Abstract:
A method and apparatus for enhancing and improving image quality are provided. The method includes separating an input image into at least one low frequency component and at least one high frequency component; modulating the low frequency components in a block unit by dithering; modulating the high frequency components by sampling; and combining the modulated low frequency components and the modulated high frequency components.
Abstract:
A method of reconstructing a high-resolution image by using multi-layer low-resolution images includes dividing a low-resolution image into a plurality of texture layer low-resolution images and a plurality of base layer low-resolution images; generating a texture layer high-resolution image by compositing the plurality of the texture layer low-resolution images and generating a base layer high-resolution image by compositing the plurality of the base layer low-resolution images; and outputting a high-resolution image by compositing the texture layer high-resolution image and the base layer high-resolution image.
Abstract:
A method of processing an image is disclosed. The method includes transforming an original image to generate an edge image by using multi-resolution transformation; performing a first image enhancement process on the edge image according to a type of original image; generating an inverse transform image by performing inverse multi-resolution transformation on the edge image; and performing a second image enhancement process on the inverse transform image according to a type of original image, thereby enhancing image quality.
Abstract:
A method of reconstructing a high-resolution image by using multi-layer low-resolution images includes dividing a low-resolution image into a plurality of texture layer low-resolution images and a plurality of base layer low-resolution images; generating a texture layer high-resolution image by compositing the plurality of the texture layer low-resolution images and generating a base layer high-resolution image by compositing the plurality of the base layer low-resolution images; and outputting a high-resolution image by compositing the texture layer high-resolution image and the base layer high-resolution image.
Abstract:
A shared key management method for a Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in which a master terminal unit (MTU), a plurality of sub master terminal units (SUB-MTUs), and a plurality of remote terminal units (RTUs) are configured in a sequential hierarchy, is provided. The method includes: (a) at the MTU, generating a plurality of secret keys and respectively allocating the secret keys to the RTUs; (b) at the MTU, generating a group key in a tree structure, wherein a leaf node of the tree structure corresponds to each RTU, a parent node of a node corresponding to an RTU corresponds to a SUB-RTU to which the RTU is connected, a shared key of each node of the group key is generated by hashing shared keys of all child nodes, and a shared key of a leaf node of the group key is set as a secret key of the RTU; (c) at the RTU or the SUM-MTU, receiving and storing shared keys of every node from a node corresponding to itself to a root node; (d) when the RTU or the SUM-MTU is added or deleted, at the MTU, generating shared keys of nodes along a path from a node corresponding to the added or deleted terminal unit to the root node again; and (e) at the RTU or the SUB-MTU, receiving and storing the generated shared keys. According to the key management method for the SCADA system described above, in the case of encrypting and broadcasting or multicasting a message, a computation amount can be reduced.
Abstract:
An MPEG-4 encoder utilizing an H.263 multimedia chip. The MPEG-4 encoder includes a DC (Direct Current) predictor for predicting a DC component of the image frame encoded by an H.263 standard upon receiving a prescribed MPEG-4 quantization value, and an MPEG-4 reconstruction image memory for converting the H.263 reconstruction image into an MPEG-4 reconstruction image, and storing the MPEG-4 reconstruction image. The MPEG-4 encoder removes spatial redundancy from source image data entered in frame units using a prescribed H.263 quantization value, predicts a DC component of an image frame having no spatial redundancy using a prescribed MPEG-4 quantization value, performs a VLC (Variable Length Coding) process on the image frame using the predicted DC component, and outputs the VLC-processed image frame in the form of an MPEG-4 bit stream. The MPEG-4 encoder reconstructs the image frame having no spatial redundancy, stores the reconstructed image frame, converts the reconstructed image frame into an MPEG-4 frame, stores the MPEG-4 frame, compares the stored image frame with a newly-entered next frame, and removes temporal redundancy according to a result of the comparison.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a washing machine, which ensures the operation stability of the washing machine through proper control such as sensing freezes or preventing freezes even in an environment such as in a wintertime environment in which the temperature is low causing the washing machine to freeze, and which achieves an improvement in a management aspect such as a countermeasure taken upon the occurrence of freezing and a countermeasure taken for preventing freezing, wherein the counter measures are taken based on the accurate information on whether or not the washing machine is frozen.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a novel, simple and low-cost method for preparing sitagliptin, as DPP-IV (dipeptidyl peptidase IV) inhibitor, which is useful in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus and key intermediates used in said preparation of sitagliptin.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pumping device of a fluid vessel that discharges a predetermined amount of contents, and more particularly, to a push button of a pumping device of a fluid vessel including a push panel having a push part capable of being pushed by applying force on an upper front surface; and a connection rod formed at a lower end of the push panel and including a pump pressing part pushed as the push part is pushed and a rotation part serving as a central axis of an operation of the pump pressing part as the push part is pushed, a distance between the push part and the rotation part being longer than that between the pump pressing part and the rotation part, and a pumping device of a fluid vessel using the same.
Abstract:
A H.263/MPEG video encoder using an average histogram difference, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The H.263/MPEG video encoder generates a reference image frame for encoding a subsequent input image frame N based on a current input image frame N−1 which is performed by a DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) and quantization operations for outputting a video stream and a quantized signal. Here, the quantized signal is decoded by an inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) operations. Also, the encoder comprises a mode selection unit for selecting a first mode in which motion estimation/compensation operations are not performed, if the subsequent image frame N is relatively heavily changed from the reference image frame, after the subsequent image frame N is compared with the reference image frame to remove a temporal redundancy therefrom.