Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gun-Ill Lee

Jae-Yeon Song

Yong-Tae Kim

Seo-young Hwang

Kwang-Cheol Choi

Seo-Young Hwang

Kook-Heui Lee

Dae-sik Kim

Sung-Bin Hong

Ha-Joong Park

Houng-sog Min

Sang-Jun Ahn

Jae-Seung Kim

Deok-ho Kim

Won-Woo Lee

Jae-woong Lee

Jae-Woong Lee

Won-woo Lee

Kyung-su Kim

Ji-Won Jeong

Bong-hoon Park

Jeong-Heui Cho

Byung-joon Chang

Dong-Gon Kim

Won-jun Roh

Kwang-Cheoi Choi

Teresa Ka Ki Ng

Deok-Ho Kim

Bong-Hoon Park

Chan-Min Park

In-Sang Cho

Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) system for simulating functions such as recognition, determination, and so forth of the human brain by using a mechanical learning algorithm like deep learning, or the like, and an application thereof. The disclosure relates to a method, performed by a device, of identifying an object, and the method includes obtaining an image including an object, extracting attribute information of the object from the image by using a plurality of layers included in a network for determining a category of the object, obtaining feature information representing the object by combining attribute information extracted from at least some layers among the plurality of layers by using at least one feature extraction layer, and identifying the object based on a result of comparing the obtained feature information with feature information of each of a plurality of previously stored object images, wherein a parameter of each of the at least one feature extraction layer is configured according to a training result based on a database including a plurality of images.

Method and device for identifying object

A method and an apparatus are provided for generating a stereoscopic file. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store a stereoscopic file, the stereoscopic file including an svmi box for stereoscopic video media information, the svmi box including a first value indicating a stereoscopic composition type, and an scdi box for stereoscopic camera and display information, the svmi box including a second value associated with two cameras of a stereoscopic camera; a reproduction device configured to parse the svmi box and the scdi box to reproduce the stereoscopic file; and a display device configured to display the reproduced stereoscopic file.

Method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic file

A method and an apparatus are provided for reproducing a stereoscopic file. The stereoscopic file includes a value indicating a first type representing stereoscopic content with one elementary stream or a second type representing stereoscopic content with two elementary streams. The stereoscopic file also includes an svmi box for stereoscopic video media information.

Provided are an apparatus and a method of providing a multiview still image service. The method includes: configuring a multiview still image file format including a plurality of image areas into which a plurality of pieces of image information forming a multiview still image are inserted; inserting the plurality of pieces of image information into the plurality of image areas, respectively; inserting three-dimensional (3D) basic attribute information to three-dimensionally reproduce the multiview still image into a first image area of the plurality of image areas into which main-view image information from among the plurality of pieces of image information is inserted; and outputting multiview still image data comprising the plurality of pieces of image information based on the multiview still image file format.

Method and apparatus for providing a multi-view still image service, and method and apparatus for receiving a multi-view still image service

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing three-dimensional (3D) image data of a portable terminal, and particularly, to an apparatus and a method for enabling contents sharing and reproduction (playback) between various 3D devices using a file structure for effectively storing a 3D image obtained using a plurality of cameras, and a stored 3D related parameter, and sharing and reproduction between various 3D devices are possible using a file structure for effectively storing a 3D image (for example, a stereo image) obtained using a plurality of cameras, and a stored 3D related parameter.

Apparatus and method for generating 3D image data in a portable terminal

Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a stereoscopic image. A stereoscopic image restoring method includes parsing a received data stream into image data of a stereoscopic image and information regarding the stereoscopic image; extracting a camera parameter depending on individual characteristics of each of one or more cameras which have captured the stereoscopic image; and decoding and restoring the image data of the stereoscopic image.

Method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic image data stream by using camera parameter, and method and apparatus for restoring stereoscopic image by using camera parameter

An apparatus and a method for processing a stereo image are provided. In the method, a first image and a second image are obtained via a first camera module and a second camera module installed spaced by a predetermined distance. When the stereo image is captured, the first image and the second image are alternatively sampled with a predetermined time interval. The sampled at least one first image and the sampled at least one second image are encoded. Therefore, the stereo image can be compressed with low complexity compared to the case of compressing a stereo image using a 2D image compression technology.

Stereo image handling device and method

Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information.

Method and apparatus for encoding datastream including additional information on multiview image and method and apparatus for decoding datastream by using the same

An apparatus includes a storage unit to receive and store an image file, a processor to parse a media data field of the image file including one or more image data samples and to parse a media header field including an image type data field indicating whether each of the one or more image data samples is one of 2 dimensional (2D) image data and 3 dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image data to generate an image corresponding to one of a 2D image and a 3D stereoscopic image based on the image type data field of the image file, and a display unit to display the generated image according to the image type data field of the image file.

System and method for generating and reproducing image file including 2D image and 3D stereoscopic image

A method and apparatus for creating and displaying a media file. A computer-readable recording medium is disclosed for storing stereoscopic content having two or more tracks and stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content. The medium includes a duplication indication field indicating duplication of stereoscopic video-related information of each track in the stereoscopic content, and a track reference field including information used to connect a current track to at least one other track to which the current rack refers.

Apparatus and method for creating and displaying media file

Methods and apparatus are provided for generating 3D image files based on 2D image media standards. First and second image data are photographed, pre-processed, and stored. The first and second image data are encoded. A 3D image file is generated. The 3D image file includes a first area having the first and second image data synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image, a second area including at least information on a number of frames and a size of each frame for the first image data, and a third area, separate from the second area, having information on a number of frames and a size of each frame for the second image data. Information stored in third area is for regenerating the 3D image and not for regenerating a 2D image.

System and method for generating and regenerating 3D image files based on 2D image media standards

A method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic file defined based on a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format. The apparatus includes an encoder encoding first video data and second video data that are included in three-dimensional (3D) video data; and a file generating unit arranging the encoded first video data and second video data according to the information of a stereoscopic file format including boxes that are selected from boxes included in a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format in order to store and generate the stereoscopic file, and generating the stereoscopic file.

A method for controlling moving picture encoding using channel information of wireless networks is provided. By the method, it is possible to use a pre-verified standard technology in the prescription of a stereoscopic image file format, thereby simplifying a verification procedure for a new standard. Also, it is possible to use a new a stereoscopic image file format, thereby selecting, generating, and reproducing either of a 2D image file or a 3D stereoscopic image file. In particular, according to a system and a method for using a file format used to generate a 3D stereoscopic image, it is possible to reproduce and display a caption in the form of a 2D image during reproduction of the 3D stereoscopic image, thereby reducing eyestrain of a user, and additionally providing an image such as news, or an advertisement, to a user.

System and method for generating and reproducing 3D stereoscopic image file including 2D image

Disclosed are a system and a method for generating and regenerating three-dimensional (3D) images file based on two-dimensional (2D) image media standards, a 3D image file generating device for generating a 3D image file having a data area, which includes first image data and second image data synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image, a header area including information of the first image data, and a metadata area including information of the second image data, and a 3D image file regenerating device, which parses information of the first and the second image data when a 3D image file is inputted so as to synthesize and regenerate the first and the second image data into a 3D image file.

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Gun-Ill Lee