| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090148022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING DISTAL RADIUS METAPHYSIS - Provided is a method and an apparatus for extracting an edge of a distal radius metaphysis. The method includes: setting a region of interest including a distal radius in an X-ray image; setting a potential energy distribution of the region of interest by using a gradient of gray levels; setting a temporary edge adjacent to both sides of a distal radius metaphysis and a side of an epiphysis in the region of interest; and extracting a detailed edge of the distal radius metaphysis having minimum energy by adjusting the set temporary edge using a metropolis annealing technique. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100142674 | METHOD AND SUPPORT DEVICE FOR MEASURING JAWBONE MINERAL DENSITY - There are provided a method and support device for measuring jawbone mineral density using a jawbone X-ray image. The method for measuring jawbone mineral density includes: obtaining a jawbone X-ray image using a support device for jawbone; defining a region of interest from the obtained jawbone X-ray image; and measuring jawbone mineral density from the defined region of interest. Therefore, the support device for measuring jawbone mineral density may be useful to measure jawbone mineral density with a jawbone X-ray imaging device, which has been widely used in dental clinics, by using the method. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145209 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF EXERCISE, SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF EXERCISE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF EXERCISE - An apparatus for measuring the amount of exercise, a system for measuring the amount of exercise, and a method for measuring the amount of exercise are disclosed. The apparatus for measuring the amount of exercise includes: an exercise amount measuring unit that measures the amount of exercise of a user; a controller that generates information about exercise of each period from the amounts of exercise of the user measured at every predefined period; a memory unit that sequentially stores the information about the exercise of each period; and a communication unit that transmits the stored information about the exercise of each period to the exterior. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100150420 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GROUND GLASS OPACITY USING CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - There is provided a method for detecting Ground Glass Opacity (GGO) using chest computed tomography. The method includes detecting a candidate cell having a brightness value within a detection range by sequentially scanning a three-dimensional image of a pulmonary region, and designating the candidate cell as a seed cell when surrounding cells of the candidate cell have brightness values within the detection range; when a plurality of seed cells are obtained by the designating of the candidate cell as a seed cell, grouping adjacent seed cells to obtain one or more candidate zones; and detecting one or more zones, which have a greater size than a GGO detection size and including therein more than the detection reference number of seed cells, out of the one or more candidate zones, and setting the detected one or more zones as one or more GGO candidates. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110052461 | FILTER TYPE TRAPPING AGENT FOR VOLATILE CESIUM COMPOUND AND TRAPPING METHOD FOR VOLATILE CESIUM COMPOUND THEREOF - A filter type trapping agent for volatile cesium compound and trapping method for volatile cesium compound thereof are provided. More particularly, a filter type trapping agent for volatile cesium compound including silica 40˜65% by weight of silica, 15˜30% by weight of alumina, 5˜15% by weight of iron oxide, 1˜15% by weight of molybdenum oxide, 1˜10% by weight of chromium oxide, and 1˜10% by weight of vanadium oxide and trapping method for volatile cesium compound thereof are provided. Through a filter type trapping agent for volatile cesium compound and a trapping method, only cesium can be selectively separated among the nuclear fission gases. Accordingly, by disposing only the filter where cesium is trapped, the efficiency of an off-gas process improves, expense for disposing filter wastes decreases, and a cesium isotope of the waste filter can be recycled. Therefore, many forms of cesium compound gas are made insoluble efficiently. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120071756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EXAMINATION TISSUE USING ULTRASOUND SIGNAL - An apparatus for detecting an examination tissue using an ultrasound signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a scanning unit to generate an image related to an object, using the ultrasound signal, a sampling unit to convert a resolution of the generated image, and a controlling unit to retrieve an n-number of figure lines from the resolution-converted image and thereby determine whether each of the retrieved figures line is an examination tissue, wherein n is a natural number. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120128224 | METHOD OF SEGMENTING LESIONS IN IMAGES - The method of segmenting a lesion in an image according to the present invention includes the steps of: obtaining an image of a region of interest from an image of a lesion; adjusting the contrast of the obtained image of the region of interest such that the contrast changes according to the distance from the center of the region of interest; removing noise from the image whose contrast is adjusted; and separating the region of the lesion from the noise-removed image. In the step of adjusting the contrast, the image is adjusted such that the contrast is increased as it goes away from the center of the region of interest, and thus it is possible to segment the lesion while maintaining the original shape of the lesion, thereby reliably segmenting the lesion even in the case where the inside of the lesion is not uniform. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128235 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE USING COLOR CHANNEL OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT - Provided is an apparatus and method for reconstructing a computed tomography (CT) image using a color channel of a graphic processing unit (GPU) that reconstructs a three-dimensional (3D) image using a projection image obtained from a CT device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for reconstructing a CT image may include a tomography unit to acquire a plurality of projection images, a filter application unit to load the plurality of projection images on a texture memory having a color channel, and filter the plurality of projection images, and a back-projection application unit to apply a back-projection scheme to the plurality of projection images loaded on the texture memory having a color channel. | 05-24-2012 |
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| 20090174436 | INPUT SIGNAL LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and an input signal level detection apparatus that correctly detect a level of an input signal while consuming low power apparatus including: a full-wave rectifier outputting a full-wave rectified waveform by performing a full-wave rectification on a first signal corresponding to an input signal, and on a second signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees from the first signal; a common voltage detector detecting a common voltage of the first signal and the second signal; and a level detection unit detecting a level of the input signal, based on a subtraction result obtained by subtracting the common voltage from the full-wave rectified waveform. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110141331 | MULTI-STEP EXPOSURE METHOD USING ELECTRONIC SHUTTER AND PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-step exposure method using an electronic shutter and a photography apparatus using the same are provided. The photography apparatus includes an image sensor, and a control unit which divides an area of the image into a first area and a second area using brightness information of the acquired image, and controls so that a first row group and a second row group of the second area have different exposure times. As a result, an image with a wider dynamic range is provided. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110149129 | MULTI-STEP EXPOSED IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD BY ELECTRONIC SHUTTER AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-step exposed image acquisition method by an electronic shutter and a photography apparatus using the same are provided. The photography apparatus includes a controller configured to divide an image sensor into a plurality of areas and separately control an exposure time with respect to the plurality of areas of the image sensor and a display configured to display an image on which the exposure times for the areas has been controlled. Accordingly, a multi-step exposed image can be acquired from an image having varying brightness. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110234835 | APPARATUS FOR AUTO-FOCUSING DETECTION, CAMERA APPLYING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING DISTANCE TO SUBJECT - An apparatus for auto-focusing detection, a camera applying the same, and a method for calculating a distance to a subject are disclosed. The camera calculates a focusing control state based on synthetic image data output as an image passing through a pupil split unit provided with a filter arranged at one or more of the at least two holes as taken by an image pickup unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236007 | IMAGING APPARATUS PERFORMING AUTO FOCUSING FUNCTION WITH PLURALITY OF BAND PASS FILTERS AND AUTO FOCUSING METHOD APPLIED TO THE SAME - An imaging apparatus and an auto focusing method are provided. A plurality of focus signal values are calculated for a plurality of frequency bands of a captured image signal. An amount of defocus of a focus lens is calculated based on focus signal values calculated for two positions. A position of the focus lens is controlled depending on the calculated amount of defocus. Thereby, the imaging apparatus can detect a focus at higher speed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120212634 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD THEREOF - A photographing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting light exposure error resulting from a difference in a moving characteristic between a mechanical rear curtain and an electronic front curtain using data of some area constituting an image sensor, a signal generating unit for generating a reset signal of the image sensor, and a control unit for controlling to correct a moving characteristic of the electronic front curtain using the detected light exposure error and generate a reset signal of the image sensor according to the corrected moving characteristic. Accordingly, a moving characteristic of an electronic front curtain may be conveniently corrected by a user. | 08-23-2012 |
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| 20100327286 | LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, BACKLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110134336 | DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR REDUCING SCAN TIME, AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention features a DMB System for reducing scan time, and a method for the same, wherein, the DBM system comprises a DMB receiving unit and a TPEG-only receiving unit, and is able to reducing scan time for total channels by performing a scanning process for total channels together by the DMB receiving unit and the TPEG-only receiving unit, respectively. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110234559 | LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, BACKLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light sensing circuit capable of enhancing a reliability by lowering a dependency on a temperature change without using a resistor, a backlight control apparatus having the same, and an LCD device having the same. The light sensing circuit includes a first MOS-transistor; and a second MOS-transistor serially connected to the first MOS-transistor between a first power terminal and a ground terminal, in which a second power terminal is connected to each gate terminal of the first MOS-transistor and the second MOS-transistor, and an optical amount detecting terminal is connected to a common connection point between a drain terminal of the first MOS-transistor and a source terminal of the second MOS-transistor. | 09-29-2011 |