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20090106877 | Headwear appearing hidden pattern effect - The present invention relates to an improved shape of a headwear, and more particularly, to a headwear manufactured so that various patterns expressed on the headwear are appeared as if to be hidden and thus give feeling of beauty to the user to increase sense of beauty of the headwear. | 04-30-2009 |
20100020209 | Imaging method and apparatus - Disclosed are an imaging method and apparatus. The apparatus may include an image sensor that may include a plurality of pixels, wherein at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a light-detector element and a filter that band-passes a select visible light component to the light-detector element and band-passes a select non-visible light component to the light-detector element. A color value and depth value may be obtained using the same pixel through the image sensor. | 01-28-2010 |
20100097389 | Image processing method - An image processing method which determines and depth-unfolds a depth folding region in an input depth image. A depth folding region of an input depth image may be determined based on a variance of the input depth image, a gradient image, and the like. A predetermined first depth value may be added to a depth value of each pixel of the determined depth folding region and depth information of the input depth image may be updated. | 04-22-2010 |
20100128129 | Apparatus and method of obtaining image - An apparatus and method for obtaining an image. A first filter unit of the apparatus of obtaining an image may pass a light in a first wavelength band corresponding to visible light. Also, a second filter unit may pass a light in a second wavelength band corresponding to an Infrared ray (IR). A sensor unit may sense the light in the first wavelength band and the light in the second wavelength band. An operating unit may operate at least one of the first filter unit and the second filter unit | 05-27-2010 |
20100290674 | 3D image processing apparatus improving depth accuracy of region of interest and method - Example embodiments relate to a three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and method that may determine a Region Of Interest (ROI) in an entire sensing region of the 3D image processing apparatus, and may obtain a depth image of the ROI. Also, example embodiments may be applied to a surveillance camera system, a motion detection system, a virtual reality simulation system, a distance recognition system for vehicles, a robotic system, a background separation system based on depth information, etc. | 11-18-2010 |
20100309201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus, medium, and method. The image processing apparatus may include a first calculator and a second calculator. The first calculator may calculate a first weight of a first frame depth value of a first pixel of a depth image and a second weight of a second frame depth value of the first pixel, based on an obtainment time difference between the first frame depth value of the first pixel and the second frame depth value of the first pixel among a plurality of frame depth values of the first pixel. The second calculator may determine a corrected first frame depth value of the first pixel using a linear sum that is calculated by applying the first weight to the first frame depth value of the first pixel, and by applying the second weight to the second frame depth value of the first pixel. | 12-09-2010 |
20120175685 | IMAGE SENSOR BASED ON DEPTH PIXEL STRUCTURE - An image sensor based on a depth pixel structure is provided. The image sensor may include a pixel including a photodiode, and the photodiode may include a transfer gate to transfer, to a floating diffusion node, an electron generated by a light reflected from an object. | 07-12-2012 |
20120281121 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE PIXEL BINNING - An output level of a pixel is determined using a reflected light reflected against an object. Pixel binning is selectively performed according to the output level of the pixel. | 11-08-2012 |
20130021441 | METHOD AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR CAPTURING DEPTH IMAGE AND COLOR IMAGE - An image sensor having a pixel structure for capturing a depth image and a color image. The image sensor has a pixel structure that shares a floating diffusion (FD) node and a readout node, and operates with different pixel structures, according to a depth mode and a color mode. | 01-24-2013 |
20130120623 | IMAGE METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an imaging sensor. The image sensor may comprise a plurality of pixels. At least one of the plurality of pixels may comprise a plurality of photo-diodes, wherein the plurality of photo-diodes share a portion of a detecting. The detecting circuit may comprise at least one of a reset transistor, a source follower, a selective transistor and a Floating Diffusion (FD) node. | 05-16-2013 |
20140028883 | DEPTH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A depth sensing apparatus and method for acquiring a depth image of a target object may calculate a difference voltage between a first floating diffusion node and a second floating diffusion node, based on a voltage of a photodiode stored in the first floating diffusion node in a first phase interval and a voltage of the photodiode stored in the second floating diffusion node in a second phase interval, using a sub-integration period, may feed back the difference voltage to one of the first floating diffusion node and the second floating diffusion node, and may calculate a depth value of a pixel based on difference voltages accumulated during an integration period including sub-integration periods. | 01-30-2014 |
20140071180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING BACKGROUND LIGHT IN TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR - A background light suppression apparatus and method capable of suppressing influences of background light in a depth sensor includes measuring output signals of sub pixels for a sub integration time shorter than a frame integration time; and integrating differences between the output signals after the sub integration time. | 03-13-2014 |
20140104397 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING PIXEL ARCHITECTURE FOR CAPTURING DEPTH IMAGE AND COLOR IMAGE - An image sensor having a pixel architecture for capturing a depth image and a color image. The image sensor may be configured in a pixel architecture in which a floating diffusion (FD) node is shared, and may operate in different pixel architectures in a depth mode and a color mode, respectively. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118497 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS FOR SENSING DEPTH IMAGE - Provided is an image sensing apparatus for obtaining a depth image. The image sensing apparatus may improve accuracy of the depth image by placing transmission gates and floating diffusion nodes of sub-pixels in a cross arrangement per pixel or row. The image sensing apparatus may represent the depth pixels of the depth image by controlling the binning of sensing signals output from the sub-pixels to place the depth pixels in a cross arrangement. | 05-01-2014 |
20140246429 | FOOD CONTAINER HAVING NANOSTRUCTURED HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a food container made of a plastic material and having a nano-structured hydrophobic surface, including: a plurality of nano-structures formed on a surface of the food container; and a first hydrophobic thin film coated on an upper side of the surface, on which the nano-structures are formed, and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide the food container having the nano-structured hydrophobic surface capable of having excellent gas blocking performance, as well as hydrophobicity, and the manufacturing method thereof. | 09-04-2014 |
20140272291 | FABRICATION METHOD FOR HYDROPHILIC ALUMINUM SURFACE AND HYDROPHILIC ALUMINUM SURFACE BODY - A method for fabricating a hydrophilic aluminum surface includes: an activation step of preparing doped aluminum having an activated surface through doping treatment on a part or whole of an aluminum surface with applying reactive gas thereto; and a structure forming step of preparing a hydrophilic aluminum surface through oxidizing treatment on the doped aluminum to have nano-patterns comprising nano-protrusion structures on the aluminum surface. Hydrophobic aluminum can be fabricated into artificially hydrophilic or super-hydrophilic aluminum, and the hydrophilic aluminum surface body that does not have an aging effect and has long-lasting hydrophilicity can be provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140320969 | METHODS FOR FABRICATION OF STABLE ULTRA-LOW REFLECTIVE SURFACE AND THE ULTRA-LOW REFLECTIVE SURFACE ITSELF - A method to prepare low reflective surface according to an example of the present invention comprises: the first step to prepare materials having pillar structure on the surface; the second step to prepare aluminum surface-materials by treating for the pillar structure to have aluminum surface; and the third step to prepare a low reflective surface with dual protuberance structure by forming nano-flake layer on the pillar surface of the material surface through oxidation of the surface aluminum of the aluminum surface-materials. The method to prepare low reflective surface can provide a low reflective surface structure that can be applied to photovoltaic device surface or various display surface as a surface able to reduce reflection significantly by absorbing wavelengths in the range of visible and infrared ray through internally total reflection with simple, low cost, and ecofriendly process. | 10-30-2014 |
20150076944 | BUS BAR AND MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A bus bar includes an insulator and a plurality of terminals inserted into the insulator and connected to the coil of a stator. The central axes of virtual circles extended from the inner circumferential surfaces of the plurality of terminals are differently disposed. The insulator may have a simple structure because the terminals having the same shape are assembled. The productivity of an assembly process can be improved. | 03-19-2015 |