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20100165180 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital camera may include a flash unit configured to emit light to illuminate a subject using a preliminary light emission operation followed by a main light emission operation, an image sensor having a pixel array arranged along a plurality of lines, and a digital signal processor. The image sensor may be configured to convert an image of the subject into an electrical signal by reading an image frame corresponding to one screen using the pixel array during the preliminary light emission operation and reading another image frame corresponding to one screen during the main light emission operation. The digital signal processor may be configured to control the light emitting operation of the flash unit to maintain the preliminary light emission from a start to an end of the reading of one image frame. | 07-01-2010 |
20100232778 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLASH EMISSION - In a method and apparatus for controlling flash emission, the brightness during pre-emission may be accurately measured even when operating an image sensor using a rolling shutter. When pre-emission of flash light is performed, partial exposure during the pre-emission when operating an image sensor using a rolling shutter may be prevented by synchronizing an exposure time of the image sensor to a pre-emission time. | 09-16-2010 |
20100254576 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus generates first image data including a first image and second image data including a second image that is obtained by displaying information onto the first image. The information may be stored in a database and may be related to a face recognized in the first image, related to a location at which the first image was obtained, or input by a user. The digital photographing apparatus stores the first image data and the second image data as one file to improve a user's convenience. The digital photographing apparatus may include an imaging device that generates first image data from incident light, a face recognition unit that determines whether a face is included in a first image of the first image data, a database storage medium that stores a database having information about faces in the first image, a face information search unit that searches for the information about a face included in the first image from the database, a sub-image generation unit that generates second image data including a second image that is obtained by displaying the information found by the face information search unit onto the first image, a multi-picture file generation unit that generates one multi-picture file including the first image data and the second image data, and an image data storage medium that stores the multi-picture file. | 10-07-2010 |
20110050977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY FOR IMAGE TRANSMISSION - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a display for image transmission. The method of controlling a display for image transmission reduces the time required to select images to be transmitted and increases user convenience and efficiency by calculating the residual amount of battery power and the amount of image files or data that is capable of being transmitted based on the current amount of battery power. Some embodiments of the method and apparatus notify a user about the amount of image files or data that is capable of being transmitted based on the residual amount of battery power and indicate whether fewer image files need to be selected for transmission. | 03-03-2011 |
20140356857 | INTERPARTICLE SPACING MATERIAL INCLUDING NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURES AND USE THEREOF - Provided is an interparticle spacing material comprising a nucleic acid structure which comprises at least one nucleic acid lattice comprising a double helix domain; and at least one metal particle which is in contact with a plane of the nucleic acid lattice, in a direction extending obliquely or perpendicularly away from the plane; wherein the double helix domain comprises a hybridization area in which a single strand is hybridized with another single strand. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090109488 | Method of printing photograph and advertisement using photo-printer - Provided is a method of printing a photograph and an advertisement via a photo-printer by using a photograph/advertisement printing system, wherein the advertisement is printed on outer portions of a printing paper, which are portions of the paper on which the photograph is not printed. The method includes: preparing an image file in which an image is stored and an advertisement file in which the advertisement is stored; and combining the image file and the advertisement file into an output file and constructing contents of the output file such that the advertisement is printed on an outer portion of a printing paper used by the photo-printer during the printing of the photograph on the printing paper. | 04-30-2009 |
20090135274 | System and method for inserting position information into image - A system for connecting a global positioning system (GPS) device to a digital image processing device and inserting position information into an image file created by the digital image processing device, and a method of operating the system are provided. The system comprises a digital image processing device for capturing an image, generating and storing a plurality of image files; and a GPS device for computing a position based on data received from a GPS satellite, wherein, the GPS device comprises a GPS information storage unit for storing inherent information an image file and position information of a position at which the image is captured when a predetermined image capture signal is received from the digital image processing device; and wherein the digital image processing device comprises a GPS information input controller for inserting position information of the position at which the image is captured into the image file. | 05-28-2009 |
20090161002 | Lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same - Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded therein a program for the method. The lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing circumstance analysis unit, a lens suitability determination unit for determining whether a lens installed in the digital photographing apparatus is suitable for a photographing circumstance, a lens search unit for searching for lenses suitable for a photographing circumstance, and a display unit. If the lens suitability determination unit determines that the installed lens is not suitable for the photographing circumstance, lenses suitable for the photographing circumstance analyzed by the photographing circumstance analysis unit from among lenses searched by the lens search unit are displayed on the display unit to be recommended. | 06-25-2009 |
20090195812 | Printing information service system and method based on RFID technology - A printing information service system and a method of providing printing information, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The system and method retrieve a printing status of a user of a printer, locate the user from among users each having a RFID card by determining whether personal identification information stored in the RFID card of the user is acquired depending on a communicating distance between the RFID reader equipped in the printer and the RFID card of the user, and provide information by displaying the printing status of the user identified by the personal identification information, on the printer, when the personal identification information is acquired as a result of the determining. The system and method provide printing information to different locations of the user, and individually informs the print completion status, thus greatly improving the convenience of printing by the user. | 08-06-2009 |
20090251558 | FAST AND LOW-POWER DIGITAL CAMERA WITH GPS - Provided are a digital camera having a global positioning system (GPS) and a method of controlling the same. The digital camera comprises a camera body, a digital signal processor, and a GPS receiving module. In the digital camera and method, GPS information regarding a photographing location is stored so as to be attached to a captured image, and particularly, power supplied to the GPS is adaptively controlled for lower power consumption. | 10-08-2009 |
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20110255751 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A digital image processing apparatus for easily obtaining information regarding a face, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium for storing a program for executing the method. The digital image processing apparatus includes a face recognition unit recognizing a face from an image, a face index assignment unit assigning a face index to the recognized face if the face recognized from the image is not a previously recognized face, and a relation index update unit that, if the image includes a second face, updates a relation index corresponding to the number of times the first face and second face appear together in a plurality of images. | 10-20-2011 |
20120008016 | LENS-INTERCHANGEABLE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded therein a program for the method. The lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing circumstance analysis unit, a lens suitability determination unit for determining whether a lens installed in the digital photographing apparatus is suitable for a photographing circumstance, a lens search unit for searching for lenses suitable for a photographing circumstance, and a display unit. If the lens suitability determination unit determines that the installed lens is not suitable for the photographing circumstance, lenses suitable for the photographing circumstance analyzed by the photographing circumstance analysis unit from among lenses searched by the lens search unit are displayed on the display unit to be recommended. | 01-12-2012 |
20120081560 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The digital photographing apparatus obtains a first image from an input image according to a first shutter input signal, obtains a second image from the input image according to a second shutter input signal, and corrects the second image based on the first image. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081573 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit that obtains first image data from an input image and generates second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes obtaining first image data from an input image and generating second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set. | 04-05-2012 |
20140361507 | LOWER ARM FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a lower arm for vehicle suspension system comprising a first bush mounting part and a second bush mounting part mounted to a front member mounting assembly of a vehicle chassis to be spaced apart therebetween at front and rear, a first arm having one end part connected to the first bush mounting part and the other end part extruding laterally from the vehicle chassis to be connected to a ball joint mounting part to support a wheel mounting assembly, and a second arm having one end part extending integrally from the first arm and the other end part connected to the second bush mounting part, wherein the first arm is formed by forming a metal plate, the one end part of the first arm connected to the first bush mounting part has a pair of ring members which are formed by forming the metal plate to be parallel therebetween in an axial direction and to contact and support through their inner round surfaces an outer round surface of the first bush mounting part. Therefore, welding parts are removed in the manufacturing process so that easy manufacturing, high strength and weight reduction compared to the conventional art can be accomplished. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362252 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit that obtains first image data from an input image and generates second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes obtaining first image data from an input image and generating second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set. | 12-11-2014 |