Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ji Young Hong

Ho Young Lee

Du-Sik Park

Seo Young Choi

Xiao Kaida

Yang Ho Cho

Du Sik Park

Dong Kyung Nam

Jung Ho Kim

Kyu Young Hwang

Yun-tae Kim

Yun-Tae Kim

Yun Tae Kim

Balazs Kranicz

Janos Schanda

Provided is an image processing method and apparatus, the apparatus including an object separation unit to separate an object region from a background region using at least one of a color image and a depth image associated with the color image, a contrast calculating unit to calculate a contrast between the object region and the background region, and a depth adjusting unit to adjust a depth of the depth image based on the calculated contrast.

Image processing apparatus and method

Disclosed herein are a medical image generation apparatus and medical image generation method that realistically display an object or inner tissues of the object. The medical image generation apparatus includes a sample image extractor configured to extract a sample image from an original image containing color information of an object, a color gamut modeler configured to model a color gamut of the sample image to have a predetermined shape, a 2D color map generator configured to generate a 2D color map based on the modeled color gamut, a volume data generator configured to generate 3D volume data based on a sectional image of inner tissues of the object, and a control unit configured to generate a 3D color medical image by applying values of the 2D color map to a 3D grayscale medical image acquired by volume rendering of the 3D volume data.

Apparatus and method for generating medical image

Provided is an image processing apparatus. A region of interest (ROI) configuration unit may generate a visual attention map according to a visual attention of a human in correspondence to an input three dimensional (3D) image. A disparity adjustment unit may adjust disparity information, included in the input 3D image, using the visual attention map. Using the disparity information adjusted result, a 3D image having a decreased visual fatigue may be generated and be displayed.

Image processing apparatus and method to adjust disparity information of an image using a visual attention map of the image

An image processing apparatus including a region of interest (ROI) configuration unit may generate a visual attention map according to visual characteristics of a human in relation to an input three dimensional (3D) image. A disparity adjustment unit may adjust disparity information, included in the input 3D image, using the visual attention map. Using the disparity information adjusted result, a 3D image may be generated and displayed which reduces a level of visual fatigue a user may experience in viewing the 3D image.

A red, green, and blue (RGB) primary generation system and method for a wide color gamut, and a color encoding system using the RGB primaries. The RGB primary generation system may achieve a wide color gamut by generating a color gamut having a gamut coverage which meets a gamut coverage threshold, meeting a unique hue, having a maximum gamut efficiency, and a minimum quantization error.

System and method for generating RGB primary for wide gamut, and color encoding system using RGB primary

In apparatus and method for generating a video signal using an LMS cone signal and an apparatus and method for restoring a video signal, a lightness signal and a chrominance signal may be generated using the LMS cone signal generated from an input image. Therefore, the generated chrominance signal may include only lightness information while the chrominance signal includes only chrominance information.

Apparatus and method for generating video signal reducing crosstalk between lightness signal and chrominance signal

A system and method for generating immersive sensation for a two-dimensional still image is provided. The method for generating immersive sensation including: converting a color space of an inputted image; loading a background mask to separate a foreground image and a background image from the inputted image; achieving attribute information for each of the foreground image and the background image, based on a perceptual attribute with respect to the color space, via an image content analysis; predicting scaling parameters based on the attribute information; and enhancing the inputted image based on the scaling parameter.

Method and system of immersive generation for two-dimension still image and factor dominating method, image content analysis method and scaling parameter prediction method for generating immersive sensation

Provided is a display apparatus that may estimate a degree of visual fatigue corresponding to an input 3-dimensional (3D) image, using a visual fatigue model to estimate the degree of visual fatigue of a user. The display apparatus may reduce the degree of visual fatigue of the user by rescaling a depth level of the input 3D image based on the degree of visual fatigue.

Display apparatus and method

An image processing apparatus and a method for enhancing depth are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may classify an input image into a foreground layer, a middle layer, a background layer, may calculate a representative color of each of the classified layers, and perform rendering of a color stereoscopy of the middle layer and a color stereoscopy of the background layer based on the representative color and a lightness of the background layer, thereby enhancing a stereoscopic effect and a depth. Also, a color temperature of the foreground layer and a color temperature of the middle layer are controlled based on the representative color and the background layer, to generate a difference in depth between the middle layer and the foreground layer, thereby representing an image having a more enhanced depth.

Image processing apparatus and method for enhancing depth perception

Provided is a video signal generation apparatus and method that may minimize crosstalk between a luminance signal and color difference signals. The video signal generation apparatus may generate the luminance signal using a nonlinear Y signal and then generate color difference signals using a nonlinear XYZ signal to maximize a de-correlation characteristic between the luminance signal and the color difference signals.

Video signal generation apparatus and method minimizing crosstalk between luminance signal and color difference signal

A texture reproduction system and method and a chroma correction system and method for presence enhancement are provided. The texture reproduction system including: a texture analysis unit to classify a pixel included in an input image using Red Green Blue (RGB) values of the pixel; a chroma correction unit to correct a chroma based on at least one of an average chroma value of the input image and a hue value of the pixel according to a classification of the pixel; and a spatial filter unit to output a final output value of the pixel via a high frequency component extracted using the RGB values for each pixel.

Texture reproduction system and method and chroma correction system and method for presence enhancement

An immersive sensation enhancement method and system for video sequence displaying is provided. An immersive sensation enhancement system, the system including: a foreground image identification unit to identify a foreground image for each frame of an input image; a foreground image characteristic extraction unit to extract a characteristic of the foreground image; a contrast threshold identification unit to identify a contrast threshold based on the characteristic of the foreground image; and an immersive sensation enhancement processing unit to process an immersive sensation enhancement of the input image based on at least one of the characteristic of the foreground image and the contrast threshold.

Method and system of immersive sensation enhancement for video sequence displaying

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and method for enhancing a depth perception. The image processing apparatus and method for enhancing the depth perception may classify an input image including a plurality of layers according to a depth into a foreground layer, a middle layer, and a background layer, and process a color component of each of the layers. The image processing apparatus and method for enhancing the depth perception may enhance the depth perception by stages according to the depth, thereby generating an image expressing natural realism.

Image processing apparatus and method of enhancing depth perception

A system and method of enhancing an immersion based on adaptive immersion enhancement prediction is provided. A system for enhancing an immersion includes a foreground/background separation unit to separate an input image into a foreground image and a background image using color information and frequency information of the input image, an immersion enhancement factor calculation unit to calculate an immersion enhancement factor of the input image using the foreground image and the background image, an immersion enhancement prediction unit to predict an immersion enhancement degree of the input image using the immersion enhancement factor, and an immersion enhancement processing unit to process immersion enhancement of the input image by determining whether the immersion enhancement is necessary based on the predicted immersion enhancement degree.

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Ji Young Hong