Patents by Inventor Ken Kim

Ken 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: 20230169716
    Abstract: A texturing method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) virtual model is provided. The method is performed in a computing device, and includes acquiring an original learning image and a hole generation learning image for the original learning image, the hole generation learning image being an image in which at least one hole is generated based on the original learning image, generating a hole filling learning image by performing hole filling on the hole generation learning image using a neural network, performing spherical transformation on each of the hole filling learning image and the original learning image, and training the neural network based on a difference between the spherically transformed hole filling learning image and the spherically transformed original learning image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: 3I INC.
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG, Farkhod Rustam Ugli KHUDAYBERGANOV, Mikhail LI
  • Patent number: 11651558
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing a virtual space tour, the system including: a plurality of user terminals; and a server configured to provide a virtual space corresponding to a real indoor space to the plurality of user terminals, to receive a plurality of pieces of motion data from the user terminals, to generate a plurality of motion objects corresponding to the plurality of pieces of motion data, and to generate user's tour information based on the plurality of pieces of motion data, wherein the virtual space includes 360-degree images provided at a plurality of points in the real indoor space, and the plurality of user terminals configured to be independently operated in the virtual space at a same point or different points based on the virtual space and individually generate motion data in response to a user manipulation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: 31 INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Nathanael Santoso, Ken Kim, Ji Wuck Jung
  • Publication number: 20230140932
    Abstract: In order to output an image to a user, an electronic device may include loading a plurality of basic image tiles with a first resolution, the plurality of basic image tiles being preset for a graphic space set based on a virtual coordinate system, determining a target basic-image tile among the plurality of basic image tiles based on a coordinate of a virtual camera set on the virtual coordinate system, transmitting information on a target basic-image tile to a server, receiving a plurality of detailed image tiles with a second resolution corresponding to the target basic-image tile from the server, and outputting an image with the second resolution based on the plurality of detailed image tiles when the virtual camera zooms in on the target basic-image tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: 3i Inc.
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG, Kevin Nathanael SANTOSO
  • Publication number: 20230139965
    Abstract: Provided is a device cradle. The device cradle includes a fixer for fixing a device, a body portion including a main body and a penetrating groove which is formed to penetrate the main body from a top surface of the main body and accommodates at least a portion of the fixer, and a first driving portion for rotating the fixer by a specified angle around a horizontal axis with respect to the body portion, wherein the penetrating groove has a spherical shape, and wherein at least part of the fixer may be formed in a spherical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: 3i Inc.
    Inventors: Hun Joo SONG, Dong Hee LEE, Fernando CARRASCO FERRETTI, Seo Jae KWEON, Ji Soo KANG, Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230136211
    Abstract: Even an attribute of a target object can be clearly confirmed while looking at a photographed image. According to one embodiment, where the user sets additional information for a 3D display image, a user terminal MT first displays first guide pattern in the process of specifying a setting target of the additional information, and then displays second guide information in the process of specifying the display position of the additional information. After the display position is determined, the additional information input by the user is registered in a server device SV in association with the setting target and the coordinates of the display position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230131239
    Abstract: Image information appropriately representing the state of changes in the three-dimensional space is generated. According to one embodiment, a server device (SV) stores, in an omnidirectional image storage unit (21), omnidirectional images of a three-dimensional space photographed at a plurality of positions, for each floor of a facility. Where two images of the same floor photographed at different dates and times are displayed for comparison, an omnidirectional image whose photography position coordinates are closest to the photography position coordinates of a comparison reference image is selected from among all omnidirectional images to be compared. The angle of the selected omnidirectional image to be compared is adjusted such that it corresponds to the angle of a comparison reference image. Comparison display image data is generated in which the adjusted comparison image and the comparison reference image are arranged side by side and is transmitted to the user terminal (UT1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230128950
    Abstract: A technique for enabling accurate management of photography positions is provided. According to the first embodiment, a server device SV generates plan view data in which position coordinates of a photography point are plotted and transmits the plan view data to a user terminal MT, each time a photography operation is performed for a photography point. The plot position of the photography spot in the plan view data is corrected in accordance with a plot position correction request made by a user, and the corrected plan view data is stored as photography position management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230125097
    Abstract: Optimization of a photography position is intended. According to one embodiment, photography recommended positions are sequentially set based on reference points set on a two-dimensional coordinate plane of a plan view of a floor to be photographed, a graphic pattern representing a set photography recommended position is combined with a finder display image output from a camera CM to thereby generate photography guide information composed of an AR image, and the generated photography guide information is transmitted to the user terminal MT and displayed. In addition, it is determined whether or not the movement position of the user is within a predetermined range including the photography recommended position. If the photography is performed outside the predetermined range, a message is displayed to that effect or notification is given by vibrating a vibrator, and the image data photographed at this time is discarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: NTT Communications Corporation, 3i, Inc
    Inventor: Ken KIM
  • Publication number: 20230113206
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing a virtual space tour, the system including: a plurality of user terminals; and a server configured to provide a virtual space corresponding to a real indoor space to the plurality of user terminals, to receive a plurality of pieces of motion data from the user terminals, to generate a plurality of motion objects corresponding to the plurality of pieces of motion data, and to generate user's tour information based on the plurality of pieces of motion data, wherein the virtual space includes 360-degree images provided at a plurality of points in the real indoor space, and the plurality of user terminals configured to be independently operated in the virtual space at a same point or different points based on the virtual space and individually generate motion data in response to a user manipulation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Nathanael SANTOSO, Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230112494
    Abstract: A hole filling method for providing a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model, the hole filling method being executable on a computing device and including: acquiring an original learning image and a hole generation learning image for the original learning image, wherein the hole generation learning image is an image in which at least one hole is generated based on the original learning image; generating a hole filling learning image by performing hole filling on the hole generation learning image by using a neural network; performing a spherical transformation on each of the hole filling learning image and the original learning image; and training the neural network based on a difference between the spherically-transformed hole filling learning image and the spherically-transformed original learning image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG, Farkhod Rustam Ugli KHUDAYBERGANOV
  • Patent number: 11575840
    Abstract: The described technology is a technique related to a method for controlling a mobile device cradle and combining images. The method for controlling a mobile device cradle performed in an application of a user device linked with the mobile device cradle, comprises: pairing the mobile device cradle with the user device; starting capturing an image based on an input of a user; extracting a subject from a captured image; calculating a moving speed and a moving direction of the subject extracted; and calculating a rotation speed and a rotation direction of a motor included in the mobile device cradle based on the calculated moving speed and moving direction, and controlling the motor based on the calculated rotation speed and rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3i Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Kim, Ji Wuck Jung
  • Publication number: 20220414909
    Abstract: A computing device is provided. The computing device includes a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, in which the processor may execute the one or more instructions to generate a first predicted depth map image for a learning red/green/blue (RGB) image using a neural network, and train the neural network based on a difference between a learning depth map image having depth information and the first predicted depth map image. The learning depth map image may match 1:1 and may be generated based on the same setting change for a basic spherical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: 3I INC.
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG, Farkhod Rustam Ugli KHUDAYBERGANOV, Mikhail LI
  • Publication number: 20220408026
    Abstract: A mobile device which operates in conjunction with a mobile device cradle is provided. The mobile device is a mobile device which is held by a mobile device cradle and controls the mobile device cradle to be driven, and may include at least one camera which captures a forward image, a display, and at least one processor which executes an application which detects a subject from the forward image and controls the mobile device cradle to be driven so that a forward direction of the mobile device follows the subject according to movement of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: 3I INC.
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220383557
    Abstract: A server is provided. The server provides virtual indoor space content corresponding to a real indoor space. The server includes a memory; a communication module; and at least one processor operatively connected to the memory and the communication module. The at least one processor may receive image data to generate the virtual indoor space content from a mobile terminal through the communication module, the image data including, for each of a plurality of indoor points, an omnidirectional image acquired from each indoor point and relative location information on the indoor point, and generate the virtual indoor space content by mapping a plurality of virtual points corresponding to the plurality of indoor points in a virtual indoor space based on the relative location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: 3I INC.
    Inventors: Ken KIM, Ji Wuck JUNG
  • Patent number: 11451720
    Abstract: The present inventive concept is a technique related to a system and method for displaying 3D tour comparisons. The method for displaying a 3D tour comparison including setting each reference point for first and second tours that are different from each other, and setting coordinate values for a plurality of image photographing points included in the first and second tours, respectively, in the first tour, setting a first point that is one of the plurality of image photographing points included in the first tour, in the second tour, selecting a second point closest to the coordinate value of the first point out of the plurality of image photographing points included in the second tour, and displaying an image related to the first point on one side of a split-screen, and displaying an image related to the second point on the other side of the split-screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: 3I INC.
    Inventors: Ken Kim, Ji Wuck Jung
  • Patent number: D977704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Tidnam, Jay Lee, Ken Kim, Marcus Hartley
  • Patent number: D977705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Tidnam, Jay Lee, Ken Kim, Marcus Hartley
  • Patent number: D977706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Tidnam, Jay Lee, Ken Kim, Marcus Hartley
  • Patent number: D986482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Tidnam, Jay Lee, Ken Kim, Marcus Hartley
  • Patent number: D986483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Tidnam, Jay Lee, Ken Kim, Marcus Hartley