Patents by Inventor Te-Won Lee

Te-Won 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).

  • Patent number: 12632919
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12626723
    Abstract: A device includes a memory configured to store a captured audio input signal and one or more processors configured to process the captured audio input signal to determine auditory context information within the captured audio input signal. The one or more processors are configured to determine an audio quality enhancement level to be applied to the captured audio input signal based on the determined auditory context information, and perform audio quality enhancement on the captured audio input signal based on the determined audio quality enhancement level, wherein the audio quality enhancement level is dynamically adjusted during the storing of the captured audio input signal according to the determined auditory context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Heejong Yoo, Jongwon Shin
  • Publication number: 20260044218
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12475522
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12449909
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12299206
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12299770
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12293023
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20240419656
    Abstract: Network infrastructure for user-specific generative intelligence. Providing user-specific context to a generically trained LLM introduces a variety of complications (privacy, resource utilization, training costs, etc.). Various aspects of the present disclosure provide novel user-specific data structures, privacy and access control, layers of data, and session management, within a network infrastructure for generative intelligence. For example, user-specific embedding vectors may be used to provide user context to a generically trained foundation model. In some variants, edge devices capture multiple modalities of user context (images, audio; not just text). Privacy and access control mechanisms also allow a user to control information that is captured and sent to the foundation model. Session management further decouples a user's conversational state from the foundation model's session state. These concepts and others may be used to emulate e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee, DoYoung Lee, Aravind Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20240419701
    Abstract: Network infrastructure for user-specific generative intelligence. Providing user-specific context to a generically trained LLM introduces a variety of complications (privacy, resource utilization, training costs, etc.). Various aspects of the present disclosure provide novel user-specific data structures, privacy and access control, layers of data, and session management, within a network infrastructure for generative intelligence. For example, user-specific embedding vectors may be used to provide user context to a generically trained foundation model. In some variants, edge devices capture multiple modalities of user context (images, audio; not just text). Privacy and access control mechanisms also allow a user to control information that is captured and sent to the foundation model. Session management further decouples a user's conversational state from the foundation model's session state. These concepts and others may be used to emulate e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee, DoYoung Lee, Aravind Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20240420491
    Abstract: Network infrastructure for user-specific generative intelligence. Providing user-specific context to a generically trained LLM introduces a variety of complications (privacy, resource utilization, training costs, etc.). Various aspects of the present disclosure provide novel user-specific data structures, privacy and access control, layers of data, and session management, within a network infrastructure for generative intelligence. For example, user-specific embedding vectors may be used to provide user context to a generically trained foundation model. In some variants, edge devices capture multiple modalities of user context (images, audio; not just text). Privacy and access control mechanisms also allow a user to control information that is captured and sent to the foundation model. Session management further decouples a user's conversational state from the foundation model's session state. These concepts and others may be used to emulate e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee, DoYoung Lee, Aravind Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20240419727
    Abstract: Network infrastructure for user-specific generative intelligence. Providing user-specific context to a generically trained LLM introduces a variety of complications (privacy, resource utilization, training costs, etc.). Various aspects of the present disclosure provide novel user-specific data structures, privacy and access control, layers of data, and session management, within a network infrastructure for generative intelligence. For example, user-specific embedding vectors may be used to provide user context to a generically trained foundation model. In some variants, edge devices capture multiple modalities of user context (images, audio; not just text). Privacy and access control mechanisms also allow a user to control information that is captured and sent to the foundation model. Session management further decouples a user's conversational state from the foundation model's session state. These concepts and others may be used to emulate e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee, DoYoung Lee, Aravind Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20240419830
    Abstract: Network infrastructure for user-specific generative intelligence. Providing user-specific context to a generically trained LLM introduces a variety of complications (privacy, resource utilization, training costs, etc.). Various aspects of the present disclosure provide novel user-specific data structures, privacy and access control, layers of data, and session management, within a network infrastructure for generative intelligence. For example, user-specific embedding vectors may be used to provide user context to a generically trained foundation model. In some variants, edge devices capture multiple modalities of user context (images, audio; not just text). Privacy and access control mechanisms also allow a user to control information that is captured and sent to the foundation model. Session management further decouples a user's conversational state from the foundation model's session state. These concepts and others may be used to emulate e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee, DoYoung Lee, Aravind Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20240311966
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for augmenting vision with region-of-interest based processing. In one specific example, smart glasses may use an eye-tracking camera to monitor the user's gaze and determine the user's gaze point. When triggered, the camera assembly captures a high-resolution image. The high-resolution image may be cropped to a much smaller region-of-interest (ROI) image based on computer-vision analysis of the user's gaze point. For example, if the smart glasses detect a human face at the gaze point, then the ROI is cropped to the human face. In this manner, the smart glasses may leverage specific capabilities of the smart glasses to augment the user experience; for example, telephoto lenses provide long distance vision, or computer-assisted search may direct the user to interesting activity. Other aspects may include e.g., external database assisted operation and/or ongoing cataloging throughout the day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Chongwoo Park, Te-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20240019939
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20240019940
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Patent number: 11847266
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for a gesture-based augmented reality and/or extended reality (AR/XR) user interface. Conventional image processing scales quadratically based on image resolution. Processing complexity directly corresponds to memory size, power consumption, and heat dissipation. As a result, existing smart glasses solutions have short run-times (<1 hr) and may have battery weight and heat dissipation issues that are uncomfortable for continuous wear. The disclosed solution provides a system and method for low-power image processing via the use of scalable processing. In one specific implementation, gesture detection is divided into multiple stages. Each stage conditionally enables subsequent stages for more complex processing. By scaling processing complexity at each stage, high complexity processing can be performed on an “as-needed” basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20230368328
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20230370752
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20230368326
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scalable processing. Conventional image sensors read image data in a sequential row-by-row manner. However, image data may be more efficiently processed at different scales. For example, computer vision processing at a first scale may be used to determine whether subsequent processing with more resolution is helpful. Various embodiments of the present disclosure readout image data according to different scales; scaled readouts may be processed using scale specific computer vision algorithms to determine next steps. In addition to scaled readouts of image data, some variants may also provide commonly used data and/or implement pre-processing steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SoftEye, Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Won Lee, Edwin Chongwoo Park