Patents by Inventor Jae-mu Yun
Jae-mu Yun 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).
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Patent number: 11363199Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. The electronic device may include a camera module including an optical image stabilizer, a motion sensor, a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the motion sensor. The processor may be configured to obtain first motion information corresponding to shaking of the electronic device through the motion sensor, while at least partially obtaining an image frame, determine second motion information, which corresponds to motion of a lens or an image sensor included in the camera module, from the first motion information, using attribute information and a frequency pass filter of the optical image stabilizer, and perform digital image correction, based on the first motion information and the second motion information.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Hee Lee, Nak Hoon Kim, Won Seok Song, Jae Mu Yun, Hak Jae Jeon, Byung Ho Ahn
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Patent number: 10983414Abstract: A camera module includes a lens unit including one or more lenses, wherein at least some of the one or more lenses are movable along a path corresponding to optical axes of the one or more lenses, and a driving unit to move the at least some lenses along the path. The driving unit includes a magnet physically connected with the at least some lenses, a coil to form a magnetic field such that the magnet moves along the path, and a magnetic substance disposed on one surface of the coil opposite to another surface of the coil, which is adjacent to the magnet. The magnetic substance adapts the at least some lenses, which are physically connected with the magnet, to a specified position of the path by using magnetic force between the magnet and the magnetic substance, which is formed as the coil approaches the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Seok Byon, Jae Mu Yun, Young Jae Hwang, Jin Won Lee
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Patent number: 10965871Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. An electronic device may include a lens assembly including, one or more lenses, an image sensor, an image stabilizer, and a processor. The lens assembly may be arranged to from a first angle between an optical axis of at least some lenses of the one or more lenses, and a surface of the image sensor. The processor may be configured to change an angle of the lens assembly through the image stabilizer in response to shaking of the electronic device, obtain an image through the image sensor, in a state that the angle of the lens assembly is changed, correct, based at least on the first angle and a second angle corresponding to the changed angle of the lens assembly, at least a portion of the image, which is distorted, by the second angle, and display the corrected image through a display electrically connected with the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Seok Song, Nak Hoon Kim, Jae Mu Yun, Bo Hee Lee, Hak Jae Jeon, Min Heu, Byung Ho Ahn
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Publication number: 20200404182Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. An electronic device may include a lens assembly including, one or more lenses, an image sensor, an image stabilizer, and a processor. The lens assembly may be arranged to from a first angle between an optical axis of at least some lenses of the one or more lenses, and a surface of the image sensor. The processor may be configured to change an angle of the lens assembly through the image stabilizer in response to shaking of the electronic device, obtain an image through the image sensor, in a state that the angle of the lens assembly is changed, correct, based at least on the first angle and a second angle corresponding to the changed angle of the lens assembly, at least a portion of the image, which is distorted, by the second angle, and display the corrected image through a display electrically connected with the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Won Seok SONG, Nak Hoon KIM, Jae Mu YUN, Bo Hee LEE, Hak Jae JEON, Min HEU, Byung Ho AHN
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Patent number: 10863091Abstract: An example electronic device includes a camera, a sensor obtaining first motion information about motion of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera and the sensor. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of image frames from the camera, to generate second motion information by applying a filter for a specified frequency band to the first motion information, to generate one or more image frames, in each of which at least partial motion of the motion is compensated based on the second motion information, from the at least part of image frames, and to display the one or more image frames through a display operatively connected to the electronic device. The receiving includes obtaining the first motion information about at least part of image frames among the plurality of image frames.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Seok Song, Nak Hoon Kim, Byung Ho Ahn, Jae Mu Yun, Hak Jae Jeon
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Publication number: 20200322534Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. The electronic device may include a camera module including an optical image stabilizer, a motion sensor, a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the motion sensor. The processor may be configured to obtain first motion information corresponding to shaking of the electronic device through the motion sensor, while at least partially obtaining an image frame, determine second motion information, which corresponds to motion of a lens or an image sensor included in the camera module, from the first motion information, using attribute information and a frequency pass filter of the optical image stabilizer, and perform digital image correction, based on the first motion information and the second motion information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Bo Hee LEE, Nak Hoon KIM, Won Seok SONG, Jae Mu YUN, Hak Jae JEON, Byung Ho AHN
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Publication number: 20200221031Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a camera, a sensor obtaining first motion information about motion of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera and the sensor. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of image frames from the camera, to generate second motion information by applying a filter for a specified frequency band to the first motion information, to generate one or more image frames, in each of which at least partial motion of the motion is compensated based on the second motion information, from the at least part of image frames, and to display the one or more image frames through a display operatively connected to the electronic device. The receiving includes obtaining the first motion information about at least part of image frames among the plurality of image frames. Moreover, various embodiment grasped through the disclosure are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Won Seok SONG, Nak Hoon KIM, Byung Ho AHN, Jae Mu YUN, Hak Jae JEON
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Patent number: 10491821Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a camera module including an optical image stabilizer (OIS) module and an image sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to control the camera module to calculate an error based on an operation of the OIS module responsive to movement of the electronic apparatus during at least part of time of the first exposure, to interrupt the first exposure and obtain a first image corresponding to the first exposure, based on the fact that the calculated error exceeds a critical value, to obtain a second image corresponding to the second exposure, and to generate a third image, in which at least part of the movement is corrected, by using the first image and the second image.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han Sung Kim, Jae Mu Yun, Jeong Won Lee, Jae Joon Moon, Jae Hyoung Park
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Publication number: 20190101808Abstract: A camera module includes a lens unit including one or more lenses, wherein at least some of the one or more lenses are movable along a path corresponding to optical axes of the one or more lenses, and a driving unit to move the at least some lenses along the path. The driving unit includes a magnet physically connected with the at least some lenses, a coil to form a magnetic field such that the magnet moves along the path, and a magnetic substance disposed on one surface of the coil opposite to another surface of the coil, which is adjacent to the magnet. The magnetic substance adapts the at least some lenses, which are physically connected with the magnet, to a specified position of the path by using magnetic force between the magnet and the magnetic substance, which is formed as the coil approaches the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Kwang Seok BYON, Jae Mu YUN, Young Jae HWANG, Jin Won LEE
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Publication number: 20180227494Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a camera module including an optical image stabilizer (OIS) module and an image sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to control the camera module to calculate an error based on an operation of the OIS module responsive to movement of the electronic apparatus during at least part of time of the first exposure, to interrupt the first exposure and obtain a first image corresponding to the first exposure, based on the fact that the calculated error exceeds a critical value, to obtain a second image corresponding to the second exposure, and to generate a third image, in which at least part of the movement is corrected, by using the first image and the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Han Sung KIM, Jae Mu YUN, Jeong Won LEE, Jae Joon MOON, Jae Hyoung PARK
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Patent number: 10044937Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera module including a first lens and a first image sensor configured to photograph an image through the first lens, a processor configured to determine a motion of a pixel included in the image photographed by the first image sensor, and a second camera module including a second lens, a gyro sensor configured to detect a motion of the electronic device, and an image stabilization module configured to calculate a correction value using motion information of the electronic device and motion information of the pixel and to perform image stabilization based on the correction value.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Jae Mu Yun
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Publication number: 20170126978Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera module including a first lens and a first image sensor configured to photograph an image through the first lens, a processor configured to determine a motion of a pixel included in the image photographed by the first image sensor, and a second camera module including a second lens, a gyro sensor configured to detect a motion of the electronic device, and an image stabilization module configured to calculate a correction value using motion information of the electronic device and motion information of the pixel and to perform image stabilization based on the correction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventor: Jae Mu YUN
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Patent number: 9207067Abstract: A position detecting apparatus includes: a driver that moves a moving body having a lens mounted thereon, a first sensor and a second sensor respectively mounted on the moving body, a displacement detection pattern unit that reflects light emitted by the first or second sensors, and a controller that controls the first sensor and the second sensor to be alternately turned on to emit light, and if the light reflected by the displacement detection pattern unit is sensed, the controller detects a position of the lens based on sensing results, where the controller determines a period in which the first sensor is turned on and a period in which the second sensor is turned on based on an intersection point of a signal waveform sensed by the first sensor and a signal waveform sensed by the second sensor. Accordingly, power consumption of the position detecting apparatus can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-mu Yun, Jin-gi Lee
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Patent number: 8928762Abstract: In an embodiment, when a sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned on and a hand shake correction unit is turned off so that power consumption may be reduced. Moreover, when the sleep mode is turned on, if vibration greater than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned off and the hand shake correction unit is turned on so that an image blur does not occur. In another embodiment, when the sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the hand shake correction unit is turned on in the state where the sleep mode is turned on and a HPF is turned on so that an image blur is prevented from occurring due to a shock caused by pushing a release button or shock caused by opening or closing a shutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-mu Yun, Jin-gi Lee
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Patent number: 8760524Abstract: Provided is a method of correcting handshake in a digital image processing apparatus. The digital image processing apparatus includes a lens location detector for detecting a location of the focusing lens when a lens driving unit drives a photographing lens group; a handshake detector for detecting an amount of handshake from a signal representing a movement of the digital image processing apparatus; and a handshake correction unit for adjusting the lens driving unit according to a difference between the amount of handshake detected by the handshake detector and the location of the focusing lens detected by the lens location detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-mu Yun
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Publication number: 20140110563Abstract: A position detecting apparatus includes: a driver that moves a moving body having a lens mounted thereon, a first sensor and a second sensor respectively mounted on the moving body, a displacement detection pattern unit that reflects light emitted by the first or second sensors, and a controller that controls the first sensor and the second sensor to be alternately turned on to emit light, and if the light reflected by the displacement detection pattern unit is sensed, the controller detects a position of the lens based on sensing results, where the controller determines a period in which the first sensor is turned on and a period in which the second sensor is turned on based on an intersection point of a signal waveform sensed by the first sensor and a signal waveform sensed by the second sensor. Accordingly, power consumption of the position detecting apparatus can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventors: Jae-mu Yun, Jin-gi Lee
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Patent number: 8570387Abstract: An apparatus for processing a digital image capable of recognizing user input by motion of a user through a voice coil motor (VCM) is provided. Also, a method of controlling the apparatus is provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a body; a VCM installed to the body generating motion signals according to motion of the body; an operation recognition interface processing the motion signals and generating motion data of a digital signal; and a controller recognizing motion of the body from the motion data and recognizing user input according to the motion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-mu Yun
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Publication number: 20120026348Abstract: In an embodiment, when a sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned on and a hand shake correction unit is turned off so that power consumption may be reduced. Moreover, when the sleep mode is turned on, if vibration greater than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned off and the hand shake correction unit is turned on so that an image blur does not occur. In another embodiment, when the sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the hand shake correction unit is turned on in the state where the sleep mode is turned on and a HPF is turned on so that an image blur is prevented from occurring due to a shock caused by pushing a release button or shock caused by opening or closing a shutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-mu Yun, Jin-gi Lee
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Publication number: 20110176015Abstract: Provided is a method of correcting handshake in a digital image processing apparatus. The digital image processing apparatus includes a lens location detector for detecting a location of the focusing lens when a lens driving unit drives a photographing lens group; a handshake detector for detecting an amount of handshake from a signal representing a movement of the digital image processing apparatus; and a handshake correction unit for adjusting the lens driving unit according to a difference between the amount of handshake detected by the handshake detector and the location of the focusing lens detected by the lens location detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-mu Yun
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Publication number: 20090295978Abstract: An apparatus for processing a digital image capable of recognizing user input by motion of a user through a voice coil motor (VCM) is provided. Also, a method of controlling the apparatus is provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a body; a VCM installed to the body generating motion signals according to motion of the body; an operation recognition interface processing the motion signals and generating motion data of a digital signal; and a controller recognizing motion of the body from the motion data and recognizing user input according to the motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-mu Yun