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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Byung-jun Son, Seoul, KR;
Tae-hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;
Soo-kyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-dae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Byung-Jun Son, Seoul, KR;
Tae-Hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;
Soo-Kyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Dae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a mosaic image by mosaic processing of an image are provided, in which an object to be used in a mosaic is acquired from a received image, the object is stored in a storage medium, a target image to be mosaic-processed is received, a mosaic block size is set, at least one object selected from among objects stored in the storage medium is received for use as a mosaic block, the target image is divided into a plurality of areas each having the mosaic block size, and the object is set as a mosaic block by reflecting a color of each divided area in the object.