Patents by Inventor Yong-choon Cho

Yong-choon Cho 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: 9622007
    Abstract: Stereophonic sound is reproduced by acquiring image depth information indicating a distance between at least one object in an image signal and a reference location, acquiring sound depth information indicating a distance between at least one sound object in a sound signal and a reference location based on the image depth information, and providing sound perspective to the at least one sound object based on the sound depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-choon Cho, Sun-min Kim
  • Publication number: 20150358753
    Abstract: Stereophonic sound is reproduced by acquiring image depth information indicating a distance between at least one object in an image signal and a reference location, acquiring sound depth information indicating a distance between at least one sound object in a sound signal and a reference location based on the image depth information, and providing sound perspective to the at least one sound object based on the sound depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-choon CHO, Sun-min Kim
  • Patent number: 9113280
    Abstract: Stereophonic sound is reproduced by acquiring image depth information indicating a distance between at least one object in an image signal and a reference location, acquiring sound depth information indicating a distance between at least one sound object in a sound signal and a reference location based on the image depth information, and providing sound perspective to the at least one sound object based on the sound depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-choon Cho, Sun-min Kim
  • Patent number: 8600072
    Abstract: An audio data processing apparatus and method to reduce wind noise. The apparatus includes a wind noise detecting unit to detect a wind noise section from an input audio signal, and a signal processing unit to reduce a low-frequency band signal of the input audio signal in the detected wind noise section. The apparatus determines whether wind is present and automatically reduces wind noise based on the determined result. Accordingly, the apparatus can effectively reduce wind noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ha Park, Hyuck-jae Lee, Yong-choon Cho
  • Publication number: 20130010969
    Abstract: Stereophonic sound is reproduced by acquiring image depth information indicating a distance between at least one object in an image signal and a reference location, acquiring sound depth information indicating a distance between at least one sound object in a sound signal and a reference location based on the image depth information, and providing sound perspective to the at least one sound object based on the sound depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-choon Cho, Sun-min Kim
  • Patent number: 8108210
    Abstract: A noise removing apparatus and method usable in a portable recorder to remove noise and enhance a voice signal when the voice signal with noise is input to the portable recorder. The noise removing method includes dividing an input signal into a high frequency component signal and a low frequency component signal, adjusting a magnitude of the high frequency component signal by comparing the magnitude of the divided high frequency component signal and a magnitude of the low frequency component signal, enhancing a clearness of the low frequency component signal by filtering the divided low frequency component with an adaptive filter, and adding the magnitude-adjusted high frequency component signal and the clearness-enhanced low frequency component signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-choon Cho
  • Patent number: 8036389
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of canceling a vocal component includes a first vocal canceling unit to delay each of the left and right channel input signals for a predetermined time and to feed-forward cross mix the delayed left and right channel signals with the left and right channel input signals, a sound stage widening unit to delay each of the left and right channel signals output from the first vocal canceling unit for a predetermined time and to feedback cross mix the signal of each delayed channel signals with the left and right channel signals, and a second vocal canceling unit to low-pass filter the left and right channel signals output from the sound stage widening unit and to mix the low-pass filtered left and right low frequency components and a high frequency component of the difference between the left and right channels to cancel the vocal component from an audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-choon Cho
  • Publication number: 20070172070
    Abstract: An enhanced audio matrix decoding method and apparatus to generate a multi-channel audio signal from a stereo channel audio signal includes a front channel canceling unit to generate a surround channel audio signal through feed-forward mixing with a gain and delay, from an input stereo channel audio signal, and a level control unit to control an audio level of the surround channel generated in the front channel canceling unit according to the audio level characteristic of the input stereo channel and to generate a final surround channel audio signal according to the controlled audio level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-choon Cho, Sun-min Kim
  • Publication number: 20070170992
    Abstract: A noise removing apparatus and method usable in a portable recorder to remove noise and enhance a voice signal when the voice signal with noise is input to the portable recorder. The noise removing method includes dividing an input signal into a high frequency component signal and a low frequency component signal, adjusting a magnitude of the high frequency component signal by comparing the magnitude of the divided high frequency component signal and a magnitude of the low frequency component signal, enhancing a clearness of the low frequency component signal by filtering the divided low frequency component with an adaptive filter, and adding the magnitude-adjusted high frequency component signal and the clearness-enhanced low frequency component signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Yong-choon CHO
  • Publication number: 20070076891
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of canceling a vocal component includes a first vocal canceling unit to delay each of the left and right channel input signals for a predetermined time and to feed-forward cross mix the delayed left and right channel signals with the left and right channel input signals, a sound stage widening unit to delay each of the left and right channel signals output from the first vocal canceling unit for a predetermined time and to feedback cross mix the signal of each delayed channel signals with the left and right channel signals, and a second vocal canceling unit to low-pass filter the left and right channel signals output from the sound stage widening unit and to mix the low-pass filtered left and right low frequency components and a high frequency component of the difference between the left and right channels to cancel the vocal component from an audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-choon Cho
  • Publication number: 20060233391
    Abstract: An audio data processing apparatus and method to reduce wind noise. The apparatus includes a wind noise detecting unit to detect a wind noise section from an input audio signal, and a signal processing unit to reduce a low-frequency band signal of the input audio signal in the detected wind noise section. The apparatus determines whether wind is present and automatically reduces wind noise based on the determined result. Accordingly, the apparatus can effectively reduce wind noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Jae-ha Park, Hyuck-jae Lee, Yong-choon Cho