Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090067752 | Image-registration method, medium, and apparatus - An image-registration method, medium, and apparatus obtaining first and second images, generating first and second image pyramids based on the first and second images, respectively, by performing sub-sampling which reduces the length and width of each of the first and second images by half, and determining one of five directions as an optimal movement direction for a current level of the first and second image pyramids based on two images belonging to a corresponding level, updating a motion vector for the current level based on the optimal movement direction for the current level and updating a first image belonging to a level directly below the current level based on the updated motion vector for the current level, wherein the updating comprises updating a motion vector for each of a plurality of levels of the first and second image pyramids in an order from an uppermost level to a lowermost level. | 03-12-2009 |
20090180022 | System and method for acquiring moving images - A system and a method for acquiring a moving image are provided. The system includes an image capturing unit capturing two images having different exposure times at a predetermined time slot, an image storing unit storing at least one of two images which were captured at a time slot previous to the predetermined time slot and which have different exposure times, an output image generating unit generating an output image by synthesizing the two images captured at the predetermined time slot or by synthesizing any one of the two images captured at the predetermined time slot and any one of the two images captured and stored at the previous time slot, an exposure time calculating unit receiving the images captured at the predetermined time slot and setting exposure times for a next time slot, and an exposure time storing unit storing the exposure times for the next time slot. | 07-16-2009 |
20090303347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING IMAGE USING ENTROPY - An image obtaining method and apparatus are provided. The method of obtaining an image by an image obtaining apparatus includes calculating entropy of an input image, determining an optimal exposure time at which the entropy reaches a maximum value, and obtaining an image based on the determined optimal exposure time. | 12-10-2009 |
20100123807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a blur kernel estimator and an image restorer. The blur kernel estimator is configured to estimate a blur kernel of a first image using the first image and a second image, wherein the first image includes multi-channel color image data and the second image includes single-channel image data and is obtained with a shorter exposure time than the first image. The image restorer is configured to generate a blurred image of the second image using the blur kernel, and restore an image using residual images between images for respective channels of the first image and the blurred image of the second image, the second image, and the blur kernel. | 05-20-2010 |
20100290518 | Multi-view image coding apparatus and method - A multi-view image coding apparatus and method are provided. The multi-view image coding apparatus may extract geometric information from a plurality of cameras, may construct a spatial prediction structure to enable a correlation of each view to be maximum using the geometric information, and thereby may code and transmit a multi-view image. | 11-18-2010 |
20110031404 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GENERATING TERAHERTZ WAVE AND SUPERCONTINUUM, AND SPECTROSCOPY METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for simultaneously generating terahertz wave and supercontinuum, and a spectroscopy method using the apparatus and method, in which terahertz wave and supercontinuum can be efficiently and simultaneously generated by a single device after taking into consideration the problems of conventional methods in which terahertz wave and supercontinuum were generated by separate devices. The apparatus for simultaneously generating terahertz wave and supercontinuum, includes a terahertz wave generation unit for generating a terahertz wave, and a supercontinuum generation unit for generating a supercontinuum based on nonlinear effect, wherein the terahertz wave and the supercontinuum are simultaneously generated using a single input light signal. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031417 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING HIGH-POWER TERAHERTZ WAVES USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a terahertz wave generator and a method of generating high-power terahertz waves using the terahertz wave generator. The terahertz wave generator includes a hollow spherical body, and a focusing lens installed in a cutout portion of the spherical body or an opening formed in the cutout portion, wherein an inner surface of the spherical body is coated with metal. In the method, frequencies having different levels are incident through the focusing lens or the opening to generate a plurality of air plasmas, and the air plasmas cause continuous focusing the metal-coated inner surface and hollow space of the spherical body, thus generating high-power terahertz waves. | 02-10-2011 |
20110292397 | BEAM SCANNING SYSTEM FOR SENSING BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES - Embodiments of adaptively performing clutter filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, a beam scanning system includes a light source configured to generate a supercontinuum light beam; an optical device configured to receive the supercontinuum light beam for guidance thereof to at least two output ports; and a power supply unit configured to supply voltage to one output port of the at least two output ports to change a phase of the light beam from said one output port. | 12-01-2011 |
20120101246 | Epoxy Resin, Method for Producing Same and Epoxy Resin Composition Thereof - An epoxy resin represented by general formula (I) satisfying numerical formula (1) with hydrolytic halogen of 0.05 wt. % or less, said epoxy resin produced as follows: after dissolving 0.8 to 1.3 mole of epihalohydrin to 1 mole of divalent phenol in a solvent, a pre-reaction is performed over 30 to 70 minutes by adding dropwise 0.25-0.35 mole of 30˜50% aqueous solution of alkali metal hydroxide over 30 to 70 minutes thereto, and thereafter, 0.65-0.75 mole of the remaining 30˜50% aqueous solution of alkali metal hydroxide is added dropwise over about 1 hour to complete the reaction over 1 to 3 hours. | 04-26-2012 |
20120289029 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AMOUNT OF ADSORBED CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING CARBON NANOTUBE DEVICE - Provided are a method of controlling an amount of adsorbed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a method of fabricating a CNT device. The method of controlling an amount of adsorbed CNTs includes adsorbing CNT particles onto a semiconductor structure, and removing some of the adsorbed CNTs by performing an oxygen plasma treatment on the adsorbed CNT particles. | 11-15-2012 |
20130054713 | FILE UPLOAD SYSTEM USING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A file upload system using a communication terminal includes a communication terminal, a mail server and a web server. The mail server receives an attached file together with an e-mail transmitted to at least one previously allocated reception-side mail account from the communication terminal and stores the received e-mail and attached file. The web server provides a webpage to which a file is to be uploaded to the communication terminal, and provides a web service through which the file is uploaded to the corresponding webpage. | 02-28-2013 |
20140012529 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF MEASURING ALTITUDE AND ALTITUDE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of measuring an altitude and an altitude measurement method using the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal capable of measuring an altitude includes a barometric pressure information reception unit for receiving barometric pressure information, a barometric pressure correction unit for calculating a bias barometric pressure using the barometric pressure information received by the barometric pressure information reception unit, and a barometric pressure sensor for outputting a corrected barometric pressure to which the bias barometric pressure is applied. | 01-09-2014 |
20140121530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING GANGLION CELLS - An apparatus for measuring ganglion cells may include: a light generation unit configured to irradiate a first light signal polarized in a first direction and a second light signal polarized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to a subject; a reflected light processing unit configured to generate an amplification signal corresponding to an image of the subject using a first reflection signal, which is the first light signal reflected from the subject, and a second reflection signal, which is the second light signal reflected from the subject; and an image processing unit configured to measure ganglion cells in the subject using the amplification signal. The apparatus may be used to count the number of normal ganglion cells in the retina by measuring a phase difference of two lights polarized in different directions. The apparatus may also be used to monitor the progress of glaucoma. | 05-01-2014 |
20140170767 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BIOMARKERS AND BIOMARKER DIAGNOSIS KIT - A method for diagnosing a biomarker using magnetic particles and quantum dots for quantitative analysis and a biomarker diagnosis kit are provided. The method for diagnosing a biomarker includes: ii) providing magnetic particles having surfaces to which a primary antibody capable of collecting a biomarker using a linker is fixed; ii) providing quantum dots having surfaces to which a secondary antibody capable of detecting the biomarker is fixed; iii) sandwich-targeting the biomarker by the magnetic particles and the quantum dots; iv) selectively separating quantum dots sandwich-targeting the biomarker among the quantum dots; and v) quantifying the concentration of the biomarker by measuring absorbance or intensity of fluorescence of separated quantum dots. | 06-19-2014 |
20140186851 | METHOD OF ANALYZING BINDING EFFICIENCY OF ADHESIVE NANOPARTICLES - Provided is a method of analyzing binding efficiency of adhesive nanoparticles. The method includes (a) injecting a solution containing nanoparticles into a first chamber slide, (b) evaporating only the solution from the first chamber slide into which the solution containing the nanoparticles is injected, and measuring a saturation temperature using a thermal imager while radiating light from a light source, (c) injecting cells into a second chamber slide, (d) injecting a solution containing nanoparticles into the second chamber slide in which the cells are cultured, (e) removing nanoparticles which are not bound to the cells from the second chamber slide into which the cells and the nanoparticles are injected, and (f) evaporating only the solution from the second chamber slide from which the nanoparticles are removed, and measuring a saturation temperature using a thermal image while radiating light from the light source. | 07-03-2014 |
20140208976 | DRIVING WHEEL OF ROBOT MOVING ALONG THE WIRE AND ROBOT HAVING THE SAME - A driving wheel of a robot moving along a wire includes an inner wheel in which a rotation axis being driven to rotate by a motor is fitted, an outer wheel formed to surround the inner wheel and seated on the wire, and a shock absorbing support to elastically connect and support the inner wheel and the outer wheel between the inner wheel and the outer wheel, and a shock being transmitted is absorbed by allowing a relative movement of the inner wheel and the outer wheel by the elastic movement of the shock absorbing support. A robot moving includes a robot body, the driving wheel, a motor to drive the driving wheel by rotating the rotation axis, a connecting arm to connect and support the driving wheel and the robot body. | 07-31-2014 |
20140340678 | PHOTORECEPTOR PROTEIN-BASED SPECTROPHOTOMETER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR LIGHT DETECTION USING THE SAME - A photoreceptor protein-based spectrophotometer may include a field-effect transistor and a photoreceptor protein on the field-effect transistor (FET), the photoreceptor protein exhibiting change in electrical properties by absorbing light and being activated. Since the spectrophotometer can convert the light absorbed by the photoreceptor protein to an electrical signal using the FET, it can mimic human vision by using human photoreceptor proteins. The spectrophotometer can measure the color, intensity, etc. of light of broad wavelength ranges as in human vision. Thus, the spectrophotometer can be applied to the development of artificial vision, etc. | 11-20-2014 |
20140352784 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE WAVELENGTH TUNABLE MATERIAL AND ENERGY HARVESTING USING METAL NANOPARTICLE-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITE - A photoluminescence wavelength tunable material may include a composite including a graphene oxide layer and metal nanoparticles attached on the graphene oxide layer. By attaching the metal nanoparticles to the graphene oxide, the photoluminescence wavelength (i.e., the color of emitted light) of the graphene oxide may be tuned while maintaining the structure and physical properties of graphene oxide. The photoluminescence wavelength tunable material may be applied to an energy harvesting device such as a solar cell which exhibits high efficiency with less loss of light. | 12-04-2014 |
20150049775 | PULSE LASER APPARATUS - Provided is a pulse laser apparatus for generating laser light. The apparatus includes a first mirror and a second mirror which are disposed at both ends of a resonator and configured to reflect the laser light, a gain medium disposed between the first and second mirrors and configured to amplify and output light incident from an outside, an etalon configured to adjust a pulse width of the laser light, and an acousto-optic modulator disposed between the first and second mirrors and configured to form a mode-locked and Q-switched signal from the laser light, in which some of the laser light is output through either the first or second mirror to outside the resonator. | 02-19-2015 |