Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a circuit board assembly including a first circuit board including a first circuit pattern formed on a surface of the first circuit board, and an opening that is adjacent to the first circuit pattern; and a second circuit board including a second circuit pattern corresponding to the first circuit pattern and a protection film that is applied to a surface of the second circuit board so as to form a hollow place located corresponding to the opening, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are combined with each other.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring the skin condition of a face detected from an image and improving the face image. The apparatus for improving a face image in a digital image processor comprises a digital signal processor measuring the skin condition of a face detected from an image, correcting a rough portion of the skin of the detected face according to the measured skin condition and displaying the corrected image.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a circuit board assembly including a first circuit board including a first circuit pattern formed on a surface of the first circuit board, and an opening that is adjacent to the first circuit pattern; and a second circuit board including a second circuit pattern corresponding to the first circuit pattern and a protection film that is applied to a surface of the second circuit board so as to form a hollow place located corresponding to the opening, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are combined with each other.

Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The method includes detecting a predetermined face area from an input image; converting the input image into Lab coordinates; determining whether coordinate areas having angles corresponding to an angle of the detected face area exist on a Lab color system and searching the input image for the coordinate areas according to a result of the determining; and blurring the detected face area and the found coordinate areas. An image processing apparatus and digital photographing apparatus using the method and apparatus are also provided. Accordingly, reduction of the resolution of a whole image may be prevented by processing only a face area, instead of the whole image, to result in a soft face area image quality. A deterioration in quality of portions which are not supposed to be blurred may be prevented by blurring only a skin color area of the face area.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus and a method of operating an image pickup device reduce generation of smear. The image pickup device includes a matrix of photoelectric converters which generate charges from incident light, vertical transfer paths for reading charges generated in the photoelectric converters and for transferring the read charges in a vertical direction, and a horizontal transfer path for transferring the charges on the vertical transfer paths in a horizontal direction. The method includes: applying vertical and horizontal transfer signals for causing the charges generated in photoelectric converters defining a subset of rows of the photoelectric converters to be read by the vertical transfer paths and to be transferred in the horizontal direction along the horizontal transfer path; and providing a predetermined period of time in which the horizontal transfer signals are not applied to the horizontal transfer path while charges are being transferred to the horizontal transfer path.

Abstract: Provided are a digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing the method. The digital photographing apparatus may include a database configured to store information about a person and to store a plurality of images of the face of the person with a direction of the face; a photographing unit configured to photograph an image of the face of the person; an image registering unit configured to store the photographed image of the face of the person with the database according to the direction of the face; and a photographing guide unit configured to display a direction of the face of the person not stored in the database.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring the skin condition of a face detected from an image and improving the face image. The apparatus for improving a face image in a digital image processor comprises a digital signal processor measuring the skin condition of a face detected from an image, correcting a rough portion of the skin of the detected face according to the measured skin condition and displaying the corrected image.

Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The method includes detecting a predetermined face area from an input image; converting the input image into Lab coordinates; determining whether coordinate areas having angles corresponding to an angle of the detected face area exist on a Lab color system and searching the input image for the coordinate areas according to a result of the determining; and blurring the detected face area and the found coordinate areas. An image processing apparatus and digital photographing apparatus using the method and apparatus are also provided. Accordingly, reduction of the resolution of a whole image may be prevented by processing only a face area, instead of the whole image, to result in a soft face area image quality. A deterioration in quality of portions which are not supposed to be blurred may be prevented by blurring only a skin color area of the face area.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus and a method of operating an image pickup device reduce generation of smear. The image pickup device includes a matrix of photoelectric converters which generate charges from incident light, vertical transfer paths for reading charges generated in the photoelectric converters and for transferring the read charges in a vertical direction, and a horizontal transfer path for transferring the charges on the vertical transfer paths in a horizontal direction. The method includes: applying vertical and horizontal transfer signals for causing the charges generated in photoelectric converters defining a subset of rows of the photoelectric converters to be read by the vertical transfer paths and to be transferred in the horizontal direction along the horizontal transfer path; and providing a predetermined period of time in which the horizontal transfer signals are not applied to the horizontal transfer path while charges are being transferred to the horizontal transfer path.

Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus is provided that has a reduced number of elements as compared to conventional arrangements and can thus be manufactured through a simple process with low manufacturing costs. The digital photographing apparatus includes a main printed circuit board to which an imaging device converting energy of incident light into electrical signals is directly attached. The digital photographing apparatus also includes an optical tube unit connected to the main printed circuit board and forming an image in the imaging device by receiving an external image. A first contact formed at a surface of the optical tube unit is directly in contact with a second contact formed at a surface of the main printed circuit board.

Abstract: A reduced-component flash assembly for a digital image capturing apparatus, and a digital image capturing apparatus including the same are provided. The digital image capturing apparatus includes a frame; a flash module including a flash lamp which is capable of emitting a flash and a flash lamp housing which contains the flash lamp; a top PCB fitted with the flash module, which is disposed on a top part of the frame, on which a flash lamp control component controlling the flash lamp is mounted, and on which a button correspondence component corresponding to a button disposed on a top part of the digital image capturing apparatus is mounted; and a main PCB which is disposed in a side part of the frame, which is electrically connected to the top PCB, and on which a control component controlling the digital image capturing apparatus is mounted.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a focus position for a digital still camera allows a user to take a picture with a certain focused position by moving a focus to a desirable position of the subject. The apparatus comprises a display unit for displaying an image corresponding to a mark representing the focus position, a switch unit and a touch screen for moving the mark on the display unit. The touch screen covers an active area of the display unit. The apparatus further comprises a focus controller for controlling to focus on a position of the subject corresponding the mark moved by the switch or the touch screen.

Abstract: A digital camera that records and reproduces an external video signal is provided. The digital camera includes: a still image processing unit that generates a still image data by photographing a subject; a video processing unit that receives the external video signal, and generates moving picture data; a memory card on which the still image data and the moving picture data are recorded; a displaying unit that outputs the still image data and the moving picture data; and a controlling unit that compresses the generated moving picture data and records the moving picture data on the memory card, and outputs the moving picture data stored in the memory card to the displaying unit after restoring the moving picture data.

Abstract: Provided is a method of improving an image of a face in a digital camera including an image photographing unit, an image signal processing unit, a data storing unit, a recording medium, a operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The image improving method is performed with respect to a block of interest in an image divided into unit blocks of a predetermined size. The method is performed by determining whether there is an instruction to perform a whitening function, marking an area having a predetermined size as a marked block, classifying a face area having the same characteristic as the marked block, and improving the image of a face by detecting and removing spots in the area having the same characteristic as the marked block.

Abstract: A flash control method for an interline charge coupled device (CCD) camera, in which two photographic fields of an object are used to form one frame, is disclosed. The method comprises the step of storing an equation defining the relationship between a light emission amount of a flash, a flash voltage, and a light emission time for the flash. The target light emission amount is then set according to photographic conditions of the object. A first flash voltage is then measured, and a first light emission time is calculated using the stored equation according to the set target light emission amount and the measured first flash voltage. Light is then emitted for a duration corresponding to the calculated first light emission time in sync with a first period of the vertical sync signal. A second flash voltage is then measured, and a second light emission time is calculated using the stored equation according to the set target light emission amount and the measured second flash voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal projector using monochromatic liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The liquid crystal projector includes a filter for filtering light emitted from a light source and for outputting a white light. A condenser lens group then condenses the white light, and, thereafter, the condensed white light is separated into the three primary colors of light by (color filters and applied to an LCD part comprising monochromatic LCDs. The LCD part outputs video images corresponding to the three primary colors of light separated according to an applied video signal. A reflective part their combines the outputted video images and outputs the combined video image to a projector lens. Finally, the projector lens projects the combined video image onto a screen.

Abstract: A system for generating a video control signal to process a video signal associated with a video composite signal. The video composite signal has horizontal and vertical driving signal, each having one or more pulses. The system comprises a counter for counting the number of the pulses of respective one or more of the horizontal and vertical driving signals, and a flip-flop, which is coupled to the counter, for generating a blanking signal based on the result of the counting.

Abstract: A digital signal delay circuit includes a first pair of counters for setting a starting point of a digital output signal by counting an adjustably set number of clock pulses corresponding to an intended time delay from a starting point of a digital input signal. The circuit further includes a second pair of counters for setting an ending point of the digital output signal by counting an adjustably set number of clock pulses corresponding to an intended output pulse width from an ending point of the digital input signal. The state of the digital output signal is only determined by the state of the output signal of the last counter in the first pair of counters. The output signal from the last counter in the first pair of counters controls a count starting point of the first counter in the second pair of counters. The output signal from the second pair of counters controls an initializing point on which the state of the output signal from the last counter in the first pair of counters is inverted.

Abstract: An apparatus for inputting and outputting the optical image of a scene with means for compressing and expanding the electrical video signals of the optical image. Electrical video signals of the optical image are produced. A buffer memory temporarily stores the electrical video signals. A digital encoder encodes the electrical video signals to produce NTSC or PAL signals displayed on a television set, monitor, or color liquid crystal display (LCD). A compression/expansion circuit compresses or expands the electrical video signals to produce compressed or expanded image data. A memory card stores the compressed image data, and a microprocessor controls the operation of the apparatus. Thus, the electrical video signals are compressed or expanded to be permanently stored in the memory card as the image data or transferred to the digital encoder as recovered video signals.