Patents by Inventor Yong-Sun Kim

Yong-Sun 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).

  • Patent number: 11411636
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Sung Geun Jin, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20220150873
    Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, information on a command period of a sub-frame, information on an action period of the sub-frame, and information on a report period of the sub-frame; receiving, from the base station, a command in the command period; performing an action according to the received command in the action period; and reporting, to the base station, a result according to the action in the report period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kap Seok CHANG, Yong Sun KIM, Young Jo KO
  • Publication number: 20220150974
    Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a first base station, information on preambles for random access; transmitting, to the first base station, a first message including a preamble selected based on the information on the preambles; receiving, from the first base station, a second message that is a response signal for the first message; transmitting, to the first base station, a third message requesting a preemptive use of the selected preamble during a first preemptive use period; and receiving, from the first base station, a fourth message allowing the preemptive use of the selected preamble during the first preemptive use period, and performing a random access procedure by using the selected preamble during the first preemptive use period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Sun KIM, Kap Seok CHANG, Young Jo KO
  • Publication number: 20210360596
    Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoung-Soo LIM, Woo-Yong CHOI, Yong-Sun KIM, Jae-Young AHN
  • Patent number: 11151800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for erasing real object in augmented reality can be disclosed. The apparatus can receive an erasing area in the 3D augmented reality from a user, generate a 2D mask and a 3D mask corresponding to the erasing area, and generate a hole in the 3D augmented reality by using the 2D mask and the 3D mask. The apparatus can synthesize a first texture image for an hole area corresponding the hole by using a second texture image corresponding to an area excluding the 2D mask, calculate a first vertex value for the hole area by using a second vertex value corresponding to an area excluding the 3D mask, and perform inpainting on the hole are by using the first texture image and the first vertex value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Yong Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 11140646
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal in a communication system. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of transmitting a first synchronization signal, performed by a base station in the communication system, may comprise generating a base sequence; generating a modified sequence by inverting polarity of the base sequence; mapping the base sequence and the modified sequence to a first frequency region having a frequency higher than a center subcarrier and a second frequency region having a frequency lower the center subcarrier, so that the base sequence and the modified sequence are symmetric centering the center subcarrier located at a center frequency of a frequency domain of the synchronization signal; and transmitting the synchronization signal comprising the base sequence and the modified sequence to a terminal. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Young Jo Ko, Yong Sun Kim, Sang Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20210304508
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for erasing real object in augmented reality can be disclosed. The apparatus can receive an erasing area in the 3D augmented reality from a user, generate a 2D mask and a 3D mask corresponding to the erasing area, and generate a hole in the 3D augmented reality by using the 2D mask and the 3D mask. The apparatus can synthesize a first texture image for an hole area corresponding the hole by using a second texture image corresponding to an area excluding the 2D mask, calculate a first vertex value for the hole area by using a second vertex value corresponding to an area excluding the 3D mask, and perform inpainting on the hole are by using the first texture image and the first vertex value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Yong Sun KIM
  • Patent number: 11076394
    Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoung-Soo Lim, Woo-Yong Choi, Yong-Sun Kim, Jae-Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 10979344
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for setting a detour path in a wideband high frequency wireless system using a centralized Media Access Control (MAC) protocol. Here, in a wireless system using the centralized MAC protocol where a time synchronization and a band allocation may be performed by a single central control unit, when a signal blockage occurs while a data communication is being performed via a direct path between a source device and a destination device, the detour path may be quickly provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Eun Hong, Kyeongpyo Kim, Yong Sun Kim, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20210013958
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kap Seok CHANG, Hyoung Jin KWON, Sung Geun JIN, Yong Sun KIM, Seung Eun HONG, Woo Yong LEE, Hyun Kyu CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20200383074
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal in a communication system. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of transmitting a first synchronization signal, performed by a base station in the communication system, may comprise generating a base sequence; generating a modified sequence by inverting polarity of the base sequence; mapping the base sequence and the modified sequence to a first frequency region having a frequency higher than a center subcarrier and a second frequency region having a frequency lower the center subcarrier, so that the base sequence and the modified sequence are symmetric centering the center subcarrier located at a center frequency of a frequency domain of the synchronization signal; and transmitting the synchronization signal comprising the base sequence and the modified sequence to a terminal. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok CHANG, Young Jo KO, Yong Sun KIM, Sang Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 10834732
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data using multiple paths in a wireless communication system using a distributed Media Access Control (MAC). More particularly, provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data that may select a path with a better channel status from multiple paths that include a direct path using a Line of Sight (LOS) and a relay path passing through a relay apparatus, in a wireless communication system that may transmit data via the LOS using a distributed MAC and a directional antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoung Jin Kwon, Jin Kyeong Kim, Yong Sun Kim, Kyeongpyo Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 10812175
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Sung Geun Jin, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: 10764790
    Abstract: Provided is a communication method of a coordinator in a wireless networks system that uses a reservation-based media access control (MAC). The communication method includes receiving, from a source device, a frame that requests a reservation resource for a relay device, to enable a frame that the source device transmits to a destination device to be relayed via the relay device, and allocating the reservation resource for the relay device, in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyoung Jin Kwon, Yong Sun Kim, Kap Seok Chang, Seung Eun Hong, Sung Geun Jin, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20200162992
    Abstract: Methods for transmitting and receiving data of a station includes setting a direct route to a corresponding station and a relay route to a relay device, selecting one route as between the direct route and relay route, and transmitting and receiving data through the selected route. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may store a program including instructions to cause a computer to perform the method. The setting may be performed by a processor and the transmitting and receiving may be performed respectively by a transmitter and a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyoung Jin KWON, Jin Kyeong KIM, Woo Yong LEE, Yong Sun KIM, Kyeongpyo KIM
  • Patent number: 10604172
    Abstract: A motor-driven steering column device for a vehicle, the motor-driven steering column device may include a housing fixed to a vehicle body and having a pipe through one side portion of which a slot is formed; a telescopic pipe inserted into an internal diameter portion of the housing to be movable back and forth and locked and fastened to a steering shaft; a telescopic bracket disposed on an internal diameter portion of the telescopic pipe; and a driving device coupling the telescopic pipe and the telescopic bracket through the slot and providing power of moving back and forth to the telescopic pipe and the telescopic bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Gyu Yoon, Jin Ho Bae, Yong Sun Kim, Beom Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10548061
    Abstract: Methods for transmitting and receiving data of a station includes setting a direct route to a corresponding station and a relay route to a relay device, selecting one route as between the direct route and relay route, and transmitting and receiving data through the selected route. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may store a program including instructions to cause a computer to perform the method. The setting may be performed by a processor and the transmitting and receiving may be performed respectively by a transmitter and a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyoung Jin Kwon, Jin Kyeong Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Yong Sun Kim, Kyeongpyo Kim
  • Publication number: 20190356579
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for setting a detour path in a wideband high frequency wireless system using a centralized Media Access Control (MAC) protocol. Here, in a wireless system using the centralized MAC protocol where a time synchronization and a band allocation may be performed by a single central control unit, when a signal blockage occurs while a data communication is being performed via a direct path between a source device and a destination device, the detour path may be quickly provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Eun HONG, Kyeongpyo KIM, Yong Sun KIM, Hyoung Jin KWON, Woo Yong LEE
  • Publication number: 20190318548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for matching a virtual object in a virtual environment, the method including generating a point cloud of a non-rigid object, matching a low resolution virtual model to the point cloud, and implementing a high resolution model using the matched model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Sun KIM, Hye Mi KIM, Ki Tae KIM, Ki Hong KIM
  • Publication number: 20190312632
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok CHANG, Hyoung Jin KWON, Sung Geun JIN, Yong Sun KIM, Seung Eun HONG, Woo Yong LEE, Hyun Kyu CHUNG