Patents Assigned to Korea Electronics Technology Institute
  • Publication number: 20240118661
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic optical element printing method using a tunable focus lens and a rotating mirror. According to an embodiment, a holographic printer includes: a first optical engine and a second optical engine configured to adjust a phase of an incident collimated beam and emit the collimated beam; and a first reduction optical system and a second reduction optical system configured to reduce the beam emitted from the first optical engine and the second optical engine and to allow the beam to enter a holographic material, wherein each of the first optical engine and the second optical engine includes: a rotating mirror configured to reflect while adjusting the phase of the incident collimated beam through rotation; and a tunable focus lens configured to refract while adjusting the phase of the incident collimated beam reflected from the rotating mirror through focus tuning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Ji Soo HONG, Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Jin Soo JEONG, Byoung Hyo LEE
  • Publication number: 20240119673
    Abstract: Provided is a cognitive experiment method for change in periphery region image quality for parameter determination of a foveated hologram. According to an embodiment, a cognitive experiment method for determining foveated image parameters includes: generating a foveated image which includes a foveal region and a periphery region while reducing image quality regarding the periphery region; displaying the generated foveated image; receiving an input of a response to image quality of the periphery region from a subject; and collecting information regarding appropriate image quality of the periphery region, based on the response inputted by the subject. Accordingly, in applying a foveated hologram generation algorithm for real-time reproduction, various parameters such as a boundary between a foveal region image and a periphery region image in a foveated hologram, and a degree of quality degradation of the periphery region image may be appropriately determined through a cognitive experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Ji Soo HONG, Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Jin Soo JEONG, Byoung Hyo LEE
  • Patent number: 11951394
    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus for acquiring an in-game 360 virtual reality (VR) image by using a plurality of virtual cameras includes a virtual camera group taking in-game images by using the plurality of virtual cameras. The image acquisition apparatus may also include a renderer generating textures for the taken images, generating a panoramic image by performing an equirectangular projection (ERP) mapping of the generated textures, and encoding the generated panoramic image. The image acquisition apparatus may further include an image generator generating a 360 VR image by combining audio information with the encoded panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Junhwan Jang, Woochool Park, Jinwook Yang, Sangpil Yoon, Minsu Choi, Junsuk Lee, Suho Song, Bonjae Koo
  • Patent number: 11954890
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for fast refining segmentation for a V-PCC encoder. The apparatus may include a grid segmentation unit segmenting a coordinate space of a point cloud into grid units, and an edge cube search unit searching a cube containing one or more points among the cubes segmented into grid units and containing a segment boundary. The apparatus may also include a surrounding cube search unit searching an edge surrounding cube containing one or more points within a predetermined range from the edge cube, and a smooth score calculation unit calculating smooth scores for all the edge surrounding cubes and all the edge cubes. The apparatus may further include a projection plane index update unit obtaining a normal score based on the calculated smooth scores and updating a projection plane index of each point in the edge cube using the normal score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Kim, Jieon Kim, JinGang Huh, Jong-geun Park
  • Publication number: 20240111250
    Abstract: Provided is a hologram image normalization method for a holographic printer. In a holographic printing method according to an embodiment, generating, encoding, and normalizing for the (n+1)-th hogel are performed in parallel with loading and recording of a normalized hologram for the n-th hogel, and moving and waiting for the (n+1)-th hogel. Accordingly, a global maximum value and a global minimum value for normalization may be calculated as approximate estimation values, and a hologram generation process and a printing process may be performed in parallel, so that a total printing time may be minimized and memory usage may be optimized when holographic printing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Ji Soo HONG, Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Jin Soo JEONG, Byoung Hyo LEE
  • Patent number: 11949746
    Abstract: Provided are an IoT device and an IoT communication method. The IoT device may: be connected to a server via NAT; execute a first session for service connection; and execute a second session for calculating a particular keep-alive value corresponding to a period in which an IP address mapped by the NAT expires. The present invention can minimize transmission of a keep-alive value of an IoT device, enables an IoT device to share a particular keep-alive value with other IoT devices, and thus can minimize a network load which may be caused by a keep-alive value of an IoT communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong Yun Kim, Seung Myeong Jeong, Ji Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20240100779
    Abstract: Provided is a method for regenerating a tool path on the basis of output data feedback in order to improve 3D printing output reliability. A tool path regeneration system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a slicing unit for configuring a process parameter for 3D printing and performing slicing for 3D model data on the basis of the configured process parameter to generate a job file; and an output unit for performing 3D printing on the basis of the generated job file and collecting output data that is output while the 3D printing is performed, wherein the slicing unit comprises an output data analysis module for performing monitoring on the basis of the output data received from the output unit and determining whether to correct the process parameter on the basis of the result of the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hwa Seon SHIN, Sung Hun PARK, Hye In LEE, Sung Hwan CHUN
  • Publication number: 20240106728
    Abstract: An on-device based data analysis system and a method are proposed. According to specific examples of the system and method, when a size of measurement data collected from sensors, processes, or various equipment according to a user request is greater than or equal to an upper limit of a predetermined range of an on-device resource usage rate, the collected measurement data is transmitted to a cloud server to perform noise removal, pre-processing, and analysis on the measurement data on a cloud-basis, and when the size of the measurement data is within the predetermined range of the on-device resource usage rate or is less than a lower limit, the noise removal, pre-processing, and analysis is performed on the measurement data on an on-device basis, so that distributed processing between the on-device processing device and the cloud server is performable, whereby loads on the cloud server may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon KANG, Hyo Sub CHOI, Changwoo KIM, Chulseoung CHAE
  • Publication number: 20240096071
    Abstract: There is provided a video processing method performed by a computing device, the method including the steps of: collecting video from an external device; generating preprocessed data by extracting two-dimensional or three-dimensional skeleton information from the video; pre-training a first artificial intelligence model including N transformer blocks from the preprocessed data by applying an attention from a body of an object to a plurality of joints, an attention from each of the plurality of joints to the body, and an attention between persons; and learning, when parameters determined as a result of the pre-training of the first artificial intelligence model are transferred, a method of recognizing an action from the video received from the external device, using a second artificial intelligence model including the N transformer blocks on the basis of the parameters, wherein N is a natural number equal to or larger than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sa Im SHIN, Jung Ho KIM, Bo Eun KIM
  • Patent number: 11927881
    Abstract: A pellicle for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is based on yttrium carbide and used in a EUV lithography process. The pellicle for EUV lithography includes a pellicle layer that has a core layer containing yttrium carbide. The yttrium carbide is YCx in which the atomic percentage of carbon is within a range of 25% to 45%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hyeong Keun Kim, Seul Gi Kim, Hyun Mi Kim, Jin Woo Cho, Ki Hun Seong
  • Patent number: 11921080
    Abstract: The gas sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: an FET device including one or more gate electrodes; a sensor array part including a plurality of sensors, in which a first electrode of each sensor is connected to at least one gate electrode of the plurality of gate electrodes in the FET device; and a controller detecting a gas using a current between a drain-source in response to voltage changes in the gate electrode of the FET device, wherein each sensor includes: a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of the FET device; a second electrode receiving an operating voltage through a switch controlled by the controller; and a detection film interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kook Nyung Lee, Woo Kyeong Seong, Won Hyo Kim, Dong Ki Hong, Hye Lim Kang
  • Patent number: 11922302
    Abstract: Provided are a hyperparameter optimizer and method for optimizing hyperparameters and a spiking neural network processing unit. The optimizer includes a statistical analyzer configured to receive training data and perform statistical analysis on the training data, an objective function generator configured to generate hyperparameter-specific objective functions by using a statistical analysis value of the statistical analyzer, and an optimal hyperparameter selector configured to select optimal hyperparameters according to certain rules on the basis of the hyperparameter-specific objective functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Seok Hoon Jeon, Byung Soo Kim, Hee Tak Kim, Tae Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11918096
    Abstract: Provided are a color change module using a reflective display, and an independent type color change control apparatus providing an electrical signal for changing a color of the color change module. The color change module can include a module base, the reflective display, a first external electrode and a second external electrode. The module base has a shape corresponding to an object for attachment. The reflective display is provided on an upper surface of the module base, and displays information in a manner wherein light coming from outside is reflected. The first external electrode and the second external electrode are provided to be connected to the reflective display and to be exposed to outside for receiving the information to be displayed on the reflective display from the independent type color change control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Soon Hyung Kwon
  • Patent number: 11911153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for measuring biological information including a sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes a plurality of sensors that are either sensors for amplifying photoreactivity or sensors forming an island network connected by a plurality of multi-channels and, in the device, the average value of biological information about the skin tissues is measured based on values output from the sensor array, and a method of measuring biological information using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY, Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Sun Kook Kim, Sung Ho Lee, Min Goo Lee, Hyuk Sang Jung, Min Jung Kim, Young Ki Hong, Won Geun Song
  • Publication number: 20240062522
    Abstract: There is provided a self-directed visual intelligence system, The self-directed visual intelligence system according to an embodiment prepares data necessary for training a visual intelligence model when a change in a visual context of a real world is recognized, configures a visual intelligence model and configures training data of the visual intelligence model, based on the changed visual context of the real world, trains the configured visual intelligence model with the training data, and evaluates performance of the trained visual intelligence model. Accordingly, the visual intelligence model is corrected/improved in a self-directed way according to a change in a visual context of a real world, and is grown/advanced by itself, so that performance of the visual intelligence model is maintained in a best state even in response to any change in the context of the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Choong Sang CHO, Ju Hong YOON, Young Han LEE
  • Patent number: 11907578
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for classifying instructions according to the number of operands required for processing-in-memory instruction processing, and a computing device applying same. Efficient instruction processing in a processing-in-memory may include identifying the number of operands required when processing an instruction queuing to be processed, interpreting the instruction queuing to be processed and processing an instruction corresponding to the identified number of required operands. When the number of required operands is 0, the instruction interpretation may interpret the instruction queuing to be processed as a WRITE instruction, and the instruction processing may execute memory writing. When the number of required operands is not 0, the instruction processing may execute memory reading in an internal memory of the processing-in-memory by the same number of times as the number of operands required in the instruction interpreted in the instruction interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Young Kyu Kim, Byung Soo Kim, Young Jong Jang
  • Patent number: 11884759
    Abstract: This application relates to a low-dielectric thermally curable resin composition for solving a problem of increased transmission loss. In one aspect, the low-dielectric thermally curable resin composition includes a (meth)acrylic monomer having an alicyclic heterocycle, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, an initiator, and a curing accelerator, and a low dielectric material prepared therefrom. Various embodiments can provide excellent low dielectric properties with a dielectric constant (Dk) in a high frequency area of 1 to 20 GHz of less than, for example, 3.28. In addition, the low dielectric material can have a significantly reduced transmission loss with a dissipation factor (Df) in an area of 1 to 20 GHz of less than, for example, 0.008, and thus, may implement excellent transmission properties in excellent 5G mobile communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Myong Jae Yoo, Churl Seung Lee
  • Publication number: 20240028857
    Abstract: Provided is an uncopyable hologram QR code, According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a 3D code generation method divides a 2D code having specific information recorded thereon into a plurality of sub 2D codes, and generatES a 3D code by coupling at least one of the divided sub 2D codes at a different depth. Accordingly, a QR code is recorded on a hologram recording medium as a hologram, and is displayed and scanned, so that it is impossible to easily duplicate the QR code unlike an existing 2D QR code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Ji Soo HONG
  • Publication number: 20240005197
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for generating an AI training hierarchical dataset including data acquisition context information. A GT dataset generation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: acquiring and storing vehicle data; acquiring and storing sensor data generated at a sensor installed in a vehicle; and generating and storing context information which is information regarding a context at a time when the data is acquired. Accordingly, in generating a GT descriptor, various contexts, conditions at the time when data is acquired may be made to be easily analyzed, classified on the GT descriptor through a hierarchical dataset, which hierarchically describes context information at the time when sensor data is acquired on the descriptor, so that an AI network is effectively trained, and eventually, has high recognition performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Kyoung Won MIN, Haeng Seon SON, Seon Young LEE, Young Bo SHIM, Chang Gue PARK
  • Publication number: 20240005620
    Abstract: Provided is a method for modifying a design on the basis of an additive cross-section outline for 3D printing of an additive manufacturing method. The method for modifying a design on the basis of an additive cross-section outline according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: slicing a 3D model into a plurality of 2D layers; calculating a difference region between a first layer and a second layer that is a lower layer adjacent to the first layer; calculating a modified outline that minimizes a region required for support by reducing the outline of the difference region; and merging the modified outline and the outline of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hye In LEE, Hwa Seon SHIN, Sung Hwan CHUN, Sung Hun PARK