Patents by Inventor Jeong Eun Lim

Jeong Eun Lim 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: 20230188679
    Abstract: An image transmission method performed by instructions in an image transmission device including a processor and a memory storing the instructions executable by the processor includes, receiving a video, recognizing an object from the received video, generating metadata of the recognized object, calculating a score of the recognized object using the generated metadata; selecting the recognized object as a main object when the score exceeds a reference value, transmitting the metadata on the selected main object, and transmitting one of an image frame including the main object in the video and a best shot cropped from the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: HANWHAT TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Eun LIM, Jin Ook Hur, Seung In Noh
  • Patent number: 11086933
    Abstract: An event search device includes: a first communication unit configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames of a surveillance area generated in response to an occurrence of an event; and metadata including time information of the occurrence of the event and location information of an event in the image frames; a user interface configured to receive a search condition for searching for the event, the search condition including an event search area; a screen unit configured to display the event search area on the image frames; and a control unit configured to search for an event satisfying the search condition within the event search area by using the metadata, wherein at least one of a location, a size, and a shape of the event search area is defined through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Se Mi Jang, Jeong Eun Lim, Seung In Noh
  • Publication number: 20190146996
    Abstract: An event search device includes: a first communication unit configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames of a surveillance area generated in response to an occurrence of an event; and metadata including time information of the occurrence of the event and location information of an event in the image frames; a user interface configured to receive a search condition for searching for the event, the search condition including an event search area; a screen unit configured to display the event search area on the image frames; and a control unit configured to search for an event satisfying the search condition within the event search area by using the metadata, wherein at least one of a location, a size, and a shape of the event search area is defined through the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Se Mi JANG, Jeong Eun LIM, Seung In NOH
  • Patent number: 10282620
    Abstract: A system and method for providing surveillance data are provided. The system includes: a pattern learner configured to learn a time-based data pattern by analyzing at least one of image data of one or more images and sound data of sound obtained from a surveillance zone at a predetermined time or time period, and to generate an event model based on the time-based data pattern; and an event detector configured to detect at least one event by comparing the event model with a time-based data pattern of at least one of first image data of one or more first images and first sound data of first sound obtained from the surveillance zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung In Noh, Jeong Eun Lim, Seoung Seon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10262221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an event searching apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames obtained by photographing a surveillance region and metadata comprising time information of occurrence of an event and location information regarding a location of the occurrence of the event; a search map generator configured to generate a search map corresponding to the image frames and comprising a plurality of blocks; a time stamp setter configured to set at least one time stamp comprising the time information in at least one block, corresponding to the location information; a user interface configured to receive a search location as a search condition for an event search in the surveillance region; and an event searcher configured to search for and find a time stamp included in a block near the search location among the blocks, and perform event search using metadata regarding an image frame indicated by the found time stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Lim, Seung In Noh
  • Patent number: 10089746
    Abstract: Provided are a motion detection system and method. The motion detection system includes a pixel-based detector configured to compare a previous frame and a present frame to extract pixel constituting a first foreground region, a region-based detector configured to extract a second foreground region based on peripheral pixels of a pixel to be inspected, and a motion determiner configured to detect, as a final motion region among pixel groups of the first foreground region, a pixel group comprising pixels corresponding to the second foreground region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd., HANWHA LAND SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Min Baek, Jeong Eun Lim, Jik Han Jung, Ji Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180053064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an event searching apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to receive, from a camera, a plurality of image frames obtained by photographing a surveillance region and metadata comprising time information of occurrence of an event and location information regarding a location of the occurrence of the event; a search map generator configured to generate a search map corresponding to the image frames and comprising a plurality of blocks; a time stamp setter configured to set at least one time stamp comprising the time information in at least one block, corresponding to the location information; a user interface configured to receive a search location as a search condition for an event search in the surveillance region; and an event searcher configured to search for and find a time stamp included in a block near the search location among the blocks, and perform event search using metadata regarding an image frame indicated by the found time stamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Eun LIM, Seung In NOH
  • Publication number: 20180025231
    Abstract: A system and method for providing surveillance data are provided. The system includes: a pattern learner configured to learn a time-based data pattern by analyzing at least one of image data of one or more images and sound data of sound obtained from a surveillance zone at a predetermined time or time period, and to generate an event model based on the time-based data pattern; and an event detector configured to detect at least one event by comparing the event model with a time-based data pattern of at least one of first image data of one or more first images and first sound data of first sound obtained from the surveillance zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung In NOH, Jeong Eun LIM, Seoung Seon JEON
  • Patent number: 9792362
    Abstract: Provided is a video search system and method. The video search system includes: a search engine configured to extract video data matching a search condition from an original video; and a browsing engine configured to generate a summarized video based on the extracted video data, render a plurality of objects in the summarized video on a background model in an overlapping manner in an object appearing order in the original video, and display the rendered objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jun Park, Jeong Eun Lim, Ho Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 9779311
    Abstract: An integrated control system and method using a vehicle surveillance camera, the method including: receiving vehicle license plate number information obtained by analyzing an image captured using the vehicle surveillance camera, from the vehicle surveillance camera via a server; receiving time information and position information about when and where the captured image was generated, from the vehicle surveillance camera via the server; and constructing a database by referring to the vehicle license plate number information, the time information, and the position information received via the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin Lee, Jeong-Eun Lim, Sun-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 9781339
    Abstract: A person counting device generates a single panorama image by using a plurality of images respectively captured by a plurality of cameras, inserts an imaginary line to the single panorama image; and counts the number of persons that pass the imaginary line. To this end, identification numbers are allocated to respective persons in the plurality of images, the single panorama image including the imaginary line is restored to a plurality of images including same imaginary line information, the number of persons that pass a new imaginary line in each of the plurality of restored images is determined, and the number of duplicate-counted persons is ruled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Eun Lim, Seung-In Noh, Ha-Na Hong
  • Patent number: 9418320
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an object includes a filter for filtering a current input image and a background model generated based on a previous input image, a homography matrix estimation unit for estimating a homography matrix between the current input image and the background model, an image alignment unit for converting the background model by applying the homography matrix to a filtered background model and aligning a converted background model and a filtered current input image, and a foreground/background detection unit for detecting a foreground by comparing corresponding pixels between the converted background model and the filtered current input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-Kwon Chang, Jeong-Eun Lim, Soo-Wan Kim, Sun-Jung Kim, Kwang Moo Yi, Ki-Min Yun, Jin Young Choi
  • Patent number: 9286693
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormal movement. The apparatus includes a feature tracing unit configured to extract features of a moving object in an input image, trace a variation in position of the extracted features according to time, and ascertain trajectories of the extracted features; a topic online learning unit configured to classify the input image in units of documents which are bundles of the trajectories, and ascertain probability distribution states of topics, which constitute the classified document, by using an online learning method which is a probabilistic topic model; and a movement pattern online learning unit configured to learn a velocity and a direction for each of the ascertained topics, and learn a movement pattern by inferring a spatiotemporal correlation between the ascertained topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Young Joon Yoo, Ha Wook Jeong, Kwang Moo Yi, Jin Young Choi, Dong Jun Park, Jeong Eun Lim
  • Patent number: 9230176
    Abstract: A method of detecting camera tempering and a system therefor are provided. The method includes: performing at least one of following operations: (i) detecting a size of a foreground in an image, and determining whether a first condition, that the size exceeds a first reference value, is satisfied, (ii) detecting change of a sum of the largest pixel value differences among pixel value differences between adjacent pixels in selected horizontal lines of the image, according to time, and determining whether a second condition, that the change lasts for a predetermined time period, is satisfied, and (iii) adding up a plurality of global motion vectors with respect to a plurality of images, and determining whether a third condition, that a sum of the global motion vectors exceeds a second reference value, is satisfied; and determining occurrence of camera tempering if at least one of the corresponding conditions is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ji Choi, Jeong-Eun Lim, Il-Kwon Chang
  • Patent number: 9111359
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting motion are provided. The method includes: generating a time domain matrix including vectors corresponding to variation of pixel values as elements of the time domain matrix, of a video image including a plurality of frames; generating a motion matrix from which a low frequency area of the video image is removed by multiplying the time domain matrix by a low rank matrix; and generating a result image including a plurality of frames in which vectors, which are elements of the motion matrix, are included as variation of motion pixel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeong-eun Lim, Seung-in Noh, Ha-na Hong, In-so Kweon, Tae-hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 9076268
    Abstract: A method and a system for analyzing multi-channel images are provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of images through a plurality of channels, respectively; combining selected images among the plurality of images into a single image; and performing an image analysis with respect to: entirety of the combined image by treating the selected images as a single image; or each of the selected images in the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Ji Choi, Jeong-Eun Lim, Il-Kwon Chang
  • Publication number: 20150176807
    Abstract: A light source module, a backlight unit, a display apparatus, a television set, and an illumination apparatus are provided. The light source module includes: one or more light source units including a light emitting element emitting light when electricity is applied thereto; and an optical sheet disposed above the light source units and exhibiting bidirectional transmittance distribution function characteristics having first and second peaks at radiation angles less than 0° and greater than 0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu PARK, Young Sam PARK, Sung A CHOI, Jeong Eun LIM, Jin Mo KIM, Man Ki HONG, Tae Heon HAN, Churl Wung SHIN, Young Taek KIM, Dae Woon HONG, Young Geun JUN, Jung Kyu KOOK
  • Publication number: 20150146932
    Abstract: Provided are a motion detection system and method. The motion detection system includes a pixel-based detector configured to compare a previous frame and a present frame to extract pixel constituting a first foreground region, a region-based detector configured to extract a second foreground region based on peripheral pixels of a pixel to be inspected, and a motion determiner configured to detect, as a final motion region among pixel groups of the first foreground region, a pixel group comprising pixels corresponding to the second foreground region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Min BAEK, Jeong Eun LIM, Jik Han JUNG, Ji Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20150127626
    Abstract: Provided is a video search system and method. The video search system includes: a search engine configured to extract video data matching a search condition from an original video; and a browsing engine configured to generate a summarized video based on the extracted video data, render a plurality of objects in the summarized video on a background model in an overlapping manner in an object appearing order in the original video, and display the rendered objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Tachwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jun PARK, Jeong Eun LIM, Ho Jung LEE
  • Patent number: 8983121
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus such as a surveillance apparatus and method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an object detecting unit which detects a plurality of moving objects from at least one of two or more images obtained by photographing a surveillance area from two or more view points, respectively; a depth determination unit which determines depths of the moving objects based on the two or more images, wherein the depth determination unit determines the moving objects as different objects if the moving objects have different depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong-eun Lim