Patents by Inventor Hyun Eui KIM

Hyun Eui 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: 20240378772
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic apparatus configured to generate holotomographic image data according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: acquiring fusion data from a fusion imaging apparatus in which a holographic tomography apparatus and a super-resolution fluorescence microscope are combined, in which the fusion data includes input data corresponding to holotomographic image data and output data corresponding to image data of the super-resolution fluorescence microscope; generating a cross-modal inference-based deep learning engine configured to generate a super-resolution tomographic image based on the input data and the output data; and acquiring a molecule-specific tomographic image using the deep learning engine, wherein the molecule-specific tomographic image has nano-resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Byung Gyu CHAE, Minsung Yoon, Hyun Eui Kim
  • Publication number: 20240353797
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting hologram data in binocular holographic display are disclosed. The method comprises obtaining left-eye gaze information and right-eye gaze information on a viewing window plane of the binocular holographic display based on pupil images of a user of the binocular holographic display; determining a left-eye hologram region and a right-eye hologram region on a hologram plane of the binocular holographic display based on the left-eye gaze information, the right-eye gaze information, and distance information between the viewing window plane and the hologram plane; and creating transmission hologram data corresponding to one binocular hologram region including an overlap hologram region, in which the left-eye hologram region and the right-eye hologram region overlap each other, based on input hologram data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Min Sik PARK, Hyun Eui KIM, Joong Ki PARK
  • Publication number: 20240192515
    Abstract: An optical system for hologram displays is disclosed. According to an embodiment of a present disclosure, the optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter for reflecting a light wave when the light wave is horizontally polarized or transmitting a light wave when the light wave is vertically polarized, a second quarter wave plate, a half mirror, and a first quarter wave plate, sequentially arranged in a first direction from the polarizing beam splitter, a third quarter wave plate and a first mirror, sequentially arranged in a second direction from the polarizing beam splitter, a fourth quarter wave plate and a second mirror, sequentially arranged in a third direction from the polarizing beam splitter, which is a direction opposite to the second direction and a reflective polarizer arranged in a fourth direction from the polarizing beam splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventor: Hyun Eui KIM
  • Publication number: 20230144036
    Abstract: A 3D optical microscope device of a small form factor optical system is disclosed. A transmission optical system device comprises a first lens having a left side disposed in contact with an input plane, and a second lens having a right side disposed in contact with a rear focal plane and disposed at a position spaced apart by a focal length of the first lens. The first lens and the second lens Fourier-transform a light signal incident on the input plane and output the transformed signal to the rear focal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Eui KIM, Byung Gyu CHAE
  • Patent number: 11573529
    Abstract: A holographic optical system and a holographic display method may be efficiently applied when using a spatial light modulator (SLM). A holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to reproduce a hologram, and an optical system configured to perform Fourier transform with respect to the hologram of the SLM using a pair of first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being confocal. A Fourier plane which is a display reference image plane is positioned in the same plane space as the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Hyun Eui Kim
  • Publication number: 20210382437
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating a hologram. The apparatus for generating a hologram according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first pattern generator configured to generate a first hologram pattern that is constructed by modeling a first lens capable of collecting incident light onto a first axis: a second pattern generator configured to generate a second hologram pattern that is constructed by modeling a second lens capable of collecting the incident light onto a second axis; and a hologram pattern combination unit configured to construct a final hologram pattern by combining the first and second patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Hyun Eui KIM
  • Patent number: 11169485
    Abstract: In the present invention, by providing a hologram displaying apparatus including a light source configured to emit input light, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the input light into diffracted light, and a plurality of noise filtering elements configured to remove optical noise components from the diffracted light modulated by the spatial light modulator, and display a hologram, an optical path of a light source for displaying the hologram can be drastically reduced while effectively performing spatial filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Hyun Eui Kim
  • Publication number: 20210181677
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a holographic optical system structure and a holographic display method. In particular, disclosed herein are a holographic optical system and a holographic display method that can be efficiently applied when using a spatial light modulator (SLM). The holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to reproduce a hologram, and an optical system configured to perform Fourier transform with respect to the hologram of the SLM using a pair of first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being confocal. A Fourier plane which is a display reference image plane is positioned in the same plane space as the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Hyun Eui KIM
  • Patent number: 10747176
    Abstract: In the present invention, by providing a 3D holographic display system comprising a modulation apparatus configured to modulate light emitted from a light source into a light wave corresponding to a 3D image, an optical apparatus configured to propagate the light wave into the first plane, and a diffraction apparatus configured to multiplex the propagated light wave to extend viewing angle of the 3D holographic display, a limited viewing zone of the holographic display determined by the SLM pixel pitch, may be extended by optical methods, such as using diffractive optical elements (DOE) for spatial-division multiplexing (SDM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Hyun Eui Kim
  • Patent number: 10585393
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic display apparatus including a motor configured to synchronize with a hologram transmitted based on user's point of view and to rotate; a spatial light modulator configured to load hologram data generated based on the user's point of view in a fixed position state and to perform a light modulation; a mirror configured to provide the hologram which is light-modulated by the spatial light modulator according to the user's point of view during the rotation by rotation operation of the motor; and a hologram correction unit configured to compensate a rotation error between the fixed spatial light modulator and the rotating mirror and to provide a corrected hologram data to the spatial light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae One Kim, Hyun Eui Kim, Hyon Gon Choo, Jin Woong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20190204783
    Abstract: In the present invention, by providing a hologram displaying apparatus including a light source configured to emit input light, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the input light into diffracted light, and a plurality of noise filtering elements configured to remove optical noise components from the diffracted light modulated by the spatial light modulator, and display a hologram, an optical path of a light source for displaying the hologram can be drastically reduced while effectively performing spatial filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Hyun Eui KIM
  • Publication number: 20190072899
    Abstract: In the present invention, by providing a 3D holographic display system comprising a modulation apparatus configured to modulate light emitted from a light source into a light wave corresponding to a 3D image, an optical apparatus configured to propagate the light wave into the first plane, and a diffraction apparatus configured to multiplex the propagated light wave to extend viewing angle of the 3D holographic display, a limited viewing zone of the holographic display determined by the SLM pixel pitch, may be extended by optical methods, such as using diffractive optical elements (DOE) for spatial-division multiplexing (SDM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Hyun Eui KIM
  • Patent number: 10101707
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for correcting a distortion of a three-dimensional (3D) hologram, in which the method is performed by the apparatus and includes generating a sliced two-dimensional (2D) section of a hologram by slicing the hologram while performing translation in an optical axis direction, obtaining a sharp sliced image of the hologram from a sequence of images of generated sliced 2D sections using a focusing function of a camera, and analyzing a distortion of the obtained sliced image, and using such a method and apparatus may enable correction of a distortion of a 3D hologram independently from a display structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tae One Kim, Hyun Eui Kim, Jae Han Kim, Jin Woong Kim, Kyung Ae Moon, Jin Soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20180292785
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for displaying a hologram image based on pupil tracking, wherein a hologram image display apparatus includes a location determiner to determine a location of a user using a captured image of the user and a hologram information reconstructor to reconstruct first hologram information as second hologram information optimized for the location of the user to reproduce the hologram image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hyon Gon CHOO, Kyung Ae MOON, Min Sik PARK, Hyun Eui KIM, Jin Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20180216113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of reducing protein misfolding and/or aggregation in a cell. The present disclosure provides methods of treating diseases and disorders associated with protein misfolding and/or aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Dillin, Hyun-Eui Kim
  • Patent number: 9851693
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a distortion of a holographic display. The method includes tracking a location of a viewing window by tracking a location of a pupil of a user and calculating a central location of the viewing window, generating a wavefront aberration by determining an object point and an image point based on a location of a light source and the central location of the viewing window and using ray tracing, and calculating a complex aberration light field using the generated wavefront aberration. Thus, a quality of a holographically reproduced image in a viewing window-based holographic display may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min Sik Park, Hyun Eui Kim
  • Patent number: 9756317
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a holographic display apparatus including a light irradiating unit configured to irradiate light using an optical fiber array backlight, a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to perform modulating the irradiated light, a lens configured to irradiate hologram images based on the modulated light, a pupil tracking unit configured to acquire location of an observer's pupil by pupil tracking, and a hologram generating unit configured to generate parallax hologram images that correspond to the location of pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Eui Kim, Jin Woong Kim, Kyung Ae Moon, Min Sik Park
  • Publication number: 20170176933
    Abstract: A holographic display apparatus and method using a directional backlight unit (BLU) are provided. The holographic display apparatus may include a BLU configured to control light to be incident on a spatial light modulator (SLM) using a plurality of mirrors, and the SLM configured to modulate the incident light based on image information and to display a holographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Hyun Eui KIM, Tae One KIM
  • Publication number: 20170060088
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic display apparatus including a motor configured to synchronize with a hologram transmitted based on user's point of view and to rotate; a spatial light modulator configured to load hologram data generated based on the user's point of view in a fixed position state and to perform a light modulation; a mirror configured to provide the hologram which is light-modulated by the spatial light modulator according to the user's point of view during the rotation by rotation operation of the motor; and a hologram correction unit configured to compensate a rotation error between the fixed spatial light modulator and the rotating mirror and to provide a corrected hologram data to the spatial light modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae One KIM, Hyun Eui KIM, Hyon Gon CHOO, Jin Woong KIM, Jin Soo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160223987
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a distortion of a holographic display. The method includes tracking a location of a viewing window by tracking a location of a pupil of a user and calculating a central location of the viewing window, generating a wavefront aberration by determining an object point and an image point based on a location of a light source and the central location of the viewing window and using ray tracing, and calculating a complex aberration light field using the generated wavefront aberration. Thus, a quality of a holographically reproduced image in a viewing window-based holographic display may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Min Sik PARK, Hyun Eui KIM