Patents by Inventor Jeong-yong SONG

Jeong-yong SONG 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: 20240320788
    Abstract: An image signal processor and an image signal processing method are disclosed. The image signal processor includes a stripe pattern determiner configured to calculate a gradient index for each of a plurality of directions in a target kernel and determine whether the target kernel corresponds to a stripe pattern based on the gradient index for each of the plurality of directions, a pattern direction determiner configured to determine a pattern direction of the target kernel when the target kernel corresponds to the stripe pattern, and a demosaicing component configured to perform an interpolation operation based on the pattern direction of the target kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Gyun KIM, Jeong Yong SONG, Jae Yoon YOO
  • Patent number: 12070356
    Abstract: A medical image transmitting method includes obtaining a medical image generated by imaging an object; performing a first determination to determine whether the object has an abnormality, based on the medical image; performing a second determination to determine, based on the first determination, whether to transmit at least one assistance image associated with the medical image; and when the object has no abnormalities, transmitting, to an external apparatus, the medical image, thereby minimizing a data processing amount and a data transmission amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-hwa Oh, Dong-jae Lee, Se-min Kim, Jeong-yong Song, Hyun-jung Lee
  • Publication number: 20240249382
    Abstract: An image processing device, and a pixel interpolation method, includes a preprocessor configured to generate a region of interest having a preset size based on pixel values received from an image sensor including white pixels and configured to determine an interpolation direction in the region of interest. The image processing device and interpolation method also includes a pixel interpolator configured to determine a second target pixel corresponding to the interpolation direction based on a first target pixel included in the region of interest and configured to calculate an interpolated white pixel value of the first target pixel based on a ratio of pixel values of adjacent white pixels adjacent to the first target pixel and the second target pixel to pixel values corresponding to a color of the first target pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Gyun KIM, Jeong Yong SONG, Jae Yoon YOO, Bo Ra LEE
  • Patent number: 12029614
    Abstract: A medical image transmitting method includes obtaining a medical image generated by imaging an object; performing a first determination to determine whether the object has an abnormality, based on the medical image; performing a second determination to determine, based on the first determination, whether to transmit at least one assistance image associated with the medical image; and when the object has no abnormalities, transmitting, to an external apparatus, the medical image, thereby minimizing a data processing amount and a data transmission amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-hwa Oh, Dong-jae Lee, Se-min Kim, Jeong-yong Song, Hyun-jung Lee
  • Patent number: 12008789
    Abstract: Provided herein may be an image sensing device and a method of operating the same. An image sensing device may include an image sensor obtaining an image using a plurality of pixels, and an image processor configured to use pixel values included in a region of interest included in the image to generate a gain table including gain table values corresponding to a first resolution, convert the gain table into a target table including target table values corresponding to a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, and cancel noise included in the image based on the target table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong Song, Jae Yoon Yoo, Ji Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20240129641
    Abstract: An image processing device including: a gain value manager for generating white gain values corresponding to a plurality of positions, based on a sensing result of a predetermined white image; a target pixel manager for detecting saturated pixels, based on pixel values received from an external device, and determining target pixels as saturated white pixels of which each have a pixel value that indicates that the saturated white pixel is saturated, based on peripheral pixels of the saturated white pixels among the detected saturated pixels; and a target pixel corrector for changing pixel values of the target pixels, based on the white gain values and pixel values of the peripheral pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong SONG, Dong Gyun KIM, Jae Yoon YOO, Bo Ra LEE
  • Patent number: 11843863
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for generating a panorama image. The apparatus includes: a Region Of Interest (ROI) selecting block for receiving a plurality of images, and outputting ROI images by selecting an ROI of each of the plurality of images; a High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing block for performing HDR processing on the ROI images; and a panorama image generating block for generating a panorama image by stitching the plurality of images using a matching coordinate of the ROI images on which the HDR processing is performed. The HDR processing block performs the HDR processing on the panorama image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong Yong Song
  • Patent number: 11736812
    Abstract: Provided herein may be an image sensing device and a method of operating the same. The image sensing device may include an image sensor configured to acquire an image including a plurality of pixel values, a memory configured to store reference gain values of each of a plurality of block areas included in the image, and an image processor configured to calculate gain values included in each of the plurality of block areas using the reference gain values and to output a correction image in which the reference gain values and the gain values are applied to the plurality of pixel values, wherein the block areas include a first block area and a second block area having a shorter distance from a center of the image than the first block area and having a size greater than that of the first block area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Hee Han, Jeong Yong Song, Jae Yoon Yoo
  • Patent number: 11589831
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an X-ray apparatus for acquiring a medical image, and a method of using said X-ray apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: acquiring an original radiation image of a target object and capturing condition information of the object; acquiring a scatter radiation image related to the original radiation image by inputting the original radiation image and the capturing condition information to a learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation; and acquiring a scatter radiation-processed medical image from the original radiation image on the basis of the original radiation image and the scatter radiation image, wherein the learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation is a learning network model taught using a plurality of scatter radiation images and a plurality of pieces of capturing condition information related to each of the plurality of scatter radiation images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong Song, Byeong Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20220398777
    Abstract: Provided herein may be an image sensing device and a method of operating the same. An image sensing device may include an image sensor obtaining an image using a plurality of pixels, and an image processor configured to use pixel values included in a region of interest included in the image to generate a gain table including gain table values corresponding to a first resolution, convert the gain table into a target table including target table values corresponding to a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, and cancel noise included in the image based on the target table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jeong Yong SONG, Jae Yoon YOO, Ji Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20220360722
    Abstract: Provided herein may be an image sensing device and a method of operating the same. The image sensing device may include an image sensor configured to acquire an image including a plurality of pixel values, a memory configured to store reference gain values of each of a plurality of block areas included in the image, and an image processor configured to calculate gain values included in each of the plurality of block areas using the reference gain values and to output a correction image in which the reference gain values and the gain values are applied to the plurality of pixel values, wherein the block areas include a first block area and a second block area having a shorter distance from a center of the image than the first block area and having a size greater than that of the first block area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Hee HAN, Jeong Yong SONG, Jae Yoon YOO
  • Publication number: 20220294984
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for generating a panorama image. The apparatus includes: a Region Of Interest (ROI) selecting block for receiving a plurality of images, and outputting ROI images by selecting an ROI of each of the plurality of images; a High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing block for performing HDR processing on the ROI images; and a panorama image generating block for generating a panorama image by stitching the plurality of images using a matching coordinate of the ROI images on which the HDR processing is performed. The HDR processing block performs the HDR processing on the panorama image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Jeong Yong SONG
  • Patent number: 11083421
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of acquiring a medical image of an X-ray apparatus, including: acquiring an original radiation image of a target object and capturing condition information of the object; acquiring a scatter radiation image related to the original radiation image by inputting the original radiation image and the capturing condition information to a learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation; and acquiring a scatter radiation-processed medical image from the original radiation image on the basis of the original radiation image and the scatter radiation image, wherein the learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation is a learning network model taught using a plurality of scatter radiation images and a plurality of pieces of capturing condition information related to each of the plurality of scatter radiation images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong Song, Byeong Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20210212641
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of acquiring a medical image of an X-ray apparatus, including: acquiring an original radiation image of a target object and capturing condition information of the object; acquiring a scatter radiation image related to the original radiation image by inputting the original radiation image and the capturing condition information to a learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation; and acquiring a scatter radiation-processed medical image from the original radiation image on the basis of the original radiation image and the scatter radiation image, wherein the learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation is a learning network model taught using a plurality of scatter radiation images and a plurality of pieces of capturing condition information related to each of the plurality of scatter radiation images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong SONG, Byeong Won LEE
  • Patent number: 10542949
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus performs image processing on an image of an object photographed by using a camera, and uses the image-processed image as an image marker in an X-ray image. A display is configured to display the X-ray image and the image marker on the region of the X-ray image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-won Lee, Jeong-yong Song, Do-kwan Oh, Hyun-hwa Oh, Choong-hwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20190130565
    Abstract: A device and a method for medical image processing are provided. The medical image processing method may include: obtaining a plurality of actual medical images corresponding to a plurality of patients and including lesions; training a deep neural network (DNN), based on the plurality of actual medical images, to obtain a first neural network for predicting a variation in a lesion over time, the lesion being included in a first medical image of the plurality of actual medical images, wherein the first medical image is obtained at a first time point; and obtaining, via the first neural network, a second medical image representing a state of the lesion at a second time point different from the first time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-jae LEE, Hyun-hwa OH, Se-min KIM, Jeong-yong SONG, Hyun-Jung LEE
  • Publication number: 20190125306
    Abstract: A medical image transmitting method includes obtaining a medical image generated by imaging an object; performing a first determination to determine whether the object has an abnormality, based on the medical image; performing a second determination to determine, based on the first determination, whether to transmit at least one assistance image associated with the medical image; and when the object has no abnormalities, transmitting, to an external apparatus, the medical image, thereby minimizing a data processing amount and a data transmission amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-hwa OH, Dong-jae LEE, Se-min KIM, Jeong-yong SONG, Hyun-jung LEE
  • Publication number: 20190110768
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus performs image processing on an image of an object photographed by using a camera, and uses the image-processed image as an image marker in an X-ray image. A display is configured to display the X-ray image and the image marker on the region of the X-ray image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-won LEE, Jeong-yong SONG, Do-kwan OH, Hyun-hwa OH, Choong-hwan CHOI
  • Patent number: 10172578
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus performs image processing on an image of an object photographed by using a camera, and uses the image-processed image as an image marker in an X-ray image. A display is configured to display the X-ray image and the image marker on the region of the X-ray image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-won Lee, Jeong-yong Song, Do-kwan Oh, Hyun-hwa Oh, Choong-Hwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20180146935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of acquiring a medical image of an X-ray apparatus, including: acquiring an original radiation image of a target object and capturing condition information of the object; acquiring a scatter radiation image related to the original radiation image by inputting the original radiation image and the capturing condition information to a learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation; and acquiring a scatter radiation-processed medical image from the original radiation image on the basis of the original radiation image and the scatter radiation image, wherein the learning network model configured to estimate scatter radiation is a learning network model taught using a plurality of scatter radiation images and a plurality of pieces of capturing condition information related to each of the plurality of scatter radiation images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong SONG, Byeong Won LEE