Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for processing an image to remove fog from the image. The apparatus for processing an image includes: a transmission estimation unit configured to calculate a transmission of an input image by synthesizing pixel-based transmissions of current pixels of the current image including a fog component, and block-based transmissions of a plurality of blocks of a previous image, each block including a plurality of pixels; an airlight estimation unit configured to calculate airlight of the input image; and an image restoration unit configured to generate, based on the transmission and the airlight, a restored image in which the fog component is removed from the current image.

Abstract: A message processing apparatus that processes a message between processors according to an embodiment of the present invention solves a problem that occurs when a message is processed by using interrupt or polling processing by processing messages having priorities that are transmitted between transmission and receiving processors that use a shared memory by using a polling thread and a kernel module, thereby providing a priority-based message processing method without applying a load to a system.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting motion are provided. The method includes: generating a time domain matrix including vectors corresponding to variation of pixel values as elements of the time domain matrix, of a video image including a plurality of frames; generating a motion matrix from which a low frequency area of the video image is removed by multiplying the time domain matrix by a low rank matrix; and generating a result image including a plurality of frames in which vectors, which are elements of the motion matrix, are included as variation of motion pixel values.

Abstract: A graphene transfer method comprising: attaching a first end of a first stacked structure, including a catalyst metal, graphene, and a supporting body stacked in the order stated, to a point of a target film that is transported in a roll-to-roll manner in a first direction; forming a second stacked structure by removing the catalyst metal of the first stacked structure, the second stacked structure having a surface whereon the graphene is exposed; and transferring the exposed graphene to a transfer surface of the target film by transporting the target film in a roll-to-roll manner and the second stacked structure in the first direction.

Abstract: An Ethernet-based image transmitting/receiving system including a image transmitting device configured to generate and transmit a packet including at least one multiplexed signal of a luminance signal and a chrominance signal; an image receiving device configured to receive the packet, extract the luminance signal and the chrominance signal from the multiplexed signal of the packet, store the luminance signal and the chrominance signal, and output the luminance signal and the chrominance signal by synchronizing lines with each other based on the synchronization information; and an Ethernet cable configured to connect the image transmitting device to the image receiving device and transmit the packet.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for planning path of robot in correspondence to environment changes in real time, and a recording medium storing the program for performing the said method. The method includes operating the robot according to a first path; generating a second path if an obstacle is discovered around the robot while the robot is being operated according to the first path, and data of the first path exist in a first space within a first distance from a current location of the robot; and operating the robot according to at least the second path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier tape feeder for a chip mounter. The carrier tape feeder includes: a body part; a rotation part, which is rotatably mounted on the body part and rotates by being engaged with a portion of a first carrier tape; a handle part, which is disposed by being separated by a predetermined distance from the outer circumferential surface of the rotation part, is rotatably mounted on the body part, and is selectively engaged with a second carrier tape; and a block part, which is rotatably mounted on the body part and exerts a force to the second carrier tape towards the rotation part according to rotation of the handle part.

Abstract: There is provided a network management system using wireless network management devices each having a plurality of security policies. With the network management system, the wireless network management devices can be concurrently used in networks with a plurality of security levels, and security can be ensured without installing firewalls externally, so that labor for setting and operating a network for redundancy can be saved. The network management system includes: a first network NW1 to which plant management devices 11 and 12 are connected; a second network NW2 to which field devices 51 to 5n are connected; and wireless network management devices 61 and 62 each having a firewall function and connected to the first network NW1 and the second network NW2.

Abstract: A touch panel comprising a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the first substrate; a second conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the second substrate; first electrodes electrically connected to the first conductive layer; and second electrodes electrically connected to the second conductive layer, wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer comprises graphene.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor system including a first compressor having: an inlet at which a first inlet guide vane is provided; and an outlet pressure sensor unit configured to measure a pressure at an outlet of the first compressor; a second compressor including an inlet at which a second inlet guide vane is provided; a first control unit configured to adjust a degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane based on the pressure measured by the outlet pressure sensor unit, configured to set the outlet pressure of the first compressor as a set pressure, and configured to generate a first signal including information about the degree of opening of the first inlet guide vane; and a second control unit configured to receive the first signal, and configured to adjust a degree of opening of the second inlet guide vane to control an amount of fluid flowing into the second compressor.

Abstract: Provided is a combustor including a support shaft, a wing portion provided on the support shaft and configured to swirl a first fluid around the support shaft, and a cover housing enclosing the support shaft and the wing portion and includes a space enlarging portion provided at a downstream of of the wing portion, where a distance of the space enlarging portion from an outer surface of the support shaft is different from distances of other portions of the cover housing from the outer surface of the support shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a position estimation apparatus including: a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a moving object driven on an arbitrary lane according to an image frame captured by a stereo camera provided in the moving object; a posture information acquisition unit configured to obtain first posture information of the moving object from the estimated position and second posture information of the moving object at a point of time of the stereo camera capturing the image frame; a position correction unit configured to calculate: a probability distribution for a current position of the moving object by using the first posture information and the second posture information, and configured to correct a first probability of the probability distribution for the current position as a corrected position of the moving object; and a composite probability distribution based on a probability of a lane section of the arbitrary lane from a lane probability distribution chart and the corrected position

Abstract: An image recording system including a component capable of displaying and processing of images such as a central processing unit (CPU)/digital signal processor (DSP) that may be installed in a network video recorder (NVR) so that the image recording system may be used to implement a video summary/video synopsis technology in an embedded NVR/digital video recorder (DVR)/set-top box (SETTOP) system having a Host CPU and a plurality of DSP cores.

Abstract: Provided is a wide angle lens system including: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are provided in that order from an object to an image, and the lens system satisfies a first conditional expression: 16<|L/f|<17.5 where L denotes a distance from a lens surface of the first lens group provided closest to the object to a lens surface of the second lens group provided closest to the image, and f denotes a focal length of the wide angle lens system.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving an image is provided. The apparatus includes: a camera searcher configured to search for a camera connected to a network; a camera register configured to register information about the camera which is identified as a result of the searching by the camera searcher; a profile setter configured to set a profile of the camera by referring to the information obtained from the camera; and an image receiver configured to receive an image from the camera according to the profile.

Abstract: Provided are an image stabilizing method and apparatus, which are capable of performing robust operations in a moving environment. The image stabilizing apparatus includes: an image pre-processor configured to receive a current image and a reference image corresponding to the current image; a feature point selector configured to select at least one feature point corresponding to a background from a plurality of feature points, comprising the background and at least one moving object, in the reference image; a motion estimator configured to estimate a motion of a current image, based on the selected feature point in the reference image and at least one corresponding feature point, corresponding to the selected feature point in the reference image, in the current image; and an image corrector configured to generate a stabilized current image by converting the current image by using the estimated motion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surveillance apparatus such as a surveillance camera and a digital video recorder. The surveillance apparatus includes: an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog video signal, of at least one image of a region captured by an optical system, into digital video data of the region; and a main controller configured to detect a current motion region from the digital video data of the region, remove a high frequency component of the region except the current motion region, and transmit the digital video data of the region, from which the high frequency component is removed, to a target device over a communication network.

Abstract: A method of controlling a plurality of cameras in a communication network is provided. The method includes: controlling a camera to receive and analyze information about an idle time of each of at least one other camera; according to the analyzing, controlling the camera to transmit at least one task and/or information about the at least one task to the at least one other camera, wherein the idle time of each of the at least one other camera is set to a time remaining before each of the at least one other camera is configured to execute a task among one or more tasks or a sum of time durations at which no tasks are allocated to each of the at least one other camera.

Abstract: A method of sampling feature points, an image matching method using the same, and an image matching processor are disclosed. The method of sampling feature points for image matching includes: dividing a first image into a plurality of regions corresponding to a number of feature points to be sampled; extracting a sampled feature point from each of the regions such that a distance between a sampled feature point of one region and a sampled feature point of another region satisfies a predetermined condition; and estimating a homography on the basis of the extracted sampled feature points and corresponding sampled feature points of a second image to be matched with the first image.

Abstract: A composition for preparing a graphene and a method for preparing a graphene using the same are disclosed.