Patents by Inventor Min-Hyuk Kim

Min-Hyuk 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: 20250238944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) scanning method and system that may acquire high-detail geometry by connecting a volumetric fusion and multiview shape-from-shaping (SfS) in two stages and may include estimating an illumination and acquiring a scalar depth value; estimating a photometric normal and a diffuse albedo using the scalar depth value acquired from the estimated illumination; and integrating the scalar depth value to a volumetric distance field, refining the photometric normal and the diffuse albedo, and blending the photometric normal and the diffuse albedo in a texture space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Hyunho HA
  • Patent number: 12361639
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a camera flash, and at least one processor configured to control the camera to capture a natural light image and a depth image of an object, control the camera and the camera flash to capture an artificial light image of the object, obtain distance information from the depth image to generate a depth mask image, create a cluster mask image from the natural light image, obtain a flash image in which the illuminance of the natural light image has been removed from the illuminance of the artificial light image, obtain an optimization parameter based on the distance information, the depth mask image, the cluster mask image, and the flash image, and obtain three-dimensional topographic information and surface reflection information about the object based on the obtained optimization parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Joo Ho Lee, Hyun Jin Ku, Dahyun Kang, Hyunho Ha
  • Patent number: 12315040
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hyperspectral imaging method and an apparatus thereof. A method of reconstructing a hyperspectral image includes receiving an image photographed through a diffractive optical element and reconstructing a hyperspectral image of the received image based on the received image and information about a point spread function for each wavelength of the diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element may generate an anisotropic shape of the point spread function that varies with a spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Daniel Jeon
  • Publication number: 20250153467
    Abstract: Proposed is a laminate including a base layer, a second layer positioned on the base layer, and a first layer positioned on the second layer, in which the first layer includes a polycarbonate-based polyurethane, and the second layer includes a thermoplastic polyurethane. The thermoplastic polyurethane has an elongation at break of 400% or less and a melt index of 80 to 140 g/10 min at a temperature of 185° C. and a load of 2.16 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Ju Noh, Jae Hyun An, In Soo Han, Ju Wan Lim, Jong Taek Na, Je Beom Yeon, Min Hyuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20250143613
    Abstract: A method for determining mediators on the association between adverse childhood experiences and suicidal ideation of older adults according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is a method for determining mediators on the association between adverse childhood experiences of older adults, as an independent variable, and suicidal ideation, as a dependent variable, may include a data measurement step of measuring data for adverse childhood experiences, suicidal ideation, mental health mediators, physical health mediators, social relationship mediators, and covariates; and a statistical analysis step of estimating adjusted effects and crude effects of the mental health mediators, physical health mediators, and social relationship mediators on the suicidal ideation using a logistic-regression analysis and analyzing three path models respectively using mental health mediators, physical health mediators, and social relationship mediators, which are sets of multiple mediators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY WONJU CAMPUS
    Inventors: Moo Kwon CHUNG, Kyoung Joung LEE, Taek Soo SHIN, Hyo Sang LIM, Min Hyuk KIM, Jin Hee LEE, Sang Won HWANG, ERDENEBAYAR URTNASAN, Jin Kyung LEE, Ji Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20250148706
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional (3D) calibration method and device for multi-view phase shift profilometry. A 3D calibration method for multi-view phase shift profilometry, performed by a computer device, according to an example embodiment may include acquiring a phase that is data required for 3D reconstruction from parameters of at least one camera and a projector based on a phase measuring profilometry (PMP) method; defining a phase-to-depth function for each camera-and-projector combination and performing calibration of optimizing the parameters of the camera and the projector; and acquiring a point cloud that includes depth information using the optimized parameters of the camera and the projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Hyeongjun CHO
  • Publication number: 20250069886
    Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a thin film manufacturing method and a thin film. The thin film manufacturing method comprises: an adsorption step of adsorbing a high-k material on a substrate by spraying a source gas consisting of a high-k material; a deposition step of depositing a thin film consisting of the high-k material on the substrate by spraying a reaction gas that reacts with the source gas; and a crystallization step of crystallizing the high-k material using plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Duck Ho KIM, Min Hyuk KIM, Kyung In MIN, Chang Kyun PARK, Jun Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20250059645
    Abstract: A substrate processing device. The device comprises: a first source supply unit; a second source supply unit; a first supply line for connecting the first source supply unit to a spraying unit; a second supply line for connecting the second source supply unit to the spraying unit; a mixing unit provided at the first supply line to be arranged between the first source supply unit and the spraying unit; a first connection line for connecting the second supply line to the first supply line and/or the mixing unit; and a first path change unit provided at a first connection point at which the first connection line is connected to the second supply line, wherein the first path change unit changes the flow path of a second source gas supplied from the second source supply unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Duck Ho KIM, Min Hyuk KIM, Kyung In MIN, Chang Kyun PARK, Jun Hee HAN, Du Ho KIM, Su Ye KIM, Seung Hyun LEE, Chul Joo HWANG
  • Patent number: 12116298
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing nitrogen and phosphorus from sewage and wastewater through a combination of a biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal process using nitrite nitrogen and an anaerobic ammonium oxidation process. An objective of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for removing nitrogen and phosphorus in which, by inducing a denitritation- and nitritation-based biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal process in a bioreactor and applying an anaerobic ammonium oxidation process, nitrogen and phosphorus can be economically and effectively removed without separately injecting organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: BKT CO., LTD., SUDOKWON LANDFILL SITE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Hyun Park, Dae Hwan Rhu, Min Ki Jung, Jae Min Kim, Jonathan Liberzon, Jong Cheol Won, Joon Ho Cho, Swong Kyun Hong, Moon Jeong Kim, Kyung Sam Jeong, Min Hyuk Kim, June Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20240298654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing dough for frozen pizza, dough for frozen pizza prepared by the preparation method, and frozen pizza comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Kyoung CHOI, Hye Won SHIN, Eun Yi KIM, Sang Geun KIM, Young Min HA, Hee Soo PARK, Min Hyuk KIM, Ki Moon KANG
  • Publication number: 20240248182
    Abstract: Detecting a multi-path interference component in a time-of-flight (ToF) camera may be performed by generating a confidence map in which a distortion area attributable to a multi-path interference component included in a reflection modulation signals is specified, where the reflection modulation signals is generated when two modulation signals emitted from a light source to a subject return to the ToF camera after being reflected by the subject. Correcting the multi-path interference component corrects distortion attributable to a multi-path interference component, which may include correcting only the distortion area specified in the confidence map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Daniel S. Jeon
  • Patent number: 12015755
    Abstract: Provided is a real-time omnidirectional stereo matching method in a camera system including a first pair of fisheye cameras including first and second fisheye cameras provided to perform shooting in opposite directions and a second pair of fisheye cameras including third and fourth fisheye cameras provided to perform shooting in opposite directions and in which the first pair of fisheye cameras and the second pair of fisheye cameras are vertically provided, including receiving fisheye images of a subject captured through the first to the fourth fisheye cameras; selecting one fisheye camera from among fisheye cameras for each pixel of a preset reference fisheye image among the fisheye images using a sweep volume for preset distance candidates; generating a distance map for all pixels using the reference fisheye image and a fisheye image of the one fisheye camera; and performing real-time stereo matching on the fisheye images using the distance map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Meuleman Andreas, Hyeonjoong Jang
  • Patent number: 11915393
    Abstract: A method of reduce the impact of noise on a depth image produced using a Time Of Flight (TOF) camera uses an infrared image produced from one or more phase-specific images captured by the TOF camera to determine whether to move pixels in the depth image from one phase section to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Daniel S. Jeon
  • Publication number: 20230206551
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a camera flash, and at least one processor configured to control the camera to capture a natural light image and a depth image of an object, control the camera and the camera flash to capture an artificial light image of the object, obtain distance information from the depth image to generate a depth mask image, create a cluster mask image from the natural light image, obtain a flash image in which the illuminance of the natural light image has been removed from the illuminance of the artificial light image, obtain an optimization parameter based on the distance information, the depth mask image, the cluster mask image, and the flash image, and obtain three-dimensional topographic information and surface reflection information about the object based on the obtained optimization parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Joo Ho LEE, Hyun Jin KU, Dahyun KANG, Hyunho HA
  • Publication number: 20230016057
    Abstract: The inventive concept relate to a technology, which recognizes widely deformable markers with high accuracy in an end-to-end manner of message encoding and decoding, and which generates and recognizes deformable fiducial markers based on artificial intelligence, and includes generating, by a marker generator, a unique marker pattern as a fiducial marker in an input binary message, rendering, by an imaging simulator, an image by generating a training dataset of a realistic scene image with the generated fiducial marker, and training a marker detector with the rendered image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Mustafa Berk YALDIZ, Andreas MEULEMAN
  • Publication number: 20230010725
    Abstract: A method of reduce the impact of noise on a depth image produced using a Time Of Flight (TOF) camera uses an infrared image produced from one or more phase-specific images captured by the TOF camera to determine whether to move pixels in the depth image from one phase section to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Daniel S. JEON
  • Publication number: 20220321859
    Abstract: Provided is a real-time omnidirectional stereo matching method in a camera system including a first pair of fisheye cameras including first and second fisheye cameras provided to perform shooting in opposite directions and a second pair of fisheye cameras including third and fourth fisheye cameras provided to perform shooting in opposite directions and in which the first pair of fisheye cameras and the second pair of fisheye cameras are vertically provided, including receiving fisheye images of a subject captured through the first to the fourth fisheye cameras; selecting one fisheye camera from among fisheye cameras for each pixel of a preset reference fisheye image among the fisheye images using a sweep volume for preset distance candidates; generating a distance map for all pixels using the reference fisheye image and a fisheye image of the one fisheye camera; and performing real-time stereo matching on the fisheye images using the distance map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Min Hyuk KIM, Meuleman ANDREAS, Hyeonjoong JANG
  • Patent number: 11380056
    Abstract: Disclosed are herein a three-dimensional (3D) object acquisition method and an object acquisition apparatus using artificial light photographs. A 3D object acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of images of a 3D object photographed by a camera, reconstructing spatially-varying bidirectional reflectance distribution functions for the 3D object based on the plurality of images received, estimating shading normals for the 3D object based on the reconstructed spatially-varying bidirectional reflectance distribution functions, and acquiring 3D geometry for the 3D object based on the estimated shading normals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Giljoo Nam
  • Publication number: 20220144678
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing nitrogen and phosphorus from sewage and wastewater through a combination of a biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal process using nitrite nitrogen and an anaerobic ammonium oxidation process. An objective of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for removing nitrogen and phosphorus in which, by inducing a denitritation- and nitritation-based biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal process in a bioreactor and applying an anaerobic ammonium oxidation process, nitrogen and phosphorus can be economically and effectively removed without separately injecting organic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Young Hyun PARK, Dae Hwan RHU, Min Ki JUNG, Jae Min KIM, Jonathan LIBERZON, Jong Cheol WON, Joon Ho CHO, Swong Kyun HONG, Moon Jeong KIM, Kyung Sam JEONG, Min Hyuk KIM, June Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 11300450
    Abstract: A method and a system for acquiring a hyperspectral image by using a kaleidoscope are provided. The method includes copying an input image to generate a specific number of images, generating coded-aperture passed images corresponding to the images by using at least one coded aperture, and acquiring a hyperspectral image for the input image based on the coded-aperture passed images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Daniel Jeon