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20090046208 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTERMEDIATE FRAME IMAGE - Image processing method and apparatus for creating an image of an intermediate frame are provided. The image processing method generates a background image and a first motion image using a current frame and a previous frame, and generates a second motion image of the intermediate frame using either the current frame or the previous frame. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the interpolation error in the boundary area vulnerable to the motion estimation error. | 02-19-2009 |
20090146914 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENTIONAL IMAGE - A display apparatus and method for displaying a 3D image using a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal are provided. The display apparatus includes an image signal division unit which divides an image signal into a plurality of subfields, and a control unit which arranges the plurality of subfields according to luminance weights of the plurality of subfields. Accordingly, the user can be provided with 3D images having high tone and high image quality while preventing the occurrence of double images. | 06-11-2009 |
20120120055 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: a parallax estimation unit which estimates parallax with respect to a left eye image and a right eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; a horizontal movement value determination unit which determines a horizontal movement value using the estimated parallax; a horizontal movement unit which horizontally moves the left eye image and the right eye image based on the horizontal movement value; and a controller which calculates a chronological change rate of the estimated parallax for a predetermined time, determines whether the chronological change rate is greater than a predetermined threshold, and if the chronological change rate is greater, limits the horizontal movement value to a predetermined range and controls the horizontal movement unit to horizontally move the left eye image and the right eye image based on the limited horizontal movement value. | 05-17-2012 |
20120201449 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The an image processing apparatus includes: a depth map estimating unit which estimates a depth map of a stereoscopic image; a region setup unit which sets up a region in the stereoscopic image; and a 3D effect adjusting unit which determines a difference in a depth level between the setup region and a surrounding region other than the setup region based on the estimated depth map, and adjusts a 3D effect of the stereoscopic image based on the determined difference in the depth level. | 08-09-2012 |
20130094754 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE THEREOF - An image output apparatus and a method for outputting an image thereof are provided. The method of the image output apparatus determines whether a difference in grayscale values between a current image frame and a previous image frame is greater than or equal to a pre-set value, if the difference in the grayscale values is greater than or equal to the pre-set value, at least one of a maximum grayscale value and a minimum grayscale value of the current image frame is adjusted, a grayscale of the current image frame according to an input and output grayscale function having the adjusted maximum grayscale value and minimum grayscale value is adjusted and an image is output. Accordingly, a crosstalk phenomenon of a | 04-18-2013 |
20130169663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - An apparatus and method for displaying images and an apparatus and method for processing images are provided. The image display apparatus includes an image processor configured to receive an image frame and convert a gradation value of each of a plurality of pixels constituting the image frame to generate a sub image frame; and a controller configured to control a display panel to sequentially display the image frame and the sub image frame. | 07-04-2013 |
20150103108 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image frame; an arithmetic operator configured to divide the image frame into blocks, calculate a pixel gradation value of the pixel blocks, and accumulate the calculated pixel gradation values; and a compensator configured to locally reduce a luminance of a corresponding pixel block, of which a respective accumulated pixel gradation value exceeds a threshold value of among the plurality of pixel blocks, and to compensate for a luminance difference between the corresponding pixel block, for which the luminance has been reduced, and surrounding pixel blocks. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively remove an afterimage. | 04-16-2015 |
20150287355 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: an image input configured to receive an image; a display panel configured to include a plurality of pixels and respectively emit light in the plurality of pixels in order to display the image; a panel driver configured to drive the display panel; and a controller configured to analyze a motion of the image and control the panel driver to drive the display panel by using different driving methods according to a size of the analyzed motion. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090049476 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTING BROADCAST PROGRAM AND AV APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for providing a GUI for selecting a broadcast program, and an AV apparatus are provided. According to the method for providing a GUI, a user selection regarding the broadcast programs that cannot be simultaneously selected is set according to a user operation that is input in an area containing graphics representing broadcast programs that cannot be simultaneously selected by a user. Therefore, if a user makes errors in selecting broadcast programs, for example, if a user selects two or more broadcast programs that cannot be simultaneously selected, the errors may be corrected more easily, instantly and intuitively. | 02-19-2009 |
20090254860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING WIDGET IN MULTI TICKER - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a multi widget that unitively manages/displays various widgets in a multi ticker. The method includes registering predetermined widgets, analyzing information types of the registered widgets, determining a display type of widget information according to the information types of the registered widgets, and displaying the corresponding widget information on a screen according to the display type of the widget information. | 10-08-2009 |
20100146422 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a displaying method thereof are provided. A storage unit stores installed items, a UI generator generates a UI including a first area to display the installed items and a second area to display installable items, a display unit displays the generated UI, and, if one of the items displayed on the second area is selected, a controller displays a process of moving the selected item moved to the first area. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146440 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus which moves a widget on a screen of a TV and a method of displaying a user interface thereof. The method of displaying a user interface including: displaying a grid with irregular intervals on a display unit; and displaying an icon on the display unit to correspond to the displayed grid. With this, a widget is capable of moving corresponding to a grid displayed on a screen of a TV. | 06-10-2010 |
20100287501 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a video processor which processes and displays an image; a user input unit which allows a user to input his/her selection; and a controller which sets up a plurality of size units for a user interface and controls the video processor to display the user interface in an area occupied with the size unit selected corresponding to the user's selection. Thus, it is possible to provide a user interface employing a layout and interaction proper to a CE apparatus such as a TV or the like. | 11-11-2010 |
20100293578 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENTS INFORMATION, RECOMMENDING CONTENTS, AND PROVIDING RELIABILITY FOR RECOMMENDED CONTENTS, AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for transmitting contents information, a method for recommending contents, a method for providing reliability for recommend contents information, and a multi-media device using the same are provided. In the method for transmitting contents information, received contents information is renewed based on contents information input from a user, and the renewed contents information is transmitted to another device. The method also provides an accumulation of contents information from a plurality of users to improve the reliability of the received contents information. In addition, as users send and receive contents information directly from each other without going through a server, a Social Network Service may be provided. | 11-18-2010 |
20110145745 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and a multimedia device using the same, the method including: determining if a user command is input to select a specific section of a GUI item including a plurality of sections; and extending a length of the selected section and reducing lengths of non-selected sections if it is determined that the user command is input to select the specific section of the GUI item. Therefore, the user can manipulate the GUI item more precisely. | 06-16-2011 |
20110234626 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS USING INFORMATION RECEIVED THROUGH NETWORK AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for reproducing contents using information received over a network and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for reproducing contents includes receiving specific information over a network, and displaying contents to which an image effect corresponding to the received specific information is applied. As an image effect is applied according to information which is received over a network, a user may visually recognize the received information through the image effect. | 09-29-2011 |
20110289423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS OF A USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for controlling objects of a user interface (UI) are provided. The method and apparatus simultaneously hide and move a selected object to a bottom of a UI when the object is encrypted, thereby not visually exposing the encrypted object to a third person, displaying, through the UI the encrypted object on a predetermined screen, directory or folder, and rearranging unselected objects to fill a space created when the selected object is hidden and moved. | 11-24-2011 |
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20110115093 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a cell region and a core region adjacent to the cell region, active regions in the cell region and the core region, an interlayer insulating layer covering the active regions, upper cell contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the cell region, the upper cell contacts being adjacent to each other along a first direction and being electrically connected to the active regions, and core contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the active regions of the core region, the core contacts being adjacent to each other along the first direction and including upper connection core contacts electrically connected to the active regions, and dummy contacts adjacent to the upper connection core contacts, the dummy contacts being insulated from the active regions. | 05-19-2011 |
20140087555 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a cell region and a core region adjacent to the cell region, active regions in the cell region and the core region, an interlayer insulating layer covering the active regions, upper cell contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the cell region, the upper cell contacts being adjacent to each other along a first direction and being electrically connected to the active regions, and core contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the active regions of the core region, the core contacts being adjacent to each other along the first direction and including upper connection core contacts electrically connected to the active regions, and dummy contacts adjacent to the upper connection core contacts, the dummy contacts being insulated from the active regions. | 03-27-2014 |
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20130152969 | DISHWASHER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A dishwasher, in which a reservoir provided with an electrolyzer is connected to a water collector via a flow path change valve, and wash water in the reservoir is electrolyzed by the electrolyzer during non-operation of the wash water, to generate sterilizing water and to circulate the sterilizing water into the dishwasher, thereby achieving an enhancement in sterilizability of the dishwasher. A method for controlling a dishwasher makes it possible to suppress propagation of microorganisms left in the dishwasher and to remove organic substances, using a sterilizing agent or high-temperature water. It is also possible to reduce generation of offensive odor caused by decomposition of bacteria, through a reduction in the amount of bacteria in the dishwasher. Since sterilization of the dishwasher is automatically carried out, enhanced user convenience is provided. | 06-20-2013 |
20130319458 | DISHWASHER - A dishwasher including a washing chamber to wash dishes, a sump concavely formed at a lower portion of the washing chamber to collect water used in washing, a microfilter disposed at the sump to filter out dirt produced when the dishes are washed, and an ultrasonic generator to radiate ultrasonic waves toward the microfilter. Since the microfilter is automatically cleaned by the ultrasonic generator, a user may not need to manually clean the microfilter. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080316365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION ESTIMATION - An efficient method of motion estimation is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of macroblocks in a reference frame, wherein the plurality of macroblocks are used for motion estimation related to a current frame, and performing the motion estimation for a plurality of macroblocks in the current frame by using the received plurality of macroblocks in the reference frame. | 12-25-2008 |
20090019513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING CHANNEL IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER - A method and apparatus for changing a channel in a digital broadcasting receiver and for hiding a delay that occurs due to the change of the channel are provided. The method includes receiving broadcasting data of at least one channel except for a current channel by using a time division method, based on a pre-set schedule; storing the received broadcasting data; and when a control signal for changing a channel is input, outputting broadcasting contents of the changed channel, which corresponds to the control signal, to the display device by using the stored broadcasting data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090079872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING MULTIPLE CHANNEL IMAGES - An apparatus and method of simultaneously playing multiple channel images are provided. The apparatus for simultaneously playing multiple channel images includes a frequency changeover tuner successively selecting multiple channels, a demodulation unit demodulating data of the selected channels, a storage unit storing the demodulated data, a playback unit playing the stored data by channels, and an image-management unit managing an arrangement of displayed channel images. | 03-26-2009 |
20110196916 | CLIENT TERMINAL, SERVER, CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND CLOUD COMPUTING METHOD - An apparatus and method for improving the transmission quality of data in a cloud computing environment are provided. The cloud computing system includes a terminal and a server for executing an application requested by the terminal. The server, according to a result of the application execution, specifies a region of interest in a data stream which is received from the terminal. The terminal, based on the specified region of interest, adjusts settings such that the region of interest in the data stream has a transmission quality that is different from a transmission quality of remaining regions of the data stream to be transmitted to the server. | 08-11-2011 |
20120189178 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING OPTIMAL 2-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE FROM 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE - In a method and an apparatus for automatically generating an optimal 2-dimensional (2D) medical image from a 3D medical image, at least one virtual plane crossing a 3D volume is generated from 3D volume image data for showing part of a patient's body in a 3D manner, at least one 2D image representing a cross section of the part of the patient's body is generated by applying the 3D volume image data to the virtual plane, and a 2D image suitable for diagnosis of the patient having a feature most similar to a target feature from among the at least one 2D image is output. | 07-26-2012 |
20130022253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ULTRASONIC IMAGE - An apparatus for analyzing an ultrasonic image is provided. The apparatus includes a feature point extracting unit configured to convert the ultrasonic image into a phase information image and extract a feature point from the phase information image, and an image registering unit configured to perform an image registration on the ultrasonic image based on the extracted feature point. | 01-24-2013 |
20130030278 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LESION AND LESION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An apparatus for detecting a lesion is provided. The apparatus includes an extracting unit configured to extract at least one tissue region from an image of tissue regions, a setting unit configured to set at least one of the at least one extracted tissue region as a lesion detection candidate region, and a detecting unit configured to detect a lesion from the lesion detection candidate region. | 01-31-2013 |
20130094766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING LESION IN IMAGE FRAME - An apparatus for extracting a candidate image frame includes a generating unit configured to generate at least one lesion value that represents a characteristic of a lesion included in each of a plurality of 2-dimensional image frames that form a 3-dimensional image, and an extracting unit configured to extract, from the image frames, at least one candidate image frame usable for correcting a boundary of the lesion based on the at least one lesion value. | 04-18-2013 |
20130114904 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR - An apparatus for detecting an error in a contour of a lesion includes an extracting unit configured to extract a contour of a lesion in each of a plurality of two-dimensional image frames that form a three-dimensional image, and an error determining unit configured to determine a presence or an absence of an error in a contour of a lesion in a target image frame of the two-dimensional image frames based on estimation information about the lesion in the target image frame and/or an energy value that corresponds to the contour of the lesion in the target image frame. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116535 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A LESION - An apparatus and method for diagnosing a lesion are provided. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first blood-vessel information regarding a blood vessel from an image including the blood vessel, and an extraction unit configured to extract one or more tissue regions from the image based on the first blood-vessel information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130245426 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A diagnostic imaging apparatus and method are provided. The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a lesion from a medical image, an interpretation unit configured to acquire a shape feature value by interpreting a shape of the detected lesion in a frequency domain, and a diagnosis unit configured to determine whether the detected lesion is benign or malignant based on the acquired shape feature value. | 09-19-2013 |
20140037159 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING LESIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGE - Provided are apparatuses and methods for analyzing a lesion in an image. A Threshold Adjacency Statistics (TAS) feature may be extracted from a medical image, and a pattern of the lesion may be classified using the extracted TAS feature. | 02-06-2014 |
20140194722 | LESION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A lesion diagnosis apparatus and method for diagnosing images in real time to notify a user that a lesion is detected and providing the user with information about the detected lesion, thereby enhancing accuracy and convenience in a diagnosis. The lesion diagnosis apparatus includes a diagnoser configured to diagnose lesions in images received from a probe; and a guide information provider configured to notify a user that a lesion is detected and to provide guide information, when the lesion is detected. | 07-10-2014 |
20150146958 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR, AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING ERROR IN LESION CONTOUR - An apparatus for detecting an error in a contour of a lesion includes an extracting unit configured to extract a contour of a lesion in each of a plurality of two-dimensional image frames that form a three-dimensional image, and an error determining unit configured to determine a presence or an absence of an error in a contour of a lesion in a target image frame of the two-dimensional image frames based on estimation information about the lesion in the target image frame and/or an energy value that corresponds to the contour of the lesion in the target image frame. | 05-28-2015 |
20150254846 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A diagnostic imaging apparatus and method are provided. The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a lesion from a medical image, an interpretation unit configured to acquire a shape feature value by interpreting a shape of the detected lesion in a frequency domain, and a diagnosis unit configured to determine whether the detected lesion is benign or malignant based on the acquired shape feature value. | 09-10-2015 |