Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an object is provided. The method includes recognizing a predetermined object from at least one of an image and a video and determining a position of the recognized object, displaying on the image or the video a location of a predetermined part of the recognized object, rearranging the displayed location of the predetermined part of the recognized object based on an input signal, and renewing the position of the recognized object based on a result of the rearranging of the displayed location of the predetermined part of the recognized object.

Abstract: A photographing device may include two or more lenses having different view angles, and a processor configured to detect a first subject using images acquired from the lenses and to generate a notification signal based on whether or not a second subject approaches the view angle of a first image including the first subject among the acquired images.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus is provided. The digital photographing apparatus includes a first optical system configured to acquire a wide-angle image including a subject, a second optical system configured to acquire a telephoto image with the subject zoomed, and a processor configured to determine whether to generate a synthesized image of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image based on one or more of an illuminance of the subject and a distance between the digital photographing apparatus and the subject.

Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and a method for controlling the image photographing apparatus are provided. The method includes outputting light so as to penetrate a projection and fall on an object, receiving first reflective light reflected from an object, obtaining a first image based on information of the first reflective light, controlling the projection using predetermined information to generate a controlled projection, receiving second reflective light using the controlled projection, obtaining a second image based on information of the second reflective light, and generating a depth map using the obtained first image and second image.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for generating an image. A device according to an aspect of an example embodiment includes: a first camera configured to acquire a first black-and-white image; a second camera configured to acquire a first color image; a first electronic circuit configured to generate a second black-and-white image using the first color image; a second electronic circuit configured to determine information representing positional relationships between pixels in the first black-and-white image and pixels in the second black-and-white image; and a third electronic circuit configured to generate a third black-and-white image based on the first black-and-white image, the second black-and-white image, and the determined information.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a first camera module among a plurality of camera modules, a second buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a second camera module among the plurality of camera modules, a display configured to display an image generated by the first camera module as a live image, and a controller configured to analyze the images stored in the first buffer and the second buffer using at least one of image information of each image stored in the first buffer and the second buffer and photographing information of the plurality of camera modules, and in response to an event occurring in at least one of the plurality of images stored in the second buffer, to control the display to provide a state notification service on the second camera module.

Abstract: A folded optical zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus including the same are provided. The zoom lens includes a first reflection plate and a second reflection plate having reflection surfaces facing each other; a light incidence region disposed around the second reflection plate; a light exit region disposed in a hole in a center portion of the first reflection plate; and a mirror, which is disposed around the second reflection plate and reflects light incident via the light incidence region toward the first reflection plate. The mirror is configured to change a length of a an optical path of light incident via the light incidence region, reflected between the first reflection plate and the second reflection plate, and exiting the zoom lens via the light exit region.

Abstract: An endoscopic apparatus is disclosed. The endoscopic apparatus includes a light source which has a plurality of light source components which output light beams which cross one another; an estimator which estimates a geometry of an internal surface of a body; and a controller which controls so that an intensity of a light beam output by any one of the plurality of light source components is variably adjusted based on the estimated geometry of the internal surface of the body.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus and method are provided. The image generating apparatus includes: a main lens; a microlens array configured to transmit light that is incident on and received from the main lens; an image sensor configured to sense the light received from the microlens array according to a direction; and a digital iris configured to selectively assign, according to the direction of the light, a weight to a light sensing value of the light that is sensed by the image sensor.

Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and method are provided. The image photographing method includes inputting images having different view points for a subject; displaying a first image among the images; in response to an input of a user command, changing the first image to a second image having a view point which is different from that of the first image, and displaying the second image; and in response to an input of a photographing command, acquiring the second image.

Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and a photographing method thereof are provided. The image photographing method includes displaying a photographing mode selection user interface (UI), in response to a plurality of photographing modes being selected through the photographing mode selection UI, calculating a final setting value based on a photographing setting value of the plurality of selected photographing modes, and in response to a photographing command being input, photographing an image according to the calculated final setting value.

Abstract: Image capturing methods and image capturing apparatuses are provided. The image capturing method may include setting a target position of a live view image, tacking a moving object from the live view image, estimating a position of the moving object by using information on the tracked moving object, and capturing a still image based on the estimated position when the moving object is positioned on the target position of the live view image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an image are provided. The method includes obtaining an image, generating 3-dimensional (3D) disparity information that represents a degree of stereoscopic effects of the image, and outputting the 3D disparity information.

Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and an image photographing method are provided. The image photographing apparatus includes: a plurality of image capturers respectively comprising lenses having different focal distances and respectively configured to capture a plurality of images having different resolutions; a storage configured to store the plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturers; an image processor configured to adjust properties of the plurality of images to correspond to each other; a controller configured to, in response to a magnification change command being input, control the image processor to synthesize the plurality of images of which the properties are adjusted and generate a synthesis image of a magnification changed according to the magnification change command; and a display configured to display the synthesis image.

Abstract: Provided are an image zooming method and an image zooming apparatus for optical zooming by using a plurality of lenses with different focal lengths. The image zooming method includes capturing an identical scene via a plurality of lenses; obtaining a first image and a second image of the identical scene that have different resolving powers; determining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image which corresponds to the first area; and generating a composite image the second area and a remaining area of the first image from which the first area is excluded.

Abstract: A catadioptric light-field lens has a replaceable micro-mirror array including a plurality of micro-mirrors arranged in concentric rings; a light incidence region formed around the micro-mirror array; a main mirror which is configured to reflect light incident via the light incidence region and concentrate the light at the micro-mirror array; and a light exit region which is formed through the center portion of the main mirror to face the micro-mirror array.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an object is provided. The method includes recognizing a predetermined object from at least one of an image and a video and determining a position of the recognized object, displaying on the image or the video a location of a predetermined part of the recognized object, rearranging the displayed location of the predetermined part of the recognized object based on an input signal, and renewing the position of the recognized object based on a result of the rearranging of the displayed location of the predetermined part of the recognized object.

Abstract: A folded optical zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus including the same are provided. The zoom lens includes a first reflection plate and a second reflection plate having reflection surfaces facing each other; a light incidence region disposed around the second reflection plate; a light exit region disposed in a hole in a center portion of the first reflection plate; and a mirror, which is disposed around the second reflection plate and reflects light incident via the light incidence region toward the first reflection plate. The mirror is configured to change a length of a an optical path of light incident via the light incidence region, reflected between the first reflection plate and the second reflection plate, and exiting the zoom lens via the light exit region.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus capable of reconfiguring an image signal processor (ISP), a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a system for controlling the digital photographing apparatus. The method includes: receiving a selection of at least one image signal processing module that is to be installed in the ISP; downloading the selected at least one image signal processing module from an external system; and reconfiguring the ISP by using the downloaded at least one image signal processing module.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes a light source to continuously emit a light, a photographing unit to photograph an object, a control unit to control radiation of the light by turning the light source on and off according to a light control code during a shutter time of the photographing unit, and an image processing unit to restore an image of the object using a frequency component value of the data captured at the photographing unit during the shutter time. Accordingly, efficient de-blurring is provided.