Patents by Inventor Jeyeon KIM
Jeyeon 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).
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Patent number: 12363458Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of sensing pixels each configured to convert a received light signal into an electrical signal; a readout circuit configured to convert the electrical signals into image data and output the image data; and a bad pixel correction circuit configured to: input, to a neural network, first input data comprising a first cluster bad pixel of the image data in a first direction to generate a first corrected pixel data, and flip second input data comprising a second cluster bad pixel of the image data in a second direction to generate third input data, and input, to the neural network, the third input data to generate a second corrected pixel data.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyubeom Edward Im, Yohan Roh, Youngil Seo, Hansol Lee, Kyeongjong Lim, Jeyeon Kim, Yeolmin Seong, Yongjoon Song, Jeisung Lee
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Patent number: 12225303Abstract: A method of operating a dynamic vision sensor system includes: obtaining event signals from a plurality of dynamic vision sensor pixels over a predetermined time period, wherein the event signals correspond to a measured change in light; obtaining original image data based on the event signals output by the plurality of DVS pixels and including a plurality of image pixels, wherein the plurality of image pixels respectively correspond to the plurality of dynamic vision sensor pixels; obtaining binary image data by binarizing pixel values of the plurality of image pixels; defining a plurality of pixel groups from the plurality of image pixels in the binary image data; and selecting a plurality of effective groups from among the plurality of pixel groups that represent the movement of an object.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU {INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Whoiyul Kim, Jeyeon Kim, Minsu Kim
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Publication number: 20240163578Abstract: An image signal processor, an image sensor, and an operating method of the image sensor are provided. The image sensor may include a pixel array including a plurality of sensing pixels each configured to convert a received light signal into an electrical signal, a readout circuit configured to convert the electrical signals into image data and output the image data, and an image signal processor configured to correct bad pixels occurring in a first pixel group of the image data, based on a neural network, encode position information representing a position of at least one bad pixel of the bad pixels to generate position data, and provide the position data to a first middle layer of a plurality of layers included in the neural network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohan Roh, Jeyeon Kim, Yeolmin Seong, Yongjoon Song, Chanwoo Ahn, Jeisung Lee
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Publication number: 20240147090Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of sensing pixels each configured to convert a received light signal into an electrical signal; a readout circuit configured to convert the electrical signals into image data and output the image data; and a bad pixel correction circuit configured to: input, to a neural network, first input data comprising a first cluster bad pixel of the image data in a first direction to generate a first corrected pixel data, and flip second input data comprising a second cluster bad pixel of the image data in a second direction to generate third input data, and input, to the neural network, the third input data to generate a second corrected pixel data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyubeom Edward Im, Yohan Roh, Youngil Seo, Hansol Lee, Kyeongjong Lim, Jeyeon Kim, Yeolmin Seong, Yongjoon Song, Jeisung Lee
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Publication number: 20230370731Abstract: A method of processing image data includes: receiving image data from a color filter array including N×N same color pixels; converting first pixel data in an N×N array into second pixel data in an (N?L)×(N?M) array, wherein the first pixel data is output from the N×N same color pixels; and generating third pixel data in the N×N array by performing reconstruction on the second pixel data, wherein each of “L” and “M” is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than N, and “N” is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Sunyoung YOO, Jeyeon KIM, Seongwook SONG, Gyeongsung YOU
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Publication number: 20230156355Abstract: A method of operating a dynamic vision sensor system includes: obtaining event signals from a plurality of dynamic vision sensor pixels over a predetermined time period, wherein the event signals correspond to a measured change in light; obtaining original image data based on the event signals output by the plurality of DVS pixels and including a plurality of image pixels, wherein the plurality of image pixels respectively correspond to the plurality of dynamic vision sensor pixels; obtaining binary image data by binarizing pixel values of the plurality of image pixels; defining a plurality of pixel groups from the plurality of image pixels in the binary image data; and selecting a plurality of effective groups from among the plurality of pixel groups that represent the movement of an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Whoiyul Kim, Jeyeon Kim, Minsu Kim
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Patent number: 10354151Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting obstacle around a vehicle. The method of detecting an obstacle around a vehicle, includes: acquiring an image of the obstacle around the vehicle using a monocular camera; creating, by a controller, a distance based cost map, a color based cost map and an edge based cost map from the image; and integrating, by the controller, the distance based cost map, the color based cost map, and the edge based cost map to create a final cost map, and estimating, by the controller, a height of the obstacle from the final cost map.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Sung Won Yoon, Jeyeon Kim, Hoon Jo, Ho Gi Jung, Jae Kyu Suhr
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Publication number: 20180307922Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting obstacle around a vehicle. The method of detecting an obstacle around a vehicle, includes: acquiring an image of the obstacle around the vehicle using a monocular camera; creating, by a controller, a distance based cost map, a color based cost map and an edge based cost map from the image; and integrating, by the controller, the distance based cost map, the color based cost map, and the edge based cost map to create a final cost map, and estimating, by the controller, a height of the obstacle from the final cost map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sung Won YOON, Jeyeon KIM, Hoon JO, Ho Gi JUNG, Jae Kyu SUHR