| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080240590 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding the multi-view image can use a difference in views between pictures of the multi-view image, add an image area obtained from a picture at one view at a first time to a picture at another view at a second time, thereby generating a reference picture, and perform prediction encoding using the generated reference picture, thereby increasing prediction encoding efficiency. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080253671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - A Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding a multi-view image includes determining whether each of pictures included in multi-view image sequences is a reference picture referred to by other pictures included in the multi-view image sequences for inter-view prediction, and encoding the pictures using at least one of inter-view prediction and temporal prediction based on the determination result, thereby efficiently encoding and decoding the multi-view image at high speed. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080285863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image for a multi-view display apparatus are provided. The method of encoding a multi-view image includes: compressing a multi-view image based on a reference image relative to multiple views; generating enabled stereo pair information in relation to multi-view images; and generating a bitstream by using the compressed multi-view image and the enabled stereo pair information. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080317361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY PARTITIONING IMAGE - A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image are provided. The method includes partitioning an image into a plurality of areas, allocating the partitioned plurality of areas to views of multi-view image sequences, and encoding the allocated plurality of areas. By doing so, the method can efficiently encode a large-screen image or a high-pixel image, without using a separate codec. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090169123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND DECODE HALFTONE IMAGE - A method to encode and decode a halftone image such that the halftone image is efficiently compressed and decoded by using pattern characteristics of the halftone image includes determining different template shapes according to characteristics of the halftone image, compressing the halftone image based on determined template shape information, compressing the template shape information, and generating the compressed halftone image and the compressed template shape information as a bitstream. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090279796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes generating half-tone data by applying patterns specified by each color channel to input data, rearranging the generated half-tone data according to the characteristics of the applied patterns, and predicting the rearranged half-tone data and encoding the predicted half-tone data. Therefore, encoding and decoding can be performed more efficiently and a compression rate can be improved. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279797 | ENTROPY ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT - Provided are entropy encoding and decoding methods. The entropy encoding method includes receiving residual coefficients obtained by frequency converting a residual image, determining a first bit string about residual coefficients having nonzero levels from among the received residual coefficients, determining at least one lower bit, including a least significant bit of the first bit string, from the first bit string, and determining a second bit string obtained by bit-shifting the first bit string to the right by the number of lower bits. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING BIT-PLANE IMAGE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INVERSE-CONVERTING BIT-PLANE IMAGE - Provided are methods and apparatuses for converting a lower bit-plane image, and methods and apparatuses for inverse-converting the lower bit-plane image, which increase the correlation of the lower bit-plane image. According to the method of converting a lower bit-plane image, pixels of the lower bit-plane image are sequentially added or subtracted so as to generate a converted lower bit-plane image. Accordingly, the lower bit-plane image has higher regularity, and thus the efficiency of image processing using the lower bit-plane image is improved. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090285497 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING LEAST SIGNIFICANT BITS - Provided are an image processing method and image processing apparatus using least significant bits (LSBs). The image processing method includes generating first binary codes by converting pixel values of an input image into a binary code format; converting the first binary codes into gray codes and determining a predetermined number of sequential LSBs from among the gray codes; and generating second binary codes by converting the determined LSBs of the gray codes into the binary code format. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100002943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE USING IMAGE SEPARATION BASED ON BIT LOCATION - Provided are method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image by using a bit plane-based image encoding method and a block-based image encoding method respectively on bit planes based on the n-m most significant bits of an input image including n-bit pixel values and an image based on the m least significant bits of the input image. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100054615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING ADAPTIVE BINARIZATION - A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image, wherein the method includes selecting a predetermined binarization table from a plurality of binarization tables based on prediction values of a current pixel and binarizing or inversely binarizing residual values by using the selected binarization table. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100099896 | METHOD OF PREPARING DOCETAXEL AND INTERMEDIATES USED THEREIN - The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing docetaxel having anti-tumor and anti-leukemia activity, and intermediates useful for preparing docetaxel. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100124409 | METHOD OF SELECTING CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS SELECTOR - Provided are a method of selecting the most suitable content reproducing apparatus on the basis of minimum resource information required to reproduce content and capability information of the content reproducing apparatus, and a content reproducing apparatus selector using the method. The method includes: receiving a content file, which includes minimum resource (MR) metadata including the minimum resource information required to reproduce content, from a content providing server or a content providing medium; receiving device level (DL) metadata per device from a plurality of content reproducing apparatuses, wherein the DL metadata includes capability information of the content reproducing apparatus; determining whether at least one of the content reproducing apparatuses described by the DL metadata can reproduce the content described by the MR metadata; and selectively renewing the MR metadata on the basis of a result of the determining. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100175089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT THROUGH INTEGRATED CHANNEL MANAGEMENT - Provided are a method and apparatus for reproducing at least one piece of content received via at least one interface. The method includes classifying the at least one piece of content respectively received via the at least one interface according to a reference attribute, allocating the classified at least one piece of content to a virtual channel, and selecting a channel from among set channels that include the virtual channel and an occupied basic channel. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100190983 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING VORICONAZOLE - Optically pure voriconazole can be prepared in a high yield by a) subjecting 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethanone to Reformatsky-type coupling reaction with a substituted thiopyrimidine derivative to obtain a desired (2R,3S)/(2S,3R)-enantiomeric pair; b) removing the thiol derivative from the enantiomer to obtain racemic voriconazole; and c) isolating the racemic voriconazole by way of optical resolution using an optically active acid. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100274029 | METHOD OF PREPARING (6R)-3-HEXYL-4-HYDROXY-6-UNDECYL-5, 6-DIHYDROPYRAN-2-ONE, AND INTERMEDIATE USED IN THE METHOD - Provided is a method of preparing a (6R)-3-hexyl-4-hydroxy-6-undecyl-5,6-dihydropyran-2-one, and a (5R)-2-hexyl-5-hydroxy-3-iminohexadecanoate derivative used in said method as an intermediate. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100317868 | METHOD OF PREPARING TAXANE DERIVATIVES AND INTERMEDIATES USED THEREIN - The present invention relates to a novel method of preparing a taxane derivative having an anti-tumor and anti-leukemia activity, and intermediates used therein. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110135286 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING KEY FRAMES AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for extracting key frames and an apparatus and method for recording broadcast signals using the same, the key frame extracting apparatus including a stream information analyzing unit and a key frame extracting unit. The stream information analyzing unit extracts frame information from a video stream. The key frame extracting unit extracts a key frame among frames of the video stream by using the frame information. | 06-09-2011 |