Patents by Inventor Hwa Sung Kim

Hwa Sung 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: 20240135863
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, first and second temperature sensors for sensing first and second temperatures of the display unit, a data driver configured to generate a data signal configured to be supplied to the data lines using output data, and attached to a first printed circuit board configured to be fixed to a rear surface of the display unit, a timing controller configured to generate the output data using input data, and attached to a second printed circuit board configured to be fixed to the rear surface of the display unit, and a storage having a temperature weight table including a weight corresponding to the first and second temperatures and a plurality of temperature tables including temperature information of the display unit corresponding to an attachment position of the second printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Won Jin SEO, Tae Wan KIM, Hwa An SUNG, Hyun Sik YOON, Jeong Ah LEE, Dae Ho HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240097061
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a back contact solar cell. The back contact solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a rear surface; a first conductive type semiconductor region having a first conductive type and a second conductive type semiconductor region having a second conductive type at an interval on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. Furthermore, the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate has a texturing structure at the interval between the first conductive type semiconductor region and the second conductive type semiconductor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hwa Nyeon Kim, Ju Hwan Yun, Jong Hwan Kim, Bum Sung Kim, II Hyoung Jung, Jin Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 11929476
    Abstract: Disclosed are battery cooling apparatus for electric vehicle, method of manufacturing, and an insulator structure for the apparatus including an insulator having a side wall of the insulator define an upper open part, a tube inserted into the upper open part of the insulator, and a gap filler disposed in a space between an upper surface of the tube and the battery cell, wherein the side wall comprises an inner inclined surface inclined inward and a tube accommodation part formed in an inner surface of the side wall to accommodate an outer part of the tube, and a gap filler application space is formed between the battery cell and the tube, when the tube is inserted between the tube accommodation part of the insulator and an inner bottom surface of the insulator, and a top of the side wall being located higher than the upper surface of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11927397
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a tube assembly for a heat exchanger or heat management apparatus in which the tube assembly can be integrally assembled using inner fin tubes having a two-row structure and drainage performance and corrosion resistance performance can be improved. The tube assembly for the heat exchanger or heat management apparatus includes a first- and second-row tube including an inner fin type tube respectively, a central connection portion that connects the first-row tube to the second-row tube, and a header in which a first- and a second-row tube hole, into which ends of the first- and the second-row tube are inserted, are arranged, wherein a cut portion formed in the direction opposite to the ends of the first- and the second-row tube inserted into the header is included in the central connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11774108
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooking apparatus, a method of controlling the cooking apparatus, and a knob of the cooking apparatus. An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a display on a knob for setting a function of a cooking apparatus and to display status information of the cooking apparatus through the display of the knob, so that a user can easily and conveniently check the status information of the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a knob comprising a fixing member fixed to a main body of the cooking apparatus, a rotating member supported by the fixing member and rotatably installed on the main body, and a display provided on the fixing member to display status information of the cooking apparatus; and a controller configured to transmit the status information of the cooking apparatus displayed on the display through a wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Park, Hwa-Sung Kim, Su-Ho Jo, Jae Hoon Cha
  • Publication number: 20230178703
    Abstract: A home appliance includes an electrical equipment compartment disposed in an upper portion of the home appliance, and including an upper side that is open, an electrical equipment compartment cover to cover the open upper side of the electrical equipment compartment, and including a speaker hole, a microphone accommodating portion which protrudes upward from an upper side of the electrical equipment compartment cover and including an accommodating space and a front portion that includes microphone holes laterally spaced apart from each other and which face toward a front of the home appliance, a microphone unit including a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the accommodation space behind the microphone holes and including microphone chips mounted on the PCB, and a speaker unit disposed in the electrical equipment compartment to correspond to the speaker hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung KIM, Dong Hyun SOHN, Ji-Eun LEE
  • Patent number: 11606634
    Abstract: A home appliance includes an electrical equipment compartment disposed in an upper portion of the home appliance, and including an upper side that is open, an electrical equipment compartment cover to cover the open upper side of the electrical equipment compartment, and including a speaker hole, a microphone accommodating portion which protrudes upward from an upper side of the electrical equipment compartment cover and including an accommodating space and a front portion that includes microphone holes laterally spaced apart from each other and which face toward a front of the home appliance, a microphone unit including a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the accommodation space behind the microphone holes and including microphone chips mounted on the PCB, and a speaker unit disposed in the electrical equipment compartment to correspond to the speaker hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung Kim, Dong Hyun Sohn, Ji-Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11452423
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning robot and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, to a cleaning robot that changes a moving path by detecting an obstacle through a change in permittivity detected while driving about a cleaning space, and a method of controlling the same. The cleaning robot comprises a main body; a driver configured to move the main body; an obstacle detector including an electrode plate provided on the bottom of the main body and a touch IC configured to detect a change in capacitance detected by the electrode plate and; and a controller configured to determine the obstacle based on a signal transmitted by the obstacle detector, and to control the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung Kim, Chang Hyun Park, Su-Ho Jo
  • Publication number: 20220167071
    Abstract: A home appliance includes an electrical equipment compartment disposed in an upper portion of the home appliance, and including an upper side that is open, an electrical equipment compartment cover to cover the open upper side of the electrical equipment compartment, and including a speaker hole, a microphone accommodating portion which protrudes upward from an upper side of the electrical equipment compartment cover and including an accommodating space and a front portion that includes microphone holes laterally spaced apart from each other and which face toward a front of the home appliance, a microphone unit including a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the accommodation space behind the microphone holes and including microphone chips mounted on the PCB, and a speaker unit disposed in the electrical equipment compartment to correspond to the speaker hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung KIM, Dong Hyun SOHN, Ji-Eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220158267
    Abstract: Disclosed are battery cooling apparatus for electric vehicle, method of manufacturing, and an insulator structure for the apparatus including an insulator having a side wall of the insulator define an upper open part, a tube inserted into the upper open part of the insulator, and a gap filler disposed in a space between an upper surface of the tube and the battery cell, wherein the side wall comprises an inner inclined surface inclined inward and a tube accommodation part formed in an inner surface of the side wall to accommodate an outer part of the tube, and a gap filler application space is formed between the battery cell and the tube, when the tube is inserted between the tube accommodation part of the insulator and an inner bottom surface of the insulator, and a top of the side wall being located higher than the upper surface of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 11259103
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a home appliance capable of being operated by speech of a user. The home appliance includes a main body forming an outer appearance, a microphone including at least one sensing portion disposed to direct to the front of the main body to detect speech of a user, and a speaker unit disposed to be spaced apart from the microphone unit by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung Kim, Dong Hyun Sohn, Ji-Eun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210121032
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning robot and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, to a cleaning robot that changes a moving path by detecting an obstacle through a change in permittivity detected while driving about a cleaning space, and a method of controlling the same. The cleaning robot comprises a main body; a driver configured to move the main body; an obstacle detector including an electrode plate provided on the bottom of the main body and a touch IC configured to detect a change in capacitance detected by the electrode plate and; and a controller configured to determine the obstacle based on a signal transmitted by the obstacle detector, and to control the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung KIM, Chang Hyun PARK, Su-Ho JO
  • Publication number: 20210095859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooking apparatus, a method of controlling the cooking apparatus, and a knob of the cooking apparatus. An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a display on a knob for setting a function of a cooking apparatus and to display status information of the cooking apparatus through the display of the knob, so that a user can easily and conveniently check the status information of the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a knob comprising a fixing member fixed to a main body of the cooking apparatus, a rotating member supported by the fixing member and rotatably installed on the main body, and a display provided on the fixing member to display status information of the cooking apparatus; and a controller configured to transmit the status information of the cooking apparatus displayed on the display through a wireless communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Chang Hyun PARK, Hwa-Sung KIM, Su-Ho JO, Jae Hoon CHA
  • Patent number: 10887951
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The cooking apparatus includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light toward a cooking container and grouped into a plurality of groups and a light emission driving controller configured to perform control in a manner that flame images are displayed by performing group controlling on the basis of at least one of a control command input by a user, a grouping form of the plurality of groups and a preset operation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Suk Kim, Jeong Heon Kim, Hwa-Sung Kim, Chang Hyun Park, O Do Yu, Su-Ho Jo, Jong Hun Ha
  • Publication number: 20200365150
    Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) for individually displaying each of selected states of at least one function provided by the home appliance, and a processor for controlling, based on a user voice being inputted, the at least one LED so as to indicate that the inputted voice is being recognized, and based on the voice recognition being completed, controlling the at least one LED so as to allow the at least one LED to be turned on according to the voice recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Seol-hee JEON, Hwa-sung KIM, Hee-kyung YANG, Eun-jin CHUN, Soon-hoon HWANG, Ji-eun LEE, Wung-chul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200217589
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a tube assembly for a heat exchanger or heat management apparatus in which the tube assembly can be integrally assembled using inner fin tubes having a two-row structure and drainage performance and corrosion resistance performance can be improved. The tube assembly for the heat exchanger or heat management apparatus includes a first- and second- row tube including an inner fin type tube respectively, a central connection portion that connects the first-row tube to the second-row tube, and a header in which a first- and a second-row tube hole, into which ends of the first- and the second-row tube are inserted, are arranged, wherein a cut portion formed in the direction opposite to the ends of the first- and the second-row tube inserted into the header is included in the central connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Hwa Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20200213700
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a home appliance capable of being operated by speech of a user. The home appliance includes a main body forming an outer appearance, a microphone including at least one sensing portion disposed to direct to the front of the main body to detect speech of a user, and a speaker unit disposed to be spaced apart from the microphone unit by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung KIM, Dong Hyun SOHN, Ji-Eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20180192480
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The cooking apparatus includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light toward a cooking container and grouped into a plurality of groups and a light emission driving controller configured to perform control in a manner that flame images are displayed by performing group controlling on the basis of at least one of a control command input by a user, a grouping form of the plurality of groups and a preset operation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hyo Suk KIM, Jeong Heon KIM, Hwa-Sung KIM, Chang Hyun PARK, O Do YU, Su-Ho JO, Jong Hun HA
  • Publication number: 20150107617
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a photomask, the method including placing the photomask in a chamber, the photomask including a mask substrate and a reflective layer, a capping layer, and a light absorbing layer pattern stacked on the mask substrate, and wherein the photomask has contaminants thereon; supplying a gas into the chamber such that the gas does not react with the capping layer or reacts with the capping layer to form an anti-oxidant layer; ionizing the gas by irradiating an inside of the chamber with an energy beam such that the contaminants react with the ionized gas to be converted to a by-product; and removing the by-product from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyeon LEE, Hwa-Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 6591212
    Abstract: A method for testing continuity of an ISUP relay call in an ISUP network consisting of a proceeding switching system and a following switching system, in which, in setting up a call, a preceding switching system transmits a call set-up message, that is, an initial address message (IAM), for continuity testing to a following switching system and at the same time forms a communication path loop, and upon receipt of the IAM, the following switching system transmits a testing sound to the communication loop to test continuity of the communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung Kim