Patents by Inventor Byung-Joo Lee

Byung-Joo Lee 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: 20190313971
    Abstract: The nerve probe attachable and detachable to and from a surgical instrument according to the present invention has a technical feature in that it is detachably mounted to a surgical instrument (a general surgical instrument, an endoscopic surgical instrument, or a robotic surgical instrument) made of an electrically conductive material to allow an electric current to be applied to body tissue by the surgical instrument so that real-time nerve identification and surgery can be performed simultaneously at body tissue coming into close contact with the surgical instrument only by use of the surgical instrument even without suffering from inconvenience of having to frequently replace a separate nerve probe and the surgical instrument, leading to promotion of rapid surgery and improvement of convenience of medical staffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Byung-Joo LEE
  • Patent number: 10321119
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device is discussed, which may minimize 3D crosstalk and luminance deviation between viewing zones. The stereoscopic image display device can include a display panel that includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel region in a curved shape and a second substrate having a plurality of openings respectively overlapped with the plurality of pixels; and a lenticular lens sheet arranged above the display panel, including a plurality of lenticular lenses inclined to be parallel with the openings, wherein each of the plurality of openings is inclined at a slope parallel with one side of each pixel and has a shape different that of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Ki Kim, Byung Joo Lee, Ju Hoon Jang, You-Yong Jin
  • Patent number: 10155441
    Abstract: A fuel door opener may include a main body coupled in a fuel door housing, and disposed to face a hinge of a fuel door rotatably coupled at one side of the fuel door housing, a locking rod which is disposed to be movable between a locking position where the fuel door is locked and an unlocking position where the fuel door is unlocked in accordance with opened and closed states of the fuel door, and an opening detection switch disposed in the main body adjacent to the locking rod, and detecting the opened and closed states of the fuel door by selectively coming into contact with the locking rod as the locking rod is positioned at the unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Kook Kim, In Hwang, Byung Joo Lee, Gi Won Kim, Byoung Haan Choi, Kyoung Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20180299685
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device including a barrier panel is provided. When a viewing distance of a viewer is out of the proper range, the stereoscopic display device may shift the blocking regions and the transmitting regions of the barrier panel. The stereoscopic display device may maintain the ratio of channels located within a barrier blocking region and a barrier transmitting region of the barrier panel by using the channels disposed within trigger regions of the barrier panel. Thus, the stereoscopic display device may provide a stereoscopic image of good quality to the viewer located at a region being out of the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: You-Yong JIN, Hoon KANG, Byung-Joo LEE, Bu-Yeol LEE, Wook JEON, Hee-Jin IM, Yong-Ku LEE, Ju-Hoon JANG, Dong-Yeon KIM, Woon-Chan MOON
  • Publication number: 20180142504
    Abstract: A hood latch assembly for a vehicle. A housing includes an insert recess allowing a striker coupled to a hood of a vehicle to be retracted into and withdrawn from the insert recess. A latch has one end portion pivotably coupled to an inner portion of the housing. A fitting recess in the other end portion of the latch allows the striker to be retracted into and withdrawn from the fitting recess. A support protrusion is formed on one end portion of the fitting recess. A safety hook includes a hinge disposed on one end portion to be pivotably coupled to an outer portion of housing and a sliding protrusion disposed on the other end portion to allow the striker to slide when in contact with the striker. When the hood is in a closed position, the safety hook is supported by the support protrusion so as not to pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: In Hwang, So Yeon Park, Byung Joo Lee, Ki Won Kim, Byoung Haan Choi
  • Patent number: 9930321
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image includes a substrate having an array of pixels thereon; and a lenticular film on the substrate, wherein alternating rows of pixels are shifted so that open areas of pixels in adjacent rows are not overlapped with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Hoon Kang, Byung Joo Lee, Jung Eun Son, Hoon Ki Kim, Ju Hoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20170240040
    Abstract: A fuel door opener may include a main body coupled in a fuel door housing, and disposed to face a hinge of a fuel door rotatably coupled at one side of the fuel door housing, a locking rod which is disposed to be movable between a locking position where the fuel door is locked and an unlocking position where the fuel door is unlocked in accordance with opened and closed states of the fuel door, and an opening detection switch disposed in the main body adjacent to the locking rod, and detecting the opened and closed states of the fuel door by selectively coming into contact with the locking rod as the locking rod is positioned at the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Kook KIM, In HWANG, Byung Joo LEE, Gi Won KIM, Byoung Haan CHOI, Kyoung Hoon PARK
  • Patent number: 9690109
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a display panel wherein the display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixels in the display panel, each pixel being divided into N number of sub-pixel areas including a 2D sub-pixel and a 3D sub-pixel, wherein N is an integer and greater than 1; and a lenticular film including a plurality of lenses and attached to the display panel, wherein 3D sub-pixels on an odd-numbered horizontal line and 3D sub-pixels on an even-numbered horizontal line are alternately arranged on a line-by-line basis in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Byung Joo Lee, Hoon Ki Kim, Ju Hoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20170163975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display device which separates views from each other to reduce crosstalk and minimizes reduction in brightness due to decrease of an opening area of sub-pixels. The stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel including first and second sub-pixels arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction in each of regions formed by intersecting a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, openings for opening a part of each of the first and second sub-pixels in a light-shielding pattern configured to shield regions of the first and second sub-pixels other than the openings, and a parallax unit located on the display panel and including a plurality of lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: You-Yong JIN, Byung-Joo LEE, Hee-Jin IM, Tae-Young HEO, Jin-Hyuk JANG, Won-Sik LEE
  • Patent number: 9418023
    Abstract: Provided is a method of delivering a user input received from a Human Interface Device (HID) to a source device by a sink device. The method includes: receiving the user input from the HID; generating HID user input information including a first field that represents a type of the HID, a second field that represents an interface type of the HID, and a third field that includes the user input received from the HID; and transmitting the configured HID user input information to the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byung Joo Lee, Wongyu Song, Inhwan Choi, Jaehyung Song
  • Patent number: 9235284
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for controlling a user interface having a touch screen which includes an input and output unit having a touch screen, a camera which is installed to be separated from the input and output unit, and obtains at least one of an image data corresponding to a space within a critical distance from a front of the touch screen, and a controller which verifies an expected touch position of an object when a movement of the object is detected in the space as a result of an analysis of the image data, and controls the input and output unit to enlarge and output an area corresponding to the expected touch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Eun Jin, Hyun-Woo Bang, Kee Hong Youn, Sung Min Cho, Jun Bong Song, Kyung Won Yun, Dong Youb Baek, Byung Joo Lee, Jae Hyuck Bae, Jung Man Chung
  • Publication number: 20150341623
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device is discussed, which may minimize 3D crosstalk and luminance deviation between viewing zones. The stereoscopic image display device can include a display panel that includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel region in a curved shape and a second substrate having a plurality of openings respectively overlapped with the plurality of pixels; and a lenticular lens sheet arranged above the display panel, including a plurality of lenticular lenses inclined to be parallel with the openings, wherein each of the plurality of openings is inclined at a slope parallel with one side of each pixel and has a shape different that of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Ki KIM, Byung Joo LEE, Ju Hoon JANG, You-Yong JIN
  • Patent number: 9128524
    Abstract: Provided is a method of delivering a user input received from a Human Interface Device (HID) to a source device by a sink device. The method includes: receiving the user input from the HID; generating HID user input information including a first field that represents a type of the HID, a second field that represents an interface type of the HID, and a third field that includes the user input received from the HID; and transmitting the configured HID user input information to the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byung Joo Lee, Wongyu Song, Inhwan Choi, Jaehyung Song
  • Publication number: 20150185489
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a display panel wherein the display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixels in the display panel, each pixel being divided into N number of sub-pixel areas including a 2D sub-pixel and a 3D sub-pixel, wherein N is an integer and greater than 1; and a lenticular film including a plurality of lenses and attached to the display panel, wherein 3D sub-pixels on an odd-numbered horizontal line and 3D sub-pixels on an even-numbered horizontal line are alternately arranged on a line-by-line basis in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: You-Yong JIN, Byung Joo LEE, Hoon Ki KIM, Ju Hoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20150189258
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image includes a substrate having an array of pixels thereon; and a lenticular film on the substrate, wherein alternating rows of pixels are shifted so that open areas of pixels in adjacent rows are not overlapped with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Hoon Kang, Byung Joo Lee, Jung Eun Son, Hoon Ki Kim, Ju Hoon Jang
  • Patent number: 8941786
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrically-driven liquid crystal lens in which a rubbing direction is defined in a range of 30˜90 degrees with respect to a longitudinal direction of an electrode, achieving an improved lens profile and lens symmetry, and a stereoscopic display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Kim, Byung-Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20150009153
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for controlling a user interface having a touch screen which includes an input and output unit having a touch screen, a camera which is installed to be separated from the input and output unit, and obtains at least one of an image data corresponding to a space within a critical distance from a front of the touch screen, and a controller which verifies an expected touch position of an object when a movement of the object is detected in the space as a result of an analysis of the image data, and controls the input and output unit to enlarge and output an area corresponding to the expected touch position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: SNU R&DB Foundation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sang Eun Jin, Hyun-Woo Bang, Kee Hong Youn, Sung Min Cho, Jun Bong Song, Kyung Won Yun, Dong Youb Baek, Byung Joo Lee, Jae Hyuck Bae, Jung Man Chung
  • Patent number: 8916767
    Abstract: A solar cell and a method of fabricating the same are provided according to one or more embodiments. According to an embodiment, the solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode layer formed on the substrate, a light absorbing layer formed on the back electrode layer, and a transparent electrode layer formed on the light absorbing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer is comprised of copper (Cu), gallium (Ga), indium (In), sulfur (S), and selenium (Se) and includes a first concentration region in which concentrations of sulfur (S) gradually decrease in the light absorbing layer going in a first direction from the back electrode layer to the transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gug-Il Jun, Woo-Su Lee, Dong-Seop Kim, Jin-Seock Kim, Byoung-Dong Kim, Kang-Hee Lee, Dong-Gi Ahn, Byung-Joo Lee, Hyoung-Jin Park, In-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 8823917
    Abstract: An electric field driven liquid crystal lens cell including a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite each other, a first plurality of split electrodes formed on the first substrate, each of the first plurality of split electrodes corresponding to one of a plurality of lens regions, a second electrode formed over an entire first surface of the second substrate, a voltage source to apply differing voltages to the first and second plurality of split electrodes, a spacer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the location of the spacer corresponding to the vertex of the lens when voltages are applied to at least one of the first plurality of split electrodes and the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Joo Lee, Sung-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 8797469
    Abstract: The present invention is for a stereoscopic image display device to achieve enhanced brightness during 3D image display using a switchable barrier and brightness enhancement polarizing films, the stereoscopic image display device includes a backlight unit to transmit light upward, a barrier cell located on the backlight unit, the barrier cell functioning as a barrier when voltage is applied thereto and a transparent cell when voltage is not applied thereto, a first brightness enhancement polarizing film attached to an upper surface of the barrier cell, and an image panel located on the first brightness enhancement polarizing film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Kim, Byung-Joo Lee