Patents by Inventor Jin Heo

Jin Heo 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: 20240155153
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding for refining predicted signals of intra prediction based on deep learning. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a refined intra predicted signal to improve video coding efficiency and video quality. The video coding method and the apparatus adaptively input a prediction block according to intra prediction of a current block, block information related to the current block, and neighboring reconstructed reference samples into a deep learning network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Hye Sun Jeong, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240155134
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using improved cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a first predictor of a current chroma block according to CCLM prediction, and additionally generate a second predictor of the current chroma block based on the neighboring pixels of the current chroma block in intra prediction of the current chroma block. The video coding method and the apparatus perform weighted combination on the first predictor and the second predictor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Byeung Woo Jeon, Bum Yoon Kim, Jee Hwan Lee, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240150681
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning agent composition for a substrate for a semiconductor device and a method for cleaning a substrate for a semiconductor device using the same. The cleaning agent composition contains a silicon-based compound represented by Formula 1 and an aprotic organic solvent with a dielectric constant of 10 or less, which can form a surface protective film capable of preventing collapse of the pattern even in a wet cleaning process of fine patterns with high aspect ratios, thereby providing a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with an improved semiconductor manufacturing yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hye Ji KIM, JinHo YOU, Hag Sung LEE, MyungHo LEE, Narae YIM, Yu jin HEO, Keon young KIM, Yun sun CHOI, Young mee KANG
  • Publication number: 20240155123
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus includes determining a splitting type of a current block, splitting the current block into a plurality of lower-layer blocks based on the splitting type, and decoding the lower-layer blocks. In this case, the current block may be a chroma block, and the determining the splitting type of the current block may be performed by disallowing a predetermined type, in which a width or height of the lower-layer blocks is a predetermined value, among a plurality of splitting types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Summi Yoo, Jungah Choi, Seung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11979608
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving a residual sample for the current block on the basis of the quantized transform coefficient; and generating a restoration picture on the basis of the residual sample for the current block, wherein the residual information includes position information for indicating the position of a transform coefficient, which is not the last 0 in a transform block, and the position information can be derived if a transform skip is not applied to the transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Seunghwan Kim, Jungah Choi, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 11976975
    Abstract: Provided is an optical system which may acquire a hyperspectral image by acquiring a spectral image of an object to be measured, which includes, to collect spectral data and train the neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, a slit moving to scan the incident image and passing and outputting a part of the formed image, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the image received through the slit by wavelength. Also, the system includes, to decompose overlapped spectral data and to infer hyperspectral image data through the trained neural network, an image forming part forming an image from an object to be measured and transmitting collimated light, and a first optical part obtaining spectral data by splitting light of the received image by wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Keo Sik Kim, Kye Eun Kim, Jeong Eun Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Hyun Jin Kim, Gi Hyeon Min, Si Woong Park, Hyoung Jun Park, Chan Il Yeo, Young Soon Heo
  • Publication number: 20240146920
    Abstract: The method for decoding an image by a decoding device according to the present document may comprise the steps of: acquiring image information comprising partitioning information for a current block; determining, on the basis of the size of the current block, whether to partition the current block; partitioning the current block into subblocks on the basis of the partitioning information, if it is determined that the current block is to be partitioned, and decoding the subblocks; and not partitioning the current block, if it is determined that the current block is not to be partitioned, and decoding the current block, wherein, if the current block is a chroma block, and the size of the current block is at most the minimum size of a chroma block, then it is determined that the current block is not to be partitioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: JANGWON CHOI, Seunghwan KIM, Jin HEO
  • Publication number: 20240146964
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a bit stream including residual information of a current block; deriving a specific number of the number of context encoding bins for context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the context syntax elements for the current sub-block included in the residual information on the basis of the specific number; deriving transform coefficients for the current sub-block on the basis of the decoded context syntax elements; deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jungah CHOI, Sunmi YOO, Jin HEO, Jangwon CHOI, Ling LI, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Patent number: 11973989
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining a sign data hiding availability flag indicating whether or not sign data hiding is available for a current slice; obtaining a TSRC availability flag indicating whether or not TSRC is available for a transform skip block of the current slice; obtaining residual coding information about the transform skip block on the basis of the TSRC availability flag; deriving a residual sample for the transform skip block on the basis of the residual coding information; and generating a reconstruction picture on the basis of the residual sample, wherein the TSRC availability flag is obtained on the basis of the sign data hiding availability flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jungah Choi, Jin Heo, Jangwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11973954
    Abstract: A method for decoding a picture based on a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode includes deriving neighboring luma reference samples of a luma block, deriving down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples, deriving a linear model parameter based on the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples and the neighboring chroma reference samples, where the neighboring luma reference samples includes top neighboring luma reference samples, and left neighboring luma reference samples, and where when the top boundary of the luma block overlaps with a boundary of a coding tree unit (CTU), the number of the top neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples among the neighboring luma reference samples is less than that of the left neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Sunmi Yoo, Ling Li
  • Patent number: 11973942
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise identifying a current chroma block by splitting an image, identifying whether a matrix based intra prediction mode applies to a first luma sample position corresponding to the current chroma block, identifying whether a predetermined prediction mode applies to a second luma sample position corresponding to the current chroma block, based on the matrix based intra prediction mode doing not apply, and determining an intra prediction mode candidate of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode applying to a third luma sample position corresponding to the current chroma block, based on the predetermined prediction mode doing not apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeong Moon Jang, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 11973940
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, an intra-prediction mode candidate list of a current block can be constructed by means of a process of constructing a common intra-prediction mode list with respect to intra-prediction types. Therefore, the dependency of the intra-prediction types in the process of constructing the intra-prediction mode list is reduced, and thus the coding efficiency of an intra-prediction can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim, Ling Li
  • Patent number: 11973977
    Abstract: An image decoding method executed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of the current chroma block by means of cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode; deriving downsampled luma samples on the basis of the current luma block; deriving downsampled neighboring luma samples on the basis of neighboring luma samples of the current luma block; and deriving the CCLM parameter on the basis of the downsampled neighboring luma samples and neighboring chroma samples of the current neighboring chroma block, wherein the number of downsampled neighboring luma samples and number of neighboring chroma samples are equal to the previously set thresh-hold value, and the thresh-hold value is derived on the basis of the width and height of the current chroma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Seunghwan Kim, Sunmi Yoo, Jungah Choi, Ling Li
  • Publication number: 20240133519
    Abstract: A liquefied gas storage tank includes a corner block disposed on a corner portion, wherein the corner block includes a lower block, an upper block and an upper connecting block, the upper block includes a first inner fixing unit and a second inner fixing unit respectively provided inside a first surface and a second surface, bonded and connected to a secondary barrier, and each having a structure in which a primary inner plywood, a primary corner insulating material, and a primary outer plywood are stacked, and an inner bent portion installed at a corner spatial portion between the first inner fixing unit and the second inner fixing unit, and both side surfaces of the inner bent portion that are perpendicular to the secondary barrier each have a height reduced from a total height of each of the first and second inner fixing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Won Seok HEO, Seong Bo PARK, Hye Min CHO, Ki Joong KIM, Cheon Jin PARK, Min Kyu PARK, Jung Kyu PARK, Byeong Jin JEONG, Dong Woo KIM, Sung Kyu HONG, Gwang Soo GO, Jee Yeon HEO
  • Publication number: 20240132084
    Abstract: An object detection method includes determining an error parameter associated with an amount of movement of a vehicle through a predetermined regression method based on positioning information of the vehicle and dynamics information of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined center of gravity of the vehicle, determining a velocity of a predetermined point of the vehicle, based on a fixed error parameter stored in a memory or a corrected fixed error parameter, through a comparison between the error parameter and the fixed error parameter, generating a local map in consideration of the amount of movement of the vehicle based on the determined velocity, and detecting an object around the vehicle based on the local map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyeong Eun Kim, Se Jong Heo, Kyeong Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240137501
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document derives a left mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for a left peripheral block of a current block, derives an upper mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for an upper peripheral block of the current block, constructs an MPM list on the basis of the left mode and the upper mode, derives an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the MPM list, generates prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, generates a restoration picture of the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, and derives the left mode or the upper mode as one from among candidate intra prediction modes of the MPM list, on the basis of when the left mode and the upper mode are not the same and the left mode and the upper mode are respectively a planar mode and a DC mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jin HEO, Sunmi Yoo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Jungah Choi
  • Publication number: 20240137490
    Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. A video decoding method includes deriving a spatial merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks spatially adjacent to a current block. The method also includes deriving a temporal merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks temporally adjacent to the current block. The method also includes generating a first merge candidate list based on the spatial merge candidate and the temporal merge candidate. The method also includes deriving a history-based merge candidate, based on motion information of a block encoded before the current block. The method also includes generating a second merge candidate list, based on the first merge candidate list and the history-based merge candidate. The method also includes generating a prediction block of the current block, based on the second merge candidate list. The first merge candidate list and the second merge candidate list are generated based on a priority of motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240137528
    Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding a video are provided. A method for decoding a video according to the present disclosure includes generating an inter prediction block for a current block, based on a reference block that corresponds to the current block and exists in a reference picture. The method for decoding the video also includes generating an intra prediction block for the current block, based on the reference block and a first reference pixel adjacent to the reference block. The method for decoding the video also includes deriving weighted values assigned to the inter prediction block and the intra prediction block, based on not using the current block for distortion calculation. The method for decoding the video also includes generating a combined inter/intra prediction (CIIP) block of the current block, based on the weight values, the inter prediction block, and the intra prediction block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240132571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a bone disease, obesity or an obesity-mediated metabolic disease, cancer, or cancer metastasis, and a method of screening a drug for treating the diseases, which includes an inhibitor of transmembrane 4 L six family member 19 (TM4SF19) expression or activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: MedPacto Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Jin KIM, Su Jin PARK, Jin Sun HEO, Eun Ji HONG, Hae In AN, Min Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 11968359
    Abstract: A video decoding method according to this document includes constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list by deriving MPM candidates for a current block based on a neighboring block adjacent to the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list, generating predicted samples by performing prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current block based on the predicted samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Seunghwan Kim, Jin Heo, Sunmi Yoo, Jangwon Choi, Jungah Choi