Patents by Inventor Min-gyu Kim

Min-gyu 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: 11404026
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of display panels arranged adjacent to each other and each display panel including first pixels in the display panel and second pixels in the display panel and adjacent to a boundary area of the display panels, and a luminance correction unit configured to generate a correction grayscale value for the second pixel. The luminance correction unit includes an image mapping unit configured to map a captured luminance image to a unit pixel image, a de-blurring unit configured to perform a de-blurring operation on the mapped unit pixel image to calculate a correction luminance value for the second pixel, and a correction unit configured to calculate a correction grayscale value for the second pixel corresponding to the calculated correction luminance value of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Yun Kim, Sang Cheol Park, Si Hun Jang, Min Gyu Kim, Hee Joon Kim, Jun Pyo Lee
  • Patent number: 11398319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sliding type transfer cask for transferring spent nuclear fuel. The sliding type transfer cask includes a transfer container having a space for accommodating a canister; a neutron shielding body disposed around an outer circumference; and an opening/closing portion coupled to a lower portion of the transfer container. The opening/closing portion includes a support portion that has a first through-hole communicating with the transfer container and supports the transfer container; a base plate that is arranged below the support portion; and a lid assembly that includes a first lid portion and a second lid portion. The first lid portion includes a first lid and a first motor for sliding the first lid. The second lid portion includes a second lid and a second motor for sliding the second lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Seok Park, Soung Kyu Lee, Sung Hwan Kim, Kwang Jeok Ko, Min Gyu Kim, Yeon Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20220225834
    Abstract: A blender which an electrical signal via a transparent film so as to detect whether a container lid is closed. The blender includes a container body receiving food; a main body provided under the container body and supporting the container body; a container lid mounted removably to the upper surface of the container body and configured to open/close the upper part of the container body; and a detection system configured to detect whether the container lid is mounted to the container body, wherein the detection system includes a transparent electrode film attached to the surface of the container body and guiding the flow of electricity. Accordingly, the transparent electrode film can transmit whether the container lid is mounted to the main body without spoiling the appearance of the container body made of a transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Min Gyu KIM, Dae Yong KANG, Woonkyu SEO, Jin Hae YE, Sang Jin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220225837
    Abstract: A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body provided underneath the container body and supporting the container body, a container lid detachably mounted on an upper surface of the container body and opening and closing the top of the container body, and a detection system detecting whether or not the container lid is mounted on the container body. A seating support is formed on an upper surface of the main body in a manner that protrudes upward therefrom to be stepped, and a bottom surface of the container body being seated on the seating support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Min Gyu KIM, Dae Yong KANG, Woonkyu SEO, Jin Hae YE, Sang Jin JUNG
  • Patent number: 11380241
    Abstract: A display device according to some embodiments includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller for correcting an input image signal, and for transmitting the input image to the display panel, a memory for storing model correction data for correcting a gray value, the model correction data corresponding to respective models of a plurality of timing controllers, and for storing image quality correction data for correcting a gamma deviation of the display panel, and a correction controller for generating final correction data by using the model correction data and the image quality correction data, and for transmitting the final correction data to the timing controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyu Kim, Hee Joon Kim, Si Hun Jang, Hoi Sik Moon
  • Publication number: 20220210312
    Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light emitting unit which includes a plurality of light emitting areas and drives at least one of the plurality of light emitting areas according to a first control signal so as to output an optical signal; a light receiving unit for collecting the optical signal; a sensor unit which includes a plurality of light receiving areas corresponding to the plurality of light emitting areas, respectively, and drives at least one of the plurality of light receiving areas according to a second control signal to generate an image signal on the basis of the collected light signal; and a control unit which generates at least one of the first control signal and the second control signal on the basis of the image signal and controls at least one of the light emitting unit and the sensor unit on the basis of at least one of the first control signal and the second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Gi Seok LEE, Min Gyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20220181792
    Abstract: Provided is an in-band full-duplex MIMO antenna, which includes: a substrate; and transmission antenna elements and reception antenna elements separately coaxially disposed on the same plane of the substrate, in which the transmission antenna elements have a first polarization characteristic, and the reception antenna elements have a second polarization characteristic different from the first polarization characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Han Lim LEE, Min Gyu KIM, Ji Ho LEE, Jin Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220165623
    Abstract: Vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming a lower structure on a substrate. The lower structure may include first and second VFETs, a preliminary isolation structure between the first and second VFETs, and a gate liner on opposing sides of the preliminary isolation structure and between the preliminary isolation structure and the substrate. Each of the first and second VFETs may include a bottom source/drain region, a channel region and a top source/drain region sequentially stacked, and a gate structure on a side surface of the channel region. The preliminary isolation structure may include a sacrificial layer and a gap capping layer sequentially stacked. The methods may also include forming a top capping layer on the lower structure and then forming a cavity between the first and second VFETs by removing the sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hwi Chan Jun, Min Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11309405
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vertical field effect transistor (VFET) device may include: providing an intermediate VFET structure including a substrate, a plurality of fin structures formed thereon, and a doped layer formed on the substrate between the fin structures, the doped layer comprising a bottom source/drain (S/D) region; forming a shallow trench through the doped layer and the substrate below a top surface of the substrate and between the fin structures, to isolate the fin structures from each other; filling the shallow trench and a space between the fin structures with an insulating material; etching the insulating material filled between the fin structures above a level of a top surface of the doped layer, except in the shallow trench, such that a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure having a top surface to be at or above a level of the top surface of the doped layer is formed in the shallow trench; forming a plurality of gate structures on the fin structures, respectively; and forming a top S/
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwi Chan Jun, Min Gyu Kim, Seon Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220106660
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a trunnion for a constant velocity joint, the trunnion having a plurality of journal units provided outside around a hub unit, the method including a first step of manufacturing the trunnion, a second step of thermally treating a rounded outer circumferential surface of the journal unit, and a third step of thermally treating a connection unit disposed between the journal unit and the hub unit and having a diameter smaller than that of the journal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOHAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KOREA FLANGE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jeong Lyul Park, Wonkew Ban, Hyun Ho Yim, Chang-Gu Lee, Min-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20220108040
    Abstract: A method, program, and device for authenticating user setting information by using a virtual code are proposed. The method includes: receiving, by a virtual code verification means, a virtual code; searching, by the virtual code verification means, a storage location of each of a plurality of UIDs on the basis of the virtual code; verifying, by the virtual code verification means, the virtual code on the basis of the plurality of searched UIDs; and performing, by the virtual code verification means, authority authentication on the basis of the plurality of searched UIDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Chang-Hun YOO, Min Gyu KIM
  • Patent number: 11295986
    Abstract: Vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) devices and methods of forming the VFET devices are provided. The methods may include forming a first channel region and a second channel region on a substrate, forming a recess in the substrate between the first and second channel regions by removing a portion of the liner and a portion of the substrate, forming a bottom source/drain region in the recess of the substrate, forming a capping layer on the bottom source/drain region, removing the liner and the capping layer, forming a spacer on the substrate and the bottom source/drain region, and forming a gate structure on side surfaces of the first and second channel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Min Gyu Kim, Sa Hwan Hong
  • Patent number: 11282752
    Abstract: Vertical field-effect transistor (VFET) devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming a lower structure on a substrate. The lower structure may include first and second VFETs, a preliminary isolation structure between the first and second VFETs, and a gate liner on opposing sides of the preliminary isolation structure and between the preliminary isolation structure and the substrate. Each of the first and second VFETs may include a bottom source/drain region, a channel region and a top source/drain region sequentially stacked, and a gate structure on a side surface of the channel region. The preliminary isolation structure may include a sacrificial layer and a gap capping layer sequentially stacked. The methods may also include forming a top capping layer on the lower structure and then forming a cavity between the first and second VFETs by removing the sacrificial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hwi Chan Jun, Min Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20220068240
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of display panels arranged adjacent to each other and each display panel including first pixels in the display panel and second pixels in the display panel and adjacent to a boundary area of the display panels, and a luminance correction unit configured to generate a correction grayscale value for the second pixel. The luminance correction unit includes an image mapping unit configured to map a captured luminance image to a unit pixel image, a de-blurring unit configured to perform a de-blurring operation on the mapped unit pixel image to calculate a correction luminance value for the second pixel, and a correction unit configured to calculate a correction grayscale value for the second pixel corresponding to the calculated correction luminance value of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Se Yun KIM, Sang Cheol PARK, Si Hun JANG, Min Gyu KIM, Hee Joon KIM, Jun Pyo LEE
  • Patent number: 11244139
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition device includes a display, a touch sensor panel (TSP) which senses a touch, and a fingerprint recognition integrated circuit (FPIC) which scans a fingerprint. The FPIC includes a pixel including a photoelectric element which receives light reflected by the fingerprint, a low noise amplifier (LNA) which outputs a signal voltage by converting an electric charge received from the photoelectric element, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which converts the signal voltage into a digital signal. The ADC includes a variable reference voltage generator which provides a variable reference voltage, a comparator which adds the variable reference voltage to the signal voltage, performs correlated double sampling on the result of the addition, and outputs a comparison signal by comparing the result of the correlated double sampling with a ramp voltage, and a counter which outputs the digital signal by counting the comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Il Kwon, Min Gyu Kim, Sun Kwon Kim, Seong Il Park, Jong Sung Lee, Hee Bum Lee
  • Patent number: 11232736
    Abstract: A mura compensation method for a display device in which a data driver and a scan driver disposed at a first side of a pixel unit, includes capturing an image of the pixel unit based on a predetermined first sample gray level; calculating mum luminance of diagonal mura corresponding to the first sample gray level by sharpening the diagonal mura based on light components of the captured image for a first sample area including the diagonal mura; calculating target luminance based on the mura luminance and a luminance distribution of the imaged first sample area; and calculating a first compensation value corresponding to the first sample gray level and a pixel corresponding to the diagonal mura in the first sample area by using the first sample gray level, the mura luminance, and the target luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Yun Kim, Min Gyu Kim, Sang Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20210385213
    Abstract: A device-to-device authentication method based on a virtual authentication code is provided. The method includes transmitting a first code, receiving a second code reflecting an authentication result for the first code from a verification device, wherein the second code includes a hash value and role information for the client device generated by the verification device based on the first code, generating a third code that is the virtual authentication code, based on the first code and the second code; and transmitting the third code to at least one second device related to the role information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Chang-Hun YOO, Min Gyu KIM, Andrew WYLD, Seung Seob JEONG
  • Patent number: 11196112
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an insulation member having excellent mechanical properties having enough shock-absorbing effect in external shock and volume change in a battery and provides a cylindrical secondary battery including the insulation member. The insulation member according to the present disclosure has excellent mechanical properties in high temperature, is composed of polypropylene having narrow molecular weight, and has a fine pattern on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Han Gab Song, Kyung Min Kim, Min Gyu Kim, Pil Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 11156974
    Abstract: An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a transceiver, and a processor configured to, based on an external appliance being identified to be adjacent to the appliance, receive arrangement state information of the external appliance through the transceiver, identify whether the appliance is a slave device controlled by the external appliance or a master device to control the external appliance based on the arrangement state information of the external appliance and arrangement state information of the appliance, based on the appliance being identified as the slave device, transmit a control authority to the external appliance through the transceiver, and based on the appliance being identified as the master device, request the control authority from the external appliance identified as the slave device through the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hoon Cha, Seong-su Kim, Min-gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11141688
    Abstract: An air cleaning system having at least one dust sensor and a method for controlling the air cleaning system may improve accuracy of dust sensors through linkage control of the dust sensors, and may normally operate a faulty air cleaner using dust sensors of the remaining communicating air cleaners other than the faulty air cleaner even when any one of the dust sensors fails to operate. The air cleaning system may select a master dust sensor through linkage control of the dust sensors, and may operate the plurality of air cleaners only using sensor information of the master dust sensor. Therefore, the air cleaning system may stop operation of the remaining dust sensors other than the master dust sensor, may reduce measurement noise produced by the dust sensors and power consumption, and may increase a lifetime of the dust sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hun Hur, Jae Kwon Ko, Han Taek Kwak, Min Gyu Kim