Abstract:
Disclosed is an animation method of deformable objects using an oriented material point and generalized spring model. The animation method comprises the following steps of: modeling a structure of a deformable object into oriented material points and generalized springs; initializing forces and torques acting on the material points, calculating the forces acting on the material points owing to collision of the material points and gravity, calculating the spring forces and torques acting on the material points, obtaining new positions and postures of the material points; updating positions, velocities, postures and angular velocities of the material points based upon physics, and displaying and storing updated results. The oriented material point and generalized spring model of the invention contains the principle of the conventional mass-spring model, but can animate deformable objects or express their structures in more intuitive manner over the conventional mass-spring model. Also, the material point and generalized spring model of the invention can express elongate deformable objects such as hair and wrinkled cloth, which cannot be expressed in the prior art, so as to animate features of various objects.
Abstract:
A marker-free motion capture apparatus having a function of correcting a tracking error and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a grouping unit for grouping feature candidates located within a threshold distance on a three-dimensional space at a previous time; a feature point selecting unit for generating a first curve connecting a predetermined number of feature points, and selecting a feature candidate closest to the first curve as a feature point of a previous time; a feature point correcting unit for generating a second curve connecting a predetermined number of feature points including the feature point of a previous time, and correcting a feature point of a current time calculated based on a Kalman filtering scheme using the second curve; and a controlling unit for calculating a location of a feature point of each time using a Kalman filtering scheme and generally controlling the marker-free motion capture apparatus.
Abstract:
Provided is a background recovering apparatus for deleting an object of an arbitrary region and recovering a background covered with the object. The apparatus includes a storing block for storing the input image sequence, and storing the three dimensional (3D) position and posture information, and focal length information; a geometric information extracting block for extracting 3D with respect to the background; a background image generating block for generating the background image; and a background image inserting block for recovering the background by inserting the background image into an arbitrary region of a first view point.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for adjusting a sampling clock phase in an analog-digital converter are disclosed. The apparatus includes a window operation unit assigning at least one window to a sampled image, and calculating operation values for pixels corresponding to each window, a controller controlling analog-digital converter sampling clock phase control signals by using the calculated operation values for the pixels, and an analog-digital converter adjusting the phase of the analog-digital converter sampling clock depending upon the analog-digital converter sampling clock phase control signals.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for producing 3D sound. The apparatus includes a determination unit, a mono sound spreading unit, a stereo sound spreading unit, a selection unit, and a 3D sound accelerator. The determination unit receives a source sound file and determines whether the source sound file is mono or stereo. The mono sound spreading unit converts the source sound into pseudo-stereo sound and performs sound spreading on the pseudo-stereo sound, if the source sound is determined to be mono. The stereo sound spreading unit performs sound spreading on the source sound, if the source sound is determined to be stereo. The selection unit receives the output of the mono sound spreading unit or stereo sound spreading unit, and transfers the output to headphones if the headphone reproduction has been selected. The 3D sound accelerator receives the output from the selection unit if speaker reproduction has been selected, removes crosstalk from the output, and transfers the crosstalk-free output to speakers.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an animation method of deformable objects using an oriented material point and generalized spring model. The animation method comprises the following steps of: modeling a structure of a deformable object into oriented material points and generalized springs; initializing forces and torques acting on the material points, calculating the forces acting on the material points owing to collision of the material points and gravity, calculating the spring forces and torques acting on the material points, obtaining new positions and postures of the material points; updating positions, velocities, postures and angular velocities of the material points based upon physics, and displaying and storing updated results. The oriented material point and generalized spring model of the invention contains the principle of the conventional mass-spring model, but can animate deformable objects or express their structures in more intuitive manner over the conventional mass-spring model. Also, the material point and generalized spring model of the invention can express elongate deformable objects such as hair and wrinkled cloth, which cannot be expressed in the prior art, so as to animate features of various objects.
Abstract:
An OSD apparatus for displaying an image using first and second video input signals and a blend coefficient value comprises a region search device for generating an output signal, wherein the output signal is responsive to Human Visual System (HVS) characteristic elements and the first and second video input signals, and an &agr; controller responsive to the blend coefficient value and the output signal from the region search device. Preferably, contrasts of the first and second video input signals are used as one of the HVS characteristic elements. In particular, the contrasts of the first and second video input signal are obtained by selectively considering contrast of at least one of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions. Alternatively, the contrast is obtained by using a Y component when the first and second video input images are YUV images.
Abstract:
A power distribution unit that can detect system status includes: an optional line filter, a live power source for driving a I2C device, a power sensor which monitors system power status in connection with the I2C device through a I2C BUS, and a relay and on/off switch circuit which turns on/off system power in accordance with the I2C device through the I2C BUS.
Abstract:
Provided is wastewater risk material reduction equipment for removing ecotoxicity, including an oxidation tank configured to supply wastewater to a main decomposition unit and a main decomposition unit configured to treat wastewater, wherein the main decomposition unit includes a decomposition tank, a main electron generating device provided out of the decomposition tank to generate electrons, a main electron injection line configured to move the electrons from the main electron generating device into the decomposition tank, a wave generating device provided in the decomposition tank to activate the electrons by applying an electric field to the electrons generated by the main electron generating device, and a plurality of plates provided at an inner wall of the decomposition tank and at the main electron injection line and spaced apart from each other.
Abstract:
A channel condition information feedback method and apparatus are provided for a collaborative wireless communication network using a multiple input multiple output antenna system. The apparatus includes a downlink channel estimator that estimates channels of adjacent base stations, groups base stations from among the adjacent base stations that are capable of collaborative communication, and obtains a maximum singular vector to base stations belonged to a same group; and a vector selector which selects a weight vector most accurately representing the maximum singular vector and a complex variable most accurately representing the maximum singular vector in combination with the weight vector.