Patents Assigned to NCSOFT CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20250144520Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20250118074Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Youngik Kim, Younghyun Lee, Joonsoo Lee, Hyunjo Jung
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Publication number: 20250069322Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Gunhee LEE, Jonghwa YIM, Chanran KIM, Minjae KIM
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Publication number: 20250061331Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicants: NCSOFT Corporation, Seoul National University R & DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Soohwan PARK, Namil LEE, Insub IM, Hyoil LEE, Jehee LEE
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Patent number: 12226689Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Hwan Kim, Seung Uk Baek
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Patent number: 12220636Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20250037095Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Jinseong HWANG, Yongseung LEE
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Patent number: 12120121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventor: Taekhun Kim
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Patent number: 12036479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Jongmin Park, Songhee So, Joowon Lee, Yeongyeong Joo
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Patent number: 11915513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: NCSOFT CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITYInventors: Seoungyoon Kang, Min Jae Kim, Moo Kyung Song, Hyunjung Shim, Gun Hee Lee
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Publication number: 20230381650Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation Seongnam-siInventors: Jong Min PARK, Song Hee SO, JooWon LEE, YeonGyeong JOO, Jung Joon KIM, Dan Bi BAE, Jin Soo SEO, Yoon Chae LEE
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Patent number: 11771989Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Jong Min Park, Song Hee So, Joo Won Lee, Yeon Gyeong Joo, Jung Joon Kim, Dan Bi Bae, Jin Soo Seo, Yoon Chae Lee
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Publication number: 20230300281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Sungbum Park, Yeonkun Lee, Seongjong Ha
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Publication number: 20230298201Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Sungbum Park, Sangjun An
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Patent number: 11759708Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Jung Youn Ko, Byung Ju Kim, Ju Hyoun Kim, Ha Yun Song, Ga Hee Yoo, Hye Min Lee
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Patent number: 11729173Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventor: Taekhun Kim
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Publication number: 20230186076Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: NCSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Hyungjong NOH, Sanghyuk CHOI, Jeongin HWANG
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Patent number: D1050179Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee
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Patent number: D1050184Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee
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Patent number: D1053908Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: NCSOFT CorporationInventors: Kwang Han Kim, Mi Hye Yu, Ji Young Kim, Byeong Hoon Lee