公开(公告)号：US09076200B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-07

申请号：US13298444

申请日：2011-11-17

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song

IPC分类号： G06K9/40 ,  G06T5/00

CPC分类号： G06T5/002 ,  G06T2207/20192

摘要： There are provided a method and an apparatus for reducing noise in a digital image capable of reducing noise while preventing damage to an edge of a digital image. The apparatus includes: a high pass filtering unit determining an edge region of an input image; a low pass filtering unit performing low pass filtering on a region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit; and a sigma filtering unit performing sigma filtering on the region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种降低数字图像噪声的方法和装置，能够减少噪声，同时防止损坏数字图像的边缘。 该装置包括：高通滤波单元，确定输入图像的边缘区域; 低通滤波单元，对通过高通滤波单元确定为不是边缘区域的输入图像的区域进行低通滤波; 以及西格玛滤波单元，对通过高通滤波单元确定为不是边缘区域的输入图像的区域进行Σ滤波。

公开(公告)号：US20120044357A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-23

申请号：US13064954

申请日：2011-04-28

申请人： Kyoung Joong Min ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon ,  Gyu Won Kim

发明人： Kyoung Joong Min ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon ,  Gyu Won Kim

IPC分类号： H04N5/33

CPC分类号： G06T5/008 ,  G06T2207/10048 ,  G06T2207/20182 ,  G06T2207/20192 ,  G06T2207/20221 ,  G06T2207/30261

摘要： There are provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for night vision that can generate a night vision image in which the overall quality thereof is maintained to be excellent and an obstacle is easily distinguished. The image processing apparatus for night vision includes: a brightness improving unit improving the brightness of an inputted infrared image; an obstacle judging unit judging whether an obstacle is present by analyzing an infrared image in which brightness is improved by the brightness improving unit; an obstacle region separating unit separating an image of a region judged as the obstacle by the obstacle judging unit; and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing the image of the region judged as the obstacle separated by the obstacle region separating unit with the inputted infrared image.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于夜视的图像处理装置和图像处理方法，其可以产生保持其整体质量优异并且容易区分障碍物的夜视图像。 用于夜视的图像处理装置包括：亮度改善单元，其提高所输入的红外图像的亮度; 障碍物判断单元，通过分析通过亮度改善单元提高亮度的红外图像来判断是否存在障碍物; 障碍物区域分离单元，其通过所述障碍物判断单元分离被判断为障碍物的区域的图像; 以及图像合成单元，合成由所述障碍物区域分离单元判断为障碍物的区域的图像与输入的红外图像。

公开(公告)号：US08737758B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-27

申请号：US13118691

申请日：2011-05-31

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  In Taek Song ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon

IPC分类号： G06K9/40

CPC分类号： G06T5/002 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T2207/20012 ,  G06T2207/20192

摘要： An apparatus of reducing noise includes: an edge determining module determining whether each pixel of an image corresponds to an edge; a low pass filter module performing low pass filtering of the image in two directions and performing low pass filtering only for the pixel determined not to be the edge; a filter selecting module selecting a filter having a flexible size to be applied to a mask region for each of the images low pass filtered based on the average brightness of the entire region and the average brightness of the mask region having a predetermined size; a sigma filter module sigma filtering the mask region using the selected filter for each of the images low pass filtered; and an averaging module averaging the image sigma filtered in the two directions.

摘要翻译： 降低噪声的装置包括：边缘确定模块，确定图像的每个像素是否对应于边缘; 低通滤波器模块，在两个方向上进行图像的低通滤波，仅对被确定为不是边缘的像素执行低通滤波; 滤波器选择模块，基于整个区域的平均亮度和具有预定尺寸的掩模区域的平均亮度，选择具有柔性尺寸的滤波器，以对每个图像进行低通滤波; 西格玛滤波器模块sigma使用所选滤波器对掩模区域进行滤波，以对低通滤波的每个图像进行滤波; 以及对在两个方向上滤波的图像sigma进行平均的平均模块。

公开(公告)号：US09110156B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-18

申请号：US13181450

申请日：2011-07-12

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

IPC分类号： G01N29/44 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： G01S7/52049 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G01S7/52077

摘要： Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal. The apparatus for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a transmitting module transmitting ultrasound signals to targets; a receiving module receiving the ultrasound signals reflected from the targets; an image generating module using the received ultrasound signals to generate a plurality of ultrasonic images having different sound velocities; and a sound velocity determining module using the plurality of generated ultrasonic images to determine optimal sound velocity for scanning the targets.

摘要翻译： 这里公开了一种用于测量超声信号的速度的装置和方法。 根据本发明的示例性实施例的用于测量超声信号的速度的装置包括：传输模块，其将超声信号传输到目标; 接收模块，接收从目标反射的超声信号; 使用所接收的超声信号生成具有不同声速的多个超声波图像的图像生成模块; 以及使用所述多个所生成的超声波图像来确定用于扫描所述目标的最佳声速的声速确定模块。

公开(公告)号：US08702608B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12950829

申请日：2010-11-19

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/5223 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G01N29/0672 ,  G01N29/07 ,  G01S7/52042 ,  G01S7/52049 ,  G01S7/5205 ,  G01S15/8906

摘要： Disclosed herein are a method for estimating acoustic velocity of an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus using the same. The method for estimating acoustic velocity of an ultrasonic image includes: (A) dividing each of the ultrasonic images into a plurality of blocks; (B) extracting contours of ultrasonic images for each block of one frame among the ultrasonic images; (C) calculating and analyzing average luminance values of each block; (D) determining the optimal block number using the average luminance values and selecting the optimal blocks; and (E) estimating and applying the real acoustic velocity, whereby the acoustic velocity is estimated in real time and is applied to the ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus.

摘要翻译： 这里公开了一种用于估计超声波图像的声速的方法和使用其的超声波诊断装置。 用于估计超声波图像的声速的方法包括：（A）将每个超声波图像分成多个块; （B）提取超声图像中的一帧的每个块的超声图像的轮廓; （C）计算和分析每个块的平均亮度值; （D）使用平均亮度值确定最佳块号并选择最佳块; 和（E）估计并施加真实声速，由此声速被实时估计并应用于超声波诊断装置。

公开(公告)号：US20120011935A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-19

申请号：US13181450

申请日：2011-07-12

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Ho Seop Jeong ,  Kyoung Joong Min

IPC分类号： G01N29/07

CPC分类号： G01S7/52049 ,  A61B8/585 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G01S7/52077

摘要： Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal. The apparatus for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a transmitting module transmitting ultrasound signals to targets; a receiving module receiving the ultrasound signals reflected from the targets; an image generating module using the received ultrasound signals to generate a plurality of ultrasonic images having different sound velocities; and a sound velocity determining module using the plurality of generated ultrasonic images to determine optimal sound velocity for scanning the targets.

摘要翻译： 这里公开了一种用于测量超声信号的速度的装置和方法。 根据本发明的示例性实施例的用于测量超声信号的速度的装置包括：传输模块，其将超声信号传输到目标; 接收模块，接收从目标反射的超声信号; 使用所接收的超声信号生成具有不同声速的多个超声波图像的图像生成模块; 以及使用所述多个所生成的超声波图像来确定用于扫描所述目标的最佳声速的声速确定模块。

公开(公告)号：US08801616B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US12753724

申请日：2010-04-02

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Won Tae Choi ,  Kyoung Joong Min

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Won Tae Choi ,  Kyoung Joong Min

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/14

摘要： Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic image processing method. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic transmission unit; An ultrasonic probe emits; An ultrasonic reception unit; An image processing unit; A sound velocity determination unit; and A control unit. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that the actual sound velocity of a reflected wave is estimated, so that high-quality ultrasonic images can be provided, and the time required for the estimation of a sound velocity can be reduced.

摘要翻译： 这里公开了超声波诊断装置和超声波图像处理方法。 超声波诊断装置包括：超声波发送部; 超声波探头发射; 超声波接收单元; 图像处理单元; 音速确定单元; 和A控制单元。 因此，有一个优点是估计反射波的实际声速，从而可以提供高品质的超声波图像，并且可以减少估计声速所需的时间。

公开(公告)号：US20130076901A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13331349

申请日：2011-12-20

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  In Taek Song ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  In Taek Song ,  Tae Hyeon Kwon

IPC分类号： H04N7/18

CPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： There is provided an on-screen display (OSD) apparatus including: a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having respective ranges previously assigned thereto to thereby detect an object therein; a camera module capturing an image of the ranges detected by the plurality of ultrasonic sensors; and a controlling unit controlling a display of positional information of the object detected in the ranges assigned to the plurality of individual ultrasonic sensors in the image captured by the camera module.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种屏幕显示（OSD）装置，包括：多个超声波传感器，其具有先前分配的各个范围，从而检测其中的物体; 相机模块，其捕获由所述多个超声波传感器检测到的范围的图像; 以及控制单元，控制在由相机模块捕获的图像中在分配给多个单独的超声波传感器的范围中检测到的对象的位置信息的显示。

公开(公告)号：US08115859B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-14

申请号：US12437784

申请日：2009-05-08

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Hak Sun Kim ,  Won Tae Choi ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Joo Young Ha

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  Hak Sun Kim ,  Won Tae Choi ,  Kyoung Joong Min ,  Joo Young Ha

IPC分类号： H04N5/20 ,  H04N5/238 ,  G03B7/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/2352 ,  H04N5/2351 ,  H04N5/2357 ,  H04N5/243

摘要： An auto-exposure control method includes: creating an exposure table and an analog gain table including an exposure time and an analog gain of an image sensor set according to an index, respectively; calculating an average luminance value of an image frame obtained by the image sensor; checking whether or not the average luminance value is within a pre-set range including a prescribed final target value; if the average luminance value is not within the pre-set range, determining a shift step from indexes which have been applied to a current image frame according to the difference between the average luminance value and the final target value in order to determine indexes of the exposure table and the analog gain table to be applied to a next image frame; and repeatedly performing of reading an exposure time and an analog gain corresponding to the indexes shifted by the shift step determined from the indexes applied to the current image frame, from the exposure table and the analog gain table, applying the same to the image sensor, obtaining a next image frame, and calculating an average luminance value.

摘要翻译： 自动曝光控制方法包括：分别根据索引产生曝光表和包括图像传感器组的曝光时间和模拟增益的曝光表和模拟增益表; 计算由所述图像传感器获得的图像帧的平均亮度值; 检查平均亮度值是否在包括规定的最终目标值的预定范围内; 如果平均亮度值不在预设范围内，则根据平均亮度值和最终目标值之间的差，从已经施加到当前图像帧的索引确定移位步长，以便确定 曝光表和要应用于下一个图像帧的模拟增益表; 并且从曝光表和模拟增益表重复执行读取与从应用于当前图像帧的指标确定的移位步长相对应的索引的曝光时间和模拟增益，将其应用于图像传感器， 获得下一个图像帧，并计算平均亮度值。

公开(公告)号：US08817097B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US13166280

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： Gyu Won Kim ,  In Taek Song

发明人： Gyu Won Kim ,  In Taek Song

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  B60Q1/48 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  B60R2300/30 ,  B60R2300/806 ,  G06T11/001 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G09G5/02 ,  H04N5/44504 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： There is provided an apparatus for processing an on-screen display (OSD), the apparatus including: a buffer unit receiving first dynamic guideline image information, a color determining unit determining colors for previously divided sections included in the first dynamic guideline image information from the buffering unit, and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing second dynamic guideline image information having the colors for each of the sections, determined by the color determining unit with an image from a camera. With the apparatus for processing an OSD, a user freely sets colors of a warning message, a static guideline, and a dynamic guideline, whereby the warning message, the static guideline, and the dynamic guideline can be displayed on a screen without obscuring a rearview image. In addition, a dynamic guideline can be set as different colors according to sections divided into distances from the rear of a vehicle and an image can be continuously displayed. Further, the camera module can be reprogrammed.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于处理屏幕显示（OSD）的设备，该设备包括：缓冲单元，接收第一动态指南图像信息;颜色确定单元，确定包括在第一动态准线图像信息中的先前划分的区域的颜色， 缓冲单元和图像合成单元，其合成具有由颜色确定单元确定的每个部分的颜色的第二动态指南图像信息，其具有来自照相机的图像。 利用用于处理OSD的设备，用户可以自由地设置警告消息，静态指南和动态指南的颜色，从而可以在屏幕上显示警告消息，静态指南和动态指南，而不会模糊后视 图片。 此外，根据分为车辆后方的距离的部分，可以将动态指南设定为不同的颜色，并且可以连续显示图像。 此外，相机模块可以被重新编程。