Patents by Inventor Tae-Hwa Hong

Tae-Hwa Hong 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: 20180032136
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-han KIM, In-Ho CHOI, Tae-hwa HONG, Hong-il KIM, Joo-young SON
  • Publication number: 20180033149
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a display configured to display a first image; and one or more processors electrically connected with the display, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: select a region surrounding a first object comprising a first sub-region surrounding a first part of the first object and a second sub-region surrounding a second part of the first object from the first image, apply a first correction scheme to the first sub-region surrounding the first part of the first object, apply a second correction scheme to the second sub-region surrounding the second part of the first object, and generate a second image comprising the corrected first sub-region surrounding the first part of the first object and the corrected second sub-region surrounding the second part of the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ha-Wook JEONG, Tae-Hwa HONG
  • Patent number: 9842571
    Abstract: A context awareness-based screen scroll method is provided. The method includes detecting information about surrounding circumstances of a terminal, setting a screen scroll mode based on the surrounding circumstances, detecting occurrence of an event corresponding to the set screen scroll mode, and executing screen scroll according to the occurred event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Su Hong, Hong-Il Kim, Joo-Young Son, Woo-Jin Jung, Tae-Hwa Hong, Byung-Jun Son, Yun-Je Oh, Sun-Tae Jung
  • Patent number: 9811197
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a sensor configured to sense a touch input into the display unit; an eye direction sensor configured to sense an eye direction of a user; and a controller configured to divide a screen of the display unit into a plurality of areas, in response to an eye of the user being sensed toward a first area of the plurality of areas and a first touch input being sensed into the first area, perform a first control operation corresponding to the first touch input, and in response to a second touch input being sensed into the other areas except the first area, not perform a second control operation corresponding to the second touch input. Therefore, whether a function will be executed is determined according to an area in which an eye of a user is sensed and an area in which the eye of the user is not sensed. As a result, a malfunction of a display apparatus is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-han Kim, In-Ho Choi, Tae-hwa Hong
  • Patent number: 9804670
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-han Kim, In-Ho Choi, Tae-hwa Hong, Hong-il Kim, Joo-young Son
  • Publication number: 20170286770
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Byung-jun SON, Joo-young Son, Tae-hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20170236273
    Abstract: A remote image transmission system, a display apparatus, and a guide displaying method of a display apparatus are provided. The remote image transmission system includes: an image capturing apparatus including a plurality of image pickup devices that are spaced from each other, the image capturing apparatus being configured to transmit, to a display apparatus, a plurality of images which are captured by the plurality of image pickup devices; and a display apparatus configured to generate a guide object indicating physical information of a captured object by using the plurality of received images, and to display the generated guide object and at least one of the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-soeng KIM, Joo-yoo KIM, Yong KIM, Soo-wan KIM, Eung-sun KIM, Jae-geol CHO, Tae-hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20170201676
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store model information regarding a boundary of a person area in an image; and a controller configured to determine a boundary of a target area in an area to be processed, and to control the target area to undergo image processing for the person area if it is determined, based on the model information stored in the storage, that the determined boundary of the target area matches the boundary of the person area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ha-wook JEONG, Beom-su KIM, Sun-jung KIM, Hong-il KIM, Tae-hwa HONG
  • Patent number: 9684829
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byung-jun Son, Joo-young Son, Tae-hwa Hong
  • Patent number: 9632579
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first imaging unit configured to capture an image including an object; a display configured to display the image captured by the first imaging unit; a second imaging unit configured to capture a position of eyes of a user; a gaze map generator configured to generate a gaze map including information about a gaze zone on the display according to passage of time based on the position of the eyes; and an image processor configured to generate a motion picture based on the generated gaze map and the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-il Kim, Tae-hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20170104920
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The method for controlling the imaging apparatus includes acquiring images having a same focal length by performing continuous imaging in a predetermined time when a user's imaging command is input, calculating motion vectors using the images and separating a foreground and a background of a first image among the images based on the calculated motion vectors and color information of the first image, and performing out focusing based on the separated foreground and the separated background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sun-jung KIM, Beom-su KIM, Hong-il KIM, Tae-hwa HONG, Joo-young SON
  • Patent number: 9613286
    Abstract: A method and mobile terminal for correcting a gaze of a user in an image are provided. The method includes detecting first eye outer points that define a first eye region of the user in an original image; setting second eye outer points different from the first eye outer points; and transforming the first eye region inside of the first eye outer points to a second eye region inside of the second eye outer points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Byung-Jun Son, Dai-Jin Kim, Jong-Ju Shin, In-Ho Choi, Tae-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20170083276
    Abstract: A user terminal device includes a communicator configure to communicate with an external device; a touchscreen configured to display an image and to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display an image received from the external device through the communicator, to control the touchscreen to display a first indicator associated with an object included in the displayed image, in response to the touch input being detected on the image displayed on the touchscreen, the first indicator being displayed at a point where the touch input is detected, and to control the communicator to transmit data related to the first indicator to the external device, the data comprising information to be used by the external device in determining a position of a second indicator to be included in an image displayed in the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-yong LEE, Ha-wook JEONG, Tae-hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20170061609
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display which displays a screen including a plurality of photo contents containing a user face and a processor configured to control the display to distinguishably display the plurality of photo contents based on a photographing time of the plurality of photo contents with reference to a time at which a preset event related with skin has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Joo-young SON, Jae-jin KIM, Ji-yun KIM, Dae-young HYUN, Sun-ah KIM, Ga-hyun JOO, Tae-hwa HONG, Hong-il KIM
  • Patent number: 9549119
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes an image capturing unit configured to obtain a plurality of images upon receiving one or more user inputs, a processor configured to process one or more of the plurality of images, and a display configured to display the one or more of the plurality of images, where the processor is further configured to select at least one image from the plurality of images, based on a facial expression of one or more objects recognized on the one or more of the plurality of images and a clarity of at least a portion of the one or more of the plurality of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joo-Young Son, Tae-Hwa Hong, Hong-Il Kim, Woon-Tahk Sung
  • Publication number: 20170010668
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a mobile terminal by detecting a face or an eye in an input image are provided. The method includes performing face recognition on an input image facing and being captured by an image input unit equipped on the front face of the mobile terminal; determining, based on the face recognition, user state information that includes whether a user exists, a direction of the user's face, a distance from the mobile terminal, and/or a position of the user's face; and performing a predetermined function of the mobile terminal according to the user state information. According to the method, functions of the mobile terminal may be controlled without direct inputs from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Byung-Jun SON, Hong-II KIM, Tae-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20160357578
    Abstract: A makeup guide information that matches facial features of a user and a device thereof are provided. The device includes a display and a controller configured to display a face image of a user in real-time, and execute a makeup mirror so as to display the makeup guide information on the face image of the user, according to a makeup guide request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ji-yun KIM, Joo-young SON, Tae-hwa HONG
  • Patent number: 9459826
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a mobile terminal by detecting a face or an eye in an input image are provided. The method includes performing face recognition on an input image facing and being captured by an image input unit equipped on the front face of the mobile terminal; determining, based on the face recognition, user state information that includes whether a user exists, a direction of the user's face, a distance from the mobile terminal, and/or a position of the user's face; and performing a predetermined function of the mobile terminal according to the user state information. According to the method, functions of the mobile terminal may be controlled without direct inputs from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byung-Jun Son, Hong-Il Kim, Tae-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20160125228
    Abstract: A method for analyzing face information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one face region from an image that is being captured by a camera module, zooming in the at least one detected face region, and analyzing the at least one detected and zoomed in face region according to at least one analysis item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Joo-Young SON, Jin-Ho KIM, Woo-Sung KANG, Yun-Jung KIM, Hong-Il KIM, Jae-Won SON, Won-Suk CHANG, In-Ho CHOI, Dae-Young HYUN, Tae-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20160085496
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a mobile terminal by detecting a face or an eye in an input image are provided. The method includes performing face recognition on an input image facing and being captured by an image input unit equipped on the front face of the mobile terminal; determining, based on the face recognition, user state information that includes whether a user exists, a direction of the user's face, a distance from the mobile terminal, and/or a position of the user's face; and performing a predetermined function of the mobile terminal according to the user state information. According to the method, functions of the mobile terminal may be controlled without direct inputs from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Byung-Jun SON, Hong-II KIM, Tae-Hwa HONG