Patents by Inventor Young-ran Han

Young-ran Han 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).

  • Publication number: 20120038660
    Abstract: A display apparatus and an image correction method of the same are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels; a sensing unit which senses a display characteristic of an image displayed on the display panels; and an image correction unit which generates non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a plurality of areas included in each of the display panels based on the display characteristic, interpolates non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a boundary area being in contact with a different display panel using non-uniformity correction data corresponding to a neighbor area adjacent to the boundary area, and corrects the image displayed on the display panels based on the generated and interpolated non-uniformity correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ran HAN, Ji-yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20120039533
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and a displaying method of the same, the display apparatus including: a display unit which displays an image thereon; a pattern extractor which extracts, from a texture source image, a texture pattern image that is smaller in size than the texture source image; and an image processor which changes a texture of the image to be displayed on the display unit by using the texture pattern image. Accordingly, a texture pattern image is generated from a texture source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ran HAN, Young-hoon CHO
  • Publication number: 20120038586
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for moving an object thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which displays an object; a proximate sensor which senses a proximate input to the display; a touch sensor which senses a touch input to the display; a coordinates calculator which calculates coordinates corresponding to one of the proximate input sensed by the proximate sensor and the touch input sensed by the touch sensor; and a controller which controls the display to move the object to the calculated coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ran HAN, Chang-won LEE, Kyoung-oh CHOI
  • Patent number: 8089606
    Abstract: A reflective display panel is provided. The reflective display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, an upper substrate including a color filter and a transparent substrate, and a lower substrate including an absorption plate which faces a color filter and a reflection plate which faces a transparent substrate. The absorption plate absorbs a first external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the color filter, when a first voltage is supplied between the color filter and the absorption plate, and the reflection plate reflects a second external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the transparent substrate, when a second voltage is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ran Han, Du Sik Park, Seung Sin Lee
  • Publication number: 20110249865
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method and computer-readable medium providing marker-less motion capture of a human. The apparatus may include a two-dimensional (2D) body part detection unit to detect, from input images, candidate 2D body part locations of candidate 2D body parts; a three-dimensional (3D) lower body part computation unit to compute 3D lower body parts using the detected candidate 2D body part locations; a 3D upper body computation unit to compute 3D upper body parts based on a body model; and a model rendering unit to render the model in accordance with a result of the computed 3D upper body parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Sin LEE, Young Ran HAN, Michael NIKONOV, Pavel SOROKIN, Du-Sik PARK
  • Patent number: 7944498
    Abstract: A multi-focal camera apparatus and methods and mediums for generating a focus-free image and an autofocus image using the multi-focal camera apparatus are provided. The multi-focal camera apparatus includes a lens module which comprises a plurality of lenses that concentrate light incident thereupon, and an image-sensor module which comprises a plurality of sensing zones respectively corresponding to the lenses, and obtains a plurality of images by converting beams of light that transmit through the lenses into electrical signals using the sensing zones, wherein the lenses have the same optical properties and are different distances apart from the respective sensing zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee-young Sung, Heui-keun Choh, Du-sik Park, Young-ran Han, Yun-tae Kim
  • Patent number: 7940997
    Abstract: A method of enhancing contrast includes obtaining a first luminance histogram of an input image; generating a second luminance histogram through pixel redistribution for the first luminance histogram; computing a conversion function based on both a first cumulative density function based on the first luminance histogram and a second cumulative density function based on the second luminance histogram; and changing the luminance distribution of the input image based on the conversion function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-ran Han, Seong-deok Lee, Du-sik Park
  • Publication number: 20110085704
    Abstract: A markerless motion capturing apparatus and method is provided. The markerless motion capturing apparatus may track a pose and a motion of a performer from an image, inputted from a camera, without using a marker or a sensor, and thereby may extend an application of the markerless motion capturing apparatus and selection of a location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ran Han, Seung Sin Lee, Du-Sik Park
  • Patent number: 7884837
    Abstract: A method and display device for correcting spatial non-uniformity in a display device are provided. The method includes receiving color signals of a pixel to receive the pixel, extracting correction data for correcting adjacent representative color signals which represent areas adjacent to the received pixel, and correcting the adjacent representative color signals using correction data and correcting the color signals of the pixel using the corrected adjacent representative color signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Bing, Young-shin Kwak, Du-sik Park, Young-ran Han
  • Patent number: 7865033
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for contrast control is provided. The apparatus includes a cumulative density function which provides a second cumulative density function modified from a first cumulative density function based on a first luminance histogram of an input image; a transformer function provider which provides a transform function based on the first cumulative density function and the second cumulative density function; a compensation unit which compensates the transform function based on a predetermined illumination level; and a transform unit which transforms a luminance distribution of the input image based on the compensated transform function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-ran Han, Hyun-wook Ok, Du-sik Park, Seong-deok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100128034
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing three-dimensional (3D) images on a multi-layer display may generate virtual depth information based on original depth information, and display 3D images having various depth values using the generated virtual depth information. Also, the apparatus and method may appropriately provide color information to each of a plurality of display layers, thereby preventing an original image from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ran Han, Young Shin Kwak, Du Sik Park, Young Ju Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100111422
    Abstract: A block noise reduction system and method which may determine a feature value of a local texture at each location of input pixel, may selectively determine 1D filtering mode or 2D filtering mode as a filtering mode based on the determined feature value, and may perform filtering to preserve an edge according to the determined filtering mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Sin Lee, Young Ran Han, Du-Sik Park
  • Publication number: 20100091029
    Abstract: An image processing method for reducing a power consumption. The image processing method may reduce the power consumption by classifying an input content into a conversion target region and a preservation target region and by converting a luminance of pixels included in the conversion target region. Also, the image processing method may effectively perform a luminance conversion for pixels by separating the input content into the conversion target region and the preservation target region based on a luminance of the pixels of the input content. The image processing method may convert the luminance of the pixels of the conversion target region to maintain a contrast between text pixels and background pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ran Han, Seung Sin Lee, Du-Sik Park
  • Publication number: 20100091092
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. A calculation unit may determine a disocclusion region of a first frame of a video. A processing unit may generate color information of the disocclusion region of the first frame using color information associated with a second frame of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ju Jeong, Young Shin Kwak, Young Ran Han
  • Publication number: 20100091221
    Abstract: A reflective display panel is provided. The reflective display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, an upper substrate including a color filter and a transparent substrate, and a lower substrate including an absorption plate which faces a color filter and a reflection plate which faces a transparent substrate. The absorption plate absorbs a first external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the color filter, when a first voltage is supplied between the color filter and the absorption plate, and the reflection plate reflects a second external light, having penetrated the liquid crystal layer via the transparent substrate, when a second voltage is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ran Han, Du Sik Park, Seung Sin Lee
  • Publication number: 20090087121
    Abstract: A method to enhance detail of an image based on noise elimination includes calculating a noise weight corresponding to a probability that a center pixel, located in a block of pixels of a region of the image, is noise by using a difference between the center pixel and a surrounding pixel located in the block of pixels, calculating a first substitution value for the center pixel based on the noise weight; and calculating a second substitution value for the center pixel by using the noise weight and a sharpen filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ran HAN, Du-Sik Park, Seung Sin Lee, Kwon Ju Yi
  • Publication number: 20090060375
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting and removing a false contour, a method and an apparatus for verifying whether a pixel is included in a contour, and a method and an apparatus for calculating simplicity are provided. The method for detecting and removing the false contour includes: verifying whether a pixel of an input video is included in a contour; calculating simplicity of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is included in a false contour based on the simplicity and based on whether the pixel is included in the contour; and removing the false contour from the input video via smoothing with respect to the false contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Soon Lim, Seung Sin Lee, Young Ran Han
  • Publication number: 20080310752
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a contrast and an apparatus for enhancing a contrast are provided. The method of enhancing the contrast includes: dividing an image into a plurality of blocks and calculating an average luminance value of each block; interpolating a peripheral luminance value for each input pixel of the image by using the average luminance value; and enhancing the contrast of the input pixel by using the interpolated peripheral luminance value of the input pixel and a unique luminance value of the input pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ran HAN, Seung Sin Lee, Du-Sik Park
  • Publication number: 20080252628
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method to reduce power consumption of a self-luminous display. The image processing apparatus includes a parameter selection unit to select a parameter to adjust a degree to which power consumption is reduced; a scale factor setting unit to extract a high-frequency component of a current pixel in an input image and to set a scale factor according to the selected parameter and a size of the extracted high-frequency component; and a multiplier to multiply the current pixel by the set scale factor and to output a result of the multiplication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-ran Han, Ho-young Lee, Du-sik Park
  • Publication number: 20080079839
    Abstract: A multi-focal camera apparatus and methods and mediums for generating a focus-free image and an autofocus image using the multi-focal camera apparatus are provided. The multi-focal camera apparatus includes a lens module which comprises a plurality of lenses that concentrate light incident thereupon, and an image-sensor module which comprises a plurality of sensing zones respectively corresponding to the lenses, and obtains a plurality of images by converting beams of light that transmit through the lenses into electrical signals using the sensing zones, wherein the lenses have the same optical properties and are different distances apart from the respective sensing zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gee-young Sung, Heui-keun Choh, Du-sik Park, Young-ran Han, Yun-tae Kim