Patents by Inventor Su Moon
Su Moon 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).
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Publication number: 20190362467Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of filters each corresponding to a plurality of image patterns; and a processor configured to classify an image block including a target pixel and a plurality of surrounding pixels into one of the plurality of image patterns based on a relationship between pixels within the image block and to obtain a final image block in which the target pixel is image-processed by applying at least one filter corresponding to the classified image pattern from among the plurality of filters to the image block, wherein the plurality of filters are obtained by learning, through an artificial intelligence algorithm, a relationship between a plurality of first sample image blocks and a plurality of second sample image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first sample image blocks based on each of the plurality of image patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Hyun-seung LEE, Dong-hyun KIM, Young-su MOON, Tae-gyoung AHN
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Patent number: 10468581Abstract: A method for driving a piezo actuator includes detecting consumption current by stepwise sweeping the frequency of an actuator driving signal to drive the piezo actuator vibrated in response to first and second vibration modes from a first reference frequency and determining a frequency at which the consumption current is inflected to be a first resonant frequency, detecting consumption current by stepwise sweeping the frequency of the actuator driving signal from a second reference frequency and determining a frequency at which the consumption current is inflected to be a second resonant frequency, and outputting an actuator driving signal in response to the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeon Ho Son, Dong Su Moon, Kyung Su Park, Joon Choi, Jung Hyun Park
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Publication number: 20190319568Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a bracket having a center on which a coil is seated, a casing coupled to the bracket and having an internal space formed therein, a stator disposed in the internal space of the casing to generate an electromagnetic force, an oscillator disposed around the stator, an elastic member adapted to vibrate the oscillator, a substrate seating part adapted to seat the casing thereonto, and a substrate having a first area adapted to locate one surface of the bracket thereon, a second area extended from the first area toward a side periphery of the casing, and a third area extended from the second area in such a manner as to be disposed on top of the substrate seating part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yeon Ho SON, Yong Tae KIM, Dong Su MOON
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Publication number: 20190311672Abstract: A display apparatus and control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus including: a display configured to display an image; a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit light to a screen of the display; an image processor configured to divide an input image into a plurality of blocks, identify target brightness for each block, and adjust a control value of each of the plurality of light sources based on priority of each of the plurality of light sources; and a driver configured to drive the plurality of light sources based on the control value. Thus, the duty for controlling the quality of light from the light source is identified considering the duty of the light source corresponding to an area of which previously identified priority is high, and thus dimming control is possible taking effects of light diffusion from adjacent neighboring light sources into account.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-hoon JEONG, Doo-seop CHOI, Young-su MOON
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Publication number: 20190251673Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus according to an example embodiment includes an input unit comprising input circuitry, and a processor configured to: perform a noise reduction process on an image input through the input unit, identify a first pixel block based on an object pixel in the input image, identify a second pixel block based on the object pixel in a denoised image, obtain a gain value based on a pixel value included in the first pixel block and a pixel value included in the second pixel block, and perform an enhancement process on the denoised image by applying the obtained gain value to the second pixel block.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Sang-hun KIM, Seung-ho PARK, Dong-yoon KIM, Young-su MOON
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Publication number: 20190188539Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of filters each corresponding to a plurality of image patterns; and a processor configured to classify an image block including a target pixel and a plurality of surrounding pixels into one of the plurality of image patterns based on a relationship between pixels within the image block and to obtain a final image block in which the target pixel is image-processed by applying at least one filter corresponding to the classified image pattern from among the plurality of filters to the image block, wherein the plurality of filters are obtained by learning, through an artificial intelligence algorithm, a relationship between a plurality of first sample image blocks and a plurality of second sample image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first sample image blocks based on each of the plurality of image patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Hyun-seung LEE, Dong-hyun KIM, Young-su MOON, Tae-gyoung AHN
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Patent number: 10284065Abstract: A horizontal linear vibration motor for securing the straightness of a coil spring and preventing a driving unit, such as a mass body, from axially rotating around the axis of a shaft within a housing due to the rotational property of the coil spring by providing a coil and a magnet for generating a force that enables the reciprocating motion of the driving unit including the mass body and an anti-rotation member provided in the driving unit to slide and come into contact with the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Yeon Ho Son, Dong Su Moon
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Patent number: 10269099Abstract: An image-processing method of removing noise from an image includes: obtaining standard representative values for standard regions of a standard image and reference representative values for reference regions of a reference image, and obtaining a plurality of hierarchical images having different resolutions with respect to the standard image and the reference image based on the standard representative values and the reference representative values; obtaining the standard representative values for the standard regions of the standard image and the reference representative values for the reference regions of the reference image from the hierarchical images; determining a similarity between the standard regions and the reference regions from the standard representative values and the reference representative values; and removing noise by applying filtering to the standard image and the reference image depending on the determined similarity.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-hun Lee, Young-su Moon, Yong-min Tai
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Patent number: 10235779Abstract: An image display device may include a display and a controller configured to change a value of a pixel included in an input image based on a hue value and a saturation value of the pixel and control the display such that the display displays the image in which the value of the pixel has been changed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung-seok Min, Hyun-seung Lee, Young-su Moon
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Publication number: 20190066274Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an input interface, a first storage, a display, and a processor. Pixel values corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in an image input through the input interface are stored in the first storage. The processor acquires a first patch of a predetermined size by sampling a number of pixel values located in an outer region of a matrix centering about a specific pixel value from among the pixel values stored in the first storage, acquires a high-frequency component for the specific pixel value based on the acquired first patch, and processes the input image based on the high-frequency component. The display displays the processed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung-jun LIM, Seok-bong YOO, Tae-gyoung AHN, Young-su MOON, Seong-hoon CHOI
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Publication number: 20190057493Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a display, and a processor configured to generate a second image and a third image where a dynamic range is expanded by respectively applying a first gain and a second gain to an input first image, generate a degraded image of the second image by applying a predetermined degradation model to the second image, based on a difference value between a pixel of the degraded second image and a pixel of the third image satisfying a predetermined condition, modify a pixel value of the second image based on the difference value, and output the second image where the pixel value is modified through the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gi-yeong GIM, Seung-hoon HAN, Young-su MOON, Tae-gyoung AHN, Woo-seok KANG
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Publication number: 20190035357Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display; a storage configured to store output luminance information of a plurality of grayscale values according to brightness information; and a processor configured to: obtain a plurality of grayscale adjustment curves based on the output luminance information stored in the storage, obtain a plurality of calibration effects by applying each of the plurality of grayscale adjustment curves to an input image, obtain a grayscale adjustment curve corresponding to a maximum calibration effect from among the plurality of calibration effects, adjust a grayscale of each pixel of the input image based on the obtained grayscale adjustment curve to generate an output image, and output the output image through the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-moon LIM, Young-su MOON, Young-hoon JEONG, Chun ZHAO
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Patent number: 10192473Abstract: A display apparatus for image processing and a method thereof are disclosed. The image processing method of a display apparatus includes receiving an image frame, identifying color where color cast is present by analyzing at least one of an illumination element and a tint element of the received image frame, and correcting color where the color cast is present by using color distribution of the received image frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung-seok Min, Chun Zhao, Young-su Moon, Ho-cheon Wey
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Publication number: 20180366074Abstract: Disclosed is a local dimming liquid crystal display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Doo-seop CHOI, Gi-yeong GIM, Young-su MOON, Young-hoon JEONG
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Publication number: 20180262727Abstract: A display apparatus which processes and displays an image signal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The method includes receiving an image data, dividing the received image data into an image signal into an image signal and a metadata, and acquiring information relating to an area of interest by using the metadata and performing a high dynamic range (HDR) processing with respect to the area of interest by using the acquired information relating to the area of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-gyu LIM, Woo-seok KANG, Seung-hoon HAN, Young-su MOON
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Publication number: 20180253196Abstract: Provided is an application providing method of an electronic device, the application providing method including: obtaining manipulation information of a user with respect to an application provided by the electronic device; obtaining feeling information of the user; modifying a user interface of the application based on the manipulation information and the feeling information of the user; and providing the application including the modified user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Ping HU, Gengyu MA, Jae-hyun KIM, Young-su MOON
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Publication number: 20180232867Abstract: An electronic device and an image conversion method of the electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a first image from a source device; a decoding unit for decoding brightness information of the first image; a converting unit for converting a dynamic range of the first image on the basis of the decoded brightness information, using a mapping function; and a display unit for displaying a second image having the converted dynamic range on a display, wherein the mapping function is a curve function including a plurality of points determined on the basis of the first image, a characteristic of a change in brightness of a display of the source device, and a characteristic of brightness of a scene of the first image. The present disclosure may generate, for example, a high dynamic range (HDR) image, which is improved from a standard dynamic range (SDR) image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung-ho PARK, Seung-hoon HAN, Ji-won CHOI, Ho-cheon WEY, Young-su MOON
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Patent number: 10008658Abstract: A vibrator includes: a housing having an interior space; a vibrating member installed within the housing; a piezoelectric element installed on a top surface of the vibrating member; and space forming parts disposed to face side surfaces of the piezoelectric element, respectively, and forming a space in which a filler is provided, together with the side surfaces of the piezoelectric element.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeon Ho Son, Seung Hyeon Jeong, Joon Choi, Kyung Su Park, Sang Jin Lee, Jae Kyung Kim, Dong Su Moon
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Publication number: 20180097170Abstract: A vibrator includes: a housing having an interior space; a vibrating member having a plate shape, having both end portions fixedly installed within the housing, and including space forming parts disposed on both side surfaces thereof; a piezoelectric element fixedly installed on the vibrating member so as to be disposed inwardly of the space forming parts; and a weighting body disposed on the piezoelectric element and linked to the vibrating member to be vibrated, wherein the piezoelectric element is installed on the vibrating member so as to be disposed to be spaced apart from inner surfaces of the space forming parts at predetermined intervals, and the piezoelectric element includes a main electrode formed by an electrode pair and at least one preliminary electrode formed by an electrode pair and disposed to be spaced apart from the main electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Yeon Ho Son, Seung Hyeon Jeong, Joon Choi, Kyung Su Park, Sang Jin Lee, Jae Kyung Kim, Dong Su Moon
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Patent number: 9931671Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric vibration actuator including: a flat cover member; a vibration portion including a vibration plate that is spaced apart from the cover member in parallel by a predetermined distance and a piezoelectric element that generates a vibration force by repeatedly expanding and contracting according to power applied from the outside; a weight portion disposed on the vibration portion to increase the vibration force of the piezoelectric element; and a binding member fixing the vibration portion and the weight portion. In addition, an enclosure portion is interposed between the weight portion and the vibration portion to enclose the center areas of the vibration portion, thereby making it possible to protect the piezoelectric element.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon Choi, Kyung Su Park, Dong Su Moon, Yeon Ho Son