Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jae-Hyun Kwon

Hyun-hwa Oh

Seong-deok Lee

Young-Hun Sung

Sung-Su Kim

Sung-chan Park

Won-Hee Choe

Hyun-Chul Song

Won-hee Choe

Dong-Goo Kang

Kang-eui Lee

Young-Jin Yoo

Seok-min Han

Sungjin Kim

Young Hun Sung

Eun-Ji Kim

Sang-sik Park

SungSu A Kim

Seong-Jun Song

Seung Chul Lee

Dohyeon Lee

Hyunhwa Oh

Kyung-Hwan Jo

Donginn Seo

Hyun-Hwa Oh

Kang-Eui Lee

Sung-San Kim

Seok-Min Han

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna for a first band and a second band, a second antenna for the second band and a third band and a pre-processing unit configured to generate, based on identifying a frequency band of a first signal received via the first antenna and a frequency band of a second signal received via the second antenna are the second band, a pre-processed signal by combining the first signal and the second signal based on a ratio of a weight factor, and to transmit the pre-processed signal to a first radio frequency (RF) receiver.

Apparatus and method for receiving signal in wireless communication system

An X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray source configured to transmit X-rays; an X-ray detection assembly configured to detect the X-rays, and to convert the detected X-rays into an electrical signal; an image processor configured to generate an X-ray image based on the electrical signal; and a controller configured to process the X-ray image by changing shades of the X-ray image, and set a region of non-interest of the X-ray image based on the X-ray image and the processed X-ray image.

X-ray imaging apparatus and control method for the same

A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes generating a tissue emphasis image by emphasizing a predetermined tissue of at least two radiation images of different energy bands, and generating a diagnostic image by combining at least one of the at least two radiation images of different energy bands and the tissue emphasis image.

Method and apparatus for generating a diagnostic image based on a tissue emphasis image and medical imaging system employing the apparatus

An apparatus for generating a diagnosis image includes a local contrast characteristic calculator configured to calculate local contrast characteristics of radiation image data of a low-energy sub-band from radiation image data generated by radiation having at least two energy bands passing through a subject; a local contrast characteristic applier configured to apply the calculated local contrast characteristics to radiation image data of a full-energy band generated by the radiation having at least two energy bands passing through the subject; and a diagnosis image generator configured to generate a diagnosis image of the subject based on the radiation image data of the full-energy band to which the local contrast characteristics have been applied.

Apparatus for generating diagnosis image, medical imaging system, and method for processing image

A method of generating an image by using multi-energy radiation data and an apparatus therefor is provided. The method includes receiving multi-energy radiation data including a plurality of pieces of radiation data indicating an inner portion of a subject with respect to a plurality of radioactive rays in different energy bands, respectively, generating, based on the received multi-energy radiation data, radiation data of a radioactive ray in an energy band that is different from the different energy bands, and generating a radiation image of the subject based on the generated radiation data.

Method of generating image by using multi-energy radiation data and apparatus therefor

A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes estimating a thickness of an object that includes at least two materials, from a radiation image taken with radiations of at least two energy bands; and generating an image by comparing the estimated thickness to a thickness of a local region and extracting a region of interest.

Method and apparatus for processing image, and medical imaging system employing the apparatus

Provided are an image fusion apparatus and method for combining multi-exposure images. The image fusion apparatus and method may generate a sharp high-resolution high dynamic image while fully representing detail in an over-exposed region and an under-exposed region of the image without contrast degradation.

Image fusion apparatus and method

A method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through ROI-based image alignment; detecting an ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned reference image and input image by using a plurality of weights which are attenuated according to a spatial distance from a boundary of the detected ROI. In addition, the method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through image alignment based on an nregion of interest (ROI) which is detected at a previous stage; detecting another ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned image in the other ROI and an (n+1)blended image, which is input from a next stage, in a region outside the other ROI, and outputting the last blended image to the previous stage.

Method and apparatus for blending images

A CMOS image sensor is provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode receiving light and generating photocharges, a transfer transistor connected to the photodiode and transferring the photocharges, a floating diffusion accumulating the photocharges transferred from the transfer transistor, a reset transistor discharging the photocharges accumulated in the floating diffusion, and a merge gate transistor controlling capacitance of the floating diffusion. The CMOS image sensor may obtain a wide dynamic range signal without an increase in size of a pixel.

CMOS image sensor and driving method thereof

An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a low-frequency band component and a high-frequency band component from a radiation image formed by passing through a subject, a contrast enhancement processing unit configured to perform a contrast enhancement process to the extracted low-frequency band component, a detail enhancement processing unit configured to perform a detail enhancement process to the extracted high-frequency band component, a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image resulting from performing the contrast enhancement process and an image resulting from performing the detail enhancement process, and a generation unit configured to reconstruct the synthesized image and generate a diagnosis image.

Method for processing image, image processing apparatus and medical image system for performing the same

A high dynamic range (HDR) image generating apparatus and method is provided. The HDR image generating apparatus may set an auto-exposure time, a long exposure time, a short exposure time, and a reference exposure time. The auto-exposure time may be set to be shorter than the long exposure time, the short exposure time may be set to be shorter than the auto-exposure time, and the reference exposure time may be set to fall within a range between the auto-exposure time and the short exposure time. The image generating apparatus may obtain a first image with the long exposure time and a second image with the reference exposure time, may correct motion in the first image and adjust a dynamic range of the second image, and then may composite the resultant first and second images to generate a high dynamic range image.

High dynamic range image generating apparatus and method

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for obtaining a motion adaptive high dynamic range image, in which a motion degree of a first image and a second taken using different exposure times is calculated. The motion calculation intensity is adjusted based on the calculated motion degree. The motion compensation intensity involves a global motion compensation and/or a location motion compensation. Images subjected to compensation are synthesized and output, so that an image having high dynamic range is obtained.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Jae-Hyun Kwon