Patents by Inventor Yong Man

Yong Man 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).

  • Publication number: 20180363315
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle maintenance dock including: a work space provided to elongate in a first direction, and formed to be dug in a predetermined depth with respect to a ground surface, and is provided to have an opened upper surface; and a plurality of vehicle support modules provided to shield one side of the opened upper surface of the work space and guiding a maintenance target vehicle to enter in a second direction inclined to the first direction and provided so that a maintenance target area of the maintenance target vehicle is exposed to the work space and continuously arranged in the first direction and arranged to be parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Yong Man LEE
  • Patent number: 10140685
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo Lee, Jong-ho Kim, Hyun-hee Park, Jae-hun Cho, Ho-jin Kim, Yong-man Lee, Won-hee Choe, Dong-kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 10092263
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes a scanner configured to acquire projection data of an object in a plurality of directions, and a data processor configured to generate a volume of interest based on the projection data, generate a two-dimensional (2D) reprojection image by reprojecting the volume of interest in at least one direction, and extract feature information from the 2D reprojection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea Advanced Institute Of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Choong Hwan Choi, Yong Man Ro, Dae Hoe Kim, Seong Tae Kim, Eun Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 10062405
    Abstract: A video compressing apparatus and method that may increase the compression efficiency while maintaining the quality of video on an electronic device processing multimedia data including video are provided. The apparatus includes a video compressing apparatus and method that obtain a target image from a memory or camera, generate meta data corresponding to attribute information of the obtained target image, and compress the target image based on, at least, the generated meta data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Hee Park, Jae-Moon Kim, Sung-Oh Kim, Yong-Man Lee, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Publication number: 20180218710
    Abstract: Various examples of the present invention provide an electronic device comprising: a display for displaying content in a direction corresponding to a first surface of the electronic device; a sensor for sensing light incident on a second surface of the electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor determines information of the brightness around the electronic device, at least on the basis of the sensed light, and can be set to adjust at least one attribute of the display or at least one attribute of the content. In addition, other examples besides the various examples of the present invention are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Hyun-Hee PARK, Sung-Oh KIM, Jae-Moon KIM, Yong-Man LEE, Kyoung-Min PARK, Kee-Hyon PARK, Dae-Keun PARK, Seul-Ki JANG, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Jong-Bum CHOI, Kwang-Tai KIM, Soo-Hyung KIM, Dong-Hyun YEOM, Ki-Huk LEE
  • Publication number: 20180205967
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an image processing device and method for compressing and restoring an image. To this end, edged information and scaling information are obtained from an input signal, and block information employed for obtaining the edged information and the scaling information is generated. In addition, encoding information is transmitted according to a preset transmission format so as to include the edged information, the scaling information, and the block information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Oh KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Kwang-Young KIM, Yong-Man LEE
  • Patent number: 10024592
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an inner door including an opening having a size corresponding to the size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening, and an outer door that opens or closes the opening, wherein the inner door includes inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening and are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening without any curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, Yong Man Seo, Young Jae Song, Jae Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180187956
    Abstract: A built-in refrigerator which includes a body; a door configured to open and close an inside of the body; a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Min-kyu KIM, In-yong HWANG, Joong-ho KIM, Jong-kyoung BOK, Yong-man SEO, Ho-june JEON
  • Publication number: 20180157900
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for sharing a digital image depicting one or more faces. The method may include linking a plurality of computer terminals to a computer network, each computer terminal associated with an individual; receiving a digital image at at least one of the computer terminals; executing a face recognition routine on the digital image, the face recognition routine detecting at least one face in the digital image, each detected face corresponding to a person, the face recognition routine recognizing at least one of the persons as being one of the individuals; and for each individual recognized in the digital image by the face recognition routine, initiating dissemination of the digital image to the computer terminal associated with respective individual whose face is recognized in the digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Ray GANONG, Donald Craig WAUGH, Chris STUDHOLME, Kostas PLATANIOTIS, Yong Man RO
  • Patent number: 9928407
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for sharing a digital image depicting one or more faces. The method may include linking a plurality of computer terminals to a computer network, each computer terminal associated with an individual; receiving a digital image at at least one of the computer terminals; executing a face recognition routine on the digital image, the face recognition routine detecting at least one face in the digital image, each detected face corresponding to a person, the face recognition routine recognizing at least one of the persons as being one of the individuals; and for each individual recognized in the digital image by the face recognition routine, initiating dissemination of the digital image to the computer terminal associated with respective individual whose face is recognized in the digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED RECOGNITION INC.
    Inventors: Ray Ganong, Donald Craig Waugh, Chris Studholme, Kostas Plataniotis, Yong Man Ro
  • Patent number: 9898799
    Abstract: An image processing method and an electronic device supporting the method are provided. The electronic device includes a processor having an image processing module processing an input image, and a memory, wherein the processor obtains image data that is processed for the input image, wherein the memory stores volatile information which is temporarily obtained from the image during an image processing process of the image processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Oh Kim, Hyun Hee Park, Yong Man Lee, Kwang Young Kim, Ki Huk Lee, Kwang Tai Kim, Soo Hyung Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Eun Seok Ryu, Jin Hong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20180046855
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in at least one aspect, methods and systems that detect at least one face in at least one digital image, determine and store area co-ordinates of a location of the at least one detected face in the at least one digital image, apply at least one transformation to the at least one detected face to create at least one portrait of the at least one detected face, rotate the at least one portrait at least until the at least one portrait is shown in a vertical orientation and a pair of eyes of the at least one face shown in the at least one portrait are positioned on a horizontal plane; and store the rotated at least one portrait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: RAY GANONG, DONALD CRAIG WAUGH, YONG MAN RO, KONSTANTINOS PLATANIOTIS, CHRIS STUDHOLME
  • Publication number: 20180031303
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an inner door including an opening having a size corresponding to the size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening, and an outer door that opens or closes the opening, wherein the inner door includes inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening and are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening without any curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, Yong Man SEO, Young Jae SONG, Jae Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20180007315
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first camera supporting a first FOV, a second camera supporting a second FOV, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first image having the first FOV using the first camera, to obtain a second image, which is associated with the first image and has the second FOV using the second camera, to adjust at least one operation attribute of the first camera based on the second image, and to obtain a third image having the first FOV based on the adjusted at least one operation attribute using the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Sung Oh KIM, Dong Hyun YEOM, Yong Man LEE, Kwang Tai KIM, Soo Hyung KIM, Hyun Hee PARK, Ki Huk LEE, Hyung Ju CHUN
  • Patent number: 9858886
    Abstract: Provided is a method for compensating for a defective pixel of a display. The method includes identifying at least one of a plurality of pixels of a display as a defective pixel and compensating for a function of the defective pixel by using at least one pixel from a first pixel group located in a first partial region corresponding to the defective pixel and a second pixel group located in a second partial region located adjacent to the first partial region among a plurality of partial regions, each partial region comprising some adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Kon Bae, Soo-Hyung Kim, Yong-Man Lee, Sung-Dae Cho, Seok-Jin Han
  • Publication number: 20170374281
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method for converting a frame rate are provided. According to the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a memory, a first black-and-white image sensor, a second image sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to set different values as a first setting value for the first black-and-white image sensor and a second setting value for the second image sensor, if an illuminance value indicating an illuminance at an arbitrary time point does not satisfy a predetermined illuminance value, to acquire a black-and-white image of an object based on the first setting value using the first black-and-white image sensor, to acquire at least one color image of the object based on the second setting value using the second image sensor, to generate a color image by synthesizing the black-and-white image with a color determined based on at least part of color information of the at least one color image, and to store the generated color image as video data in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sung-Oh KIM, Kwang-Tai KIM, Soo-Hyung KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Dong-Hyun YEOM, Ki-Huk LEE, Yong-Man LEE, Jee-Hoon AN, Seul-Ki JANG, Hyung-Ju CHUN, Jong-Bum CHOI
  • Patent number: 9830692
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for processing image data. According to the method, first characteristic values respectively of a plurality of regions of a first image are determined by sequentially calculating, for each of the plurality of regions, characteristic values corresponding to each of pixel values of pixels included in each of the plurality of regions while sequentially receiving the pixel values of the pixels; based on the determined first characteristic values, an illumination image related to a second image that is a following image of the first image is obtained; and, based on the obtained illumination image, the second image is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Young Yi, Hyun-Hee Park, Jong-Ho Kim, Kee-hyon Park, Yong-man Lee, Jae-Hun Cho, Dong-kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 9810475
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an inner door including an opening having a size corresponding to the size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening, and an outer door that opens or closes the opening, wherein the inner door includes inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening and are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening without any curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, Yong Man Seo, Young Jae Song, Jae Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170293996
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Jong-ho KIM, Hyun-hee PARK, Jae-hun CHO, Ho-jin KIM, Yong-man LEE, Won-hee CHOE, Dong-kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 9721148
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in at least one aspect, methods and systems that detect at least one face in at least one digital image, determine and store area co-ordinates of a location of the at least one detected face in the at least one digital image, apply at least one transformation to the at least one detected face to create at least one portrait of the at least one detected face, rotate the at least one portrait at least until the at least one portrait is shown in a vertical orientation and a pair of eyes of the at least one face shown in the at least one portrait are positioned on a horizontal plane; and store the rotated at least one portrait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Applied Recognition Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Ganong, Donald Craig Waugh, Yong Man Ro, Konstantinos Plataniotis, Chris Studholme