Patents by Inventor Kwang-Il Park

Kwang-Il Park 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: 20160148654
    Abstract: A memory device, system, and/or method are provided for performing a page state informing function. The memory device may compare one or more row addresses received along with a command, determine the page open/close state according to a page hit or miss generated as a result of comparison, count read or write commands with respect to pages corresponding to a same row address, and determine the page open/close state according to a read or write command number generated as a result of counting. The memory device may determine a page open/close state with respect to a corresponding page based on a page hit/miss and a read or write command number and output a flag signal. The memory device may provide the page open/close state for each channel. A memory controller may establish different page open/close policies for each channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Young-soo SOHN, Kwang-il PARK, Sei-jin KIM, Tae-young KIM
  • Publication number: 20160147460
    Abstract: A memory device performing an internal copy operation is provided. The memory device may receive a source address, a destination address, and page size information together with an internal copy command, compares the source address with the destination address, and performs an internal copy operation. The internal copy operation may be an internal block copy operation, an inter-bank copy operation, or an internal bank copy operation. The internal copy operation may be performed with respect to one-page data, half-page data, or quarter-page data, based on the page size information. The memory device may output as a flag signal a copy-done signal indicating that the internal copy operation has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Young-soo SOHN, Sei-jin KIM, Kwang-il PARK, Tae-young KIM, Chul-woo PARK
  • Publication number: 20160062830
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged. The semiconductor memory device includes an error correcting code (ECC) circuit configured to generate parity data based on main data, write a codeword including the main data and the parity data in the memory cell array, read the codeword from a selected memory cell row to generate syndromes, and correct errors in the read codeword on a per symbol basis based on the syndromes. The main data includes first data of a first memory cell of the selected memory cell row and second data of a second memory cell of the selected memory cell row. The first data and the second data are assigned to one symbol of a plurality of symbols, and the first memory cell and the second memory cell are adjacent to each other in the memory cell array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Sang-Uhn CHA, Hoi-Ju CHUNG, Jong-Pil SON, Kwang-Il PARK, Seong-Jin JANG
  • Publication number: 20150371097
    Abstract: The present invention can improve the recognition performance of a traffic sign board, improve the recognition performance of a reflective traffic sign board and a light emitting type traffic sign board by adjusting an exposure of a camera, improve the recognition performance of the reflective traffic sign board and the light emitting type traffic sign board by adjusting gain of an image signal, and improve the recognition performance of the reflective traffic sign board and the light emitting type traffic sign board by simultaneously adjusting the exposure of the camera and the gain of the image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: PLK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il PARK, Sang Mook LIM, Jin Hyuck KIM
  • Publication number: 20150309743
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a control logic and a memory cell array in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged. The memory cell array includes a plurality of bank arrays, and each of the plurality of bank arrays includes a plurality of sub-arrays. The control logic controls an access to the memory cell array based on a command and an address signal. The control logic dynamically sets a keep-away zone that includes a plurality of memory cell rows which are deactivated based on a first word-line when the first word-line is enabled. The first word-line is coupled to a first memory cell row of a first sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays. Therefore, increased timing parameters may be compensated, and parallelism may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Young-Soo SOHN, Uk-Song KANG, KWANG-IL PARK, Chul-Woo PARK, Hak-Soo YU, Jae-Youn YOUN
  • Patent number: 9167066
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal having a light guide plate for indicating the receipt of a signal. This mobile communication terminal comprises an upper frame. A light guide plate is mounted in the upper frame. The light guide plate has an opening corresponding to a region of an image display window. In addition, at least one LED is arranged adjacent to the light guide plate so as to introduce light into the light guide plate. Since the light guide plate is used for indicating the receipt of a signal, it is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal allowing a user to easily recognize a state where a signal has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Hoon Lee, Sang Min Lee, Kwang Il Park
  • Publication number: 20150243338
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, an intensively accessed row detection circuit, and a refresh control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cell rows. The intensively accessed row detection circuit generates an intensively accessed row address indicating an intensively accessed memory cell row among the plurality of memory cell rows based on an accumulated access time for each of the plurality of memory cell rows. The refresh control unit preferentially refreshes neighboring memory cell rows adjacent to the intensively accessed memory cell row indicated by the intensively accessed row address when receiving the intensively accessed row address from the intensively accessed row detection unit. The memory device effectively reduces a rate of data loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Young-Soo SOHN, Chul-Woo PARK, Si-Hong KIM, KWANG-IL PARK, Jae-Youn YOUN
  • Publication number: 20150241232
    Abstract: A navigation system may include: a GPS module; an image recognition module having a line recognition function; a roadmap storage module configured to store roadmap information and route change possible section information through which a route of a vehicle is changed; a roadmap receiving module configured to receive the roadmap information; and an arithmetic processing module configured to determine whether the route of the vehicle is changed, based on the route change possible section information and line recognition information recognized by the image recognition module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: PLK TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, Sang Mook Lim, Jin Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 9109907
    Abstract: Provided is a GPS correction system and method which corrects position information obtained from a low-precision GPS device using image recognition information. The GPS correction system using image recognition system includes: a GPS module; an image recognition device having a line recognition function; a road map storage unit configured to store road map information including line characteristic information or a road map receiving unit configured to receive the road map information; and an information processing device configured to compare the line recognition information acquired through the image recognition device to the line characteristic information, correct a current position measured by the GPS module, and calculate traveling lane information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PLK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, Sang Mook Lim, Jin Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20150204510
    Abstract: An aspherical lens includes a light entrance plane configured to receive light emitted from a light source and a light exit plane configured to radiate the light received by the light entrance plane. The light exit plane includes semispherical convex portions disposed on an upper surface of the aspherical lens, a concavely depressed portion comprising an overlapping region where the semispherical convex portions partially overlap each other at a central axis, a side portion connected with the semispherical convex portions, and an upper surface of each of the semispherical convex portions having a first flat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kwang Il PARK, Sang Cheol Lee, Jeong A Han, Woong Jun Hwang, Hee Tak Oh
  • Patent number: 9070022
    Abstract: Provided is a route change determination system and method using image recognition information, which is capable of extracting position information having high precision similar to that of a high-precision DGPS device, while using a low-precision GPS device, in order to determine a change of a traveling route. The route change determination system using image recognition system includes: a GPS module; an image recognition module having a line recognition function; a road map storage module configured to store road map information and route change possible section information for changing a route of a vehicle; a road map receiving module configured to receive the road map information; and an information processing module configured to determine whether the route is changed or not, based on line recognition information acquired through the image recognition module and the route change possible section information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: PLK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, Sang Mook Lim, Jin Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 9059698
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes an external power supply input configured to be coupled to an external power supply and a digital circuit, such as a clock signal generator circuit, that generates noise at a power supply input thereof. The device further includes a replica load circuit and a power supply circuit coupled to the external power supply input, to a power supply input of the digital circuit and to a power supply input of the replica load circuit. The power supply circuit is configured to selectively couple the external power supply node to the power supply input of the digital circuit responsive to a voltage at the power supply input of the replica load circuit. The replica load circuit may be configured to provide a load that varies responsive to a voltage at the power supply input of the digital circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-yeon Doo, Seung-jun Bae, Kwang-il Park, Young-soo Sohn
  • Publication number: 20150134895
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a cell array comprising a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell connected to a word line and a bit line, the cell array divided into a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of word lines, the plurality of blocks including at least a first defective block; a nonvolatile storage circuit configured to store address information of the first defective block, and to output the address information to an external device; and a fuse circuit configured to cut off an activation of word lines of the first defective block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Young-Soo SOHN, Chul-Woo PARK, Kwang-Il PARK, Hak-Soo YU
  • Patent number: 9022618
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an aspherical light emitting diode (LED) lens and a light emitting device including the same. The aspherical LED lens includes a light exit plane concavely depressed near a central axis, a light entrance plane including a conical plane having a vertex located on the central axis, and a plurality of protrusions arranged on a portion of a side surface of the light exit plane. The aspherical LED lens has a radially symmetrical structure with respect to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Il Park, Sang Cheol Lee, Jeong A Han, Woong Jun Hwang, Hee Tak Oh
  • Publication number: 20140317469
    Abstract: Provided are a memory device and a memory module, which perform both an ECC operation and a redundancy repair operation. The memory device repairs a single-bit error due to a ‘fail’ cell by using an error correction code (ECC) operation, and also repairs the ‘fail’ cell by using a redundancy repair operation when the ‘fail’ cell is not repairable by the ECC operation. The redundancy repair operation includes a data line repair and a block repair. The ECC operation may change a codeword corresponding to data per one unit of memory cells including the ‘fail’ cell, and may also change the size of parity bits regarding the changed codeword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Young-soo Sohn, Kwang-il Park, Chul-woo Park, Jong-pil Son, Jae-youn Youn, Hoi-ju Chung
  • Patent number: 8854916
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a semiconductor memory device that may include: a cell array arranged in pluralities of rows and columns; and a sense amplifier conducting writing and reading operations to the cell array in response to writing and reading commands in correspondence with an access time, which may be variable in period. The sense amplifier adjusts pulse widths of write-in and read-out data in accordance with a period of the access time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Hyun Kim, Kwang-il Park, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hye-Ran Kim
  • Patent number: 8823036
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode package having at least two heat sinks. The light emitting diode package includes a main body, at least two lead terminals fixed to the main body, and at least two heat sinks of electrically and thermally conductive materials, the heat sinks being fixed to the main body. The at least two heat sinks are separated from each other. Thus, high luminous power can be obtained mounting a plurality of light emitting diode dies in one LED package. Further, it is possible to embody polychromatic lights mounting LED dies emitting different wavelengths of light each other in the LED package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan Young Han, Kwang Il Park, Jae Ho Cho, Jung Hoo Seo, Seong Ryeol Ryu
  • Patent number: 8773939
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a stacked memory device including a plurality of stacked memory chips, each of the memory chips including a memory array, a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs) operatively connected to the plurality of stacked memory chips, micro channels configured to access the memory arrays and at least one circuit in each memory chip, the at least one circuit configured to vary a number of the micro channels accessing the memory array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Young Oh, Kwang-il Park
  • Publication number: 20140189370
    Abstract: A memory device includes an input/output (I/O) interface, a secure logic for receiving a storage verifying command including an expected value of secure data via the I/O interface, an I/O logic for receiving an input request for inputting user data into the memory device and/or an output request for outputting user data therefrom and perform one of the input request and/or the output request, and a memory unit including a secure area, accessible by the secure logic, for storing the secure data and a normal area, accessible by the I/O logic, for storing the user data. The secure logic reads the secure data from the secure area in response to the input of the storage verifying command and outputs a storage verifying result to the external device, without outputting the secure data to the external device, according to whether the secure data expected value is identical with the secure data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Suk JANG, Kwang-il PARK, Hee-Chang CHO
  • Patent number: 8677082
    Abstract: A data mask system includes a processor providing control signals including a command signal, an address signal, and a data signal, a data mask processor receiving the control signals and providing either write data or masked data in response to the control signals, and generating data mask information and a data mask selection signal from at least one of the control signals, and a data mask register unit receiving the data mask selection signal, storing the data mask information, selecting a subset of the stored data mask information in response to the data mask selection signal, and returning selected data mask information to the data mask processor. The data mask processor receives the selected data mask information from the data mask register unit and provides the masked data as a result of performing a data mask operation on the data signal according to the selected data mask information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hyup Kwak, Kwang-il Park, Seung-jun Bae