Patents by Inventor Kyung-Sub Shim
Kyung-Sub Shim 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).
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Patent number: 11979677Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged along rows and columns; and a row driver which drives the plurality of pixels for each of the rows, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements sharing a floating diffusion area with each other, and a micro lens disposed to overlap the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a readout area is defined on the pixel array in accordance with a preset readout mode, and the row driver generates a drive signal for reading out signals provided from a photoelectric conversion element included in the readout area from among the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and provides the drive signal to the pixel array.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Sub Shim, Kyung Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9653928Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery unit including rechargeable batteries, a sensing board, the sensing board configured to process status information detected from the batteries, and a harness wire, the harness wire connecting the batteries and the sensing board so that the status information can be transmitted to the sensing board.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Patent number: 9231407Abstract: A battery management system used to monitor a number of batteries. This battery management system includes a number of isolation circuits electrically connected to the batteries. The battery management system includes a measuring unit electrically connected to the isolation circuits to turn on or off the isolation circuits and measure voltages simultaneously of the batteries when the isolation circuits are turned on by the measuring unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Patent number: 9088164Abstract: A battery system, a method of controlling the battery system, and an energy storage system including the battery system are disclosed. The method of controlling the battery system includes steps of selecting one of the plurality of batteries by using a multiplexer; measuring a voltage of the selected battery; and calculating a charging capacity of the battery based on the measured voltage. Accordingly, cell balancing may be efficiently performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Patent number: 9065296Abstract: A battery system including: a battery, which includes at least one battery cell; a division circuit configured to receive a first voltage of the battery, generate a second voltage from the first voltage, and output the second voltage; an isolation circuit coupled between the battery and the division circuit, the isolation circuit being configured to electrically isolate the battery from the division circuit according to a control signal; and a battery management system coupled to the division circuit. The battery management system includes an isolation circuit control unit configured to generate the control signal; and a measuring unit configured to measure the second voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20150061687Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) is disclosed. In one aspect, the BMS includes a measuring unit, a pulse applying unit and a main controller unit (MCU). The measuring unit measures the voltage of a battery. The pulse applying unit applies a current pulse to the battery, the current pulse having a predetermined amplitude and period. The MCU calculates a polarization voltage based on the measured voltage and estimates a state of health (SOH) of the battery using a polarization voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Kyung-Sub SHIM
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Patent number: 8872380Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plurality of battery units; a plurality of thermistors detecting a temperature of the plurality of battery units; a multiplexer performing multiplexing on the plurality of thermistors, and connecting a thermistor selected from among the plurality of thermistors to a reference resistor; a power switch unit arranged between the reference resistor and a power voltage terminal; and a control signal input unit receiving a control signal applied to the multiplexer and the power switch unit, and receiving two or more control bits contained in the control signal. In the energy storage system, a temperature measurement operation is performed at a plurality of measurement positions, whereby a current state of a battery may be accurately detected, an entire circuit may be reduced and simplified, and low power consumption may be realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20140028245Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery unit including rechargeable batteries, a sensing board, the sensing board configured to process status information detected from the batteries, and a harness wire, the harness wire connecting the batteries and the sensing board so that the status information can be transmitted to the sensing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyung-Sub SHIM
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Publication number: 20130293020Abstract: A battery management system used to monitor a number of batteries. This battery management system includes a number of isolation circuits electrically connected to the batteries. The battery management system includes a measuring unit electrically connected to the isolation circuits to turn on or off the isolation circuits and measure voltages simultaneously of the batteries when the isolation circuits are turned on by the measuring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Patent number: 8569998Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery unit including rechargeable batteries, a sensing board, the sensing board configured to process status information detected from the batteries, and a harness wire, the harness wire connecting the batteries and the sensing board so that the status information can be transmitted to the sensing board.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20130257383Abstract: A battery system including: a battery, which includes at least one battery cell; a division circuit configured to receive a first voltage of the battery, generate a second voltage from the first voltage, and output the second voltage; an isolation circuit coupled between the battery and the division circuit, the isolation circuit being configured to electrically isolate the battery from the division circuit according to a control signal; and a battery management system coupled to the division circuit. The battery management system includes an isolation circuit control unit configured to generate the control signal; and a measuring unit configured to measure the second voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20130207616Abstract: A battery system, a method of controlling the battery system, and an energy storage system including the battery system are disclosed. The method of controlling the battery system includes steps of selecting one of the plurality of batteries by using a multiplexer; measuring a voltage of the selected battery; and calculating a charging capacity of the battery based on the measured voltage. Accordingly, cell balancing may be efficiently performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20130177794Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. In one embodiment, the battery module includes a module case including a plurality of receiving units and a plurality of unit batteries arranged in the receiving units of the module case, respectively. The battery module may further include a mis-assembly prevention structure configured to couple the unit batteries to the module case and to substantially align each of the unit batteries with the corresponding receiving unit of the module case. The mis-assembly prevention structure may include i) a plurality of first pairs of alignment members formed in the unit batteries, respectively, in substantially diagonal directions with respect to the unit batteries and ii) a plurality of second pairs of alignment members formed in the receiving units of the module case, respectively, in substantially diagonal directions with respect to the receiving units.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20120068545Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plurality of battery units; a plurality of thermistors detecting a temperature of the plurality of battery units; a multiplexer performing multiplexing on the plurality of thermistors, and connecting a thermistor selected from among the plurality of thermistors to a reference resistor; a power switch unit arranged between the reference resistor and a power voltage terminal; and a control signal input unit receiving a control signal applied to the multiplexer and the power switch unit, and receiving two or more control bits contained in the control signal. In the energy storage system, a temperature measurement operation is performed at a plurality of measurement positions, whereby a current state of a battery may be accurately detected, an entire circuit may be reduced and simplified, and low power consumption may be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20110175564Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery unit including rechargeable batteries, a sensing board, the sensing board configured to process status information detected from the batteries, and a harness wire, the harness wire connecting the batteries and the sensing board so that the status information can be transmitted to the sensing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventor: Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20100141561Abstract: A plasma display device includes a PDP including discharge cells, address electrodes extending in a first direction and corresponding to the discharge cells, and sustain electrodes and scan electrodes in parallel with each other and crossing the address electrodes in the discharge cells, the sustain electrodes including first terminals and the scan electrodes including second terminals, a chassis base supporting PDP, an integrated board on the chassis base, the chassis base being between the integrated board and the PDP, and an integrated flexible circuit connecting the integrated board to the first terminals of the sustain electrodes and to the second terminals of the scan electrodes, the first terminals of the sustain electrodes and second terminals of the scan electrodes being arranged at a first side of four sides of the PDP.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Du-Yeon Han, Hee-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Keun-Young Song, Hyun-Woo Lee, Seung-Yong Lee, Kyung-Sub Shim
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Publication number: 20100020047Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display panel having a capacitive load formed by a plurality of scan electrodes and a plurality of address electrodes crossing the scan electrodes, using a driver including an address energy recovery circuit (AERC) that applies an address voltage to the address electrodes by an inductor electrically coupled to the address electrodes and resonance of the capacitive load, wherein, during an address period in which one of a scan signal and a non-scan signal is applied to each of the scan electrodes, the method includes applying the scan signal to a current scan electrode, and applying the scan signal to a subsequent scan electrode adjacent the current scan electrode after application of an address signal is complete, the address signal varying from a base state for a period longer than application of the address voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventors: Kyung-Sub Shim, Hak-Cheol Yang, Dae-Hwan Kim, Seung-Yong Lee