Patents by Inventor Han-tak Kwak

Han-tak Kwak 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).

  • Patent number: 10978006
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a first sensor provided on a front surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a front illumination, a second sensor provided on a rear surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a rear illumination, and a controller configured to adjust a luminance of the display based on the front illumination detected by the first sensor and the rear illumination detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-heon Lee, Se-hoon Kim, Jee-young Yeom, Won-hee Choe, Han-tak Kwak, Seo-young Lee
  • Publication number: 20200043423
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a first sensor provided on a front surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a front illumination, a second sensor provided on a rear surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a rear illumination, and a controller configured to adjust a luminance of the display based on the front illumination detected by the first sensor and the rear illumination detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-heon Lee, Se-hoon Kim, Jee-young Yeom, Won-hee Choe, Han-tak Kwak, Seo-young Lee
  • Patent number: 10446093
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a first sensor provided on a front surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a front illumination, a second sensor provided on a rear surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a rear illumination, and a controller configured to adjust a luminance of the display based on the front illumination detected by the first sensor and the rear illumination detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-heon Lee, Se-hoon Kim, Jee-young Yeom, Won-hee Choe, Han-tak Kwak, Seo-young Lee
  • Patent number: 10360847
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: an image inputter configured to receive an image; a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; a panel driver configured to drive the plurality of pixels of the display panel on a pixel basis to display the image; and a processor configured to divide the image into a plurality of areas based on a grayscale characteristic of the image, and control the panel driver to individually adjust brightness of at least one of the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo Lee, Han-tak Kwak, Won-hee Choe
  • Patent number: 10346680
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae-gyu Lim, Bo-hyung Han, Joon-hee Han, Seung-hoon Hong, Han-tak Kwak, Sung-bum Park, Woo-sung Shim
  • Patent number: 10187520
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to receive an incoming call; a storage configured to store contact object information including a connecting application corresponding to caller identification information; and a controller configured to receive the incoming call including the caller identification information received through the communicator, execute the connecting application corresponding to the caller identification information, and display a search result related to the contact object information in a screen of the executed connecting application on the display. Accordingly, it is possible to determine a counterpart during connecting a call, and automatically execute the connecting application per contact information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-hee Seo, Han-tak Kwak, Hyun-woo Nam, Sung-bum Park, Se-Hoon Kim, Woo-sung Shim, Seo-young Lee, Yang-wook Kim, Hae-in Chun, Jae-ho Jung
  • Publication number: 20170011692
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Han-tak KWAK, Won-hee CHOE
  • Publication number: 20160372053
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a first sensor provided on a front surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a front illumination, a second sensor provided on a rear surface of the user terminal device and configured to detect a rear illumination, and a controller configured to adjust a luminance of the display based on the front illumination detected by the first sensor and the rear illumination detected by the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-heon LEE, Se-hoon KIM, Jee-young YEOM, Won-hee CHOE, Han-tak KWAK, Seo-young LEE
  • Patent number: 9357117
    Abstract: A photographing device includes a photographing unit, an image processor which separates an object from a first photographing image obtained by the photographing unit, a display which displays a background live view obtained by superimposing the separated object on a live view of a background, and a controller which obtains a second photographing image corresponding to the live view of the background when a command to shoot the background is input and generates a composite image based on the separated object and the second photographing image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan Woo, Se-Hoon Kim, Tae-gyu Lim, Han-tak Kwak, Woo-sung Shim, Seo-young Lee
  • Patent number: 9304653
    Abstract: A method of creating a three-dimensional (3D) image based on user interaction, the method including receiving an input image; receiving a user input; segmenting an object, which is included in the input image, based on the received user input; editing an area of the segmented object; configuring a layer for the segmented object, based on the edited area; and creating a 3D image, based on the configured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bernard Moon, Se-Hoon Kim, Woo-sung Shim, Soo-chahn Lee, Han-tak Kwak, Myung-jin Eom, Ji-hwan Woo
  • Publication number: 20150304566
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a user interface configured to receive a user command to select a mode for setting a location in which an image which is photographed in a back side of the display apparatus is composed with an object which is photographed in a front side of the display apparatus, a camera configured to photograph the front side and the back side of the display apparatus, and a controller configured to segment an object image from an image of the object which is photographed in the front side, compose the segmented object image with the image which is photographed in the back side according to the selected mode, and store the composed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-hee SEO, Han-tak KWAK, Se-Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9135711
    Abstract: A method for controlling a video segmentation apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an image corresponding to a frame of a video; estimating a motion of an object in the received image to be extracted from the received image, determining a plurality of positions of windows corresponding to the object; adjusting at least one of a size and a spacing of at least one window located at a position of the plurality of determined positions of the windows based on an image characteristic; and extracting the object from the received image based on the at least one window of which the at least one of the size and the spacing is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hoon Kim, Young-Ho Moon, Soo-Chahn Lee, Han-Tak Kwak, Woo-Sung Shim, Ji-Hwan Woo
  • Publication number: 20150215450
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to receive an incoming call; a storage configured to store contact object information including a connecting application corresponding to caller identification information; and a controller configured to receive the incoming call including the caller identification information received through the communicator, execute the connecting application corresponding to the caller identification information, and display a search result related to the contact object information in a screen of the executed connecting application on the display. Accordingly, it is possible to determine a counterpart during connecting a call, and automatically execute the connecting application per contact information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-hee SEO, Han-tak KWAK, Hyun-woo NAM, Sung-bum PARK, Se-Hoon KIM, Woo-sung SHIM, Seo-young LEE, Yang-wook KIM, Hae-in CHUN, Jae-ho JUNG
  • Publication number: 20140324953
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus is disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a display, a communicator configured to perform communication with a server, and a controller configured to, in response to a preset event, receive from the server a curated content based on a user information related to the preset event and control the display to display the content, wherein the preset event is related to an application operated separately from a server-only application. Accordingly, the terminal apparatus may extract a content based on user information and display the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-hee SEO, Han-tak KWAK, Hyun-woo NAM, Sung-bum PARK, Woo-sung SHIM, Seo-young LEE, Se-Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140307075
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-gyu LIM, Bo-hyung HAN, Joon-hee HAN, Seung-hoon HONG, Han-tak KWAK, Sung-bum PARK, Woo-sung SHIM
  • Publication number: 20140300566
    Abstract: A three-Dimensional (3D) image conversion apparatus for converting a two-Dimensional (2D) image into a 3D image and a method for controlling the 3D image conversion apparatus are provided. The method includes displaying the 2D image to be converted into the 3D image, receiving a user input designating at least one object included in the 2D image, obtaining boundaries of the at least one object included in the 2D image based on the received user input to identify each of the at least one object, analyzing the 2D image including the at least one object to obtain depth information of each of the at least one object, and arranging the identified each of the at least one object based on the obtained depth information to generate the 3D image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-Jun LEE, Ba-Do LEE, Han-Tak KWAK, Se-Hoon KIM, Ji-Hwan WOO, Tae-Gyu LIM, Sung-Dae CHO
  • Publication number: 20140184841
    Abstract: A photographing device includes a photographing unit, an image processor which separates an object from a first photographing image obtained by the photographing unit, a display which displays a background live view obtained by superimposing the separated object on a live view of a background, and a controller which obtains a second photographing image corresponding to the live view of the background when a command to shoot the background is input and generates a composite image based on the separated object and the second photographing image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hwan WOO, Se-Hoon KIM, Tae-gyu LIM, Han-tak KWAK, Woo-sung SHIM, Seo-young LEE
  • Publication number: 20140093169
    Abstract: A method for controlling a video segmentation apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an image corresponding to a frame of a video; estimating a motion of an object in the received image to be extracted from the received image, determining a plurality of positions of windows corresponding to the object; adjusting at least one of a size and a spacing of at least one window located at a position of the plurality of determined positions of the windows based on an image characteristic; and extracting the object from the received image based on the at least one window of which the at least one of the size and the spacing is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hoon KIM, Young-Ho MOON, Soo-Chahn LEE, Han-Tak KWAK, Woo-Sung SHIM, Ji-Hwan WOO
  • Publication number: 20110135286
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for extracting key frames and an apparatus and method for recording broadcast signals using the same, the key frame extracting apparatus including a stream information analyzing unit and a key frame extracting unit. The stream information analyzing unit extracts frame information from a video stream. The key frame extracting unit extracts a key frame among frames of the video stream by using the frame information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ho MOON, Woo-sung SHIM, Eun-kyoung PARK, Han-tak KWAK
  • Publication number: 20100066920
    Abstract: Disclosed are display apparatus, remote controller, a display system and a control method thereof. The display system includes a display apparatus and a remote controller for controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a first communicating unit that communicates with the remote controller; and an image control unit that generates control item information for controlling a predetermined control item, transmits the generated control item information to the remote controller, and controls the control item according to a control signal received from the remote controller. The remote controller includes: a second communicating unit that receives the control item information from the display apparatus; a user selection unit for selection by a user; and a remote control unit that allocates a control function for controlling the control item to the user selection unit and outputs the control signal corresponding to the control function selected by the user to the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han-tak KWAK