Patents by Inventor Hyong Euk Lee

Hyong Euk Lee 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE AUGMENTATION
    Publication number: 20210064127
    Abstract: A method with image augmentation includes recognizing, based on a gaze of the user corresponding to the input image, any one or any combination of any two or more of an object of interest of a user, a situation of the object of interest, and a task of the user from partial regions of an input image determining relevant information indicating an intention of the user, based on any two or any other combination of the object of interest of the user, the situation of the object of interest, and the task of the user, and generating a visually augmented image by visually augmenting the input image based on the relevant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungin PARK, Hyong Euk LEE
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT
    Publication number: 20210019544
    Abstract: An object detection method includes setting a first window region and a second window region larger than the first window region that correspond to partial regions of different sizes in an input image, downsampling the second window region to generate a resized second window region, detecting a first object candidate from the first window region and a second object candidate from the resized second window region, and detecting an object included in the input image based on one or both of the first object candidate and the second object candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungin PARK, Lin MA, Weiming LI, Yang LIU, Hao WANG, Hyong Euk LEE
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING INTENTION OF USER
    Publication number: 20210018978
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting an intention acquires a gaze sequence of a user, acquires an input image corresponding to the gaze sequence, generates a coded image by visually encoding temporal information included in the gaze sequence to the input image, and predicts an intention of the user corresponding to the gaze sequence based on the input image and the coded image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungin PARK, Hyong Euk LEE
  • MODELING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND APPARATUS USING FLUID ANIMATION GRAPH
    Publication number: 20200380751
    Abstract: A modeling method searches for a sequence matched to a user input using a fluid animation graph generated based on similarities among frames included in sequences included in the fluid animation graph and models a movement corresponding to the user input based on a result of the searching. Provided also is a corresponding apparatus and a method for preprocessing for such modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahyup KANG, Donghoon SAGONG, Hyong Euk LEE, Hwiryong JUNG
  • Modeling method and apparatus using fluid animation graph
    Patent number: 10789750
    Abstract: A modeling method searches for a sequence matched to a user input using a fluid animation graph generated based on similarities among frames included in sequences included in the fluid animation graph and models a movement corresponding to the user input based on a result of the searching. Provided also is a corresponding apparatus and a method for preprocessing for such modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahyup Kang, Donghoon Sagong, Hyong Euk Lee, Hwiryong Jung
  • Method and apparatus for processing image
    Patent number: 10776996
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing method may generate a mask for preventing a virtual light source from being sampled on an area of a current image frame based on virtual light source information of a previous image frame, applying the mask to the current image frame, sampling the virtual light source in the current image frame to which the mask is applied, and rendering the current image frame based on the virtual light source sampled in the current image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung In Park, Min Su Ahn, In Woo Ha, Kee Chang Lee, Hyong Euk Lee
  • Method and apparatus for modeling object
    Patent number: 10755004
    Abstract: A method of modeling an object includes defining a state transition probability and a state of each of a plurality of particles forming the object; changing a state of a particle defined to be in a first state among the plurality of particles to a second state; applying a movement model to a particle defined to be in the second state among the plurality of particles; and changing a state of the particle defined to be in the second state to the first state based on the state transition probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghoon Sagong, Nahyup Kang, Minjung Son, KeeChang Lee, Hyong Euk Lee, Heesae Lee
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200234457
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first processor configured to obtain, from a color image, an illumination element image and an albedo element image corresponding to the color image, and a second processor configured to divide the illumination element image into a plurality of subelement images each corresponding to the color image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inwoo HA, Hyong Euk LEE, Young Hun SUNG, Minsu AHN
  • Method and apparatus for modeling a target object based on particles
    Patent number: 10713397
    Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling a target object, the method including obtaining information about the target object including an arrangement of particles including target particles, generating coarse particles by down-sampling the target particles, modeling a movement of the target object based on the coarse particles, and redefining the target particles based on a result of the modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwiryong Jung, Nahyup Kang, Hyong Euk Lee, Jiyeon Kim
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) APPARATUS BASED ON ACTION PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20200202119
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an augmented reality (AR) apparatus are provided. The method includes acquiring a video, detecting a human body from the acquired video, performing an action prediction with regard to the detected human body, and controlling the AR apparatus based on a result of the action prediction and a mapping relationship between human body actions and AR functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao WANG, Yang LIU, Hyong Euk LEE, Seungin PARK, Qiang WANG, Yueying KAO, Weiming LI
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING DEPTH MAP
    Publication number: 20200193623
    Abstract: Disclosed is a depth map calculation method and apparatus. The depth map calculation method includes calculating a global sparse depth map corresponding to a current frame using frames including the current frame, calculating a local dense depth map corresponding to the current frame using the current frame, extracting a non-static object region from the current frame by masking a static object region, removing the non-static object region from the global sparse depth map, and generating a global dense depth map corresponding to the current frame by merging the non-static object region-removed global sparse depth map and the local dense depth map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihua LIU, Yun-Tae KIM, Hyong Euk LEE, Lin MA, Qiang WANG, Yamin MAO, Tianhao GAO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TARGET OBJECT IN IMAGE BASED ON INTERACTIVE INPUT
    Publication number: 20200193160
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for determining a target object in an image based on an interactive input. A target object determining method acquires first feature information corresponding to an image and second feature information corresponding to an interactive input; and determines a target object corresponding to the interactive input from among objects in the image based on the first feature information and the second feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyong Euk LEE, Qiang WANG, Chao ZHANG
  • DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISPLAY OBJECT WITH VISUAL EFFECT
    Publication number: 20200175771
    Abstract: A display method includes displaying, in a virtual environment, an object to which a light source is set. The method further includes illuminating an area around the object based on the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KeeChang LEE, Minsu AHN, Inwoo HA, Seungin PARK, Hyong Euk LEE, Heesae LEE
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING 3D MODEL
    Publication number: 20200160616
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for aligning a three-dimensional (3D) model. The 3D model alignment method includes acquiring, by a processor, at least one two-dimensional (2D) image including an object, detecting, by the processor, a feature point of the object in the at least one 2D input image using a neural network, estimating, by the processor, a 3D pose of the object in the at least one 2D input image using the neural network, retrieving, by the processor, a target 3D model based on the estimated 3D pose, and aligning, by the processor, the target 3D model and the object based on the feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming LI, Hyong Euk LEE, Hao WANG, Seungin PARK, Qiang WANG, Yang LIU, Yueying KAO
  • 3D rendering method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10657706
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) rendering method and apparatus to render a 3D scene is disclosed. The 3D rendering apparatus determines color values of vertices shaded by a direct virtual light source, establishes one or more locations of one or more indirect virtual light sources in polygonal areas formed by the vertices based on the determined color values of the vertices, and renders a 3D scene based on the one or more indirect virtual light sources disposed at the determined one or more locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inwoo Ha, Minsu Ahn, Hyong Euk Lee
  • Image processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10614583
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first processor configured to obtain, from a color image, an illumination element image and an albedo element image corresponding to the color image, and a second processor configured to divide the illumination element image into a plurality of subelement images each corresponding to the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inwoo Ha, Hyong Euk Lee, Young Hun Sung, Minsu Ahn
  • Method and apparatus for modeling deformable body including particles
    Patent number: 10606966
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a corresponding apparatus for modeling a deformable body including particles that define a strain energy generated by an external force with respect to a deformable body including particles, and control a displacement of the deformable body based on a volume of the particles corresponding to the displacement of the deformable body, where the displacement is determined based on the strain energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiyeon Kim, Nahyup Kang, Hyong Euk Lee, Hwiryong Jung
  • Device and method to display object with visual effect
    Patent number: 10593113
    Abstract: A display method includes displaying, in a virtual environment, an object to which a light source is set. The method further includes illuminating an area around the object based on the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KeeChang Lee, Minsu Ahn, Inwoo Ha, Seungin Park, Hyong Euk Lee, Heesae Lee
  • Method and apparatus to model objects including particles
    Patent number: 10572609
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus to model objects includes detecting an overlapping area between first and second objects each comprising particles. The method and corresponding apparatus also calculate, in the overlapping area, an action force between the first and the second objects. The method and corresponding apparatus model the first object and the second object based on the action force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahyup Kang, Jiyeon Kim, Hyong Euk Lee, Hwiryong Jung
  • Method and apparatus for modeling based on particles for efficient constraints processing
    Patent number: 10565328
    Abstract: A modeling method based on particles, the method including generating coarse particles by down-sampling target particles corresponding to at least a portion of a target object, calculating a correcting value enabling the coarse particles to satisfy constraints of the target object based on physical attributes of the target particles, applying the correcting value to the target particles, and redefining the target particles in response to the target particles to which the correcting value is applied satisfying the constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nahyup Kang, Jiyeon Kim, Donghoon Sagong, Hyong Euk Lee, Hwiryong Jung