Patents Assigned to Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
  • Method and system of controlling device using real-time indoor image
    Patent number: 10742440
    Abstract: A device and a method for controlling a device using a real-time image are provided. The method includes: receiving an image captured by an image capturing device connected to a network to display the image in real-time; searching for the device that is connected to the network and is controllable; designating, within the image, a setting zone corresponding to the device; receiving a user input; and controlling the device selected according to the user input. A location of the setting zone within the image may be updated according to a change in the image. The user may receive immediate visual feedback on how the devices are being controlled. The user may control a device displayed on the screen on which the real-time indoor image is displayed without having to navigate through different sub-menus for different devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jung Lee, Mi Ran Cho, Yeon Woo Kim
  • Surveillance system and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 10736043
    Abstract: A surveillance system includes: a communication module receiving battery information from a plurality of network cameras; and a processor calculating a plurality of remaining battery lives based on the battery information, wherein if a remaining battery life obtained from first battery information received from a first network camera is equal to or shorter than a preset reference remaining life, the processor selects a second network camera from among the plurality of network cameras so as to exchange a battery of the second network camera with a battery of the first network camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Sung Lee, Min Suk Sung
  • Device and method of displaying heat map on perspective drawing
    Patent number: 10733774
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a heat map on a perspective drawing includes an object detector configured to detect an object via at least one camera, a horizontal distance calculator configured to calculate a horizontal distance between the detected object and the at least one camera, an object display configured to display the detected object on the perspective drawing based on the calculated horizontal distance, and a heat-map display configured to display the heat map according to a trace density of the object displayed on the perspective drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Min Bae, Yeon Geol Ryu
  • CAMERA APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200241396
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes: a main body, on which a camera is mounted, wherein the camera is operated according to a signal applied from the outside, is configured to change a surveillance area by rotating in vertical and horizontal directions, and capture an image of the surveillance area; an attachment coupled to the main body, and configured to connect an external device to the main body; and a hanger in which a hole is formed, the hanger being connected to the main body for coupling the main body with the external device and decoupling the main body from the external device, wherein the attachment shares a center with the main body and is positioned at a center of the main body, and wherein the hanger is apart from the center of the main body by a certain distance and is connected to a side surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mun Jun PARK, Ji Seok KIM
  • IMAGE SENSOR MODULE
    Publication number: 20200236340
    Abstract: Provided are an image sensor module, an image processing module, and an imaging device including the two modules. The image sensor module includes: a plurality of image sensors: a frame in which the image sensors are mounted to have different imaging angles; and at least one memory configured to store calibration information reflecting distance information generated from images obtained by the image sensors, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyeok LEE, Jong Kyung LEE, Do Won KO, Yong Jun LEE, Joong Gyun JEONG
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THERMAL IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200226728
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for processing a thermal image. The method includes: performing histogram stretching on thermal image data of the thermal image; and adjusting a histogram stretching scale for thermal image data of a next frame using histogram data of the thermal image data on which the histogram stretching is performed. As a result, it is possible to mitigate that an image becomes less recognizable as thermal image data is deteriorated or saturated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jin Han, Geon Hyoung Lee, Byung Joon Song, Han Seok Seo, Bo A Jung, Jin Wook Huh, Ki Rim Lee
  • Video management system and video management method
    Patent number: 10708540
    Abstract: A video management system includes: an imaging device configured to generate a first image by capturing a surveillance area at a first resolution; and a video management server configured to store a second image by converting the first image, wherein the imaging device includes: a high-resolution image storage configured to store the first image; a processor configured to convert the first image into the second image having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; and to transmit the second image to the video management server, and the video management server includes: a low-resolution image storage configured to store the second image; and a processor configured to generate low-resolution image metadata and an index of the low-resolution image metadata by analyzing the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han Sang Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200195927
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processor and an encoder. The image processor enhances an edge of an input image, removes noise from the input image, synthesizes the edge-enhanced image and the noise-removed image, and removes a high frequency from the synthesized image. The encoder pre-encodes a downsized synthesized image, obtains a pre-bit rate of the pre-encoded image, sets a quantization parameter value based on a reference bit rate and the pre-bit rate, and compresses the high-frequency removed image based on the quantization parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyung RYU, Il Sik YANG
  • Object detection system and method, and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10679377
    Abstract: An object detection system includes: a false detection storer to store one or more items of false detection information; an object detector to detect an object from an input image, compare object detection information corresponding to the object with the false detection information, and output a notification corresponding to the object detection information when false detection information corresponding to the object detection information does not exist; and a feedback receiver to receive a user response to the notification and, when a detection error response to the notification is received, store the object detection information corresponding to the notification as false detection information in the false detection storing unit, wherein the object detector does not output the notification when the object corresponding to the false detection information stored in the false detection storer is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Hyun Lee
  • Intelligent video analysis system and method
    Patent number: 10681312
    Abstract: An intelligent video analysis method and system logically selects only surveillance cameras associated with an event and assigns different ranks to the selected surveillance cameras according to the importance thereof. Thereafter, more video analysis resources are assigned to a surveillance camera of high importance, thereby rapidly and efficiently performing video analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneswar Rao Gali, Durga Prasad Jujjuru, Seungho Jung
  • Method and apparatus for performing privacy masking by reflecting characteristic information of objects
    Patent number: 10671877
    Abstract: An image masking method is provided. The method includes: extracting an object from an image; obtaining characteristic information about the extracted object by analyzing the extracted object; determining whether the extracted object is a masking target according to an input setting value or the obtained characteristic information; and performing masking such that the obtained characteristic information is reflected on the extracted object, in response to determining that the extracted object is the masking target among a plurality of objects extracted from the input image, wherein the setting value is set by an input designating at least a partial region in the input image, and wherein in the determining whether the extracted object is the masking target, an object positioned in the at least a partial region is determined as the masking target among the extracted objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyuk Choi, Song Taek Jeong, Jae Cheon Song
  • Image processing device and method to perform local contrast enhancement
    Patent number: 10664960
    Abstract: A image processing device includes a first interface to receive a first frame having a first pixel value with a first dynamic range; a dynamic range converter to convert the first pixel value having the first dynamic range into a second pixel value having a second dynamic range according to a conversion gain factor to generate a second frame having the second pixel value with the second dynamic range, the second dynamic range being less than the first dynamic range; a weight generator to receive the conversion gain factor and to generate a first contrast weight signal depending on the conversion gain factor; and a contrast modifier to enhance a local contrast of the second frame by adjusting the second pixel value of the second dynamic range based on the first contrast weight signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changmin Lee
  • Method of adjusting bitrate of image and image capturing apparatus, and method of generating bitrate-adjusted image
    Patent number: 10664958
    Abstract: A method of adjusting an output bitrate of an image by contrast adjustment includes: determining a maximum subtraction rate of a contrast of the image in response to a brightness of the image; comparing a current output bitrate of the image with a target bitrate while reducing the contrast of the image up to the determined maximum subtraction rate of the contrast of the image; and determining the contrast of the image to be the reduced contrast in response to determining that the reduced contrast of the image corresponds to the target bitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Seo Park, Sang Won Lee
  • IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200162672
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a frame; and at least one camera provided on the frame, wherein the at least one camera includes: a lens; a sensor coupled to the lens and configured to obtain an image; a base coupled to the sensor, configured to receive external power, and rotatable on the frame; and a guide connected to the base to be rotatable along with the base, and contacting the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Man JIN, Jong Kyung LEE, Eun Soo CHOI
  • Method for managing key in security system of multicast environment
    Patent number: 10659221
    Abstract: Provided is a method of managing keys in a security system of a multicast environment. The key managing method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure enables key management that a key renewal regarding a receiver joining or leaving a group does not affect all groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Jae Hyun
  • Image processing device and method of correcting images
    Patent number: 10659693
    Abstract: An image processing device to correct for wobble of an image constructed according to exemplary embodiments of the invention includes an input interface to communicate with an image capture sensor, and a motion vector detector to process first and second images received from the image sensor through the input interface, to detect, in the first image, feature points having feature values higher than a threshold value, and to compare the first image to the second image by using at least parts of the feature points to determine a global motion vector of the first image. The threshold value is adjustable depending on a gain of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gabcheon Jung
  • Surveillance system and method of operating surveillance system
    Patent number: 10659735
    Abstract: A surveillance system is provided. The surveillance system includes: a first frequency communication module configured to receive a first surveillance image from a first camera, and receive a second surveillance image from a second camera; a second frequency communication module configured to receive second frequency communication module notice information from the second camera; and a processor configured to change a reception signal gain value of the first frequency communication module based on the second frequency communication module notice information, wherein a reception signal strength of the first surveillance image is different from a reception signal strength of the second surveillance image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hag Jung, Jae Yeon Park, Jae Woo Park
  • IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAPTURING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200154018
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a frame; a plurality of sensor modules mounted on the frame, wherein each of the sensor modules includes a sensor and a lens having a different optical axis, and is configured to rotate about the optical axis by a predetermined angle to obtain an image; and a processor configured to control the rotation of each of the sensor modules, and connect the images obtained by the sensor modules to generate a connected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyeok LEE, Jong Kyung LEE, Do Won KO, Joong Gyun JEONG
  • Device, system, and method to perform real-time communication
    Patent number: 10644928
    Abstract: A device, system and method of performing real-time communication with an external web browser signals an external web browser to initiate real-time communication over a network, packetizes encoded media data based on a given real-time network protocol after the signaling is performed, depacketizes the packetized media data to obtain the encoded media data, and performs the real-time communication by transporting the encoded media data to an external web browser over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghwan Jang, Jongho Lee
  • Surveillance camera for vehicle
    Patent number: D887473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Jin Park