Abstract: A method and apparatus to generate a volume-panorama image based on three-dimensional (3D) volume images is provided. A method of generating a volume-panorama image includes receiving pieces of image data of one or more volume images, extracting partial regions including one or more voxels from the volume images, determining a global conversion function representing a relationship of a conversion between a second volume image of the volume images and a first volume image of the volume images, the determined global conversion function being based on a conversion function representing a relationship of a conversion between one of the extracted partial regions of the second volume image and one of the extracted partial regions of the first volume image, and generating image data of a volume image to be combined with the first volume image from image data of the second volume image based on the determined global conversion function.

Abstract: Provided is an image filtering apparatus and method that may generate a noise prediction model associated with a depth image, based on an infrared ray (IR) intensity, and thereby predict noise included in a depth image using the generated noise prediction model.

Abstract: Provided is a communication method of a coordinator in a wireless networks system that uses a reservation-based media access control (MAC). The communication method includes receiving, from a source device, a frame that requests a reservation resource for a relay device, to enable a frame that the source device transmits to a destination device to be relayed via the relay device, and allocating the reservation resource for the relay device, in response to the request.

Abstract: An external air bag apparatus may include a bumper cover having a tear line in a front portion thereof, a cushion disposed behind the bumper cover, wherein the cushion expands outwards by tearing the tear line when the cushion may be expanded so that the cushion surrounds a front surface of the bumper cover, and an expansion guide arranged between the bumper cover and the cushion to guide the cushion to expand forwards to the bumper cover.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a change of a relay operation type based on a link quality between a source node and a relay node, a link quality between the relay node and the destination node, and a link quality between the source node and the destination node, transmit a relay operation change (ROC) request message in response to a determination of the change of the relay operation type, and receive an ROC response message corresponding to the ROC request message.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method used for transmitting and receiving a relay in a wireless local area network system. The wireless local area network system according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a wireless communication method of setting a relay link through a relay and setting a transmission time point at which a data frame is transmitted in a source device by recognizing a propagation delay between devices, and the like when an operation mode of the set relay corresponds to a cooperating mode.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node to after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transceiving an asymmetric point-to-point moving signal and securing an uplink channel using a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) in which a video signal transceiving apparatus can combine a plurality of HBIs and a plurality of active lines (ALs) into a single section, and when auxiliary data exists in a corresponding HBI, can change an order of the HBI to the last and transmit map information including arrangement information to a video signal display apparatus, and the video signal display apparatus can receive the map information and analyze the received map information to thereby acquire an uplink channel using HBI excluding auxiliary data and transmit control signal data via the acquired uplink channel.

Abstract: An external airbag module for a vehicle, installed to be located in a space formed between a back beam and a front bumper may include an inflator secured to a front of the back beam and accommodated in the back beam, and an airbag cushion surrounding the inflator and secured to the back beam together with the inflator between the back beam and the front bumper.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive modulation scheme and apparatus thereof using an Analog/Digital (AJO) converter with variable bit resolution or clock frequency, the A/D converter including a transmitter including a modulator to modulate data to be transmitted according to a modulation scheme received from a receiver, an A/D converter to convert the modulated data into an analog signal using a bit resolution or a clock frequency received from the receiver, and a radio frequency (RF) processor to transmit the analog signal to the receiver through a wireless channel and a receiver including an RF processor to receive data through a wireless channel, a calculator to calculate a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the data received through the RF processor, and a modulation controller to search a predetermined setting table for a corresponding modulation scheme and bit resolution using the calculated SNR and to transmit to a transmitter.

Abstract: A double shield exterior airbag device accommodated in an airbag housing mounted to a bumper of a vehicle, and deployed by gas supplied from an inflator may include an outer air cushion filled with the gas supplied from the inflator, and formed with a single cushion layer, an inner air cushion disposed in an internal space of the outer air cushion, and defining an inner chamber therein to receive the gas, and a plurality of partitioned chambers formed by a plurality of internal partitions that connect the outer air cushion with the inner air cushion, the partitioned chambers communicating with the inner chamber via a gas hole formed in the inner air cushion.

Abstract: A method of generating an image of an organ includes generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of at least one organ of a patient based on a medical image of the at least one organ; generating a plurality of matched images by matching a plurality of images showing a change of a shape of the at least one organ due to a body activity of the patient to the 3-D model of the at least one organ; selecting one of the plurality of matched images based on a current body condition of the patient; and outputting the selected matched image.

Abstract: Provided are a transmission/receiving apparatus and method of switching a transmission antenna in a Transmission Switched Diversity (TSD) system.

Abstract: The present invention includes a traffic information collection unit for collecting weight information of a vehicle running on a road and vibration and noise information generated on the road; a traffic jam determination unit for determining a traffic jam and traffic jam type based on the collected weight information, the vibration and noise information; a traffic jam information transceiving unit for transmitting the traffic jam information or the received traffic jam information of a front road to a vehicle on a rear road by receiving the traffic jam information of a front road from another apparatus for providing traffic jam information installed on the front road; and a display unit for displaying the determination result of the traffic jam determination unit, or a traffic condition of the front road.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for spatial reuse of resources using a directional antenna based on a resource contention in a wireless network. An apparatus for multiple accesses based on a resource contention using a directional antenna may use a resource contention period efficiently in a medium access control (MAC) by calculating an optimal value of an objective function for a delay time and a throughput.

Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.

Abstract: A double shield exterior airbag device accommodated in an airbag housing mounted to a bumper of a vehicle, and deployed by gas supplied from an inflator may include an outer air cushion filled with the gas supplied from the inflator, and formed with a single cushion layer, an inner air cushion disposed in an internal space of the outer air cushion, and defining an inner chamber therein to receive the gas, and a plurality of partitioned chambers formed by a plurality of internal partitions that connect the outer air cushion with the inner air cushion, the partitioned chambers communicating with the inner chamber via a gas hole formed in the inner air cushion.

Abstract: A high speed filtering apparatus and a method for high precision restoration of a depth image are provided. The high speed filtering apparatus for high precision restoration of the depth image may include a block setting unit to set a first block including a target pixel, and to set a second block with respect to a central pixel distributed around the target pixel based on a size of the first block, a weight determining unit to determine a pixel weight with respect to each pixel in the second block, and to determine a block weight with respect to the second block by applying the pixel weight, and a processor to filter the target pixel based on the block weight, thereby accurately filtering the target pixel.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus may detect an occlusion boundary between objects within an input depth image by applying an edge detection algorithm to the input depth image. The image processing apparatus may classify the occlusion boundary into a foreground region boundary and a background region boundary using a depth gradient vector direction of the occlusion boundary, and may extract an occlusion region of the input depth image using the foreground region boundary.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include a fastening unit mounted to a portion of a vehicle, a multi-ply airbag cushion fastened to the fastening unit, the multi-ply airbag cushion being formed by overlapping airbag cushion sheets on each other to form a multi-ply structure, and an inflator to provide gas to the airbag cushion sheets of the multi-ply airbag cushion.