Patents by Inventor Kwang-Yong Kim
Kwang-Yong 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).
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Publication number: 20240069342Abstract: Disclosed is an operation method of smart glasses, which includes displaying a key pad on a monitor in response to that a target object is recognized through a camera, identifying a reference area on the displayed key pad, which corresponds to a pointing area detected through the camera, recognizing a key value corresponding to the identified reference area, and performing a communication function based on the recognized key value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang-Yong KIM, Kibong SONG
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Patent number: 10990172Abstract: Provided is a pupil tracking device, which measures a pupil center position of an eye moving according to an optokinetic reflex, and a proximity depth between a pupil and an object, the pupil tracking device including a light source configured to output infrared light, a display configured to output object light, a waveguide configured to guide the infrared light and the object light towards a direction to the pupil, a film configured to separate the infrared reflected by a cornea of the eye into a plurality of light beams, and an optical pickup configured to detect the plurality of light beams and measure the pupil center position and the proximity depth.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang-Yong Kim, Kibong Song, JungWoo Park
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Patent number: 10825185Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing object segmentation in an image. More particularly, the present invention divides a screen of an input image into at least two sub-images, and generates one image by combining the at least two sub-images to which an image segmentation algorithm is respectively applied.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwang Yong Kim, Sang Joon Park, Gi Mun Um, Chang Eun Lee
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Patent number: 10713808Abstract: Disclosed is a stereo matching method and apparatus based on a stereo vision, the method including acquiring a left image and a right image, identifying image data by applying a window to each of the acquired left image and right image, storing the image data in a line buffer, extracting a disparity from the image data stored in the line buffer, and generating a depth map based on the extracted disparity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Kwang Yong Kim, Byungin Moon, Mi-ryong Park, Kyeong-ryeol Bae
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Publication number: 20200159317Abstract: Provided is a pupil tracking device, which measures a pupil center position of an eye moving according to an optokinetic reflex, and a proximity depth between a pupil and an object, the pupil tracking device including a light source configured to output infrared light, a display configured to output object light, a waveguide configured to guide the infrared light and the object light towards a direction to the pupil, a film configured to separate the infrared reflected by a cornea of the eye into a plurality of light beams, and an optical pickup configured to detect the plurality of light beams and measure the pupil center position and the proximity depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang-Yong KIM, Kibong SONG, JungWoo PARK
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Patent number: 10600191Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for tracking an object. The system includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a video of a predetermined observation area and output the captured video; and a multi-object tracker configured to output an object-tracking image by tracking multiple objects within an object image which is generated by extracting the objects from each of image frames obtained from the video obtained from the image capturing unit, wherein the multi-object tracker determines whether occlusion of the objects or hijacking occurs while performing multi-object tracking, and when it is determined that at least one of the occlusion and hijacking occurs, the multi-object tracker outputs the object-tracking image corrected by removing the occurring occlusion or hijacking.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang Yong Kim, Kee Seong Cho
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Patent number: 10535142Abstract: Provided is a method of separating a foreground and a background by extracting a depth image through a stereo camera, generating an occupancy grid map on the basis of the depth image, predicting a free space, and computing a membership value, the method including setting a threshold value of a foreground object existing in a free space boundary region of the predicted free space, determining whether the membership value reaches the threshold value of the foreground object while the membership value is computed, terminating the computing of the membership value when it is determined that the membership value being computed reaches the threshold value of the foreground object in the determining, and separating a foreground and a background through the computed membership value.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwang Yong Kim, Jang Woon Baek, Yun Su Chung, Yun Won Choi
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Publication number: 20190347804Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing object segmentation in an image. More particularly, the present invention divides a screen of an input image into at least two sub-images, and generates one image by combining the at least two sub-images to which an image segmentation algorithm is respectively applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Kwang Yong KIM, Sang Joon PARK, Gi Mun UM, Chang Eun LEE
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Publication number: 20190180472Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of determining precise positioning. A method of determining precise positioning according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: determining at least one piece of image positioning information of at least one image object detected from at least one image; determining at least one piece of wireless positioning information of at least one wireless object on the basis of signal strength of a wireless signal; performing mapping for the at least one piece of image positioning information and the at least one piece of wireless positioning information; and determining final positioning information on the basis of the at least one piece of image positioning information, and the at least one piece of wireless positioning information for which mapping is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Gi Mun UM, Chang Eun LEE, Sang Joon PARK, Kwang Yong KIM, Sun Joong KIM, So Yeon LEE, Kee Seong CHO, Eun Young CHO
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Publication number: 20180232891Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for tracking an object. The system includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a video of a predetermined observation area and output the captured video; and a multi-object tracker configured to output an object-tracking image by tracking multiple objects within an object image which is generated by extracting the objects from each of image frames obtained from the video obtained from the image capturing unit, wherein the multi-object tracker determines whether occlusion of the objects or hijacking occurs while performing multi-object tracking, and when it is determined that at least one of the occlusion and hijacking occurs, the multi-object tracker outputs the object-tracking image corrected by removing the occurring occlusion or hijacking.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang Yong KIM, Kee Seong CHO
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Publication number: 20180197295Abstract: Provided is a method of separating a foreground and a background by extracting a depth image through a stereo camera, generating an occupancy grid map on the basis of the depth image, predicting a free space, and computing a membership value, the method including setting a threshold value of a foreground object existing in a free space boundary region of the predicted free space, determining whether the membership value reaches the threshold value of the foreground object while the membership value is computed, terminating the computing of the membership value when it is determined that the membership value being computed reaches the threshold value of the foreground object in the determining, and separating a foreground and a background through the computed membership value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang Yong KIM, Jang Woon Baek, Yun Su Chung, Yun Won Choi
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Publication number: 20180130221Abstract: Disclosed is a stereo matching method and apparatus based on a stereo vision, the method including acquiring a left image and a right image, identifying image data by applying a window to each of the acquired left image and right image, storing the image data in a line buffer, extracting a disparity from the image data stored in the line buffer, and generating a depth map based on the extracted disparity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Kwang Yong KIM, Byungin MOON, Mi-ryong PARK, Kyeong-ryeol BAE
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Patent number: 9786064Abstract: A multi-camera control apparatus and method to maintain a location and a size of an object in a continuous viewpoint switching service are provided. The multi-camera control method of controlling a main camera configured to capture a moving object of interest and controlling at least one sub-camera configured to capture the object of interest at a different viewpoint from that of the main camera, may include extracting the object of interest from a first image generated by the main camera, controlling a capturing scheme of the main camera based on a change in a location and a size of the extracted object of interest, projecting the object of interest onto a second image generated by the sub-camera, and controlling a capturing scheme of the sub-camera based on a change in a location and a size of the projected object of interest.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Gi Mun Um, Kwang Yong Kim, Yoo Kyung Kim, Won Ryu, Il Gu Jung
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Publication number: 20170201723Abstract: A method of providing an object image includes collecting a global image and an additional image of a predetermined space using a fixed camera and a tracking camera, displaying broadcast contents including the collected global image and additional image on a display, receiving an input of an object of interest selected by a user from the broadcast contents displayed on the display, and analyzing the object of interest selected from the broadcast contents and displaying the additional image mapped to the global image configuring the broadcast contents on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Yookyung Kim, Kwang-Yong Kim, Gi Mun Um, ALEX LEE, Kee Seong Cho, Gyeong-June Hahm
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Publication number: 20170148174Abstract: Disclosed are an object tracking method and an object tracking apparatus performing the object tracking method. The object tracking method may include extracting locations of objects in an object search area using a global camera, identifying an interest object selected by a user from the objects, and determining an error in tracking the identified interest object and correcting the determined error.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Kwang Yong KIM, Yoo Kyung KIM, Gi Mun UM, Alex LEE, Kee Seong CHO, Gyeong June HAHM
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Publication number: 20160227128Abstract: A multi-camera control apparatus and method to maintain a location and a size of an object in a continuous viewpoint switching service are provided. The multi-camera control method of controlling a main camera configured to capture a moving object of interest and controlling at least one sub-camera configured to capture the object of interest at a different viewpoint from that of the main camera, may include extracting the object of interest from a first image generated by the main camera, controlling a capturing scheme of the main camera based on a change in a location and a size of the extracted object of interest, projecting the object of interest onto a second image generated by the sub-camera, and controlling a capturing scheme of the sub-camera based on a change in a location and a size of the projected object of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Gi Mun UM, Kwang Yong KIM, Yoo Kyung KIM, Won RYU, Il Gu JUNG
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Patent number: 9118947Abstract: A multi-vision virtualization system includes a multi-vision virtualization server and two or more scene clients. The multi-vision virtualization server includes a multi-vision virtualization server configured to generate virtual machines for decoding processes based on image content segments, generate synchronous reproduction information for synchronization between two or more scene clients, transmit the generated synchronous reproduction information to a first scene client among the two or more scene clients, and decode the image content segments to generate decoded image segments; and the two or more scene clients including the first scene client that parses the received synchronous reproduction information, and shares the parsed synchronous reproduction information with remaining scene clients, and being configured to reproduce the decoded image segments on screens based on the parsed synchronous reproduction information.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kwang-Yong Kim, Chang-Woo Yoon
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Publication number: 20150172604Abstract: A system and method for automatically shifting tracking control authority between cameras, regardless of whether shooting ranges of cameras overlap, by allowing target object information to be shared between all IP cameras, receiving reports on a position of the target object from the respective IP cameras, comparing the received reports on a position of the target object, selecting an IP camera which provides a report of the nearest position of the target object to a center of a shooting range of the IP camera, and assigning tracking control authority to the selected IP camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventor: Kwang-Yong KIM
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Patent number: 8837344Abstract: An MBS data transmission synchronization apparatus of a radio access station is provided. The MBS data transmission synchronization apparatus includes an information reception unit that receives transmission synchronization information from an ACR, an information reception loss check unit that determines whether the received transmission synchronization information is lost, a content reception unit that sequentially receives a content packet including content time information from an MBS content source, a packet reception loss check unit that determines whether the received content packet is lost, a retransmission request unit that transmits a retransmission request message to the ACR, a transmission time determination unit that determines a transmission time of the received content packet on the basis of the transmission synchronization information and the content time information, and a content transmission unit that transmits the received content packet to mobile terminals at the transmission time.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventor: Kwang-Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20140115484Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing multimedia content service are provided. A method for providing an image service using at least two screens of different types in an N-screen service providing apparatus includes: separating and extracting independent visual objects from an image based on depth values; grouping the extracted independent visual objects into a number of groups and composing scenes with the respective groups of visual objects; and selectively reproducing one or more scenes with the groups of visual objects on at least two screens in response to a user interaction event.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kwang-Yong KIM, Chang-Woo YOON