Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252717 | Method for photographing panoramic image - Disclosed is a method for photographing a panoramic image including the steps of recognizing movement of a corresponding photographing apparatus by comparing a current real-time input image with a previous image through a motion estimation mechanism with exposure compensation, determining a time to photograph each next picture by determining whether movement in a photography direction reaches a preset threshold value, and photographing each next picture by manual or automatic operation at the determined time. | 10-16-2008 |
20090034866 | METHOD OF REMOVING BLUR WITHOUT RINGING-ARTIFACT - Provided is an image processing method and apparatus for removing blur in a screen image, including detecting blur in an input image, segmenting the image according to an amount of the detected blur, performing a high pass filtering of the segmented image in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, detecting corresponding weights by using corresponding coefficients of each direction obtained from filtering; and restoring the image by applying the detected weights to one of: an iterative form or a closed form of an image restoration. | 02-05-2009 |
20090056524 | METHOD FOR REMOVING THE STAFF LINES FROM A MUSIC SCORE IMAGE - Disclosed is a method of removing staff lines from a music score an image. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines in an image including a music score; checking a gradient of the staff lines, and dividing the staff lines extending continuously in a longitudinal direction into a plurality of regions in consideration of the gradient, estimating each of the staff lines included in the divided regions by analyzing a histogram of the image, extracting each of the staff lines from the music score on the basis of the estimated staff lines and removing each of the extracted lines of the staff lines from the music score. | 03-05-2009 |
20090058990 | Method for photographing panoramic picture - A method for photographing a panoramic picture includes the steps of checking motion of a corresponding photographing apparatus compares currently input images and previous images in real time through a motion estimation technique employing exposure compensation. Respective images constituting a panoramic picture are photographed, and image photography information is checked that includes focus distance and optical magnification to calculate actual photography range distance of the images. A pre-set threshold is set in consideration of a calculated actual photography range distance of the images. The checked motion is confirmed as to whether the pre-set threshold has been reached, and photography time points of the respective images are determined. The respective images are photographed according to a manual mode or an automatic mode at the photography time point of the respective images. | 03-05-2009 |
20090058991 | METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMIC PICTURE - A panoramic picture photographing method permits more accurate photographing of an image, particularly a panoramic image of a subject, without additional equipment, or separate devices and hardware. The method includes projecting an image, which is successively inputted in every predetermined unit of time, to an imaginary surface having a same focal distance in photographing each image constituting a panoramic picture to obtain a projected image; confirming movement of a corresponding photographing apparatus so that the projected image is compared with a previous image in real time by using a motion estimation technique, to which exposure correction has been applied; determining a photographing time point of each image by confirming the confirmed movement of the corresponding photographing apparatus according to a photographing direction has reached a predetermined critical value; and photographing each image at the photographing time point of each image according to a passive input or automatically. | 03-05-2009 |
20090124236 | Mobile terminal and protection method for the same - A mobile terminal and protection method for the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a wireless communication unit receiving first authentication information and identification information during an initial setting mode; a memory unit, having at least two authentication regions to register the received first authentication information and second authentication information derived from the first authentication information, and registering the received identification information; a comparator comparing, upon power on, the first and second authentication information to each other; and a control unit controlling an operation to perform communication using the identification information when the first and second authentication information match, and to set a lock function when the first and second authentication information do not match. Thus, when the mobile terminal is stolen, new identification information is not registered and existing identification information is not changed, contributing to solving the problem of lost or stolen mobile terminals. | 05-14-2009 |
20090141151 | Dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus - A dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus for an imaging device expands a dynamic range of an input image without an associated increase in the amount of image calculations. The dynamic range enhancement method includes producing brightness information and color information from an input image; applying gamma correction and inverse gamma correction to the brightness information to produce a gamma corrected image and an inverse gamma corrected image; comparing variances of the gamma corrected image and the inverse gamma corrected image at identical spots; and expanding a dynamic range of the input image by selecting one of the variances at each spot. The dynamic range of an input image is expanded by applying a post imaging process without increasing calculation amount of the imaging device. | 06-04-2009 |
20090154826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING DEFECTIVE PIXELS AND NOISE - A method and apparatus for eliminating defective pixels and noise in which each pixel value of an image is extracted using a color filter. A mean value of the extracted image is calculated A noise variance, a first threshold for determining whether a pixel is defective, and a second threshold for calculating a weight value for a pixel are all estimated from the mean value. There is a determination as to whether each pixel is defective, and a weight value, a weighted signal mean and a weighted signal variance of the each pixel are all calculated, and noise eliminated from the image using the noise variance, the weighted signal mean, and the weighted signal variance. | 06-18-2009 |
20090174725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED VISIBILITY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A screen display apparatus and method of measuring an ambient brightness by adjusting color quality of an output screen in a mobile terminal according to the ambient brightness, so that the visibility of the screen can be ensured in various environments. The includes measuring an ambient brightness of the mobile terminal, and generating a visibility adjustment event when a measured ambient brightness value is equal to or greater than a preset specific external brightness value. The received RGB signal is converted into first tristimulus values, then to L, a, b color space valueslightness (L), chroma (C), and hue (H) values using a predetermined equation. The brightness of an entire region of the image is adjusted and output on the display screen of the mobile terminal, and the chroma of each pixel region is adjusted by using the L, C, and H values. | 07-09-2009 |
20090180583 | BLOCK-BASED OBJECT COUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A block-based object counting apparatus and a block-based object counting that improves the counting of objects by using a camera. The object counting apparatus includes: a camera acquiring an image; a storage unit for storing average sizes and error data of an object in units of image blocks; and a control unit having a data inputter for receiving the acquired image for input, an object size determinator for determining appearance of the object by comparing a current image with a previous image and then determining the size of the object, a block determinator for determining a block where the object is located, and a counter for counting the object and fixing the counting of the object by comparing the size and location data of the object with data stored in a storage unit. | 07-16-2009 |
20090185057 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SIGNAL-DEPENDENT NOISE IN A CAMERA MODULE - A method and apparatus for estimating signal-dependent noise in a camera module are provided, in which an image is decomposed into high frequency components and low frequency components, a variance of noise in the image is estimated using the low frequency components, noise is eliminated from the high frequency components using the estimated noise variance, and the image is recovered using the noise-eliminated high frequency components and the low frequency components. | 07-23-2009 |
20090202106 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MUSIC SCORE IMAGE WITH AUTOMATIC ACCOMPANIMENT IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method for recognizing a music score included in an image and various information included in the music score, which may be obtained through a camera provided in a mobile terminal without requiring a separate editing program. The method includes detecting a region with staff lines from the image including the music score; detecting a region with an accompaniment chord from the image by taking the region with the staff lines and a region with a musical note into consideration; extracting and removing the staff lines from the music score included in the image; recognizing the musical note by extracting the musical note from the image, from which the staff lines have been removed; recognizing the accompaniment chord by extracting the accompaniment chord from the image, from which the staff lines have been removed; and generating data for reproducing a sound source corresponding to the musical note and accompaniment chord. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202160 | METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING 3D DATA IMPLEMENTED AS A MESH MODEL - A method for coding three-dimensional (3D) data, and more particularly for coding geometry data included in the 3D data. The method includes: generating a bounding box including a vertex of the 3D data based on information included in the geometry data; dividing the bounding box into a plurality of partitions having an equal size; identifying a number of vertices included in each divided partition; appointing a divided partition as a leaf cell based on the identified number of vertices; and coding the geometry data using information on the dividing of the bounding box, information on vertices included in each divided partition, and information indicating the position of a vertex included in the leaf cell, when a divided partition is subdivided. | 08-13-2009 |
20090207274 | Apparatus and method for adjusting white balance in a digital imaging device - A method and apparatus for adjusting a white balance in a digital imaging device. The method including the steps of: analyzing a histogram of an image to which a white balance algorithm is to be applied; classifying the image, to which the white balance algorithm is to be applied, according to color distribution determination criteria; and the white balance algorithm is applied to the image in a customized manner based on results of the classification based on color distributions. The apparatus includes an image sensor unit for photographing a subject and for creating an original image; and an image processing unit for finding an achromatic color region through estimation of a color temperature of the original image, for extracting a white point of the achromatic color region, and for adjusting a white balance of the original image. | 08-20-2009 |
20090214110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MOSAIC IMAGE - A method and apparatus for generating a mosaic image by mosaic processing of an image are provided, in which an object to be used in a mosaic is acquired from a received image, the object is stored in a storage medium, a target image to be mosaic-processed is received, a mosaic block size is set, at least one object selected from among objects stored in the storage medium is received for use as a mosaic block, the target image is divided into a plurality of areas each having the mosaic block size, and the object is set as a mosaic block by reflecting a color of each divided area in the object. | 08-27-2009 |
20100026721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ENLARGED TARGET REGION OF A REPRODUCED IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for selecting and displaying a particular region in a displayed image. A user selects a target region in an image displayed on an image reproduction apparatus, an image of the selected target region is enlarged and displayed in a window, which the user can adjust a generation position, a size, a zoom magnification, and a resolution thereof. The image reproduction apparatus tracks a target object in the target region, and enables the user to continuously view the target object in the window. | 02-04-2010 |
20100033457 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN ACCORDING TO INTENSITY OF BRIGHTNESS OF AMBIENT LIGHT - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for display of a screen according to brightness intensity of ambient light. One or more characteristic values configuring display data is set to be higher than a preset color characteristic value when measured brightness intensity of ambient light is higher than preset brightness intensity of ambient light, and one of the set color characteristic values is converted to a contrast characteristic value and is displayed. Therefore, even when brightness intensity of ambient light is high, the user can accurately view a screen. | 02-11-2010 |
20100079629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DEFECTIVE PIXEL - Disclosed is an apparatus for correcting a value of a defective pixel based on values of neighboring pixels of the defective pixel, the apparatus includes a plurality of first-stage median filters for receiving a value of a target pixel and values of neighboring pixels of the target pixel, and outputting median values of the received values; and at least one second-stage median filter for receiving the value of the target pixel and the median values from the first-stage median filters, and outputting a median value of the values received by the second-stage median filter. | 04-01-2010 |
20100157087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISPLAYING PORTRAIT ON DISPLAY - A method of displaying a portrait on a display is provided. The method includes determining whether a photographed image is a character-photographed image according to photographing information of the photographed image; executing face detection from the photographed image if it is determined that the photographed image is a character-photographed image; setting a character area in the photographed image according to a result of the face detection; and magnifying and displaying the character area on the display. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177210 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING WHITE BALANCE - A white balance adjustment method is disclosed, in which a plurality of input pixels are transformed into a digital component color space, a hue region of each of the color-space transformed input pixels is determined, and a transformation matrix is determined according to the determined hue region. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177978 | IMAGE RESTORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an image restoring apparatus and a method thereof, which sets a restoration image area to establish a portion of a target image area to be restored as a restoration image area to be restored with priority according to a request for an image restoration; sets a search area to establish an area with a predetermined size including the restoration image area as a search area; detects a similar image area to search for the most similar image area to the restoration image area within the search area; and reconstructs the deteriorated image in a natural manner by copying the image of the detected similar image area and attaching the same to the restoration image area. | 07-15-2010 |
20100214434 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING WHITE BALANCE OF DIGITAL IMAGE - A method and an apparatus are provided for adjusting white balance of a digital image. An input image is converted into a YCbCr color space. White pixels of the converted input image are detected by determining whether each pixel of the converted input image is included in a preset region of the YCbCr color space. A gain of each channel is calculated from averages of R, G and B values of the detected white pixels. White balance adjustment is performed by applying the calculated gain of each channel to each pixel of the input image. | 08-26-2010 |
20100226579 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN EDGE OF AN OBJECT WITHIN AN IMAGE - An image processing method and apparatus capable of easily detecting an edge of an object from an input image, in which the edge is detected using one step, without a pre-processing step, and a complicated trigonometric function is not used for gradient detection. The image processing method includes setting a window within an input image, analyzing the window to determine directions of edges of objects within the image included in the window, detecting edge information including the edge directions, and processing and outputting the window using the edge information. | 09-09-2010 |
20100238316 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES - An image classification apparatus and method for Automatic White Balance (AWB) are provided. An input image is divided into blocks including pluralities of pixels. A hue value and a chroma value are calculated for each of the blocks. A color-changed block is detected by calculating, for each one of the blocks, differences between the hue and chroma values calculated for all blocks adjacent to the one of the blocks and the hue and chroma values calculated for the one of the blocks. A hue variance and a chroma variance are calculated for the entire input image if a number of the detected color-changed blocks is greater than or equal to a first threshold. The input image is determined as a non-monochromatic image, if the hue variance is greater than or equal to a second threshold or the chroma variance is greater than or equal to a third threshold. | 09-23-2010 |
20110007969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING LENS SHADING - A lens shading correction method and apparatus are provided for removing vignetting occurring in digital images due to lens shading. A white image captured by an image pickup device and an image pickup unit is separated into reference white images corresponding to color channels. A vignetting center having a maximum light intensity is estimated in each of the reference white images. Multiple reference segments on each of the reference white images are defined. A lens shading correction value corresponding to each pixel constituting the reference segments are calculated using a corresponding light intensity. A lens shading correction function corresponding to each reference segment is derived using a corresponding lens shading correction value. Vignetting of a general image received in a general image processing mode is removed, using the derived multiple lens shading correction functions. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013038 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE INCLUDING MULTIPLE PEOPLE - Provided is an apparatus and a method for generating an image including multiple people, in which images are photographed, face images are detected from each of the photographed images, a face score for each of the face images detected from the photographed images is calculated, it is determined whether each of the face scores calculated for each of the face images is at least equal to a predetermined threshold, and each of face images having a highest face score for each of the face images is synthesized, to output the synthesized image as a final image, in order to generate a most satisfactory photographed image for a user. | 01-20-2011 |
20110075933 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FRONTAL FACE POSE - A method for determining a frontal face pose by using the symmetry of a face including detecting a face region in an image, detecting an eye region in the detected face region, normalizing the face region, analyzing the symmetry in the normalized face region, and determining whether a face pose is a frontal face pose based on an analysis of the symmetry. | 03-31-2011 |
20110099514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING MEDIA CONTENT AND EXECUTING FUNCTIONS RELATED TO MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus for browsing media content and executing functions related to the media content are provided. Under the state that a collage image generated by combining a plurality of image elements corresponding respectively to a plurality of media contents is displayed, if a selection input is generated on the collage image, a preview window for a media content corresponding to a location of a point where the selection input is generated is configured to overlay the preview window on the collage image. If a function execution input is generated on the collage image, a representative function is performed using a media content corresponding to a location of a point where the function execution input is generated. | 04-28-2011 |
20110103706 | IMAGE INPAINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING RESTRICTED SEARCH REGION - Disclosed is an image inpainting apparatus and method using a restricted search region. The image inpainting apparatus sets a target image region to be inpainted in response to an image inpainting request, sets a surrounding image region, which has a preset size and includes the set target image region, sets a plurality of similar image regions by grouping similar pixels in the surrounding image region, divides the surrounding image region into the plurality of set similar image regions, divides the target image region according to the similar image regions, sets a search region of each divided target image region, and detects an image of an image region most similar to each divided target image region from the set search region of each divided target image region, thereby performing image inpainting. Accordingly, image inpainting is performed using a search region, which has been determined to include a similar image most similar to an image to inpaint, so that it is possible to increase the probability of searching for an image most similar to the inpainting image region. | 05-05-2011 |
20110141257 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING PLURALITY OF FACIAL IMAGES FOR FACE RECOGNITION - A facial image registration apparatus and method are provided for registering a plurality of facial images to be used for face recognition. A plurality of facial images are detected and sorted from a plurality of captured images input from a camera unit at the request of a user. A face feature value is calculated for each of the facial images. The face feature value is a score that is applied according to face features of each of the facial images. Facial images selected according to the calculated face feature values are registered as target facial images to be used for face recognition. As such, various facial images may be registered at a user's single request, thus improving a face recognition rate. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148906 | DATA DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE - A low power display and a method for display in a display device having an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes AMOLED panel are provided. A display window that includes content to be displayed on the AMOLED panel is determined. Luminance values of pixels constituting the display window are grasped. The pixels having luminance values that are to be adjusted are determined in accordance with a distribution degree of pixels having luminance values that are larger than a reference luminance value. The luminance values of the determined pixels are changed to the reference luminance value, and the display window is displayed on the AMOLED panel with the changed luminance values. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150284 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING MOVING OBJECT USING REAL-TIME CAMERA MOTION - A method is provided for detecting and tracking a moving object using real-time camera motion estimation, including generating a feature map representing a change in an input pattern in an input image, extracting feature information of the image, estimating a global motion for recognizing a motion of a camera using the extracted feature information, correcting the input image by reflecting the estimated global motion, and detecting a moving object using the corrected image. | 06-23-2011 |
20110181599 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BATTERY RESIDUAL QUANTITY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING SELF-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for displaying a battery residual quantity of a portable terminal having a self-luminescence display are provided. The brightness of an image frame is determined by analyzing a histogram of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A power consumption of the self-luminescence display is determined based on the brightness of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A battery voltage and a battery voltage variance value are determined. The battery residual quantity is displayed in accordance with the power consumption of the self-luminescence display and the battery voltage variance value. | 07-28-2011 |
20110193873 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MOSAIC IMAGE INCLUDING TEXT - A device and a method for generating a mosaic image including a text is provided. The method includes configuring, upon receiving a request for generating the mosaic image, a mosaic generation screen and displaying the mosaic generation screen; receiving a text input from a user; producing a mosaic unit image that includes the input text; receiving a user-selection of an original image from among at least one original image; and generating the mosaic image for the selected original image. | 08-11-2011 |
20110199396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE FOR SELF-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY - A method of displaying an image for a self-luminescence display includes determining loads by channels of an input image frame, estimating a display brightness of the input image frame using a relationship between the loads predetermined by channels and a change of the display brightness, correcting a luminance value of the image frame to correspond to the estimated brightness, and displaying the luminance-corrected image frame. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for combining and composing a plurality of images into one image. An image processing unit calculates importance levels of the plurality of input images, respectively, according to selection criteria, selects at least two important images from among the plurality of input images according to the calculated importance levels, determines Regions Of Interest (ROIs) of the important images, selects the ROIs in one canvas, arranges corresponding important images at positions corresponding to the selected ROIs, and composes the arranged important images into one image. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216050 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING READABILITY OF A CHARACTER - A method and apparatus are provided for enhancing the readability of a character. The method includes determining ambient light of a mobile terminal and controlling background color and character color of a character image according to the determined ambient light. The method may further include performing an additional control according to the types of displays when controlling the background color and character color. Through this, it is possible to display a character image with enhanced visibility, while minimizing current consumption. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222744 | FACE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING PLURAL FACE IMAGES - A face recognition apparatus and method using plural face images includes detecting a reference face image from an image input for registration in advance, calculating plural face feature information from a frontal face image if the detected reference face image includes the frontal face image, generating plural compared face images using the calculated plural face feature information, and determining whether the input face image matches the generated plural compared face images by comparing the input face image with the plural compared face images. Face images having diverse points of view are generated through single user registration, and thus the face recognition ratio can be heightened. | 09-15-2011 |
20110234611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE IN HANDHELD DEVICE - A handheld device including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) for receiving an original image input into the handheld device, and converting the original image into a quadrilateral image corresponding to a display size; and a General Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) for setting fragments for pixels included within vertices of the quadrilateral image, and applying a predetermined algorithm for image processing to the original image. | 09-29-2011 |
20110280475 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BOKEH EFFECT IN OUT-FOCUSING PHOTOGRAPHY - An apparatus and method for out-focusing photography in a portable terminal is disclosed, including detecting a position of each pixel corresponding to a light area from an original image, generating a blurred image by blurring the original image, mapping a preset texture in correspondence with the detected positions of the pixels in the blurred image, and outputting a result image by mixing the image in which the texture is mapped and the original image, a user can perform out-focusing photography by using a portable terminal having a small lens iris. | 11-17-2011 |
20120026283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING A PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method and apparatus for photographing a panoramic image. The method includes checking a Motion Vector (MV) of an image captured through an imaging device, selecting an image to be included the panoramic image based on the MV, detecting regions to be included in the panoramic image from the selected image, and generating the panoramic image including the detected regions. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING CALL TRANSMISSION SCREEN USING COLLAGE TECHNIQUE - An apparatus and method for creating a call transmission screen using a collage technique is provided. The method includes analyzing user condition information, calculating priorities for terminal transmission/reception information corresponding to the analyzed user condition information according to predetermined priority conditions, selecting available transmission/reception information, used to create a call transmission screen, from the prioritized terminal transmission/reception information, and creating the call transmission screen using the collage technique by arranging images corresponding to the available transmission/reception information according to a predetermined pattern. | 02-02-2012 |
20120113211 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SCREEN FOR VIDEO CALL USING FACIAL EXPRESSION - Apparatus and method for configuring a screen for a video call using a facial expression by recognizing a face from an image, calculating facial expression information for an expression of the recognized face, and determining whether there is a change in expression of the recognized face by comparing the calculated facial expression information with reference expression information preset to determine a change in expression of the face. If there is a change in expression of the recognized face, the apparatus and method selects a video image corresponding to the changed expression in the video call screen, and reconfigures the video call screen using the selected video image, making it possible for a user to conveniently select an image of the interested person without taking extensive action, and preventing a wrong image from being selected due to the unintended user facial movement. | 05-10-2012 |
20120200589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRIGHTNESS-CONTROLLING IMAGE CONVERSION - A method and an apparatus for brightness-controlling image conversion. The method includes converting an input image of a first non-linear color space into a second linear color space; determining a brightness control ratio; adjusting channels of the second linear color space according to the brightness control ratio; converting the second linear color space into the first non-linear color space to form an output image. | 08-09-2012 |
20120320181 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURITY USING AUTHENTICATION OF FACE - An apparatus and a method for security using the face authentication is provided. The apparatus includes a face detector for detecting a facial region in an input image; a face guide region generator for generating a face guide region for authenticating a face in the input image, and displaying the generated face guide region on a screen; an image capturer for capturing the input image when the detected facial region is matched with the face guide region; a facial feature extractor for extracting information regarding features of the face from the captured input image; and a facial feature storage unit for storing the extracted information regarding the features of the face. | 12-20-2012 |
20140300566 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CONVERSION APPARATUS - A three-Dimensional (3D) image conversion apparatus for converting a two-Dimensional (2D) image into a 3D image and a method for controlling the 3D image conversion apparatus are provided. The method includes displaying the 2D image to be converted into the 3D image, receiving a user input designating at least one object included in the 2D image, obtaining boundaries of the at least one object included in the 2D image based on the received user input to identify each of the at least one object, analyzing the 2D image including the at least one object to obtain depth information of each of the at least one object, and arranging the identified each of the at least one object based on the obtained depth information to generate the 3D image. | 10-09-2014 |
20150029362 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND THE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a camera unit configured to photograph an object, a controller configured to detect an object image from an image of the object photographed by the camera unit, generate image metadata used to change a feature part of the object image, and generate an image file by matching the object image with the image metadata, a storage configured to store the image file, and a display configured to, in response to selecting the image file, display the object image in which the feature part is changedbased on the image metadata. | 01-29-2015 |
20150062289 | METHOD FOR SHOOTING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for performing spherical panorama shooting in an electronic device are provided. The method includes, displaying, if it is determined that the electronic device is positioned in an outdoor environment, a first summary guide corresponding to the outdoor environment, and displaying, if it is determined that the electronic device is positioned in an indoor environment, a second summary guide corresponding to the indoor environment. The first summary guide and the second summary guide are graphic User Interfaces (UI) for informing a spherical panorama shooting progress, and the second summary guide has a number of image shootings that are required for generating a spherical panoramic image, different from the number of image shootings in a case where the first summary guide is displayed. | 03-05-2015 |