Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080214084 | FLAT FLUORESCENT LAMP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a flat fluorescent lamp. The flat fluorescent lamp comprises a single plate. Consequently, the flat fluorescent lamp is structurally safe, brightness of the flat fluorescent lamp is high, and efficiency of the flat fluorescent lamp is also high without the provision of other additional optical components. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a flat fluorescent lamp. | 09-04-2008 |
20080214085 | FLAT FLUORESCENT LAMP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a flat fluorescent lamp. The flat fluorescent lamp comprises a single plate. Consequently, the flat fluorescent lamp is structurally safe, brightness of the flat fluorescent lamp is high, and efficiency of the flat fluorescent lamp is also high without the provision of other additional optical components. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a flat fluorescent lamp. | 09-04-2008 |
20100090921 | BUILT-IN ANTENNA DEVICE FOR PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - A built-in antenna device for improving the radiation efficiency in a portable wireless terminal having an external metallic part is provided. The built-in antenna device includes a main board, an antenna radiator, and a conductor. The main board has a feed pad for supplying an electrical signal and a ground pad connected to ground. The antenna radiator is connected electrically to the feed pad and the ground pad of the main board to radiate a signal. The conductor connects the metallic part and the ground pad of the main board. The metallic part and the ground pad of the main board are at the same ground potential. | 04-15-2010 |
20100110070 | 3D IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) image generator and 3D image generation method scale a depth map or a two-dimensional (2D) image, perform a cross filtering to sharpen a blurred region on the depth map based on location information of the depth map and 2D image, and thus obtain a clearer depth map and provide a more graphical 3D image using the depth map. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118000 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus having an integrated input port unit to which an external port device provided with a plurality of input ports for a plurality of connectors is connectable, and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes; an integrated input port unit which receives a video signal output through a selected input port of the external port device; and a controller which controls the external port device to output the video signal received through the selected input port if the external port device is connected to the integrated input port unit, and at least one connector of at least one external device of the external devices is connected to the external port device to output at least one video signal including the video signal to the external port device. | 05-13-2010 |
20100135581 | Depth estimation apparatus and method - A depth estimation apparatus is provided. The depth estimation apparatus may estimate a depth value of at least one pixel composing an input video based on feature information about at least one feature of the input video, a position of the at least one pixel, and a depth relationship among the at least one pixel and neighboring pixels. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141757 | Method and apparatus for estimating depth, and method and apparatus for converting 2D video to 3D video - A depth estimation and conversion apparatus and method is provided. Depth of an video may be estimated by extracting feature information from the input video, and estimating the depth of the input video based on the extracted feature information. | 06-10-2010 |
20100246954 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM OF GENERATING VISUAL ATTENTION MAP - A method, apparatus, and medium of generating a visual attention map. A visual attention map to extract visual attention may be generated to convert a two-dimensional (2D) image into a three-dimensional (3D) image based on visual attention. The 2D image may be downscaled and at least one downscaled image may be generated. A feature map may be extracted from the 2D image and the at least one downscaled image, and the visual attention map may be generated. | 09-30-2010 |
20100266198 | Apparatus, method, and medium of converting 2D image 3D image based on visual attention - A method, apparatus, and medium of converting a two-dimensional (2D) image to a three-dimensional (3D) image based on visual attention are provided. A visual attention map including visual attention information, which is information about a significance of an object in a 2D image, may be generated. Parallax information including information about a left eye image and a right eye image of the 2D image may be generated based on the visual attention map. A 3D image may be generated using the parallax information. | 10-21-2010 |
20100315488 | Conversion device and method converting a two dimensional image to a three dimensional image - Disclosed is an image conversion device and method converting a two-dimensional (2D) image into a three-dimensional (3D) image. The image conversion device may selectively adjust illumination within the 2D image, generate a disparity map for the illumination adjusted image, and selectively adjust a depth value of the disparity map based on edge discrimination. | 12-16-2010 |
20100316284 | Three-dimensional image generation apparatus and method using region extension of object in depth map - A three-dimensional (3D) image generation apparatus and method using a region extension of an object in a depth map is provided. The 3D image generation apparatus may include a discontinuity preservation smoothing filtering unit to apply a discontinuity preservation smoothing filter preserving discontinuity of a boundary or a shape of a depth image, a boundary preservation filtering unit to apply a max filter to a depth image for increasing a depth value of an object, and a rendering unit to render a two-dimensional (2D) color image and the filtered depth image and to generate a 3D image. | 12-16-2010 |
20110026808 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM GENERATING DEPTH MAP - Disclosed are an apparatus, a method and a computer-readable medium automatically generating a depth map corresponding to each two-dimensional (2D) image in a video. The apparatus includes an image acquiring unit to acquire a plurality of 2D images that are temporally consecutive in an input video, a saliency map generator to generate at least one saliency map corresponding to a current 2D image among the plurality of 2D images based on a Human Visual Perception (HVP) model, a saliency-based depth map generator, a three-dimensional (3D) structure matching unit to calculate matching scores between the current 2D image and a plurality of 3D typical structures that are stored in advance, and to determine a 3D typical structure having a highest matching score among the plurality of 3D typical structures to be a 3D structure of the current 2D image, a matching-based depth map generator; a combined depth map generator to combine the saliency-based depth map and the matching-based depth map and to generate a combined depth map, and a spatial and temporal smoothing unit to spatially and temporally smooth the combined depth map. | 02-03-2011 |
20110050863 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display apparatus and a control method thereof which includes receiving a three-dimensional image signal comprising left eye image data and right eye image data between successive first and second vertical blank sections; generating a third vertical blank section which divides the left eye image data and the right eye image data between the first and second vertical blank sections of the received image signal if the received image signal is determined as a three-dimensional image signal; and displaying an image based on the image signal having the generated third vertical blank section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110113264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS OVER HDMI IN STANDBY MODE - Provided are an apparatus and method thereof for providing standby power for Ethernet communications between a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) device and an Ethernet device. The apparatus includes: an HDMI switch which is connected to the HDMI device; an Ethernet switch which is connected to the HDMI switch and the Ethernet device; a standby mode power switch operable to switch standby power to the Ethernet switch; and a primary power source operable to provide primary power to the Ethernet switch; a standby power source operable to provide the standby power to the Ethernet switch via the standby mode power switch; and a controller operable to receive the control signal from the HDMI device and to control to the standby mode power switch, wherein if the control signal is received, the controller controls the standby mode power switch to switch the standby power to the Ethernet switch. | 05-12-2011 |
20110134215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a 3D image and a method and apparatus for displaying a 3D image. The method for providing a 3D image includes: inserting an identification mark into 3D image data, the 3D image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image, for distinguishing the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and transmitting the identification mark-inserted 3D image data to a display apparatus | 06-09-2011 |
20110134226 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A three dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a method for determining a 3D image are provided. The 3D display apparatus detects definition information of a received image data, and determines whether the received image data is 3D image data based on the detected definition information. Therefore, the 3D display apparatus may determine whether or not that a received image is a 3D image. | 06-09-2011 |
20110298898 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD ACCOMODATING MULTI-VIEW IMAGING - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) image generating system and method accommodating multi-view imaging. The 3D image generating system and method may generate corrected depth maps respectively corresponding to color images by merging disparity information associated with a disparity between color images and depth maps generated respectively from depth images. | 12-08-2011 |
20110310222 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTING METHOD THEREOF - An image distributing apparatus, a display apparatus, and an image distributing method thereof are provided. The image distributing apparatus includes: an image input unit which receives an input signal comprising an image signal and a first sync signal for synchronizing a display of the image signal; a sync signal regeneration unit which generates a second sync signal having a frequency that is different from a frequency of the first sync signal; and an image output unit comprising at least one output port to output the image signal and the second sync signal. Accordingly, a plurality of display apparatuses connected to the image distributing apparatus can synchronize a time with an image is displayed with each other. | 12-22-2011 |
20120007960 | Video processing method for 3D display based on multi-cue process - A video processing method for a three-dimensional (3D) display is based on a multi-cue process. The method may include acquiring a cut boundary of a shot by performing a shot boundary detection with respect to each frame of an input video, computing a texture saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video, computing a motion saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video, computing an object saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video based on the acquired cut boundary of the shot, acquiring a universal saliency with respect to each pixel of the input video by combining the texture saliency, the motion saliency, and the object saliency, and smoothening the universal saliency of each pixel using a space-time technology. | 01-12-2012 |
20120098932 | DISPARITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CONSISTEN DISPARITY FROM MULTI-VIEWPOINT VIDEO - A disparity estimation system, apparatus, and method of estimating a consistent depth from a multi-view video. When estimating a disparity at a plurality of viewpoints, the disparity estimation system may estimate a temporally consistent disparity considering a temporal smoothness between proximate frames. | 04-26-2012 |
20120099767 | Method and apparatus for temporally-consistent disparity estimation using detection of texture and motion - An apparatus and method estimate disparities of pixels in a frame. In order to acquire temporally-consistent disparity maps it is determined whether to enforce a temporal consistency with respect to pixels. In order to determine whether to enforce the temporal consistency, a texture, motion, or a matched motion in the frame may be detected or estimated. A disparity of a pixel where the temporal consistency is enforced may be calculated based on a disparity of a corresponding pixel in a previous frame. | 04-26-2012 |
20120226921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a chipset unit which processes data; a connector which includes a plurality of terminals, and is configured to connect with a cable so that the chipset unit can transmit and receive a signal to and from an external device; a switching unit which supplies power to the external device through a first terminal of the connector, and selectively controls a switching operation regarding whether or not to supply power to the first terminal on the basis of a signal state of a second terminal of the connector when the cable is connected to the connector. A control method of the image processing apparatus is also disclosed. | 09-06-2012 |
20130016196 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE THEREOFAANM KIM; Ji-wonAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP KIM; Ji-won Seoul KRAANM PARK; Ji-wonAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP PARK; Ji-won Seoul KRAANM SEO; Je-hwanAACI DaeguAACO KRAAGP SEO; Je-hwan Daegu KR - An image processing apparatus, a three-dimensional ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130044102 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller used for a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 02-21-2013 |
20130182945 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DISPARITY VALUE - A method and apparatus for processing an image is provided. The image processing apparatus may adjust or generate a disparity of a pixel, by assigning similar disparities to two pixels that are adjacent to each other and have similar pixels. The image processing apparatus may generate a final disparity map that may minimize energy, based on an image and an initial disparity map, under a predetermined constraint. A soft constraint or a hard constraint may be used as the constraint. | 07-18-2013 |
20130194397 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus and an apparatus for upgrading the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; an image processor processing an image signal received from an image source; a connector to which an upgrade apparatus is connected to and upgrades hardware or software of the display apparatus. The upgrading apparatus may be mounted to the display apparatus, and an image, user interface, or graphic processing route may be changed in order to upgrade hardware or software processes of the display apparatus. | 08-01-2013 |
20130222374 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing the resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller which controls a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISPARITY USING VISIBILITY ENERGY MODEL - An apparatus and method for estimating disparity based on a visibility energy model includes an energy calculator to calculate energy related to stereo matching of each of a left image and a right image which constitute a stereo image, a map generator to generate a visibility map for determining an error in disparity between the left image and the right image using the energy, an energy recalculator to recalculate energy with respect to a region including a visibility error generated due to the error in disparity in the visibility map, and a disparity determiner to determine disparity from the stereo image using recalculated energy of each of the left image and the right image. | 08-29-2013 |
20130236126 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a first image processor which includes a memory, performs a first signal processing on image data, and stores the first signal processed image data in the memory; a second image processor which directly accesses the memory and receives the stored image data, and performs a second signal processing on the received image data; and an image outputter which outputs the image data on which the second signal processing has been performed. Accordingly, only actual image data area is received, reducing data transmission volume, reducing signal transmission lines, securing CPU resources, and improving timing errors. In addition, it is possible to remove an image transmitter such as an additional low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) block, making the image processing apparatus thinner and smaller. | 09-12-2013 |
20140009501 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a display; an image receiver which receives image signals from a plurality of image sources; a main controller which performs a control function to generate a main image which corresponds to any one of the received image signals; and a graphics controller which performs a control function to generate source information related to a connected image source through the image receiver and to display an image which corresponds to the received image signal in the source information. | 01-09-2014 |
20140068332 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SELF DIAGNOSIS FUNCTION AND SELF DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE SAME - An electronic device which has a self diagnosis function and a self diagnosis method using the same are provided. The electronic device includes: an interface which receives a user's selection signal for a hardware of an object to be diagnosed; and a controller which provides a plurality of lines connected to the hardware of the object to be diagnosed with a signal for diagnosis according to the selection signal which is received through the interface and calculates a diagnosis result for the hardware of diagnosis object according to a comparison result of the signal for diagnosis with a return signal which is returned from the hardware of the object to be diagnosed by a loop-back. | 03-06-2014 |
20140177943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING HYBRID MULTI-VIEW - A method and apparatus for generating a multi-view image, the method including determining an input image for generating multi-view images, and selecting a total of stereo images or one of stereo images to be the input image based on a presence of a distortion between the stereo images. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181724 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MENU THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments may disclose a display apparatus and a method for providing a menu thereof. The method for providing a menu of a display apparatus includes dividing the display apparatus into a plurality of areas, and displaying a plurality of images on each of the plurality of areas, displaying a simultaneous control menu which controls the plurality of images simultaneously in response to a predetermined first user command being input, and displaying an individual control menu which controls one of the plurality of images in response to a predetermined second user command being input. | 06-26-2014 |
20140320743 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE POWER SUPPLY - An image processing apparatus includes a chipset unit which processes data; a connector which includes a plurality of terminals, and is configured to connect with a cable so that the chipset unit can transmit and receive a signal to and from an external device; a switching unit which supplies power to the external device through a first terminal of the connector, and selectively controls a switching operation regarding whether or not to supply power to the first terminal on the basis of a signal state of a second terminal of the connector when the cable is connected to the connector. A control method of the image processing apparatus is also disclosed. | 10-30-2014 |