Abstract: A light source module, a backlight unit, a display apparatus, a television set, and an illumination apparatus are provided. The light source module includes: one or more light source units including a light emitting element emitting light when electricity is applied thereto; and an optical sheet disposed above the light source units and exhibiting bidirectional transmittance distribution function characteristics having first and second peaks at radiation angles less than 0° and greater than 0°.

Abstract: Provided are a motion detection system and method. The motion detection system includes a pixel-based detector configured to compare a previous frame and a present frame to extract pixel constituting a first foreground region, a region-based detector configured to extract a second foreground region based on peripheral pixels of a pixel to be inspected, and a motion determiner configured to detect, as a final motion region among pixel groups of the first foreground region, a pixel group comprising pixels corresponding to the second foreground region.

Abstract: Provided is a video search system and method. The video search system includes: a search engine configured to extract video data matching a search condition from an original video; and a browsing engine configured to generate a summarized video based on the extracted video data, render a plurality of objects in the summarized video on a background model in an overlapping manner in an object appearing order in the original video, and display the rendered objects.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus such as a surveillance apparatus and method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an object detecting unit which detects a plurality of moving objects from at least one of two or more images obtained by photographing a surveillance area from two or more view points, respectively; a depth determination unit which determines depths of the moving objects based on the two or more images, wherein the depth determination unit determines the moving objects as different objects if the moving objects have different depths.

Abstract: A light source module, a backlight unit, a display apparatus, a television set, and an illumination apparatus are provided. The light source module includes: one or more light source units including a light emitting element emitting light when electricity is applied thereto; and an optical sheet disposed above the light source units and exhibiting bidirectional transmittance distribution function characteristics having first and second peaks at radiation angles less than 0° and greater than 0°.

Abstract: An integrated control system and method using a vehicle surveillance camera, the method including: receiving vehicle license plate number information obtained by analyzing an image captured using the vehicle surveillance camera, from the vehicle surveillance camera via a server; receiving time information and position information about when and where the captured image was generated, from the vehicle surveillance camera via the server; and constructing a database by referring to the vehicle license plate number information, the time information, and the position information received via the server.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for a high strength loose tube type fiber optic cable with excellent flexibility and excellent impact resistance, which includes a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer having a melt flow index (MFI) of 1.1 g/10 minutes to 3.0 g/10 minutes at 230° C. and a flexural modulus of 10,000 to 23,000 kg/cm2. A fiber optic cable including a loose tube formed with the composition for a high strength loose tube type fiber optic cable has excellent flexibility and impact resistance as well as excellent appearance.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal movement. The apparatus includes a feature tracing unit configured to extract features of a moving object in an input image, trace a variation in position of the extracted features according to time, and ascertain trajectories of the extracted features; a topic online learning unit configured to classify the input image in units of documents which are bundles of the trajectories, and ascertain probability distribution states of topics, which constitute the classified document, by using an online learning method which is a probabilistic topic model; and a movement pattern online learning unit configured to learn a velocity and a direction for each of the ascertained topics, and learn a movement pattern by inferring a spatiotemporal correlation between the ascertained topics.

Abstract: A person counting device generates a single panorama image by using a plurality of images respectively captured by a plurality of cameras, inserts an imaginary line to the single panorama image; and counts the number of persons that pass the imaginary line. To this end, identification numbers are allocated to respective persons in the plurality of images, the single panorama image including the imaginary line is restored to a plurality of images including same imaginary line information, the number of persons that pass a new imaginary line in each of the plurality of restored images is determined, and the number of duplicate-counted persons is ruled out.

Abstract: An image surveillance system and a method of detecting whether an object is left behind or taken away are provided. The image surveillance system includes: a foreground detecting unit which detects a foreground region based on a pixel information difference between a background image and a current input image; a still region detecting unit which detects a candidate still region by clustering foreground pixels of the foreground region, and determines whether the candidate still region is a falsely detected still region or a true still region; and an object detecting unit which determines whether an object is left behind or taken away, based on edge information about the true still region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for a high strength loose tube type fiber optic cable with excellent flexibility and excellent impact resistance, which includes a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer having a melt flow index (MFI) of 1.1 g/10 minutes to 3.0 g/10 minutes at 230° C. and a flexural modulus of 10,000 to 23,000 kg/cm2. A fiber optic cable including a loose tube formed with the composition for a high strength loose tube type fiber optic cable has excellent flexibility and impact resistance as well as excellent appearance.

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 method and a system for analyzing multi-channel images are provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of images through a plurality of channels, respectively; combining selected images among the plurality of images into a single image; and performing an image analysis with respect to: entirety of the combined image by treating the selected images as a single image; or each of the selected images in the combined image.

Abstract: An image surveillance system and a method of detecting whether an object is left behind or taken away are provided. The image surveillance system includes: a foreground detecting unit which detects a foreground region based on a pixel information difference between a background image and a current input image; a still region detecting unit which detects a candidate still region by clustering foreground pixels of the foreground region, and determines whether the candidate still region is a falsely detected still region or a true still region; and an object detecting unit which determines whether an object is left behind or taken away, based on edge information about the true still region.

Abstract: An image device capable of reverse play with minimal time delay, and a method thereof. The image device includes a buffer to store a greater number of pictures than constitute a single group of pictures (GOP), and a controller to operate the buffer to store decoded pictures. Accordingly, problems such as cutoff of pictures or time delays are minimized when performing reverse play.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus such as a surveillance apparatus and method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an object detecting unit which detects a plurality of moving objects from at least one of two or more images obtained by photographing a surveillance area from two or more view points, respectively; a depth determination unit which determines depths of the moving objects based on the two or more images, wherein the depth determination unit determines the moving objects as different objects if the moving objects have different depths.

Abstract: A light source module, a backlight unit, a display apparatus, a television set, and an illumination apparatus are provided. The light source module includes: one or more light source units including a light emitting element emitting light when electricity is applied thereto; and an optical sheet disposed above the light source units and exhibiting bidirectional transmittance distribution function characteristics having first and second peaks at radiation angles less than 0° and greater than 0°.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stabilizing a locus of an object detected from a continuously-captured image, and an image monitoring system are provided. The apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects first information about the locus provided at a first time, from the continuously-captured image; a storage unit which stores second information about the locus provided at at least one other time; a correction unit which corrects the first information based on the second information; and a display unit which applies the corrected first information to the object in the continuously-captured image to display a modified locus corresponding to the corrected first information.

Abstract: Diagnostic and prognostic methods, compositions, assays, and kits useful for predicting the phenotype of subjects who have, or are at risk of developing, a mental disorder. The methods also include predicting the prognostic outcome of a subject's mental disorder as well as the subject's responsiveness to drug treatments for the mental disorder. The methods and kits include determining the allelic status of polymorphisms in the MAOA, TPH2 and DRD2 genes.

Abstract: An image device capable of reverse play with minimal time delay, and a method thereof. The image device includes a buffer to store a greater number of pictures than constitute a single group of pictures (GOP), and a controller to operate the buffer to store decoded pictures. Accordingly, problems such as cutoff of pictures or time delays are minimized when performing reverse play.