Patents by Inventor Young-su Moon

Young-su Moon 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: 11532075
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an input interface, a first storage, a display, and a processor. Pixel values corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in an image input through the input interface are stored in the first storage. The processor acquires a first patch of a predetermined size by sampling a number of pixel values located in an outer region of a matrix centering about a specific pixel value from among the pixel values stored in the first storage, acquires a high-frequency component for the specific pixel value based on the acquired first patch, and processes the input image based on the high-frequency component. The display displays the processed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun Lim, Seok-bong Yoo, Tae-gyoung Ahn, Young-su Moon, Seong-hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11393427
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive an input image; an image processor configured to process the input image and generate an output image; a storage configured to store a first patch corresponding to a first pixel of the input image; and a controller configured to control the image processor to generate the output image by applying the first patch stored in the storage to the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-bong Yoo, Hyung-jun Lim, Gi-yeong Gim, Young-su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11290750
    Abstract: A display apparatus and method that reduces block noise by performing block noise boundary detections and generating a block noise boundary map on the basis of a result of the detections to cope with local random block noise having irregular shaped and blurred block boundaries to perform adaptive deblocking filtering. The apparatus includes: an image receiver; a map generator to generate a block boundary map by performing convolution using a plurality of kernels on a received image; a determiner to determine a filter parameter on the basis of the block boundary map and a block boundary period included in the block boundary map; a deblocking filter to vary a filter strength on the basis of the determined filter parameter; and a display on which an image in which block noise is removed by the deblocking filter is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yoon Kim, Seung-Ho Park, Tae Gyoung Ahn, Ho Cheon Wey, Sang Hun Kim, Young Su Moon
  • Patent number: 11222609
    Abstract: Disclosed is a local dimming liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-seop Choi, Gi-yeong Gim, Young-su Moon, Young-hoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210312598
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an input interface, a first storage, a display, and a processor. Pixel values corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in an image input through the input interface are stored in the first storage. The processor acquires a first patch of a predetermined size by sampling a number of pixel values located in an outer region of a matrix centering about a specific pixel value from among the pixel values stored in the first storage, acquires a high-frequency component for the specific pixel value based on the acquired first patch, and processes the input image based on the high-frequency component. The display displays the processed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun LIM, Seok-bong YOO, Tae-gyoung AHN, Young-su MOON, Seong-hoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11074671
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of filters each corresponding to a plurality of image patterns; and a processor configured to classify an image block including a target pixel and a plurality of surrounding pixels into one of the plurality of image patterns based on a relationship between pixels within the image block and to obtain a final image block in which the target pixel is image-processed by applying at least one filter corresponding to the classified image pattern from among the plurality of filters to the image block, wherein the plurality of filters are obtained by learning, through an artificial intelligence algorithm, a relationship between a plurality of first sample image blocks and a plurality of second sample image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first sample image blocks based on each of the plurality of image patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seung Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Young-Su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11062430
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an input interface, a first storage, a display, and a processor. Pixel values corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in an image input through the input interface are stored in the first storage,. The processor acquires a first patch of a predetermined size by sampling a number of pixel values located in an outer region of a matrix centering about a specific pixel value from among the pixel values stored in the first storage, acquires a high-frequency component for the specific pixel value based on the acquired first patch, and processes the input image based on the high-frequency component. The display displays the processed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun Lim, Seok-bong Yoo, Tae-gyoung Ahn, Young-su Moon, Seong-hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10963995
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus according to an example embodiment includes an input unit comprising input circuitry, and a processor configured to: perform a noise reduction process on an image input through the input unit, identify a first pixel block based on an object pixel in the input image, identify a second pixel block based on the object pixel in a denoised image, obtain a gain value based on a pixel value included in the first pixel block and a pixel value included in the second pixel block, and perform an enhancement process on the denoised image by applying the obtained gain value to the second pixel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hun Kim, Seung-ho Park, Dong-yoon Kim, Young-su Moon
  • Patent number: 10909910
    Abstract: A display apparatus and control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus including: a display configured to display an image; a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit light to a screen of the display; an image processor configured to divide an input image into a plurality of blocks, identify target brightness for each block, and adjust a control value of each of the plurality of light sources based on priority of each of the plurality of light sources; and a driver configured to drive the plurality of light sources based on the control value. Thus, the duty for controlling the quality of light from the light source is identified considering the duty of the light source corresponding to an area of which previously identified priority is high, and thus dimming control is possible taking effects of light diffusion from adjacent neighboring light sources into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-hoon Jeong, Doo-seop Choi, Young-su Moon
  • Patent number: 10885614
    Abstract: An electronic device and an image conversion method of the electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a first image from a source device; a decoding unit for decoding brightness information of the first image; a converting unit for converting a dynamic range of the first image on the basis of the decoded brightness information, using a mapping function; and a display unit for displaying a second image having the converted dynamic range on a display, wherein the mapping function is a curve function including a plurality of points determined on the basis of the first image, a characteristic of a change in brightness of a display of the source device, and a characteristic of brightness of a scene of the first image. The present disclosure may generate, for example, a high dynamic range (HDR) image, which is improved from a standard dynamic range (SDR) image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-ho Park, Seung-hoon Han, Ji-won Choi, Ho-cheon Wey, Young-su Moon
  • Patent number: 10846830
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display configured to display an image; a processor configured to: calculate a change degree and a change direction of pixel value differences between at least one first pixel and two or more second pixels of an image, and change a pixel value of the first pixel based on the pixel value difference which is relatively small among the pixel value differences obtained by the calculated change degree and the calculated change direction. According to this, it is possible to enhance the image details without generating or and increasing of the noises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun Lim, Seok-bong Yoo, Tae-gyoung Ahn, Young-su Moon, Seong-hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20200243040
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive an input image; an image processor configured to process the input image and generate an output image; a storage configured to store a first patch corresponding to a first pixel of the input image; and a controller configured to control the image processor to generate the output image by applying the first patch stored in the storage to the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-bong Yoo, Hyung-jun Lim, Gi-yeong Gim, Young-su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200245000
    Abstract: A display apparatus and method that reduces block noise by performing block noise boundary detections and generating a block noise boundary map on the basis of a result of the detections to cope with local random block noise having irregular shaped and blurred block boundaries to perform adaptive deblocking filtering. The apparatus includes: an image receiver; a map generator to generate a block boundary map by performing convolution using a plurality of kernels on a received image; a determiner to determine a filter parameter on the basis of the block boundary map and a block boundary period included in the block boundary map; a deblocking filter to vary a filter strength on the basis of the determined filter parameter; and a display on which an image in which block noise is removed by the deblocking filter is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yoon KIM, Seung-Ho PARK, Tae Gyoung AHN, Ho Cheon WEY, Sang Hun KIM, Young Su MOON
  • Patent number: 10692466
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display; a storage configured to store output luminance information of a plurality of grayscale values according to brightness information; and a processor configured to: obtain a plurality of grayscale adjustment curves based on the output luminance information stored in the storage, obtain a plurality of calibration effects by applying each of the plurality of grayscale adjustment curves to an input image, obtain a grayscale adjustment curve corresponding to a maximum calibration effect from among the plurality of calibration effects, adjust a grayscale of each pixel of the input image based on the obtained grayscale adjustment curve to generate an output image, and output the output image through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-moon Lim, Young-su Moon, Young-hoon Jeong, Chun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200175653
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display configured to display an image; a processor configured to: calculate a change degree and a change direction of pixel value differences between at least one first pixel and two or more second pixels of an image, and change a pixel value of the first pixel based on the pixel value difference which is relatively small among the pixel value differences obtained by the calculated change degree and the calculated change direction. According to this, it is possible to enhance the image details without generating or and increasing of the noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun LIM, Seok-bong YOO, Tae-gyoung AHN, Young-su MOON, Seong-hoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200152144
    Abstract: Disclosed is a local dimming liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-seop CHOI, Gi-yeong GIM, Young-su MOON, Young-hoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 10650283
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of filters each corresponding to a plurality of image patterns; and a processor configured to classify an image block including a target pixel and a plurality of surrounding pixels into one of the plurality of image patterns based on a relationship between pixels within the image block and to obtain a final image block in which the target pixel is image-processed by applying at least one filter corresponding to the classified image pattern from among the plurality of filters to the image block, wherein the plurality of filters are obtained by learning, through an artificial intelligence algorithm, a relationship between a plurality of first sample image blocks and a plurality of second sample image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first sample image blocks based on each of the plurality of image patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-seung Lee, Dong-hyun Kim, Young-su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10650779
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive an input image; an image processor configured to process the input image and generate an output image; a storage configured to store a first patch corresponding to a first pixel of the input image; and a controller configured to control the image processor to generate the output image by applying the first patch stored in the storage to the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-bong Yoo, Hyung-jun Lim, Gi-yeong Gim, Young-su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10621710
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a display, and a processor configured to generate a second image and a third image where a dynamic range is expanded by respectively applying a first gain and a second gain to an input first image, generate a degraded image of the second image by applying a predetermined degradation model to the second image, based on a difference value between a pixel of the degraded second image and a pixel of the third image satisfying a predetermined condition, modify a pixel value of the second image based on the difference value, and output the second image where the pixel value is modified through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-yeong Gim, Seung-hoon Han, Young-su Moon, Tae-gyoung Ahn, Woo-seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20200104982
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes an input interface, a first storage, a display, and a processor. Pixel values corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in an image input through the input interface are stored in the first storage,. The processor acquires a first patch of a predetermined size by sampling a number of pixel values located in an outer region of a matrix centering about a specific pixel value from among the pixel values stored in the first storage, acquires a high-frequency component for the specific pixel value based on the acquired first patch, and processes the input image based on the high-frequency component. The display displays the processed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-jun LIM, Seok-bong YOO, Tae-gyoung AHN, Young-su MOON, Seong-hoon CHOI