Abstract: A block noise reduction system and method which may determine a feature value of a local texture at each location of input pixel, may selectively determine 1D filtering mode or 2D filtering mode as a filtering mode based on the determined feature value, and may perform filtering to preserve an edge according to the determined filtering mode.

Abstract: A display apparatus, an input apparatus connected to the display apparatus, and controlling methods thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a plurality of displays which provide a screen displaying a signal-processed image; an interface which receives coordinate information of the screen recognized by the input apparatus, from the input apparatus; and a controller which controls the display apparatus to change and provide a luminance to a preset area on the screen provided by the plurality of displays, by using the received coordinate information.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a liquid crystal layer accommodated between the upper plate and the lower plate. The upper plate includes a front glass substrate, a color filter layer formed on a rear surface of the front glass substrate, and a front polarizing film is attached to a front surface of the front glass substrate. The color filter layer includes a plurality of N color filters and black matrices for separating the color filters from each other. A plurality of patterns for recognizing coordinates are provided on a front side of the upper plate in such a manner that the N color filters correspond to one of the plurality of patterns for recognizing the coordinates, where N is a natural number.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cement-free high strength unshaped refractory in which barium aluminate and a dispersant are further added to a refractory which includes a refractory material containing Al2O3 and SiC and an alumina sol binder to largely improve handling strength of the unshaped refractory. The unshaped refractory according to the present invention is usefully applicable to lining which contacts slag in a blast furnace or a gasifier.

Abstract: A method and a system for recognizing a touch point, and a display apparatus are provided. The method for recognizing the touch point includes emitting, by the display apparatus, an infrared ray (IR) signal to pass through a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, the LCD panel including regions, each region having a different pattern; photographing, by the digital pen using an IR camera, a pattern through which the IR signal passes at a touch point on the display apparatus that is touched by the digital pen, obtaining an IR image corresponding to the touch point; and recognizing, by the digital pen, the touch point using the IR image.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of producing Ni/YSZ porous anode bodies for solid oxide fuel cells. According to the methods, a small amount of a nickel compound or salt is used as a pore former. Upon heating in air, the nickel compound or salt is decomposed into nickel oxide and releases gases, resulting in volume shrinkage. Therefore, Ni/YSZ porous bodies having a uniform pore size and reduction products thereof can be produced in an economical manner.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a contrast and an apparatus for enhancing a contrast are provided. The method of enhancing the contrast includes: dividing an image into a plurality of blocks and calculating an average luminance value of each block; interpolating a peripheral luminance value for each input pixel of the image by using the average luminance value; and enhancing the contrast of the input pixel by using the interpolated peripheral luminance value of the input pixel and a unique luminance value of the input pixel.

Abstract: A method and system for recognizing a touch of a display system including a plurality of touch screens is provided. The method for recognizing a touch of a display system including a plurality of touch screens includes: operating each of the plurality of touch screens according to an individually set pulse signal; in response to a point on a touch screen of the plurality of touch screens being touched by a digital pen, detecting a pulse signal of the touched touch screen by the digital pen; determining coordinate information of the touched point by the digital pen; and recognizing the touch screen among the plurality of touch screens and coordinate information of the touched point according to at least one characteristic of the detected pulse signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying an object are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an object, a first touch sensing unit which senses a user input by a first input method, a second touch sensing unit which senses a user input by a second input method, a coordinate calculation unit which calculates coordinate values sensed by the first and the second touch sensing units, and a controller which, in response to a user input being simultaneously sensed by the first and the second touch sensing units, compares the coordinate values sensed by the first and the second touch sensing units and determines whether the user input is a single touch input or a multi-touch input, and, according to a result of the determination, controls to display the object on the display unit.

Abstract: A method of inputting a user command on a display using an electronic pen includes emitting light in the direction of the display using a light source of the electronic pen and capturing the display with a camera of the electronic pen. The method includes recognizing a Black Matrix (BM) pattern of the display in the captured image and detecting a location on the display at which the light from the light source is emitted by comparing the recognized BM pattern with pre-stored patterns.

Abstract: An image processing method for reducing a power consumption. The image processing method may reduce the power consumption by classifying an input content into a conversion target region and a preservation target region and by converting a luminance of pixels included in the conversion target region. Also, the image processing method may effectively perform a luminance conversion for pixels by separating the input content into the conversion target region and the preservation target region based on a luminance of the pixels of the input content. The image processing method may convert the luminance of the pixels of the conversion target region to maintain a contrast between text pixels and background pixels.

Abstract: An image compensating system, medium, and method, including, a shadow area compensating system, medium, and method which may significantly increase the luminance of each pixel in a dark area with respect to pixels positioned in the vicinity of the corresponding pixel and slightly increase the luminance of each pixel in a bright area. The shadow area compensating method includes calculating a representative luminance Lav of each pixel having image information by reflecting the luminance of the corresponding pixel and the luminances of pixels positioned in the vicinity of the corresponding pixel, determining a compensation luminance ratio using the calculated representative luminance, and increasing an output luminance on the basis of the compensation luminance ratio.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method to reduce power consumption of a self-luminous display. The image processing apparatus includes a parameter selection unit to select a parameter to adjust a degree to which power consumption is reduced; a scale factor setting unit to extract a high-frequency component of a current pixel in an input image and to set a scale factor according to the selected parameter and a size of the extracted high-frequency component; and a multiplier to multiply the current pixel by the set scale factor and to output a result of the multiplication.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a driving method of a display panel thereof, the display apparatus including: a backlight unit which generates and emits light; a display panel which includes a plurality of unit pixels, and displays a first image using the light emitted by the backlight unit; and a panel driver which sets a total number of unit pixel groups including a preset number of unit pixels, from among the plurality of unit pixels, to be different from a total number of pixels of the first image, and selectively drives different unit pixels of a unit pixel group, at different times, to transmit the light therethrough.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and a displaying method of the same, the display apparatus including: a display unit which displays an image thereon; a pattern extractor which extracts, from a texture source image, a texture pattern image that is smaller in size than the texture source image; and an image processor which changes a texture of the image to be displayed on the display unit by using the texture pattern image. Accordingly, a texture pattern image is generated from a texture source image.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for moving an object thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which displays an object; a proximate sensor which senses a proximate input to the display; a touch sensor which senses a touch input to the display; a coordinates calculator which calculates coordinates corresponding to one of the proximate input sensed by the proximate sensor and the touch input sensed by the touch sensor; and a controller which controls the display to move the object to the calculated coordinates.

Abstract: A display apparatus and an image correction method of the same are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels; a sensing unit which senses a display characteristic of an image displayed on the display panels; and an image correction unit which generates non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a plurality of areas included in each of the display panels based on the display characteristic, interpolates non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a boundary area being in contact with a different display panel using non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a neighbor area adjacent to the boundary area, and corrects the image displayed on the display panels based on the generated and interpolated non-uniformity correction data.

Abstract: A reflective display panel is provided. The reflective display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, an upper substrate including a color filter and a transparent substrate, and a lower substrate including an absorption plate which faces a color filter and a reflection plate which faces a transparent substrate. The absorption plate absorbs a first external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the color filter, when a first voltage is supplied between the color filter and the absorption plate, and the reflection plate reflects a second external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the transparent substrate, when a second voltage is supplied.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method and computer-readable medium providing marker-less motion capture of a human. The apparatus may include a two-dimensional (2D) body part detection unit to detect, from input images, candidate 2D body part locations of candidate 2D body parts; a three-dimensional (3D) lower body part computation unit to compute 3D lower body parts using the detected candidate 2D body part locations; a 3D upper body computation unit to compute 3D upper body parts based on a body model; and a model rendering unit to render the model in accordance with a result of the computed 3D upper body parts.

Abstract: A multi-focal camera apparatus and methods and mediums for generating a focus-free image and an autofocus image using the multi-focal camera apparatus are provided. The multi-focal camera apparatus includes a lens module which comprises a plurality of lenses that concentrate light incident thereupon, and an image-sensor module which comprises a plurality of sensing zones respectively corresponding to the lenses, and obtains a plurality of images by converting beams of light that transmit through the lenses into electrical signals using the sensing zones, wherein the lenses have the same optical properties and are different distances apart from the respective sensing zones.