Patents by Inventor Yong Jo Im

Yong Jo Im 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).

  • Image processing method for automatic image registration and correction
    Patent number: 7127085
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing method for use in a computer system having a database for storing a reference image, control point chips (CP chips) of the reference image, and auxiliary data including geographic coordinates, incidence angles and orientation angles of the reference image and the CP chips, comprising the steps of (a) a CP chip extraction step of, when a target image and auxiliary data including location information and incidence and orientation angle information of the target image are inputted, finding out a region of the reference image corresponding to a region including the target image, selecting the found region as a control region, and extracting the CP chips included in the control region of the reference image, (b) an image matching step of searching matching points of the target image for the control points within the CP chips extracted from the CP chip extraction step, (c) a mismatching point removing step of finding out and removing mismatching points among matching results ob
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tae Jung Kim, Yong Jo Im
  • Image processing method for automatic image registration and correction
    Publication number: 20040037451
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing method for use in a computer system having a database for storing a reference image, control point chips (CP chips) of the reference image, and auxiliary data including geographic coordinates, incidence angles and orientation angles of the reference image and the CP chips, comprising the steps of (a) a CP chip extraction step of, when a target image and auxiliary data including location information and incidence and orientation angle information of the target image are inputted, finding out a region of the reference image corresponding to a region including the target image, selecting the found region as a control region, and extracting the CP chips included in the control region of the reference image, (b) an image matching step of searching matching points of the target image for the control points within the CP chips extracted from the CP chip extraction step, (c) a mismatching point removing step of finding out and removing mismatching points among matching results ob
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Tae Jung Kim, Yong Jo Im