Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jong-sun Kim

Won-seok Song

Tae-hoon Kang

Myung-kyu Choi

Kwang-il Hwang

Seung-hun Kim

Ung-sik Kim

Hyun-ock Yim

Hoe-won Kim

An image processing method includes: defining a selection area in a first still image according to a user input; extracting image data that correspond to the selected area from a second still image; combining the image data extracted from the second still image on the selection area of the first still image to create a composite image; and sequentially displaying the first still image and the composite image.

Method and apparatus for creating or storing resultant image which changes in selected area

A digital photographing apparatus, computer readable medium, and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, the method including selecting a template image; receiving an image including a subject and detecting the subject from the received image; and displaying the template image with an image of the subject included in a view area. The displaying may include displaying the template image with an image of the subject included in a view area corresponding to a location of the detected subject. The method may include designating a location of the view area on the template image.

Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus

A method of controlling a photographing apparatus includes: recognizing a gesture in an input image as a previously defined gesture; if the gesture corresponds to a previously defined gesture for a zoom operation, performing the zoom operation using optical zoom; and while the zoom operation is being performed, continuing recognizing the gesture by taking into consideration the zoom operation.

Photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and computer-readable recording medium

A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection coordinate may be corrected to increase the reliability of face detection.

Subject detecting method and apparatus, and digital photographing apparatus

A zoom control method and apparatus. The zoom control method allows a subject to be photographed by automatically performing a zooming operation with a proper composition and resolves a problem where a subject disappears from a screen due to the zooming operation.

Zoom control method and apparatus, and digital photographing apparatus

In exemplary scene information displaying apparatus and methods, scene information is detected from an input image, a scene for the input image is determined by using the scene information, probabilities that the determined scene corresponds to respective scene modes are calculated, and a scene information identifier including the probabilities for the scene modes is generated and displayed. Thus, users may be informed of all applicable scene modes for a current image.

Scene information displaying method and apparatus and digital photographing apparatus using the scene information displaying method and apparatus

A digital image capturing device detecting a face in an input image and providing a photographing composition, and a method using the digital image capturing device are provided. An embodiment of the digital image capturing device includes: a face detecting unit for detecting a face in the input image; an extracting unit for extracting tilt information of the detected face and a gaze direction; an establishing unit for establishing a photographing composition according to the tilt information or gaze direction of the face; and a providing unit for providing a change of the photographing composition according to the established photographing composition.

Digital image capturing device providing photographing composition and method thereof

An apparatus and method of correcting skin color in an image is disclosed. The method may include extracting skin colors; analyzing the extracted skin colors to calculate axes of a different vector space; transforming the extracted skin colors to the different vector space; using the result of the transformed skin colors to identify a color from an input image as a skin color; and correcting the color identified as a skin color. The different vector space may be a principal components analysis (PCA) vector space. Extracting skin colors may include detecting a face region as a skin region in an input image and extracting skin colors from the face region. A lookup table be generated according to the result of projecting the skin colors to fewer dimensions of the different vector space. Extracting skin colors may include extracting colors from a training image of skin colors.

Method and apparatus for skin color correction and digital photographing apparatus using both

Provided are a photographing method and apparatus using face pose estimation. The photographing method includes: detecting a face area from an input image; estimating pose information in the detected face area; and determining a face direction based on the estimated pose information and recording the input image according to the face direction. Accordingly, when a face of a subject looks at something other than a camera, a picture is not taken, and thus a failed photograph is prevented.

Photographing method and apparatus using face pose estimation of face

A delay locked loop (DLL) is provided that generates an internal clock signal in synchronization with an external clock signal. First through third amplifiers convert the swing width of the external clock signal to a small swing width and re-convert the external clock signal to an external signal level. A basic clock generator generates a plurality of basic clock signals that are progressively shifted apart by a predetermined phase. First through third duty correctors correct the external clock signal, a first internal clock signal, and a second internal clock signal to satisfy 50% duty. First and second mixers generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal which is 90 degrees out-of-phase with the first clock signal. Finally, the first internal clock signal is 90 degrees out-of-phase with the second internal clock signal. Thus, the first internal clock signal is synchronous with the external clock signal.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jong-sun Kim