Abstract: Interfused nanocrystals including two or more materials, further including an alloy layer formed of the two or more materials. In addition, a method of preparing the interfused nanocrystals. In the interfused nanocrystals, the alloy layer may be present at the interface between the two or more nanocrystals, thus increasing the material stability. A material having excellent quantum efficiency in the blue light range may be synthesized.

Abstract: Disclosed are a white light-emitting diode (LED) in which an emission layer comprising a red luminous body and a green luminous body is formed on a blue LED, and a preparation method thereof. The emission layer comprises both of at least one inorganic phosphor and at least one semiconductor nanocrystal. The white LED prepared according to the present invention has excellent color purity, high luminous efficiency and improved light stability so that it can be advantageously used as a light source for various display devices.

Abstract: A camera calibration method and medium and a 3-dimensional (3D) object reconstruction method and medium using the camera calibration method are provided. The camera calibration method includes setting a feature track by tracking and matching features in an input image sequence; estimating 3-dimensional (3D) points in relation to the features by initializing a structure and motion of the camera; estimating a pose of the camera by using the 3D points and refining the structure of the camera based on the estimated pose; and refining the pose of the camera.

Abstract: A point-based rendering apparatus, method and medium. The point-based rendering apparatus includes a projector to project a point model and to generate a plurality of rendered points, a radius calculator to calculate a radius, corresponding to a predetermined resolution of each of the rendered points, and a splat generator to generate at least one of a hemispherical and a spherical splat having the radius of each of the rendered points.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering 3D graphic data is provided. The 3D graphic data is projected onto a 2D screen and points are interpolated and rendered, thereby quickly processing the 3D graphic data.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) point-based modeling system, medium, and method, with system generating scene information by using point information in relation to a 3D polygon object and position, rotation, and size information of a 3D polygon object in a scene such that the modeling speed of a 3D image can be enhanced, the entire scene being effectively managed, and the resolution in relation to each object can being adjusted conveniently.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding three-dimensional object data, which consists of point texture data, voxel data, or octree data. The method of encoding three-dimensional object data involves generating three-dimensional object data having a tree structure in which nodes are attached labels indicating their types; encoding nodes of the three-dimensional object data; and generating the three-dimensional object data whose nodes are encoded into a bitstream. The apparatus for encoding three-dimensional object data includes a tree structure generator which generates three-dimensional object data having a tree structure in which nodes are attached labels indicating their types; a merging order selector which merges the nodes of the three-dimensional object data by referring to their labels; a node encoder which encodes merged nodes; and a bitstream generator which generates the three-dimensional object data whose merged nodes are encoded into a bitstream.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding key value data of a coordinate interpolator used in a three-dimensional graphic animation are provided.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding key value data of an orientation interpolator representing the rotation of an object in a keyframe image are provided. The apparatus includes a rotational differential data generator which generates, using a rotational transformation value of a current keyframe and a restored rotational transformation value of a previous keyframe, a rotational differential value used to rotate the object by as much as a difference between rotational transformation applied to the object in the current keyframe by key value data and rotational transformation applied to the object in the previous keyframe by key value data, and outputs rotational differential data by quantizing the rotational differential value, a circular DPCM operator which selectively performs a linear DPCM operation or a circular DPCM operation on rotational differential data, and an entropy encoder which entropy-encodes the rotational differential data.

Abstract: An apparatus for coding keys of graphic animation data and a method thereof are provided. The coding apparatus for encoding key data corresponding to time variables among graphic animation comprises a quantizer which quantizes the key data and generates quantized data; a differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) processing unit which DPCM processes the quantized data, receives the DPCM processed data, and by repeatedly performing DPCM processing, selects and outputs DPCM data having the lowest dispersion among N-th order DPCM data generated in the DPCM processing; a polar value removing unit which reduces the range of data by removing a polar value in the DPCM data output form the DPCM processing unit; and an entropy encoder which removes the redundancy of binary bits in the data output from the polar value removing unit and generates a compressed and encoded binary bit stream.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding key value data of a coordinate interpolator used in a three-dimensional graphic animation are provided. The apparatus for encoding key value data of a coordinate interpolator representing the position of each vertex of an object using coordinates of each of the vertices including x, y, and z components includes a quantizer, which quantizes a coordinate interpolator input there into with predetermined quantization bits, a DPCM processor, which performs a DPCM operation of a predetermined mode on each component of each vertex of the quantized coordinate interpolator and generates differential data based on the temporal variation of the coordinates of each of the vertices and differential data based on the spatial variation of the coordinates of each of the vertices.

Abstract: Methods of preparing a multi-shell nanocrystal structure, multi-shell nanocrystal structures thus obtained, and a fabricated device including the same are provided. A multi-shell nanocrystal structure may be formed by preparing a core nanocrystal and reacting the core nanocrystal with two or more precursors having different reaction rates to sequentially form two or more layers of shell nanocrystals having different compositions on a surface of the core nanocrystal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding key value data of a coordinate interpolator used in a three-dimensional graphic animation are provided. The apparatus for encoding key value data of a coordinate interpolator representing the position of each vertex of an object using coordinates of each of the vertices including x, y, and z components includes a quantizer, which quantizes a coordinate interpolator input thereinto with predetermined quantization bits, a DPCM processor, which performs a DPCM operation of a predetermined mode on each component of each vertex of the quantized coordinate interpolator and generates differential data based on the temporal variation of the coordinates of each of the vertices and differential data based on the spatial variation of the coordinates of each of the vertices.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding key value data of an orientation interpolator representing the rotation of an object in a keyframe image are provided. The apparatus includes a rotational differential data generator which generates, using a rotational transformation value of a current keyframe and a restored rotational transformation value of a previous keyframe, a rotational differential value used to rotate the object by as much as a difference between rotational transformation applied to the object in the current keyframe by key value data and rotational transformation applied to the object in the previous keyframe by key value data, and outputs rotational differential data by quantizing the rotational differential value, a circular DPCM operator which selectively performs a linear DPCM operation or a circular DPCM operation on rotational differential data, and an entropy encoder which entropy-encodes the rotational differential data.

Abstract: Interfused nanocrystals including two or more materials, further including a n alloy layer formed of the two or more materials. In addition, a method of preparing the interfused nanocrystals. In the interfused nanocrystals, the alloy layer may be present at the interface between the two or more nanocrystals, thus increasing the material stability. A material having excellent quantum efficiency in the blue light range may be synthesized.

Abstract: A system and method for programmable in-situ launch and capture clock generation is provided. The system provides an efficient and improved manner for delay and signal transition fault testing in electronic circuits. The system comprises i) an in-situ delay clock generator for generating one or more clocks; ii) a pulse Programmable Selection Generator (PSG) which can be either a pulse PSG and/or an expanded pulse PSG for generating the sequence in which the clocks are to be selected, the clocks being selected with a delay; and iii) a multiplexer for selecting the plurality of clocks, based on the generated sequence, the selected clocks being used for generating the launch and capture clocks.

Abstract: Semiconductor nanocrystals surface-coordinated with a compound containing a photosensitive functional group, a photosensitive composition comprising semiconductor nanocrystals, and a method for forming semiconductor nanocrystal pattern by producing a film using the photosensitive semiconductor nanocrystals or the photosensitive composition, exposing the film to light and developing the exposed film, are provided. The semiconductor nanocrystal pattern exhibits luminescence characteristics comparable to the semiconductor nanocrystals before patterning and can be usefully applied to organic-inorganic hybrid electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are heterostructure semiconductor nanowires. The heterostructure semiconductor nanowires comprise semiconductor nanocrystal seeds and semiconductor nanocrystal wires grown in a selected direction from the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal seeds wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal seeds have a composition different from that of the semiconductor nanocrystal wires. Further disclosed is a method for producing the heterostructure semiconductor nanowires.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for encoding and decoding key data are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum dot phosphor for light emitting diodes, which includes quantum dots and a solid substrate on which the quantum dots are supported. Also, a method of preparing the quantum dot phosphor is provided. Since the quantum dot phosphor of the current invention is composed of the quantum dots supported on the solid substrate, the quantum dots do not aggregate when dispensing a paste obtained by mixing the quantum dots with a paste resin for use in packaging of a light emitting diode. Thereby, a light emitting diode able to maintain excellent light emitting efficiency can be manufactured.