| 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 |