Patents by Inventor Sungrack Yun

Sungrack Yun 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: 20150078667
    Abstract: A method for providing object information for a scene in a wearable computer is disclosed. In this method, an image of the scene is captured. Further, the method includes determining a current location of the wearable computer and a view direction of an image sensor of the wearable computer and extracting at least one feature from the image indicative of at least one object. Based on the current location, the view direction, and the at least one feature, information on the at least one object is determined Then, the determined information is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungrack Yun, Kyu Woong Hwang, Jun-Cheol Cho, Taesu Kim, Minho Jin, Yongwoo Cho, Kang Kim
  • Publication number: 20150081295
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for controlling access to a plurality of applications in an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a voice command from a speaker for accessing a target application among the plurality of applications, and verifying whether the voice command is indicative of a user authorized to access the applications based on a speaker model of the authorized user. In this method, each application is associated with a security level having a threshold value. The method further includes updating the speaker model with the voice command if the voice command is verified to be indicative of the user, and adjusting at least one of the threshold values based on the updated speaker model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungrack Yun, Taesu Kim, Jun-Cheol Cho, Min-Kyu Park, Kyu Woong Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150082330
    Abstract: A method of providing a channel program recommendation in real-time for a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of multimedia signal streams for a plurality of channel programs, and generating in real-time at least one video and audio content tag based on at least one of video and audio contents from the multimedia signal streams. The display device generates the channel program recommendation including at least one of the channel programs based on the at least one video and audio content tag and at least one of a plurality of viewing criteria. A notification of the channel program recommendation is then output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungrack Yun, Minho Jin, Yongwoo Cho, Taesu Kim
  • Publication number: 20150082406
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for controlling access to a plurality of electronic devices is disclosed. The method includes detecting whether a first device is in contact with a user, adjusting a security level of the first device to activate the first device when the first device is in contact with the user, detecting at least one second device within a communication range of the first device, and adjusting a security level of the at least one second device to control access to the at least one second device based on a distance between the first device and the at least one second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Park, Taesu Kim, Sungrack Yun, Kyu Woong Hwang, Jun-Cheol Cho
  • Publication number: 20140334645
    Abstract: A method for controlling voice activation by a target keyword in a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input sound stream. When the input sound stream indicates speech, the voice activation unit is activated to detect the target keyword and at least one sound feature is extracted from the input sound stream. Further, the method includes deactivating the voice activation unit when the at least one sound feature indicates a non-target keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungrack Yun, Minho Jin, Taesu Kim, Kyu Woong Hwang