Patents by Inventor Dae-Bong Kim

Dae-Bong Kim 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: 20250184606
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus may include: an imager including a focus lens, the imager configured to generate an image of a subject; a distance determiner configured to determine a distance to the subject; a reference position calculator configured to calculate a reference position of the focus lens based on the distance to the subject; and a controller configured to adjust a focal position of the focus lens in a direction of the reference position, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether any error is reflected in the reference position based on a calculated sharpness of the image corresponding to the focal position of the focus lens being at the reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Bong KIM, Dong Jin PARK, Joo Hye NOH, Young Sang KWON, Jae Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20250173892
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for image analysis for obtaining an absolute distance of each pixel for an entirety of a depth map. The apparatus for image analysis includes: an imaging unit configured to generate a captured image; an object detection unit configured to detect at least one object from the captured image; a depth map generation unit configured to generate a depth map for the captured image; and a map analysis unit configured to obtain an absolute distance of each pixel for an entire area of the depth map by selecting a standard object among the detected at least one object and referring to an absolute distance obtained for a standard map object corresponding to the standard object among map objects included in the depth map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Jin PARK, Dae Bong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250061594
    Abstract: An apparatus for image analysis includes: at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions, in which, by executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to control: an image sensor to generate a captured image; a depth map generator to generate a depth map corresponding to the captured image; and a map analyzer to analyze an absolute distance for a first region of the depth map based on an absolute distance of a selected sub-region of the first region of the depth map, where the at least one processor is configured to control the map analyzer to determine the absolute distance for the selected sub-region based on an automatic focus function of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jin PARK, Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon, Hyuck Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20250063255
    Abstract: A distance information generation apparatus includes: at least one processor, and at least one memory storing program instructions, where, by executing the program instructions, the at least one processor is configured to: divide a first image captured by an imaging device into a plurality of blocks; determine direction movement values for at least one block among the plurality of divided blocks as targets; control an imaging direction of the imaging device based on the direction movement values of the at least one block; and acquire distance information for the at least one block based on a second image captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Jin Park, Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon, Hyuck Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20240273855
    Abstract: An image noise learning server includes an image input interface configured to receive training images, and at least one processor configured to control an image extractor to extract, from the training images, a first image including a stationary object and a second image including a moving object, a noise filter to obtain a third image by applying noise filtering with a first intensity to the second image, the third image including the moving object, a labeling unit to determine an intensity of a side effect based on a difference between the stationary object included in the first image and the moving object included in the third image, and a machine learning unit to receive, as a label, the determined intensity of the side effect and image attributes of the training images, and obtain artificial intelligence (AI) parameters by performing machine learning on the second image based on the received label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Bong KIM, Dong Jin PARK
  • Publication number: 20240223885
    Abstract: A camera device includes an image sensor configured to capture an image, an object identifier configured to identify an object included in the captured image, a distance measurement device configured to determine a distance between the camera device and the identified object based on an occupancy percentage of the identified object in the captured image, and a controller configured to determine an optimal focus location where a reference value is the largest while moving a lens in a focus range corresponding to the determined distance between the camera device and the identified object, the focus range including at least a focus location of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Hanwha vision CO., LTD..
    Inventors: Dae Bong KIM, Dong Jin Park, Ki Bum Park, Young Sang Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240180129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aquarium cleaner, and provided is the aquarium cleaner comprising: a hollow body including a suction port, a water outlet and a floor material discharge port; a connection part formed at one end of the body and connected to a power-providing means; a rotary shaft, which extends in the direction traversing the longitudinal center in the body, and has a portion exposed from the body so as to be rotated by means of power; a propeller, which is coupled to be linked to the rotary shaft, and transfers fluid toward the water outlet through the suction port as the rotary shaft rotates by means of power; and a floor material filter, which is coupled to the rotary shaft so as to be angularly spaced from the extension direction of the rotary shaft, and is positioned on a fluid transfer path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: EASYX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Bong KIM, Kyoung Hun SHIN
  • Patent number: 11889185
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a camera module configured to photograph a subject, a laser distance sensor configured to sense a distance to the subject, the laser distance sensor being arranged in a line with the camera module, and a processor configured to acquire a first angle and a first sensing value of the laser distance sensor in response to an event, calculate a first distance between the camera module and the subject by using the first angle and the first sensing value, calculate a second angle by using the first distance, a laser angle of view of the laser distance sensor, and a laser angle of view length of the laser distance sensor, rotate the laser distance sensor up to the second angle when a difference between the first angle and the second angle exceeds a predetermined range, and acquire a second sensing value of the laser distance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jin Park, Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon, Ki Bum Park, Joon Chan Park, Young Sub Kim
  • Publication number: 20240007745
    Abstract: An image obtaining method employed by an image obtaining apparatus including a filter for reducing light of a first wavelength for focus control according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes selecting a filter corresponding to a brightness of a photographing area from among one or more filters, wherein the one or more filters include a second filter that reduces light of the first wavelength; adjusting a focus based on light obtained from the photographing area to which the light of the first wavelength is irradiated; and obtaining an image using light obtained from the photographing area through a filter corresponding to the brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Bong KIM, Jung Kyung LEE, Dong Jin PARK, Young Sang KWON
  • Publication number: 20220394182
    Abstract: A method of creating a privacy mask from an image imaged by an imaging device in which a rotation axis of a camera and a center of a lens do not match includes measuring a distance from the camera to an object in a first imaging condition; creating a first mask for the object, and storing the distance together with the first mask; and creating a second mask for the object in a second imaging condition and correcting a position of the second mask using the first mask and the distance, wherein an imaging angle of the camera in the first imaging condition is same as the imaging angle of the camera in the second imaging condition, and wherein a position of the lens in the first imaging condition is reversed around the rotation axis from a position of the lens in the second imaging condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong In PARK, Jung Suk Oh, Dae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 11413301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing and treating a Bruch's membrane dysfunction-associated disease, which includes a sea cucumber extract as an active ingredient, and more particularly, to a composition for preventing and treating a Bruch's membrane dysfunction-associated disease, which includes a sea cucumber extract having effects of regenerating the Bruch's membrane of an eye and improving a transport function. The composition according to the present invention improves the transport function of the Bruch's membrane and promotes the regeneration of the Bruch's membrane, thereby delaying or reversing an eye aging process, and thus has excellent effects on the prevention and treatment of a disease such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Sorsby's fundus dystrophy, Malattia Levintanese (ML), Stargardt disease, Best's vitelliform retinal dystrophy and Doyne's honeycomb retinal dystrophy (DHRD), which occurs due to the age-related dysfunction of the Bruch's membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Altregen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunhee Lee, Ali Hussain, Dae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 11418717
    Abstract: A method of creating a privacy mask from an image imaged by an imaging device in which a rotation axis of a camera and a center of a lens do not match includes measuring a distance from the camera to an object in a first imaging condition; creating a first mask for the object, and storing the distance together with the first mask; and creating a second mask for the object in a second imaging condition and correcting a position of the second mask using the first mask and the distance, wherein an imaging angle of the camera the first imaging condition is same as the imaging angle of the camera in the second imaging condition, and wherein a position of the lens in the first imaging condition is reversed around the rotation axis from a position of the lens in the second imaging condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong In Park, Jung Suk Oh, Dae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 11307381
    Abstract: Provided is an optical device including an optics including at least two moving groups that are movable along an optical axis and share portions of driving regions; a plurality of actuators configured to move the at least two moving groups along the optical axis, respectively; and a control unit configured to control the positions of the at least two moving groups by operating the actuators, wherein the control unit moves the at least two moving groups independently, such that the position coordinates of the at least two moving groups in one integrated coordinates system do not coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon, Jae Goo Lee, Young Mi Kim, Hee Joong Han
  • Patent number: 11076101
    Abstract: A method of correcting an optical axis of a zoom lens includes obtaining a degree of optical axis misalignment corresponding to a current zoom lens state of a camera, considering the current zoom lens state of the camera and data previously stored to define a relationship between a state of the zoom lens of the camera and the degree of optical axis misalignment, determining digital zoom information to compensate for the degree of optical axis misalignment, considering the degree of optical axis misalignment, and generating correction image data by cropping and magnifying image data photographed by the camera to correspond to the digital zoom information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Kim, Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon
  • Publication number: 20210211571
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a camera module that photographs a subject, a laser distance sensor that senses a distance to the subject, the laser distance sensor being arranged in a line with the camera module, and a processor that acquires a first angle and a first sensing value of the laser distance sensor in response to an event, calculates a first distance between the camera module and the subject by using the first angle and the first sensing value, calculates a second angle by using the first distance, a laser angle of view of the laser distance sensor, and a laser angle of view length of the laser distance sensor, rotates the laser distance sensor up to the second angle when a difference between the first angle and the second angle exceeds a predetermined range, acquires a second sensing value of the laser distance sensor, and operates the camera module based on the first sensing value or the second sensing value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Jin PARK, Dae Bong KIM, Young Sang KWON, Ki Bum PARK, Joon Chan PARK, Young Sub KIM
  • Publication number: 20210099649
    Abstract: A method of creating a privacy mask from an image imaged by an imaging device in which a rotation axis of a camera and a center of a lens do not match includes measuring a distance from the camera to an object in a first imaging condition; creating a first mask for the object, and storing the distance together with the first mask; and creating a second mask for the object in a second imaging condition and correcting a position of the second mask using.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong In PARK, Jung Suk Oh, Dae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 10940168
    Abstract: A composition includes a sea cucumber and ginseng/red ginseng composite extract which has the effect of regenerating the Bruch's membrane of the eye and improving the transport function of the Bruch's membrane. The composite composition improves the transport function of the Bruch's membrane and eliminates lipids accumulated on the membrane to promote the regeneration of the Bruch's membrane, thereby showing the effect of delaying or reversing the senescence process of the eye. Further, the composition is highly preventive or therapeutic of various diseases attributed to a decrease in the function of the Bruch's membrane with age, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and can solve the problem associated with the eye health maintenance of ordinary persons and with the transport reduction, resulting from senescence, of vitamins, metals, and anti-oxidative materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ALTREGEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunhee Lee, Ali Hussain, Dae Bong Kim
  • Patent number: 10904445
    Abstract: A zoom tracking method performed by a control unit of a zoom camera includes operations (a) through (c). In operation (a), the control unit determines a focusing progress state at a time when a zooming start signal is received. In operation (b), the control unit narrows an estimated range of a subject distance or estimates the subject distance, according to the focusing progress state. In operation (c), the control unit performs focusing for a zoom magnification according to the narrowed estimated range or the estimated subject distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Bong Kim, Young Sang Kwon, Ki Bum Park
  • Patent number: 10878677
    Abstract: A method of controlling panning of a surveillance camera configured to perform panning over a set angle during a preset mode includes: obtaining an edge value with respect to each pixel of an object captured image of a panning-completed time, the edge value being a difference between brightness of a left adjacent pixel thereof and brightness of a right adjacent pixel thereof; obtaining an object vertical-line number among vertical pixel lines of the object captured image, the object vertical-line number being a number of a vertical pixel line in which a sum of the edge values is largest; and correcting the panning such that the object vertical-line number coincides with a reference vertical-line number corresponding to the panning over the set angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Wook Lee, Jae Woon Byun, Dae Bong Kim, Ku Hyeon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20200396386
    Abstract: A method of correcting an optical axis of a zoom lens includes obtaining a degree of optical axis misalignment corresponding to a current zoom lens state of a camera, considering the current zoom lens state of the camera and data previously stored to define a relationship between a state of the zoom lens of the camera and the degree of optical axis misalignment, determining digital zoom information to compensate for the degree of optical axis misalignment, considering the degree of optical axis misalignment, and generating correction image data by cropping and magnifying image data photographed by the camera to correspond to the digital zoom information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Cheol Ho KIM, Dae Bong KIM, Young Sang KWON