Abstract: An apparatus for sharing contents includes: a touch screen to sense a user's touch input for one or more contents; a processor to detect the user's touch input, and generate a transmission image according to instructions corresponding to the detected user's touch input to share the one or more contents with an external device; and a communication unit to establish connection with the external device, and transmit the transmission image to the external device.

Abstract: An apparatus for sharing contents includes: a touch screen to sense a user's touch input for one or more contents; a processor to detect the user's touch input, and generate a transmission image according to instructions corresponding to the detected user's touch input to share the one or more contents with an external device; and a communication unit to establish connection with the external device, and transmit the transmission image to the external device, where the processor is configured to display a device list including an area corresponding to the external device, connect the apparatus to the external device according to a user input of dragging a first content of the one or more contents and dropping the first content onto an area corresponding to the external device on the device list, generate the transmission image, and transmit the transmission image to the external device through the communication unit.

Abstract: A method of progressively coding/decoding 3-D mesh information, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The progressive 3-D mesh information coding method includes the steps of reconstructing an input 3-D mesh into a plurality of mesh components, coding each of the plurality of mesh components, and multiplexing the plurality of coded mesh components into a compressed bit stream and transmitting the compressed bit stream. The method of progressively decoding the transmitted, compressed bit stream which has been coded by the coding method, includes dividing the transmitted bit stream into a plurality of coded mesh components, decoding each of the plurality of coded mesh components, and reconstructing a 3-D mesh by synthesizing the plurality of decoded mesh components.

Abstract: A method of progressively coding/decoding 3-D mesh information, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The progressive 3-D mesh information coding method includes the steps of reconstructing an input 3-D mesh into a plurality of mesh components, coding each of the plurality of mesh components, and multiplexing the plurality of coded mesh components into a compressed bit stream and transmitting the compressed bit stream. The method of progressively decoding the transmitted, compressed bit stream which has been coded by the coding method, includes dividing the transmitted bit stream into a plurality of coded mesh components, decoding each of the plurality of coded mesh components, and reconstructing a 3-D mesh by synthesizing the plurality of decoded mesh components.

Abstract: A method of progressively coding/decoding 3-D mesh information, and an apparatus therefor are provided. The progressive 3-D mesh information coding method includes the steps of reconstructing an input 3-D mesh into a plurality of mesh components, coding each of the plurality of mesh components, and multiplexing the plurality of coded mesh components into a compressed bit stream and transmitting the compressed bit stream. The method of progressively decoding the transmitted, compressed bit stream which has been coded by the coding method, includes dividing the transmitted bit stream into a plurality of coded mesh components, decoding each of the plurality of coded mesh components, and reconstructing a 3-D mesh by synthesizing the plurality of decoded mesh components.

Abstract: A progressive coding and decoding method of three-dimensional (3D) mesh data used in the fields of motion picture experts group-4 synthetic and natural hybrid coding (MPEG-4 SNHC), virtual reality modelling language (VRML) and the like. In transmitting 3D objects composed of 3D mesh data, it is very important to progressively restore transmitted data as well as to effectively code the 3D mesh data. In the progressive restoration, in the event that a transmission data error is generated, partial restoration of the transmitted data is allowed. Thus, it is possible to minimize the amount of mesh data to be transmitted again. The progressive restoration method which is resistant to such transmission errors can be effectively applied in wireless communications or low transmission rate communications.

Abstract: A progressive and error resilient coding and decoding method of three-dimensional (3D) mesh data used in the fields of motion picture experts group-4 synthetic and natural hybrid coding (MPEG-4 SNHC), virtual reality modelling language (VRML) and the like. In transmitting 3D objects composed of 3D mesh data, it is very important to progressively and error-resiliently restore transmitted data as well as to effectively code the 3D mesh data. In the progressive restoration, in the event that a transmission data error is generated, partial restoration of the transmitted data is allowed. Thus, it is possible to minimize the amount of mesh data to be retransmitted and the standby time of a user. The progressive restoration method which is resistant to such transmission errors can be effectively applied in wireless communications or low transmission rate communications.

Abstract: A progressive coding method and apparatus of three-dimensional (3D) mesh data is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) constructing a 3D triangle mesh of one or more mesh object layers, (b) partitioning each mesh object layer into a plurality of mesh components, (c) forming bitstreams in units of mesh components and coding the same, and (d) combining the coded mesh components into compressed bitstreams and transmitting the same. Therefore, progressive 3D mesh restoration is allowed, and the entropy coding efficiency can be enhanced.

Abstract: In a prediction method usable with synthetic and natural hybrid coding (SNHC) field or a virtual reality markup language (VRML) the difference between immediately prior information (most adjacent information) and input property information is obtained, considering the immediately prior information as the prediction value. The difference is used as a prediction error signal. A predictor having an order of 1 is used. When the output value of the predictor is fixed to 0, the prediction error signal becomes identical to an original signal. Therefore, the operation is the same as in the case where there is no predictor. The correlation of the input property information is used in order to control two operation modes of the predictor. Namely, auto-correlation is obtained from the input property information.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for converting a two-dimensional image sequence into a three-dimensional image using a conversion of a motion disparity into a horizontal disparity and a post-processing method during the generation of a three-dimensional image are provided.