Patents by Inventor Suk-han Lee

Suk-han Lee 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: 20230024006
    Abstract: Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Atif MUHAMMAD, Kuk-jin HAN
  • Patent number: 11463679
    Abstract: Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Suk-han Lee, Atif Muhammad, Kuk-jin Han
  • Publication number: 20220207334
    Abstract: A neural network device including a convolution static random access memory (SRAM) configured to output a first operation value and a second operation value 1. An accumulation peripheral operator configured to perform an accumulation peripheral operation on the first and the second operation values, a multiplexer array configured to select and output an output value according to a selection signal, a diagonal accumulation SRAM configured to perform a bitwise accumulation of variable weight values and a spatial-wise accumulation operation on an input, a diagonal movement logic, and an addition array operator configured to perform an addition operation of output values of the diagonal movement logic subsequent to a shift operation, the multiplexer array selects any one of an output value of the accumulation peripheral operator and an output value of the addition array operator according to the selection signal and outputs the selected output value to the diagonal accumulation SRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Suk Han LEE, Joo-Young KIM, Kyo Min SOHN, Ji Hoon KIM, Jae Hoon HEO
  • Publication number: 20210350245
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a point autoencoder including an encoder receiving a 3D point cloud and extracting a global feature and a decoder reconstructing the 3D point cloud from the global feature; a dual autoencoder including the point autoencoder; and a method for dimensional transformation of a point cloud using the dual autoencoder. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to extract features from an input point cloud using a Bias-Induced Decoding (BID) layer, perform reconstruction of a 3D point cloud from the corresponding feature information, and reconstruct a 3D point cloud by using only high-dimensional global features as an input. Also, the present disclosure reduces the amount of storage space used and reduces computational complexity than the conventional structure employing a fully connected layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk Han LEE, Wencan CHENG
  • Publication number: 20210344892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures in a structured light-based 3D camera system. The method includes capturing a reference image onto which first and second patterns are projected, calculating a slope related to brightness and an exposure time for a pixel of the reference image and categorizing a state of the slope, creating an upper loss pixel distribution chart and an accumulation pixel distribution chart by calculating the number of upper loss pixels and the number of accumulation pixels for the exposure time of the structured light-based 3D camera system, and determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures of the structured light-based 3D camera system using the upper loss pixel distribution chart and the accumulation pixel distribution chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Yun-su CHOI, In-sub SHIN
  • Patent number: 11070788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures in a structured light-based 3D camera system. The method includes capturing a reference image onto which first and second patterns are projected, calculating a slope related to brightness and an exposure time for a pixel of the reference image and categorizing a state of the slope, creating an upper loss pixel distribution chart and an accumulation pixel distribution chart by calculating the number of upper loss pixels and the number of accumulation pixels for the exposure time of the structured light-based 3D camera system, and determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures of the structured light-based 3D camera system using the upper loss pixel distribution chart and the accumulation pixel distribution chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Suk-han Lee, Yun-su Choi, In-sub Shin
  • Publication number: 20190387215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures in a structured light-based 3D camera system. The method includes capturing a reference image onto which first and second patterns are projected, calculating a slope related to brightness and an exposure time for a pixel of the reference image and categorizing a state of the slope, creating an upper loss pixel distribution chart and an accumulation pixel distribution chart by calculating the number of upper loss pixels and the number of accumulation pixels for the exposure time of the structured light-based 3D camera system, and determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures of the structured light-based 3D camera system using the upper loss pixel distribution chart and the accumulation pixel distribution chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Yun-su CHOI, In-sub SHIN
  • Patent number: 10404968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures in a structured light-based 3D camera system. The method includes capturing a reference image onto which first and second patterns are projected, calculating a slope related to brightness and an exposure time for a pixel of the reference image and categorizing a state of the slope, creating an upper loss pixel distribution chart and an accumulation pixel distribution chart by calculating the number of upper loss pixels and the number of accumulation pixels for the exposure time of the structured light-based 3D camera system, and determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures of the structured light-based 3D camera system using the upper loss pixel distribution chart and the accumulation pixel distribution chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventors: Suk-han Lee, Yun-su Choi, In-sub Shin
  • Publication number: 20190200005
    Abstract: Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Atif MUHAMMAD, Kuk-jin HAN
  • Patent number: 10200679
    Abstract: Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Suk-han Lee, Atif Muhammad, Kuk-jin Han
  • Patent number: 10061784
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fusing a plurality of data, this method comprising inputting a plurality of N-dimensional uncertain data where N is a natural number not being a zero, representing the inputted plurality of uncertain data in a first form of a data set in a 2N-dimensional extended space, generating a second form of a data set by applying whitening transform WT to the 2N-dimensional extended space, acquiring a first point or first vector through a linear projection to a transformed constraint manifold from the second form of the data set and generating a N-dimensional fused data by applying inverse-whitening transform to the first point or first vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Suk Han Lee, Abu Bakr Muhammad
  • Publication number: 20170118456
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures in a structured light-based 3D camera system. The method includes capturing a reference image onto which first and second patterns are projected, calculating a slope related to brightness and an exposure time for a pixel of the reference image and categorizing a state of the slope, creating an upper loss pixel distribution chart and an accumulation pixel distribution chart by calculating the number of upper loss pixels and the number of accumulation pixels for the exposure time of the structured light-based 3D camera system, and determining the optimal exposure time and the number of exposures of the structured light-based 3D camera system using the upper loss pixel distribution chart and the accumulation pixel distribution chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Yun-su CHOI, In-sub SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160366397
    Abstract: Disclosed are an embedded system, a fast 3D camera system based on structured light, and a method for acquiring 3D images using the system. The embedded system includes a pattern generation module for generating the pattern in real time and a camera trigger module for converting a camera synchronization signal into a trigger signal and transmitting the signal to a camera. A transform module for transforming the pattern into a video signal and a communication module for receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images may be further included. The fast 3D camera system based on structured light includes an embedded system for generating a pattern in real time upon receiving a command for projecting patterns and capturing images, a projection device for projecting the pattern, and a camera for capturing the image of an object onto which the pattern is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk-han LEE, Atif MUHAMMAD, Kuk-jin HAN
  • Publication number: 20160314574
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fusing a plurality of data, this method comprising inputting a plurality of N-dimensional uncertain data where N is a natural number not being a zero, representing the inputted plurality of uncertain data in a first form of a data set in a 2N-dimensional extended space, generating a second form of a data set by applying whitening transform WT to the 2N-dimensional extended space, acquiring a first point or first vector through a linear projection to a transformed constraint manifold from the second form of the data set and generating a N-dimensional fused data by applying inverse-whitening transform to the first point or first vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Suk Han LEE, Abu Bakr MUHAMMAD
  • Patent number: 8358303
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of searing an address in the octree structure having the same resolution. The method of searching address values of the neighboring cells in the octree structure having the same resolution can include performing address encoding of octree cells by giving an inherent address value that is increased according to a depth level of octree to each cell in the octree structure such that address difference values of neighboring cells in the octree structure has a sequential rule; and searching an address value of a neighboring cell that is in contact by a surface with the selected octree cell by using the sequential rule of the address-encoded address difference value of each octree cell. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently search address values of neighboring cells that are in contact with an octree cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Jae-Woong Kim, Suk-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 8326020
    Abstract: Provided is a structural light based three-dimensional depth imaging method and system using signal separation coding and error correction thereof capable of detecting, removing and correcting corresponding errors between a projection apparatus and an image photographing apparatus caused by phenomena such as reflection on an object surface, blurring by a focus, and so on, using geometrical constraints between the projection apparatus and the image photographing apparatus. Here, the projection apparatus projects light, and the image photographing apparatus obtains the light. The depth imaging method includes projecting light from a projection apparatus, obtaining the light using an image photographing apparatus, and measuring a distance or a three-dimensional depth image. Therefore, it is possible to provide a structural light based three-dimensional depth imaging method and system using geometrical conditions capable of precisely obtaining three-dimensional depth information of target environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventors: Suk-han Lee, Jong-moo Choi, Dae-sik Kim, Seung-sub Oh
  • Publication number: 20120293626
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a 3D distance measurement system. The 3D distance measurement system includes an image projection device for projecting a pattern image including one or more patterns on a target object, and an image acquisition device for acquiring a projected pattern image, analyzing the projected pattern image using the patterns, and then reconstructing a 3D image. Each of the patterns includes one or more preset identification factors so that the patterns can be uniquely recognized, and each of the identification factors is one of a point, a line, and a surface, or a combination of two or more of a point, a line, and a surface. The 3D distance measurement system is advantageous in that it reconstructs a 3D image using a single pattern image, thus greatly improving processing speed and the utilization of a storage space and enabling a 3D image to be accurately reconstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: IN-G Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-Han LEE, Dae-Sik KIM, Yeon-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 8214079
    Abstract: A central information processing system for a service robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Suk Han Lee, Yeon Chool Park, Joon Young Park, Jun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7916932
    Abstract: A 3D depth imaging method and system are disclosed. The 3D depth imaging method involves radiating light at a measurement target object using a projection means and imaging the light using an image receiving means, and includes the steps of assigning a unique transmitting side address to a signal corresponding to each pixel of the projection means to encode the signal; projecting multiple light patterns at the projection means to transmit the signal; receiving the encoded signal at the image receiving means; separating the received signal to restore the address; and determining a pixel position of the object using the transmitting side address and the restored address. With the 3D depth imaging method and system, it is possible to exactly separate signals received by the image receiving means even when the signals are overlap and the geometrical structure of the object varies, and it is also possible to obtain a depth image that is robust against ambient environmental noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: IN-G Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-Han Lee, Jong-Moo Choi, Dae-Sik Kim, Seung-Sub Oh
  • Patent number: 7708385
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-nozzle inkjet print head using an electrostatic field induced type. The inkjet print head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first electrode being formed in each nozzle; and a second electrode located on a side spaced from the nozzle and arranged to block between any two adjacent nozzles and inducing an electrostatic field for discharging ink from the nozzle by forming an electric potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Yong-Jae Kim, Suk-Han Lee, Jae-Yong Choi, Sang-Uk Son, Do-Young Byun, Han-Seo Ko, Ki-Chul An