Patents by Inventor Soungmin Im

Soungmin Im 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: 20110163954
    Abstract: A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device includes a camera obtaining an image and a controller obtaining the direction of a user included in the obtained image and correcting the image such that the direction of the user is synchronized with the photographing direction of the camera. Even when the direction of the user does not correspond to the photographing direction of the camera, an image of the user can be corrected to correctly recognize a user's gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Sungun KIM, Soungmin Im
  • Publication number: 20110157009
    Abstract: A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device comprises a camera obtaining an image including a gesture of a user and a controller extracting the image of the gesture from the obtained image and executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user. The method of controlling the display device executes functions respectively corresponding to specific gestures of users when the gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users to operate the display device in a manner most suitable for the range of the gesture of each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Sungun Kim, Soungmin Im
  • Publication number: 20110134251
    Abstract: Provided is a method which reduces the power consumption of a camera for detecting a user's gesture, in a device that detects the user's gesture and performs a command corresponding to the detected gesture. Moreover, provided is a method which turns off a camera or drives the camera in an ultra low power mode when there is no user input, and detects presence of a user to activate the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Sungun KIM, Soungmin Im
  • Publication number: 20110134250
    Abstract: Provided is a method which minimizes power consumption by controlling power of a camera that is used for recognizing a user's gesture, in a video processing apparatus, which recognizes the user's gesture and is controlled according to the recognized gesture, such as a TV or a monitor. In the present invention, a camera is driven in a low power mode or a high power mode, and when a user's specific gesture is detected in the lower power mode, the camera is switched to the high power mode for recognizing a detailed gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Sungun Kim, Soungmin Im