Patents Assigned to NCSOFT CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20250144520
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Publication number: 20250118074
    Abstract: An electronic device may include memory for storing instructions, and at least one processor operably coupled to the memory. The at least one processor, when the instructions are executed, is configured to receive a request for detecting a sound time point in a multimedia content when a designated motion is captured; obtain a distribution of probabilities in a time domain that the designated motion is performed based on an audio signal in the multimedia content, wherein the distribution of probabilities comprises a plurality of peak values corresponding to respective time points in the multimedia content; and obtain the sound time point when the designated motion is captured from among the respective time points corresponding to the plurality of peak values, using a video signal synchronized to the audio signal, in the multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Youngik Kim, Younghyun Lee, Joonsoo Lee, Hyunjo Jung
  • Publication number: 20250069322
    Abstract: An electronic device according to one embodiment may include memory storing instructions and at least one processor operably coupled to the memory. The at least one processor may be configured to, when the instructions are executed, identify a first image comprising one or more areas distinguished by one or more colors; obtain at least one depth map based on the first image, wherein the at least one depth map comprises the one or more areas in the first image; and obtain, based on the first image and the at least one depth map, a virtual image including one or more subjects indicated by colors of the one or more areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Gunhee LEE, Jonghwa YIM, Chanran KIM, Minjae KIM
  • Publication number: 20250061331
    Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment may store one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs include instructions, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, to cause the electronic device to: provide first training data to a first neural network for learning actions of an object; perform data sampling on hit reaction data so as to identify second training data; provide the second training data to a second neural network for learning a hit reaction of the object; and when the object is hit, acquire a result of the hit reaction of the object on the basis of the output of the first neural network and the second neural network. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: NCSOFT Corporation, Seoul National University R & DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soohwan PARK, Namil LEE, Insub IM, Hyoil LEE, Jehee LEE
  • Patent number: 12226689
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for game streaming are provided. The streaming method according to one embodiment includes generating a first image including a part of a plurality of screen elements constituting a game play image and a second image including a remaining part of the plurality of screen elements, determining an image quality of each of the first image and the second image such that the image quality of the first image is higher than or equal to the image quality of the second image, encoding each of the first image and the second image based on the determined image quality of each of the first image and the second image, and streaming the encoded first image and the encoded second image to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hwan Kim, Seung Uk Baek
  • Patent number: 12220636
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Publication number: 20250037095
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a communication circuit; memory storing instructions; at least one processor operably coupled to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the at least one processor, when executing the instructions, is configured to, issue non-fungible token (NFT) related to first content, receive, via the communication circuit, a request for a transaction of the first content based on a first virtual currency, based on the received request for the transaction, identify an electronic wallet to which the NFT is allocated, and based on the transaction, allocate a second virtual currency to the identified electronic wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinseong HWANG, Yongseung LEE
  • Patent number: 12120121
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for online service access control are provided. The method for online service access control according to one embodiment includes determining a device having control right for an online service from among a plurality of user devices accessing a user's account for the online service, providing data generated, by a server, for the online service to the plurality of user devices, and providing data generated, by the device having control right, for the online service to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventor: Taekhun Kim
  • Patent number: 12036479
    Abstract: A collection bundle purchase device includes: at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor displays a collection included in a collection menu based on a user input, and purchases the collection as a bundle based on the user input for the collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Jongmin Park, Songhee So, Joowon Lee, Yeongyeong Joo
  • Patent number: 11915513
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for performing leveling of a person image and an operating method thereof. The method includes: receiving an original person image; selecting an arbitrary latent vector in a latent space; generating a virtual person image based on the latent vector; optimizing the latent vector such that identity similarity between the original person image and the virtual person image increases; manipulating the optimized latent vector; and generating a levelled person image corresponding to the original person image, by using the manipulated latent vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: NCSOFT CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seoungyoon Kang, Min Jae Kim, Moo Kyung Song, Hyunjung Shim, Gun Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20230381650
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating an electronic device with a display. The method includes displaying, in a first area of a user interface for a game, a plurality of visual objects; in response to receiving first user inputs for selecting first visual objects, displaying the first visual objects in a second area of the user interface; while displaying, with the first visual objects, at least one second visual object indicating at least one resource for enhancement of items indicated by the first visual objects in the second area, receiving a second user input for executing the enhancement of the items; in response to receiving the second user input, displaying at least one visual effect for representing that the enhancement of the items is being executed; and based at least in part on completion of execution of the enhancement, displaying a result of the enhancement in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation Seongnam-si
    Inventors: Jong Min PARK, Song Hee SO, JooWon LEE, YeonGyeong JOO, Jung Joon KIM, Dan Bi BAE, Jin Soo SEO, Yoon Chae LEE
  • Patent number: 11771989
    Abstract: Provided is a method for operating an electronic device with a display. The method includes displaying, in a first area of a user interface for a game, a plurality of visual objects; in response to receiving first user inputs for selecting first visual objects, displaying the first visual objects in a second area of the user interface; while displaying, with the first visual objects, at least one second visual object indicating at least one resource for enhancement of items indicated by the first visual objects in the second area, receiving a second user input for executing the enhancement of the items; in response to receiving the second user input, displaying at least one visual effect for representing that the enhancement of the items is being executed; and based at least in part on completion of execution of the enhancement, displaying a result of the enhancement in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Min Park, Song Hee So, Joo Won Lee, Yeon Gyeong Joo, Jung Joon Kim, Dan Bi Bae, Jin Soo Seo, Yoon Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230300281
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a memory for storing instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein when the instructions are executed, the at least one processor is configured to identify a plurality of videos capturing a body from each of a plurality of cameras, obtain a first information indicating a movement of a designated body part from a first video of the plurality of videos, obtain a second information indicating a movement of the designated body part from a second video of the plurality of videos, and synchronize the first video and the second video based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungbum Park, Yeonkun Lee, Seongjong Ha
  • Publication number: 20230298201
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a memory for storing instructions, and at least one processor, wherein when the instructions are executed, the at least one processor is configured to identify a video capturing a body and one or more markers attached to the body, obtain a first information including an angle and a position of at least one first joint among joints being included in the body, based on the one or more markers in the video, obtain a second information including a position of at least one second joint among the joints being included in the body, based on at least part of the video in which the body is captured among the body and the one or more markers in the video, and obtain a third information indicating a posture of the body based on the interconnection of the at least one first joint and the at least one second joint in the video, based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungbum Park, Sangjun An
  • Patent number: 11759708
    Abstract: A method for game service and a computing device for executing the same are disclosed. According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for game service performed in a computing device comprising one or more processors and a memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving game log related information and a voice signal of a game user from a plurality of gaming devices, checking whether or not a preset voice control condition is satisfied based on the game log related information, and performing voice control of voice chat in which game users engage according to an utterance of a game leading user among the game users in a state where the voice control condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Youn Ko, Byung Ju Kim, Ju Hyoun Kim, Ha Yun Song, Ga Hee Yoo, Hye Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11729173
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for online service access control are provided. The method for online service access control according to one embodiment includes determining a device having control right for an online service from among a plurality of user devices accessing a user's account for the online service, providing data generated, by a server, for the online service to the device having control right, and providing data generated, by the device having control right, for the online service to the server, wherein the providing of the data generated by the server comprises, when the device having control right is changed to another device according to the determination, providing the device currently having control right with data required to seamlessly provide the online service, which has been provided to the device previously having control right, to the device currently having control right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventor: Taekhun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230186076
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to obtain a first data set including a plurality of first words, based on a first neural network stored in the memory, obtain from the first data set, a second data set including a first sub data set including first parameters corresponding to each of designated second words and a second sub data set including second parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of first words, and output, based on parameters included in the second data set, one or more third words related to the plurality of first words, and the first neural network is trained based on a first weight factor applied to the first parameters corresponding to each of the second words and a second weight factor applied to the second parameter, using a second neural network. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyungjong NOH, Sanghyuk CHOI, Jeongin HWANG
  • Patent number: D1050179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: D1050184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: D1053908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee