Patents by Inventor Jong-sok KIM

Jong-sok KIM 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: 20250076456
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes receiving at least one information comprising either one or both of control information of a vehicle and environment information of the vehicle; determining a driving situation of the vehicle, based on the at least one information; changing control parameters for changing a waveform of radar sensors of a sensing system, based on the determined driving situation of the vehicle, wherein the control parameters comprise an operation mode comprising a chirp mode of the radar sensors and comprise sensor parameters of the radar sensors; and transmitting the changed control parameters to the sensing system in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok KIM, Seung Tae KHANG
  • Patent number: 12175729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liveness test method and liveness test apparatus. The liveness test method includes determining a presence of a subject using a radar sensor, performing a first liveness test on the subject based on radar data obtained by the radar sensor, in response to the subject being present, acquiring image data of the subject using an image sensor, in response to a result of the first liveness test satisfying a first condition, and performing a second liveness test on the subject based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungju Han, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim, Sungdo Choi
  • Patent number: 12155126
    Abstract: An antenna array apparatus includes: first antenna elements arranged to form a first radiation pattern with a recessed portion at the center of the first radiation pattern; and second antenna elements arranged to form a second radiation pattern with a convex portion at the center of the second radiation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Artem Yurievich Nikishov, Byung Kwan Kim, Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Evtyushkin, Jong-Sok Kim
  • Publication number: 20240361768
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method of performing an operation using a complex-valued attention network includes: extracting a complex-valued attention weight from complex-valued input data; and determining complex-valued attention data by applying the extracted complex-valued attention weight to the complex-valued input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong CHO, Woosuk KIM, Jong-Sok KIM
  • Patent number: 12066832
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method of performing an operation using a complex-valued attention network includes: extracting a complex-valued attention weight from complex-valued input data; and determining complex-valued attention data by applying the extracted complex-valued attention weight to the complex-valued input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Cho, Woosuk Kim, Jong-Sok Kim
  • Publication number: 20240192350
    Abstract: A processor implement method may include determining a target azimuth angle of the target object based on an initial radar signal received through an array antenna of a radar sensor, generating a correction radar signal by correcting a phase of the initial radar signal based on the target azimuth angle, and determining an elevation angle of the target object based on the correction radar signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Tae KHANG, Jinyong JEON, Sungdo CHOI, Jong-Sok KIM, Young Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20240142605
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sign apparatus for displaying a sign for traffic or a vehicle, where the sign apparatus includes a display configured to display the sign and to permit a radar signal radiated from a source to pass, a filter configured to attenuate a signal of at least one frequency in the radar signal passing through the display and to allow a signal of a remaining frequency to pass, and a reflector configured to reflect the signal passing through the filter, wherein the reflected signal includes encoded identification information of the sign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JINYONG JEON, SEUNG TAE KHANG, SUNGDO CHOI, JONG-SOK KIM, YOUNG RAE CHO
  • Publication number: 20240142575
    Abstract: A method including clustering second point clouds comprised in second point cloud data of a second timepoint, obtaining output data corresponding to one or more second clusters generated as a result of the clustering by applying the second point clouds to a pretrained neural network, determining whether at least one of the one or more second clusters is a target object based on a reliability factor, tracking first clusters corresponding to the target object in first point cloud data of one or more first timepoints prior to the second timepoint, and training of the pretrained neural network based on the output data corresponding to the first clusters and the first point clouds for each first cluster determined according to a result of the tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungdo CHOI, Jong-Sok KIM, Seung Tae KHANG, Jinyong JEON, Young Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 11964650
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a Wi-Fi communication module, a processor, a controller that controls a component of a vehicle, and a memory, wherein the memory stores at least one piece of position information corresponding to a position in the vehicle, and at least one registered pattern of a gesture, face, or shape, the Wi-Fi communication module transmits a transmission signal to the position corresponding to the at least one piece of position information by a Wi-Fi communication method at a preset frequency and receives a reflection signal reflected from an object in response to the transmission signal, the processor acquires an input pattern of a gesture, face, or shape of the object by analyzing the reflection signal, and retrieves a registered pattern matching the input pattern from the at least one registered pattern, and the controller controls the component according to an instruction corresponding to the retrieved registered pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok Kim, Byung Kwan Kim, Woosuk Kim, Min Sung Eo, Hyunwoong Cho, Sungdo Choi
  • Publication number: 20240125925
    Abstract: A method of predicting a movement of a cut-in object, including separating a Doppler velocity corresponding to at least one wheel of the cut-in object from radar data based on a velocity of the cut-in object, determining a position of the at least one wheel of the cut-in object based on the Doppler velocity, generating at least one of first movement information related to a horizontal movement of the cut-in object or second movement information related to a moving direction of the cut-in object based on the position of the at least one wheel, and determining a position of the cut-in object based on at least one of the first movement information or the second movement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungdo CHOI, Seung Tae KHANG, Jong-Sok KIM, Jinyong JEON, Young Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20240125923
    Abstract: A method and device for object recognition for information collected from a sensor of a moving object are disclosed. The method may include identifying a target with a confidence level of recognition accuracy less than a threshold, based on first sensing information collected from a moving object, obtaining second sensing information on the target from an interworking moving object, synchronizing the first sensing information and the second sensing information based on time information included in the first sensing information and time information included in the second sensing information, and training a neural network for estimating recognition information of the target from the first synchronized sensing information by using information on the target included in the second synchronized sensing information as ground truth data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok KIM, Sungdo CHOI, Seung Tae KHANG, Jinyong JEON, Young Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20240053435
    Abstract: A radar signal processing method includes: extracting a first chirp sequence signal of a first carrier frequency and a second chirp sequence signal of a second carrier frequency from a radar signal received through an array antenna in a radar sensor; generating a first range-Doppler map by performing frequency conversion on the first chirp sequence signal; detecting a first target cell corresponding to a first target in the first range-Doppler map; determining a first ambiguous Doppler velocity of the first target based on first frequency information of the first target cell; determining a first range of an unambiguously measurable Doppler velocity through the first chirp sequence signal; estimating second ambiguous Doppler velocities based on the first ambiguous Doppler velocity and the first range; and determining a Doppler velocity of the first target by performing partial frequency conversion on the second chirp sequence signal based on the second ambiguous Doppler velocities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungdo CHOI, Jong-Sok KIM, Young Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20230401823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liveness test method and liveness test apparatus. The liveness test method includes determining a presence of a subject using a radar sensor, performing a first liveness test on the subject based on radar data obtained by the radar sensor, in response to the subject being present, acquiring image data of the subject using an image sensor, in response to a result of the first liveness test satisfying a first condition, and performing a second liveness test on the subject based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungju HAN, Byung Kwan KIM, Jong-Sok KIM, Sungdo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11802939
    Abstract: A radar signal processing method includes: extracting a first chirp sequence signal of a first carrier frequency and a second chirp sequence signal of a second carrier frequency from a radar signal received through an array antenna in a radar sensor; generating a first range-Doppler map by performing frequency conversion on the first chirp sequence signal; detecting a first target cell corresponding to a first target in the first range-Doppler map; determining a first ambiguous Doppler velocity of the first target based on first frequency information of the first target cell; determining a first range of an unambiguously measurable Doppler velocity through the first chirp sequence signal; estimating second ambiguous Doppler velocities based on the first ambiguous Doppler velocity and the first range; and determining a Doppler velocity of the first target by performing partial frequency conversion on the second chirp sequence signal based on the second ambiguous Doppler velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungdo Choi, Jong-Sok Kim, Young Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11776239
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liveness test method and liveness test apparatus. The liveness test method includes determining a presence of a subject using a radar sensor, performing a first liveness test on the subject based on radar data obtained by the radar sensor, in response to the subject being present, acquiring image data of the subject using an image sensor, in response to a result of the first liveness test satisfying a first condition, and performing a second liveness test on the subject based on the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungju Han, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim, Sungdo Choi
  • Publication number: 20230280461
    Abstract: An operating method of a radar sensor includes: performing object classification on a detected target; comparing a confidence score of a result of the object classification with a threshold value; determining whether high-resolution information on the detected target is to be generated based on a result of the comparison; in response to a determination that the high-resolution information is to be generated, selecting one or more of a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) of the radar sensor, and determining control information for changing a setting of the selected one or more ADCs; changing the setting of the selected one or more ADCs based on the determined control information; generating first intermediate frequency signals based on respective first reception signals and a frequency modulated signal, the first reception signals being signals received through reception antennas after a first transmission signal output by the radar sensor is reflected by the detected target, and the first transmi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
    Inventors: Jong-Sok KIM, Byungkwan KIM, Sungdo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230278542
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a Wi-Fi communication module, a processor, a controller that controls a component of a vehicle, and a memory, wherein the memory stores at least one piece of position information corresponding to a position in the vehicle, and at least one registered pattern of a gesture, face, or shape, the Wi-Fi communication module transmits a transmission signal to the position corresponding to the at least one piece of position information by a Wi-Fi communication method at a preset frequency and receives a reflection signal reflected from an object in response to the transmission signal, the processor acquires an input pattern of a gesture, face, or shape of the object by analyzing the reflection signal, and retrieves a registered pattern matching the input pattern from the at least one registered pattern, and the controller controls the component according to an instruction corresponding to the retrieved registered pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok KIM, Byung Kwan KIM, Woosuk KIM, Min Sung EO, Hyunwoong CHO, Sungdo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11719811
    Abstract: A method with radio detection and ranging (radar) data processing may include: obtaining, by a radar sensor, input radar data; and generating, using a resolution increase model, output radar data from the input radar data and reference data, wherein the output radar data has a resolution greater than a resolution of the input radar data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Cho, Jong-Sok Kim, Sungdo Choi
  • Patent number: 11685365
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a Wi-Fi communication module, a processor, a controller that controls a component of a vehicle, and a memory, wherein the memory stores at least one piece of position information corresponding to a position in the vehicle, and at least one registered pattern of a gesture, face, or shape, the Wi-Fi communication module transmits a transmission signal to the position corresponding to the at least one piece of position information by a Wi-Fi communication method at a preset frequency and receives a reflection signal reflected from an object in response to the transmission signal, the processor acquires an input pattern of a gesture, face, or shape of the object by analyzing the reflection signal, and retrieves a registered pattern matching the input pattern from the at least one registered pattern, and the controller controls the component according to an instruction corresponding to the retrieved registered pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok Kim, Byung Kwan Kim, Woosuk Kim, Min Sung Eo, Hyunwoong Cho, Sungdo Choi
  • Publication number: 20230055599
    Abstract: An antenna array apparatus includes: first antenna elements arranged to form a first radiation pattern with a recessed portion at the center of the first radiation pattern; and second antenna elements arranged to form a second radiation pattern with a convex portion at the center of the second radiation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Artem Yurievich NIKISHOV, Byung Kwan KIM, Gennadiy Aleksandrovich EVTYUSHKIN, Jong-Sok KIM