公开(公告)号：US08989487B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US12467321

申请日：2009-05-18

申请人： Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  H04N1/48 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H04N5/332 ,  H04N1/486 ,  H04N5/23232 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N9/67 ,  H04N9/76 ,  H04N9/78

摘要： Provided are an image composition apparatus for composing color images with black-and-white images including infrared components, and an image composition method thereof. The image composition method includes generating a first image signal with color information and a second image signal including infrared components without color information, dividing the first image signal into a brightness signal and a color signal, composing the brightness signal of the first image signal with a brightness signal of the second image signal to generate a composed brightness signal, and composing the composed brightness signal with the color signal of the first image signal to generate a color image.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于用包括红外分量的黑白图像构成彩色图像的图像合成装置及其图像合成方法。 该图像合成方法包括：生成具有彩色信息的第一图像信号和包括没有颜色信息的红外分量的第二图像信号，将第一图像信号分成亮度信号和彩色信号，将第一图像信号的亮度信号与 亮度信号以产生组合的亮度信号，并且使用所述第一图像信号的颜色信号构成所述组合的亮度信号以产生彩色图像。

公开(公告)号：US08977073B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-10

申请号：US12619712

申请日：2009-11-17

申请人： Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： G06K9/36 ,  G06T5/50

CPC分类号： G06T5/50

摘要： Disclosed is an apparatus to blend a high dynamic range (HDR) image or a plurality of images captured with different exposure settings to multiple images, and a method thereof. A multiple image blender receives a high dynamic range (HDR) image or a plurality of images captured with different exposure settings, and controls setting of one or more areas of interest or setting of one or more gradation levels, and combines and blends the HDR image or the plurality of images captured with different exposure settings corresponding to each area of interest or at each gradation level, and generates at least one multi-exposure image.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种将高动态范围（HDR）图像或用不同曝光设置拍摄的多个图像混合到多个图像的装置及其方法。 多图像混合器接收高动态范围（HDR）图像或用不同曝光设置捕获的多个图像，并且控制一个或多个感兴趣区域的设置或一个或多个灰度级的设置，并且组合并混合HDR图像 或者对应于每个感兴趣区域或每个灰度级别的不同曝光设置拍摄的多个图像，并且生成至少一个多曝光图像。

公开(公告)号：US08768053B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US12564109

申请日：2009-09-22

申请人： Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N9/77 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T2207/20192 ,  H04N5/142 ,  H04N5/213 ,  H04N5/23232 ,  H04N5/332 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N9/646

摘要： An image processing apparatus and method for generating high-sensitive, high-brightness color images are disclosed. A second image having a wider band and higher-sensitivity than those of a first image which includes color information may be acquired, wherein the first and second images are images captured from a scene. A first transformed image having high brightness may be generated by performing binning on the first image, and edge information being a high-frequency component may be extracted from the second image. A high-brightness, high-sensitive color image may be generated using the first transformed image and the edge information.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于产生高灵敏度，高亮度彩色图像的图像处理装置和方法。 可以获取具有比包括颜色信息的第一图像更宽的频带和更高灵敏度的第二图像，其中第一和第二图像是从场景捕获的图像。 可以通过对第一图像进行合并来生成具有高亮度的第一变换图像，并且可以从第二图像中提取作为高频分量的边缘信息。 可以使用第一变换图像和边缘信息来生成高亮度，高敏感度的彩色图像。

公开(公告)号：US08614746B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-24

申请号：US12563904

申请日：2009-09-21

申请人： Won-hee Choe ,  Young-jin Yoo ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Won-hee Choe ,  Young-jin Yoo ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： H04N5/33

CPC分类号： H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/332 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： An image processing apparatus including an image acquiring unit to acquire a first image including color information and a second image having a spectral band wider than that of the first image and a noise reduction unit to extract edge information from the second image and to reduce noise of the first image based on the extracted edge information.

摘要翻译： 一种图像处理装置，包括：图像获取单元，用于获取包括颜色信息的第一图像和具有比第一图像的频谱宽度更宽的频谱带的第二图像;以及噪声降低单元，用于从第二图像提取边缘信息，并且降低噪声 基于所提取的边缘信息的第一图像。

公开(公告)号：US20120169797A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-05

申请号：US13418116

申请日：2012-03-12

申请人： Won-hee CHOE ,  In-Ji Kim ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Chang-Yeong Kim

发明人： Won-hee CHOE ,  In-Ji Kim ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Chang-Yeong Kim

IPC分类号： G09G5/10

CPC分类号： G09G3/2003 ,  G06T5/009 ,  G06T5/40 ,  G09G3/3406 ,  G09G2320/0646 ,  G09G2360/16

摘要： An image display device capable of supporting brightness enhancement and power control and a method thereof, in which the brightness and contrast are enhanced and the power of a light source is controlled in accordance with the image characteristic. In the image display method, a parameter representative of an input image is calculated from a histogram of the input image, a model corresponding to the input image is selected from a plurality of representative models by analyzing the parameter, and then a brightness controlling function matched with the selected model is selected. The size of each component of a pixel constituting the input image is controlled using the brightness controlling function, and the output image of the pixel whose component size has been controlled is displayed.

摘要翻译： 能够支持亮度增强和功率控制的图像显示装置及其方法，其中增强了亮度和对比度，并且根据图像特性来控制光源的功率。 在图像显示方法中，从输入图像的直方图计算表示输入图像的参数，通过分析参数从多个代表性模型中选择与输入图像对应的模型，然后亮度控制功能匹配 选择所选模型。 使用亮度控制功能来控制构成输入图像的像素的每个分量的大小，并且显示其部件尺寸被控制的像素的输出图像。

公开(公告)号：US07956910B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-07

申请号：US11822157

申请日：2007-07-02

申请人： Jae-guyn Lim ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Jae-guyn Lim ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： G06K9/40 ,  H04N7/34

CPC分类号： G06T5/003 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T2207/20192

摘要： An apparatus and method for correcting an edge are provided. The apparatus includes a luminance corrector obtaining a corrected luminance value of a center pixel in a first window of a predetermined size, the first window located at the edge of the input image, by using weights assigned according to a luminance difference between the center pixel and each of a plurality of adjacent pixels in the first window or a predetermined difference of variance (DoV) value representing the degree of uniformity in the luminance between the center pixel and each of the plurality of adjacent pixels; and a chrominance corrector correcting a chrominance value of the edge using weights assigned according to a luminance difference between a center pixel and a plurality of adjacent pixels to the center pixel in a second window of a predetermined size based on the corrected luminance value.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于校正边缘的装置和方法。 该装置包括：亮度校正器，通过使用根据中心像素和第一窗口之间的亮度差分配的权重，获得预定大小的第一窗口中的中心像素的校正亮度值，位于输入图像的边缘的第一窗口 第一窗口中的多个相邻像素中的每一个或者表示中心像素和多个相邻像素中的每一个之间的亮度的均匀度的预定方差差（DoV）值; 以及色度校正器，其基于校正的亮度值，在根据预定大小的第二窗口中，根据中心像素与多个相邻像素之间的亮度差分配的权重来校正边缘的色度值。

公开(公告)号：US07667779B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US11353973

申请日：2006-02-15

申请人： Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Chang-yeong Kim

发明人： Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Chang-yeong Kim

IPC分类号： H04N5/21

CPC分类号： G09G3/3406 ,  G09G2320/0633 ,  G09G2360/16

摘要： An image-displaying device and a pixel control method therefore are provided. The image-displaying device includes a luminance information extraction unit which is configured to extract luminance information from an image; an image enhancement decision unit which is configured to decide an image enhancement mode based on the extracted luminance information; a pixel control unit which is configured to control a pixel of the image by the decided image enhancement mode; and an image output unit which is configured to output the pixel-controlled image. The method includes extracting luminance information from an image; deciding an image enhancement mode based on the luminance information; controlling each of a plurality of pixels of the image according to the image enhancement mode; and outputting the pixel-controlled image.

摘要翻译： 因此，提供了图像显示装置和像素控制方法。 图像显示装置包括：亮度信息提取单元，被配置为从图像提取亮度信息; 图像增强判定单元，被配置为基于所提取的亮度信息来决定图像增强模式; 被配置为通过所确定的图像增强模式来控制图像的像素的像素控制单元; 以及被配置为输出像素控制图像的图像输出单元。 该方法包括从图像提取亮度信息; 基于亮度信息决定图像增强模式; 根据图像增强模式控制图像的多个像素中的每一个; 并输出像素控制图像。

公开(公告)号：US20090073306A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US12222914

申请日：2008-08-19

申请人： Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Won-Hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Hyun-chul Song ,  Kang-eui Lee

发明人： Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Won-Hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Hyun-chul Song ,  Kang-eui Lee

IPC分类号： H04N5/235

CPC分类号： H04N5/2352 ,  H04N5/2351

摘要： A method, medium, and apparatus for setting an exposure time is provided. The apparatus includes a section setting module which sets one or more luminance sections based on a luminance distribution of an input image, an image division module which divides the input image into two or more regions, a region classification module which classifies the regions into the luminance sections, and an exposure-time setting module which sets an exposure time for each of the regions with reference to a target luminance value, the target luminance value being set based on the results of the classification performed by the region classification module.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种设置曝光时间的方法，介质和装置。 该装置包括基于输入图像的亮度分布设置一个或多个亮度部分的区段设置模块，将输入图像分割成两个或更多个区域的图像分割模块，将区域分类为亮度的区域分类模块 以及曝光时间设定模块，其针对目标亮度值设定每个区域的曝光时间，根据区域分类模块执行的分类结果设定目标亮度值。

公开(公告)号：US08436308B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US12345776

申请日：2008-12-30

申请人： Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

发明人： Won-hee Choe ,  Seong-deok Lee

IPC分类号： G01J5/02

CPC分类号： H01L27/14647 ,  H01L27/14621 ,  H01L27/14652 ,  H01L27/14683

摘要： An image sensor is provided which includes a multilayer structure having a first light receiving unit to extract a signal corresponding to color information of incident light of a visible region and a second light receiving unit to extract a signal corresponding to light of an infrared region and white light corresponding to the visible region.

摘要翻译： 提供一种图像传感器，其包括具有第一光接收单元的多层结构，该第一光接收单元提取与可见区域的入射光的颜色信息相对应的信号，以及第二光接收单元，以提取对应于红外区域和白色的光的信号 对应于可见区域的光。

公开(公告)号：US08345136B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-01

申请号：US12073898

申请日：2008-03-11

申请人： Hyun-chul Song ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Kang-eui Lee

发明人： Hyun-chul Song ,  Seong-deok Lee ,  Won-hee Choe ,  Jae-hyun Kwon ,  Kang-eui Lee

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L31/035281 ,  H04N5/35545 ,  H04N5/35563 ,  H04N5/3559 ,  H04N5/37452

摘要： A CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor is provided. A CMOS image sensor includes a first light-receiving unit converting light into charge, a first floating diffusion region, in which a first potential corresponding to the converted amount of charge is generated and a second floating diffusion region, to which the charge in the first floating diffusion region is transmitted, and in which a second potential is generated, wherein a wide dynamic range signal is acquired from the first floating diffusion region, a high-sensitively signal is acquired from the second floating diffusion region, and the acquired signals are synthesized and output.