Patents by Inventor Hee-Cheol Seo

Hee-Cheol Seo 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: 20220391773
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) learning method and system and an answer relay method and system using an AI. According to an AI learning method, an AI may transmit a question to users through a messaging service and may acquire learning data for the AI through reactions of the user to the transmitted question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventors: Seok HO KANG, Jae Gwang LEE, Jea Seung JUNG, Hee-Cheol SEO, JoongJae LEE, Jeehyun LEE, Young-sik LIM, Injae LEE
  • Patent number: 11449785
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) learning method and system and an answer relay method and system using an AI. According to an AI learning method, an AI may transmit a question to users through a messaging service and may acquire learning data for the AI through reactions of the user to the transmitted question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LINE Corporation
    Inventors: Seok Ho Kang, Jae Gwang Lee, Jea Seung Jung, Hee-Cheol Seo, JoongJae Lee, Jeehyun Lee, Young-sik Lim, Injae Lee
  • Patent number: 11281724
    Abstract: Provided is a query recommendation method and system using a search context. A recommendation query providing method may include generating candidate queries to be recommended to a user based on a search context including a query history associated with the user and a search result provided for each query; performing clustering of the candidate query based on a similarity between candidate queries; and providing an electronic device of the user with a final candidate query selected from each cluster of candidate queries as a recommendation query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun-Je Song, Hee-Cheol Seo, SeungJun Lee, Yongsoo Seol, Injae Lee, Seongeun So, Jihye Lee, Eunyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20190251125
    Abstract: Provided is a query recommendation method and system using a search context. A recommendation query providing method may include generating candidate queries to be recommended to a user based on a search context including a query history associated with the user and a search result provided for each query; performing clustering of the candidate query based on a similarity between candidate queries; and providing an electronic device of the user with a final candidate query selected from each cluster of candidate queries as a recommendation query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hyun-Je SONG, Hee-Cheol SEO, SeungJun LEE, Yongsoo SEOL, Injae LEE, Seongeun SO, Jihye LEE, Eunyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 10067975
    Abstract: A conversation based search method includes the steps of: proposing an utterance phrase corresponding to a query input by a user; and reforming the query by means of an answer from the user and offering a search result corresponding to the reformed query, wherein the user answer is presented by the user using a touch-detection surface separated from a user terminal search window in which the user receives the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Injae Lee, Taeil Kim, Youngho Na
  • Publication number: 20170243136
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI) learning method and system and an answer relay method and system using an AI. According to an AI learning method, an AI may transmit a question to users through a messaging service and may acquire learning data for the AI through reactions of the user to the transmitted question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventors: Seok Ho Kang, Jae Gwang Lee, Jea Seung Jung, Hee-Cheol Seo, JoongJae Lee, Jeehyun Lee, Young-sik Lim, Injae Lee
  • Publication number: 20150134337
    Abstract: A conversation based search method includes the steps of: proposing an utterance phrase corresponding to a query input by a user; and reforming the query by means of an answer from the user and offering a search result corresponding to the reformed query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Injae Lee, Taeil Kim, Youngho Na
  • Patent number: 8805868
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for expressing a query for searching multimedia data. The apparatus and method of the present invention expresses diverse query types in MPEG-7 query formats and uses field types to re use a designated region. The apparatus for expressing a query inputted from a user for multimedia data search includes: an input means for receiving a query for multimedia data search from a user; and a query expression means for expressing the input query in a field type, wherein the field type includes at least one among identifier information indicating identification (ID) information of a field presenting a search condition included in the input query; type information indicating data type information of the field; and reference information indicating identifier information of another field for reference. The present invention is applied to MPEG-7 query formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
    Inventors: Mi-Ran Choi, Hee-Cheol Seo, Hyun-Ki Kim, Myung-Gil Jang, Jeong Heo, Soo-Jong Lim, Yeo-Chan Yoon, Kyoung-Ro Yoon
  • Patent number: 8577919
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for retrieving multimedia contents represented in a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 7 by transforming a user query into an MPEG-7 query format. The method for retrieving multimedia contents includes: representing a user query by using an indicator indicating a specific region of a Moving Picture Experts Group 7 (MPEG-7) document and a reference for referring to the indicator; analyzing a meaning of the user query represented by using the indicator and the reference to thereby produce an analysis result; and retrieving multimedia contents according to the analysis result. The present research can satisfy more than two retrieval conditions within the same structure in an MPEG-7 query format and it can also clearly represent that two different MPEG-7 documents are referred to. Since the meaning of a user query is analyzed accurately during retrieval process, it is possible to precisely retrieve multimedia contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute, Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Mi-Ran Choi, Hyun-Ki Kim, Myung-Gil Jang, Jeong Heo, Soo-Jong Lim, Yeo-Chan Yoon, Kyoung-Ro Yoon
  • Patent number: 8468013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system and computer readable recording medium for correcting an OCR result. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for correcting an OCR result, the method including performing character recognition on content including character information using an OCR technique, removing extra carriage return information from the content, outputting the character recognition result, and correcting word spacing on the outputted result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Seok Yang, Hee Cheol Seo, Do Gil Lee, Ki Joon Sung
  • Publication number: 20110179056
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for expressing a query for searching multimedia data. The apparatus and method of the present invention expresses diverse query types in MPEG-7 query formats and uses field types to re use a designated region. The apparatus for expressing a query inputted from a user for multimedia data search includes: an input means for receiving a query for multimedia data search from a user; and a query expression means for expressing the input query in a field type, wherein the field type includes at least one among identifier information indicating identification (ID) information of a field presenting a search condition included in the input query; type information indicating data type information of the field; and reference information indicating identifier information of another field for reference. The present invention is applied to MPEG-7 query formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
    Inventors: Mi-Ran Choi, Hee-Cheol Seo, Hyun-Ki Kim, Myung-Gil Jang, Jeong Heo, Soo-Jong Lim, Yeo-Chan Yoon, Kyoung-Ro Yoon
  • Publication number: 20110016075
    Abstract: A system for correcting a query includes a wrong query determination unit to determine whether an inputted query is a wrong query, a per-whole-query correction unit configured to correct the query on a per-whole-query basis, and a per-word correction unit to correct the user query on a per-word basis. A method for correcting a query includes determining whether a query is a wrong query, correcting the query on a per-whole-query basis, and correcting the query on a per-word basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Taeil Kim, Ji Hye Lee, Hyunjung Lee
  • Publication number: 20110010178
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for transforming vernacular pronunciation with respect to Hanja using a statistical method. In a system for transforming vernacular pronunciation, a vernacular pronunciation extracting unit extracts a vernacular pronunciation with respect to a Hanja character string, a statistical data determining unit determines a statistical data with respect to the Hanja character string by using statistical data of features related to a Hanja-vernacular pronunciation transformation, and a vernacular pronunciation transforming unit transforms the Hanja character string into a vernacular pronunciation using the extracted vernacular pronunciation and the determined statistical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Hyunjung LEE, Taeil Kim, Hee-Cheol Seo, Ji Hye Lee
  • Publication number: 20100169077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system and computer readable recording medium for correcting an OCR result. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for correcting an OCR result, the method including performing character recognition on content including character information using an OCR technique, removing extra carriage return information from the content, outputting the character recognition result, and correcting word spacing on the outputted result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Seok YANG, Hee Cheol Seo, Do Gil Lee, Ki Joon Sung
  • Publication number: 20100131557
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for retrieving multimedia contents represented in a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 7 by transforming a user query into an MPEG-7 query format. The method for retrieving multimedia contents includes: representing a user query by using an indicator indicating a specific region of a Moving Picture Experts Group 7 (MPEG-7) document and a reference for referring to the indicator; analyzing a meaning of the user query represented by using the indicator and the reference to thereby produce an analysis result; and retrieving multimedia contents according to the analysis result. The present research can satisfy more than two retrieval conditions within the same structure in an MPEG-7 query format and it can also clearly represent that two different MPEG-7 documents are referred to. Since the meaning of a user query is analyzed accurately during retrieval process, it is possible to precisely retrieve multimedia contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Mi-Ran Choi, Hyun-Ki Kim, Myung-Gil Jang, Jeong Heo, Soo-Jong Lim, Yeo-Chan Yoon, Kyoung-Ro Yoon
  • Patent number: 7698262
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for searching multimedia data based on metadata. The apparatus for searching multimedia data includes: a mapping information storing unit for storing and managing mapping information between a Moving Picture Experts Group 7 (MPEG-7) query attribute and an MPEG-7 metadata property; and a query attribute mapping unit for acquiring the MPEG-7 metadata property to be mapped with the MPEG-7 query attribute according to a user query based on the mapping information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Soo-Jun Park, Myung-Gil Jang, Hyun-Ki Kim, Yi-Gyu Hwang, Soo-Jong Lim, Jeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20070233673
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for searching multimedia data based on metadata. The apparatus for searching multimedia data includes: a mapping information storing unit for storing and managing mapping information between a Moving Picture Experts Group 7 (MPEG-7) query attribute and an MPEG-7 metadata property; and a query attribute mapping unit for acquiring the MPEG-7 metadata property to be mapped with the MPEG-7 query attribute according to a user query based on the mapping information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol Seo, Soo-Jun Park, Myung-Gil Jang, Hyun-Ki Kim, Yi-Gyu Hwang, Soo-Jong Lim, Jeong Heo