Patents by Inventor Myung-Hwan Kim

Myung-Hwan 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: 20150028308
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device including: a first electrode, a hole injection layer on the first electrode, a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer, an organic light emitting layer on the hole transport layer, a first electron transport layer on the organic light emitting layer, a second electron transport layer on the organic light emitting layer, an electron injection layer on the second electron transport layer and a second electrode on the electron injection layer, where the first electron transport layer includes a first material for improving a thermal stability, a second material for improving a luminous efficiency and a third material for reducing a driving voltage, and the second electron transport layer is laminated with the first electron transport layer, and the second electrode faces the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Sun-Hye Lee, Jae-Bok Kim, Won-Jun Song, Myung-Hwan Kim, Ji-Young Kim, Hye-Lim Shin, Tae-Kyu Shim, Yoon-Kyoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20150022875
    Abstract: An electrowetting display apparatus includes a first base substrate, a second base substrate which faces the first base substrate, a first electrode on the first base substrate, and a second electrode on the second base substrate, where the second electrode faces the first electrode. A barrier wall is on the first electrode, where the barrier wall defines a storage area. A surface of the first electrode and the barrier wall is overlapped by a barrier layer. In addition, a water-repellent layer is on the barrier layer which is in the storage area. First and second fluids are in the storage area, the first fluid is separate from the second fluid, and the first fluid or the second fluid has a polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dong-Hwan Kim, Sang-Il Kim, Tae-Woon Cha, Myung-Hwan Kim, Woo Yong Sung, Jeongho Lee, Hyoung-Wook Lee, Hyeon Gu Cho
  • Publication number: 20140209162
    Abstract: A photoelectric device and a photoelectric system including the same are provided. The photoelectric device includes a photoelectric module configured to perform photoelectric conversion and a cover glass facing the photoelectric module and having a receiving space that receives the photoelectric module. The cover glass includes a plate-shaped base part formed to face a main surface of the photoelectric module and a sidewall protruding from an edge of the base part to face a side section of the photoelectric module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joong-Gun CHONG, Seung-Hee LEE, Chan-Yoon JUNG, Jun-Ho MOON, Dong-Jun LEE, Myung-Hwan KIM, Hoon-Ha JEON, Bum-Rae KIM
  • Patent number: 8653767
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to a method for controlling a refrigerator. The method for controlling a refrigerator including: inputting an opening signal to open a selected door of a plurality of doors; rotating a driving motor to open a selected door; and opening the selected door by pushing the selected door of the plurality of doors by one of a plurality of push members by the rotation of the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Myung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8623541
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery module having a structure in which two or more plate-shaped secondary battery cells (‘battery cells’) are arranged in a lateral direction thereof, wherein the battery cells have electrode terminals arranged in the same direction, plate-shaped electrode terminal connecting members to electrically connect the battery cells to one another are electrically connected to oriented surfaces of the electrode terminals of the battery cells, each of the electrode terminal connecting members is provided at a top and/or bottom thereof with a coupling structure to interconnect electrode terminal connecting members, and at least one end of an insulating joint member coupled in the coupling structure is supported by a module case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Joon Choi, Youngsun Park, John E. Namgoong, SooRyoung Kim, Myung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8542428
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the lower substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; an electronic ink layer positioned between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; a plurality of partitions disposed on the upper substrate; a reflecting layer disposed on the partitions; a color filter disposed between the partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Han Bae, Byeong-Jin Lee, Nam-Seok Roh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sang-Il Kim, Tae-Hyung Hwang, Son-Uk Lee, Yu Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20130194521
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic 3D display apparatus including a display panel having an array of pixels, and a lenticular device positioned above the display panel. The lenticular device includes an array of lenticular components extending in parallel with a line slanted at an angle of tan?1(a/mb) with regard to columns of the pixels, where m refers to the number of adjacent rows before an identical viewpoint on the same line appears, and a and b refer to horizontal and vertical lengths of each pixel. When n is 0 or a natural number, the number of viewpoints is 2m(2n+1), pixels corresponding to the given viewpoints are repeated at every m rows in each lenticular component, the number of parallel lines extending through pixels in parallel with the slant line inside each lenticular component is identical to the number of viewpoints, and each of the parallel lines lies on the repeated pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Whangbo, Myung-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8454102
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a cabinet that includes at least one storage compartment; a plurality of doors that open and close the at least one storage compartment; a plurality of operating units that are provided at each door; and a door opening apparatus that is positioned at the cabinet and opens one of the plurality of doors corresponding to the operation of the plurality of operating units, wherein the door opening apparatus includes a driving motor, a power transfer unit that transfers power of the driving motor, and a plurality of push members each of which corresponds to the plurality of doors and are connected to the power transfer unit, and when the driving motor is operated, one of the plurality of push members pushes one of the plurality of doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Myung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8444237
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the embodiment includes a cabinet in which a storage chamber is formed; a door that is connected to the cabinet and opens and closes the storage chamber; and a door opening apparatus that is provided in the cabinet and opens the door, wherein the door opening apparatus includes: a push member that contacts a rear surface of the door and pushes the rear surface of the door by a rotation operation and a driver that is connected to the push member and generates power for moving the push member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong Gyu Kang, Jeong Ho Shin, Myung Hwan Kim, Sang Bum Ha
  • Publication number: 20130038728
    Abstract: An image-transmitting apparatus having a security function is provided. The image-transmitting apparatus having the security function includes a main body which is provided with a wireless or wired interface, a speaker, and an IP camera, either side of which having slide grooves formed in a horizontal direction in the upper and lower portions thereof; and lamp modules having LED lamps and sliders protruding so as to correspond to the respective slide grooves, such that the sliders are inserted into the respective slide grooves in order to couple the lamp modules to either side of the main body, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: GUMMI ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Myung-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120218622
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the lower substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; an electronic ink layer positioned between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; a plurality of partitions disposed on the upper substrate; a reflecting layer disposed on the partitions; a color filter disposed between the partitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Ju-Han Bae, Byeong-Jin Lee, Nam-Seok Roh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sang-II Kim, Tae-Hyung Hwang, Son-Uk Lee, Yu Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8246894
    Abstract: A flexible substrate, a method of manufacturing a display substrate, and a method of manufacturing a display panel. A spinning device is filled with a source solution, and a carrier substrate is arranged such that the spinning device faces the carrier substrate. An electric field is formed between the spinning device and the carrier substrate by supplying a power to the spinning device and the carrier substrate, and a nano-fiber is formed by spraying the source solution toward the carrier substrate. A flexible substrate is formed on the carrier substrate by coating a polymer resin on the nano-fiber, a plurality of display cells are formed on the flexible substrate, and then a display substrate is formed by separating the carrier substrate from the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Hwan Kim, Nam-Seok Roh, Sang-Il Kim, Woo-Jae Lee, Jung-Hun Noh
  • Patent number: 8241934
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a barrier pattern, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a gate electrode. The barrier pattern protrudes from the base substrate. The source and gate electrodes are formed adjacent to opposite sides of the barrier pattern on the base substrate. The semiconductor layer is provided on the barrier pattern to connect the source electrode with the drain electrode, and the insulating layer covers the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is provided on the insulating layer, and is overlapped with the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Noh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Seung-Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20120194509
    Abstract: To display at least one three-dimensional (3D) image in a two-dimensional (2D) image display area, a method and apparatus is provided for distinguishing a 3D image display area, in which the at least one 3D image is displayed, from the 2D image display area, and displaying a 2D image and a 3D image in the 2D image display area and the 3D image display area, respectively, thereby improving display resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Young YUN, Ung-Gyu MIN, Myung-Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 8207000
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a flat panel display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: coating a first adhering member on a first supporting plate; disposing a first substrate on the first adhering member; using ultrasonic waves to adhere the first supporting plate and the first substrate; and forming a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor on the first substrate. According to the manufacturing method of the flat panel display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first adhering member made of the plurality of adhering particles is melted by using the ultrasonic waves without an additional adhering film to adhere the flexible first substrate and the first supporting plate, thereby reducing the overall manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Hwan Kim, Dae-Jin Park, Jung-Hun Noh
  • Publication number: 20120142126
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a barrier pattern, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a gate electrode. The barrier pattern protrudes from the base substrate. The source and gate electrodes are formed adjacent to opposite sides of the barrier pattern on the base substrate. The semiconductor layer is provided on the barrier pattern to connect the source electrode with the drain electrode, and the insulating layer covers the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is provided on the insulating layer, and is overlapped with the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Noh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Seung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 8182633
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a flexible display device. The method includes forming an adhesive layer on a first carrier substrate; laminating a first flexible substrate on the adhesive layer, so that a first separation layer of the first flexible substrate is disposed on the adhesive layer; forming a thin film transistor array on the first flexible substrate; and separating the first carrier substrate from the flexible substrate by directing a laser beam onto the first separation layer. The first separation layer comprises silicon nitride (SiNx) with amounts of nitride A1 and amounts of silicon B1 satisfying 0.18?{A1/B1}?0.90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Ho Yoon, Nam-Seok Roh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sang-Il Kim, Woo-Jae Lee, Jong-Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 8138503
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a barrier pattern, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a gate electrode. The barrier pattern protrudes from the base substrate. The source and gate electrodes are formed adjacent to opposite sides of the barrier pattern on the base substrate. The semiconductor layer is provided on the barrier pattern to connect the source electrode with the drain electrode, and the insulating layer covers the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is provided on the insulating layer, and is overlapped with the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Noh, Myung-Hwan Kim, Seung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: RE45191
    Abstract: A user key management method for a broadcast encryption includes assigning node path identifiers (IDs) to nodes arranged in sequence; assigning random seed value keys to the nodes according to the node path IDs; generating key values by repeatedly applying a hash function to the assigned random seed value keys; and assigning the generated key values to the nodes in sequence. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the transmission overhead that is most important matter in the broadcast encryption to less than the number of the revoked users. Further, there is an advantage that the transmission overhead of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is remarkably reduced compared with the Subset Difference method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weon-il Jin, Dae-youb Kim, Hwan-joon Kim, Sung-joon Park, Jung-hee Cheon, Myung-hwan Kim, Nam-su Jho, Eun-sun Yoo
  • Patent number: RE45213
    Abstract: A user key management method for a broadcast encryption includes assigning node path identifiers (IDs) to nodes arranged in sequence; assigning random seed value keys to the nodes according to the node path IDs; generating key values by repeatedly applying a hash function to the assigned random seed value keys; and assigning the generated key values to the nodes in sequence. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the transmission overhead that is most important matter in the broadcast encryption to less than the number of the revoked users. Further, there is an advantage that the transmission overhead of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is remarkably reduced compared with the Subset Difference method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weon-il Jin, Dae-youb Kim, Hwan-joon Kim, Sung-joon Park, Jung-hee Cheon, Myung-hwan Kim, Nam-su Jho, Eun-sun Yoo