Patents by Inventor Nam-in Kim

Nam-in 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: 11998061
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol generating apparatus; a sensing module including at least one of an inductive sensor configured to detect a change in an inductance of the accommodation space or a temperature sensor configured to detect a change in a temperature of the heater; and a processor configured to: detect, via the sensing module, whether the aerosol generating article that is inserted into the accommodation space is at least partially moved from the accommodation space; and based on detecting that the aerosol generating article is at least partially moved from the accommodation space, control a power supply to the heater, based on at least one of the change in the inductance or the change in the temperature acquired via the sensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Kim, Dong Sung Kim, Seung Won Lee, Seok Su Jang, Dae Nam Han
  • Patent number: 12002404
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages. An nth (n is a natural number) stage among the stages includes: a first and a second input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage and a next stage, respectively; a first output circuit for outputting an nth carry signal corresponding to a carry clock signal in response to the voltage of the first node; a second output circuit for outputting an nth scan and an nth sensing signal corresponding to a scan and a sensing clock signal, respectively, in response to the voltage of the first node; and a sampling circuit for storing the carry signal of the previous stage in response to a first select signal, and for supplying a control voltage to the first node in response to a second select signal and the stored carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Nam Kim, Sung Hoon Lim, Woo Geun Lee, Kyu Sik Cho, Jae Beom Choi
  • Patent number: 11998053
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having an opening configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; an accommodating space configured to accommodate the aerosol-generating article inserted through the opening; a heat-dissipating structure comprising an inner wall forming the accommodating space, and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall such that an inner space is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall; and a coil arranged between the outer wall and the housing, and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, wherein the inner wall is configured to generate heat by the induced magnetic field generated from the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Wook Yoon, Yong Hwan Kim, Seung Won Lee, Dae Nam Han
  • Publication number: 20240172804
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus may include: a housing including a first chamber into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, a second chamber spaced apart from the first chamber, and an air path provided between the first chamber and the second chamber; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the second chamber; and a processor configured to obtain pressure sensing data from the pressure sensor, detect a pressure change inside the second chamber based on the pressure sensing data, and output a notification indicating that a user's puff operation has occurred when a pressure change inside the second chamber is greater than or equal to a designated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Seung Won LEE, Seok Su JANG, Dae Nam HAN
  • Publication number: 20240176399
    Abstract: A system for a memory module mounting test according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a test tray on which a memory module array in which a plurality of memory modules are positioned in a predetermined pattern is loaded; a tester in which the test tray is able to be seated and a socket corresponding to the predetermined pattern is formed to perform a test on the memory module array; a transfer for transferring the test tray from an initial position to a seating position where the test tray is seated in the tester; and a mounter for mounting the memory module array transferred to the seating position in the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Taek Seon LEE, Ho Nam KIM, Sang Bong LEE, Ki Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20240174141
    Abstract: A child anchor for a vehicle can be moved down and hidden in a seat by a user operating the apparatus with the seat changed into a full flat state, whereby it is possible to prevent contact between the child anchor and a passenger who takes a rest in the seat in the full flat state. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is possible to improve convenience for a passenger who takes a rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Hwi Yoon, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sung Hak Hong, Young Jae Sung, Dong Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11995417
    Abstract: Provided is a neural processing unit that performs application-work including a first neural network operation, the neural processing unit includes a first processing core configured to execute the first neural network operation, a hardware block reconfigurable as a hardware core configured to perform hardware block-work, and at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to distribute a part of the application-work as the hardware block-work to the hardware block based on a first workload of the first processing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Nam Hwang, Hyung-Dal Kwon, Dae Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11995281
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first sensing electrode extending in a first direction, the first sensing electrode including a first sub-sensing electrode and a second sub-sensing electrode spaced apart from each other in a touch area which senses a touch input; a second sensing electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second sensing electrode including a third sub-sensing electrode and a fourth sub-sensing electrode spaced apart from each other in the touch area; a first touch signal line connected to the first sub-sensing electrode and the second sub-sensing electrode; and a second touch signal line connected to the third sub-sensing electrode and the fourth sub-sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeong Nam Bang, Deok Jung Kim, Eun Young Kim, Hye Yun Han
  • Publication number: 20240164435
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tobacco material including a flavor material and a method of preparing the tobacco material. The tobacco material may have a core-shell structure in which a core includes a first tobacco mixture and a flavor material and is surrounded by a shell including a second tobacco mixture, such that the aerosol generating article including the tobacco material generates a characteristic flavor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok Su JANG, Sun Hwan JUNG, Hyeon Tae KIM, Jun Won SHIN, Dae Nam HAN, Yong Hwan KIM, Sung Wook YOON, Seung Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240164439
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. A cooling material may be included in a body constituting the cooling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok Su JANG, Dae Nam HAN, Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Seung Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240164453
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan KIM, Dong Sung KIM, Seung Won LEE, Seok Su JANG, Dae Nam HAN
  • Publication number: 20240172479
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that with low power consumption. The display device includes a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in an active area and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer in the active area, wherein at least one opening disposed in a bending area has the same depth as one of a plurality of contact holes disposed in the active area, whereby the opening and the contact holes are formed through the same process, and the process is therefore simplified, and wherein a high-potential supply line and a low-potential supply line are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, whereas a reference line and the low-potential supply line are disposed so as to overlap each other, thereby preventing signal lines from being shorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoung-Nam Lim, Yu-Ho Jung, Dong-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20240170185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a superconducting power supply system which may comprise: a superconducting cable connected between terminals; a recovery pipe forming a closed loop with the superconducting cable to recover a liquid coolant of the superconducting cable; a pump for providing a circulating pressure of the liquid coolant through the recovery pipe; a refrigerator for maintaining a temperature by cooling the liquid coolant; and a superconducting fault current limiter for maintaining the temperature of a superconducting element immersed in a supercooled liquid coolant by introducing the liquid coolant recovered through the recovery pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Nam RYU, Min Jee KIM
  • Publication number: 20240172474
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device including a substrate having a first region and a second region, an anode at the first region, an organic layer at the second region and at the first region, a cathode on the organic layer of the first region, a bank between the first region and the second region, an optical compensation layer on the cathode of the first region and the organic layer of the second region, and an encapsulation layer on the optical compensation layer at the first region and the second region. The cathode is interposed between the optical compensation layer and the organic layer over the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyeon KIM, Kwan Soo KIM, Young Nam LIM, Min Jee KIM, Seok Hyun KIM, Min Geun SONG
  • Publication number: 20240170864
    Abstract: A plug connector coupled to a receptacle connector is presented, comprising: a conductor for signals; a ring-shaped conductor for ground, the conductor for ground surrounding the conductor for signals; a ring-shaped insulator surrounding the conductor for signals and being surrounded by the conductor for ground, and insulating between the conductor for signals and the conductor for ground; a lower body; and an upper body coupled onto the lower body. The conductor for signals includes a lower portion protruding below a first portion of the top of the insulator, a middle portion inserted into a hollow portion of the first portion, and an upper portion protruding above the first portion. The conductor for ground includes a lower portion protruding below the first portion and an upper portion surrounding the first portion. The lower body includes a lower housing, such that the upper portion is accommodated in the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: SENSORVIEW CO., LTD., OKINS ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byoung Nam KIM, Kyoung Il KANG, Joung Min PARK, Sung Cheol CHO, Jin Kook JUN, Sung Gyu PARK, Soeung Chel JANG
  • Patent number: 11990411
    Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a redistribution layer (RDL) substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the RDL substrate comprises a filler-free dielectric material, an electronic device on the top surface of the RDL substrate, an electrical interconnect on the bottom surface of the RDL substrate and electrically coupled to the electronic device, a first protective material contacting a side surface of the electronic device and the top surface of the RDL substrate, and a second protective material contacting a side surface of the electrical interconnect and the bottom surface of the RDL substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Ki Kim, Jae Beom Shim, Seung Nam Son, Won Chul Do
  • Publication number: 20240160033
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual lens drive device that comprises: a housing; a first bobbin which is disposed to move in a first direction inside the housing; a second bobbin which is disposed to move in the first direction inside housing and is spaced apart from the first bobbin; a first coil which is disposed on the first bobbin; a second coil which is disposed on the second bobbin; a magnet which is disposed in the housing and faces the first coil and the second coil; a base which is disposed below the housing; a substrate which comprises a circuit member having a third coil disposed to face the magnet between the housing and the base; and a support member which movably supports the housing with respect to the substrate, wherein the housing is integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kap Jin LEE, Yong Nam CHOI, Do Yoon KIM, Min Soo KIM, Jung Hwan KIM, Tae Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20240161684
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; an emission driver; a scan driver; and a timing controller. The display panel includes light emitting pixels and photosensitive pixels, where the photosensitive pixels are operated in an initialization period, a light exposure period and a sensing period. The emission driver supplies emission control signals to emission control lines connected to the light emitting pixels, based on an emission start signal. The scan driver supplies scan signals to scan lines connected to the light emitting pixels and the photosensitive pixels, based on a scan start signal. The timing controller generates the emission start signal having a single pulse of a gate-off level and the scan start signal having a single pulse of a gate-on level in a last frame period among frame periods corresponding to the light exposure period and in each of frame periods corresponding to the sensing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Il Nam KIM, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240156151
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok Su JANG, Dae Nam HAN, Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Seung Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240158019
    Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly includes a front cross member provided at the front of a cabin and extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, a front side member having one end connected to the front cross member and having another end extending rearwards of the front cross member, a fender member having one end connected to the front cross member and having another end extending outwardly upwards of the vehicle, and a connection joint connected to an end portion of the front cross member, having formed therein an inner space, and allowing the front cross member, the front side member, and the fender member to be interconnected in the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Min Kang, Joo Nam Kim