Patents by Inventor Seok-yoon Jung

Seok-yoon Jung 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).

  • GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING POST FRAGMENT SHADER
    Publication number: 20130063440
    Abstract: Provided is a graphics processing method and apparatus using a post fragment shader. A rendering pipeline of the graphics processing apparatus may include a fragment shader that operates before a raster operator, and a post fragment shader that operates after the raster operator. Each of the fragment shader and the post fragment shader may apply a different effect to each of a plurality of fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin SON, Seok Yoon Jung, Shi Hwa Lee, Sang Oak Woo
  • Rendering apparatus, method and medium
    Patent number: 8379050
    Abstract: A rendering method, medium and apparatus for sequentially performing one or more third raster operations to test whether a fragment can be displayed as a pixel after sequentially performing one or more second raster operations to test whether the fragment can be displayed as the pixel, so as to provide efficient power consumption and rapid completion of rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yonsei University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Seok-yoon Jung, Sang-duk Kim, Il-san Kim, Jae-ho Nah, Woo-chan Park, Tack-don Han
  • Method and apparatus for rendering
    Patent number: 8379046
    Abstract: A rendering method and apparatus capable of allowing power to be efficiently used and rendering to be quickly completed. The rendering method includes: performing texture mapping of a transparency value of a fragment; testing whether or not the fragment can be expressed as a pixel after the performing of the texture mapping; and selectively performing texture mapping of the color value of the fragment according to the test result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-yoon Jung, Sang-oak Woo, Kwon-teak Kwon
  • EXTERNAL INTRINSIC INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130031336
    Abstract: An external intrinsic interface. A processor may include a core including a plurality of functional units, an intrinsic module located outside the core, and an interface module to perform relaying between the intrinsic module and a functional unit, among the plurality of functional units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwon Taek KWON, Seok Yoon Jung
  • Method and system for tile binning using half-plane edge function
    Patent number: 8345064
    Abstract: A tile binning method including: dividing a scene for rendering a triangle, into a plurality of tiles; determining identification values of tile nodes of each of the tiles; and identifying a tile including an entirety or a part of the triangle from the tiles, based on the identification value of the tile nodes for each of the tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung June Min, Jeong Wook Kim, Dong Soo Kang, Suk Jin Kim, Hee Seok Kim, Seok Yoon Jung, Sang Oak Woo
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TILE BASED RENDERING USING TILE-TO-TILE LOCALITY
    Publication number: 20120320069
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for performing tile-based rendering. A sequence of tiles to be processed may be determined based on a locality among the tiles. A tile dispatch unit selects a subsequent tile to be dispatched, based on the determined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Jong Lee, Seok Yoon Jung
  • Method, medium, and system rendering 3D graphics data to minimize power consumption
    Patent number: 8253722
    Abstract: A method, medium, and system rendering 3D graphics data. The method includes selecting objects to render from graphic data that have rendering results of a current frame that are different from rendering results of a previous frame, setting an operational voltage and an operational frequency based on the selected objects to render, and rendering the selected objects according to the set operational voltage and operational frequency with reference to the rendering results of the previous frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-oak Woo, Seok-yoon Jung
  • Method, medium, and system implementing 3D model generation based on 2D photographic images
    Patent number: 8254667
    Abstract: A modeling method, medium, and system. The modeling method identifies a object within an image by detecting edges within the image, determines a complexity of the identified object based upon detected surface orientations of the identified object relative to a defined surface of the image, selectively, based upon the determined complexity, generates one or more surfaces for a 3D model by identifying one or more vanishing points for one or more corresponding surfaces, respectively, of the identified object and respectively analyzing the identified one or more vanishing points relative to respective determined points of the one or more corresponding surfaces of the image, and generates the 3D model by combining the one or more surfaces in a 3D space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-ho Kim, Hui Zhang, Do-kyoon Kim, Seok-yoon Jung, Anton Konouchine, Vladimir Vezhnevets
  • Rendering apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8243095
    Abstract: Provided is a rendering apparatus and method. After a rendering image is generated by forming a splat for each of points generated by projecting a model composed of a plurality of points, then a plurality of predetermined regions which extend over a boundary of the generated rendering image are selected for each splat forming the boundary of the rendering image, and a pixel value of each pixel included in each of the selected regions is corrected based on pixel values of the pixel and its surrounding pixels, thereby correcting the boundary of the rendering image to make the boundary appear to be more natural and thus improving the display quality of the rendering image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-young Sim, Seok-yoon Jung
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLIPPING FOR 3D GRAPHIC RENDERING
    Publication number: 20120154391
    Abstract: Provided are a clipping apparatus and clipping method for a three-dimensional (3D) graphic rendering. The clipping apparatus may reset or convert a triangular object based on distance information of vertices configuring or comprising the triangular object where a perspective projection scheme is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Yoon Jung, Sang Oak Woo
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TILE BINNING TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION
    Publication number: 20120147007
    Abstract: Described is a tile binning apparatus and method which consumes a low amount of power. The tile binning apparatus may determine whether to perform an overlap test that reduces an overlap factor, based on whether one or more tiles overlapping a bounding box of a triangle obtained as a result of geometry processing is one-dimensional. As a result, an unnecessary operation may be avoided which may reduce an amount of consumed power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Oak Woo, Seok Yoon Jung
  • DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120133660
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing data in a heterogeneous multi-core environment, capable of reducing data processing time by storing frames not having redundant data only among input frames in a shared memory. The apparatus compares a second frame with a first frame having a time difference with respect to a first frame, thereby determining identity between the first frame and the second frame. The apparatus stores address information related to the first frame or stores the second frame according to the determination result, thereby reducing quantity of data to be updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyeong Ja JANG, Choong Hun Lee, Seok Yoon Jung, Shi Hwa Lee
  • Method and apparatus for providing panoramic view with high speed image matching and mild mixed color blending
    Patent number: 8189031
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of providing a panoramic image, the method including: preparing images of a plurality of levels, which are made by scaling each of two source images at several rates; computing a Sum of Square Difference (SSD) between two corresponding images in each of the plurality of levels of the two source images to form an image stitched together; and when stitching the two images, the overlapping area is divided into a plurality of parts and each part is assigned a weight which is linearly applied respectively to the divided part of each source image for blending color. The apparatus includes stitching units to stitch source images together at the plurality of levels and blending units to color blend the source images in the overlapped area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Ho Kim, Do Kyoon Kim, Seok Yoon Jung, Hee Sae Lee, Anton Konouchine, Vladimir Vezhnevets
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARBITRATING BUS
    Publication number: 20120124262
    Abstract: A bus arbitration apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of masters may be classified into master types based on master characteristics, and bus arbitration may be performed. Thus, it is possible to prevent a bus from being distributed to a predetermined master, and it is possible to improve overall performance of a bus system by solving a problem of unbalanced distribution of performance between the plurality of masters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk Jae LEE, Kwon Taek Kwon, Seok Yoon Jung, Kyu Dong Kim, Deum Ji Woo
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VERTEX
    Publication number: 20120081370
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a vertex may fetch pieces of position information of vertexes, may extract pieces of target position information from the fetched pieces of position information, may perform tile binning on the pieces of target position information, may fetch pieces of attribute information having same indexes as the pieces of target position information, and may shade the fetched pieces of attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung June MIN, Seok Yoon Jung, Chan Min Park, Sung Jin Son
  • Method and apparatus for rendering three dimensional graphics data
    Patent number: 8144162
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for rendering 3D graphics data. By calculating the size of a primitive, which is a basic constituent unit of objects indicated by the graphics data, on a screen, selecting one of a plurality of resolutions supported by a video stream according to the calculated size, generating a video frame image having the selected resolution from the video stream, and rendering the graphics data using the generated video frame image, the amount of memory space used and power consumed are reduced. In addition, since when rendering is performed using a video frame image decoded at a low resolution, a processing speed increases, and since rendering can be performed using video frame images decoded at various resolutions, image quality increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-oak Woo, Seok-yoon Jung, Kwon-taek Kwon
  • Apparatus and method of early pixel discarding in graphic processing unit
    Publication number: 20120069021
    Abstract: A method to discard pixels early includes a first early depth test maintaining a depth value on a pixel to be discarded by a discard instruction, and a second early depth test updating the depth value on a pixel not to be discarded by the discard instruction. Because of the first and second early depth tests, a number of pixels to be processed by a pixel shading process may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Son, Seok Yoon Jung, Chan Min Park, Kyoung June Min, Sang Oak Woo
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRAPHICS
    Publication number: 20110199377
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus, method and computer-readable medium rendering three-dimensional (3D) graphics. The 3D graphics rendering apparatus, method and computer-readable medium may predict a screen area to be updated in a subsequent frame based on at least one of object information of a current frame, rendered data of the current frame, and object information of the subsequent frame, and may extract rendering data of the predicted screen area from one of the current frame and the subsequent frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyeong Ja Jang, Seok Yoon Jung
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING
    Publication number: 20110164038
    Abstract: A tile-based rendering apparatus and method is provided. Vertex data sorted based on a tile unit may be stored in a scene buffer and be rendered. Among the stored vertex data, vertex data used several times for rendering may be temporarily stored in a memory or a cache. Vertex data having a probability of being read several times from the scene buffer may be temporarily stored in another memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Yoon Jung, Kyoung June Min, Sang Oak Woo
  • Apparatus and method for converting protocol interface
    Publication number: 20110164692
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting a protocol interface are provided. A protocol converter may analyze a protocol of protocol data, and may sequentially output a plurality of sub-data of the input protocol data according to types of the plurality of sub-data and a plurality of phase information representing the types of the plurality of sub-data. A phase channel line may transmit phase information received from the protocol converter among the plurality of phase information. A data channel line may simultaneously transmit the received phase information and a sub-data corresponding to the received phase information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Kwon Taek Kwon, Seok Yoon Jung, Hyuk Jae Lee, Kyu Dong Kim