Abstract: A bitstream reconstruction method and apparatus are provided. The method includes constructing an initial bitstream by rendering sound source information and geometry information within a reference radius from an initial location of a user accessing a virtual space into spatial audio, collecting location information according to a movement of the user within the virtual space, and reconstructing, based on a relationship between the reference radius and a movement radius identified according to the collected location information, the initial bitstream constructed by corresponding to the initial location of the user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of an augmented reality device are disclosed. A method of measuring optical characteristics of an augmented reality device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: taking a test image including a plurality of patterns that is output on a virtual plane by the augmented reality device, using at least one camera disposed around a predetermined measurement reference position; acquiring field of view information including information about the field of view of the at least one camera, and photographing system information including information about the arrangement of the at least one camera; and calculating the coordinates of a plurality of patterns with respect to the measurement reference position on the basis of a plurality of captured images taken by the at least one camera, field of view information, and photographing system information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for selecting camera providing input images to synthesize virtual view images. According to the present disclosure, A method of selecting a camera providing as input image to synthesize a virtual view image, the method may comprise, for a camera providing an input image, determining whether or not the camera is comprised in a field of view (FoV) at a virtual view position and in response to the camera determined to be comprised in the field of view, selecting the camera to synthesize the virtual image, wherein the determining determines, by way of comparison, whether or not a direction from the virtual view position to a position of the camera is in the FoV at the virtual view position.

Abstract: Provided is an aerial vehicle including an emergency control device through power regulation. The aerial vehicle includes a power unit configured to supply power for the aerial vehicle, a flight control device configured to receive a wireless control signal from control terminal, and control a movement of the aerial vehicle based on the received control signal, and a power regulation device arranged between the power unit and the flight control device and configured to transmit the power from the power unit to the flight control device, wherein the power regulation device includes a communication unit configured to externally receive an emergency control signal through certain radio waves, a verification unit configured to verify whether the received emergency control signal is given according to a predetermined authority, and a power regulation unit configured to cut off the power supplied from the power unit to the flight control device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of an augmented reality device are disclosed. A method of measuring optical characteristics of an augmented reality device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: taking a test image including a plurality of patterns that is output on a virtual plane by the augmented reality device, using at least one camera disposed around a predetermined measurement reference position; acquiring field of view information including information about the field of view of the at least one camera, and photographing system information including information about the arrangement of the at least one camera; and calculating the coordinates of a plurality of patterns with respect to the measurement reference position on the basis of a plurality of captured images taken by the at least one camera, field of view information, and photographing system information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for selecting camera providing input images to synthesize virtual view images. According to the present disclosure, A method of selecting a camera providing an input image to synthesize a virtual view image, the method may comprise, for a camera providing an input image, determining whether or not the camera is comprised in a field of view (FoV) at a virtual view position and in response to the camera determined to be comprised in the field of view, selecting the camera to synthesize the virtual image, wherein the determining determines, by way of comparison, whether or not a direction from the virtual view position to a position of the camera is in the FoV at the virtual view position.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus and method for rendering a stereoscopic image are provided. The image rendering apparatus may estimate a disparity of an image pixel included in an input image. Based on the disparity, a viewpoint direction of the image pixel may be determined by the image rendering apparatus. The image rendering apparatus may render a stereoscopic image by assigning a pixel value of the image pixel to a display pixel having a viewpoint direction corresponding to the viewpoint direction of the image pixel, instead of generating a multiview image.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: An optical layer and a display device including the same, where the optical layer includes optical components slanted a angle ? with respect to a pixel included in a display panel, and disposed at an interval of a pitch l, and the slant angle ? and the pitch l satisfy l=2g×tan(VAL/2) and a=l/(2g×tan(VAP/2)).

Abstract: A method of generating directional rays and apparatuses performing the method are disclosed. A backlight may include a light source configured to generate a ray, a light guide plate configured to transfer the ray to a display panel, and a directional pixel configured to generate a plurality of directional rays by scattering the ray, in which each of the directional rays may be incident at a corresponding subpixel in the display panel.

Abstract: A method of processing an image includes obtaining a position of a viewpoint corresponding to the image, selecting, based on the position, two reference rays closest to a ray included in the image from among a plurality of reference rays included in reference images photographed in advance from different reference viewpoints; determining whether a difference between color values of the selected reference rays is less than or equal to a threshold; and determining a color value of the ray based on the color values of the selected reference rays in response to the difference between the color values of the selected reference rays being determined to be less than or equal to the threshold.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing three-dimensional (3D) images on a multi-layer display may generate virtual depth information based on original depth information, and display 3D images having various depth values using the generated virtual depth information. Also, the apparatus and method may appropriately provide color information to each of a plurality of display layers, thereby preventing an original image from being damaged.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image generation apparatus and method using a region extension of an object in a depth map is provided. The 3D image generation apparatus may include a discontinuity preservation smoothing filtering unit to apply a discontinuity preservation smoothing filter preserving discontinuity of a boundary or a shape of a depth image, a boundary preservation filtering unit to apply a max filter to a depth image for increasing a depth value of an object, and a rendering unit to render a two-dimensional (2D) color image and the filtered depth image and to generate a 3D image.

Abstract: A panel image that may be displayed in a display apparatus to display a 3D image that includes reduced differences with a source image may be generated based on generating a predicted 3D image based on a panel image, comparing the predicted 3D image to the source image, and adjusting the panel image to reduce differences between the predicted 3D image and the source image. Such a process may be performed iteratively. The predicted 3D image may be generated based on applying a convolution kernel to the panel image in a convolution operation. The convolution kernel may be based on a first function and a second function. The first function may be associated with a brightness distribution of one or more visual fields of the panel image. The second function may be associated with a Gaussian distribution of brightness of a panel image pixel.

Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.

Abstract: A method of processing an image includes obtaining a position of a viewpoint corresponding to the image, selecting, based on the position, two reference rays closest to a ray included in the image from among a plurality of reference rays included in reference images photographed in advance from different reference viewpoints; determining whether a difference between color values of the selected reference rays is less than or equal to a threshold; and determining a color value of the ray based on the color values of the selected reference rays in response to the difference between the color values of the selected reference rays being determined to be less than or equal to the threshold.