Patents by Inventor Ji-Hee Han

Ji-Hee Han 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: 20240163562
    Abstract: An ambient light intensity is measured without a dedicated light intensity sensor and is determined instead using only an image sensor, image data from the image sensor, the luminance values obtained from the image data image sensor setup conditions, and determining when a setup condition sensor is changed or needs to be changed because of ambient brightness in the vicinity of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20240155245
    Abstract: A device performs ambient light sensing using an image sensor. The device includes an image sensor and a receiver configured to receive image data from the image sensor. The device also includes a luminance calculator configured to calculate a code corresponding to the luminance value of the image data based on the image data. The device further includes an image sensor controller configured to change the setup condition of the image sensor in response to the code having a minimum value or a maximum value, among values capable of being assumed by the code. The device additionally includes a brightness measurer configured to output a brightness value in the vicinity of the image sensor, which is identified using the changed setup condition and the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20240153075
    Abstract: The electronic device for recommending an AI-based melanoma biopsy site according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a processor which classifies a skin image that is input by using a classification model as melanoma or nevus, identifies melanoma features in the skin image by using a generation model when the skin image is classified as melanoma to generate an image from which the melanoma features are removed, and compares the skin image with the generated image to identify at least one candidate biopsy site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ju Hee HAN, Ji Ho PARK, Young-Min PARK, Ji-Hyun LEE, Chul Hwan BANG, Woo Hyup LEE, Jeong Wook MOON
  • Publication number: 20240144645
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing system and a disparity calculation method. An image processing device included in the image processing system includes a preprocessor configured to determine an effective range of a focal length of an image sensor based on first disparities measured at a plurality of focal lengths of an object having a fixed position from the image sensor, and determine a representative value of equivalent aperture values for the image sensor corresponding to the effective range based on the first disparities. The image processing device also includes a disparity calculator configured to calculate a second disparity of the target object within the effective range based on the focal length, a first distance, a second distance, and the representative value of the equivalent aperture values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Hee HAN, Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240120501
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode slurry for a fuel cell capable of forming a multilayer structure without an interface using a first support and a second support having different mesopore fractions and densities, a multilayer electrode structure using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The electrode slurry for a fuel cell includes a first catalyst including a first support on which a first metal is supported, a second catalyst including a second support on which a second metal is supported, an ionomer, and a solvent, the first support and the second support having different mesopore fractions and densities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Yang, Geon Hee Cho, Kook Il Han, Yoon Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20240103675
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including emissive devices disposed in a display area, signal lines disposed in a non-display area, first touch electrodes disposed in the display area, the first touch electrodes being arranged in a first direction, second touch electrodes disposed in the display area while being arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, touch routing lines disposed in the non-display area, the touch routing lines being electrically connected to the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes, wherein the display area includes a first region including touch blocks surrounded by lines dividing the first touch electrodes into halves in the second direction and lines dividing the second touch electrodes into halves in the first direction and a second region provided so as to surround the first region, the touch blocks being disposed spaced apart from each other in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Bum Hee Han, Jong Moo Ha, Ji Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20240087501
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having first resolution and a second display area having second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and a controller configured to generate display area information of each of the plurality of pixels, to blur an image that is displayed in the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform control such that the blurred image is displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hee BAE, Bo Sung KIM, Jun Hun PARK, Ji Hong YUK, Sung Woo HAN, Ji Hoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240081104
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate and including a first opening, a light emitting structure disposed in the first opening of the pixel defining layer, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting structure, a touch electrode disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, an insulating pattern disposed on the touch electrode and including a second opening which overlaps the first opening, and a high refractive layer disposed on the insulating pattern, the high refractive layer including a plurality of grid patterns disposed on a top surface of the high refractive layer, and a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the insulating pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Su BYUN, Sang Hyun LEE, Sae Hee HAN, Ji-Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240071262
    Abstract: An electronic price indicator according to an embodiment includes a display displaying product information, an NFC module configured to communicate with a user terminal, a Bluetooth module configured to communicate with the user terminal, and a processor configured to control the display to display the product information received from the user terminal through the Bluetooth module. The processor is further configured to release a sleep mode when receiving an interrupt from the user terminal through the NFC module, and perform Bluetooth communication with the user terminal by initiating a scan for a predetermined period of time to receive an advertising signal from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Gun HEO, Chung Hee LEE, Do Sang KWON, Woo Seok HAN, Chan LEE, Ji Hoon KIM, Bo II SEO
  • Patent number: 11889241
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device and an operating method thereof. The image sensing device may include an analyzer suitable for analyzing a state of each of multiple kernels based on system information and a plurality of pixel values, a detector suitable for detecting color noise of a target pixel value among pixel values included in a target kernel among the multiple kernels, according to the analysis result of the analyzer, and a corrector suitable for correcting the target pixel value according to the detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20230353884
    Abstract: An image processing device comprises a data group generator, a gradient value manager, and a cost volume manager. The data group generator is configured to receive pixel values of an image that include phase and brightness information, and determine data groups indicating disparity of the image based on target pixel values, where the data groups correspond to a range that is determined according to the phase information. The gradient value manager is configured to determine gradient values of a region corresponding to the target pixel values and determine gradient information. The gradient information is determined by applying threshold values to the gradient values, where the threshold values are determined according to the target pixel values. The cost volume manager is configured to determine a cost volume by weighted summing the data groups based on the gradient information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ji Hee HAN, Jong Heon KIM, Ju Hyun CHO
  • Publication number: 20230345139
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processor and an image processing system including the same, and the image processor includes: a first processing module for generating an actual output image obtained by correcting first values of first phase detection pixels based on an actual input image corresponding to first normal pixels and the first phase detection pixels arranged in a first pattern; a second processing module for calculating inverse gain values between the actual input image and the actual output image; and a third processing module for generating a virtual input image based on the actual output image and the inverse gain values, the virtual input image corresponding to second normal pixels and second phase detection pixels arranged in a second pattern, wherein the first processing module further generates a virtual output image obtained by correcting second values of the second phase detection pixels on the basis of the virtual input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20230300484
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing system including a first sub-pixel array having an arrangement of K×K pixels, where “K” is a natural number greater than 4, wherein the first sub-pixel array includes: first pixels disposed in a first diagonal direction and each having a green filter; second pixels disposed in a second diagonal direction that intersects the first diagonal direction and each having a red filter, and third pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having a blue filter; and fourth pixels each having a white filter and disposed at the other positions except for arrangement positions of the first to third pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions, and fifth pixels suitable for measuring depth information, and the fourth pixels and the fifth pixels are disposed in a first pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Su Ram CHA, Ji Hee HAN
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230109055
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor including normal pixels and phase detection pixels; and a processor for detecting a noise region in a flare region included in a normal image generated based on a plurality of pixel values sensed through the normal pixels and the phase detection pixels, and generating an output image including final pixel values obtained by correcting the pixel values, using peripheral pixel values of each of pixel values included in the noise region,
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20220405890
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is coupled to a plurality of image capturing devices. The image processing apparatus reduces a noise in an epi-polar image while generating a three-dimensional image from a multi view image. The image processing apparatus divides the multi view image into a flat region and a non-flat region, generates the epi-polar image from the multi view image, replaces an epi-polar line in the epi-polar image corresponding to the flat region with an average pixel value of the multi-view image, and replaces an epi-polar line in the epi-polar image corresponding to the non-flat region with a pixel value of a center-view image obtained from a centrally located image capturing device among the plurality of image capturing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • 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: 20220345674
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device and an operating method thereof. The image sensing device may include an analyzer suitable for analyzing a state of each of multiple kernels based on system information and a plurality of pixel values, a detector suitable for detecting color noise of a target pixel value among pixel values included in a target kernel among the multiple kernels, according to the analysis result of the analyzer, and a corrector suitable for correcting the target pixel value according to the detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Ji Hee HAN
  • Patent number: 11394880
    Abstract: An edge-based sharpness strength control circuit include a first edge determination unit suitable for determining each of multiple regions in a pixel array to be an edge region having edge information on pixel data of the corresponding region or a flat region having flat information on pixel data of the corresponding region, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a second edge determination unit suitable for determining each edge region to be a step edge region having directional information within the corresponding edge region or a texture edge region having non-directional information within the corresponding edge region; and a noise removing unit suitable for removing noise from each step edge region using a first filter and for removing noise from each texture edge region using a second filter having a different gain than that of the first filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Hee Han