Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

University of Southern California

Korea University Industrial Academic Collaboration Foundation

Aarhus Universitet

Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation

Ghent University

Korea University Industrial & Academic Collarbortion

Do Kyoon Kim

Kee Chang Lee

Chang Kyu Choi

Dong Kyung Nam

Jin Ho Lee

Tae Hyun Rhee

Seung Kyu Lee

Jae Joon Han

Seung Ju Han

Won Chul Bang

Hyun Jung Shim

Min Su Ahn

Ouk Choi

Yong Beom Lee

Seon Min Rhee

Hwa Sup Lim

Byong Min Kang

Markus Gross

In Woo Ha

Chang Gyeom Kim

Chang Yeong Kim

Alexander Sorkine Hornung

Kyung Hwan Kim

Sang Wook Kim

Seok Yoon Jung

Won Bae Bang

Jung Bae Kim

Seong Jin Kim

Hyong Euk Lee

Yong Sun Kim

Chan Soo Hwang

Ju Yong Park

Paul E Debevec

Ji-Young Park

Chang-Yeong Kim

Jae Young Sim

Abhijeet Ghosh

Won-Chul Bang

Jae Kyun Ahn

Dae Youn Lee

Hee Sae Lee

Seung Won Jung

Jeong Hwan Ahn

Young Kyoo Hwang

Vladimir Vezhnevets

Anton Konouchine

Jay Busch

Sun Hyuck Chae

Gael Guennebaud

Robert Carnecky

Sang Kyun Kim

Sun Kwon Kim

Albert Theuwissen

Yoon Chae Cheong

Chang Su Kim

Mario Botsch

Rolf Adelsberger

Keun Ho Kim

Na Hyup Kang

Seo Young Choi

Sang-Hyun Kim

Anton Sergeevich Konushin

Jeroen Beeckman

Olga Barinova

Jacob Toft Pedersen

Toshiya Hachisuka

Vadim Sergeevich Konushin

Anton Anatolyevich Yakubenko

Kae Chang Lee

Jen-Yuan Chiang

Matt Chiang

Paul Devebec

Young-Kyoo Hwang

Ho-Taik Lee

Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for detecting a transparent image from an input image. The image processing apparatus may include an image segmenting unit to segment an input image into a plurality of segments, a likelihood determining unit to determine a likelihood that a transparent object is present between adjacent segments among the plurality of segments, and an object detecting unit to detect the transparent object from the input image based on the likelihood.

Image processing apparatus and method for detecting transparent object in image

A virtual world processing apparatus and method. Sensed information, which is information collected by a sensor is inputted. The sensed information is adapted, based on a sensor capability, which is information on capability of the sensor. Accordingly, interoperability between a real world and a virtual world or interoperability between virtual worlds may be achieved.

Virtual world processing device and method

In an apparatus and method for processing a virtual world, haptic information regarding a virtual object in the virtual world, the haptic information corresponding to sensed information, is extracted and transmitted to a haptic feedback device. Accordingly, interaction between a real world and the virtual world is achieved. The processing speed of the haptic information with respect to the virtual object may be increased by varying data structures according to types of the virtual object.

Method and apparatus for processing virtual world

Provided is an image filtering apparatus and method that may generate a noise prediction model associated with a depth image, based on an infrared ray (IR) intensity, and thereby predict noise included in a depth image using the generated noise prediction model.

Image filtering apparatus and method based on noise prediction using infrared ray (IR) intensity

A data transmission apparatus and method. Information exchange between virtual worlds is achieved by encoding information on a virtual world into metadata and transmitting the metadata to another virtual world. In particular, since the information on the virtual world is encoded into a binary format, high speed data transmission may be achieved.

Apparatus and method for transmitting data

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding a three-dimensional (3D) mesh. The method for encoding the 3D mesh includes determining a priority of a gate configuring a 3D mesh corresponding to a 3D object, removing vertices configuring the 3D mesh using the determined priority of the gate, and simplifying the 3D mesh.

Method and apparatus for encoding a 3D mesh

Provided is an image processing apparatus for performing photon mapping, and the image processing apparatus may perform ray tracing for photon mapping, sample a ray space based on a result of the ray tracing, and perform pseudo photon mapping using the sampled ray space.

Image processing apparatus and method using photon mapping and ray tracing and increasing a rate of photon mapping

Provided is point-based efficient three-dimensional (3D) information representation from a color image that is obtained from a general Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)/Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) camera, and a depth image that is obtained from a depth camera. A 3D image processing method includes storing a depth image associated with an object as first data of a 3D data format, and storing a color image associated with the object as color image data of a 2D image format, independent of the first data.

Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional (3D) images

An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus determines whether a first charge quantity of charges stored in a first charge storage is greater than or equal to a predetermined saturation level, the first charge storage among a plurality of charge storages configured to store charges generated by a sensor of a depth camera. According to the determination result, when the first charge quantity is greater than or equal to the saturation level, the image processing apparatus may calculate the first charge quantity from at least one second charge quantity of charges stored in at least one second charge storage which is different from the first charge storage among the plurality of charge storages.

Image processing method and apparatus

A device and method for processing virtual worlds. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, information which is measured from the real world using characteristics of a sensor is transferred to a virtual world, to thereby implement an interaction between the real world and the virtual world. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from previously measured information. The disclosed device and method for processing virtual worlds involve transferring the entire measured information in the event that the measured information is significantly different from the previously measured information and for selectively transferring information, from among the measured information, which is different from the measured information in the event that the difference is not significant.

Device and method for processing virtual worlds

An apparatus and method for out-focusing a color image based on a depth image, the method including receiving an input of a depth region of interest (ROI) desired to be in focus for performing out-focusing in the depth image, and applying different blur models to pixels corresponding to the depth ROI, and pixels corresponding to a region, other than the depth ROI, in the color image, thereby performing out-focusing on the depth ROI.

Image processing apparatus and method

Provided are a method and an apparatus for image processing. A scene includes a low resolution depth image and a high resolution color image. A depth image up-scaler up-scales the depth image using an interpolation so as to improve the resolution of the depth image. A color-depth similarity based filter removes noise from the up-scaled depth image using the color image and the up-scaled depth image. A boundary sharpening filter converts a boundary between objects in the up-scaled depth image into a clearer boundary. The resolution of the depth image may increase to the level of the resolution of the color image by means of the depth image up-scaler, the color-depth similarity based filter and the boundary sharpening filter, and the depth of each pixel in the depth image may be adjusted.

Method and apparatus for converting depth image in high resolution

An apparatus and method for encoding a 3D mesh, and an apparatus and method for decoding the 3D mesh are disclosed. The 3D mesh encoding apparatus may determine mesh information including position information of each of vertices constituting the 3D mesh, and connectivity information among the vertices, based on a level, and may progressively encode the determined mesh information based on the level, thereby reducing an error with an original 3D object when compared to an equal transmission rating.

Apparatus and method for encoding three-dimensional (3D) mesh, and apparatus and method for decoding 3D mesh

A virtual world processing apparatus and method. An angle value is obtained by measuring an angle of a body part of a user of a real world using sensor capability, which is information on capability of a bending sensor, and is transmitted to a virtual world, thereby achieving interaction between the real world and the virtual world. In addition, based on the sensor capability and the angle value denoting the angle of the body part, control information is generated to control a part of an avatar of the virtual world, corresponding to the body part, and then transmitted to the virtual world. Accordingly, interaction between the real world and the virtual world is achieved.

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