Patents by Inventor Kyung Nam

Kyung Nam 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).

  • Patent number: 11140374
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a multiview image may extract feature points from the multiview image and perform image calibration based on the extracted feature points, track corresponding feature points in temporally successive image frames of a first view image, and perform the image calibration based on pairs of corresponding feature points between the feature points tracked from the first view image and feature points of a second view image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Hwang, Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam, Ouk Choi
  • Publication number: 20210256659
    Abstract: Provided is an image restoration apparatus and method. The image restoration apparatus may store an image restoration model including a convolutional layer corresponding to kernels having various dilation gaps, and may restore an output image from a target image obtained by rearranging a compound eye vision (CEV) image by the image restoration model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho CHO, Deokyoung KANG, Dong Kyung NAM
  • Publication number: 20210233253
    Abstract: An object tracking method and apparatus are provided. The object tracking method includes detecting a target object in a first-type input image that is based on light in a first wavelength band, tracking the target object in the first-type input image based on detection information of the target object, measuring a reliability of the first-type input image by comparing the first-type image to an image in a database, comparing the reliability of the first-type input image to a threshold, and tracking the target object in a second-type input image that is based on light in a second wavelength band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingu HEO, Dong Kyung NAM
  • Patent number: 11070782
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for outputting a three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. To output a 3D image, a stereo image is generated based on viewpoints of a user and rendered into a 3D image. Since the stereo image is generated based on the viewpoints of the user, the user views a different side of an object appearing in the 3D image depending on a viewpoint of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Lee, Juyong Park, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20210218944
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring an image, the apparatus including a plurality of lenses configured to pass a plurality of rays, a sensor including a target sensing element configured to receive a target ray passing a first lens among the plurality of lenses, and a second sensing element configured to receive a second ray passing a second lens among the plurality of lenses, the first lens being different from the second lens, and a processor configured to determine the second sensing element based on a difference between a direction of the target ray and a direction of the second ray, and to restore color information corresponding to the target sensing element based on color information detected by the second sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Deokyoung Kang, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 11064183
    Abstract: A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam, Hyoseok Hwang, Young Ju Jeong, Jingu Heo
  • Patent number: 11040224
    Abstract: Provided is a water-in-oil cosmetic composition comprising one or more thickening agents selected from the group consisting of sodium polyacrylate starch, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, xanthan gum and locust bean gum in an inner phase. The water-in-oil cosmetic composition of the present invention brings improvements to time-related changes in preparation stability by means of inner phase thickening controlling the flow properties of an aqueous phase, and controls the size of emulsified particles by means of inner phase thickening, and as a result the invention has outstanding thixotropic characteristics and outstanding initial spreadability and has outstanding durability and, in addition, the invention provides both a fresh-cream-like soft feel in use and a liquid-like light feel in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20210181505
    Abstract: An augmented reality head-up display (AR HUD) apparatus is provided. A backlight unit (BLU) for an AR HUD includes a light emitting diode (LED) array including a plurality of LEDs, a primary lens array configured to primarily concentrate light output by the plurality of LEDs, a secondary lens array configured to secondarily concentrate light incident through the primary lens array, and a side reflector configured to reflect light traveling toward a side surface above the secondary lens array among light incident through the secondary lens array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., GLOTEC Corp.
    Inventors: Jinho LEE, Ki Gwon LEE, Ho Seok LEE, Yoonsun CHOI, Dong Kyung NAM, Seong Won YOO
  • Publication number: 20210173476
    Abstract: An eye reconstruction-based eye tracking method and apparatus are provided. The eye tracking method includes generating a reconstructed image by performing eye reconstruction with respect to an input image, determining a difference value between the input image and the reconstructed image, selecting one of the input image, the reconstructed image, and a replacement image as a target image based on the determined difference value, and performing eye tracking based on the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingu Heo, Dongwoo Kang, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20210169882
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting DNA damage, comprising a GSK3 inhibitor. Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for protecting or mitigating radiation against radiation-induced damage, or preventing or treating pulmonary fibrosis, comprising a GSK3 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon-Jin LEE, Heang Ran SEO, Hae-Jun LEE, A-Ram KIM, Inhee CHOI, Sunhee KANG, Jae-kyung NAM
  • Patent number: 11030724
    Abstract: Provided is an image restoration apparatus and method. The image restoration apparatus may store an image restoration model including a convolutional layer corresponding to kernels having various dilation gaps, and may restore an output image from a target image obtained by rearranging a compound eye vision (CEV) image by the image restoration model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Deokyoung Kang, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 11023105
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are provided for a composable analytics environment. A graphical module repository is provided that consists of a plurality of graphical modules that are configured to perform a data processing function. An input is received from a user indicating a selection of at least one graphical module from the graphical module repository to be part of an application. A data set to be analyzed by the application is received. The application designed by the user is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Lars Henry Fiedler, Timothy Dasey, Micah Thomas Lee, Heather Lynn Griffin, Ronald Taylor Locke, Kevin Kyung Nam, Rajendra F. Laad
  • Publication number: 20210157136
    Abstract: Provided is a light shielding film for head-up display (HUD), the light shielding film including a plurality of light shielding materials configured to transmit a first directional light propagating from a view in front of a vehicle in a first direction and block at least a portion of a second directional light propagating from an external light source in a second direction that is opposite to a third direction in which light is output from a display panel for HUD included in the vehicle, at least one gradient of the plurality of light shielding materials corresponding to the first direction, and a transparent material that fills a space between the plurality of light shielding materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyung Nam, Jinho Lee, Yoonsun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210143105
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a shielding wire formed across a semiconductor die and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire, thereby reducing the size of a package while shielding the electromagnetic interference generated from the semiconductor die. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one circuit device mounted thereon, a semiconductor die spaced apart from the circuit device and mounted on the substrate, a shielding wire spaced apart from the semiconductor die and formed across the semiconductor die, and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire under the shielding wire and formed to be perpendicular to the shielding wire. In another embodiment, a bump structure is used to support the shielding wire. In a further embodiment, an auxiliary wire includes a bump structure portion and wire portion and both the bump structure portion and the wire portion are used to support the shielding wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ho JEON, Kyeong Sool SEONG, Seok Ho NA, Jeong Il KIM, Young Kyu KIM, Sung Ho JEON, Deok In LIM, Sung Moo HONG, Sung Jung KIM, Sung Han RYU, Kyung Nam KANG, Seong Hak YOO
  • Patent number: 10979696
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining an interpupillary distance (IPD) are provided. To determine an IPD of a user, three-dimensional (3D) images for candidate IPDs may be generated, and user feedback on the 3D images may be received. A final IPD may be determined based on the user feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Hwang, Dongwoo Kang, Byong Min Kang, Juyong Park, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 10977801
    Abstract: An object tracking method and apparatus are provided. The object tracking method includes detecting a target object in a first-type input image that is based on light in a first wavelength band, tracking the target object in the first-type input image based on detection information of the target object, measuring a reliability of the first-type input image by comparing the first-type image to an image in a database, comparing the reliability of the first-type input image to a threshold, and tracking the target object in a second-type input image that is based on light in a second wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingu Heo, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 10943871
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a shielding wire formed across a semiconductor die and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire, thereby reducing the size of a package while shielding the electromagnetic interference generated from the semiconductor die. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one circuit device mounted thereon, a semiconductor die spaced apart from the circuit device and mounted on the substrate, a shielding wire spaced apart from the semiconductor die and formed across the semiconductor die, and an auxiliary wire supporting the shielding wire under the shielding wire and formed to be perpendicular to the shielding wire. In another embodiment, a bump structure is used to support the shielding wire. In a further embodiment, an auxiliary wire includes a bump structure portion and wire portion and both the bump structure portion and the wire portion are used to support the shielding wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ho Jeon, Kyeong Sool Seong, Seok Ho Na, Jeong Il Kim, Young Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Jeon, Deok In Lim, Sung Moo Hong, Sung Jung Kim, Sung Han Ryu, Kyung Nam Kang, Seong Hak Yoo
  • Publication number: 20210065383
    Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring an image frame; tracking a face region of a user based on first prior information obtained from at least one previous frame of the image frame; based on a determination that tracking of the face region based on the first prior information has failed, setting a scan region in the image frame based on second prior information obtained from the at least one previous frame; and detecting the face region in the image frame based on the scan region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo KANG, Jingu HEO, Byong Min KANG, Dong Kyung NAM
  • Publication number: 20210064899
    Abstract: A liveness determining method and apparatus are provided. The liveness determining apparatus includes an optical sensor including at least one optical source; a memory configured to store registered color information; and at least one processor configured to: obtain, from the optical sensor, an input fingerprint image of an object corresponding to the at least one optical source, obtain input color information from the input fingerprint image, compare the input color information and the registered color information, and determine liveness of the object based on a result of the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Younkyu LEE, Jingu HEO, Joohyeon KIM, Dong Kyung NAM
  • Patent number: 10925812
    Abstract: Provided is a polyether-based urethane foam for impregnating a cosmetic composition. The polyether-based urethane foam has excellent touch feel, portability and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Min Kyung Shim, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi