Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100239239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION - A motion compensation apparatus for a camera module with a half-shutter function is provided. The apparatus includes an initialization unit for selecting a subject, a motion of which is to be detected, from images secured in a half-shutter state, and calculates motion information of the subject; a tracking unit for tracking the selected subject and the motion information provided from the initialization unit, and calculates prediction information of the subject; and a controller for generating a control signal for controlling a speed of a shutter and a sensibility of an image sensor based on the prediction information provided from the tracking unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20110032396 | EDGE-ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION AND NOISE FILTERING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - An edge-adaptive interpolation and noise filtering method is provided including performing primary interpolation on a first color, based on a first preset number of directions, with respect to a first color window obtained from an input image window, estimating an edge direction within a primary interpolated first color window obtained by the primary interpolation, based on a second preset number of directions, the second preset number of directions being larger than the first preset number, with respect to the primary interpolated first color window, performing secondary interpolation on the first color, based on the estimated edge direction, with respect to the primary interpolated first color window, and performing interpolation on a second color, based on the estimated edge direction, with respect to a second color window obtained from the input image window. | 02-10-2011 |
20130021520 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING FOCUS IN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for automatically adjusting a focus in an image capturing device are provided. The method includes generating an image by capturing a subject through a lens when a flash unit is enabled, dividing the image into a plurality of windows, determining a brightest window from among the plurality of windows, and setting an Auto Focus (AF) detection area for performing an AF function centering on the determined window. | 01-24-2013 |
20130113950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MOTION BLUR IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for generating a motion blur in a mobile terminal are provided. It is determined whether motion halting occurs during video shooting. If the motion halting occurs, a motion vector of each block between first and second consecutive images where the motion halting has occurred is estimated. A motion blur is generated on the second image using the motion vector of each block, and the motion-blurred image is displayed on a display unit. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128073 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING WHITE BALANCE - An apparatus and method for adjusting a white balance, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for adjusting a white balance of an image captured with a complex light source are provided. The apparatus includes a camera unit, and a controller for controlling recognition of a facial image from an image captured by the camera unit and, if it is determined that the image has been captured with a complex light source based on a comparison between a white balance gain calculated based on a facial skin color of the recognized facial image and a white balance gain calculated based on a white balance scheme, for adjusting a white balance of the captured image based on a final white balance gain extracted by interpolating the two white balance gains. | 05-23-2013 |
20130293179 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTUATOR IN CAMERA MODULE - An apparatus for controlling an actuator in a camera module is provided. The apparatus includes a position controller for producing a control voltage to move a lens of the camera module, a hall sensor for detecting an amount of change in magnetic lines of force generated by a magnet as a hall voltage, a voice coil motor for moving the lens according to a current applied thereto, and a current controller for using a voltage applied to the voice coil motor to detect an interference voltage created by the current applied to the voice coil motor, for generating an interference-eliminated hall voltage by removing the interference voltage from the hall voltage, and for controlling the current applied to the voice coil motor based on the control voltage and the interference-eliminated hall voltage. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293742 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FLICKER IN CAMERA MODULE - An apparatus and method for detecting flicker in a camera module is provided. The method including generating a first image frame and a second image frame, setting up a first sampling area in the first image frame and a second sampling area in the second image frame, sampling a plurality of horizontal lines from among all of the horizontal lines contained in each of the first sampling area and the second sampling area, accumulating brightness values of pixels located on each of the sampled horizontal lines to generate first accumulated brightness values for the first image frame and second accumulated brightness values for the second image frame, and detecting flicker based on the first accumulated values and the second accumulated values, wherein the first sampling area and the second sampling area have the same sizes and the same horizontal starting points but have different vertical starting points. | 11-07-2013 |
20140016878 | METHOD FOR DIRECTIONAL ADAPTIVE IMAGE INTERPOLATION AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device for image interpolation is provided. The method includes estimating a direction of pixels using a plurality of filters respectively corresponding to a plurality of angles, correcting the direction of the pixels using a direction of neighboring pixels, determining whether the direction estimation has an error according to a direction distribution of the neighboring pixels, and when the direction estimation is determined to have error, correcting the error in the direction estimation. | 01-16-2014 |
20140184833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REFLECTING SPATIAL MOTION TO FOCUS SUBJECT AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for reflecting a spatial motion to focus a subject and a method thereof. A method of operating an electronic device includes sensing a spatial motion of the electronic device, at the same time as sensing the spatial motion, determining the movement or non-movement of a subject being displayed, and reflecting the spatial motion of the electronic device and the movement or non-movement of the subject to focus the subject. | 07-03-2014 |
20140232905 | METHOD FOR DUAL RECORDING SHOOTING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for dual recording shooting in an electronic device including a dual camera are provided. The method includes acquiring a first picture from a first camera that is in an operation state, acquiring a second picture from a second camera that is in a wait state, outputting the first picture at a first resolution, downscaling the second picture to a second resolution, outputting the second picture downscaled to the second resolution, and synthesizing the first picture and the second picture that is downscaled to the second resolution and previewing the synthesized result, using a Picture In Picture (PIP) function and, when a dual recording start instruction event occurs, restoring the second picture that is downscaled to the second resolution to a previous resolution, outputting the second picture restored to the previous resolution, synthesizing the first picture and the restored second picture, and recording the synthesized result. | 08-21-2014 |