Patents by Inventor Young-Il Seo

Young-Il Seo 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: 11968521
    Abstract: An audio apparatus includes a signal receiver configured to receive a left-channel signal and a right-channel signal of a stereo audio signal; at least one filter configured to block a signal in a band exceeding a predetermined frequency based on the frequency bands of each of the received left-channel signal and right-channel signal; and a controller configured to generate a center-channel signal of the stereo audio signal based on the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal passing through the filter, to calculate a signal level sensitivity between the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal passing through the filter, to determine a similarity between the left-channel signal and the right-channel signal based on the calculated signal level sensitivity, and to control the generated center-channel signal to be output in response to the determined similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Wey, Min Kim, Tae Woo Kim, Young Jo Seo, Sang-Il Choi
  • Patent number: 11927890
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Heo, Cha Won Koh, Sang Joon Hong, Hyun Woo Kim, Kyung-Won Kang, Dong-Wook Kim, Kyung Won Seo, Young Il Jang, Yong Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11890826
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a footwear impression formed on a porous surface using a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement includes: forming a porous surface sample by leaving footwear impressions into an object having a porous surface; preparing a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement; and applying the potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement to the porous surface sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Yong Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230419634
    Abstract: A method of comparing and determining three-dimensional (3D) identity of a tool mark includes: obtaining a 3D image of a suspect tool and a tool mark; extracting a contact portion of the suspect tool contributed to formation of the tool mark from the 3D image of the suspect tool; determining a matching area by comparing a shape of the contact portion 12 of the suspect tool 10 with a shape of the tool mark 20; and calculating a matching rate between the contact portion of the suspect tool and the tool mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Ho Yong YIE
  • Publication number: 20230405948
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a footwear impression formed on a porous surface using a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement includes: forming a porous surface sample by leaving footwear impressions into an object having a porous surface; preparing a potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement; and applying the potassium ferrocyanide solution for footwear impression enhancement to the porous surface sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Yong Jun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230326363
    Abstract: A projected bloodstain generator includes: a blood supply capable of supplying blood by applying pressure; a blood vessel nozzle connector that is connected to the blood supply to transfer the blood and change a position for controlling the direction of blood ejection; and a blood vessel nozzle having one end connected to the blood vessel nozzle connector and the other end configured to eject blood by applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eunah JOO, Jehyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230326364
    Abstract: A cessation cast-off bloodstain pattern generator includes: a body unit including an impact surface that a tool may hit; a shaft unit located to rotate about an arbitrary axis by having one end mounted on the body unit and the other end equipped with the tool; and an impact force measuring unit that is located on the impact surface, and measures an impact force when a tool applied with blood to an experimental site rotates and collides with the impact surface and the blood falls off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eunah JOO, Jehyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230326374
    Abstract: An expectorated blood spatter generator includes: a compressed air ejection unit configured to eject compressed air through an air nozzle; and a blood ejection unit having one end connected to the air nozzle and ejecting blood through a blood nozzle by pressure of compressed air being ejected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eunah JOO, Jehyun LEE
  • Patent number: 11771345
    Abstract: A footprint generator capable of applying a constant force includes: a base plate in which a target surface may be on an upper surface of the base plate; a shoe mounting member that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of mounting a shoe; a driving unit that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of moving the shoe mounting member up and down; and a force measuring unit configured to measure an impact force when the shoe mounting member descends and contacts the shoe with the target surface to generate a footprint on the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11741607
    Abstract: A method of calculating a bleeding site and a trajectory of a bloodstain scattered by impact includes: obtaining, by an electronic device calculating the bleeding site and the trajectory of the bloodstain scattered by impact, captured image information; analyzing the obtained captured image information, by the electronic device, and calculating a collision angle and measuring a direction angle of the bloodstain scattered by impact; calculating, by the electronic device, a coordinate value of the bleeding site by using a linear trajectory method; calculating, by the electronic device, a trajectory of a drop of blood based on the calculated coordinate value of the bleeding site by using a parabolic trajectory method considering gravity and air resistance; and displaying and outputting, by the electronic device, a linear trajectory of the drop of blood and a parabolic trajectory considering gravity and air resistance of the drop of blood on a 3D space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Kyung Mi Kim
  • Patent number: 11620851
    Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Ho Yong Yie
  • Publication number: 20230060092
    Abstract: A developed impact mark analysis apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least one first image by photographing impact marks that are developed, and to obtain a second image of impact marks at a crime scene that are developed from evidence at the crime scene; an outliner configured to outline the at least one first image to obtain at least one first outline image, and to outline the second image to obtain a second outline image; a database configured to store the first outline image corresponding to related tool characteristic information; a matching unit configured to search the database for the first outline image determined to be similar to the second outline image and match them with each other; a display unit; and a user input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Sang Yoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11530487
    Abstract: A method of generating artificial latent fingerprints for latent fingerprint development experiments includes: printing an artificially created fingerprint shape on paper for application to a target surface; thermally transferring the fingerprint shape printed on the paper to an etching plate by applying a certain range of heat and pressure to the paper on which the fingerprint shape is printed; forming a three-dimensional fingerprint shape on the etching plate by performing an etching process according to the fingerprint shape transferred to the etching plate; patterning the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed on the etching plate with a molding member; and forming a latent fingerprint on the target surface using an artificial fingerprint solution from the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed by patterning with the molding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Jae Hyeok Yi
  • Publication number: 20220383017
    Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Sang Yoon LEE, Ho Yong YIE
  • Publication number: 20220354388
    Abstract: A footprint generator capable of applying a constant force includes: a base plate in which a target surface may be on an upper surface of the base plate; a shoe mounting member that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of mounting a shoe; a driving unit that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of moving the shoe mounting member up and down; and a force measuring unit configured to measure an impact force when the shoe mounting member descends and contacts the shoe with the target surface to generate a footprint on the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Sang Yoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20220342298
    Abstract: A method of generating artificial latent fingerprints for latent fingerprint development experiments includes: printing an artificially created fingerprint shape on paper for application to a target surface; thermally transferring the fingerprint shape printed on the paper to an etching plate by applying a certain range of heat and pressure to the paper on which the fingerprint shape is printed; forming a three-dimensional fingerprint shape on the etching plate by performing an etching process according to the fingerprint shape transferred to the etching plate; patterning the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed on the etching plate with a molding member; and forming a latent fingerprint on the target surface using an artificial fingerprint solution from the three-dimensional fingerprint shape formed by patterning with the molding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Nam Kyu PARK, Byung Seon MOON, Jae Mo GOH, Jin Pyo KIM, Young Il SEO, Eun Ah JOO, Je Hyun LEE, Sang Yoon LEE, Jae Hyeok YI
  • Patent number: 11474114
    Abstract: Artificial blood for a bloodstain pattern analysis includes water, an amino acid solution, bovine serum albumin, hemoglobin from bovine blood, potassium ferricyanide, sodium hyaluronate, sodium chloride, and tar color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Sang Yoon Lee, Young Il Seo, Dong A Lim, Kyung Mi Kim, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Ki Hwan Kim, Jin Pyo Kim, Jae Mo Goh, Nam Kyu Park, Se Hyun Shin
  • Patent number: 11473905
    Abstract: An apparatus for shooting scattered blood marks at right angles includes: a first body including a lens coupling portion formed to couple a camera lens and a housing portion having a hollow inside and forming an opening at one end thereof; and a second body including a surface contact portion formed to contact a target surface including scattered blood marks and an insertion portion extending from the surface contact portion and inserted into the housing portion to adjust a distance between the scattered blood marks and the camera lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Kyung Mi Kim
  • Patent number: 11418737
    Abstract: An image processing device including a memory; and at least one image signal processor configured to: generate, using a first neural network, a feature value indicating whether to correct a global pixel value sensed during a unit frame interval, and generate a feature signal including the feature value; generate an image signal by merging the global pixel value with the feature signal; split a pixel value included in the image signal into a first sub-pixel value and a second sub-pixel value, split a frame feature signal included in the image signal into a first sub-feature value corresponding to the first sub-pixel value and a second sub-feature value corresponding to the second sub-pixel value, and generate a first sub-image signal including the first sub-pixel value and the first sub-feature value, and a second sub-image signal including the second sub-pixel value and the second sub-feature value; and sequentially correct the first sub-image signal and the second sub-image signal using a second neural netwo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Pan Lim, Irina Kim, Young Il Seo, Jeong Guk Lee, Yun Seok Choi, Eun Doo Heo
  • Patent number: 11367299
    Abstract: A fingerprint generator capable of applying a constant force includes: a base plate in which a target surface may be on an upper surface of the base plate; a fingerprint mounting unit that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of mounting a fingerprint molding body having a fingerprint shape thereon on a lower portion of the fingerprint mounting unit; a driving unit that is apart from the upper surface of the base plate and capable of moving the fingerprint mounting unit up and down; and a force measuring unit configured to measure an impact force when the fingerprint mounting unit descends and contacts the fingerprint shape with the target surface to generate a fingerprint on the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee