Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240043 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER BY CONSIDERING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN BROADBAND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - A system and method for performing a handover of a mobile station (MS) by considering Quality of Service (QoS) in a broadband mobile communication system. The method can include the steps of: receiving information about one or more neighbor base stations and reception strengths for the neighbor base stations from a Serving Radio Access System (RAS) currently communicating with the MS; extracting a value of a specific field from the received information about the neighbor base stations; combining the extracted value of the specific field with the reception strengths to thereby obtain combined values, and selecting a maximum value among the combined values; and transmitting a handover (handoff) request message to a base station corresponding to the selected maximum value. The system includes an MS that analyzes information about neighbor stations received in a Mobile Neighbor Base-station Advertisement (MOB_NBR_ADV) message to select a target RAS. | 10-02-2008 |
20080273597 | Method for searching for motion vector - Disclosed is video encoding technology, and more particularly a method for searching for a motion vector in a procedure of estimating a motion in video frames. The motion vector search method includes the steps of: individually calculating error energies of a center point and vertices of a search pattern in a search window used in a previous frame with respect to a center of the search window established in the current frame, thereby designating a motion vector candidate point; either determining the motion vector candidate point as a moving point of a motion vector, or calculating error energies of a pair of neighboring points and re-establishing a motion vector candidate point; and either determining the re-established motion vector candidate point as a moving point of a motion vector, or re-establishing a search pattern, re-checking the error energies of the center point, the vertices and the neighboring points, and determining a moving point of a motion vector. | 11-06-2008 |
20090091556 | RING-SHAPED WIRELESS INPUT DEVICE WITH SCROLL FUNCTION - A ring-shaped wireless input device is disclosed. The ring-shaped wireless input device includes a housing having a ring shape, a wheel rotatably installed on the housing, a first sensor unit, that has first and second sections alternatively disposed along a circumference of the wheel and rotated along with the wheel, and a wireless communication unit which is fixedly disposed in the housing, has a second sensor unit arranged with the first sensor unit, and sends a scroll signal indicating an arranged state of the input device to the host device. | 04-09-2009 |
20090097546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED VIDEO COMMUNICATION USING REAL-TIME SCENE-CHANGE DETECTION FOR CONTROL OF MOVING-PICTURE ENCODING DATA RATE - Disclosed is a method for detecting a scene change in real time in order to control a moving-picture encoding data rate, the method including: dividing a current frame into a plurality of regions, and calculating a dissimilarity metric (DM) of each divided region; determining if the dissimilarity metric of each divided region is beyond a preset reference value; calculating the number of regions, the dissimilarity metric of which is beyond the preset value, in the current frame; and determining that a scene change occurs in the current frame, when the number of regions, the dissimilarity metric of which is beyond the reference preset value, is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value. | 04-16-2009 |
20090110363 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIDEOS THEREIN - A portable terminal and a method for managing videos in the portable terminal are provide increased efficiency in managing videos in the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes: a memory for storing at least one video and a preview thereof a controller for playing back a preview of a video corresponding to a set preview section during a video search and, upon selection of a video, playing back the selected video; and a display unit for displaying, under control of the controller, the video preview and the video that are being played back. The method for managing videos in the portable terminal includes: displaying a list of at least one video preview on a first screen during a video search; playing back, on a second screen, a preview of a video corresponding to a set preview section; selecting the video corresponding to the video preview being played back; and playing back the selected video. | 04-30-2009 |
20090141166 | Selective error concealment method and apparatus for moving picture frame - Disclosed is a selective frame error concealment method for a moving picture frame, the method including the steps of determining if an erroneous frame corresponds to one among a predetermined number of frames received after an I frame when the erroneous frame is received during reception of moving picture frames, determining if the number of consecutive erroneous frames is greater than a threshold value when the erroneous frame does not correspond to one among the predetermined number of frames received after the I frame, using an error concealment technique when the number of consecutive erroneous frames is equal to or less than the threshold value; and displaying a frame, which has been received without error before the erroneous frame, until receiving a new I frame, either when the erroneous frame corresponds to one among the predetermined number of frames received after the I frame, or when the number of consecutive erroneous frames is greater than the threshold value. | 06-04-2009 |
20090161768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DECODING, IN THE PRESENCE OF NOISE - A method and apparatus for decoding video data that is encoded by bit rate control to keep a bandwidth of a bit stream in a predetermined range are provided. The encoded video data is decoded, picture quality estimation information is estimated, the estimation including information about a bit stream size of a decoded video frame, the number of fragmented macro blocks included in the video frame, and the number of skip-mode macro blocks included in the video frame, the picture quality of the video data is determined based on a correlation between picture quality estimation information and SNR, and the video data is output by applying a picture quality improving algorithm to the video data, if the determined picture quality is lower than a predetermined level. | 06-25-2009 |
20090190662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTIVIEW VIDEO - A method for encoding a multiview video includes estimating and compensating for a motion between a plurality of pictures from more than one view. A first video captured at a first view becomes a basis and for performing encoding on the first video using the motion estimation and compensation result. Motion estimation and compensation is then performed on a predetermined picture selected from among a plurality of pictures included in a second video captured at a second view being different from that of the first video. The picture from the second view is then encoded using the motion estimation and compensation result. A bit stream is generated including encoded data of the first video and encoded data of the second video. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196349 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CONTOUR OF VIDEO OBJECT - A method for estimating a boundary between a background and a user object in a video, in which the user object is segmented from the background is provided. The initial object contour is estimated in a first video frame for object segmentation, and color probability density functions are estimated for the user object and the background segmented from the first video frame. An edge strip with a predetermined width is generated in a current frame based on an object contour of a previous frame, and a coherence probability density function of the edge strip is estimated. The user object is segmented in the current frame by energy minimization. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196507 | Method and apparatus for estimating object contour in a moving picture - A method and apparatus for estimating the contour of a user object in a moving picture during video communications so that a personal background image is not provided during video communications. Information about center coordinates as well as a size of a face of the user object is extracted from a moving picture frame. Edges are extracted from the moving picture frame, and a boundary of a head of the user object is estimated using a semicircle. The boundaries of left and right shoulders and left and right arms of the user object are estimated using second-order function graphs that overlap a largest portion of the edges. An entire contour of the user object is estimated according to the boundaries of the head, the left and right shoulders, and the left and right arms of the user object. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE - A method and apparatus for generating a thumbnail image are provided so that the out-of-focus (OOF) information can be ascertained from looking at the thumbnail. An input image is decoded, and a degree of the amount of OOF of the decoded image is measured (OOF information). There is a determination as to whether or not there is an EXchangeable Image File (EXIF) information about the input image. In the presence of EXIF information, a thumbnail image is extracted from the EXIF information and as much an OOF effect is applied to the thumbnail image in accordance with the degree of OOF. In the absence of the EXIF information, a thumbnail image is generated by scaling down the decoded image at a down scaler and applying as much of an OOF effect is applied to the thumbnail image in accordance with the degree of OOF. | 08-06-2009 |
20090201991 | METHOD FOR INTRA PREDICTION CODING OF IMAGE DATA - A method of performing an intra prediction coding with respect to a plurality of blocks included in an image frame is provided. The method of performing an intra prediction coding includes confirming whether a neighboring pixel that is referred to in an intra prediction of a block exists in the current frame, if the neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction exists, reading the color difference signal value of the pixel referred to in the intra prediction from the current image frame, if at least one neighboring pixel referred to in the intra prediction does not exist, reading the color difference signal value of at least one pixel from the previous image frame and performing the intra prediction with reference to the read color difference signal value of the pixel. | 08-13-2009 |
20090245353 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION VIDEO CODING/DECODING - An intra-prediction coding and decoding method is provided, in which a picture to be encoded is received in coding units, each of the coding units is divided into a plurality of sub-units, an IPM is determined for each coding unit, residual data is acquired for each sub-unit of each coding unit according to the determined IPM, and information about the IPM of each coding unit and the residual data of each sub-unit of each coding unit are encoded. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING INFORMATION ABOUT INTRA-PREDICTION MODE OF VIDEO - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding IPM information are provided, in which a coding unit is received, IPMs of a plurality of sub-units included in the coding unit are determined, a relation between an IPM of each sub-unit and IPMs of neighboring sub-units of the each sub-unit is checked, and information about IPMs of a plurality of sub-units according to the relations is encoded in an integrated manner. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding motion vector information are provided, in which a coding unit is divided into a plurality of subunits, PMVs of the subunits are calculated, it is determined whether the PMVs satisfy a predetermined condition, and coded motion vector data are generated, which include information indicating an omission of the motion vectors of the subunits, if the PMVs satisfy the predetermined condition. | 10-01-2009 |
20100021073 | CODING METHOD AND CODING APPARATUS - Provided are methods and apparatuses for coding a motion vector by a multimedia image codec. The method including: calculating and storing difference vectors which represent differences between adjacent motion vectors of image data; selecting a central axis of the stored difference vectors based on trend information of the difference vectors; transforming the difference vectors based on the central axis of the difference vectors; and performing bit coding using the axis-transformed difference vectors. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING A REFERENCE FRAME IN ENCODING/DECODING MOVING IMAGES - Provided is a method of compressing a reference frame in encoding or decoding moving images. A reference frame to be compressed is divided into basic processing blocks. The basic processing blocks are divided into sub-blocks. A maximum value and a minimum value of pixels within each sub-block are calculated. A necessary bit length needed for compression of each sub-block is obtained based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value. An average bit length of the sub-blocks within the basic processing block is calculated based on the calculated necessary bit lengths of the sub-blocks. Bits are variably allocated to each sub-block by adjusting the necessary bit length of each sub-block so that the average bit length of the sub-blocks within a corresponding basic processing block is less than or equal to a preset required bit length. Each sub-block is compressed to the allocated bits. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027685 | METHOD OF PROCESSING BOUNDARY STRENGTH BY DEBLOCKING FILTER AND CODING APPARATUS - Provided is a method and apparatus for processing a boundary strength (BS) by a deblocking filter, the method including: an encoding process for generating a packet including BS information; and a decoding process for receiving the packet including the BS information generated from the encoding process, and during the decoding process the BS information is used in a deblocking process. | 02-04-2010 |
20100046625 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - A method and apparatus for encoding an image based on a video sensor structure are provided. The method includes acquiring an image to be encoded; separating the acquired image into respective color components; creating a predicted image for each of the color components, and creating a residual image between the predicted image and the acquired image; and performing transform encoding on each of the color components individually by applying the residual image to a transformation formula. | 02-25-2010 |
20100128108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE IN AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method is provided for acquiring a Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) image in an image processing apparatus, in which images corresponding to each of consecutive frames are photographed with a stereo camera including at least two image pickup devices with different exposure times, a correlation between images photographed in each frame at different exposure times is checked, and the images photographed at the different exposure times are synthesized into one image based on the correlation. | 05-27-2010 |
20100135642 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AVAILABLE VIDEO PLAY TIMES BASED ON REMAINING BATTERY CAPACITY - A apparatus and method for displaying available video play times are provided. Information about a remaining battery capacity of a video playing apparatus and information about a resolution of a video file is received from a first signal input unit, and information contained in a codec-resolution mapping table is received from a second signal input unit. Available video play times associated with video decoding modes are acquired based on the information received from the first signal input unit and the information received from the second signal input unit. | 06-03-2010 |
20100150451 | EXTRACTION METHOD OF AN INTEREST REGION FOR MULTIMEDIA MOBILE USERS - Disclosed is a method for extracting a region-of-interest of a user in a multimedia mobile terminal. The method includes: setting a search region in an input picture input to the multimedia mobile terminal on a screen picture-to-screen picture basis, and extracting a group of boundary of a region-of-interest based on a brightness difference between the set search region and an environment around the set search region; determining boundary coordinates of the region-of-interest through learning during a predetermined frame among the extracted group of boundary coordinate candidates; and enlarging the region-of-interest having the determined boundary coordinates, and displaying the enlarged region-of-interest. As a result, a region the user is most interested in or pays more attention to than other regions on a screen is automatically extracted. Accordingly, it is possible for users to view pictures in such an efficient manner as to provide the users with an even better experience and understanding during viewing. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND DECODING VIDEO FRAME IN VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE PROCESSING - A method is provided for constructing a video frame in a video signal processing apparatus using multi-core processing, in which multiple macro blocks are generated from a video signal on a predetermined unit basis, and a video frame is constructed by combining the generated multiple macro blocks with header information. The video frame includes one correlation information field for recording information about correlations between the multiple macro blocks, and the one correlation information field is located in front of the multiple macro blocks constituting the video frame. | 06-24-2010 |
20100164995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES - An apparatus and method for processing a digital image are provided, including a decoder that decodes a high-resolution image and outputs the decoded high-resolution image, a resizer that resizes a thumbnail image to a size to be displayed on a display, and a controller that outputs the resized thumbnail image on the display, then replaces the thumbnail image with the decoded high-resolution image. | 07-01-2010 |
20110211642 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF MOVING PICTURE DIVIDED IN UNITS OF SLICES - A moving picture encoding/decoding apparatus and method for processing a moving picture, which is divided in units of slices are provided. The encoding method includes: dividing a moving picture in units of slices when the moving picture is received; determining an encoding order of moving pictures divided in units of slices; and generating a bitstream by encoding moving pictures, which are divided in units of slices, according to a corresponding order when the encoding order had been determined. | 09-01-2011 |
20110274161 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing method includes: obtaining a reference block a having a first resolution and a differential block having the first resolution; transforming a resolution of a prediction block having the first resolution and a resolution of the differential block having the first resolution in order to generate a prediction block having a second resolution and a differential block having the second resolution, the prediction block having the first resolution and the differential block having the first resolution being generated based on a pixel value of the reference block having the first resolution; and synthesizing the generated prediction block having the second resolution and the generated differential block having the second resolution in order to generate a target block having the second resolution. | 11-10-2011 |
20110310969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE INTRA PREDICTION AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image intra prediction method and image intra prediction apparatus and a decoding apparatus and a decoding method using the image intra prediction method are provided. The image intra prediction method includes: backing up boundary pixel values adjacent to a block that is to be decoded; correcting the boundary pixel values adjacent to the block that is to be decoded based on correlations between the boundary pixels and pixels adjacent to the boundary pixels; predicting a block that is to be decoded according to an intra mode, from among a plurality of intra modes, based on the corrected boundary pixel values; and restoring the boundary pixel values from the backed-up values. | 12-22-2011 |
20120033728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES BY ADAPTIVELY USING AN INTERPOLATION FILTER - The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for encoding and decoding images by adaptively using an interpolation filter in consideration of the characteristics of input images. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a prediction block-generating unit including a selector for adaptively selecting an interpolation filter for generating a prediction block in consideration of the context information of an input image block, a filter bank in which groups of interpolation filters are stored in correspondence with the context information, and a specific interpolation filter which is selected from the filter bank in accordance with the control of the selector, and which interpolates a reference image block associated with the input image block. | 02-09-2012 |