Patents by Inventor Jong-bum Choi

Jong-bum Choi 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: 20260098918
    Abstract: A spin Hall magnetic sensor includes a plurality of magnetic thin film bodies each including a magnetic layer stacked on a non-magnetic layer, and a plurality of non-magnetic bodies disposed between the plurality of magnetic thin film bodies. The plurality of magnetic thin film bodies include a first magnetic thin film body, a second magnetic thin film body disposed axially symmetrically to the first magnetic thin film body with respect to a first axis, a third magnetic thin film body disposed axially symmetrically to the second magnetic thin film body with respect to a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, and a fourth magnetic thin film body disposed axially symmetrically to the third magnetic thin film body with respect to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun KWON, Sang-Hyeok YANG, Su-Jung NOH, Young-Chan KIM, Han-Saem LEE, Ji-Sung LEE, Byoung-Chul MIN, Jong-Bum CHOI, Dong-Soo HAN
  • Patent number: 12372593
    Abstract: A spin Hall magnetic sensor includes a plurality of magnetic thin film units including a magnetic layer stacked on a non-magnetic layer, and a plurality of non-magnetic substances disposed between the plurality of magnetic thin film units, The magnetic includes a Wheatstone bridge structure to observe a magnetic Hall resistance generated by a spin orbit torque (SOT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Kwon, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sang-Hyeok Yang, Su-Jung Noh, Han-Saem Lee, Ji-Sung Lee, Byoung-Chul Min, Jong-Bum Choi, Dong-Soo Han
  • Publication number: 20240393413
    Abstract: A spin Hall magnetic sensor includes a plurality of magnetic thin film units including a magnetic layer stacked on a non-magnetic layer, and a plurality of non-magnetic substances disposed between the plurality of magnetic thin film units, The magnetic includes a Wheatstone bridge structure to observe a magnetic Hall resistance generated by a spin orbit torque (SOT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Joon-Hyun Kwon, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sang-Hyeok Yang, Su-Jung Noh, Han-Saem Lee, Ji-Sung Lee, Byoung-Chul Min, Jong-Bum Choi, Dong-Soo Han
  • Patent number: 11394892
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device comprising: a processor; an image sensor that includes a first sensor pixel set and a second sensor pixel set; and a control circuit that is electrically connected to the image sensor, wherein the control circuit can be configured so as to obtain raw image data by using the image sensor in which the exposure of the first sensor pixel set and the exposure of the second sensor pixel set are configured differently, divide the raw image data into first channel data corresponding to a first color and second channel data corresponding to a second color, generate first channel compression data that are compressed on the basis of the first channel data such that at least a part of data obtained using the first sensor pixel set adjoins and at least a part of data obtained using the second sensor pixel set adjoins, generate second channel compression data that are compressed on the basis of the second channel data such that at least a part of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Rang Lee, Hyung-Ju Chun, Jong-Bum Choi, Sung-Oh Kim, Young-Jo Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Ha-Joong Park
  • Patent number: 11330197
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a camera, a communication module, a display and a processor, wherein the processor can be set so as to: acquire a raw image corresponding to an external object by using the camera; generate a first level image having a first attribute and a second level image having a second attribute by using the raw image; transmit a first image, in which at least a part of the first level image is encoded, to an external electronic device by using the communication module such that the external electronic device generates analysis information on the first image; and generate a second image, in which at least a part of the second level image is encoded, on the basis of at least the analysis information, and transmit the second image to the external electronic device by using the communication module. Other embodiments could be possible in addition to the various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jong-Bum Choi, Sung-Oh Kim, Young-Jo Kim, Hyung-Ju Chun, Ha-Joong Park
  • Patent number: 11195304
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure propose an apparatus and a method for processing an image for converting a frame rate. To this end, the present invention is capable of providing an apparatus and a method for processing an image, configured to convert a frame rate on the basis of monochrome image frames acquired through a monochrome sensor, and perform an image synthesis with the frame rate converted monochrome image frame by using a downsampled color image frame acquired through a color sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Seung-Won Oh, Jae-Moon Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Yong-Man Lee, Seul-Ki Jang, Hyung-Ju Chun, Jong-Bum Choi, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Publication number: 20210209801
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure propose an apparatus and a method for processing an image for converting a frame rate. To this end, the present invention is capable of providing an apparatus and a method for processing an image, configured to convert a frame rate on the basis of monochrome image frames acquired through a monochrome sensor, and perform an image synthesis with the frame rate converted monochrome image frame by using a downsampled color image frame acquired through a color sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Oh KIM, Seung-Won OH, Jae-Moon KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Yong-Man LEE, Seul-Ki JANG, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Jong-Bum CHOI, Kwang-Tai KIM, Soo-Hyung KIM, Dong-Hyun YEOM, Ki-Huk LEE
  • Patent number: 10957022
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera, a communication module, and a processor. The processor is operably coupled with the camera and the communication module. The processor is configured to obtain a first image corresponding to an external object using the camera. The processor is also configured to generate a second image smaller in data size than the first image using the first image. The processor is further configured to transmit the second image to an external electronic device through the communication module. The processor is also configured to receive correction area information from the external electronic device through the communication module. The correction area information is based on information associated with an image area identified from the second image. The processor is further configured to perform correction using the first image based on at least part of the correction area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Seong-Woon Kim, Jae-Gon Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Yung-Mok Yu, Sang-Hyeon Lim, Jong-Bum Choi, Il-Do Kim, Kwang-Tai Kim, Ha-Joong Park, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Patent number: 10812830
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a camera, a communication module, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire a raw image of an external object by using the camera, generate a first corrected image from the raw image by a first image processing scheme, control transmitting the raw image to an external electronic device through the communication module in order to enable the external electronic device to generate differential image information corresponding to a difference between a second corrected image generated by processing the raw image in the first image processing scheme and a third corrected image generated by processing the raw image in a second image processing scheme, and further correct the first corrected image by using the differential image information so that the first corrected image corresponds to the third corrected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Young-Jo Kim, Hyung-Ju Chun, Jong-Bum Choi, Ha-Joong Park
  • Patent number: 10768681
    Abstract: An electronic device and a content display method are provided. A content display method of an electronic device includes displaying an application in the electronic device; and changing a content display mode of the application, when a detected battery consumption of the application exceeds a threshold logical battery capacity assigned to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seok-Weon Seo, Jong-Bum Choi, Sang-Ho Kim, Bo-Seok Moon, Yang-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10750195
    Abstract: The electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor, and an image sensor module configured to be electrically connected to the processor, wherein the image sensor module comprises an image sensor configured to obtain raw image data and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected to the processor, and wherein the control circuit is configured to: generate a plurality of bit-planes configured based on bit positions of respective pixel values for a plurality of pixels corresponding to at least some of the raw image data obtained by the image sensor, generate compressed data in which one or more of the plurality of bit-planes are compressed, and transmit a bitstream containing the compressed data to the processor. Other embodiments may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Bum Choi, A-Rang Lee, Hyung-Ju Chun, Sung-Oh Kim, Young-Jo Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Ha-Joong Park
  • Publication number: 20200252555
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a camera, a communication module, a display and a processor, wherein the processor can be set so as to: acquire a raw image corresponding to an external object by using the camera; generate a first level image having a first attribute and a second level image having a second attribute by using the raw image; transmit a first image, in which at least a part of the first level image is encoded, to an external electronic device by using the communication module such that the external electronic device generates analysis information on the first image; and generate a second image, in which at least a part of the second level image is encoded, on the basis of at least the analysis information, and transmit the second image to the external electronic device by using the communication module. Other embodiments could be possible in addition to the various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jong-Bum CHOI, Sung-Oh KIM, Young-Jo KIM, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Ha-Joong PARK
  • Patent number: 10687037
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Ju Chun, Sung-Oh Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Yong-Man Lee, Jae-Moon Kim, Seul-Ki Jang, Jong-Bum Choi, Jung-Jun Lee, Sung-Jun Lim, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Publication number: 20200137290
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device comprising: a processor; an image sensor that includes a first sensor pixel set and a second sensor pixel set; and a control circuit that is electrically connected to the image sensor, wherein the control circuit can be configured so as to obtain raw image data by using the image sensor in which the exposure of the first sensor pixel set and the exposure of the second sensor pixel set are configured differently, divide the raw image data into first channel data corresponding to a first color and second channel data corresponding to a second color, generate first channel compression data that are compressed on the basis of the first channel data such that at least a part of data obtained using the first sensor pixel set adjoins and at least a part of data obtained using the second sensor pixel set adjoins, generate second channel compression data that are compressed on the basis of the second channel data such that at least a part of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: A-Rang LEE, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Jong-Bum CHOI, Sung-Oh KIM, Young-Jo KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Ha-Joong PARK
  • Patent number: 10469742
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method for converting a frame rate are provided. According to the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a memory, a first black-and-white image sensor, a second image sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to set different values as a first setting value for the first black-and-white image sensor and a second setting value for the second image sensor, if an illuminance value indicating an illuminance at an arbitrary time point does not satisfy a predetermined illuminance value, to acquire a black-and-white image of an object based on the first setting value using the first black-and-white image sensor, to acquire at least one color image of the object based on the second setting value using the second image sensor, to generate a color image by synthesizing the black-and-white image with a color determined based on at least part of color information of the at least one color image, and to store the generated color image as video data in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Ki-Huk Lee, Yong-Man Lee, Jee-Hoon An, Seul-Ki Jang, Hyung-Ju Chun, Jong-Bum Choi
  • Patent number: 10324767
    Abstract: An electronic device, a method of providing battery information of an electronic device, and a storage medium for storing the method are provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit that stores an application use history; and a controller that partitions an entire battery capacity into at least one or more logical batteries, and allocates at least one or more applications to each of the at least one or more logical batteries according to the application use history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seok-Weon Seo, Jong-Bum Choi, Sang-Ho Kim, Bo-Seok Moon
  • Publication number: 20190158795
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung-Ju CHUN, Sung-Oh KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Yong-Man LEE, Jae-Moon KIM, Seul-Ki JANG, Jong-Bum CHOI, Jung-Jun LEE, Sung-Jun LIM, Kwang-Tai KIM, Soo-Hyung KIM, Dong-Hyun YEOM, Ki-Huk LEE
  • Publication number: 20190110077
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a camera, a communication module, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire a raw image of an external object by using the camera, generate a first corrected image from the raw image by a first image processing scheme, control transmitting the raw image to an external electronic device through the communication module in order to enable the external electronic device to generate differential image information corresponding to a difference between a second corrected image generated by processing the raw image in the first image processing scheme and a third corrected image generated by processing the raw image in a second image processing scheme, and further correct the first corrected image by using the differential image information so that the first corrected image corresponds to the third corrected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sung-Oh KIM, Young-Jo KIM, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Jong-Bum CHOI, Ha-Joong PARK
  • Patent number: 10200705
    Abstract: An electronic device and an method of operating the same according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. The method may include: receiving, by first image reception circuitry of a first image reception unit, first image data corresponding to a first attribute parameter; receiving, by second image reception circuitry of a second image reception unit, second image data corresponding to a second attribute parameter; detecting converted image data from the first image data based on a difference in component between the first attribute parameter and the second attribute parameter; and generating compressed image data for the second image data using the converted image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Bum Choi, Sungoh Kim, Hyunhee Park, Yongman Lee, Jaemoon Kim, Seulki Jang, Hyung-Ju Chun, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soohyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Kihuk Lee
  • Publication number: 20190028722
    Abstract: The electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor, and an image sensor module configured to be electrically connected to the processor, wherein the image sensor module comprises an image sensor configured to obtain raw image data and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected to the processor, and wherein the control circuit is configured to: generate a plurality of bit-planes configured based on bit positions of respective pixel values for a plurality of pixels corresponding to at least some of the raw image data obtained by the image sensor, generate compressed data in which one or more of the plurality of bit-planes are compressed, and transmit a bitstream containing the compressed data to the processor. Other embodiments may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jong-Bum CHOI, A-Rang LEE, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Sung-Oh KIM, Young-Jo KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Ha-Joong PARK