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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11509073
    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 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Artem Yurievich Nikishov, Byung Kwan Kim, Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Evtyushkin, Jong-Sok Kim
  • Patent number: 11506776
    Abstract: A method of increasing a resolution of radar data is provided. The method of training a radar resolution increase model comprises generating a high-resolution training ground truth and a low-resolution training input from original raw radar data based on information corresponding to at least one of dimensions defining the original raw radar data, and training the resolution increase model based on the high-resolution training ground truth and the low-resolution training input. A radar data processing device generates high-resolution output data from low-resolution input data based on a trained resolution increase model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Cho, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim, Sungdo Choi
  • Patent number: 11456764
    Abstract: A communication device includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first output arm including one end connected to the first output port and another end connected to a branch point and including a first switching element configured to be shorted in a second mode, a second output arm including one end connected to the second output port and another end connected to the branch point and including a second switching element configured to be shorted in a first mode, and an input arm including one end connected to the input port and another end connected to the branch point and including a third switching element configured to introduce a discontinuity into a transmission line in the form of a matching element configured to change an impedance of the input arm in a divider mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gennadiy Alexandrovich Evtyushkin, Anton Sergeevich Lukyanov, Elena Aleksandrovna Shepeleva, Artem Yurievich Nikishov, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim
  • Publication number: 20220155411
    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: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungdo CHOI, Jong-Sok KIM, Young Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 11290198
    Abstract: Disclosed are obstacle detecting methods and apparatuses, the method of detecting an obstacle near a device includes, determining whether to detect an obstacle, detecting the obstacle using communication modules, in response to determining to detect the obstacle, determining whether a result of detecting the obstacle meets a threshold, detecting the obstacle using antennas of a communication module corresponding to a direction of the obstacle from among the communication modules, in response to the result of determining the obstacle meeting the threshold, and outputting a warning signal based on the result of detecting the obstacle using the communication modules or a result of detecting the obstacle using the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sok Kim, Byung Kwan Kim, Sungdo Choi
  • Patent number: 11289820
    Abstract: An antenna system includes a first antenna including first radiating components and first planar re-radiating components, a second antenna including second radiating components and second planar re-radiating components, and reflective components positioned between the first planar re-radiating components and the second planar re-radiating components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Artem Yurievich Nikishov, Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Evtyushkin, Elena Aleksandrovna Shepeleva, Anton Sergeevich Lukyanov, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim