公开(公告)号：US11663691B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16926126

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seho Lee ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang

IPC: G06T3/00 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N5/20

CPC classification number: G06T3/0093 ,  G06T3/0012 ,  G06T3/4053 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/55 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/951

Abstract: An image restoration apparatus generates a plurality of warped images by warping each of a plurality of input images based on respective depths corresponding to a plurality of disparities, and generates an output image with a high resolution based on the plurality of input images and the plurality of warped images using an image restoration model.

公开(公告)号：US11228752B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US15094119

申请日：2016-04-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jinho Lee ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung Nam ,  Juyong Park

IPC: H04N13/305 ,  H04N13/351 ,  H04N13/317

Abstract: A display device may include a panel including a plurality of pixels and an optical layer. The display device may include a processor configured to generate an image of the panel based on a location relationship between the pixels and the optical elements so that a plurality of rays corresponding to the image propagate evenly at a viewing distance. The location relationship is based on an optical parameter of the optical layer.

公开(公告)号：US11064183B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16844433

申请日：2020-04-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung Nam ,  Hyoseok Hwang ,  Young Ju Jeong ,  Jingu Heo

IPC: H04N13/229 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N13/106 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02B3/00

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

公开(公告)号：US11039097B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16579977

申请日：2019-09-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Daekun Yoon ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Kyuhwan Choi ,  Deokyoung Kang

IPC: H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  G02B13/00

Abstract: A method of driving a lens array camera may include simultaneously driving a first group of sensing elements from among a plurality of sensing elements, each sensing element from among the first group of sensing elements corresponding to a same original signal viewpoint, wherein the plurality of sensing elements is included in a sensor corresponding to the lens array camera including N rows of N lenses, N being a natural number.

公开(公告)号：US11030724B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16506423

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: G06T5/00 ,  G06N20/10 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T5/30

Abstract: Provided is an image restoration apparatus and method. The image restoration apparatus may store an image restoration model including a convolutional layer corresponding to kernels having various dilation gaps, and may restore an output image from a target image obtained by rearranging a compound eye vision (CEV) image by the image restoration model.

公开(公告)号：US10529754B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15923723

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ,  SNU R&DB FOUNDATION

Inventor： Dong Kyung Nam ,  Dae Hyeong Kim ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Mincheol Lee ,  Jun Kyul Song

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/0203

Abstract: An omnidirectional image sensor and a method of manufacturing the omnidirectional image sensor are provided. An image sensor may include a plurality of photodiodes, and a spherical structure comprising a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of photodiodes are disposed between the plurality of protrusions, and wherein the spherical structure comprises a plurality of spherical wedges.

公开(公告)号：US10063832B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15250083

申请日：2016-08-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Hyoseok Hwang

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H04N13/00 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06T5/00

CPC classification number: H04N13/122 ,  G06K9/4604 ,  G06T5/005 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  H04N13/111 ,  H04N2013/0077 ,  H04N2013/0081 ,  H04N2013/0085

Abstract: An image processing method includes generating a target color image of a second viewpoint by warping a color image of a first viewpoint to the second viewpoint using a depth image corresponding to the color image of the first viewpoint; determining a conversion relationship of temporally neighboring color images among a plurality of color images of the second viewpoint, the plurality of color images including the target color image; and restoring a first hole of the target color image based on the conversion relationship.

公开(公告)号：US20170180700A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15210266

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung NAM

IPC: H04N13/00 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: Transmitting image data, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) image, may include generating one or more images associated with corresponding fields of view of one or more viewpoints that a display is configured to provide to a user, generating image data based on the images, and transmitting the image data to a target device. The one or more images may be generated based on weaving one or more images to generate one or more panel images. An image device that may receive the image data may generate one or more first images based on the image data, select one or more second images from the first images, and generate a panel image based on weaving the selected second images.

公开(公告)号：US09661296B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US13940456

申请日：2013-07-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ji Young Hong ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Ho Young Lee

IPC: G06T15/00 ,  H04N13/00 ,  G06T5/10

CPC classification number: H04N13/128 ,  G06T5/10

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US09646399B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US14520440

申请日：2014-10-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Young Ju Jeong ,  Dong Kyung Nam ,  Ju Yong Park ,  Yang Ho Cho

IPC: G06T11/60 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06T7/00

CPC classification number: G06T11/60 ,  G06T5/005 ,  G06T15/205 ,  G06T2200/21 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10028

Abstract: A method and apparatus for image processing is provided, in which the method for image processing includes generating a base image based on multi-view color images and depth images corresponding to the multi-view color images, and generating a light field (LF) image, for example, an output image, based on the base image, that is, an image including occlusion regions of at least one LF image to be generated based on color images and depth images.