Patents by Inventor Nam Joon KIM

Nam Joon 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: 11568206
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithm that may be applied to a plurality of machine learning devices in a 5G environment connected to perform the Internet of things. A machine learning method by a first learning machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include obtaining input data; determining, from among a plurality of clusters, a cluster to which the input data belongs, by using a first artificial neural network; transmitting a plurality of sample features associated with the determined cluster to a second learning device using a second artificial neural network; receiving a label for the plurality of sample features from the second learning device, in response to the transmission; and associating the received label with the determined cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20210004705
    Abstract: User behavior was recorded with equipment that employed artificial intelligence (AI) and/or a machine learning algorithm which predicts user behavior based on the behavior that was recorded. The apparatus records movement related to predicted user behaviors which is accomplished by communicating with provided 5G external servers and other electronic devices. If user behavior can be predicted by this method, users can then control devices without actually operating the equipment and settings can then predict the next movement dependent upon the situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Nam Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20200019842
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithm that may be applied to a plurality of machine learning devices in a 5G environment connected to perform the Internet of things. A machine learning method by a first learning machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include obtaining input data; determining, from among a plurality of clusters, a cluster to which the input data belongs, by using a first artificial neural network; transmitting a plurality of sample features associated with the determined cluster to a second learning device using a second artificial neural network; receiving a label for the plurality of sample features from the second learning device, in response to the transmission; and associating the received label with the determined cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Nam Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 10274334
    Abstract: A route guidance method for executing voice route guidance for a route to a destination set by a user includes: executing a first voice route guidance at an interval according to a current guidance level; receiving a suppress command or a request command of the user during the execution of the first voice route guidance; determining a new guidance level on the basis of count results for the suppress command and the request command; and executing a second voice route guidance at an interval according to the new guidance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Un Kyu Park, Nam Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9930312
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a depth image using a relative angle between an image sensor and a target object includes an object image extractor to extract an object image from the depth image, a relative angle calculator to calculate a relative angle between an image sensor used to photograph the depth image and a target object corresponding to the object image, and an object image rotator to rotate the object image based on the relative angle and a reference angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Joon Kim, Byung In Yoo, Sung Joo Suh, Chang Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 9903727
    Abstract: A method for providing a geo-fence service using a map provided via a navigation device includes: searching for at least one critical route from a current position of a vehicle or an origin to a destination mapped onto the map; displaying a first critical route onto the map along the vehicle can travel to the destination, the first critical route corresponding to a shortest route among the at least one searched critical route; and determining whether the vehicle deviates from a geo-fence area including the at least one searched critical route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Kyu Cho, Nam Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9778796
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses an apparatus for sensing an object, the apparatus including a display, a light source configured to emit light toward the display, a pattern layer on the display, the pattern layer including a first pattern for identifying a position on the display, a camera configured to generate a pattern image based on light reflected off of the pattern layer, and a controller configured to adjust an operation of at least one of the light source and the camera based on a second pattern displayed in the pattern image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Joon Kim, Sung Joo Suh, Chang Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 9682623
    Abstract: A safe driving notification system includes a wearable module including a sensor unit configured to recognize a gaze of a driver in a vehicle or a driving direction of the vehicle, and a head unit configured to judge a driver's forward gazing state based on the driver's gaze or viewing direction acquired from the wearable module and to display a warning message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Nam Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170108346
    Abstract: A method for providing a geo-fence service using a map provided via a navigation device includes: searching for at least one critical route from a current position of a vehicle or an origin to a destination mapped onto the map; displaying a first critical route onto the map along the vehicle can travel to the destination, the first critical route corresponding to a shortest route among the at least one searched critical route; and determining whether the vehicle deviates from a geo-fence area including the at least one searched critical route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Kyu Cho, Nam Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170097244
    Abstract: A route guidance method for executing voice route guidance for a route to a destination set by a user includes: executing a first voice route guidance at an interval according to a current guidance level; receiving a suppress command or a request command of the user during the execution of the first voice route guidance; determining a new guidance level on the basis of count results for the suppress command and the request command; and executing a second voice route guidance at an interval according to the new guidance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Un Kyu PARK, Nam Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 9524420
    Abstract: A user authentication method includes extracting a facial landmark from each of a first input image and a second input image; generating a first sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the first input image and a second sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the second input image; and determining whether a user is to be authenticated based on the first sparse code of the first input image and the second sparse code of the second input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joo Suh, Nam Joon Kim, Hyun Jeong Lee, Jae Joon Han
  • Patent number: 9433958
    Abstract: The saver bottle is primarily intended to improve on existing bottle designs for storing and dispensing small quantities of fluid, such as liquid soap, shampoo, sunscreen, or similar fluids. The existing bottle designs used for these fluids are often unable to disgorge all of their liquid contents during normal use and leave some measure of their contents as a residue at the bottom of the bottle, which is wasteful and inefficient. The saver bottle is adapted to waste less of its liquid contents, and may include a sump, a sloped internal lower surface, a pumping mechanism accessible from the outside of the bottle, and a suction straw. The suction straw may terminate in a flared suction bell, and may extend into the sump. The sloped internal lower surface may be sized to maximize the internal volume of the bottle while still ensuring that any liquids the bottle is intended to house may freely drain into the sump at the bottom of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Nam Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160207455
    Abstract: A safe driving notification system includes a wearable module including a sensor unit configured to recognize a gaze of a driver in a vehicle or a driving direction of the vehicle, and a head unit configured to judge a driver's forward gazing state based on the driver's gaze or viewing direction acquired from the wearable module and to display a warning message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Nam Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160022096
    Abstract: The saver bottle is primarily intended to improve on existing bottle designs for storing and dispensing small quantities of fluid, such as liquid soap, shampoo, sunscreen, or similar fluids. The existing bottle designs used for these fluids are often unable to disgorge all of their liquid contents during normal use and leave some measure of their contents as a residue at the bottom of the bottle, which is wasteful and inefficient. The saver bottle is adapted to waste less of its liquid contents, and may include a sump, a sloped internal lower surface, a pumping mechanism accessible from the outside of the bottle, and a suction straw. The suction straw may terminate in a flared suction bell, and may extend into the sump. The sloped internal lower surface may be sized to maximize the internal volume of the bottle while still ensuring that any liquids the bottle is intended to house may freely drain into the sump at the bottom of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Nam Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20150205998
    Abstract: A user authentication method includes extracting a facial landmark from each of a first input image and a second input image; generating a first sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the first input image and a second sparse code of the facial landmark extracted from the second input image; and determining whether a user is to be authenticated based on the first sparse code of the first input image and the second sparse code of the second input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Joo SUH, Nam Joon KIM, Hyun Jeong LEE, Jae Joon HAN
  • Publication number: 20150015544
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses an apparatus for sensing an object, the apparatus including a display, a light source configured to emit light toward the display, a pattern layer on the display, the pattern layer including a first pattern for identifying a position on the display, a camera configured to generate a pattern image based on light reflected off of the pattern layer, and a controller configured to adjust an operation of at least one of the light source and the camera based on a second pattern displayed in the pattern image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Nam Joon KIM, Sung Joo SUH, Chang Kyu CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140333722
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a depth image using a relative angle between an image sensor and a target object includes an object image extractor to extract an object image from the depth image, a relative angle calculator to calculate a relative angle between an image sensor used to photograph the depth image and a target object corresponding to the object image, and an object image rotator to rotate the object image based on the relative angle and a reference angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Joon KIM, Byung In Yoo, Sung Joo Suh, Chang Kyu Choi