Patents by Inventor Yunhyeok KIM

Yunhyeok 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).

  • Publication number: 20250184618
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing device configured to correct fine fixed pattern noise (FPN), an image processing system, and an operating method thereof. Provided is an operating method of an image processing device, the method including receiving at least one image group including a plurality of images, detecting, from the at least one image group, fixed pattern noise (FPN) information using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), and correcting FPN based on the FPN information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwanwoong KIM, Yunhyeok KIM, Hyuncheol KIM, Byeongjun YOO
  • Publication number: 20240162257
    Abstract: An image sensor including a substrate having a pixel region, a floating diffusion region in the pixel region of the substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions around the floating diffusion region in the substrate, a plurality of transmission gates adjacent to the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, each including a first buried gate extending to the inside of the substrate, a second buried gate apart from the first buried gate and extending to the inside of the substrate, and a gate connection between the first buried gate and the second buried gate, and a plurality of spacers each on at least parts of side walls of each of the plurality of transmission gates, wherein each of the plurality of spacers is between the side walls of each of the plurality of transmission gates and the floating diffusion region in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yunhyeok KIM, Hwanwoong KIM, Hyuncheol KIM
  • Publication number: 20230207583
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; and a logic circuit acquiring a pixel signal from the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a photodiode and a pixel circuit region disposed on the photodiode, wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of pixel groups each having four or more pixels, among the plurality of pixels, adjacent to each other in the first direction and the second direction, wherein the pixel circuit region in each of the plurality of pixel groups includes a plurality of transistors, wherein at least one of the plurality of transistors is a driving transistor including a first active region, a second active region, and a gate structure disposed between the first active region and the second active region in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yunhyeok KIM, Jungbin Yun, Hongsuk Lee