Patents by Inventor Kyu Min

Kyu Min 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).

  • Image processing device for extracting foreground object and image processing method thereof
    Patent number: 9384381
    Abstract: An image processing device capable of generating foreground object data by using a captured image includes a depth data generator configured to generate depth data of the captured image; an amplitude data generator configured to generate amplitude data of the captured image; a foreground object detector configured to perform a first detection operation for detecting the foreground object based on the generated depth data and first reference background data, and to perform a second detection operation for detecting the foreground object based on the generated amplitude data and second reference background data; and a foreground object data generator configured to generate the foreground object data based on a result of the first detection operation and a result of the second detection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shung Han Cho, Kyu-Min Kyung, Taechan Kim, KwangHyuk Bae, Seongyeong Jeong
  • LENS MODULE
    Publication number: 20160170181
    Abstract: A lens module includes lenses sequentially arranged from an object-side toward an image plane sensor and comprising refractive power, respectively. A second lens of the lenses has a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. A first lens and a third lens of the lenses are symmetrical to each other in relation to the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu Min CHAE
  • IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160173750
    Abstract: A system, comprising: an image sensor including: a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion element of a first phase group and configured to have a first exposure and the second photoelectric conversion element of a second phase group and configured to have a second exposure; and a second pixel including a third photoelectric conversion element of the first phase group and configured to have the second exposure and a fourth photoelectric conversion element of the second phase group and configured to have the first exposure; and an image signal processor coupled to the image sensor and configured to: receive a first image from the image sensor; receive a second image from the image sensor; and configured to output an image based on at least one of the first image and the second image; wherein the first exposure is longer than the second exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kyu Min KYUNG, Seong Yeong JEONG
  • LENS MODULE
    Publication number: 20160161716
    Abstract: A lens module includes: a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens of which an object-side surface is concave; and a sixth lens having one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof, wherein the first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side of the lens module to an image side of the lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu Min CHAE
  • LENS MODULE
    Publication number: 20160161717
    Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens having negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being convex and an image-side surface thereof being concave; a second lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a third lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an object-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; and a sixth lens having an object-side surface is convex and having one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the sixth lens from an object side of the lens module toward an image side of the lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu Min Chae
  • Lens module
    Patent number: 9354423
    Abstract: A lens module may include a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having one or more inflection points formed on an image-side surface thereof. An overall focal length of the lens module f and a focal length of the first lens f1 may satisfy the following Conditional Expression: 1.0<f1/f<2.0??[Conditional Expression].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Yong Park, Yong Joo Jo, Ju Hwa Son, Jin Hwa Jung, Jae Hyun Baik, Ho Sik You, Phil Ho Jung, Kyu Min Chae
  • APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING FREQUENCY AND RF TRANSMITTER COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20160149598
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for converting a frequency. The apparatus includes: an oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal having a first oscillation frequency which is obtained by subtracting an input frequency from a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a first to a n-th carrier signals (n is a natural number), and generate a second oscillation signal having a second oscillation frequency which is obtained by adding the input frequency to a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a (n+1)-th to a 2n-th carrier signals; and a mixer configured to mix and output the first oscillation signal or the second oscillation signal with an input signal having the input frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kyu Min KANG, Seung Keun PARK, Jae Cheol PARK, Jung Sun UM
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION FOR COEXISTING WITH WIRELESS-LAN IN NON-LICENSED BAND
    Publication number: 20160135135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a communication method for coexisting with a non-licensed band communication system of a non-licensed band in a licensed band communication system. The method includes: transmitting a signal by a transmitter in order to operate in a non-licensed band, when the signal is a transmission target signal having frames and a wireless local area network (WLAN) preamble signal is inserted to the front of each frame of the transmission target signal; and extracting the WLAN preamble signal from the signal of the transmitter by a receiver to synchronize with the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Jin YOO, Kyu Min KANG, Seung Keun PARK, Jae Cheol PARK, Jung Sun UM
  • LENS MODULE
    Publication number: 20160085058
    Abstract: A lens module may include a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having negative refractive power; and a seventh lens having refractive power and one or more inflection points formed in locations thereof not crossing an optical axis, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens are disposed in a sequential order from the first lens to the seventh lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu Min CHAE
  • Electro-optic device and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 9281492
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an electro-optic device comprises: a substrate which is split into a light emitting unit and a non-light emitting unit, wherein said light emitting unit is divided into a plurality of driving regions; an electrode pad which is formed in the non-light emitting unit of the substrate; and an electrode unit which comprises a plurality of supplementary electrodes each of which has one end connected to the electrode pad and has the other end connected to the centers of each of the plurality of driving regions, and transparent electrodes formed on the upper sides of the plurality of supplementary electrodes in the light emitting unit, wherein the area of each of the plurality of driving regions is set to an area in which no voltage drop occurs, and the plurality of supplementary electrodes are manufactured in the same length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chon Kyu Min, Hyung Il Jeon
  • Session-based traffic analysis system
    Patent number: 9270550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a session-based traffic analysis system that may accurately analyze an amount of traffic for each transmission control protocol (TCP) connection using only one-way packets. The system may accurately analyze an amount of two-way traffic using only one-way connection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Plustech Inc.
    Inventor: Kyu-Min Choi
  • Bluetooth communication method and system
    Patent number: 9271314
    Abstract: A Bluetooth communication method and system for enabling one Bluetooth device to rapidly connect to another Bluetooth device using an audio signal, and also enabling them to transmit data to each other are provided. The system includes first and second Bluetooth devices. The first Bluetooth device transforms authentication information required to establish a Bluetooth communication connection into an audio signal, and broadcasts the audio signal. The second Bluetooth device receives the audio signal and extracts the authentication information from the received audio signal. The second Bluetooth device establishes a Bluetooth communication channel with the first Bluetooth device, using the extracted authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Geun Koh, Yi Kyu Min, Kyung Goo Lee, Byoung Il Son
  • Method of securing a mobile terminal
    Patent number: 9270702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of implementing a security system for preemptively preventing a decrease in work efficiency due to leaked confidential secrets or the browsing of non work-related sites through a mobile terminal. A security manager implements an environment for allowing, blocking, or recording Internet usage in an independent mobile communication network in an area requiring security, uses a security system server to preregister information on mobile terminals of users who are expected to use the Internet, makes agreements on how personal information will be handled when outside visitors visit the network, registers information on mobile terminals of outside visitors with the security system server, and oversees the installation of a security app whenever necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PLUSTECH INC.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Bae Park, Jeong-Ah Kim, Kyu-Min Choi, Yun-Seok Lee, Sung-Goo Kim
  • Depth camera, multi-depth camera system and method of synchronizing the same
    Patent number: 9253471
    Abstract: A depth camera includes a sensor unit receiving a reflected light and in response thereto outputting an electrical sensing signal; and a synchronization information calculation unit calculating a performance index with reference to the sensing signal, and with reference to the performance index, generating synchronization information for synchronizing a demodulation clock for sensing the received reflected light. The sensor unit adjusts the frequency and/or phase of the demodulation clock with reference to the synchronization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghyuk Bae, Kyu-Min Kyung, Tae-Chan Kim, Seunghee Lee
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160013094
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same can block a moving path of electrons between neighbor buried gates. A semiconductor device includes a device isolation film formed to define an active region over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a plurality of buried gates formed over the active region, and a barrier film formed between neighboring buried gates from the plurality of buried gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kyung Kyu MIN
  • Memory device and memory system including the same
    Patent number: 9218312
    Abstract: A memory device includes an interface unit and a memory unit. The interface unit receives a clock signal, a command signal and a data signal, internally adjusts input impedance based upon at least one of the command signal and the clock signal, and generates internal control signal of the memory device based upon the command signal and data signal. The memory unit performs read/write operations based upon the internal control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu-Min Park, Byoung-Sul Kim, Hak-Yong Lee, Jun-Ho Jo
  • PHOSPHATE SOLUTION FOR ZINC OR ZINC-BASED ALLOY PLATED STEEL SHEET, AND ZINC OR ZINC-BASED ALLOY PLATED STEEL SHEET USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150329972
    Abstract: A phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet, and a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet using the same are provided. The phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet contains a molybdenum (Mo) ion, a calcium (Ca) ion and a phosphate ion. A zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, and a phosphate film formed on the zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer. The phosphate film contains a molybdenum compound, Ca and a phosphate. A pitting phenomenon occurring at the time of treating a steel sheet with a phosphate is prevented, and excellent corrosion resistance is exhibited on a phosphate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Young-Jin KWAK, Kyung-Hoon NAM, Yong-Hwa JUNG, Tae-Yeob KIM, Dong-Yoeul LEE, Seok-Won CHO, Young-Ra LEE, Mun-Jong EOM, Woo-Sung JUNG, Seok-Jun HONG, Jae-Kyu MIN, Hong-Kyun SOHN
  • Method and device for sensing frequency for OFDM systems
    Patent number: 9191259
    Abstract: Provided is a frequency sensing method and apparatus in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. Provided is a method of sensing a frequency of a received signal that is received from an outside in order to perform one of a plurality of radio communications. An OFDM apparatus may need to inspect a required frequency band before or after performing one of the plurality of radio communications, and to determine whether the frequency band is being used by another radio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang In Cho, Kyu Min Kang
  • Method and apparatus for adjusting touch sensitivity of touch sensor in portable terminal
    Patent number: 9182855
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes measuring a permittivity of an object located within a preset distance by a grip sensor disposed at a rear portion of the portable terminal when the touch sensor turned-on, and setting and adjusting a touch sensitivity corresponding to the measured permittivity of the object corresponding to the touch sensor of the portable terminal. The method adjusts the touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal according to a peripheral environment to improve the touch sensitivity of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Geun Koh, Yi Kyu Min, Kyung Goo Lee, Byoung Il Son
  • Battery charging circuit
    Patent number: 9184612
    Abstract: A battery charging circuit includes a plurality of unit batteries that are connected in series; a current path forming unit that is connected between the unit batteries and forms a charging current path to one or more unit batteries selected by one or more selection signals; a control unit that senses the charging status of each of the plurality of the unit batteries, and generates the selection signals and controls the duty ratio according to the sensing results; and a charging electricity providing unit that controls the charging voltage provided to the charging current path forming unit according to the duty ratio of the charging control pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Green Powerset Co., LTD
    Inventor: Kyu Min Hwang