Patents by Inventor Woong Bi LEE

Woong Bi 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: 10605962
    Abstract: An imaging device using a plurality of lenses according to the present disclosure includes: a compound eye through which a detected image is obtained by a plurality of lenses; a measurement matrix storage unit in which at least one measurement matrix is stored; and an image recovery unit configured to recover an image from the detected image using a digital signal processing technique using sparse representation using the measurement matrix. According to the present disclosure, an imaging device may be obtained which may improve the resolution of an image even while a wide undistorted FOV, an infinite depth, and fast motion recognition, which may be obtained using compound eyes, are achieved. Accordingly, discrimination of an object by the compound eyes may be improved, so that a human having camera-type eyes may acquire image information while advantages of the compound eyes are maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, Woong Bi Lee, Hwan Chol Jang
  • Patent number: 10484585
    Abstract: There is provided an image sensing apparatus according to the present invention including: an image recovery portion which recovers an image from a sensed image by using a digital signal processing technique which uses a sparse representation for each measurement matrix; and a distance measurement portion which measures a distance of an object by using a norm of a value using at least light amount information of the estimated pixel which is estimated for each measurement matrix, in which the image recovery portion recovers the image by using the measurement matrix corresponding to the distance measured by the distance measurement portion. According to the present invention, when an image is sensed using compound eyes, image sensing can be performed without a separate distance measuring device or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, Woong Bi Lee, Cheol Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 10458843
    Abstract: According to the present invention a spectrometry apparatus includes: an optical filter device in which two or more filters are provided to filter incident light; an optical sensor device in which two or more optical sensors are provided to be capable of corresponding to the two or more filters so as to convert the filtered light into a charge to be outputted; and a digital signal processing unit that performs digital signal processing on an output signal of the optical sensor device to recover spectrum data on the incident light, and having at least one of the two or more filters being a random transmittance filter. According to the present invention, the resolution of the recovered optical signal is improved and recovery accuracy is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, James Oliver, Woong Bi Lee
  • Publication number: 20180267213
    Abstract: An imaging device using a plurality of lenses according to the present disclosure includes: a compound eye through which a detected image is obtained by a plurality of lenses; a measurement matrix storage unit in which at least one measurement matrix is stored; and an image recovery unit configured to recover an image from the detected image using a digital signal processing technique using sparse representation using the measurement matrix. According to the present disclosure, an imaging device may be obtained which may improve the resolution of an image even while a wide undistorted FOV, an infinite depth, and fast motion recognition, which may be obtained using compound eyes, are achieved. Accordingly, discrimination of an object by the compound eyes may be improved, so that a human having camera-type eyes may acquire image information while advantages of the compound eyes are maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heung No LEE, Woong Bi LEE, Hwan Chol JANG
  • Publication number: 20180041673
    Abstract: There is provided an image sensing apparatus according to the present invention including: an image recovery portion which recovers an image from a sensed image by using a digital signal processing technique which uses a sparse representation for each measurement matrix; and a distance measurement portion which measures a distance of an object by using a norm of a value using at least light amount information of the estimated pixel which is estimated for each measurement matrix, in which the image recovery portion recovers the image by using the measurement matrix corresponding to the distance measured by the distance measurement portion. According to the present invention, when an image is sensed using compound eyes, image sensing can be performed without a separate distance measuring device or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, Woong Bi Lee, Cheol Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20150285677
    Abstract: According to the present invention a spectrometry apparatus includes: an optical filter device in which two or more filters are provided to filter incident light; an optical sensor device in which two or more optical sensors are provided to be capable of corresponding to the two or more filters so as to convert the filtered light into a charge to be outputted; and a digital signal processing unit that performs digital signal processing on an output signal of the optical sensor device to recover spectrum data on the incident light, and having at least one of the two or more filters being a random transmittance filter. According to the present invention, the resolution of the recovered optical signal is improved and recovery accuracy is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, James Oliver, Woong Bi Lee
  • Patent number: 9030662
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an optical signal of a spectrometer using sparse nature of a signal spectrum is provided including an optical filter array configured to filter an incident light, an optical sensor array configured to convert the filtered light into charges and a digital signal processing unit configured to perform a digital signal processing on an output from the optical sensor array on the basis of an L1 norm minimization algorithm using sparse nature of a signal spectrum and recover spectrum information of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Heung No Lee, Sang Jun Park, James Oliver, Woong Bi Lee
  • Publication number: 20140022548
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an optical signal of a spectrometer using sparse nature of a signal spectrum is provided including an optical filter array configured to filter an incident light, an optical sensor array configured to convert the filtered light into charges and a digital signal processing unit configured to perform a digital signal processing on an output from the optical sensor array on the basis of an L1 norm minimization algorithm using sparse nature of a signal spectrum and recover spectrum information of the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Heung No LEE, Sang Jun PARK, James OLIVER, Woong Bi LEE