Patents by Inventor Tae-wook Nam

Tae-wook Nam 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: 20170019589
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus and method are provided. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit including a camera, the image capturing unit configured to capture an image, and a controller connected to the image capturing unit. The controller is configured to set a position of a focus lens at a distance at which an object of the image to be captured is predicted to be positioned, to measure a movement speed of the object of the image to be captured, to determine an image capturing time by predicting a time until the object reaches the set position of the focus lens based on the measured movement speed, and to control the image capturing unit to capture the image of the object at the determined image capturing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyoung-hwan MOON, Jin-min BANG, Tae-wook NAM
  • Patent number: 9100725
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
  • Publication number: 20140286622
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Tae-wook NAM
  • Patent number: 8762848
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
  • Publication number: 20120089913
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
  • Patent number: 8111292
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for stably correcting handshake that occurs during a camera panning situation. In the method, movement information is accumulated by a predetermined unit for a predetermined period of time. A regression model is matched to the accumulated movement information so as to determine a situation as one of a panning mode and a handshake mode. Switching is performed between the handshake mode and the panning mode according to the size of a matching factor generated by the matched regression model. Handshake is corrected on the basis of a handshake correcting amount determined according to one of the handshake mode and the panning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-woo Lee, Byung-sun Choi, Yoon-cheol Shin, Tae-wook Nam
  • Patent number: 8082503
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
  • Patent number: 8035690
    Abstract: A motion estimation apparatus and method for estimating a global motion vector of an image due to hand trembling by using zoom information and focus information are provided. The motion estimation method includes: dividing a photographed image into a plurality of image blocks; determining a weight value for a motion vector of each of a plurality of image blocks based on focus information and zoom magnification information; predicting a motion vector for each image block; and estimating a global motion by applying the weight value determined for the motion vector for each image block to the predicted motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-woo Lee, Yoon-cheol Shin, Dong-bum Choi, Tae-wook Nam
  • Patent number: 7761781
    Abstract: A web browsing method and system capable of easily selecting a hyperlink, and a recording medium thereof. The method includes: dividing a web page into regions based on the table structure of the web page; determining a specific hyperlink from hyperlinks in the web page based on information set in advance according to the user usage pattern; displaying the web page with identification information allocated to each region and the specific hyperlink. If a region is selected based on the identification information, displaying a web page with hyperlinks in the selected region. If a hyperlink is selected based on the web page with the hyperlinks or the specific hyperlink is selected, moving from the displayed the web page to data connected to the selected hyperlink, and at the same time updating the set in advance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-hwan Cho, Tae-wook Nam
  • Publication number: 20090091631
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for stably correcting handshake that occurs during a camera panning situation. In the method, movement information is accumulated by a predetermined unit for a predetermined period of time. A regression model is matched to the accumulated movement information so as to determine a situation as one of a panning mode and a handshake mode. Switching is performed between the handshake mode and the panning mode according to the size of a matching factor generated by the matched regression model. Handshake is corrected on the basis of a handshake correcting amount determined according to one of the handshake mode and the panning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-woo LEE, Byung-sun CHOI, Yoon-cheol SHIN, Tae-wook NAM
  • Publication number: 20090051777
    Abstract: A motion estimation apparatus and method for estimating a global motion vector of an image due to hand trembling by using zoom information and focus information are provided. The motion estimation method includes: dividing a photographed image into a plurality of image blocks; determining a weight value for a motion vector of each of a plurality of image blocks based on focus information and zoom magnification information; predicting a motion vector for each image block; and estimating a global motion by applying the weight value determined for the motion vector for each image block to the predicted motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-woo LEE, Yoon-cheol SHIN, Dong-bum CHOI, Tae-wook NAM
  • Publication number: 20070094307
    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of the content file which reproducing is paused and content of the content file at the paused point, are provided. The method includes: determining whether or not a paused content file exists; creating a content file list capable of identifying the paused content file with reference to the result of the determination; and displaying the created content file list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventor: Tae-wook Nam
  • Publication number: 20070067333
    Abstract: A web browsing method and system capable of easily selecting a hyperlink, and a recording medium thereof. The method includes: dividing a web page into regions based on the table structure of the web page; determining a specific hyperlink from hyperlinks in the web page based on information set in advance according to the user usage pattern; displaying the web page with identification information allocated to each region and the specific hyperlink. If a region is selected based on the identification information, displaying a web page with hyperlinks in the selected region. If a hyperlink is selected based on the web page with the hyperlinks or the specific hyperlink is selected, moving from the displayed the web page to data connected to the selected hyperlink, and at the same time updating the set in advance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kyung-hwan Cho, Tae-wook Nam
  • Publication number: 20070036219
    Abstract: A video decoding method and a video decoding apparatus capable of reducing a memory bandwidth in an intensity compensation process are provided. The video decoding apparatus includes: a bit stream parsing unit which parses an input bit stream, extracts intensity compensation data of a picture to be decoded; a decoding unit which decodes the picture to be decoded; and a memory which stores the decoded picture, wherein the decoding unit comprises a motion compensation unit which reads a motion compensation picture, that is referred by the picture to be decoded for motion compensation, from the memory in block unit of a predetermined size, performs intensity compensation with respect to a motion compensation block of the motion compensation block using the intensity compensation data, and performs the motion compensation with respect to the intensity-compensated motion compensation block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Byung-sun Choi, Tae-wook Nam