Patents by Inventor Hyeongchul OH

Hyeongchul OH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10372225
    Abstract: An operating method of a video display device, and which includes obtaining an image of a user of the video display device; generating a plurality of gesture areas for the user from the obtained image; recognizing a position of a gesture object of the user from the plurality of generated gesture areas; recognizing a gesture of the user from the obtained image; and performing a control operation corresponding to the position of the recognized gesture object and the recognized gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseok Ahn, Sangkyu Kang, Hyeongchul Oh, Sewon Park
  • Patent number: 10162423
    Abstract: A method of operating the video display device according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises acquiring a video of a video display device associated with a user; recognizing a gesture of the user in the acquired video; calculating a control amount with regard to the gesture based on the recognized gesture; and performing the control operation corresponding to the recognized gesture and the calculated control amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseok Ahn, Sangkyu Kang, Hyeongchul Oh, Sewon Park
  • Patent number: 9681188
    Abstract: A method for operating a display device according to an embodiment includes acquiring an image of a plurality of users, recognizing a plurality of faces respectively corresponding to the plurality of users from the acquired image, checking a viewing state of media content for each user, when the plurality of users respectively corresponding to the plurality of recognized faces are registered users, acquiring viewing information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of registered users of which the viewing state has been changed from a viewing maintaining state in which the media content is viewed to a not-viewing state in which the media content is not viewed, and performing a re-viewing function on the basis of the acquired viewing information when a face of the user of which the viewing state has been changed is re-recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonbae Park, Sewon Park, Hyeongchul Oh, Eunyul Lee
  • Publication number: 20170153710
    Abstract: Provided is an operating method of an video display device. The method includes: obtaining an image for a user of the video display device; generating a plurality of gesture areas for the user from the obtained image; recognizing a position of a gesture object of the user from the plurality of generated gesture areas; recognizing a gesture of the user from the obtained image; and performing a control operation corresponding to the position of the recognized gesture object and the recognized gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseok Ahn, Sangkyu Kang, Hyeongchul Oh, Sewon Park
  • Publication number: 20170139482
    Abstract: A method of operating the video display device according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises acquiring a video of a video display device associated with a user; recognizing a gesture of the user in the acquired video; calculating a control amount with regard to the gesture based on the recognized gesture; and performing the control operation corresponding to the recognized gesture and the calculated control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseok AHN, Sangkyu KANG, Hyeongchul OH, Sewon PARK
  • Publication number: 20150373412
    Abstract: A method for operating a display device according to an embodiment includes acquiring an image of a plurality of users, recognizing a plurality of faces respectively corresponding to the plurality of users from the acquired image, checking a viewing state of media content for each user, when the plurality of users respectively corresponding to the plurality of recognized faces are registered users, acquiring viewing information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of registered users of which the viewing state has been changed from a viewing maintaining state in which the media content is viewed to a not-viewing state in which the media content is not viewed, and performing a re-viewing function on the basis of the acquired viewing information when a face of the user of which the viewing state has been changed is re-recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wonbae PARK, Sewon PARK, Hyeongchul OH, Eunyul LEE