Patents by Inventor Jae Gon Kim

Jae Gon 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).

  • Photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 9848128
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a first camera module among a plurality of camera modules, a second buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a second camera module among the plurality of camera modules, a display configured to display an image generated by the first camera module as a live image, and a controller configured to analyze the images stored in the first buffer and the second buffer using at least one of image information of each image stored in the first buffer and the second buffer and photographing information of the plurality of camera modules, and in response to an event occurring in at least one of the plurality of images stored in the second buffer, to control the display to provide a state notification service on the second camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-hee Lee, Kyoung-hwan Moon, Kwon-jeong Kang, Hee-chul Han, Jae-gon Kim
  • Video encoding and decoding methods and device using same
    Patent number: 9843803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to video encoding/decoding methods and device, wherein the video encoding method according to the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring information of peripheral blocks; setting the information about a current block based on the information of the peripheral blocks; and encoding the current block based on the set information, wherein the current block and the peripheral blocks may be a CU (coding unit).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Jae Gon Kim, Sang Yong Lee
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HAND GESTURE COMMAND FOR MEDIA-CENTRIC WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170336874
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for processing a hand gesture command for a media-centric wearable electronic device in an Internet of Media Things and Wearables (IoMTW) system. The processing method according to an embodiment includes acquiring a hand image of a user, distinguishing a background area and a hand area in the acquired hand image, detecting a hand shape using the distinguished hand area and generating hand contour information describing the detected hand shape, detecting a hand movement path based on a change of the distinguished hand area over time and generating hand trajectory information describing the detected hand movement path, and recognizing a hand gesture of the user using the hand contour information and the hand trajectory information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: INSIGNAL Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Sung Moon CHUN, Hyun Chul KO, Jae Gon KIM, An Na YANG
  • Method for remediating contaminated soil using microorganism strain having ability to produce urease
    Patent number: 9821354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of remediating contaminated soil with heavy metal using a microorganism of Sporosarcina sp. Contaminated soil is inoculated with the Sporosarcina sp. KM-01 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-01) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, the Sporosarcina sp. KM-07 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-07) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 2, and the Sporosarcina sp. KM-12 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-12) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 3. The strains are capable of producing urease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES (KIGAM)
    Inventors: In Hyun Nam, Jae Gon Kim, Chul-Min Chon, Min-Jeong Park
  • SMART GLASSES, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HAND GESTURE COMMAND THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170329409
    Abstract: Smart glasses, and a system and method for processing a hand gesture command using the smart glasses. According to an exemplary embodiment, the system includes smart glasses to capture a series of images including a hand gesture of a user and represent and transmit a hand image, included in each of the series of images, as hand representation data that is represented in a predetermined format of metadata; and a gesture recognition apparatus to recognize the hand gesture of a user by using the hand representation data of the series of images received from the smart glasses, and generate and transmit a gesture command corresponding to the recognized hand gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicants: INSIGNAL Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Sung Moon CHUN, Hyun Chul KO, Jae Gon KIM
  • Apparatus for encoding and decoding image using adaptive DCT coefficient scanning based on pixel similarity and method therefor
    Patent number: 9819942
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Research Institute For Industry Cooperation, Industry-Academic Cooperation Group of Sejong University
    Inventors: Se-Yoon Jeong, Hae-Chul Choi, Jeong-Il Seo, Seung-Kwon Beack, In-Seon Jang, Jae-Gon Kim, Kyung-Ae Moon, Dae-Young Jang, Jin-Woo Hong, Jin-Woong Kim, Yung-Lyul Lee, Dong-Gyu Sim, Seoung-Jun Oh, Chang-Beom Ahn, Dae-Yeon Kim, Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Image photographing apparatus and image photographing method for generating a synthesis image from a plurality of images
    Patent number: 9813615
    Abstract: An image photographing apparatus and an image photographing method are provided. The image photographing apparatus includes: a plurality of image capturers respectively comprising lenses having different focal distances and respectively configured to capture a plurality of images having different resolutions; a storage configured to store the plurality of images captured by the plurality of image capturers; an image processor configured to adjust properties of the plurality of images to correspond to each other; a controller configured to, in response to a magnification change command being input, control the image processor to synthesize the plurality of images of which the properties are adjusted and generate a synthesis image of a magnification changed according to the magnification change command; and a display configured to display the synthesis image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-hee Lee, Jae-gon Kim, Stepan Tuliakov, Sung-ho Lee, Seung-ryong Jeon, Kyoung-young Kim, Hyun-seok Hong, Hee-chul Han
  • Apparatus for encoding and decoding image using adaptive DCT coefficient scanning based on pixel similarity and method therefor
    Patent number: 9736484
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Research Institute For Industry Cooperation, Industry-Academia Cooperation Group of Sejong University
    Inventors: Se-Yoon Jeong, Hae-Chul Choi, Jeong-Il Seo, Seung-Kwon Beack, In-Seon Jang, Jae-Gon Kim, Kyung-Ae Moon, Dae-Young Jang, Jin-Woo Hong, Jin-Woong Kim, Yung-Lyul Lee, Dong-Gyu Sim, Seoung-Jun Oh, Chang-Beom Ahn, Dae-Yeon Kim, Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Method for service compatibility-type transmitting in digital broadcast
    Patent number: 9635344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making 3D stereo digital broadcast service compatible in an MPEG-2-TS format which is used for transmitting and receiving digital TV. To this end, suggested is a method for transmitting detailed information which supports both TS-level multiplexing and ES-level multiplexing when left and right compressed bitstreams are multiplexed, when service compatibility is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Byeong Ho Choi, Hwa Seon Shin, Jae Gon Kim, Byung Tak Lee, Euy Doc Jang
  • METHOD OF RESTORING ARSENIC-CONTAMINATED SOIL USING ALKALINE-ULTRASONIC WASHING AND MAGNETIC SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20170100723
    Abstract: Provided is a method of restoring arsenic-contaminated soil. In the present invention, arsenic may be easily separated from soil particles by washing the arsenic-contaminated soil by using a basic solution and simultaneously irradiating the soil with ultrasonic waves. Also, since iron oxide and manganese oxide are exposed to the basic solution by dissolving a portion of the surface of a silicate mineral using the basic solution, a residual form of arsenic may be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Gon Kim, Chul Min Chon, In Hyun Nam, Jung Hwa Lee, Yong Chan Cho, Dong Hyun Seok
  • PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170054911
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a first camera module among a plurality of camera modules, a second buffer configured to store a plurality of images generated by a second camera module among the plurality of camera modules, a display configured to display an image generated by the first camera module as a live image, and a controller configured to analyze the images stored in the first buffer and the second buffer using at least one of image information of each image stored in the first buffer and the second buffer and photographing information of the plurality of camera modules, and in response to an event occurring in at least one of the plurality of images stored in the second buffer, to control the display to provide a state notification service on the second camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tae-hee LEE, Kyoung-hwan MOON, Kwon-jeong KANG, Hee-chul HAN, Jae-gon KIM
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STREAMING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170041371
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of media content are provided. The media content may include a sequence of one or more periods. The metadata may include a start time attribute and/or a duration attribute of each of the periods. The metadata may determine a start time of each of the periods, and a start time of each of segments included in each of the periods. A terminal may access segments included in each of the periods, may decode and render data of media content included in the segments, and may play back the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Truong Cong THANG, Jin Young LEE, Seong Jun BAE, Jung Won KANG, Soon Heung JUNG, Sang Taick PARK, Won RYU, Jae Gon KIM
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STREAMING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170026451
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata may include one or more BaseURL elements. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of segments forming media may be generated based on the BaseURL elements. Additionally, a URL of a segment may be generated by mapping a BaseURL element among the BaseURL elements to a sourceURL attribute of the segment. Segments indicated by generated URLs may be identical to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Truong Cong THANG, Jin Young LEE, Seong Jun BAE, Jung Won KANG, Soon Heung JUNG, Sang Taick PARK, Won RYU, Jae Gon KIM
  • METHOD FOR REMEDIATING CONTAMINATED SOIL USING MICROORGANISM STRAIN HAVING ABILITY TO PRODUCE UREASE
    Publication number: 20170008052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of remediating contaminated soil with heavy metal using a microorganism of Sporosarcina sp. Contaminated soil is inoculated with the Sporosarcina sp. KM-01 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-01) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, the Sporosarcina sp. KM-07 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-07) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 2, and the Sporosarcina sp. KM-12 (Sporosarcina pasteurii KM-12) strain includes a base sequence of SEQ ID NO. 3. The strains are capable of producing urease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: In Hyun NAM, Jae Gon KIM, Chul-Min CHON, Min-Jeong PARK
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160381289
    Abstract: A digital photographing apparatus includes: a first camera configured to acquire a wide-angle image including a main subject, a second camera configured to capture a telephoto image having the main subject zoomed in with respect to the wide-angle image; and a processor configured to acquire motion information of the main subject based on the wide-angle image and the telephoto image and configured to determine one of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image as a main image based on the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-gon KIM, Sang-hyeon LIM, Seung-ryong JEON
  • METHOD FOR INDUCING PREDICTION MOTION VECTOR AND APPARATUSES USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160366436
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Hui Yong KIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM, Jae Gon KIM, Sang Yong LEE, Un Ki PARK
  • METHOD FOR INDUCING PREDICTION MOTION VECTOR AND APPARATUSES USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160360229
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Hui Yong KIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM, Jae Gon KIM, Sang Yong LEE, Un Ki PARK
  • Apparatus and method for providing streaming content
    Patent number: 9467493
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata may include one or more BaseURL elements. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of segments forming media may be generated based on the BaseURL elements. Additionally, a URL of a segment may be generated by mapping a BaseURL element among the BaseURL elements to a sourceURL attribute of the segment. Segments indicated by generated URLs may be identical to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Truong Cong Thang, Jin Young Lee, Seong Jun Bae, Jung Won Kang, Soon Heung Jung, Sang Taick Park, Won Ryu, Jae Gon Kim
  • Particle separation apparatus
    Patent number: 9457356
    Abstract: Provided is a particle separation apparatus. The particle separation apparatus for separating soil by particle size in a wet-type separation manner includes a body unit providing a space in which a mixture of the soil and water is received to flow vertically, a screen unit coupled to the inside of the body unit to separate the soil by the particle size from the mixture that flows vertically, and a space adjustment unit coupled to a lower portion of the body unit to cover the lower portion of the body unit, the space adjustment unit adjusting a volume of a lower space of the body unit to allow the mixture to repeatedly flow in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Yong Chan Cho, Jae Gon Kim, Jung Hwa Lee, In Hyun Nam, Chul Min Chon
  • Method for inducing prediction motion vector and apparatuses using same
    Patent number: 9451281
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Jae Gon Kim, Sang Yong Lee, Un Ki Park