Patents by Inventor Hyung Joon Kim

Hyung Joon 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).

  • Patent number: 11820849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an ABS graft copolymer and a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition including the ABS graft copolymer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of preparing an ABS graft copolymer, in which a predetermined amount of a vinyl aromatic compound and a predetermined amount of a vinyl cyanide compound are grafted to a small-diameter rubber latex before enlarging particle size of the small-diameter rubber latex is performed, and then enlarging particle size of the small-diameter rubber latex is performed by adding a certain amount of a polymer coagulant, and to a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition including the ABS graft copolymer. According to the present invention, latex stability may be improved, and an ABS graft copolymer having excellent impact resistance may be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Heejung Jeon, Geon Soo Kim, Changhoe Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Minsu Chae
  • Publication number: 20230369633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Gil Yong Choi, Poo Reum Oh
  • Publication number: 20230369632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Gil Yong Choi, Poo Reum Oh
  • Patent number: 11812041
    Abstract: A method for motion estimation is provided that includes determining a first motion vector for a first child coding unit (CU) of a parent CU and a second motion vector for a second child CU of the parent CU, wherein the first child CU, the second child CU, and the parent CU are in a CU hierarchy, wherein the first and second child CUs are smallest size CUs in the CU hierarchy, and wherein a first motion search type is used to determine the first motion vector and the second motion vector, selecting the first and second motion vectors as candidate predictors for the parent CU, selecting a predictor for a prediction unit (PU) of the first parent CU from the candidate predictors, and refining the predictor using a second motion search type to determine a motion vector for the PU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Minhua Zhou, Akira Osamoto, Hideo Tamama
  • Publication number: 20230353759
    Abstract: A method for determining coding unit (CU) partitioning of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture is provided that includes computing a first statistical measure and a second statistical measure for the LCU, selecting the LCU as the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure does not exceed a first threshold and the second statistical measure does not exceed a second threshold, and selecting CUs in one or more lower layers of a CU hierarchy of the LCU to form the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure exceeds the first threshold and/or the second statistical measure exceeds the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Hyung Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230317427
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus using a magnetic field includes a reaction chamber, a plasma generating device connected to the reaction chamber to generate plasma in the reaction chamber, a substrate support disposed in a lower portion in the reaction chamber to support a wafer to be etched by the plasma, and a magnetic module including a permanent magnet and an electromagnet disposed vertically above the reaction chamber and a DC power supply unit connected to the electromagnet to input power to the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Duk Hyun SON, Dong Mok LEE, Hyung Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 11776743
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes and having first and second surfaces opposing each other, third and fourth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces and opposing each other, and fifth and sixth surfaces connected to the first and second surfaces, connected to the third and fourth surfaces, and opposing each other, first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The first and second internal electrodes have protrusions at one-side edge in a direction perpendicular to the fifth and sixth surfaces of the capacitor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Hyun Ju Kim, Kyoung Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230307179
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes: a body including a capacitance region in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are alternately laminated in a first direction with at least one dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other and respectively disposed on first and second surfaces of the body, the first and second surfaces opposing each other. The body further includes a first via electrode, connecting the at least one first internal electrode and the first external electrode to each other in the first direction, and a second via electrode connecting the at least one second internal electrode and the second external electrode to each other in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cheol PARK, Sang Jong LEE, Hyung Joon KIM, Hyun Sang KWAK, Chi Hyeon JEONG, Seong Hwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20230291897
    Abstract: Several systems and methods for intra-prediction estimation of video pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks comprising luma-related pixels. The four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks collectively configure a ‘2N×2N’ pixel block. A first pre-determined number of candidate luma intra-prediction modes is accessed for each of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks. A presence of one or more luma intra-prediction modes that are common among the candidate luma intra-prediction modes of at least two of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks is identified. The method further includes performing, based on the identification, one of (1) selecting a principal luma intra-prediction mode for the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block and (2) limiting a partitioning size to a ‘N×N’ pixel block size for a portion of the video picture corresponding to the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ranga Ramanujam Srinivasan, Hyung Joon Kim, Akira Osamoto
  • Patent number: 11723203
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first gate electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate, a second gate electrode on the plurality of first gate electrodes, a first channel structure extending through the plurality of first gate electrodes and a portion of the second gate electrode, a buried insulation pattern on a sidewall of the first channel structure, of which an upper surface is at a higher level than a top end of the first channel structure, a second channel structure extending through a remainder of the second gate electrode, the second channel structure connected to the first channel structure, and a buried conductive pattern on a sidewall of the second channel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Yeoung Choi, Hyung Joon Kim, Su Hyeong Lee, Yong Seok Cho
  • Publication number: 20230247836
    Abstract: Disclosed are 3D semiconductor memory devices and electronic systems including the same. The 3D semiconductor memory device comprises a stack structure including interlayer dielectric layers and gate electrodes that are alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate, vertical channel structures in vertical channel holes that penetrate the stack structure and each including a charge storage layer, a tunneling dielectric layer, and a vertical semiconductor pattern that are sequentially cover an inner sidewall of each of the vertical channel holes, and a diffusion stop layer between the gate electrodes and the charge storage layer. The diffusion stop layer includes a dielectric material having a dielectric constant of greater than about 0 and less than about 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmin KANG, Bio KIM, Hyung Joon KIM, Kyungwook PARK
  • Publication number: 20230220326
    Abstract: Provided is a variant strain of the genus Yarrowia. More specifically, provided are a variant strain of the genus Yarrowia, in which activity of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) or phospholipid methyltransferase is inactivated, and a method of increasing a fat in the strain, including culturing the strain, or a method of preparing a fat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jiryang JANG, Peter LEE, Jee Yeon BAE, Ju-yeon KIM, Hye Min PARK, Hyung Joon KIM, Sang Min PARK
  • Patent number: 11695939
    Abstract: A method for determining coding unit (CU) partitioning of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture is provided that includes computing a first statistical measure and a second statistical measure for the LCU, selecting the LCU as the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure does not exceed a first threshold and the second statistical measure does not exceed a second threshold, and selecting CUs in one or more lower layers of a CU hierarchy of the LCU to form the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure exceeds the first threshold and/or the second statistical measure exceeds the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Hyung Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11695177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of folding a pouch case of a battery cell capable of preventing a meandering in a folding process and reducing non-uniformity of a folding amount by forming a pre-folding line on a pouch wing and folding the pouch wing on the basis of the pre-folding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Kim, Hyung Joon Kim, Gil Yong Choi, Poo Reum Oh
  • Publication number: 20230207266
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber having an inner space; a support unit that supports a substrate in the inner space; a ring unit disposed on an edge area of the support unit when viewed from above; a power unit that generates RF power for forming an electric field in the inner space; and a harmonic control unit connected to the ring unit to control harmonics generated by the RF power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ja Myung GU, Hyung Joon KIM, Sae Won NA
  • Publication number: 20230199201
    Abstract: A method for coding unit partitioning in a video encoder is provided that includes performing intra-prediction on each permitted coding unit (CU) in a CU hierarchy of a largest coding unit (LCU) to determine an intra-prediction coding cost for each permitted CU, storing the intra-prediction coding cost for each intra-predicted CU in memory, and performing inter-prediction, prediction mode selection, and CU partition selection on each permitted CU in the CU hierarchy to determine a CU partitioning for encoding the LCU, wherein the stored intra-prediction coding costs for the CUs are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Minhua Zhou, Akira Osamoto, Hideo Tamama
  • Publication number: 20230167218
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a graft copolymer, a graft copolymer prepared therefrom, and a resin composition including the same. The method includes introducing a polymer coagulant latex including a polymer coagulant to a rubbery polymer latex including a rubbery polymer and coagulating the polymer coagulant latex to prepare an enlarged rubbery polymer latex containing an enlarged rubbery polymer, and introducing an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer to the prepared enlarged rubbery polymer latex and performing graft polymerization to prepare a graft copolymer latex including a graft copolymer. The polymer coagulant includes an acid group-containing copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 550,000 g/mol to 750,000 g/mol, and the content of the vinyl cyan-based monomer is 15 wt % to 24 wt % based on the total content of the aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the vinyl cyan-based monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Ja HWANG, Chang Hoe KIM, Min Su CHAE, Geon Soo KIM, Hee Jung JEON, Hyung Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 11661616
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microorganism having increased glycine productivity and a method for producing a fermented composition using the microorganism, and more specifically, to a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium having increased glycine productivity due to the introduction of a mutation in HisG, a method for preparing a fermented composition comprising glycine and glutamic acid using the microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium, and the fermented composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Lee, Jin Sook Chang, Hyung Joon Kim, Byoung Hoon Yoon, Sun Hyoung Choi, Yunjung Choi
  • Patent number: 11659171
    Abstract: Several systems and methods for intra-prediction estimation of video pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks comprising luma-related pixels. The four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks collectively configure a ‘2N×2N’ pixel block. A first pre-determined number of candidate luma intra-prediction modes is accessed for each of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks. A presence of one or more luma intra-prediction modes that are common among the candidate luma intra-prediction modes of at least two of the four ‘N×N’ pixel blocks is identified. The method further includes performing, based on the identification, one of (1) selecting a principal luma intra-prediction mode for the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block and (2) limiting a partitioning size to a ‘N×N’ pixel block size for a portion of the video picture corresponding to the ‘2N×2N’ pixel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ranga Ramanujam Srinivasan, Hyung Joon Kim, Akira Osamoto
  • Patent number: 11657968
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes: a capacitor body including first and second dielectric layers, internal electrodes, and including first to six surfaces; first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces, respectively; and third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces, respectively. The internal electrodes include: first internal electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer, having both ends connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and having a hole; a second internal electrode disposed on the second dielectric layer so as to overlap a portion of the first internal electrode and be connected to the third external electrode; and a third internal electrode disposed on the second dielectric layer so as to overlap a portion of the first internal electrode, be spaced apart from the second internal electrode, and be connected to the fourth external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Jung Ho Shim