Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100031775 | METHOD FOR PREPARING NICKEL NANOPARTICLES - Provided is a method for preparing nickel nanoparticles capable of easily controlling particle sizes and shapes of the nickel nanoparticles and obtaining a high yield of the nickel nanoparticles using a process that is simpler than methods used to mass-produce the nickel nanoparticles. The method for preparing nickel nanoparticles may be useful to prepare nickel nanoparticles by mixing a nickel precursor and organic amine to prepare a mixture and heating the mixture. | 02-11-2010 |
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 |
20110149471 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor including: a capacitor main body formed by alternately stacking an internal electrode including an internal electrode-forming material and a dielectric layer; and an external electrode formed on the external surface of the capacitor to be electrically connected to the internal electrode and having an external electrode-forming material, wherein the internal electrode includes a non-diffusion layer including the external electrode-forming material of 2 vol % to 20 vol % and a diffusion layer made of the external electrode-forming material on at least one of the both ends of the non-diffusion layer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154660 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION FOR INNER ELECTRODES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - Provided are a conductive paste composition for inner electrodes and a method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same. The conductive paste composition for inner electrodes includes a metal powder having an average particle size ranging from 50 nm to 300 nm, and 4 to 10 parts by weight of a binder resin. The binder resin contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a high-molecular-weight polyvinylbutyral resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 250 thousands to 400 thousands, a low-molecular-weight polyvinylbutyral resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 50 thousands to 150 thousands, and a rosin ester. | 06-30-2011 |
20110305383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Provided is a 3D image processing apparatus and method. The 3D image processing apparatus may determine, with a small amount of calculation, a quantization parameter to be used for compressing a depth image, based on a quantization parameter used for compressing a color image and characteristics of the color image and the depth image. | 12-15-2011 |
20110317766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DEPTH CODING USING PREDICTION MODE - A depth image coding method may calculate a depth offset of a depth image, may generate a prediction mode based on the depth offset, may minimize a prediction error of the depth image having a low correlation between adjacent points of view and a low temporal correlation and may enhance a compression rate. The depth offset may be calculated based on a representative value of adjacent pixels included in a template as opposed to using a depth representative value of pixels in a block and header information may not be needed to encode an offset and the offset may be generated by a depth image decoding apparatus. When a plurality of objects is included in a block, a depth offset is calculated for each of the plurality of objects and a motion vector is calculated for each of the plurality of objects and the depth image may be accurately predicted. | 12-29-2011 |
20120039528 | Image processing apparatus and method - Provided is an image processing apparatus. In the case of a multi-view image, the image processing apparatus may warp a color image and/or a depth image of a reference view to correspond to a target view. An occlusion region may be extracted by comparing the warped color image and/or depth image of the reference view with a color image and/or a depth image of the target view. The image processing apparatus may encode the extracted occlusion region information without loss, and decrease an amount of data in the multi-view image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120170841 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A view transformer of an image processing apparatus may generate a first view transformation image by transforming a first view color image with a first resolution to a third view, and may generate a second view transformation image by transforming, to the third view, a second view color image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution. A parameter calculator of the image processing apparatus may calculate a per-pixel weight parameter that is applied to each of the first view transformation image and the second view transformation image. An image generator of the image processing apparatus may generate a third view color image corresponding to the third view by applying the calculated per-pixel weight parameter to the first view transformation image and the second view transformation image. | 07-05-2012 |
20120182388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus and method for processing a depth image are provided. A compressed depth image may be divided into a plurality of regions, and may be processed, and thus it is possible to improve a quality of the compressed depth image, and to increase a compression rate. | 07-19-2012 |
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 |
20120188234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may synthesize an image observed at a target view excluding a reference view. A decoder of the image processing apparatus may decode depth transition data. A first map generator of the image processing apparatus may generate a foreground and background map of a target view to render an image, based on the decoded depth transition data. A rendering unit of the image processing apparatus may determine a color value of each of pixels constituting the image by comparing the foreground and background map of the target view with a foreground and background map of at least one reference view. | 07-26-2012 |
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 |
20120307415 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a method for manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and external electrodes, wherein a portion in the internal electrode layers positioned in a marginal portion in which vertically neighboring internal electrode layers in the multilayer body is not overlapped with each other has a thickness thicker than that of a portion of the internal electrode layer positioned in an overlapped portion in which the vertically neighboring internal electrode layers are overlapped with each other, such that an accumulated stepped height difference in the marginal portion is reduced. | 12-06-2012 |
20120328212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING RESOLUTION OF MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - A method and apparatus for restoring a resolution of a low resolution view image from a multi-view image. In the resolution restoration method, detailed information may be generated using a reference image neighboring a criterion image, and a resolution of the criterion image may be restored using the detailed information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130108181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DECODING IMAGE | 05-02-2013 |
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 |
20130170761 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING DEPTH IMAGE BY SKIPPING DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM (DCT), AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING DEPTH IMAGE BY SKIPPING DCT - An apparatus and method for encoding an image by skipping discrete cosine transform (DCT), and an apparatus and method for decoding an image by skipping the DCT. An image encoding apparatus may classify residual data into groups, and may encode the residual data using a representative value of each of the groups and group identification information that is used to identify the groups. | 07-04-2013 |
20130194255 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D VIDEO - An image processing method and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) video is provided. The image processing method may include identifying a first depth image, and upsampling the first depth image to a second depth image having expanded foreground area than the first depth image. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194383 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image transmission device and method, and an image reproduction device and method. The image transmission device and the image reproduction device may provide a multi-view three-dimensional (3D) image to a user by processing a color image and a depth image using information about an image mode of the 3D image format, additional information based on the color image corresponding to a satellite view, or additional information based on the depth image. | 08-01-2013 |
20130271567 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING MOTION VECTOR AND DISPARITY VECTOR - An image processing method and apparatus for predicting a motion vector and a disparity vector may include extracting a disparity vector of at least one neighboring block with respect to a current block of a color image to be coded, and predicting a disparity vector of the current block, using the disparity vector of the at least one neighboring block. | 10-17-2013 |
20130322738 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - An image processing apparatus and method for a three-dimensional (3D) image is provided. The image processing apparatus may include a parameter setting unit to set a first parameter related to a color image, and a parameter determining unit to determine an optimal second parameter related to a depth image, using the first parameter. | 12-05-2013 |
20140071233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE USING CORRELATION BETWEEN VIEWS - A method and apparatus for processing an image using correlation between views may include a noise removal unit to remove noise from at least one input depth image, a view transformation unit to perform view transformation of a depth space of a first view among the at least one input depth image, so that the depth space of a first view of a second view is transformed to a depth space of a first view, a weighted mean filter unit to generate at least one weighting coefficient from a first depth image of the first view and the depth space of a first view, and to generate a weighted mean filter using the generated weighting coefficient, and a depth image transformation unit to transform a third depth image from the first depth image and the depth space of a first view, by applying the generated weighted mean filter. | 03-13-2014 |