Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing device and a method for processing an image. The image processing device includes a brightness improvement unit to improve a brightness of inputted images by increasing a brightness of a dark image more darker than a knee point among inputted images with reference to a predetermined knee point and decreasing a brightness of an image more brighter than the knee point; and a contrast improvement unit to improve a contrast of the image outputted from the brightness improvement unit. The image processing device and the method for processing the image can reduce a distortion phenomenon and a saturation phenomenon or the like by reflecting the characteristics of images during the brightness improvement and contrast improvement of the images.

Abstract: There is provided an on-screen display (OSD) apparatus including: a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having respective ranges previously assigned thereto to thereby detect an object therein; a camera module capturing an image of the ranges detected by the plurality of ultrasonic sensors; and a controlling unit controlling a display of positional information of the object detected in the ranges assigned to the plurality of individual ultrasonic sensors in the image captured by the camera module.

Abstract: There are provided a connector and a connector module which may commonly use mutually different interface schemes, and an electronic apparatus having the same. The connector includes a body having a fixed volume; and at least one coupling hole formed inwardly in a side of the body, and electrically coupled with a pin from the outside, wherein the coupling hole includes a first coupling unit having a predetermined first depth and electrically coupled with the pin from the outside, and a second coupling unit having a second depth deeper than the first depth and electrically coupled with another pin from the outside.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method includes a light source that beams light toward a subject, a first camera that is spaced apart from the light source by more than a predetermined distance and senses light reflected from the subject, and a calculation unit that generates depth information based on reflected light sensed by the first camera, and corrects distortion of the depth information based on at least one of an angle of view of the first camera, a distance between the light source and the first camera, and a distance between the light source and the subject. When the camera generating the depth information and the light source are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, distorted information caused by a distance difference between the light source and the camera thereby is corrected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a camera system and a method for recognizing a distance using the same. The camera system includes: a reflector that forms an input picture in a predetermined region of an image sensor through a lens; a lens that transfers the picture transferred through the reflector to the image sensor; an image sensor that converts the picture in a light type through the lens into an image; and a distance recognition module that detects a spaced distance from a targeted object by analyzing the image converted by the image sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera module including: an image sensor which converts an image entering through a lens into an electric signal; a rigid-flexible substrate which includes first and second rigid substrates distanced from each other and a flexible substrate to connect the first and the second rigid substrates to each other; a first connection part which is electrically connected to the rigid-flexible substrate; and a second connection part which has one end electrically connected to the first connection part and the other end connected to a cable, and which is disconnectable from the first connection part and the cable.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle-mounted video recording apparatus. The vehicle-mounted video recording apparatus includes a sub-battery being charged with voltage generated by a solar cell, a power controller supplying an operating voltage using a first voltage from a main vehicle battery and a second voltage from the sub-battery, and a video recorder being supplied with the operating voltage from the power controller.

Abstract: A solar cell module and a method of manufacturing the solar cell module are disclosed. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes forming a conductive bump on a conductive pad formed on one surface of a solar cell, forming a circuit pattern on one surface of a transparent substrate, in which the circuit pattern corresponds to a position of the conductive bump, adhering the solar cell to the transparent substrate in such a way that the conductive bump is in direct contact with the circuit pattern, and forming a protective resin layer on one surface of the transparent substrate in such a way that the solar cell is covered. By using the above steps, a thinner solar cell module can be implemented while improving the manufacturing efficiency.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for processing an on-screen display (OSD), the apparatus including: a buffer unit receiving first dynamic guideline image information, a color determining unit determining colors for previously divided sections included in the first dynamic guideline image information from the buffering unit, and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing second dynamic guideline image information having the colors for each of the sections, determined by the color determining unit with an image from a camera. With the apparatus for processing an OSD, a user freely sets colors of a warning message, a static guideline, and a dynamic guideline, whereby the warning message, the static guideline, and the dynamic guideline can be displayed on a screen without obscuring a rearview image. In addition, a dynamic guideline can be set as different colors according to sections divided into distances from the rear of a vehicle and an image can be continuously displayed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for inspecting solar cells. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for inspecting solar cells includes: (a) preparing solar cells; (b) obtaining a photoluminescence image(s) by irradiating light to the prepared solar cells; and (c) determining a conversion efficiency rating of each solar cell according to brightness of the obtained image. Further, an apparatus for inspecting solar cells includes a stage unit that transfers solar cells; a light source unit that irradiates light to a surface of the solar cell transferred through the stage unit; a camera unit that obtains a photoluminescence image according to the light irradiated from the light source unit; and an efficiency determination unit that determines a conversion efficiency rating of each solar cell based on brightness of an image obtained from the camera unit according to preset programs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solar cell module and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a solar cell module, including: a solar cell having electrode patterns formed on at least one surface thereof; and a parylene coating layer(s) forming a light transmissive passivation layer on at least a front surface of the solar cell. According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a solar cell module, including: (a) preparing a solar cell having electrode patterns formed on at least one surface thereof; and (b) forming a light transmissive passivation layer by coating parylene on at least a front surface of the solar cell.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for producing a solar cell. The method includes: (a) preparing a rear contact solar cell substrate having electrode patterns formed on a rear surface thereof; (b) performing scribing on a front surface of the substrate on which the electrode patterns are not formed, by using laser; and (c) cutting the substrate in each cell along the scribing so as to form the solar cell. Further, an apparatus for producing a solar cell is operated by the method for producing a solar cell.

Abstract: A solar cell module comprises a rear contact solar cell in which positive (+) and negative (?) electrode patterns are alternately formed on a rear surface of a solar cell; insulating layers formed on both sides of the rear surface of the solar cell to be vertical to the electrode patterns; and a pair of conductive pattern bars that is disposed in a gap between both sides of the rear surface of the solar cell. Each conductive pattern bar includes a stem part formed on the each insulating layer and a plurality of branch parts extending from the stem part to be electrically connected to the same electrode patterns on the rear surface of the solar cell; and an encapsulant layer that protects the conductive pattern bars and at least the rear surface of the solar cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conjugate of a protein or peptide with a polyethylene glycol derivative having catechol, wherein the protein or peptide is mono-PEGylated at the N-terminal with the polyethylene glycol derivative, and to a preparation method thereof. According to the invention, the catechol-PEG derivative can be site-specifically conjugated with the N-terminal amine group of a protein or peptide, so that a homogeneous polyethylene glycol-protein or -peptide conjugate can be obtained in high yield. Unlike a prior art conjugate, the conjugate obtained according to the invention allows the decrease in the activity of the protein to be minimized without chemically modifying the protein, and thus the conjugate has an excellent pharmacological effect. Also, because the conjugate is homogeneous, the process for preparing the conjugate can be simplified. Moreover, the conjugate has uniform biological efficacy in vivo and shows strong resistance to hydrolysis and thus a long in vivo duration time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar cell module having a white back sheet. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a solar cell module having a white back sheet including: a solar cell; an encapsulation sheet for covering and protecting an upper part of the solar cell while transmitting light; and a back sheet for supporting the solar cell and having a white reflection layer for reflecting the light transmitted through the solar cell, wherein the light reflected from the white reflection layer of the back sheet is reused to be photoelectrically converted by the solar cell.

Abstract: There are provided a method and an apparatus for reducing noise in a digital image capable of reducing noise while preventing damage to an edge of a digital image. The apparatus includes: a high pass filtering unit determining an edge region of an input image; a low pass filtering unit performing low pass filtering on a region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit; and a sigma filtering unit performing sigma filtering on the region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit.

Abstract: A reflection blocking film provided on a solar cell includes a transparent substrate with a plurality of patterns having incident light collected on the top surface thereof, and a reflector on the bottom surface of the transparent substrate and with holes through which the collected incident light is transmitted. A method of manufacturing a reflection blocking film includes: forming a plurality of patterns on the top surface of a transparent substrate; coating a photo resin on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate; exposing to irradiate light to the top surface of the transparent substrate to react the light collected by the pattern with the photo resin; developing to lift off a portion, which does not receive light, by using a developer during the exposing; coating a reflector on the bottom surface of the transparent substrate; and forming holes by lifting off the photo resin interposed in the reflector.

Abstract: There are provided a black box having a function of lane recognition and a method of processing an image using the same. The black box having a function of lane recognition includes: an image photographing module having a first angle of view and photographing a first image taken towards the front of a vehicle; an image storing module compressing and storing the photographed first image; an image cropping module cropping a second image within a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view of the photographed first image; and a lane departure sensing module extracting a lane from the cropped second image and sensing the lane departure of the vehicle based on the extracted lane, thereby making it possible to reduce cost and efficiently utilize the internal space of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell module including: a light transmitting plate having light transmittance; solar cells having bonding pads and conductive bumps bonded to the bonding pads; an adhesive film disposed between the light transmitting plate and the solar cells to bond the light transmitting plate and the solar cells; and a conductive pad disposed by being inserted in the adhesive film and surrounding and electrically connecting the conductive bumps of the adjacent solar cells.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method of reducing noise. The apparatus of reducing noise includes: an edge determining module determining whether each pixel of an image corresponds to an edge; a low pass filter module performing low pass filtering of the image in two directions, i.e.