Patents by Inventor Sang-rae Lee

Sang-rae 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).

  • Patent number: 7653136
    Abstract: A decoding method of detecting a transmission error region and recovering correctly decoded data and a decoding apparatus using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Austin Lobo, Sang-rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20090285300
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image by performing motion prediction and compensation on pictures in a group of pictures by selectively using a high-quality key picture that is previously encoded and restored, and a second picture that is previously encoded and restored. The method of encoding an image improves the prediction efficiency of an image by storing a key picture, which is encoded and restored to a high quality by reducing a loss caused by a quantization error using a small quantization coefficient, in a first storage unit and storing a previously encoded and restored second picture in a second storage unit, and then performing motion prediction and compensation by selectively using the key picture stored in the first storage unit and the second picture stored in the second storage unit while encoding a next picture in a group of pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-jin Han, Sang-rae Lee, Tammy Lee, Jung-hye Min
  • Publication number: 20090279606
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image using a plurality of reference pictures. In an exemplary embodiment, the method of encoding an image comprises: generating information about transforms between a first picture and a second picture; generating a reference picture by transforming the second picture based on the generated information about transforms; predicting a current block of a current picture based on at least one of the reference picture and the first picture; and encoding the current block based on the predicting. Therefore, prediction encoding based on more accurate prediction is possible, thereby increasing a compression ratio of image encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-rae LEE, Woo-jin HAN, Jung-hye MIN
  • Publication number: 20090267889
    Abstract: A display device capable of simplifying the structure and improving the reliability is disclosed. The display device includes an LCD module having a top case formed of metal, a glass substrate arranged on the LCD module, an infrared ray emitting module arranged to face three side surfaces of the LCD module and having a first magnet for first fixing to the top case, and a pair of infrared ray detection units arranged at corner ends of a side surface of the LCD module where the infrared ray emitting module is not arranged and having a second magnet for the first fixing to the top case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Jong Seong CHOI, Hyung Uk Jang, Sang Rae Lee, Sang Hyuck Bae, Byung Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20090232208
    Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding an image to improve the efficiency for predicting an image by reducing discontinuity between prediction blocks by performing filtering on a prediction picture. The method of encoding an image includes generating filtered prediction pixel values by performing filtering in which a weighted sum of prediction pixels of a prediction picture with respect to peripheral prediction pixels is calculated, and encoding a difference value between the filtered prediction picture comprising the filtered prediction pixel values and a current picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo-hyuk LEE, Woo-jin HAN, Sang-rae LEE, So-young KIM, Tammy Lee
  • Publication number: 20090232217
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding an image, which can variably encode a residual of a current block that is predicted with a skip mode according to prediction modes of neighboring blocks, and a method and apparatus for decoding the encoded image. When both the prediction mode of the current block and the prediction modes of the neighboring blocks are skip modes, since the method of encoding the image also encodes the residual of the current block that is predicted with the skip mode, more bits can be assigned to the current block with a high probability of acting as a reference block for other blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tammy LEE, Jung-hye MIN, Woo-jin HAN, Sang-rae LEE
  • Publication number: 20090207913
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding an image and methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. The methods and apparatuses generate a compensated prediction block by compensating a prediction block of a current block by using a predetermined compensation value and encode a residual value that is a difference between the compensated prediction block and an input current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duck-yeon KIM, Bae-keun LEE, Kyo-hyuk LEE, Woo-jin HAN, Sang-rae LEE, Jae-chool LEE
  • Publication number: 20090180049
    Abstract: A display module includes: upper and lower supporting means facing and spaced apart from each other; a display device between the upper and lower supporting means; a middle supporting means surrounding the display device; and a plurality of coupling means combining the upper, middle and lower supporting means to fix and support the display device, wherein each of the plurality of coupling means includes a hook and each of the upper and lower supporting means has a through hole corresponding to the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Sang-Rae Lee, Gi Bin Kim, Hak-Mo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20090167656
    Abstract: There are provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) to which infrared rays (IR) light sources are applied and a multi-touch system using the same. The LCD to which IR light sources are applied includes a back light in which a plurality of lamp light sources and a plurality of IR light sources are repeatedly arranged in column and row directions, a diffusion plate and a plurality of optical sheets arranged on the back light, and an LCD panel provided on the back light to display an image using light incident from the back light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: In-Ho AHN, Dae-San Lim, Jong-Seong Choi, Hyung-Uk Jang, Sang-Rae Lee, Sang-Hyuck Bae, Byung-Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20090141002
    Abstract: A touch panel display device includes a liquid crystal panel to display an image by regulating transmittance of light supplied from a back light unit, and a touch sensing part provided on upper edges of the liquid crystal panel in order to detect a position touched by a user or an object. The touch sensing part includes infrared lamps to generate and emit infrared light, infrared light reflecting tubes mounted with the infrared lamps, and image sensors to sense the infrared light output from the light output regions of the infrared light reflecting tubes. Each of the infrared light reflecting tubes has light output regions and non-output regions evenly formed at a surface facing an upper surface of the liquid crystal panel so that the infrared light emitted from the infrared lamps is evenly irradiated on the upper surface of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Min Ho Sohn, Jong Seong Choi, Hyung Uk Jang, Sang Rae Lee, Sang Hyuck Bae, Byung Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20090128508
    Abstract: A display module including a touch panel configured to be touched so as to input information, a liquid crystal display panel disposed below the touch panel and configured to display the information to be touched on the touch panel, a plurality of emitting light units configured to emit infrared light formed in at least two sides of the touch panel, a plurality of image sensors disposed below the liquid crystal panel and configured to detect infrared rays redirected through the liquid crystal panel towards the image sensors based on a touching of the touch panel, and a controller configured to determine a portion of the touch panel that is touched based on signals received from the plurality of image sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Min Ho Sohn, Jong Seong Choi, Hyung Uk Jang, Sang Rae Lee, Sang Hyuck Bae, Byung Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20090103620
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus in which a processing order for predetermined-size blocks included in a macroblock is defined in order to efficiently use spatial correlation in an image. After a macroblock is divided into first blocks of a predetermined size and motion compensation is performed on each of the first blocks, a second-block processing order for sequentially processing second blocks included in a current first block is determined in order to process a residue between a motion compensation value of the current first block and the current first block in units of the second blocks having a smaller size than that of the current first block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo-hyuk LEE, Sang-rae Lee, Jae-chool Lee, Jung-hye Mim, Woo-jin Han, Il-koo Kim
  • Patent number: 7487423
    Abstract: A decoding method, medium, and apparatus capable of preventing error propagation and implementing parallel processing. A decoding method includes comparing encoding information with decoding information at synchronization points for detecting a transmission error, and continuing to decode the encoded data if both the encoding and decoding information match, or continuing to decode remaining data located beyond the corresponding synchronization point by limiting a transmission error region to between the corresponding synchronization point and an immediately previous synchronization point, with reference to the encoding information if the encoding and decoding information do not match. Furthermore, the encoded data of a plurality of regions are simultaneously decoded in parallel, with reference to the encoding information of a plurality of synchronization points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Austin Lobo, Sang-rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20080304569
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image. The image encoding method includes searching for a reference block for obtaining partition information of a current block, referring to at least one reference picture; dividing the current block based on the partition information obtained from the reference block and performing inter prediction with regard to each of a plurality of partitions included in the current block; and encoding the current block based on a result of the inter prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo-hyuk Lee, Jianle Chen, Woo-jin Han, Sang-rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20080240246
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding and decoding method and apparatus, in which a current block is divided into partitions based on an edge in the current block, and motion estimation is performed on the divided partitions. Video encoding efficiency can be improved by encoding partitions that are obtained by dividing the current block along a predetermined line passing through pixels belonging to an edge around the current block from among neighboring pixels around the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-rae LEE, Woo-jin Han
  • Publication number: 20080181309
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image are provided. According to the method and apparatus, a virtual motion vector is assigned to a block which is encoded in intra prediction mode, and when a motion vector of a block which is encoded in inter prediction mode after the intra block is decoded, the virtual motion vector assigned to the intra block is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo-Hyuk Lee, Sang-rae Lee, Duck-yeon Kim, Tammy Lee
  • Publication number: 20080159393
    Abstract: A motion compensation method and apparatus that sequentially use global motion compensation and local motion compensation, a video decoding method, a video encoder, and a video decoder are provided. The motion compensation method includes extracting global motion information of a reference block, performing global motion compensation by applying the extracted global motion information to the reference block, extracting local motion information of the global motion-compensated reference block, and performing local motion compensation by applying the local motion information to the global motion-compensated reference block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tammy LEE, Woo-jin HAN, Mathew MANU, Kyo-hyuk LEE, Sang-rae LEE
  • Patent number: 7370115
    Abstract: A method of controlling a terminal of the MPEG-4 system to enable to faster reproduce the selected contents through a caching mechanism includes, if the contents to be reproduced is selected, the terminal of the MPEG-4 system receives an initial object descriptor of the selected contents from a server, and then determines an object of stream and the priority based on the initial object descriptor, object descriptor, and a scene description. A random object is stored in the cache at the point of reproducing the random object constituting the contents. If a final update time of the object stored in the cache is identical with that of the object existing in the server, the object requested to be reproduced from the cache is reproduced. Accordingly, the method makes it possible to more promptly reproduce the contents requested by a user and to provide more stable contents to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-gyu Bae, Sang-rae Lee, So-young Kim, Hyun-ah Sung
  • Patent number: 7366986
    Abstract: An MPEG data receiving apparatus adapted to interact with a MPEG data providing apparatus. A storage unit stores scene description information (SDI) from a received MPEG stream and a command recognition unit outputs node identification information based on user-selected objects and scene correction commands input by the user. A correcting unit searches for SDI stored in the storage unit corresponding to the scene correction commands and selectively updates the SDI on the object or requests the MPEG stream providing apparatus to update the SDI corresponding to the scene correction commands according to a result of determining whether the SDI corresponding to the scene correction commands exists in the storage unit. Accordingly, interaction between the MPEG data receiving apparatus and the MPEG data providing apparatus is enabled. Effective results are obtainable under a narrow bandwidth environment by reducing an amount of SDI transmitted from the providing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20080035512
    Abstract: This invention is about reuse of pail pack container that supplies the welding wire to Automatic Welding Device. It injects the pail pack to separated plastic material, especially vertically separates the cylinder body more than 2 and less than 4 as it makes possible to connect and disconnect. Therefore it can reduce the volume when recollect the container after use and reduce the distribution cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Sang Rae Lee