE VALUE EXTRACTION - A system and method of converting a red-green-blue (RGB) pixel to a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) pixel by using a W value extraction, the RGB-to-RGBW converting system including: a lookup table generator to generate an RGBW lookup table using one or more RGB lattice points; and an RGBW value computation unit to compute an RGBW value of an input pixel with respect to an RGB value of the input pixel based on the generated RGBW lookup table. | 04-02-2009 |
20090122075 | Color conversion method and apparatus for display device - A color conversion method and apparatus for a multi-primary display (MPD) are provided with analyzing an input image to determine a transformation parameter; interpolating at least two look-up tables for color conversion according to the transformation parameter, in order to calculate a look-up table for the input image; and applying the calculated look-up table to the input image to perform the color conversion. Accordingly, it is possible to provide good color reproduction and efficiently use a color gamut of an MPD having color coordinates that are different from those of primaries of an input image. | 05-14-2009 |
20090141983 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AUTOMATIC EMOTION DETECTION - An image enhancement system and method using automatic emotion detection, the image enhancement system including: an emotional scale detection unit to analyze a pixel value of one or more frames of an input image in order to automatically detect an emotional scale of the input image; and an image enhancement unit to enhance a quality of the input image based on an image mode selected according to the emotional scale. | 06-04-2009 |
20090164460 | Digital television video program providing system, digital television, and control method for the same - Disclosed are a digital television video program providing system, a digital television, and a control method for the same. The digital television video program providing system includes a video analyzing unit for extracting search terms from information data associated with a played video, a search keyword extracting unit for selecting a search keyword from the extracted search terms based on a reliability factor acquired by an extraction method of the extracted search terms, a video search unit for searching for a playable video based on the selected search keyword, and a search result providing unit for providing search results for the video. | 06-25-2009 |
20090185757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMMERSION GENERATION - An apparatus and method of generating an immersion is provided. The apparatus for generating the immersion includes: a foreground/background separation unit to separate an input image into a foreground area and a background area using lightness information of the input image; an edge classification unit to classify the foreground area into an edge area and a non-edge area using the lightness information; a detail enhancement unit to enhance detail of the edge area of the foreground area; and a blurring performing unit to perform blurring of the non-edge area and the background area. | 07-23-2009 |
20090196521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMERSION ENHANCEMENT BASED ON ADAPTIVE IMMERSION ENHANCEMENT PREDICTION - A system and method of enhancing an immersion based on adaptive immersion enhancement prediction is provided. A system for enhancing an immersion includes a foreground/background separation unit to separate an input image into a foreground image and a background image using color information and frequency information of the input image, an immersion enhancement factor calculation unit to calculate an immersion enhancement factor of the input image using the foreground image and the background image, an immersion enhancement prediction unit to predict an immersion enhancement degree of the input image using the immersion enhancement factor, and an immersion enhancement processing unit to process immersion enhancement of the input image by determining whether the immersion enhancement is necessary based on the predicted immersion enhancement degree. | 08-06-2009 |
20100073364 | Conversion method and apparatus with depth map generation - A conversion method and apparatus with a generating of a depth map for two dimensional (2D)-to-three dimensional (3D) conversion. A depth order may be restored based on a line tracing and an edge map generated from an input image, and a stereo image may be generated using depth information. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073465 | Apparatus and method for displaying three dimensional image - Disclosed are a 3D image display apparatus and method. The 3D image display apparatus may adjust a number of viewpoints of a 3D image, distance between viewpoints, and other parameters through varying a display pattern of a viewing zone generating unit and a distance between an image display unit and the viewing zone generating unit. Accordingly, the 3D image display apparatus may effectively express the 3D image suitable for various viewing circumstances. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073467 | Apparatus and method to concurrently display two and three dimensional images - An image display apparatus and method to simultaneously display two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) images with minimized visual 3D discomfort. The image display apparatus may include a lens unit to spatially separate images displayed in a display panel unit to thereby simultaneously form a 2D image viewing area and a 3D image viewing area, respectively, enabling the simultaneous displaying of the 2D images and the 3D images. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073768 | 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method. The 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may selectively display a 2D image and 3D image using two displays, control a display operated as backlight from among the two displays when displaying the 2D image, and thereby may increase a contrast. Also, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may output a 2D object and a 3D background using two displays. | 03-25-2010 |
20100079584 | 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method to selectively display a 2D image and a 3D image using two displays and a convertible lens. When outputting the 2D image, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus may control a first display to output a white image/white light, control a second display to output an image, and control an electrical diffuser lens of the convertible lens to be switched off and the white image to be diffused so as to operate as a backlight. When outputting the 3D image, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus may control the first display to output an image, control the second display to be switched off to be in a transparent state, control the electrical diffuser lens of the convertible lens to be switched on to be in the transparent state, and control the lenticular lens to output the 3D image. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086216 | Apparatus and method for ultra-high resolution video processing - A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged. | 04-08-2010 |
20100090940 | Image display apparatus and method - An image display apparatus and method. At least one of a left eye image and a right eye image may be formed on a pixel representation unit at a predetermined frame rate. A light, emitted from a backlight module, may be converted into a directional light having at least one direction through synchronization with the predetermined frame rate. The directional light may be guided to the pixel representation unit. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091029 | Device and method of processing image for power consumption reduction - An image processing method for reducing a power consumption. The image processing method may reduce the power consumption by classifying an input content into a conversion target region and a preservation target region and by converting a luminance of pixels included in the conversion target region. Also, the image processing method may effectively perform a luminance conversion for pixels by separating the input content into the conversion target region and the preservation target region based on a luminance of the pixels of the input content. The image processing method may convert the luminance of the pixels of the conversion target region to maintain a contrast between text pixels and background pixels. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091095 | Method for driving glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses - Disclosed are a method for driving a glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses. The method includes generating a plurality of left-eye viewing point images and a plurality of right-eye viewing point images. The plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images have viewing points different from each other. An initial left-eye viewing point image and a subsequent left-eye viewing point image of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images are output, and an initial right-eye viewing point image and a subsequent right-eye viewing point image of the plurality of right-eye viewing point images are output. Each of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images is inputted into a single pupil. The glasses include a refractive index control unit to control a strength of an electric field to vary a refractive index of the glasses. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091221 | Reflective display panel and device - A reflective display panel is provided. The reflective display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, an upper substrate including a color filter and a transparent substrate, and a lower substrate including an absorption plate which faces a color filter and a reflection plate which faces a transparent substrate. The absorption plate absorbs a first external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the color filter, when a first voltage is supplied between the color filter and the absorption plate, and the reflection plate reflects a second external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the transparent substrate, when a second voltage is supplied. | 04-15-2010 |
20100104140 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FRAME RATE USING MOTION TRAJECTORY - A frame rate improving apparatus and method use a motion trajectory. The frame rate improving apparatus determines forward feature point trajectory information through a feature point, and generates a new intermediate frame by performing backward motion estimation through the feature point trajectory information, thereby generating an interpolated image with high quality. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110070 | 3D IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) image generator and 3D image generation method scale a depth map or a two-dimensional (2D) image, perform a cross filtering to sharpen a blurred region on the depth map based on location information of the depth map and 2D image, and thus obtain a clearer depth map and provide a more graphical 3D image using the depth map. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118126 | Device for directional light field 3D display and method thereof - A three-dimensional (3D) display device and method using a directional light field is provided. The 3D display device may construct a light field using a direction light generated by a high speed projector and at least one rotating optical device to thereby display a more natural 3D image in a wide region. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118127 | Wide depth of field 3D display apparatus and method - A display apparatus and method that may display a high depth three-dimensional (3D) image is provided. The display method may separate an input image into a near-sighted image and a far-sighted image, image and output the near-sighted image using a light field method, and image and output the far-sighted image using a multi-view method. | 05-13-2010 |
20100128034 | Apparatus and method for processing three dimensional image on multi-layer display - An apparatus and method of processing three-dimensional (3D) images on a multi-layer display may generate virtual depth information based on original depth information, and display 3D images having various depth values using the generated virtual depth information. Also, the apparatus and method may appropriately provide color information to each of a plurality of display layers, thereby preventing an original image from being damaged. | 05-27-2010 |
20100128169 | Frame rate conversion apparatus and method for ultra definition image - A frame rate conversion apparatus and method for an Ultra-High Definition (UD) image. The frame rate conversion apparatus may store a previous frame and a current frame of an edge of an input image, divided into N images, and insert an interpolation frame between the current frame and the previous frame. Also, the frame rate conversion apparatus may convert a frame rate of each of the N images. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134493 | Apparatus and method for compensating for crosstalk between views in three dimensional (3D) display apparatus - Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating for a crosstalk between views in a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus. The method and the apparatus may pre-set a crosstalk weight matrix through an actual measurement by considering a characteristic of a display. The crosstalk weight matrix may offset an effect that each of multiple views affects other different views. Also, when multi-view input signals are received, the method may generate luminance-compensated multi-view input signals by multiplying the crosstalk weight matrix and a luminance matrix that includes a luminance of each of the multi-view input signals, and may output the luminance compensated multi-view input signals as input signals of the display. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149423 | Apparatus and method of estimating motion using block division and coupling - Provided are an apparatus and method of estimating a motion using block coupling and block division. In the apparatus, a block having a motion estimation error greater than a predetermined value may be coupled with a neighbor block, and motion estimation is performed through the coupled block to improve a frame rate, thereby reducing an artifact phenomenon in an interpolated image. | 06-17-2010 |
20100182459 | Apparatus and method of obtaining high-resolution image - An apparatus and method of obtaining a high-resolution image are provided. The apparatus of obtaining a high-resolution image may generate a high frequency component of an output image using a high frequency component of an input image, synthesize the input image and the generated high frequency component of the output image, and thereby may obtain a sharpness-enhanced high-resolution image. | 07-22-2010 |
20100283763 | MULTI-SENSING TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-sensing touch panel and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The multi-sensing touch panel includes: a touch pad including an input surface; at least one infrared ray source which irradiates infrared rays to the touch pad; and a camera array including a plurality of infrared ray cameras which are disposed below the touch pad and inclined with respect to a plane of the input surface. | 11-11-2010 |
20100290518 | Multi-view image coding apparatus and method - A multi-view image coding apparatus and method are provided. The multi-view image coding apparatus may extract geometric information from a plurality of cameras, may construct a spatial prediction structure to enable a correlation of each view to be maximum using the geometric information, and thereby may code and transmit a multi-view image. | 11-18-2010 |
20100315381 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING REAR VIEW CAMERA OF ARRAY TYPE - A multi-touch sensing apparatus using a rear view camera of an array type is provided. The multi-touch sensing apparatus may include a display panel to display an image, a sensing light source to emit light to sense a touch image which is generated by an object and displayed on a back side of the display panel, and a camera to divide and sense the touch image. The camera may be arranged in an edge of a lower side of the multi-touch sensing apparatus, or a mirror to reflect the touch image may be included in the multi-touch sensing apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
20100315488 | Conversion device and method converting a two dimensional image to a three dimensional image - Disclosed is an image conversion device and method converting a two-dimensional (2D) image into a three-dimensional (3D) image. The image conversion device may selectively adjust illumination within the 2D image, generate a disparity map for the illumination adjusted image, and selectively adjust a depth value of the disparity map based on edge discrimination. | 12-16-2010 |
20100316284 | Three-dimensional image generation apparatus and method using region extension of object in depth map - A three-dimensional (3D) image generation apparatus and method using a region extension of an object in a depth map is provided. The 3D image generation apparatus may include a discontinuity preservation smoothing filtering unit to apply a discontinuity preservation smoothing filter preserving discontinuity of a boundary or a shape of a depth image, a boundary preservation filtering unit to apply a max filter to a depth image for increasing a depth value of an object, and a rendering unit to render a two-dimensional (2D) color image and the filtered depth image and to generate a 3D image. | 12-16-2010 |
20110018877 | Method and apparatus of obtaining high resolution image using multi-band combination filters - Provided are an apparatus and method of obtaining a high resolution image using multi-band combination filters. The apparatus includes a high frequency extraction unit to extract a high frequency image from a low resolution input image through filtering operations performed in parallel, a high frequency expansion unit to expand the high frequency image to generate an expanded high frequency image, an image expansion unit to expand the low resolution input image to generate an expanded input image, and an image combination unit to combine the expanded high frequency image and the expanded input image. | 01-27-2011 |
20110026843 | Image encoding and decoding apparatus and method for effectively transmitting large capacity image - Provided are an image encoding and decoding apparatus and method, which can effectively transmit a large capacity image. The image encoding apparatus generates a plurality of actual images with respect to an input image, and generates a difference image capable of predicting another actual image using one actual image, thereby effectively reducing an amount of data before encoding the input image. | 02-03-2011 |
20110058017 | Apparatus and method for compressing three dimensional video - A three-dimensional (3D) compressing method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D video compressing apparatus determines whether a motion of consecutive frames exists when a depth of a multi-view video is estimated, performs a depth estimation when the motion exists, and compresses the 3D video by using a color video motion vector as a depth video motion vector. | 03-10-2011 |
20110069228 | VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD MINIMIZING CROSSTALK BETWEEN LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND COLOR DIFFERENCE SIGNAL - Provided is a video signal generation apparatus and method that may minimize crosstalk between a luminance signal and color difference signals. The video signal generation apparatus may generate the luminance signal using a nonlinear Y signal and then generate color difference signals using a nonlinear XYZ signal to maximize a de-correlation characteristic between the luminance signal and the color difference signals. | 03-24-2011 |
20110069760 | Apparatus and method for motion estimation of three dimension video - Disclosed is a 3D video motion estimating apparatus and method. The 3D video motion estimating apparatus may enable a motion vector of a color image and a motion vector of a depth image refer to each other, thereby increasing a compression rate. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075025 | System and method producing high definition video from low definition video - Provided is system and a method of producing a high definition video from a low definition video. According to one or more embodiments, the method performs a trajectory estimation and a matching operation only with respect to a feature region pixel of a previous frame of the low definition video, which is different from all pixels of the previous frame, thereby reducing an amount of computation to improve efficiency of a memory, producing the high definition video in real time, and producing a more accurate high definition video with respect to a feature region. | 03-31-2011 |
20110085704 | Markerless motion capturing apparatus and method - A markerless motion capturing apparatus and method is provided. The markerless motion capturing apparatus may track a pose and a motion of a performer from an image, inputted from a camera, without using a marker or a sensor, and thereby may extend an application of the markerless motion capturing apparatus and selection of a location. | 04-14-2011 |
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20110109620 | Image processing apparatus and method for enhancing depth perception - An image processing apparatus and a method for enhancing depth are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may classify an input image into a foreground layer, a middle layer, a background layer, may calculate a representative color of each of the classified layers, and perform rendering of a color stereoscopy of the middle layer and a color stereoscopy of the background layer based on the representative color and a lightness of the background layer, thereby enhancing a stereoscopic effect and a depth. Also, a color temperature of the foreground layer and a color temperature of the middle layer are controlled based on the representative color and the background layer, to generate a difference in depth between the middle layer and the foreground layer, thereby representing an image having a more enhanced depth. | 05-12-2011 |
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20110221888 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium imaging through at least one aperture of each pixel of display panel - Provided is an imaging apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that photographs an object through at least one aperture of each of pixel of a display panel. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit in back of the display panel and photographs the object through the at least one aperture of each of the pixels of the display panel to enable a location of the camera unit to be the same as a location of a display unit, measures a distance to the object using a blur effect occurring when photographing through the at least one aperture of the display panel, and restores an image where the blur effect is included. | 09-15-2011 |
20110248918 | METHOD FOR SUSPENSION SENSING IN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUSPENSION SENSING IMAGE, AND PROXIMITY SENSING APPARATUS - Provided is a method for proximity sensing in an interactive display and a method of processing a proximity sensing image. The method for proximity-sensing may include suspending, in a three-dimensional (3D) space, at least one hand of a user to manipulate at least one of a viewpoint of the user and a position of a virtual object displayed on a screen, and changing the virtual object by manipulating at least one of the position of the virtual object and the viewpoint of the user based on the suspending. | 10-13-2011 |
20110249865 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM PROVIDING MARKER-LESS MOTION CAPTURE OF HUMAN - Provided are an apparatus, method and computer-readable medium providing marker-less motion capture of a human. The apparatus may include a two-dimensional (2D) body part detection unit to detect, from input images, candidate 2D body part locations of candidate 2D body parts; a three-dimensional (3D) lower body part computation unit to compute 3D lower body parts using the detected candidate 2D body part locations; a 3D upper body computation unit to compute 3D upper body parts based on a body model; and a model rendering unit to render the model in accordance with a result of the computed 3D upper body parts. | 10-13-2011 |
20110280491 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENCODING 3D IMAGE - Disclosed is a three-dimensional (3D) image encoding apparatus. The 3D image encoding apparatus includes a first compressed information generation unit to generate first compressed information used to encode one image of two types of images to form a 3D image and a second compressed information generation unit to generate second compressed information used to encode another one image using the first compressed information. | 11-17-2011 |
20110298898 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD ACCOMODATING MULTI-VIEW IMAGING - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) image generating system and method accommodating multi-view imaging. The 3D image generating system and method may generate corrected depth maps respectively corresponding to color images by merging disparity information associated with a disparity between color images and depth maps generated respectively from depth images. | 12-08-2011 |
20110304532 | Image capturing and display apparatus and method - Provided is a display apparatus and method. The display apparatus may sense light reflected from an object and passed through a display panel, and may control a power of a backlight unit depending on whether the light has passed through the display panel. | 12-15-2011 |
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20120033872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTRAPOLATED VIEW BASED ON IMAGE RESIZING - A view extrapolation apparatus and a view extrapolation method to generate images at a plurality of virtual points using a relatively small number of input images are disclosed. The view extrapolation apparatus and the view extrapolation method output a view at a reference point, the view at the reference point being formed of frames according to time, generating the frames of the view at the reference point to generate a resized frame, and generating an extrapolated view at a virtual point using the resized frame. | 02-09-2012 |
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20120098932 | DISPARITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CONSISTEN DISPARITY FROM MULTI-VIEWPOINT VIDEO - A disparity estimation system, apparatus, and method of estimating a consistent depth from a multi-view video. When estimating a disparity at a plurality of viewpoints, the disparity estimation system may estimate a temporally consistent disparity considering a temporal smoothness between proximate frames. | 04-26-2012 |
20120139855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH INFORMATION AND PROXIMITY INFORMATION IN DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting touch information and proximity information in a display apparatus. The apparatus for detecting the touch information and the proximity information in the display apparatus may detect the touch information and the proximity information by obtaining an image area associated with touch sensing and an image area associated with proximity sensing with respect to an obtained image in the display apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
20120146953 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SENSING MULTI-TOUCH AND PROXIMITY OBJECT - A display apparatus that may enable sensing a multi-touch and a proximity object is provided. The display apparatus may display an image generated by the object on an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and may sense an invisible light that may be reflected by the object and may have entered through a hole. | 06-14-2012 |
20120176298 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT SENSING FUNCTION - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus having an optical sensing function is provided. The OLED display apparatus may photograph an external object by sensing input light from the external object that passes through an imaging pattern included in a display panel. | 07-12-2012 |
20120183057 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding a depth image. An encoding apparatus may apply a block to a plurality of pixels forming a depth image, may divide the block into at least two areas based on a representative value, and may perform prediction encoding. Additionally, the encoding apparatus may encode prediction information associated with the block, may separate the at least two areas, and may select a prediction mode to perform prediction encoding. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183066 | DEPTH MAP CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for coding and decoding a depth image are provided. The depth image coding apparatus predicts directivity of a current macro block using coded adjacent macro blocks. An intra-prediction mode that intra-codes the current macro block using the predicted directivity is included in intra-candidate coding modes. Priorities of intra-candidate coding modes and inter-candidate coding modes are arranged according to characteristics of a color image and coded. As a result, coding efficiency for a depth image may be increased. | 07-19-2012 |
20120195501 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFINING DISTORTION FUNCTION FOR SYNTHESIZED IMAGE OF INTERMEDIATE VIEW - An apparatus and method for processing an image are provided. The apparatus may determine a distortion region based on warped pixels in a synthesized image of an intermediate view; and define a surface area of the distortion region as a distortion function of the synthesized image. | 08-02-2012 |
20120212480 | MULTI-VIEW RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING BACKGROUND PIXEL EXPANSION AND BACKGROUND-FIRST PATCH MATCHING - An apparatus and method for restoring a hole generated in multi-view rendering are provided. A hole in an output view may be restored using temporally neighboring images. | 08-23-2012 |
20120235899 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT - An apparatus, system, and method for controlling a virtual object. The virtual object is controlled by detecting a hand motion of a user and generating an event corresponding to the hand motion. Accordingly, the user may control the virtual object displayed on a 3-dimensional graphic user interface (3D GUI) more intuitively and efficiently. | 09-20-2012 |
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20130016897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE USING HOLE RENDERING - A method and apparatus for processing a multi-view image are provided. A priority may be assigned to each hole pixel in a hole region generated when an output view is generated. The priority of each hole pixel may be generated by combining a structure priority, a confidence priority, and a disparity priority. Hole rendering may be applied to a target patch including a hole pixel having a highest priority. The hole pixel may be restored by searching for a source patch most similar to a background of the target patch, and copying a pixel in the found source patch into a hole pixel of the target patch. | 01-17-2013 |
20130127991 | SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D VIDEO - An encoding apparatus and method for encoding supplementary information of a three-dimensional (3D) video may determine that an updated parameter among parameters included in camera information and parameters included in depth range information is a parameter to be encoded. The encoding apparatus may generate update information including information about the updated parameter and information about a parameter not updated, perform floating-point conversion of the updated parameter, and encode the update information and the floating-point converted parameter. A decoding apparatus and method for decoding supplementary information of a 3D video may receive and decode encoded supplementary information by determining whether the encoded supplementary information includes update information. When update information is included, the decoding apparatus may classifying the decoded supplementary information, perform floating-point inverse conversion of the updated parameter, and store latest supplementary information in a storage. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for processing an image signal includes an image signal encoding apparatus and an image signal decoding apparatus that use an independent luminance and chrominance image signal to reduce a crosstalk. The independent luminance and chrominance image signal may include a luminance signal and a chrominance signal. The image signal encoding apparatus and the image decoding apparatus may perform down-sampling or up-sampling on the chrominance signal. The image signal encoding apparatus and the image decoding apparatus may increase a compression efficiency of the independent luminance and chrominance image signal, by applying different quantization parameters and different bit-depths to the luminance signal and the chrominance signal, respectively. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTI-VIEW - An image processing method and apparatus. The image processing apparatus may generate a standard viewpoint layer and use the standard viewpoint layer to recover holes within at least one output view having different viewpoints. Holes within output views may be collectively recovered, using the standard viewpoint layer. The image processing apparatus may adaptively apply inter-frame inpainting that uses an accumulated background layer to generate the standard viewpoint layer, and intra-frame inpainting that uses an initial standard viewpoint layer including a hole. The accumulated background layer may include information associated with a background of a standard viewpoint layer generated in a previous frame. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169594 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING 3D IMAGE - An apparatus and method for controlling a 3-dimensional (3D) image using a virtual tool are provided. The apparatus may detect a user object that controls the 3D image, and determine a target virtual tool matching movement of the user object. In addition, the apparatus may display the determined target virtual tool along with the 3D image. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169643 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH - A display apparatus and method may be used to estimate a depth distance from an external object to a display panel of the display apparatus. The display apparatus may acquire a plurality of images by detecting lights that are input from an external object and passed through apertures formed in a display panel, may generate one or more refocused images, and may calculate a depth from the external object to the display panel using the plurality of images acquired and one or more refocused images. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA TRACKING - A camera pose tracking apparatus may track a camera pose based on frames photographed using at least three cameras, may extract and track at least one first feature in multiple-frames, and may track a pose of each camera in each of the multiple-frames based on first features. When the first features are tracked in the multiple-frames, the camera pose tracking apparatus may track each camera pose in each of at least one single-frame based on at least one second feature of each of the at least one single-frame. Each of the at least one second feature may correspond to one of the at least one first feature, and each of the at least one single-frame may be a previous frame of an initial frame of which the number of tracked second features is less than a threshold, among frames consecutive to multiple-frames. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182945 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DISPARITY VALUE - A method and apparatus for processing an image is provided. The image processing apparatus may adjust or generate a disparity of a pixel, by assigning similar disparities to two pixels that are adjacent to each other and have similar pixels. The image processing apparatus may generate a final disparity map that may minimize energy, based on an image and an initial disparity map, under a predetermined constraint. A soft constraint or a hard constraint may be used as the constraint. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST GENERATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) HOLOGRAM - An apparatus for generating a hologram that may generate a three-dimensional (3D) hologram pattern at a high speed may include a pattern setting unit to set points for which hologram patterns are to be generated with respect to a one-eighth area of an entire area for which a hologram pattern is to be generated, a calculation unit to calculate pattern values for a plurality of reference points selected with respect to the one-eighth area of the entire area, and to generate a pattern for the one-eighth area using recurrent interpolation, and a pattern duplicating unit to complete a pattern for the entire area by duplicating the generated pattern for the one-eighth area. | 07-25-2013 |
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20140098201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE RENDERING BASED ON ORIENTATION OF DISPLAY - An apparatus and method for rendering an image considering an orientation of a display may include a display mode determination unit to determining an expression mode of a display based on spatial information corresponding to eyes of a user, and an image rendering unit to render an image corresponding to the eye of the user based on the expression mode of the display. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101604 | INTERFACING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE EXPLOITING MULTI-MODALITY - An interfacing device for providing a user interface (UI) exploiting a multi-modality may recognize at least two modality inputs for controlling a scene, and generate scene control information based on the at least two modality inputs. | 04-10-2014 |
20140126837 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEO PROCESSING - A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132530 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AND MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device, and a method of operating and manufacturing the display device may receive input light from an object to be scanned that is positioned in front of a display for displaying an image, and may perform scanning of the object to be scanned. | 05-15-2014 |
20140184754 | METHOD OF OBTAINING DEPTH INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of obtaining depth information and a display apparatus may adjust a sensor area of a sensor panel based on a distance from an object, and may obtain depth information of the object based on the adjusted sensor area. | 07-03-2014 |
20140232638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE USING GAZE INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for a user interface using a gaze interaction is disclosed. The method for the user interface using the gaze interaction may include obtaining an image including eyes of a user, estimating a gaze position of the user, using the image including the eyes of the user, and determining whether to activate a gaze adjustment function for controlling a device by a gaze of the user, based on the gaze position of the user with respect to at least one toggle area on a display. | 08-21-2014 |
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