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20110026815 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for image processing are provided. The method may include generating a first restoration image by removing distortion components from an original image; determining a mixing ratio between the original image and the first restoration image based on distortion information of a region of interest in the original image; and generating a second restoration image by mixing the original image and the first restoration image according to the mixing ratio. | 02-03-2011 |
20110157387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE DATA - A method for generating image data includes adjusting an angle formed by each of a plurality of lenses attached to the imaging device relative to a reference plane based on a photography mode, obtaining at least one first image data using the plurality of adjusted lenses, and generating second image data corresponding to the photography mode using the at least one first image data. | 06-30-2011 |
20110169980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for obtaining a high dynamic range (HDR) image. The apparatus includes an image sensor generating a first image by applying different exposure times for units of different predetermined regions, an image separating unit separating the first image into images, each of which is composed of regions having an identical exposure time, an image restoring unit restoring the separated images in such a way that each of the separated images has a resolution that is the same as a resolution of the first image, and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing the restored images into a second image. | 07-14-2011 |
20120033043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE - A method and apparatus for processing an image are provided. The method includes obtaining an image, generating 3-dimensional (3D) disparity information that represents a degree of stereoscopic effects of the image, and outputting the 3D disparity information. | 02-09-2012 |
20120063697 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method and an image processing apparatus, the method including: generating a blurry image by using a maximum telephoto image among N (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) live view images; generating an alpha map by using two or more images of the N live view images; and generating a soft focus image by combining the maximum telephoto image and the blurry image by using the alpha map. | 03-15-2012 |
20130120601 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING CODED LIGHT, AND METHOD THEREOF - A photographing apparatus includes a light source to continuously emit a light, a photographing unit to photograph an object, a control unit to control radiation of the light by turning the light source on and off according to a light control code during a shutter time of the photographing unit, and an image processing unit to restore an image of the object using a frequency component value of the data captured at the photographing unit during the shutter time. Accordingly, efficient de-blurring is provided. | 05-16-2013 |
20140204183 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR TAKING PICTURE BY USING A PLURALITY OF MICROLENSES - A photographing apparatus and method are provided. The photographing device includes: a main lens configured to transmit light beams reflected from a subject; a microlens array which includes a plurality of microlenses configured to filter and transmit the reflected light beams as different colors; an image sensor configured to sense the light beams that are transmitted by the plurality of microlenses; a data processor configured to collect pixels of positions corresponding to one another from a plurality of original images sensed by the image sensor to generate a plurality of sub images; a storage device configured to store the plurality of sub images; and a controller configured to detect pixels matching one another in the plurality of sub images stored in the storage device and to acquire color information and depth information of an image of the subject. Therefore, color information and depth information are restored without reducing resolution. | 07-24-2014 |
20150015773 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDABLE MEDIUM - An image generating apparatus and method are provided. The image generating apparatus includes: a main lens; a microlens array configured to transmit light that is incident on and received from the main lens; an image sensor configured to sense the light received from the microlens array according to a direction; and a digital iris configured to selectively assign, according to the direction of the light, a weight to a light sensing value of the light that is sensed by the image sensor. | 01-15-2015 |
20150029378 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD THEREOF - An image photographing apparatus and a photographing method thereof are provided. The image photographing method includes displaying a photographing mode selection user interface (UI), in response to a plurality of photographing modes being selected through the photographing mode selection UI, calculating a final setting value based on a photographing setting value of the plurality of selected photographing modes, and in response to a photographing command being input, photographing an image according to the calculated final setting value. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029379 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image photographing apparatus and method are provided. The image photographing method includes inputting images having different view points for a subject; displaying a first image among the images; in response to an input of a user command, changing the first image to a second image having a view point which is different from that of the first image, and displaying the second image; and in response to an input of a photographing command, acquiring the second image. | 01-29-2015 |