Abstract: An image processing device includes: a communication interface configured to receive an original image from a camera; a processor configured to determine a mask area of the original image, extract a switched point among a series of pixels in the mask area, and switch, on the basis of the switched point, a first pixel value of a first pixel set and a second pixel value of a second pixel set and generate a masked image; and a memory storing the masked image and information about the switched point, wherein the switched point is one or more, and the series of pixels sequentially include the first pixel set and the second pixel set.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and method. The image processing apparatus divides an image into a plurality of blocks, and enhances contrast in units of blocks by using a minimum value, a lower average value, an average value, an upper average value, and a maximum value of each block in the image.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes: a communication interface configured to receive image data acquired by a camera and a signal generated by at least one sensor; a screen configured to display thereon the received image data as a main image; and a controller configured to control operations of the communication interface and the screen, wherein the controller controls the screen to include a control area around an area for displaying the main image so that the control area displays the main image and a surrounding image of the main image, and wherein, in response to the sensor sensing at least one event, the controller controls generation of an alarm with indication of at least one pointer associated with the sensor in the control area as a source of the sensing the event, and controls the main image to be changed to cover an area where the sensor is disposed.

Abstract: A lens assembly for a surveillance camera and the surveillance camera are provided. The lens assembly includes: a lens case; a lens body in which the lens case is received; a sensor circuit board having a sensor connected with the lens body, and being disposed in the lens case; and a flexible circuit board disposed inside the lens body facing the lens case, and being connected to the sensor circuit board, and bent at least once such that at least one portion of the flexible circuit board overlaps another portion thereof.

Abstract: Provided are an operation method for a camera operation apparatus, the method including the steps of: obtaining a bio-signal of a user from a wearable sensor; determining, based on the bio-signal, whether a state of a user is a stable state; setting the camera to a low power mode if the state of the user is a stable state; determining the type of bio-signal if the state of the user is not a stable state; and setting the camera to a mode in accordance with the type of the bio-signal.

Abstract: A monitoring device is disclosed. The monitoring device includes a display configured to display an image acquired by a camera; and a processor configured to: control the display to display a panning control icon including an area corresponding to a panning range of the image, detect an input of selecting one point from the area of the panning control icon, determine a target panning direction based on a position of the selected one point on the panning control icon, perform panning on the image in the target panning direction, and display a direction marker at the position of the selected one point.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display configured to display at least one screen; a communication interface configured to receive camera information from at least one camera; a processor configured to extract position information, time information, and image information corresponding to one another from the camera information and generate a first screen displaying the position information, a second screen displaying the time information, and a third screen for displaying the image information; and a user interface configured to receive a user input for selecting first position information from the position information or first time information from the time information, wherein the processor is further configured to extract first image information corresponding to the first position information or the first time information from the image information and reproduce the first image information through the third screen.

Abstract: Provided is an image acquisition apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure for performing wireless Internet communication. The image acquisition apparatus stores a service set identifier (SSID) of a specific access point, stores in a memory files of a video, which are acquired by photographing, and uploads the files, which are stored in the memory, to a monitoring device through the specific access point when the SSID is detected.

Abstract: A video management system includes: an imaging device configured to generate a first image by capturing a surveillance area at a first resolution; and a video management server configured to store a second image by converting the first image, wherein the imaging device includes: a high-resolution image storage configured to store the first image; a processor configured to convert the first image into the second image having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; and to transmit the second image to the video management server, and the video management server includes: a low-resolution image storage configured to store the second image; and a processor configured to generate low-resolution image metadata and an index of the low-resolution image metadata by analyzing the second image.

Abstract: An image masking method is provided. The method includes: extracting an object from an image; obtaining characteristic information about the extracted object by analyzing the extracted object; determining whether the extracted object is a masking target according to an input setting value or the obtained characteristic information; and performing masking such that the obtained characteristic information is reflected on the extracted object, in response to determining that the extracted object is the masking target among a plurality of objects extracted from the input image, wherein the setting value is set by an input designating at least a partial region in the input image, and wherein in the determining whether the extracted object is the masking target, an object positioned in the at least a partial region is determined as the masking target among the extracted objects.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an image includes a camera configured to obtain a fixed image signal based on non-movement of the camera and obtain a variable image signal based on movement of the camera; a communication interface configured to receive a command; a driver configured to move the camera in response to the command; and a processor configured to process the fixed image signal based on a fixed image signal process parameter value, and process the variable image signal based on a variable image signal process parameter value, the variable image signal process parameter value having an image signal process parameter value based upon which a high frequency component of the variable image signal is reduced.

Abstract: To solve the above problem, a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication unit for receiving an original image acquired by a camera; a storage unit for storing the original image; a screen unit for displaying the original image and a corrected image obtained by dewarping the original image; and a control unit for controlling operations of the communication unit, the storage unit, and the screen unit, wherein the screen unit displays an icon in a dewarping area of the original image where the corrected image is obtained by dewarping the original image, indicates that the dewarping area is selected when the icon located in the dewarping area is selected, and displays a polygon representing the selected dewarping area.

Abstract: A doorbell apparatus includes a camera to acquire a first image of an object in a first region and a second image of the object in a second region disposed closer to the camera than the first region; an image processing unit to detect the object in the first image and to identify the object in the second image, the image processing unit having a first image processing unit that detects and saves the first images and a second image processing unit that identifies and saves objects in the second images; a storage device to store the second image corresponding to the identified object; and an alarming unit to activate an alarm signal depending on whether the identified object corresponds to a predetermined object.

Abstract: A method of managing an electronic fingerprint of an electronic file includes receiving an original electronic fingerprint of an original electronic file from an original electronic file generation apparatus generating the original electronic file via a network, separately from the original electronic file; receiving original storage path information of the original electronic file together with the original electronic fingerprint from the original electronic file generation apparatus; and receiving at least one of a first identifier of the original electronic file generation apparatus and original meta information of the original electronic file together with the original electronic fingerprint from the original electronic file generation apparatus.

Abstract: A motion detection method using an image processing device may include: based on the noise level of a current frame, obtaining a weighted average of a sum of absolute differences (SAD) value and an absolute difference of sums (ADS) value; setting the weighted average as an initial motion detection value of each pixel; and selectively performing max filtering on motion detection values of the pixels to obtain a final motion detection value.

Abstract: An intelligent video analysis method and system logically selects only surveillance cameras associated with an event and assigns different ranks to the selected surveillance cameras according to the importance thereof. Thereafter, more video analysis resources are assigned to a surveillance camera of high importance, thereby rapidly and efficiently performing video analysis.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a second memory configured to store at least a part of an input image; a first memory configured to selectively read a first image block from the second memory and store the selectively read first image block in the first memory; a controller configured to control the first image block to be selectively read from the second memory and to be stored in the first memory based on a predetermined output image generation rule which is determined based on a type of an input image stored in the second memory, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the first image block corresponding to a second image block is stored in the first memory based on the predetermined output image generation rule, and when the first image block is not stored in the first memory, read the first image block from the second memory and store the first image block in the first memory, and generate an output image based on the first image block stored in the first memory.