Patents by Inventor Woong Kim
Woong Kim 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).
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Publication number: 20250234017Abstract: The present invention relates to a decoding method for a bit stream that supports a plurality of layers. The decoding method may include receiving information on a set of video parameters that includes information on the plurality of layers, and parsing the set of video parameters to 5 grasp information on the layers in the bit stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 12355967Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2024Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITYInventors: Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20250214035Abstract: One embodiment of a carbon dioxide capturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an absorption column comprising a carbon dioxide adsorption or carbon dioxide absorption part for adsorbing or absorbing carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas; a regeneration column connected to the absorption column and comprising an adsorbent heating part, which is for heating an adsorbent circulating the inside thereof, and an absorbent heating part which is for heating an absorbent circulating the inside thereof; and the adsorbent or absorbent circulating the absorbent column and the regeneration column to alternately perform adsorption and desorption of carbon dioxide or absorption and desorption of carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yong Ki PACK, Ki-Woong KIM, Dae Jin KIM
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Publication number: 20250220872Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a pass transistor on a first surface of the substrate, a pulldown transistor sharing an active region with the pass transistor, a pullup transistor sharing a gate with the pulldown transistor, a wordline connected to a gate of the pass transistor, a bitline connected to a drain of the pass transistor, a first power wiring on a second surface of the substrate and connected to a source of the pulldown transistor, and a second power wiring connected to a source of the pullup transistor. A source of the pass transistor and drains of the pulldown and pullup transistors may be connected through one node. The wordline, the bitline, and the second power wiring may be on the first surface of the substrate. A first portion the first power wiring may extend in a direction parallel to a gate of the pass transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jee Woong KIM, Kyo-Wook LEE, Seung Hun LEE, Keun Hwi CHO
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Publication number: 20250193443Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding multi plane image (MPI)-based volumetric video. A method for encoding a MPI-based volumetric video according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include: generating an MPI for each frame according to time change from a plurality of multi-viewpoint images; identifying a dynamic region and a static region within the MPI for each frame; generating a first atlas based only on the dynamic region and a second atlas based only on the static region; and encoding the first atlas and the second atlas to generate a bitstream, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Seong Jun BAE, Gun BANG, Soo Woong KIM, Ji Hoon DO, Jin Ho LEE, Ha Hyun LEE, Jung Won KANG
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Publication number: 20250193618Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yong Ju LEE, Jeong Il SEO, Seung Kwon BEACK, Kyeong Ok KANG, Jin Woong KIM, Jae Hyoun YOO
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Publication number: 20250193420Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 12328430Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding a quantized matrix and an apparatus using same, the method for encoding a quantized matrix according to the present invention comprising the steps of: determining a quantization matrix to be used for quantization and quantizing; determining the prediction method used for the quantization of the quantization matrix; and encoding quantization matrix information on the basis of the determined prediction method, wherein the prediction method can be either a prediction method between coefficients in the quantization matrix or a duplicate of the quantization matrix.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20250177007Abstract: A transport device for increasing biological activity within a patient includes a base including a first end, a second end, an upper surface located between the first end and the second end, and a lower surface located between the first end and the second end, a base anchor configured to statically couple the base to a first portion of a bone of a subject, a translatable anchor configured to engage a growth stimulator, a leadscrew dynamically coupling the base to the translatable anchor, wherein the leadscrew is configured to rotate about a leadscrew axis while substantially maintaining its longitudinal position along the leadscrew axis in relation to the base, such that the growth stimulator, when engaged with the translatable anchor, is capable of independent movement in relation to the base along a stimulation axis that includes at least some transverse displacement with respect to the bone when the base is coupled to the bone via the base anchor, and a screw drive rotatably coupled to the leadscrew and coType: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Emmon Johnny Chen, Shanbao Cheng, Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20250177006Abstract: A system for increasing biological activity within a patient includes a housing, a drive carried within the housing, an indexing contour carried by the housing and configured to substantially stabilize the housing in relation to a transport device base of a transport device configured to move a growth stimulator in relation to a bone of a subject, a locking portion configured to releasably lock the housing to the transport device base, a rotatable mating tool carried by the housing, wherein the drive is configured to cause the rotatable mating tool to rotate, and wherein the rotatable mating tool is configured to be rotationally coupled to a screw drive of a leadscrew of the transport device when the housing is stabilized with the transport device base via the indexing contour and is locked to the transport device base via the locking portion, and a control unit configured to output a control signal configured to direct the drive to rotate the rotatable mating tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Emmon Johnny Chen, Shanbao Cheng, Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20250183014Abstract: Disclosed are an electrostatic chuck capable of precisely controlling the temperature of a peripheral area of a substrate and a plasma processing apparatus including the same. The electrostatic chuck configured to support a substrate in a plasma processing apparatus includes a metal base plate in which a coolant flow path formed and a ceramic puck bonded to an upper surface of the metal base plate. A bonded surface of the metal base plate has a protruding portion, and a bonded surface of the ceramic puck has a portion shaped corresponding to the protruding portion. The protruding portion is formed on a peripheral portion of the metal base plate so as to protrude farther upward than a central portion of the metal base plate. An outer coolant flow path adjacent to the protruding portion has an area expanding farther upward than a center-side coolant flow path located at the central portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Si Young JO, Ji Yun JEON, Ki Ryong LEE, Soo Woong KIM, Hee Yeon PARK
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Publication number: 20250173874Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of detecting a white matter lesion based on a medical image performed by a computing device is disclosed. The method may include: receiving a medical image including at least one brain region; and estimating a first white matter lesion and a second white matter lesion based on the medical image using a pre-trained neural network model.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Dong Soo LEE, Hyunwoo OH, Sejin PARK, Jinkyeong SUNG, Eunpyeong HONG, Weon Jin KIM, Ki Woong KIM, Jong Bin BAE, Subin LEE, Jun Sung KIM
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Publication number: 20250159246Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee UniversityInventors: Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Kyung Yong KIM, Sang Min KIM, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
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Patent number: 12301859Abstract: The present invention relates to image processing, and more particularly, to a video coding/decoding method using a clipped motion vector and an apparatus thereof. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of decoding an image. The method includes clipping a motion vector of a reference picture in a predetermined dynamic range to generate a clipped motion vector, storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer, deriving a motion vector of a coding treeblock using the motion vector stored in the buffer, and performing inter prediction decoding process using the motion vector of the coding treeblock. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size of a memory required for storing motion vectors may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Dong San Jun, Jong Ho Kim, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
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Patent number: 12301854Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including: obtaining a transform skip mode flag indicating whether transform/inverse transform is skipped in a current block; when transform/inverse transform is skipped in the current block according to the transform skip mode flag, determining that secondary transform/inverse transform is skipped in the current block; and when transform/inverse transform is not skipped in the current block according to the transform skip mode flag, obtaining a transform matrix index for secondary transform/inverse transform of the current block and, determining whether secondary transform/inverse transform is skipped in the current block based on the transform matrix index.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Soo Woong Kim, Gun Bang, Jin Ho Lee, Ha Hyun Lee
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Publication number: 20250146719Abstract: A refrigerant flow rate adjustment device and a system using the same include a refrigerant provided at a quantitative flow rate to a heat exchanger such that the occurrence of a liquid refrigerant is reduced at an outlet end of an evaporator. The refrigerant flow rate adjustment device and system prevent the occurrence of the liquid refrigerant at the outlet end of the heat exchanger, prevent an increase in load, and prevent a lubrication defect of a compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Kwon Lee, Dae Ki Hong, Seok Jin Hong, Ki Hoon Kim, Jae Woong Kim, Se Kyu Oh
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Publication number: 20250143737Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an end tool including a first jaw and a second jaw that are rotatable, a manipulation part including an actuation manipulation part that controls actuation motions of the first jaw and the second jaw, and a power transmission part including a first jaw wire and a second jaw wire connected to the manipulation part to transfer the rotation of the manipulation part to the first jaw and the second jaw, respectively, wherein the actuation manipulation part includes an actuation pulley configured to be rotatable around an actuation rotation shaft, and a handle member that is fixedly coupled to the actuation pulley and rotated along with the actuation pulley, and a tensioner that rotates along with the rotation of the actuation pulley, and the tensioner comes into contact with the first jaw wire or the second jaw wire according to the rotation of the actuation pulley, and applies additional tension to the first jaw wire or the second jaw wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Dong Hoon KANG, Tae Jin PARK, Hyun JOO, Ki Woong KIM, Mi Ryoung CHOI, Jae Yeong LEE
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Patent number: 12293089Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of operating the same, includes a memory block including a plurality of pages, a read and write circuit configured to apply a first bit line voltage to a selected bit line corresponding to a selected memory cell and apply a second bit line voltage having a potential lower than that of the first bit line voltage to an unselected bit line during detrap operation, a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first set voltage, a second set voltage, and a pass voltage during the detrap operation, and an address decoder configured to apply the first set voltage to a selected word line corresponding to the selected page and apply the second set voltage having a potential higher than that of the first set voltage to unselected word lines, during the detrap operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Dong Jae Jung, Jae Woong Kim, Shin Won Seo
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Patent number: 12291802Abstract: Disclosed is a polyethylene yarn capable of providing a user with a soft tactile sensation as well as a cooling feeling or a cooling sensation, and also having improved weavability that enables the manufacture of a skin cooling fabrics having excellent pilling resistance, abrasion resistance, cuttability, and sewability, a method for manufacturing the same, and a skin cooling fabric including the same. In a strength-elongation curve of the polyethylene yarn obtained by measuring at ambient temperature, (i) elongation at strength of 1 g/d is 0.5 to 3%, (ii) elongation at strength of 3 g/d is 5.5 to 10%, and (iii) a difference between elongation at strength of 4 g/d and elongation at maximum strength is 5.5 to 25%, and the polyethylene yarn has toughness of 55 to 120 J/m3 at ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Jae-Hyung Kim, Gi-Woong Kim, Seong-Young Kim, Sang-Mok Lee, Sin-Ho Lee, Young-Soo Lee
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Publication number: 20250141010Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells; a compression member disposed on at least one side of the cell stack and interposed in a gap between the battery cells, the compression member being configured to be shape-deformable by an external pressure; and a pressurizing member configured to pressurize the compression member on the at least one side of the cell stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Won-Sik Chung, Young-Woong Kim, Ji-Seon Mun, Jae-Yong Uhm, In-Seok Cha, So-Young Pyun, Jae-Cheol Hwang