Patents by Inventor Min-Kyu Kim

Min-Kyu 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).

  • VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS USING IMAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20190092235
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance method is provided. The vehicle driving assistance method may comprise receiving an image of surroundings of a vehicle; receiving driving information of the vehicle; adjusting a region of interest (an ROI) in the image based on the driving information; detecting an object from the ROI; determining a probability of collision between the object and the vehicle; and outputting a signal based on the probability of collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Kyu KIM, Sun Jin KIM, Du Won PARK, Ki Sang KWON
  • Apparatus and method for processing textured image
    Patent number: 10229345
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing a textured image. The apparatus includes a filter unit for detecting an edge of an input image and transforming the input image into an image in which a density of the edge is represented; a smoothing unit for removing noise from the transformed image and smoothing the image; a clustering unit for changing a number of regions into which the smoothed image is to be segmented and clustering the smoothed image a preset number of times; and a cluster optimization unit for setting a final number of clusters for the input image by optimizing a number of clusters based on a previously learned ground truth, for selecting an image corresponding to the final number of clusters from results of clustering by which the image is segmented into a different number of regions, and for outputting the selected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Jeong-Mook Lim, Hee-Sook Shin, Chang-Mok Oh, Hyun-Tae Jeong
  • LANE CHANGE SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190035280
    Abstract: Provided is a method of lane change support. The method comprises step of detecting lane lines by analyzing an image obtained by a first image sensor provided on a side of a vehicle and step of setting a vehicle detection region for detecting a moving object in the image obtained by the first image sensor based on the detected lane lines and step of detecting the moving object in the set vehicle detection region and judging a possibility of collision between the vehicle and the detected object and step of providing lane change information indicating whether it is dangerous for the vehicle to change lanes based on the result of judging the possibility of collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Jin KIM, Du Won PARK, Ki Sang KWON, Min Kyu KIM
  • Echo cancellation for high speed full duplex data transmissions
    Patent number: 10116428
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for analog echo cancellation for high speed full duplex data transmissions, which include a first set of differential nodes to receive reception data and transmission data, a second set of differential nodes to receive the transmission data, and a subtraction circuit to receive data from the first set of differential nodes and data from the second set of differential nodes. The subtraction circuit includes a plurality of capacitors to receive data from each of the first and second sets differential nodes, and a termination circuit for providing DC termination voltage to subtract the data of the second set of differential nodes from the data of the first set of differential nodes to eliminate echo from the reception data received at the first set differential nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Qiming Wu, Kai Lei, Fei Song, Kai Zhou, Gijung Ahn, Zhi Wu, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Haptic device and display having the same
    Patent number: 10101812
    Abstract: A haptic device and a display having the same are disclosed. The haptic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first moving bar coupled to a first lateral surface of a touch sensor and a first actuator coupled to the first moving bar and configured to repeatedly move the first moving bar minutely in a direction of the first lateral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeong-Mook Lim, Min-Kyu Kim, Hee-Sook Shin, Chang-Mok Oh, Hyun-Tae Jeong
  • VIBRATION DETECTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180235472
    Abstract: A vibration detection apparatus is disclosed. The vibration detection apparatus comprises a body configured to have internal space, and a vibration sensor formed on the body and configured to sense vibration from a measuring object. Here, a space exists between the vibration sensor and a surface opposed to the vibration sensor of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jung Kuk Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Min Kyu Kim
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOVING BODY INFORMATION FOR A VEHICLE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM, ON WHICH A PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD IS RECORDED
    Publication number: 20180211105
    Abstract: A device for providing moving body information for a vehicle, according to one embodiment, includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a peripheral image of the vehicle, an image extraction unit extracting at least one of a first image of an upper body of at least one moving object or a second image of a lower body of the moving object from the peripheral image of the vehicle, and a moving object information determination unit determining at least one of presence/absence or a position of the moving object using at least one of the extracted first image or second image, wherein the image extraction unit extracts as the first image at least one of a ‘1-1’-st image of an entirety of the upper body or a ‘1-2’-nd image of a part of the upper body, and extracts as the second image at least one of a ‘2-1’-st image of an entirety of the lower body or a ‘2-2’-nd image of a part of the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Jung Hun LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Jae Kyu SUHR, Sung Hyun LIM, Ho Gi JUNG
  • ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER, READOUT CIRCUIT AND CIS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180198999
    Abstract: An analog-digital converter may include: an analog-digital converter comprising: a ramp signal selection unit suitable for receiving ramp signals having different offsets, and sequentially selecting one of the ramp signals according to a preset order; a comparison unit suitable for comparing the magnitudes of the selected ramp signal with a pixel signal, and outputting a comparison signal according to the comparison result; and a counting unit suitable for counting the number of clocks of a clock signal until the comparison signal transitions, and outputting a count signal based on the count when the comparison signal transitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Dong YOO, Min Kyu KIM, Jun Bo SHIM
  • BUILT-IN REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING WIRE COVER UNIT
    Publication number: 20180187956
    Abstract: A built-in refrigerator which includes a body; a door configured to open and close an inside of the body; a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Min-kyu KIM, In-yong HWANG, Joong-ho KIM, Jong-kyoung BOK, Yong-man SEO, Ho-june JEON
  • Wearable electromyogram sensor system
    Patent number: 9999391
    Abstract: A wearable electromyogram sensor system is provided. The wearable electromyogram sensor system includes: an elastic band having a plurality of electrodes; an electromyogram sensor including an electrode connected to an electrode of the band so as to receive a bio-signal related to contraction of a muscle, and configured to sense a change of motion information through the bio-signal or previously sense the change of the motion information before the motion information is changed; and a fixing unit fixing the electromyogram sensor to the band. The electrode of the electromyogram sensor is connected to an electrode at an arbitrary position of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Keehoon Kim, Sin-Jung Kim, Min Kyu Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBJECTS IN VIEW POINT OF MOVING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180114067
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for detecting an object. The apparatus for detecting an object includes a processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions to acquire a video of a target region corresponding to a movement direction of a mobile body, extract one or more interesting points of one or more objects in the video acquired and extract one or more motion vectors according to positional changes of the one or more interesting points in the video, select one or more reference points having fixed positions in the target region and set one or more reference vectors of the one or more reference points, respectively, according to positional changes of the one or more reference points in the video, and detect a moving object among the one or more objects in the video by comparing the one or more motion vectors extracted with the one or more reference vectors set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Sang KWON, Du-Won PARK, Min-Kyu KIM
  • METHODS OF CONTROLLING RECLAIM OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES, METHODS OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICES, AND STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180102790
    Abstract: In a method of controlling reclaim of a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each of the memory blocks includes a plurality of pages, a recovery read operation is performed on first data using an optimal read voltage determined based on the first data, when the first data includes errors which are not correctable, wherein the first data is read from a first page of a first memory block of the memory blocks, and, when the errors of the first data are corrected after the recovery read operation is performed, whether to perform a reclaim of the first page is determined based on threshold voltage distributions of memory cells of the first page, wherein the memory cells are disposed in a region of interest adjacent to the optimal read voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Shin-Ho OH, Woo-Hyun KANG, Min-Kyu KIM
  • Calibration for echo cancellation in a full duplex communication system
    Patent number: 9887733
    Abstract: A method that calibrates a device for echo cancellation and a device with calibration for echo cancellation are provided. Devices may be calibrated such that the echo residual error is less than a threshold determined by the calibration accuracy. Non-ideal factors such as mismatch may be eliminated during calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Zhou, Shinje Tahk, Kai Lei, Qiming Wu, Gijung Ahn, Min-Kyu Kim, Fei Song, Kexin Luo
  • Bidirectional transmission of USB data using audio/video data channel
    Patent number: 9852103
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to half-duplex bidirectional transmission of data compliant with a first standard (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard) over a physical channel of a multimedia link for transmitting audio/video (“A/V”) data compliant with a second standard (e.g., Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) standard) between a source device and a sink device using time division multiplexing (TDM). The source device sends units of data including A/V data and forward data compliant with the first standard at first times whereas the sink device sends units of data including backward data compliant with the first standard at second times between transmissions from the source device. The first times do not overlap with the second times. Synchronization signals may be added to the first and second units of data to align character symbols embedded in the first and second units of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yi, Young Il Kim, Gijung Ahn, Min-Kyu Kim, Daeyun Shim, Gyudong Kim, Hoon Choi
  • COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS USING DEPTH SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170308760
    Abstract: Provided are a collision avoidance method using a depth sensor, the method comprises receiving depth-based image information and identifying a path in the received depth-based image information, determining a depth level for each region of the depth-based image information, setting one or more distance-based sensing regions on the identified path based on the determined depth level, determining whether an object is detected in each of the set distance-based sensing regions and outputting a control signal for controlling the operation of a transport when determining that the object has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Sang KWON, Min Kyu KIM, Du Won PARK, Sung Ho JANG
  • Multi-ground connector for vehicle
    Patent number: 9761978
    Abstract: A multi-earth connector for a vehicle includes: a ground terminal to include a ground portion fixed to a vehicle body and pin terminals arranged in a plurality of rows; a socket terminal to include sockets inserted into the pin terminals and barrels to which an earth wiring is fixed; and a side holder coupled with the pin terminals and the sockets to inhibit a movement of the socket terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mun Jong Kim, Min Kyu Kim, Sung Won Jeon, Dong Hoon Lee
  • Analog to digital converting device for converting image signal
    Patent number: 9743029
    Abstract: An analog to digital converting device includes an analog to digital converting unit suitable for converting an image signal into a digital signal; and a digital arithmetic unit suitable for calculating a difference between a reset voltage and a signal voltage, which correspond to the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: SK Hynix Inc., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Ja Seung Gou, Oh Kyong Kwon, Min Kyu Kim
  • Calibration for Echo Cancellation in a Full Duplex Communication System
    Publication number: 20170237464
    Abstract: A method that calibrates a device for echo cancellation and a device with calibration for echo cancellation are provided. Devices may be calibrated such that the echo residual error is less than a threshold determined by the calibration accuracy. Non-ideal factors such as mismatch may be eliminated during calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Kai Zhou, Shinje Tahk, Kai Lei, Qiming Wu, Gijung Ahn, Min-Kyu Kim, Fei Song, Kexin Luo
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TEXTURED IMAGE
    Publication number: 20170193332
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing a textured image. The apparatus includes a filter unit for detecting an edge of an input image and transforming the input image into an image in which a density of the edge is represented; a smoothing unit for removing noise from the transformed image and smoothing the image; a clustering unit for changing a number of regions into which the smoothed image is to be segmented and clustering the smoothed image a preset number of times; and a cluster optimization unit for setting a final number of clusters for the input image by optimizing a number of clusters based on a previously learned ground truth, for selecting an image corresponding to the final number of clusters from results of clustering by which the image is segmented into a different number of regions, and for outputting the selected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Min-Kyu KIM, Jeong-Mook LIM, Hee-Sook SHIN, Chang-Mok OH, Hyun-Tae JEONG
  • Calibration for echo cancellation in a full duplex communication system
    Patent number: 9673959
    Abstract: A method that calibrates a device for echo cancellation and a device with calibration for echo cancellation are provided. Devices may be calibrated such that the echo residual error is less than a threshold determined by the calibration accuracy. Non-ideal factors such as mismatch may be eliminated during calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Zhou, Shinje Tahk, Kai Lei, Qiming Wu, Gijung Ahn, Min-Kyu Kim, Fei Song, Kexin Luo