Patents by Inventor Se-eun Kim

Se-eun 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: 20130104538
    Abstract: Provided is a wave power generation apparatus. The wave power generation apparatus includes an upper structure rolled by a wave, a lower structure disposed under a water plane to rotatably support the upper structure, a generation part disposed on one of the upper and lower structures to convert kinetic energy generated during rotation of the upper structure into electrical energy, and a gravity center movement part disposed on the upper structure, the gravity center movement part moving a gravity center of the upper structure to adjust a rolling period of the upper structure to a wave period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Rae Hyoung Yuck, Se Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20110308444
    Abstract: A floating offshore structure is disclosed. The floating offshore structure, which is for drilling or production, includes a semi-submerged platform body in the shape of a cylinder that is extended vertically above and below the sea level. The platform body is formed with a concave part that reduces its cross-sectional area. The concave part is discontinuously formed along an external circumferential surface of the platform body. The depth of submergence of the platform body is adjusted so that the water line is located at the concave part in an extreme marine condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hi-Seok KANG, Hee-Chang Kim, Se-Eun Kim, Sam-Kwon Hong
  • Patent number: 7986447
    Abstract: A color image scanning system, method and medium that generates look-up tables for color data correction based on the type of printing paper and the kind of image on the printing papers, thereby improving color reproducibility upon scanning. A color image scanning system may include a storage unit to store look-up tables having correction values of first color data, obtained by scanning a first printing paper having a plurality of color patches, each of the look-up tables corresponding to a type of printing paper, and a final image generation unit to correct second color data, obtained by scanning a second printing paper, with reference to a look-up table of the look-up tables, the look-up table corresponding to the type of printing paper used by the second printing paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousun Bang, Min-ki Cho, Se-eun Kim, Heui-keun Choh
  • Patent number: 7835576
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for editing an optimized color preference are provided. The apparatus includes a color information controlling unit which extracts data about a preference by comparing color information of a transformed image generated by transforming color information of an original image and the original image according to a user preference; a learning unit which teaches a neural network about the preference, based on the extracted data, and predicts color information variation by the neural network; and an image correcting unit which corrects color information of an input image according to the predicted color information variation. The method includes extracting data about a preference; teaching a neural network about the preference, based on the extracted data; predicting color information variation by the neural network; and correcting color information of an input image according to the predicted color information variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh, Se-eun Kim
  • Patent number: 7835575
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for converting a preference color, in which the color space of a preference color selected by a user is divided into a plurality of sub-regions according to color distribution characteristics, and the colors of the respective regions of an input image corresponding to the user's preference color are converted into colors of proper sub-regions among the plurality of sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-eun Kim, Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh
  • Publication number: 20100182619
    Abstract: A color compensation apparatus, a color compensation method, an image forming apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The color compensation apparatus includes a color scheme analyzing unit to classify an input image into one or more objects and to compute average color values for each of the classified one or more objects, a storage unit to store a color table proposed for color compensation, and a color compensating unit to compensate the average color values computed for each of the classified one or more objects using colors of the stored color table which match the computed average color values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-eun KIM, Kyeong-man KIM, Hyun-soo OH
  • Patent number: 7733525
    Abstract: A gamut mapping method and apparatus are provided which allow a reproduction device to properly represent colors that are not within a gamut boundary of the reproduction device but within in a gamut boundary of a source device. The gamut mapping method includes (a) setting a cut-off rate for a predetermined color component and defining a cut-off region on a standard color circle; (b) determining a gamut of a reproduction device using color data which is part of basic color data and corresponds to colors that do not belong to the cut-off region; (c) modifying a gamut of a source device according to the determined gamut of the reproduction device; (d) determining a mapping relationship between the modified gamut of the source device and the determined gamut of the reproduction device; and (e) creating a mapping table based on the determined mapping relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-ki Cho, Byoung-ho Kang, Se-eun Kim, Heui-keun Choh
  • Patent number: 7667873
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for image-adaptive color reproduction is provided. The apparatus includes an information-extraction unit, an image-compression unit and an image-information-reproduction unit. The information-extraction unit inputs image information of a first color space model, converts the input image information into image information of a second color space model, and extracts pixel frequency information of pixels belonging to a plurality of color regions by using the image information of the second color space model. The image compression unit inputs the image information of the first color space model, converts the input image information into the image information of the second color space model, and calculates compressed image information by compression-mapping the image information of the second color space model. The image information reproduction unit outputs final image information by using the pixel frequency information and the compressed image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh, Min-ki Cho, Se-eun Kim, Ronnier Luo
  • Publication number: 20080158626
    Abstract: A color image scanning system, method and medium that generates look-up tables for color data correction based on the type of printing paper and the kind of image on the printing papers, thereby improving color reproducibility upon scanning. A color image scanning system may include a storage unit to store look-up tables having correction values of first color data, obtained by scanning a first printing paper having a plurality of color patches, each of the look-up tables corresponding to a type of printing paper, and a final image generation unit to correct second color data, obtained by scanning a second printing paper, with reference to a look-up table of the look-up tables, the look-up table corresponding to the type of printing paper used by the second printing paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousun Bang, Min-ki Cho, Se-eun Kim, Heui-Keun Choh
  • Publication number: 20080088892
    Abstract: A system, medium, and method calibrating gray data. The system calibrating gray data includes a transformation unit to transform red, green, and blue (RGB) data of a source device into transformed color data of a different color space using a color appearance model, and a calibration unit to map a chroma value of gray data, corresponding to the transformed color data, in the different color space to a predetermined value to generate calibrated color space data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-ki Cho, Heui-keun Choh, YouSun Bang, Se-eun Kim, Yun-tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20080080767
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus to perform gamut mapping between heterogeneous devices, more particularly, a method and apparatus to map a color of a device to an identical or visually and sensually preferable color of another device having a different color gamut. The method includes adjusting lightness of a color of a source device by scaling to match a lightness range of the source device with a lightness range of a destination device; modifying the adjusted lightness of the color of the source device by adjusting a color gamut of the source device to a color gamut of the destination device; and to map the modified color of the source device to a color in the color gamut of the destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-ki Cho, Heui-keun Choh, YouSun Bang, Se-eun Kim, Yun-tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20070211272
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for image-adaptive color reproduction is provided. The apparatus includes an information-extraction unit, an image-compression unit and an image-information-reproduction unit. The information-extraction unit inputs image information of a first color space model, converts the input image information into image information of a second color space model, and extracts pixel frequency information of pixels belonging to a plurality of color regions by using the image information of the second color space model. The image compression unit inputs the image information of the first color space model, converts the input image information into the image information of the second color space model, and calculates compressed image information by compression-mapping the image information of the second color space model. The image information reproduction unit outputs final image information by using the pixel frequency information and the compressed image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh, Min-ki Cho, Se-eun Kim, Ronnier Luo
  • Publication number: 20070154084
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for editing an optimized color preference are provided. The apparatus includes a color information controlling unit which extracts data about a preference by comparing color information of a transformed image generated by transforming color information of an original image and the original image according to a user preference; a learning unit which teaches a neural network about the preference, based on the extracted data, and predicts color information variation by the neural network; and an image correcting unit which corrects color information of an input image according to the predicted color information variation. The method includes extracting data about a preference; teaching a neural network about the preference, based on the extracted data; predicting color information variation by the neural network; and correcting color information of an input image according to the predicted color information variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh, Se-eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20070139439
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for converting a preference color, in which the color space of a preference color selected by a user is divided into a plurality of sub-regions according to color distribution characteristics, and the colors of the respective regions of an input image corresponding to the user's preference color are converted into colors of proper sub-regions among the plurality of sub-regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Se-eun Kim, Byoung-ho Kang, Heui-keun Choh
  • Publication number: 20070133024
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for reproducing an optimized preference color using candidate images and natural languages, in which user-oriented optimized picture quality can be provided through a printer. The apparatus includes a preference color-natural language information memory which stores characteristic information of a preference color mapped on a natural language, a candidate image provider module which provides candidate images having characteristic information applied to original images, and a candidate preference image input module which inputs one image, which satisfies a user's preference, among the candidate images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-ho Kang, Se-eun Kim, Heui-keun Choh
  • Publication number: 20070109570
    Abstract: A host apparatus, system, and method are provided for reproducing color by predicting change in color of an image according to chromaticity of various observation light sources. The host apparatus includes: a lookup-table-generation module generating mapping information with regard to an image having a format and a calibrated image, which corresponds to the image and is calibrated according to an observation light source; and an image calibration module calibrating an input original image according to an observation light source selected by a user based on the mapping information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Min-ki Cho, Heui-keun Choh, Se-eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20070086028
    Abstract: A gamut mapping method and apparatus are provided which allow a reproduction device to properly represent colors that are not within a gamut boundary of the reproduction device but within in a gamut boundary of a source device. The gamut mapping method includes (a) setting a cut-off rate for a predetermined color component and defining a cut-off region on a standard color circle; (b) determining a gamut of a reproduction device using color data which is part of basic color data and corresponds to colors that do not belong to the cut-off region; (c) modifying a gamut of a source device according to the determined gamut of the reproduction device; (d) determining a mapping relationship between the modified gamut of the source device and the determined gamut of the reproduction device; and (e) creating a mapping table based on the determined mapping relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Min-ki Cho, Byoung-ho Kang, Se-eun Kim, Heui-keun Choh