Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080219655 | AUTOFOCUS METHOD FOR A CAMERA - An autofocus method and apparatus provides a reduction in time required for performing the autofocusing procedure, preferably occurring during a one-time frame exposure. A distance between a focus of a lens system and a light receiving plane of an image sensor is varied, an image frame is formed by sequentially exposing pixels on the light receiving plane during a time period while varying the distance between the focus and the light receiving plane, a plurality of sub-blocks are set on the image frame and edge values are obtained for the respective plurality of sub-blocks. The maximum edge value is determined from among the obtained edge values, and a focus position of the lens system is identified based on the maximum edge value. The lens system is moved to the focus position. | 09-11-2008 |
20090015921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING HAND-TREMBLING OF CAMERA - A method and apparatus for compensating hand-trembling of a camera with reduced time required for capture compensated images. The method may include: calculating exposure time proper for preventing hand-trembling using an AE (Automatic Exposure) algorithm during an image-capturing standby mode; executing image-capturing multiple times depending on the exposure time at the time of inputting a photographing signal through a photographing button, and detecting the amount of hand-trembling at each time of image-capturing. The storing of images can be selected by a preset number of required images from the captured images as resultant images, the images being sequentially stored from an image having a lowest amount of hand-trembling as a resultant image, whereby an image with reduced hand-trembling can be obtained. | 01-15-2009 |
20090021610 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NOISE CAUSED BY VIBRATION IN CAMERA MODULE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for controlling noise caused by vibration in a camera module for a mobile device are provided. The method includes transmitting a vibration signal sensed by a vibration sensor to a Choice Coil Motor (VCM) driver based on the vibration signal, applying, by the VCM driver, a reverse bias to a VCM upon receiving, by the VCM driver, the vibration signal from the vibration sensor, and exerting, by the VCM to which the reverse bias is applied, an electromagnetic force in a reverse direction in order to fix and halt an actuator. | 01-22-2009 |
20090040317 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING IMAGE SENSOR - A camera module having an image sensor, which forms a low-pixel image sensor integrated with an image signal processing unit such as Image Signal Processor (ISP)/Analog Front End (AFE) includes: an image sensor unit for converting light being incident after passing through a prism into image data and applying image data, which is hand shake-corrected by movements between a plurality of positions, to a multimedia processor of a product, a drive controller for receiving and calculating hand-shake information acquired by a plurality of gyrosensors and calculating an amount of correction to control driving of a sensor driver, a motor, and lenses, and the sensor driver for moving the image sensor unit to correct a hand shake under control of the drive controller. | 02-12-2009 |
20090052883 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INFRARED RAY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a photographing apparatus using an infrared ray in a portable terminal, the apparatus includes: a camera module for photographing an image; a display unit for providing a preview for the image photographed by the camera module; and an infrared sensor unit for determining if light is obstructed by emitting and receiving an infrared ray through an infrared sensor upon photographing by the camera module, and outputting a photographing signal for the image. | 02-26-2009 |
20090058807 | MOUSE POINTER FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH CAMERA - An apparatus and a method for executing a mouse pointer function in a portable terminal equipped with a camera are disclosed. The method includes: capturing an external image signal by a camera module; sampling the external image signal and converting a sampled image signal into image data; mapping a group of pixels of the image data generated by the sampling to a group of pixels of an image sensor for each unit pixel on a one-to-one basis; detecting coordinate values of image data including a point light source in the group of the mapped pixels; determining if a point light source is actually included in the detected coordinate values of the image data; and displaying the detected coordinate values of the image data determined to include the point light source on a screen. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060487 | AUTO-FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAMERA - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for auto-focusing a camera, which includes the steps of detecting an initial value of an encoder by measuring an initial position of a lens system, matching the measured initial value of the encoder with the initial position value of the lens system to be moved, measuring a distance value of a subject through a distance measuring sensor, determining a displacement that a focus lens has to be moved with respect to the measured distance value, and adjusting a position of the focus lens such that a position value of the focus lens actually moved is the same as the displacement value. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066649 | MOUSE POINTER FUNCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH CAMERA - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for executing a mouse pointer function in a portable terminal equipped with a camera. The method includes: capturing an external image signal by a camera module; sampling the external image signal and converting a sampled image signal into image data; mapping a group of pixels of the image data generated by the sampling to a group of pixels of an image sensor for each unit pixel on a one-to-one basis; detecting coordinate values of all image data including a point light source in the group of the mapped pixels; determining if a point light source is actually included in all of the image data including the point light source; and activating the detected coordinate values of all of the image data including the point light source and displaying the activated coordinate values on a screen. | 03-12-2009 |
20090131104 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and photographing method for the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes an optical section receiving optical signals, an image sensor comprising color sensor elements detecting sensing-image information from a transmitted optical signal, and infrared sensor elements detecting infrared-image information from the transmitted optical signal and an image processing unit producing infrared-image information of the color sensor elements, using the detected infrared-image information. | 05-21-2009 |
20090137288 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING AROMATIC FUNCTION AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CHARGER HAVING AROMATIC CHARGE FUNCTION - Provided is a mobile communication terminal having an aromatic function and a terminal charger for the same. The terminal charger for charging a mobile terminal having an absorbent material disposed therein includes a charger body having a mounting space formed at one part thereof and in which the terminal is mounted; and an aromatic supply part installed in the charger body for supplying an aromatic agent into the absorbent material. | 05-28-2009 |
20090147141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for video telephony in a mobile terminal includes: extracting, after establishment of a video call, a facial feature from a video image captured by a camera unit of the mobile terminal, comparing the extracted facial feature with that of a pre-stored reference image, and correcting the video image according to the facial feature of the reference image. The corrected video image is transmitted to a counterpart of the video call. | 06-11-2009 |
20100056211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAKING PICTURES ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING A CAMERA MODULE - A method and an apparatus for taking pictures on a mobile communication terminal having a camera module are provided, which can control the photographing of an object in accordance with the motion of the object. The method includes generating a current frame by photographing an object, determining whether blurring has occurred in the current frame, measuring an amount of motion of the current frame if no blurring has occurred in the generated current frame, and storing the current frame if the measured amount of motion is greater than a pre-stored reference amount of motion. | 03-04-2010 |
20100111514 | CAMERA LENS ASSEMBLY AND AUTOFOCUSING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a method for focusing a camera lens assembly, the focusing method including assembling a lens and a camera device; measuring an actual distance between the lens and the camera device in an assembled position; inputting a difference of the actual distance from a focal length of the lens; and when power is applied to the camera lens assembly, adjusting a distance between the lens and the camera device according to the offset value, such that the distance between the lens and the camera device becomes equal to the focal length of the lens. | 05-06-2010 |
20100182399 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for determining user input in a portable terminal, and a portable terminal for determining user input are provided. The portable terminal includes an input means for providing at least one key to a user; a camera module including a wide-angle lens system, capable of monitoring the input means, and an image sensor for converting a light incident from the lens system into image data; and a controller for calculating a user-selected key or menu based on the image data, wherein the controller determines whether the image data corresponds to the user-selected key or menu according to a view angle of a light incident from the lens system. | 07-22-2010 |
20100239239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION - A motion compensation apparatus for a camera module with a half-shutter function is provided. The apparatus includes an initialization unit for selecting a subject, a motion of which is to be detected, from images secured in a half-shutter state, and calculates motion information of the subject; a tracking unit for tracking the selected subject and the motion information provided from the initialization unit, and calculates prediction information of the subject; and a controller for generating a control signal for controlling a speed of a shutter and a sensibility of an image sensor based on the prediction information provided from the tracking unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20100315395 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image display method in an image processing apparatus, the method including the steps of: sequentially generating frame images according to each color in rotation in such a manner as to generate one frame image by extracting pixel data corresponding to one color among red (R), green (G), and blue (B) colors from an entire pixel array of an image sensor, the pixel data matching a predetermined resolution; and consecutively displaying the frame images according to each color. | 12-16-2010 |
20100315543 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A RESOLUTION AND IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF - A method for converting resolution of images for a preview mode from an image sensor to provide the images through a display apparatus is provided, which includes (a) providing resolution information of the display apparatus to the image sensor side, (b) providing the images having the resolution that coincides with the resolution information from the image sensor to the display apparatus side, and (c) providing the images from the image sensor to the user. A method for converting resolution of images for a preview mode from an image sensor to provide the images through a display apparatus is also provided, which includes (a) providing resolution information of the display apparatus to the image sensor side, and (b) providing the images having the resolution that coincides with the resolution information from the image sensor to the display apparatus side, wherein the step (b) alternately removes pixels constituting the images, and removes pixels in different positions among the neighboring images. In addition, an image sensor for providing images of an object to a user through a display apparatus by executing a preview mode is provided, which includes a plurality of pixels for detecting successive images from light incident from the object, a digital conversion unit for converting analog images provided from the respective pixels to digital images, and a resolution conversion unit for converting the digital images provided from the digital conversion unit into images having resolution that coincides with resolution of the display apparatus to provide the converted images to the display apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
20110032396 | EDGE-ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION AND NOISE FILTERING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - An edge-adaptive interpolation and noise filtering method is provided including performing primary interpolation on a first color, based on a first preset number of directions, with respect to a first color window obtained from an input image window, estimating an edge direction within a primary interpolated first color window obtained by the primary interpolation, based on a second preset number of directions, the second preset number of directions being larger than the first preset number, with respect to the primary interpolated first color window, performing secondary interpolation on the first color, based on the estimated edge direction, with respect to the primary interpolated first color window, and performing interpolation on a second color, based on the estimated edge direction, with respect to a second color window obtained from the input image window. | 02-10-2011 |
20110090366 | Apparatus and method for image capture using image stored in camera - An apparatus for capturing an image using an image stored in a camera includes a lens system for optically receiving an image, an image signal processor for converting the received image into a preview image and generating a first-resolution image using the received image at predetermined periods, a first buffer for receiving the first-resolution image from the image signal processor and temporarily storing the received first-resolution image, a display for displaying the preview image received from the image signal processor and the first-resolution image received from the first buffer, and a controller for controlling the image signal processor to display the first-resolution image temporarily stored in the first buffer on the display upon receiving an image capturing signal. | 04-21-2011 |
20110090388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE OF DIGITAL CAMERA - A method is provided for photographing an image in a digital camera. The method includes, upon power-on of the camera, disabling a camera function unit that photographs and processes an image, and displaying a preset screen; enabling the camera function unit and displaying a preview screen, if a key for displaying a preview screen is input; stopping displaying the preview screen by disabling the camera function unit, if the key for displaying a preview screen is released; and enabling the camera function unit and performing photographing, if a key for photographing is input. | 04-21-2011 |
20110102591 | MOBILE PHONE HAVING A BLACK BOX FEATURE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING AN IMAGE - A portable terminal having a black box feature for a vehicle is provided, which includes a camera unit having an image sensor for sensing incident light and a lens unit; a storage unit for storing an image photographed by the camera unit; and a control unit for selecting a first region of the image sensor when a black box mode is selected, while selecting a second region that is a part of the first region of the image sensor when a general image mode is selected, controlling the camera unit to photograph an image that is formed on the selected region, and providing the photographed image to the storage unit. An image without distortion can be photographed in the case of photographing a general image, while a wide range outside of a vehicle can be photographed in the case of photographing a black box image. | 05-05-2011 |
20110157460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CAMERA - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for enabling a mobile terminal to drive a camera with low power. The mobile terminal applies power to an image sensor in response to a camera function execution request, initializes the image sensor, maintains the image sensor in a software standby state in which a streaming output of sensed data is interrupted, when a low power standby mode is set, and displays a null image on a display unit. | 06-30-2011 |
20110188774 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMPHASIZING EDGE BASED ON IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS - An image generating apparatus and method for emphasizing an edge, based on image characteristics by extracting an edge region from an input original image, and an edge gain indicating a degree for emphasizing the edge region and an edge threshold indicating a degree of complexity between pixels are calculated for each of a plurality of image regions of the original image. The extracted edge region is combined with the calculated edge gain. Thresholding is performed by adjusting the calculated edge threshold for the edge region combined with the edge gain, and the thresholding-applied edge region is combined with the original image to output a final image. By adaptively adjusting an edge gain and an edge threshold for a portion where an edge needs to be emphasized and the other portions in an image having multiple image characteristics, both edge emphasis and noise cancellation can be achieved together. | 08-04-2011 |
20110194764 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING DEFECTIVE PIXELS - A method for removing defective pixels using a signal processing scheme with a Bayer pattern, by determining an output value of the inter-channel according to whether or not a difference between a center pixel and an average of neighboring pixels, which have the same color as that of the center pixel, is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and using values of neighboring pixels nearest to a center pixel as an input, obtaining an output value of the cross-channel by finding a median value among a median value of vertical and horizontal lines including the center pixel, a median value of diagonal lines including the center pixel, and a value of the center pixel. Then, a defective pixel is removed, through the use of the output value of the inter-channel, the output value of the cross-channel, and the value of the center pixel. | 08-11-2011 |
20110221937 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING IMAGE COLOR NOISE - A device and method for reducing color noise of an image by using a distance weight depending on a distance from a central pixel for each pixel of an image and an edge weight depending on the difference in luminance and chrominance with the central pixel is provided, which can effectively reduce the color noise of the image by using the correlation between the luminance and the chrominance and edge characteristics. | 09-15-2011 |
20120327269 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT BY USING A CAMERA - An apparatus and method of recognizing an object by using a camera includes detecting feature information from a first preview image; comparing the feature information with a threshold condition; changing a camera setting parameter, when the feature information does not satisfy the threshold condition; and performing an object recognition for a second preview image generated based on the changed camera setting parameter. | 12-27-2012 |
20130027590 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING NOISE GENERATED FROM IMAGE SENSOR - The present invention provides a method for efficiently removing noise of an image sensor. To this end, the present invention enables: an area to be divided into an edge area, a sensitivity difference generation area, and a pattern area relative to an input image of a Bayer pattern; and different noise removing methods to be applied according to each of the divided areas. By doing this, noise can be removed efficiently since the noise is adaptively removed in each area. Further, sensitivity differences between Gr and Gb are considered in such a manner that resolution can be improved. | 01-31-2013 |
20130107084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING | 05-02-2013 |
20130108107 | VISION RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130208163 | CAMERA SHUTTER KEY DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A camera shutter key display apparatus includes a display module to display an image captured by a camera unit, and to display a camera shutter key, an input module to provide a key input signal through a touch or a press by a user, and a controller to proceed with a camera shutter key shift mode so that a camera shutter key shift location is selected when a camera shutter key shift request is received from the user through the input module, and controlling to display the camera shutter key on the selected shift location. Accordingly, the user can readily manipulate the camera shutter key on a camera user interface screen, and conveniently and readily performs image capturing by shifting the camera shutter key to a desired location and displaying the camera shutter at the desired location. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215283 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING USER'S HAND TREMOR IN IMAGING DEVICE - A method for correcting a user's tremor of an imaging device includes determining intensities of tremors of a plurality of temporary images, comparing the intensities of tremors with a reference value, and selecting a temporary image having an tremor intensity equal to or less than the reference value from the plurality of temporary images. | 08-22-2013 |
20130257858 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY - Methods and apparatus are provided for using a virtual space map. The virtual space map is generated and displayed. Communication between a character of an actual space and a character on the virtual space map is controlled. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265311 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF ENLARGED IMAGE - A method and apparatus for improving quality of an enlarged image are provided. The apparatus includes first and second image input units for outputting first and second images which are obtained by capturing the same subject at different positions spaced apart by a predetermined gap, a first image processor for converting a resolution of the first image to a preview resolution, a display for displaying the first image from the first image processor, a second image processor for, when an area to be enlarged in the displayed first image is selected, cropping an area corresponding to the selected area from the second image, and a controller for controlling the display to display the cropped area on the first image in an overlaying manner. Consequently, a user may view a high-magnification image cropped from a high-definition image and an original image together. | 10-10-2013 |
20140003661 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING OBJECT IN THE CAMERA APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140016878 | METHOD FOR DIRECTIONAL ADAPTIVE IMAGE INTERPOLATION AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device for image interpolation is provided. The method includes estimating a direction of pixels using a plurality of filters respectively corresponding to a plurality of angles, correcting the direction of the pixels using a direction of neighboring pixels, determining whether the direction estimation has an error according to a direction distribution of the neighboring pixels, and when the direction estimation is determined to have error, correcting the error in the direction estimation. | 01-16-2014 |
20140086505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for generating a photograph image. The method includes: measuring an illumination value, acquiring a plurality of source images used to generate one final image, generating a set final image either by selecting one source image with best quality among the plurality of acquired source images, or by combining the plurality of acquired source images, based on the measured illumination value. The present disclosure allows to acquire a clear and bright photograph image in a low-light environment. | 03-27-2014 |
20140204237 | USER TERMINAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING USER IN USER TERMINAL - A user terminal includes: a first camera and a second camera photographing a subject; and a controller photographing a user using the second camera upon photographing through the first camera to thus recognize the user, and performing predetermined image processing on an image photographed through the first camera according to the result of the user recognition. Therefore, by recognizing a user and performing image processing on a photographed image based on the result of the user recognition, it is possible to protect a user's copyright for photographed images and also to use user information for various purposes by associating the user information with photographed images. | 07-24-2014 |
20140232743 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHED BY PORTABLE TERMINAL, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A system generates a synthesized image by combining content of a first image with content of a second image where both the first and second images are acquired by a portable terminal, The system identifies a portion of the second image, selects at least a part of the portion of the second image as a region of interest and generates a synthesized image by incorporating content of the first image in the region of interest. The method displays and stores the synthesized image. | 08-21-2014 |
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20140270373 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN IMAGES - An operation method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting motion objects in each of two or more continuously captured images, determining whether the detected motion objects are synthesizable for use as wallpaper, and providing feedback according to whether the detected motion objects are synthesizable for use as wallpaper. | 09-18-2014 |
20140325439 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to output a first synthesized image expressing a state of an object via the display, to output preview information of an object used for the first synthesized image, to select at least one object from the first synthesized image in response to an input, to detect an input to edit an original image corresponding to the selected at least one object, and to generate and output a second synthesized image based on an object of the edited original image. | 10-30-2014 |
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20150015741 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY - An electronic device and a method for controlling photographic capture. A first image is acquired by a first camera having a first viewing angle. A second image is acquired by a second camera having a second viewing angle, the second viewing angle being different from the first viewing angle. The first image is overlaid with at least one object from the second image, or an icon corresponding to the object. The first camera and the second camera are mounted to a same surface, or to disparate surfaces relative to one another. Photographic capture or control is triggered in response to movement of the object. | 01-15-2015 |
20150062381 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING IMAGES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of synthesizing images and an electronic device thereof is provided. The method of synthesizing images includes determining an object region for synthesizing a second image in a first image, determining a warping value of the object region, and synthesizing the second image deformed according to the warping value with the object region. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062410 | IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An apparatus and method for reducing or preventing image degradation due to shaking of a camera upon image acquisition is provided. The method includes determining illuminance corresponding to a subject, automatically determining a capturing mode of an electronic device based on at least the illuminance, acquiring a first resulting image of the subject based on a first exposure time, if the capturing mode is a first capturing mode, and acquiring a plurality of images of the subject based on a second exposure time, if the capturing mode is a second capturing mode, and generating a second resulting image based on at least two images among the plurality of images. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067554 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING IMAGE - A method and device for synthesizing an image are provided. The method includes obtaining a first image and a second image, determining at least one object in the first image, and synthesizing the second image with the determined at least one object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CAMERA - A method and an apparatus are provided in which an image sensor, operatively coupled with an electronic device, is operated in a first state based on a determination that the image sensor is to be operated in a low power mode. When the image sensor is operating in the first state, a setup value corresponding to a photographing mode is preserved, and the image sensor is refrained from outputting a stream of data. | 03-12-2015 |