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20140023289 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING HOLE AREA OF IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for filling a hole area in an image. The image processing apparatus may include a candidate pixel setting unit to set a plurality of candidate pixels corresponding to at least one hole pixel in a hole area using neighboring pixels around the hole area, and a pixel value determining unit to determine a pixel value of the hole pixel using the plurality of candidate pixels. | 01-23-2014 |
20140085294 | GENERATING JUST NOTICEABLE DEPTH DIFFERENCE (JNDD) MODEL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DEPTH IMAGE USING JNDD MODEL - A method for generating a just noticeable depth difference (JNDD) model including controlling a real size of an object to maintain a perceived size of the object for a plurality of depth testing levels, measuring a JNDD of a three-dimensional (3D) display for the plurality of depth testing levels by increasing or decreasing the real size of the object, and generating a JNDD model of the 3D display based on the measurement result. | 03-27-2014 |
20140112531 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBJECT IN IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for detecting a transparent image from an input image. The image processing apparatus may include an image segmenting unit to segment an input image into a plurality of segments, a likelihood determining unit to determine a likelihood that a transparent object is present between adjacent segments among the plurality of segments, and an object detecting unit to detect the transparent object from the input image based on the likelihood. | 04-24-2014 |
20140126815 | COLOR BALANCING APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE IMAGE SYNTHESIS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A color balancing apparatus for multiple image synthesis and a method therefore, in which an automatic white balance unit, with respect to each of a plurality of input images that are obtained by sequentially capturing adjacent scenes, is configured to compare a neutral color representing the input image with chromaticity of standard sources that are predefined, determine a standard source which is closest to the neutral color among the standard sources as a standard illuminant, and perform a white balance on the input image based on the standard illuminant, so that a natural wide-area synthesis image is generated by use of a light source estimation scheme considering multiple light sources, without complex computation of the conventional wide-area image synthesis, are provided. | 05-08-2014 |
20140140608 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLOR-DEPTH DEMOSAICING - An image processing apparatus and method, which add depth information to a color pixel and add color information to a depth pixel in an image including the color pixel and the depth pixel includes a depth information determination unit to determine depth information of a current color pixel using peripheral color pixels of the current color pixel and peripheral depth pixels of the current color pixel. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140613 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING COLOR IMAGE USING DEPTH IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for adjusting a color image using a depth image. The image processing apparatus may include a color image segmenting unit to segment a color image into a plurality of color segments, using a color layer of the color image, a depth image segmenting unit to segment a depth image into a plurality of depth segments, using a depth layer of the depth image, and a layer boundary adjusting unit to adjust a boundary value of the color layer, using the plurality of color segments and the plurality of depth segments. | 05-22-2014 |
20140253542 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ZOOM - An image processing apparatus and method for zooming in on a partial area in a three-dimensional (3D) image selects a zoom mode from among a two-dimensional (2D) zoom mode, a 3D zoom mode, and an intermediate dimensional zoom mode between the 2D zoom mode and the 3D zoom mode. The image processing apparatus may include a mode selecting unit to select a zoom mode to be applied to a zoom area in a color image and a depth image among the 2D zoom mode, the 3D zoom mode, and the intermediate dimensional zoom mode between the 2D zoom mode and the 3D zoom mode, and a scaling unit to scale the zoom area using a zoom factor indicating magnification or minification of the zoom area and the selected zoom mode. | 09-11-2014 |
20150015569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DEPTH IMAGE - A method of processing a depth image includes receiving a high-resolution color image and a low-resolution depth image corresponding to the high-resolution color image, generating a feature vector based on a depth distribution of the low-resolution depth image, selecting a filter to upsample the low-resolution depth image by classifying a generated feature vector according to a previously learnt classifier, upsampling the low-resolution depth image by using a selected filter, and outputting an upsampled high-resolution depth image. | 01-15-2015 |
20150049937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided is an image processing method including: receiving a depth map and a color image with respect to a predetermined scene; projecting a plurality of points included in the depth map, onto the color image; segmenting the color image, onto which the depth map is projected, by using at least two image segmentation methods to generate respective segmentation results, and classifying the plurality of points included in the color image into at least one set according to the respective segmentation results; assigning a depth value to each of the plurality of points of the color image included in the set; and outputting the color image, to which the depth values are assigned. | 02-19-2015 |