Abstract: Disclosed is a fire detecting system. The fire detecting system includes: an optical flow detecting module for estimating a motion of a fire element from an input image, and determining a first candidate area in the input image; an image feature detecting module for recognizing an image feature of the fire element from the input image, and determining a second candidate area in the input image; a candidate area analyzing module for determining a suspicion area in which a generation of fire is suspected in the input image based on the first candidate area and the second candidate area; an ignition point estimating module for estimating a position of an ignition point in the suspicion area; a fire classifying module for calculating classifying scores obtained by predicting whether a fire is generated in the suspicion area; and a temporal analysis module for determining whether a fire is generated based on the position of the ignition point and the classifying scores.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for creating augmented reality content. The method for creating augmented reality content includes: extracting a target area, to which augmented reality content will be applied, from an object included in an image; providing a template for the creation of the augmented reality content that will be applied to the extracted target area; when a user inputs user content via the template, creating the augmented reality content by using the user content and the metadata of the target area; and performing rendering so that the created augmented reality content is applied to the target area of the image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for creating augmented reality content. The method for creating augmented reality content includes: extracting a target area, to which augmented reality content will be applied, from an object included in an image; providing a template for the creation of the augmented reality content that will be applied to the extracted target area; when a user inputs user content via the template, creating the augmented reality content by using the user content and the metadata of the target area; and performing rendering so that the created augmented reality content is applied to the target area of the image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an articulated model registration method and apparatus which three-dimensionally restore an articulated model of a body, such as a hand, an upper body, and a whole body, from an image and to acquire a two-dimensional landmark from a two-dimensional image to generate and estimate a three-dimensional articulated model corresponding thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an articulated model registration method and apparatus which three-dimensionally restore an articulated model of a body, such as a hand, an upper body, and a whole body, from an image and to acquire a two-dimensional landmark from a two-dimensional image to generate and estimate a three-dimensional articulated model corresponding thereto.

Abstract: A method and system of sensing facial gestures are disclosed. The method of sensing facial gestures includes determining a basic database (DB) for sensing facial gestures of a user, estimating a head pose of the user, extracting a mesh model corresponding to the estimated head pose using at least one of a personalized DB and a general DB, and sensing the facial gestures using the extracted mesh model, and reflecting the sensed facial gestures to a virtual object.

Abstract: A method of medical image registration with respect to a volume of interest (VOI) and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a first medical image of a selected section of the VOI, from a first medical apparatus, detecting a sectional image corresponding to the selected section from second medical images previously captured of the VOI, based on an anatomical feature appearing in the first medical image, mapping virtual coordinate schemes of the first and second medical images to produce a mapped virtual coordinate scheme, based on the detected sectional image and the first medical image, and tracking a movement of a section of the VOI captured by the first medical apparatus in the second medical images by using a mapped virtual coordinate scheme.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for tracking a tumor position, which changes by the movement of a body. According to various aspects, a location of a tumor position of a target organ may be estimated using images of one or more surrounding organs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images includes mapping a virtual coordinate system used by a first medical apparatus and a virtual coordinate system used by a second medical apparatus to one another. The coordinate systems are associated with a real-time medical image captured by the first medical apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image previously captured by the second medical apparatus, respectively. The method further includes detecting a position of a probe of the first medical apparatus from a coordinate system used by the second medical apparatus, based on a result of the mapping, determining a volume image corresponding to the detected position of the probe from the previously captured 3D medical image, and extracting from the determined volume image a cross-sectional image corresponding to the real-time medical image, where the real-time medical image changes according to a patient's physical movement.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided to generate an ultrasound to be transmitted from an ultrasound irradiation device. The apparatus and the method include acquiring a medical image including anatomical information about a subject, and calculating characteristics of a tissue in the subject, which may affect propagation of the ultrasound based on the medical image. The apparatus and method also determine a parameter of the ultrasound to create a focal point on the subject using the calculated characteristics, and generate the ultrasound according to the determined parameter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an organ image are provided. An organ image generating method involves: receiving image data of a medical image of a subject; extracting an image of an organ from the medical image; receiving image data of a generic image of the organ; and generating image data of an organ image of the subject from the generic image of the organ and the extracted image of the organ.

Abstract: A method of medical image registration includes obtaining a first medical image generated before a medical surgery; obtaining a second medical image generated in real time during the medical surgery; extracting landmark points of at least two adjacent anatomical objects recognizable in the second medical image among a plurality of anatomical objects near an organ of interest of a patient from the first medical image and the second medical image; and registering the first medical image and the second medical image based on a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the first medical image and a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the second medical image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for registering images having different modalities. The medical image registration method includes performing, at an initial register, multi-modality registration of a reference image from a plurality of first images captured during a first breathing period and a second image; performing, at the initial register, single-modality registration of the reference image and each of the other first images; generating registration images between the plurality of first images and the second image based on the multi-modality registration and the single-modality registration; acquiring a third image captured after the first breathing period; and detecting an image corresponding to the third image from the registration images.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus of extracting a 3D facial expression of a user. When a facial image of the user is received, the 3D facial expression extracting method and apparatus may generate 3D expression information by tracking an expression of the user from the facial image using at least one of shape-based tracking and texture-based tracking, may generate a 3D expression model based on the 3D expression information, and reconstruct the 3D expression model to have a natural facial expression by adding muscle control points to the 3D expression model.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an avatar using expression control points are provided. The apparatus may track positions of feature points and a head movement from an expression of a user, remove the head movement from the positions of the feature points, and generate expression control points. Accordingly, the expression of the user may be reflected to a face of the avatar.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer readable recording medium, and a medical imaging system are provided for segmenting an image of an object from an image of an organ. The method includes: generating a reference model of the object by using a priori knowledge related to the object of the organ; determining whether the first image includes a first area in which a shape of the object is unidentified; and in response to determining that the first image excludes the first area, segmenting a second image of the object from the first image, and in response to determining that the first image includes the first area, estimating a progression direction of the first area from the reference model to segment the second image from the first image.

Abstract: An image photographing method and apparatus for proposing a human composition. The image photographing apparatus may determine optimal composition information based on feature information that is detected from a photographed image and control a photographing parameter based on the determined optimal composition information.

Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a model, the method including generating a first model representing a change in the location or the shape of the region of interest during the respiration cycle, using diagnostic images that are obtained at two points of time in the respiration cycle and that represent the region of interest; extracting shape information of one or more tissues included in the region of interest at a shape information extractor, using a 3D ultrasound image that is obtained at one point of time in the respiration cycle; determining a characteristic point of the 3D ultrasound image corresponding to a characteristic point of the first model by matching the first model with the extracted shape information; and generating a second model by updating the first model with the determined characteristic point.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a virtual world. The apparatus for controlling a facial expression of an avatar in a virtual world using a facial expression of a user in a real world may include a receiving unit to receive sensed information that is sensed by an intelligent camera, the sensed information relating to a facial expression basis of the user, and a processing unit to generate facial expression data of the user for controlling the facial expression of the avatar, using initialization information representing a parameter for initializing the facial expression basis of the user, a 2-dimensional/3-dimensional (2D/3D) model defining a coding method for a face object of the avatar, and the sensed information.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating an image of an organ. A medical image is input in real time. The medical image is compared with an image previously obtained using a 3D model, and an image obtained by combining the medical image with the 3D model is output.