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Assignee: Mtekvision Co., Ltd.


Location: Seoul, KR
No. of patents: 39

NumberTitleIssue Date
8185702Multimedia platform
A device comprising a multimedia platform with a plurality of memories and a method of sharing a non-volatile memory. The multimedia platform in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can have a non-volatile memory, a multimedia processor setting a r...
05/22/2012
8184905Apparatus for color interpolation using adjustable threshold
An apparatus for color interpolation using an adjustable threshold is disclosed. The color interpolation apparatus calculates the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the elements of the image data and determines the color interpolation meth...
05/22/2012
8155470Device for removing noise in image data
A device for removing noise by using an adjustable threshold. The device for removing noise in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention determines a difference value between a maximum value and a minimum value of elements of inputted image data, determ...
04/10/2012
8154749Image signal processor and deferred vertical synchronous signal outputting method
A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal and an image signal processor executing the method thereof are disclosed. Once the vertical synchronous signal for a kth frame is inputted from an encoding unit after a capture command is inp...
04/10/2012
8151136Method and device for correcting code data error
A method and a device for correcting a code data error are disclosed. A main processor included in a digital processing device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention writes in a shared memory third code data error-corrected by a predetermined erro...
04/03/2012
8145852Device having shared memory and method for providing access status information by shared memory
A device having a shared memory and a method for providing access status information by the shared memory are disclosed. A digital processing device includes n processors and a shared memory. The shared memory is coupled to each processor though a separate bus, its ...
03/27/2012
8135919Operation control of a shared memory partitioned into multiple storage areas
A method of controlling a shared memory and a user terminal controlling the operation of the shared memory are disclosed. The portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention has a memory unit with a storage area partitioned to blocks in a quant...
03/13/2012
8135768Adder with reduced capacitance
An electronic circuit for performing logic operations is provided. The electronic circuit comprises a logic gate having at least two binary inputs adapted to receive corresponding input binary digits; an output for outputting an output signal; signal transmission me...
03/13/2012
8131111Device of processing dead pixel
A dead pixel processing device is disclosed. The dead pixel processing device separates an inputted Bayer pattern image into corresponding component data; calculates the distribution (pattern) of pixels based on the median of each data; calculates a comparing value ...
03/06/2012
8122186Memory device, memory system and dual port memory device with self-copy function
A memory device with a self-copy function includes a memory cell array having first and second banks, and a memory interface. The memory interface reads data from a memory area of the first bank corresponding to a source address contained in previously set self-copy...
02/21/2012
8106969Device and method for removing grid noise
A device and a method for removing grid noises are disclosed. The device for removing grid noises in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention calculates an average value of each line of an inputted Bayer pattern image, calculates an estimate value esti...
01/31/2012
8090970Apparatus and method for playing multimedia data
A multimedia data reproducing device is provided which includes: a codec converting digital data into an analog signal by a predetermined method and reproducing the analog signal; and a control unit including a core generating a reproduction block by decoding multim...
01/03/2012
8059169Apparatus and method for compensating color, and image processor, digital processing apparatus, recording medium using it
An aspect of the present invention features an apparatus for compensating color deviation of an image that has uneven color deviation. The apparatus can comprises: a color deviation analyzing module that analyzes luminance of each color component of each pixel compo...
11/15/2011
8051264Portable device and method for controlling shared memory in portable device
A portable terminal and a method of controlling a shared memory, the portable terminal are disclosed. The portable terminal includes a memory unit, being equipped with at least 2 ports and having a storage block partitioned into partitioned blocks in a quantity of n...
11/01/2011
8049795Lens shading compensation apparatus and method, and image processor using the same
Disclosed are a lens shading compensation apparatus and a lens shading compensation method in an image sensor that compensate the difference in signal amplitude according to the position of pixels to preserve the quality of a primitive image. The lens shading compen...
11/01/2011
8024549Two-dimensional processor array of processing elements
A data processor apparatus comprises a plurality of data receiving means each for receiving data from a data source; a computational element coupleable to each of said data receiving means for performing an operation on said data; and a controller for controlling th...
09/20/2011
8023014Method and apparatus for compensating image sensor lens shading
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for compensating the lens shading phenomenon in image sensor. The invention first stores an inputted compensation reference value, identifies a center pixel using digital image signals received sequentially in correspo...
09/20/2011
8018499Image processing method and device using different clock rates for preview and capture modes
An image processing method and a device thereof are disclosed. In an image signal processor of the present invention, a process clock rate or an output clock rate for a preview mode is applied differently from a process clock rate or an output clock rate for a captu...
09/13/2011
7999867Image edge detection apparatus and method, image sharpness emphasizing apparatus and method, recorded meduim recorded the program performing it
The present invention relates to an apparatus for and a method of providing a sharper image by preventing the deterioration of an image caused by the difference in dynamic ranges of a center part and a surrounding part of the image photographed by an image sensor or...
08/16/2011
7995120Image brightness compensating apparatus and method, recorded medium recorded the program performing it
An apparatus and a method of smoothing the brightness of an image photographed in an image sensor without amplifying a noise component of a surrounding part of the image are disclosed. The image brightness correction apparatus correcting the brightness of an image b...
08/09/2011
7969479Method and device for detecting color temperature
A method for detecting color temperature and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, the apparatus for detecting color temperature converts RGB color information, generated by interpolating an image signal sequentially inputted in uni...
06/28/2011
7966436Data transmitter having high and low speed transmission units
A data transmitter includes: a packetization unit receiving primary data from a data processor and packetizing the primary data; a high-speed transmission unit transmitting a data packet obtained from the packetization to a display device in a high-speed mode; and a...
06/21/2011
7948527Image signal processor and method for outputting deferred vertical synchronous signal
A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal and an image signal processor executing the method thereof are disclosed. Once the vertical synchronous signal for an mth frame is inputted from an encoding unit, the method monitors whether ...
05/24/2011
7936378Image pickup device and encoded data transferring method
A method of transferring encoded data and an imaging device executing the method thereof are disclosed. The image signal processor according to an embodiment of the present invention has an encoding unit, which generates encoded image data by encoding, in accordance...
05/03/2011
7924296System and method for DMA controlled image processing
A system for processing image data from a plurality of images is disclosed. The invention involves alpha blending of two images of different resolution and color space utilizing shared logic for multiple image streams and without display storage frame buffer. The in...
04/12/2011
7920174Method and device for outputting pixel data with appended data
A method and an apparatus for outputting pixel data with appended data are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes an image sensor, which outputs raw data corresponding to an external image, a memory, which sto...
04/05/2011
7898880Dual port memory device, memory device and method of operating the dual port memory device
A dual port memory device converts an address and a control signal, which are inputted via a first port and conform to a first type memory interface, into an address and a control signal which conform to a second type memory interface, to access a memory array. The ...
03/01/2011
7893980CMOS image sensor having directly output transfer gate signal
Disclosed herein is a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon (CMOS) image sensor. The image sensor includes a two-dimensional pixel array composed of unit pixels, each unit pixel having a photo diode and transistors, a row decoder located at an end of the pixel array to ...
02/22/2011
7827337Sharing memory interface
A device and a method for sharing a memory interface are disclosed. According to preferred embodiments of the present invention, a supplementary control unit included in a digital processor can control some of the pins, constituting a memory interface, to be shared ...
11/02/2010
7814282Memory share by a plurality of processors
The present invention is directed to a method and a device for memory share by a plurality of processors. The portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a main memory; a sub-control unit coupled to the main memory through bus #
10/12/2010
7805578Data processor apparatus and memory interface
A data processor apparatus and memory interface comprises a memory, a plurality of memories, an interface for controlling access to the memories by a device, and an identifier identifying at least a memory location in one memory and a memory location in another memo...
09/28/2010
7757048Data processor apparatus and memory interface
A data processor apparatus and memory interface comprises a memory, a plurality of processor units couplable to receive data from the memory, and control means for controlling transmission of data from the control means to each processor unit. The control means for ...
07/13/2010
7680328Histogram generating device
A histogram generating device is disclosed. An embodiment has a brightness signal generating module generating a brightness signal by use of RGB component data of an input frame, an image component data selecting module outputting a single component frame consisting...
03/16/2010
7676084Apparatus for processing dead pixel
The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for processing a dead pixel, more specifically to a method and an apparatus thereof for detecting and compensating a dead pixel that can maintain a good image quality by reducing image distortion and dete...
03/09/2010
7667172Image sensor with expanding dynamic range
A conventional image sensor has a narrow dynamic range, so that the conventional image sensor has the limitation of not representing very dark portions or very bright portions depending on the exposure time when representing an image having such dark and bright port...
02/23/2010
7649555Apparatus for processing dead pixel
The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for processing a dead pixel, more specifically to a method and an apparatus thereof for detecting and compensating a dead pixel that can maintain a good image quality by reducing image distortion and dete...
01/19/2010
7272691Interconnect switch assembly with input and output ports switch coupling to processor or memory pair and to neighbor ports coupling to adjacent pairs switch assemblies
A data processor apparatus comprises a plurality of processor elements, a memory having a plurality of parts, and a first switching element associated with the first processor element for switchably coupling the first processor element to its associated memory part ...
09/18/2007
7215367Image data control system and method for capturing and displaying an original image of an object
A system for controlling original image data of an object captured thereby and a method using the system. The system includes a digital camera and an image display terminal. The digital camera forms image line data having a plurality of image line data units represe...
05/08/2007
7185174Switch complex selectively coupling input and output of a node in two-dimensional array to four ports and using four switches coupling among ports
A switching element for switchably coupling a two-dimensional array of circuit elements comprises an input, an output, means for switchably coupling the input to the output; a first input/output port, a second input/output port, a third input/output port, and a four...
02/27/2007
 
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