Patent ID: 9137440
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an image to provide real-time image data photographed by an image photographing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving the real-time image data; enhancing contrast of the real-time image data; interpolating the contrast enhanced real-time image data; storing the real-time image data of a specific section from among the interpolated real-time image data; and displaying the stored real-time image data, wherein the storing of the real-time image data of the specific section includes: sequentially storing, the interpolated real-time image data, in a first buffer for a predetermined time period; storing selected real-time image data of the real-time image data stored in the first buffer, in a second buffer according to information about a request of displaying an image at a specific time point of the real-time image data, and storing the real-time image data stored in the second buffer, in a memory, according to an information about a request of recording the real-time image data, determining whether the time point at which a frame stored in the first buffer is photographed is within a specific time period, when the time point at which the frame stored in the first buffer is not within the specific time period, deleting the corresponding frame, when the time point at which the frame stored in the first buffer is within the specific time period, storing a corresponding frame in the second buffer, and selectively storing in the second buffer a frame satisfying an information about the request of displaying the image at the specific time point of the real-time image data, receiving user-input data including at least one of information about an image process of the real-time image data or information about the specific section of the real-time image data, wherein the information about the image process of the real-time image data includes at least one of information about a request of controlling image brightness of the real-time image data or information about a request of controlling an image size of the real-time image data, wherein the enhancing of the contrast includes: Gaussian filtering the real-time image data according to the information about the request of controlling the image brightness of the real-time image data; inverting the Gaussian filtered real-time image data; and gamma-filtering the inverted real-time image data.