Patents by Inventor Nak-hoon Kim

Nak-hoon 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).

  • Patent number: 11363199
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. The electronic device may include a camera module including an optical image stabilizer, a motion sensor, a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the motion sensor. The processor may be configured to obtain first motion information corresponding to shaking of the electronic device through the motion sensor, while at least partially obtaining an image frame, determine second motion information, which corresponds to motion of a lens or an image sensor included in the camera module, from the first motion information, using attribute information and a frequency pass filter of the optical image stabilizer, and perform digital image correction, based on the first motion information and the second motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Hee Lee, Nak Hoon Kim, Won Seok Song, Jae Mu Yun, Hak Jae Jeon, Byung Ho Ahn
  • Patent number: 10965871
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. An electronic device may include a lens assembly including, one or more lenses, an image sensor, an image stabilizer, and a processor. The lens assembly may be arranged to from a first angle between an optical axis of at least some lenses of the one or more lenses, and a surface of the image sensor. The processor may be configured to change an angle of the lens assembly through the image stabilizer in response to shaking of the electronic device, obtain an image through the image sensor, in a state that the angle of the lens assembly is changed, correct, based at least on the first angle and a second angle corresponding to the changed angle of the lens assembly, at least a portion of the image, which is distorted, by the second angle, and display the corrected image through a display electrically connected with the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Seok Song, Nak Hoon Kim, Jae Mu Yun, Bo Hee Lee, Hak Jae Jeon, Min Heu, Byung Ho Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200404182
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. An electronic device may include a lens assembly including, one or more lenses, an image sensor, an image stabilizer, and a processor. The lens assembly may be arranged to from a first angle between an optical axis of at least some lenses of the one or more lenses, and a surface of the image sensor. The processor may be configured to change an angle of the lens assembly through the image stabilizer in response to shaking of the electronic device, obtain an image through the image sensor, in a state that the angle of the lens assembly is changed, correct, based at least on the first angle and a second angle corresponding to the changed angle of the lens assembly, at least a portion of the image, which is distorted, by the second angle, and display the corrected image through a display electrically connected with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Won Seok SONG, Nak Hoon KIM, Jae Mu YUN, Bo Hee LEE, Hak Jae JEON, Min HEU, Byung Ho AHN
  • Patent number: 10863091
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a camera, a sensor obtaining first motion information about motion of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera and the sensor. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of image frames from the camera, to generate second motion information by applying a filter for a specified frequency band to the first motion information, to generate one or more image frames, in each of which at least partial motion of the motion is compensated based on the second motion information, from the at least part of image frames, and to display the one or more image frames through a display operatively connected to the electronic device. The receiving includes obtaining the first motion information about at least part of image frames among the plurality of image frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Seok Song, Nak Hoon Kim, Byung Ho Ahn, Jae Mu Yun, Hak Jae Jeon
  • Patent number: 10827125
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a display device and a processor configured to identify a composite image in which one or more first images obtained using a first camera corresponding to a first direction and one or more second images obtained using a second camera corresponding to a second direction are combined, the second direction being different from the first direction, receive a request for playing the composite image, in response to the request for playing the composite image, identify movement information corresponding to a movement which is detected while the one or more first images and the one or more second images are obtained, correct a partial region to be displayed using the display device among regions of the composite image based on at least the movement information, and display a partial image corresponding to the corrected partial region in the composite image on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Lee, Nak-Hoon Kim, Jihak Kim
  • Publication number: 20200322534
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. The electronic device may include a camera module including an optical image stabilizer, a motion sensor, a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the motion sensor. The processor may be configured to obtain first motion information corresponding to shaking of the electronic device through the motion sensor, while at least partially obtaining an image frame, determine second motion information, which corresponds to motion of a lens or an image sensor included in the camera module, from the first motion information, using attribute information and a frequency pass filter of the optical image stabilizer, and perform digital image correction, based on the first motion information and the second motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Bo Hee LEE, Nak Hoon KIM, Won Seok SONG, Jae Mu YUN, Hak Jae JEON, Byung Ho AHN
  • Publication number: 20200221031
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a camera, a sensor obtaining first motion information about motion of the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the camera and the sensor. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of image frames from the camera, to generate second motion information by applying a filter for a specified frequency band to the first motion information, to generate one or more image frames, in each of which at least partial motion of the motion is compensated based on the second motion information, from the at least part of image frames, and to display the one or more image frames through a display operatively connected to the electronic device. The receiving includes obtaining the first motion information about at least part of image frames among the plurality of image frames. Moreover, various embodiment grasped through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Won Seok SONG, Nak Hoon KIM, Byung Ho AHN, Jae Mu YUN, Hak Jae JEON
  • Patent number: 10313549
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is provided, including a photographing device comprising imaging circuitry configured to generate an image signal by photoelectric conversion of incident light, a processor comprising processing circuitry configured to determine a sampling interval of time lapse photographing over time based on a reference value acquired in real time while the time lapse photographing is performed, to sample a plurality of input frames generated from the image signal at the sampling interval while the time lapse photographing is performed, to stabilize a plurality of frames selected by sampling the plurality of input frames using a window determined based on the sampling interval, and to compress the plurality of selected frames at an output frame rate to generate a time lapse image file, and a storage configured to store the time lapse image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Guo, Nak-hoon Kim, Sahil Arora, Duck-chan Seo, Hyung-chul Yoo
  • Publication number: 20190045099
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a display device and a processor configured to identify a composite image in which one or more first images obtained using a first camera corresponding to a first direction and one or more second images obtained using a second camera corresponding to a second direction are combined, the second direction being different from the first direction, receive a request for playing the composite image, in response to the request for playing the composite image, identify movement information corresponding to a movement which is detected while the one or more first images and the one or more second images are obtained, correct a partial region to be displayed using the display device among regions of the composite image based on at least the movement information, and display a partial image corresponding to the corrected partial region in the composite image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoo Lee, Nak-Hoon Kim, Jihak Kim
  • Patent number: 9860448
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing a video in an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes determining shaking compensation areas corresponding to a respective plurality of frames acquired through an image sensor in entire areas of the respective plurality of frames based on shaking information of the plurality of frames and information on the magnification, generating output frames corresponding to the respective plurality of frames by enlarging the shaking compensation areas at the magnification, and providing a video including the output frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-chul Yoo, Nak-hoon Kim, Duk-chan Seo
  • Patent number: 9832382
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muhammad Kamrul Hasan, Kai Guo, Nak-hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170180589
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is provided, including a photographing device comprising imaging circuitry configured to generate an image signal by photoelectric conversion of incident light, a processor comprising processing circuitry configured to determine a sampling interval of time lapse photographing over time based on a reference value acquired in real time while the time lapse photographing is performed, to sample a plurality of input frames generated from the image signal at the sampling interval while the time lapse photographing is performed, to stabilize a plurality of frames selected by sampling the plurality of input frames using a window determined based on the sampling interval, and to compress the plurality of selected frames at an output frame rate to generate a time lapse image file, and a storage configured to store the time lapse image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Kai GUO, Nak-hoon KIM, Sahil ARORA, Duck-chan SEO, Hyung-chul YOO
  • Publication number: 20170034410
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing a video in an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes determining shaking compensation areas corresponding to a respective plurality of frames acquired through an image sensor in entire areas of the respective plurality of frames based on shaking information of the plurality of frames and information on the magnification, generating output frames corresponding to the respective plurality of frames by enlarging the shaking compensation areas at the magnification, and providing a video including the output frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hyung-chul YOO, Nak-hoon KIM, Duk-chan SEO
  • Patent number: 9554058
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image, including obtaining an image sequence with similar exposure times, obtaining a plurality of still images with different exposure times, which temporally correspond to at least one image among the image sequence, and generating a matched image having an HDR from the plurality of still images by using the image sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INHA Industry Partnership Institute
    Inventors: Nak-hoon Kim, Byung-cheol Song, Jum-han Bae
  • Publication number: 20160150158
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing apparatus including: a photographer configured to photograph a moving image; a sensor configured to detect shaking of the photographing apparatus; an image processor configured to correct a photographed frame of the photographed moving image; and a controller configured to determine a processing mode for processing the photographed moving image based on at least one of shaking information of the photographing apparatus which is detected through the sensor and motion estimation information of the photographed moving image, and to control the image processor to process the moving image in the determined processing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muhammad Kamrul HASAN, Kai GUO, Duck-chan SEO, Nak-hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160112640
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muhammad Kamrul HASAN, Kai GUO, Nak-hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20150092075
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image, including obtaining an image sequence with similar exposure times, obtaining a plurality of still images with different exposure times, which temporally correspond to at least one image among the image sequence, and generating a matched image having an HDR from the plurality of still images by using the image sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: INHA INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nak-hoon KIM, Byung-cheol SONG, Jum-han BAE
  • Patent number: 8295634
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for illumination of a reference block and a method and apparatus for encoding an image, using the illumination compensation method and apparatus, are provided. The method of compensating for illumination of a reference block includes: predicting the mean values of pixels of a current block and a reference block, based on restored values of pixels neighboring the current block, and restored values of pixels neighboring the reference block; and based on the predicted mean value of the pixels of the current block, the predicted mean value of the pixels of the reference block, and the values of the pixels of the current block and the reference block, determining an illumination compensation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-gu Lee, Byung-cheol Song, Nak-hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8244050
    Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding an image. The method of encoding the image includes calculating the number of times that encoding information of each of a plurality of sub-blocks included in a current block is exactly predicted, determining whether or not to predictably encode the encoding information of each sub-block, based on the calculated number of times, and predictably encoding the encoding information of each sub-block according to the determination. Using the method can prevent the case in which many bits are required to encode the encoding information due to inexact prediction about the encoding information, thereby decreasing the compression ratio of the image encoding process, and can compress the image with a higher efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nak-hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8208544
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coding an image capable of performing a prediction coding process by using a correlation degree between neighboring pixels of a current block and neighboring pixels of a reference block, and an image decoding method and apparatus. In the method, reference block candidates having neighboring pixels similar to the neighboring pixels of the current block are selected, matching errors between selected reference block candidates and the current block are calculated, and a reference block candidate having the least matching error is determined to be a predicted block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-cheol Song, Yun-gu Lee, Nak-hoon Kim