Patents by Inventor Hwi Kwon

Hwi Kwon 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: 12229956
    Abstract: A method for processing a cardiovascular image for detection of cardiovascular lesions is provided, which is performed by one or more processors of a computing device. The method includes receiving a cardiovascular image, acquiring a first image mask corresponding to at least a part of blood vessels included in the cardiovascular image, acquiring a centerline image mask corresponding to centerlines of at least the part of blood vessels included in the cardiovascular image, extracting a first image patch from the cardiovascular image, extracting a second image patch from the centerline image mask, generating a refined third image patch by performing, based on the first image patch and the second image patch, a local refinement, and generating, based on the refined third image patch and the first image mask, a refined second image mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Medipixel, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Kim, Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 12211250
    Abstract: A vascular image processing method performed by a processor includes extracting, from a vascular image, a first vascular region corresponding to an entire blood vessel included in the vascular image, a second vascular region corresponding to a target vessel and one or more branch vessels connected to the target vessel, and a third vascular region corresponding to the target vessel, and predicting a vascular structure in the vascular image, based on the first vascular region, the second vascular region, and the third vascular region, which are extracted from the vascular image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Kyo Seok Song, Hwi Kwon, Se Yeong Park, Young-Hak Kim, Jee One Park, Young In Kim, Wan Yeong Kim, Yoo Jung Kim, Yun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12175631
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from a blood vessel image, the method comprising the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; determining a region of interest (ROI) in an extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of a first input received from a user; and within the determined ROI, identifying an error portion in the extraction result on the basis of a second input received from the user, and correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 12039729
    Abstract: A method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from an angiography image may comprise the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; identifying an error portion from the extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of at least one of blood vessel structure data related to the target blood vessel, curvature information of the target blood vessel, diameter information of the target blood vessel, and brightness information of the target blood vessel; and in response to a case where an error portion is identified in the target blood vessel, correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240221355
    Abstract: A vascular image processing method performed by a processor includes extracting, from a vascular image, a first vascular region corresponding to an entire blood vessel included in the vascular image, a second vascular region corresponding to a target vessel and one or more branch vessels connected to the target vessel, and a third vascular region corresponding to the target vessel, and predicting a vascular structure in the vascular image, based on the first vascular region, the second vascular region, and the third vascular region, which are extracted from the vascular image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon KWEON, Kyo Seok SONG, Hwi KWON, Se Yeong PARK, Young-Hak KIM, Jee One PARK, Young In KIM, Wan Yeong KIM, Yoo Jung KIM, Yun Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240205173
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi KWON
  • Patent number: 11973723
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230368378
    Abstract: A method for processing a cardiovascular image for detection of cardiovascular lesions is provided, which is performed by one or more processors of a computing device. The method includes receiving a cardiovascular image, acquiring a first image mask corresponding to at least a part of blood vessels included in the cardiovascular image, acquiring a centerline image mask corresponding to centerlines of at least the part of blood vessels included in the cardiovascular image, extracting a first image patch from the cardiovascular image, extracting a second image patch from the centerline image mask, generating a refined third image patch by performing, based on the first image patch and the second image patch, a local refinement, and generating, based on the refined third image patch and the first image mask, a refined second image mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Kim, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230351550
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from a blood vessel image, the method comprising the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; determining a region of interest (ROI) in an extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of a first input received from a user; and within the determined ROI, identifying an error portion in the extraction result on the basis of a second input received from the user, and correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Kyo Seok Song, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230298180
    Abstract: A blood vessel image segmentating method according to an embodiment may comprise the steps of: generating a plurality of candidate mask images regarding a target blood vessel by applying a plurality of blood vessel segmentation models on a blood vessel image; evaluating an error level for each of the generated plurality of candidate mask images; and generating a target blood vessel segmentation result from the candidate mask images, on the basis of the evaluated error level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KWEON, Young Hak KIM, Kyo Seok SONG, Hwi KWON
  • Patent number: 11741574
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from a blood vessel image, the method comprising the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; determining a region of interest (ROI) in an extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of a first input received from a user; and within the determined ROI, identifying an error portion in the extraction result on the basis of a second input received from the user, and correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Kyo Seok Song, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230196559
    Abstract: A method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from an angiography image may comprise the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; identifying an error portion from the extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of at least one of blood vessel structure data related to the target blood vessel, curvature information of the target blood vessel, diameter information of the target blood vessel, and brightness information of the target blood vessel; and in response to a case where an error portion is identified in the target blood vessel, correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Kyo Seok Song, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230186433
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, performed by a processor, for processing a blood vessel image from a blood vessel image, the method comprising the steps of: extracting a target blood vessel from a blood vessel image; determining a region of interest (ROI) in an extraction result of the target blood vessel on the basis of a first input received from a user; and within the determined ROI, identifying an error portion in the extraction result on the basis of a second input received from the user, and correcting the identified error portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIPIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Kweon, Young-Hak Kim, Kyo Seok Song, Hwi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20220247698
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 11379009
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate, a back plate disposed to the opposite side of the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, wherein at least a part of the back plate is constructed of a conductive material, and the side member includes an opening, a touch screen display disposed between the front plate and the back plate, a female connector disposed inside the opening, constructed to house a meal connector an external male connector, and including a plurality of pins, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed inside the space and including a ground plane, a circuit electrically coupled to the ground plane and/or mounted thereon to cut off leak current from the PCB, a first conductive path constructed between the circuit and a first point of at least part of the back plate, and a second conductive path constructed between at least one of the pins and a second point of at least part
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiseob Hyun, Jicheng Zheng, Beom-Mun Kim, Seung-Hun Kim, Choel-Hwi Kwon, Jaehyung Seo, Yongmin Shin, Hyun-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11316805
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 11249593
    Abstract: One embodiment among embodiments described in the description discloses an electronic device including an electromagnetic induction panel associated with collection of pen data based on a pen input, a memory to store at least one correction table configured to correct pen data made at mutually different positions based on parts of the electromagnetic induction panel, and a processor electrically connected to the electromagnetic induction panel and the memory and configured to correct the pen data through a specified correction table of the at least one correction table based on a connection state or an arrangement state between the electronic device and an accessory including at least a part of a magnet member or a metal member that is able to exert an electrical influence or a magnetic influence on the electromagnetic induction panel. Various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hyong Sog Oh, Choel Hwi Kwon, Hyun Suk Choi
  • Publication number: 20210294452
    Abstract: One embodiment among embodiments described in the description discloses an electronic device including an electromagnetic induction panel associated with collection of pen data based on a pen input, a memory to store at least one correction table configured to correct pen data made at mutually different positions based on parts of the electromagnetic induction panel, and a processor electrically connected to the electromagnetic induction panel and the memory and configured to correct the pen data through a specified correction table of the at least one correction table based on a connection state or an arrangement state between the electronic device and an accessory including at least a part of a magnet member or a metal member that is able to exert an electrical influence or a magnetic influence on the electromagnetic induction panel. Various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hyong Sog Oh, Choel Hwi Kwon, Hyun Suk Choi
  • Publication number: 20200389418
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi KWON
  • Publication number: 20200225295
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate, a back plate disposed to the opposite side of the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, wherein at least a part of the back plate is constructed of a conductive material, and the side member includes an opening, a touch screen display disposed between the front plate and the back plate, a female connector disposed inside the opening, constructed to house a meal connector an external male connector, and including a plurality of pins, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed inside the space and including a ground plane, a circuit electrically coupled to the ground plane and/or mounted thereon to cut off leak current from the PCB, a first conductive path constructed between the circuit and a first point of at least part of the back plate, and a second conductive path constructed between at least one of the pins and a second point of at least part
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jiseob HYUN, Jicheng ZHENG, Beom-Mun KIM, Seung-Hun KIM, Choel-Hwi KWON, Jaehyung SEO, Yongmin SHIN, Hyun-Suk CHOI