Patents by Inventor WOOSEUP YOUM

WOOSEUP YOUM 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: 12699014
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible pressure sensor. The flexible pressure includes: a lower structure; and an upper structure on the lower structure, wherein the lower structure includes: a flexible substrate; and first electrodes on the flexible substrate and second electrode spaced apart from the first electrodes, and the upper structure includes: a support; first protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from a bottom surface of the support; and second protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from the bottom surface of the support, the second protrusion structures being spaced apart from the first protrusion structures, wherein the first protrusion structures are in contact with a top surface of the flexible substrate, the second protrusion structures are vertically spaced apart from the first and second electrodes, and when viewed in a plan view, the first protrusion structures are configured to completely surround the second protrusion structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Steve Park, Hye Jin Kim, Seyoung Kwon, Gyeongsuk Park, Wooseup Youm
  • Publication number: 20260172535
    Abstract: A flicker-reduced image generation device includes a focal plane extractor that extracts a plurality of focal plane images corresponding to each of a plurality of focal planes from a multifocal image frame, at least one image processor that performs defocusing processing on focal plane images of each of remaining focal planes excluding a target focal plane among the plurality of focal planes, an image synthesizer that generates a flicker-reduced image corresponding to the target focal plane based on a focal plane image of the target focal plane and the defocused focal plane images of each of the remaining focal planes, and an operation controller that determines the target focal plane among the plurality of focal planes and controls the focal plane extractor, the at least one image processor, and the image synthesizer to generate the flicker-reduced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: WOOSEUP YOUM, Jae-Hyeung PARK, Kukjoo KIM, Yongduck KIM, Jiyun HAN, Woongseob HAN, CHUNWON BYUN, DAE HYUN AHN, Hyunsu CHO, Chul Woong JOO
  • Patent number: 12614478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a stereoscopic image generating device communicating with a rendering server device including obtaining first tracking data by tracking a motion of a user during a reference time interval, obtaining second tracking data by tracking a viewpoint of the user during the reference time interval, providing the first tracking data to the rendering server device, receiving one or more focus image data corresponding to the first tracking data from the rendering server device, extracting one or more areas corresponding to the tracked viewpoint from each of the one or more focus image data based on the second tracking data, generating multifocal virtual reality (VR) image data by up-scaling the extracted one or more areas, and visually providing, by a display device of the stereoscopic image generating device, the multifocal VR image data to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Wooseup Youm, Chunwon Byun, Chan-mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20260087990
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first transistor with a gate connected to a scan line, a first terminal connected to a data line, and a second terminal, a second transistor with a gate connected to the second terminal of the first transistor, a first terminal connected to a power node to which a power supply voltage is supplied, and a second terminal, a third transistor with a gate, a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the second transistor, and a second terminal, a first capacitor connected between the second terminal of the first transistor and the second terminal of the second transistor, and an organic light-emitting diode connected between the second terminal of the second transistor and a first ground node. A current of the organic light-emitting diode is determined by a difference between a current of the second transistor and a current of the third transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yongduck KIM, Kukjoo KIM, Chunwon BYUN, Dae Hyun AHN, Wooseup YOUM, Hyunsu CHO, Chul Woong JOO
  • Patent number: 12493188
    Abstract: A near-eye display system may comprise: a display panel; a pixelated optical shutter disposed to be spaced apart from a front surface of the display panel by a predetermined distance, and configured to selectively pass light from the display panel through an aperture formed therein; and a transmissive retro-reflector configured to transversely retro-reflect a portion of the light diverging after passing through the aperture of the pixelated optical shutter so that the portion of the light converges on a viewpoint of a position of a user's eye, wherein the aperture of the pixelated optical shutter and the viewpoint in which the transversely retro-reflected light converges on the position of the user's eye form a symmetry with respect to the transmissive retro-reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chunwon Byun, Wooseup Youm, Chan-mo Kang, Dae Hyun Ahn, Jae-Hyeung Park, Woongseob Han, Jiyun Han
  • Publication number: 20250176345
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a first pixel configured to emit a first optical signal, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction and configured to emit a second optical signal, a third pixel configured to emit a third optical signal, a fourth pixel disposed adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction and configured to emit a fourth optical signal, and an optical part configured to reflect the first to fourth optical signals. The second pixel and the third pixel are disposed between the first pixel and the fourth pixel, the first optical signal and the third optical signal are emitted from a first region of the optical part, the second optical signal and the fourth optical signal are emitted from a second region of the optical part, and the first region and the second region are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: WOOSEUP YOUM, Kukjoo KIM, DAE HYUN AHN, Hyunsu CHO, Chul Woong JOO
  • Patent number: 12201026
    Abstract: Provided is a low frequency vibrating actuator device including an actuator configured to generate a vibration by receiving a voltage, a spring structure disposed on the actuator, and a vibrating mass part disposed on the spring structure. Here, the spring structure includes a first thin-film, a first spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the actuator, and a second spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the vibrating mass part. Also, the first spacer and the second spacer are horizontally offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Park, Jong Tae Lim, Seung Youl Kang, Bock Soon Na, Chan Woo Park, Wooseup Youm, Ji-Young Oh
  • Patent number: 12111968
    Abstract: Provided is a haptic waveform storage system including a sensor configured to measure a target object to generate a sensing signal including tactile texture information, a waveform extraction unit configured to extract a basic frequency and an envelope from the sensing signal and generate haptic waveform information including information about the basic frequency and the envelope, and a library storage unit configured to store the haptic waveform information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wooseup Youm, Hye Jin Kim, YuLim Min, Yun-Jeong Kim, Hanbit Jin, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20240331589
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a stereoscopic image generating device communicating with a rendering server device including obtaining first tracking data by tracking a motion of a user during a reference time interval, obtaining second tracking data by tracking a viewpoint of the user during the reference time interval, providing the first tracking data to the rendering server device, receiving one or more focus image data corresponding to the first tracking data from the rendering server device, extracting one or more areas corresponding to the tracked viewpoint from each of the one or more focus image data based on the second tracking data, generating multifocal virtual reality (VR) image data by up-scaling the extracted one or more areas, and visually providing, by a display device of the stereoscopic image generating device, the multifocal VR image data to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: WOOSEUP YOUM, CHUNWON BYUN, Chan-mo KANG
  • Patent number: 12036175
    Abstract: Provided is a vibratory stimulation device including a first substrate, a connection band connected to both sides of the first substrate, and a vibration element array including a plurality of vibration elements provided on the first substrate, wherein each of the vibration elements includes a stand provided on the first substrate, a vibration film provided on the stand and in contact with the stand at an edge, a vibrator provided on an upper or lower surface of the vibration film, and an electrode wire connected to the vibrator, wherein the vibration film includes a material that is more flexible and stretchable than the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Park, Jong Tae Lim, Seung Youl Kang, Bock Soon Na, Chan Woo Park, Seongdeok Ahn, Wooseup Youm, Ji-Young Oh
  • Publication number: 20240011850
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible pressure sensor. The flexible pressure includes: a lower structure; and an upper structure on the lower structure, wherein the lower structure includes: a flexible substrate; and first electrodes on the flexible substrate and second electrode spaced apart from the first electrodes, and the upper structure includes: a support; first protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from a bottom surface of the support; and second protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from the bottom surface of the support, the second protrusion structures being spaced apart from the first protrusion structures, wherein the first protrusion structures are in contact with a top surface of the flexible substrate, the second protrusion structures are vertically spaced apart from the first and second electrodes, and when viewed in a plan view, the first protrusion structures are configured to completely surround the second protrusion structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Steve PARK, Hye Jin KIM, Seyoung KWON, Gyeongsuk PARK, WOOSEUP YOUM
  • Patent number: 11749075
    Abstract: Provided is a telehaptic device which includes a piezoelectric sensor module and a piezoelectric actuator module that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the piezoelectric sensor module includes a first flexible substrate, a first support substrate connected to the first flexible substrate, a piezoelectric sensor array on the first flexible substrate, and a first wireless communication circuit on the first support substrate, the piezoelectric actuator module includes a second flexible substrate, a second support substrate connected to the second flexible substrate, a piezoelectric actuator array on the second flexible substrate, and a second wireless communication circuit on the second support substrate, the piezoelectric sensor array includes piezoelectric sensors, the piezoelectric sensors being spaced apart according to a first pitch, the piezoelectric actuator array includes piezoelectric actuators, the piezoelectric actuators being spaced apart according to a second pitch, the first pitch and the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Yun-Jeong Kim, Hye Jin Kim, Wooseup Youm, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20230176652
    Abstract: Provided is a haptic waveform storage system including a sensor configured to measure a target object to generate a sensing signal including tactile texture information, a waveform extraction unit configured to extract a basic frequency and an envelope from the sensing signal and generate haptic waveform information including information about the basic frequency and the envelope, and a library storage unit configured to store the haptic waveform information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: WOOSEUP YOUM, Hye Jin KIM, YuLim MIN, Yun-Jeong KIM, HANBIT JIN, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20230146555
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device for monitoring a voice and laryngeal disorders, which includes a substrate, a first pressure sensor array disposed along a first direction on the substrate and including a plurality of first pressure sensors each extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and at least one second pressure sensor extending in the first direction on the substrate and disposed to be spaced apart from the first pressure sensor array in the second direction. The voice and laryngeal disorder of a user equipped with the electronic device according to the present disclosure may be simultaneously monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chan-Hwa HONG, Hye Jin KIM, Saerom SEO, Wooseup YOUM, Yun-Jeong KIM, Hanbit JIN
  • Patent number: 11533003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric device, and more particularly, to a piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric actuator; a displacement transmission structure disposed on the piezoelectric actuator; and a displacement amplification structure disposed between the piezoelectric actuator and the displacement transmission structure. Here, the displacement amplification structure includes: a first displacement amplification structure and a second displacement amplification structure, which cross each other; and a fixing pin that passes through the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure to connect the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure. Also, each of one end of the first displacement amplification structure and one end of the second displacement amplification structure may be fixed on the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Hye Jin Kim, Yun-Jeong Kim, YuLim Min, Wooseup Youm, JoonMin Lee, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Patent number: 11509996
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for playing an acoustic sound and a touch sensation, and more particularly, to a device for emitting a sound to a front surface of a speaker and playing a touch sensation feedback to a rear surface of the speaker through a driving modulation using two or more speakers while simultaneously concentrating an acoustic pressure generated according to a vibration of a membrane of the speaker to a surface of a module through a movement pipe when an audio signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hye Jin Kim, JoonMin Lee, Yun-Jeong Kim, YuLim Min, Wooseup Youm, Hanbit Jin, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20220327897
    Abstract: Provided is a telehaptic device which includes a piezoelectric sensor module and a piezoelectric actuator module that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the piezoelectric sensor module includes a first flexible substrate, a first support substrate connected to the first flexible substrate, a piezoelectric sensor array on the first flexible substrate, and a first wireless communication circuit on the first support substrate, the piezoelectric actuator module includes a second flexible substrate, a second support substrate connected to the second flexible substrate, a piezoelectric actuator array on the second flexible substrate, and a second wireless communication circuit on the second support substrate, the piezoelectric sensor array includes piezoelectric sensors, the piezoelectric sensors being spaced apart according to a first pitch, the piezoelectric actuator array includes piezoelectric actuators, the piezoelectric actuators being spaced apart according to a second pitch, the first pitch and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Yun-Jeong KIM, Hye Jin KIM, WOOSEUP YOUM, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20220149265
    Abstract: Provided is a low frequency vibrating actuator device including an actuator configured to generate a vibration by receiving a voltage, a spring structure disposed on the actuator, and a vibrating mass part disposed on the spring structure. Here, the spring structure includes a first thin-film, a first spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the actuator, and a second spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the vibrating mass part. Also, the first spacer and the second spacer are horizontally offset from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kang-Ho PARK, Jong Tae LIM, Seung Youl KANG, Bock Soon NA, Chan Woo PARK, Wooseup YOUM, Ji-Young OH
  • Publication number: 20220014841
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for playing an acoustic sound and a touch sensation, and more particularly, to a device for emitting a sound to a front surface of a speaker and playing a touch sensation feedback to a rear surface of the speaker through a driving modulation using two or more speakers while simultaneously concentrating an acoustic pressure generated according to a vibration of a membrane of the speaker to a surface of a module through a movement pipe when an audio signal is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hye Jin KIM, JoonMin LEE, Yun-Jeong KIM, YuLim MIN, WOOSEUP YOUM, HANBIT JIN, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20210384848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric device, and more particularly, to a piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric actuator; a displacement transmission structure disposed on the piezoelectric actuator; and a displacement amplification structure disposed between the piezoelectric actuator and the displacement transmission structure. Here, the displacement amplification structure includes: a first displacement amplification structure and a second displacement amplification structure, which cross each other; and a fixing pin that passes through the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure to connect the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure. Also, each of one end of the first displacement amplification structure and one end of the second displacement amplification structure may be fixed on the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Hye Jin KIM, Yun-Jeong KIM, YuLim MIN, WOOSEUP YOUM, JoonMin LEE, Chan-Hwa HONG