Abstract: An image encoding method according to the present disclosure may include generating an atlas based on a plurality of viewpoint images; encoding the atlas; and encoding metadata for the atlas. In this case, the metadata may include first information showing whether a viewpoint image is a background image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for piecewise linear scaling of a geometry atlas, the method including generating min-max normalized depth values and generating geometry atlases by scaling the depth values so as to correspond to the gradients of multiple linear intervals.

Abstract: A method of encoding an immersive video according to the present disclosure includes determining whether an input image is a first type, converting the input image into the first type when the input image is a second type different from the first type, encoding a converted image, and generating metadata for the encoded image.

Abstract: A reflection-type Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM), a control method of the reflection-type FPM, and a system thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a reflection FPM may include an objective lens; a light splitter connected to a member including the objective lens; a first illumination system including a first LED array composed of a plurality of LEDs for irradiating a first beam passing through the objective lens through the light splitter; a second illumination system including a plurality of LEDs for radiating a second beam to a measurement sample in a periphery of the objective lens, and repeatedly moving in an up and down direction based on a virtual center line penetrating the objective lens; and a camera.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing or compressing image data are disclosed. A method of processing or compressing image data, performed by an apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include obtaining a plurality of low-resolution images of a specific object through a microscope; and processing or compressing the plurality of low-resolution images, based on at least one of i) a first correlation between adjacent low-resolution images among the plurality of low-resolution images, or ii) a second correlation between a virtual low-resolution image corresponding to a location of a specific light emitting diode (LED) obtained through the plurality of low-resolution images and an actual low-resolution image corresponding to a location of the specific LED among the plurality of low-resolution images.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for encoding/decoding an immersive image, and the method for encoding an immersive image may include extracting an invalid region from an already encoded atlas and encoding a current atlas by referring to the invalid region.

Abstract: An image encoding method according to the present disclosure may include classifying a plurality of view images into a basic image and an additional image; performing pruning for at least one of the plurality of view images based on a result of the classification; generating an atlas based on a result of performing the pruning; and encoding the atlas and metadata for the atlas. In this case, the metadata may include spherical harmonic function information on a point in a three-dimensional space.

Abstract: An immersive image encoding method according to the present disclosure includes classifying a plurality of view images into a basic image and an additional image; performing pruning for at least one of the plurality of view images based on the classification result; generating a depth atlas based on a result of performing the pruning; and correcting an occupancy state of pixels in the depth atlas.

Abstract: A method of processing an immersive video includes classifying each of a plurality of objects included in a view image as one of a first object group and a second object group, acquiring a patch for each of the plurality of objects, and packing patches to generate at least one atlas. In this instance, patches derived from objects belonging to the first object group may be packed in a different region or a different atlas from a region or an atlas of patches derived from objects belonging to the second object group.

Abstract: The residual signal encoding and decoding method and apparatus based on a periodicity on phase signal are disclosed. One embodiment on a method for decoding an image, the method comprising: generating a prediction signal for a current signal, decoding an encoded residual signal from a bitstream, generating an initial reconstructed signal based on the prediction signal and the residual signal, and generating a transformed reconstructed signal by transforming a value of the initial reconstructed signal to have a size value of a preset range, wherein the generating of the transformed reconstructed signal generates the transformed reconstructed signal from the value of the initial reconstructed signal by using a clipping function with a minimum value of the preset range and a maximum value of the preset range as input values, and wherein the preset range is a period range of a signal.

Abstract: A method of processing an immersive video according to the present disclosure includes performing pruning for an input image, generating an atlas based on patches generated by the pruning and generating a cropped atlas by removing a background region of the atlas.

Abstract: A method of generating a hologram includes receiving an input image representing a 3D object, defining a first phase value for a first pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, defining a second phase value for a second pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, and generating a multi-view hologram using the first phase value and the second phase value.

Abstract: A method of encoding an immersive video according to the present disclosure includes determining whether an input image is a first type, converting the input image into the first type when the input image is a second type different from the first type, encoding a converted image, and generating metadata for the encoded image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for processing phase information. When receiving a phase image including phase information, a processing device performs phase remapping of mapping the phase image to a predetermined range. The predetermined range is a range of a first phase value to a second phase value having a period of 2?, and a difference between the first phase value and the second phase value is 2?.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for piecewise linear scaling of a geometry atlas, the method including generating min-max normalized depth values and generating geometry atlases by scaling the depth values so as to correspond to the gradients of multiple linear intervals.

Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing ultra-high resolution computer generated holograms based on mesh propagates a plurality of 3D meshes constituting the 3D model to a hologram plane, divides an entire angular spectrum area corresponding to a set maximum diffraction angle into a plurality of partial angular spectral areas, sequentially calculates and accumulates angular spectrums of the plurality of 3D meshes for each of the plurality of partial angular spectrum areas, and generates holograms for the 3D model from the angular spectrums accumulated for each of the plurality of partial angular spectrum areas.

Abstract: A method of generating a hologram includes receiving an input image representing a 3D object, defining a first phase value for a first pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, defining a second phase value for a second pixel data such that spatio-temporally identical pixels with respect to the input image have the same phase, and generating a multi-view hologram using the first phase value and the second phase value.

Abstract: Provided is a hologram generation method including receiving a distribution of a polygon and generating an angular spectrum based on the distribution of the polygon, determining whether a rotation angle of the polygon is included in a first section determined based on a maximum diffraction angle of a spatial light modulator, and recording the angular spectrum if it is determined that the rotation angle is included in the first section.

Abstract: Provided is a method for converting a hologram resolution of an apparatus for converting a hologram resolution. The apparatus for converting a hologram resolution includes receiving a hologram data and determining a direction and a height of an envelope for the hologram data based on first information associated with the hologram data. The apparatus for converting a hologram resolution includes converting the resolution of the hologram data from a first resolution into a second resolution based on the envelop having the determined direction and height.

Abstract: Provided are a hologram image representation method and a hologram image representation device. A hologram image representation method comprising: receiving a three-dimensional input image including depth information; obtaining a plurality of input image layers from the three-dimensional input image based on the depth information; generating a plurality of Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) image layers by performing CGH processing on each of the plurality of input image layers; and representing a hologram image using the plurality of CGH image layers.