Patents by Inventor Jong Won Choi

Jong Won 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: 20250139427
    Abstract: A method for controlling a loss scale by class includes identifying class-wise losses of a neural network, analyzing a relative correlation by normalizing the identified class-wise losses, estimating class-wise loss scaling weights according to a result of the analyzing of the relative correlation, and calculating a weighted sum of the class-wise losses by applying the estimated class-wise loss scaling weights to the identified class-wise losses of the neural network, and deriving a total loss of the neural network by summing the identified class-wise losses and the weighted sum of the class-wise losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: JONG WON CHOI, SEUNG JIN JUNG, SEUNG MO SEO
  • Publication number: 20250121531
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a waste plastic gasification device including: a raw material input unit for inputting waste plastic raw materials; a first gasification unit that pyrolyzes the waste plastic raw materials at low temperatures using superheated steam to produce a mixed gas and preheats residual raw materials that have not been decomposed; a second gasification unit that further decomposes the preheated residual raw materials through plasma to produce the mixed gas; a residue discharge unit that stores and discharges waste plastic residual melt slag that has not been decomposed in the second gasification unit; and a heat exchange unit for cooling the mixed gas generated in the first gasification unit and the second gasification unit, wherein the second gasification unit is inclined in a direction of the residue discharge unit to discharge the waste plastic residual melt slag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Chong Pyo CHO, Joeng Geun KIM, Jong Won CHOI, Young Jin SHIN, Seung Jea LEE
  • Publication number: 20250015396
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an alkali metal thermal-to-electric converter including a thermal-to-electric conversion cell including three layers including an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer, having a convex-concave shape with alternately appearing concave and convex portions, and configured to move alkali metal ions through the solid electrolyte layer, a high temperature portion that supplies a high temperature alkali metal fluid to the anode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell, and a low temperature portion that condenses the alkaline metal fluid discharged to the cathode layer of the thermal-to-electric conversion cell to a low temperature and moves the alkaline metal fluid to the high temperature portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: In Sub HAN, Wook Hyun LEE, Ji Haeng YU, Se Young KIM, Sun Dong KIM, Jong Won CHOI, Tae Woo KIM, Dae Gyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250011169
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen peroxide water by using electrostatic spraying is disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen peroxide water by using electrostatic spraying according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a nozzle unit for spraying reaction water; a ground unit disposed opposite to the nozzle unit; and a power supply unit for applying a high voltage between the nozzle unit and the ground unit, wherein the reaction water is formed into fine droplets with a particle size of 20 ?m or less in the nozzle unit and is electrostatically sprayed, and ionized hydrogen ions (H+) and hydroxide ions (OH?) react with each other again to form hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jong Won CHOI, Hak Geun JEONG, Young Chan CHOI, Gil Bong LEE, Young Joo LEE, Kang San LEE, Jun Su PARK
  • Patent number: 12142028
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an object recognition apparatus and method based on environment matching. The object recognition apparatus includes memory for storing at least one program, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program performs extracting at least one key frame from a video that is input in real time, determining a similarity between the key frame extracted from the input video and each of videos used as training data of prestored multiple recognition models, based on a pretrained similarity-matching network, and selecting a recognition model pretrained with a video having a maximal similarity to the key frame extracted from the input video, preprocessing the input video such that at least one of color and size of a video used as training data of an initial model is similar to that of the input video, and recognizing the preprocessed video based on the initial model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ki-Min Yun, Jin-Young Moon, Jong-Won Choi, Joung-Su Youn, Seok-Jun Choi, Woo-Seok Hyung
  • Publication number: 20240289455
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for detecting an anomaly state based on screen output. The method includes receiving the output screen of a target device to be monitored, setting a target region to be examined in the output screen of the target device to be monitored, calculating a feature value vector corresponding to the state of the target region to be examined, calculating an anomaly score using a pretrained auto-encoder by receiving the feature value vector as input, and determining whether the target device to be monitored is anomalous using the anomaly score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hyung-Kwan KIM, Jong-Won CHOI, Seung-Oh CHOI, Jeong-Han YUN, Won-Seok HWANG, Woo-Myo LEE, Byung-Gil MIN, Hyeok-Ki SHIN
  • Patent number: 12039705
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying fake images according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an artifact remover configured to receive an input image to generate an artifact-removed image from which artifacts are removed, an artifact image generator configured to generate an artifact image by using a difference between the input image and the artifact removal image, and a determiner configured to determine whether the artifact image is a real image or a fake image by receiving the artifact image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: CHUNG ANG University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Jeong, Jong Won Choi, Do Yeon Kim, Young Min Ro
  • Publication number: 20240221372
    Abstract: An apparatus for video representation learning according to an embodiment may extract video features from video data to generate a video embedding, extract image features from image data extracted from the video data to generate an image embedding, and extract audio features from audio data extracted from the video data to generate an audio embedding. Further, contrastive learning may be performed by generating a first compositional embedding based on the video embedding and the audio embedding, generating a second compositional embedding based on the video embedding and the audio embedding, generating a positive sample and a negative sample based on a correlation between the image embedding and the audio embedding, and then using the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: JONG WON CHOI, SOO HYUN PARK, JONG SU YOUN
  • Patent number: 12026936
    Abstract: An apparatus for video representation learning according to an embodiment may extract video features from video data to generate a video embedding, extract image features from image data extracted from the video data to generate an image embedding, and extract audio features from audio data extracted from the video data to generate an audio embedding. Further, contrastive learning may be performed by generating a first compositional embedding based on the video embedding and the audio embedding, generating a second compositional embedding based on the video embedding and the audio embedding, generating a positive sample and a negative sample based on a correlation between the image embedding and the audio embedding, and then using the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Won Choi, Soo Hyun Park, Jong Su Youn
  • Publication number: 20230298332
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for training a fake image discriminative model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating one or more fake images for a real image by selecting one or more encoding layers and one or more decoding layers from a generator network of an autoencoder structure, generating a training image set based on the one or more fake images, and training a classifier for discriminating a fake image by using the training image set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Do-Yeon KIM, Jong-Won CHOI, Yong-Hyun JEONG, Young-Min RO, Pyoung-Geon KIM
  • Patent number: 11574185
    Abstract: A method for training a deep neural network according to an embodiment includes training a deep neural network model using a first data set including a plurality of labeled data and a second data set including a plurality of unlabeled data, assigning a ground-truth label value to some of the plurality of unlabeled data, updating the first data set and the second data set such that the data to which the ground-truth label value is assigned is included in the first data set, and further training the deep neural network model using the updated first data set and the updated second data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Won Choi, Young-Joon Choi, Ji-Hoon Kim, Byoung-Jip Kim, Seong-Won Bak
  • Publication number: 20230015295
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an object recognition apparatus and method based on environment matching. The object recognition apparatus includes memory for storing at least one program, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program performs extracting at least one key frame from a video that is input in real time, determining a similarity between the key frame extracted from the input video and each of videos used as training data of prestored multiple recognition models, based on a pretrained similarity-matching network, and selecting a recognition model pretrained with a video having a maximal similarity to the key frame extracted from the input video, preprocessing the input video such that at least one of color and size of a video used as training data of an initial model is similar to that of the input video, and recognizing the preprocessed video based on the initial model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ki-Min YUN, Jin-Young MOON, Jong-Won CHOI, Joung-Su YOUN, Seok-Jun CHOI, Woo-Seok HYUNG
  • Patent number: 11537882
    Abstract: A machine learning apparatus according to an embodiment includes a feature extractor configured to extract features from an object region of an image, a label processor configured to create sentence label embeddings from a sentence label corresponding to the object region, a first training data creator to extract first sub-features from a plurality of first sub-regions created by partitioning the object region, add the sentence label embeddings to the extracted first sub-features, and add the first sub-features added with the sentence label embeddings to the features of the object region, a second training data creator to extract a plurality of second sub-regions along a bounding surface of the object region, create an attention matrix from the second sub-regions, and create a training data by applying the attention matrix to the features of the object region, and a trainer to train an object detection model using the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Kim, Young-Joon Choi, Jong-Won Choi, Byoung-Jip Kim, Seong-Won Bak
  • Publication number: 20220383192
    Abstract: A method for predicting a value for unlabeled data according to an embodiment is executed in a computing device including one or more processors and a memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors. The method includes training a relation estimation model for predicting a label for labeled data based on a relation between respective predicted values of a plurality of pre-trained predictive models for the labeled data and a target model and obtaining a predicted value for unlabeled data based on the relation estimation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon KIM, Jong-Won CHOI, Kyoung-Jin OH
  • Publication number: 20220383481
    Abstract: An apparatus for deep fake image discrimination according to an embodiment includes an interface unit configured to receive image data and a classifier configured to determine whether the image data input through the interface unit is a deep fake image, and the classifier is trained to determine a deep fake image based on a synthetic image generated by swapping a portion of a real image with a fake image generated by self-replicating the real image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Do-Yeon KIM, Jong-Won CHOI, Pyoung-Geon KIM, Yong-Hyun JEONG, Young-Min RO
  • Patent number: 11476423
    Abstract: A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same are disclosed: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Ishii, Katsunori Shibata, Takkyun Ro, Ohkyu Kwon, Sang Mo Kim, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Youn Hee Lim, Yong Wan Jin, Yeong Suk Choi, Jong Won Choi, Taejin Choi, Hyesung Choi, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11436497
    Abstract: Provided are an optimization system and method of a deep learning model. According to example embodiments, by optimizing the structure of the deep learning model appropriately for a target dataset without fixing the structure of the deep learning model, it is possible to generate a model structure capable of having high performance on the target dataset and also saving resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Won Choi, Young-Joon Choi, Ji-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220156897
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying fake images according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an artifact remover configured to receive an input image to generate an artifact-removed image from which artifacts are removed, an artifact image generator configured to generate an artifact image by using a difference between the input image and the artifact removal image, and a determiner configured to determine whether the artifact image is a real image or a fake image by receiving the artifact image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Hyun JEONG, Jong Won CHOI, Do Yeon KIM, Young Min RO
  • Patent number: 11288534
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a superpixel extractor configured to extract a plurality of superpixels from an input original image, a backbone network including N feature extracting layers (here, N is a natural number of two or more) which divide the input original image into grids including a plurality of regions and generate an output value including a feature value for each of the divided regions, and a superpixel pooling layer configured to generate a superpixel feature value corresponding to each of the plurality of superpixels using a first output value to an Nth output value output from each of the N feature extracting layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Won Choi, Young-Joon Choi, Ji-Hoon Kim, Byoung-Jip Kim
  • Patent number: 11226000
    Abstract: A thrust supporting apparatus includes: a thrust runner configured to rotate integrally with a shaft; and a foil thrust bearing supporting an axial load of the shaft, the axial load being transmitted from the thrust runner. The foil thrust bearing includes a top foil facing a first surface of the thrust runner, and the thrust runner comprises first one or more grooves formed on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA POWERSYSTEMS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jong Won Choi, Sang Hyeon Park