Patents by Inventor Sang Joon Kim

Sang Joon 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).

  • Apparatus and method with near-field communication
    Patent number: 11184052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a near-field communication (NFC) system that includes an NFC supporting apparatus. The NFC supporting apparatus includes a dual coil and a first switch. The dual coil includes an NFC band coil and a radio frequency (RF) band coil. An RF amplitude modulation signal is generated at the RF band coil in response to a transmission from an implantable device. The first switch is configured to switch the NFC band coil based on the RF amplitude modulation signal. The NFC band coil is configured to generate an NFC amplitude modulation signal at an NFC band coil of an NFC reader in response to the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonseok Lee, Seok Ju Yun, Sang Joon Kim, Jaechun Lee
  • VEHICLE INCLUDING ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRAKE LAMP FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210354621
    Abstract: A vehicle including an electric motor has improved operating performance of a brake lamp using regenerative braking. A method of controlling a brake lamp of the vehicle includes determining a tendency of a driver, calculating a corrected mass based on the determined tendency of the driver, and calculating corrected acceleration based on the corrected mass and regenerative braking torque of the electric motor. An on threshold is corrected based on a difference between a requested torque and the regenerative braking torque at a time at which an accelerator pedal is released, and the brake lamp is turned on based on the corrected on threshold and the corrected acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Wireless communication apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11152974
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus may include: an oscillator including a coil assembly exposed to an outside of the wireless communication apparatus, a variable capacitor, and a negative resistor; and a phase locking circuit connected to the coil assembly and the negative resistor. The phase locking circuit may be configured to generate a control signal to lock an oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on an oscillation signal generated by the oscillator, and provide the generated control signal to the variable capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Ju Yun, Sang Joon Kim, Joonseong Kang
  • WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION AND OBJECT STIMULATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210320527
    Abstract: A wireless power reception apparatus includes: a first electrode including a coil shape; a second electrode including the coil shape; an electrode capacitor connected between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrode signal transceiver connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; a power receiver connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, separately from the electrode signal transceiver; a resonant capacitor; and first capacitor and a second capacitor configured to connect a conducting line between the first electrode and the power receiver and a conducting line between the second electrode and the power receiver, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are wound in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun LEE, Young Jun HONG, Sang Joon KIM
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING DEPENDING ON BABY MODE
    Publication number: 20210309196
    Abstract: A vehicle driving control method depending on a baby mode, may include, when the baby mode is activated, receiving information on a state of a vehicle seat, correcting a center state of charge (SOC) value of a battery of the vehicle based on the information on the state of the vehicle seat, determining a state of a transmission of the vehicle, and performing regenerative brake and brake pedal stroke (BPS) scale/filtering correction control or an electric vehicle (EV) mode and accelerator position sensor (APS) scale/filtering correction control based on the state of the transmission of the vehicle and the state of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un SON, Sang Joon KIM, Sung Hoon YU, Joo Young KIM, Kyu Hwan JO
  • Vehicle and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 11136032
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are provided to induce inertial driving of a driver by guiding the inertial driving of the vehicle and controlling an accelerator pedal so that a pedal effort is applied to the accelerator pedal. The vehicle includes a display configured to display an object guiding the inertial driving, and a controller configured to apply a pedal effort to an accelerator pedal when guiding the inertial driving to induce the inertial driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • LOW-POWER DEVICE METHOD
    Publication number: 20210288527
    Abstract: A method of controlling power on a low-power device and the low-power device for performing the method are provided. The method includes performing a first operation, of acquiring sensing data, using power stored in an internal battery of the low-power device, wherein the first operation consumes a first power consumption from the internal battery; and performing a second operation, with respect to the acquired sensing data, and which consumes a second power consumption, using power wirelessly transmitted from an external device located outside of the low-power device, wherein the second power consumption is greater than the first power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisung BAE, Sang Joon KIM
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal based authentication apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11109812
    Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes one or more processors configured to temporally implement a neural network, used to extract a feature value from hidden nodes, that is connected to input nodes to which an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is input so as to share a weight set with the input nodes, and to match the ECG signal and the extracted feature value to a user for registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Jin Woo Shin, Sung-Soo Ahn, Sang Joon Kim
  • Member for gas sensor, having a metal oxide semiconductor tube wall with micropores and macropores, gas sensor, and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 11099147
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gas sensor member, a gas sensor using the same, and manufacturing methods thereof, and specifically, a gas sensor member using a one-dimensional porous metal oxide nanotube composite material having a double average pore distribution in which mesopores (0.1 nm to 50 nm) and macropores (50 nm to 300 nm) are simultaneously formed on the surface of a nanotube through decomposition of a spherical polymer sacrificial template and continuous crystallization and diffusion of a metal oxide and a nanoparticle catalyst embedded in an apoferritin is uniformly loaded in the inside and on the outer wall and inner wall of a one-dimensional metal oxide nanotube through a high-temperature heat treatment, a gas sensor using the same, and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Il-Doo Kim, Ji Su Jang, Sang-Joon Kim, Seon-Jin Choi
  • BIO-ELECTROCEUTICAL DEVICE USING CELL CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20210220558
    Abstract: A bio-electroceutical device includes: a cell reservoir configured to accommodate a cell cluster comprising an organoid fused with a biomaterial; and a cell controller configured to control, using an electrical signal, a secretion of an active component by the organoid in the cell cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun HONG, Hyejin PARK, Seokyung KANG, Soyoung BANG, Sang Joon KIM, Chisung BAE
  • Method and apparatus to remove noise from electrocardiography (ECG) sensor signal
    Patent number: 11064949
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus to remove a noise from an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor signal are provided. A noise removing method includes: receiving a sensor signal collected by an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor; extracting an ECG estimation signal from the sensor signal based on a peak value of the sensor signal; determining a first comparison value between the ECG estimation signal and a first reference signal indicating an average form of ECG signals; and classifying the ECG estimation signal as one of an ECG signal and a noise by comparing the first comparison value to a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Jinhyun Yun, Sang Joon Kim
  • Low-power device method
    Patent number: 11050263
    Abstract: A method of controlling power on a low-power device and the low-power device for performing the method are provided. The method includes performing a first operation, of acquiring sensing data, using power stored in an internal battery of the low-power device, wherein the first operation consumes a first power consumption from the internal battery; and performing a second operation, with respect to the acquired sensing data, and which consumes a second power consumption, using power wirelessly transmitted from an external device located outside of the low-power device, wherein the second power consumption is greater than the first power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Sang Joon Kim
  • Vehicle and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11040723
    Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong ho Yang
  • APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKING TORQUE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210178904
    Abstract: An apparatus and method control regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle on which an anti-lock brake system (ABS) is mounted. The apparatus and method can compensate the regenerative braking torque of the driving motor based on the behavior model of the electric vehicle, such that the ABS is prevented from entering an operating range to the maximum limit to maximize the energy recovery rate through regenerative braking. The apparatus includes a disturbance extractor that extracts a disturbance in a specific frequency band from a difference between a behavior model and an actual behavior of the electric vehicle. The apparatus includes a torque compensator that compensates for the regenerative braking torque based on the disturbance extracted by the disturbance extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR AND PARKING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20210179107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle and a parking control method therefor which can prevent a parking curb or a driving system from being damaged during parking due to collision with the parking curb or running over the parking curb according to creep torque imitation by an electric motor in a vehicle equipped with the electric motor. A parking control method includes determining whether a parking situation occurs, applying a creep torque modification coefficient to a creep torque until contact with an object that applies a reaction force to a wheel in a parking direction is sensed to determine a modified creep torque upon determining the parking situation, and variably controlling the creep torque by applying a variable coefficient to the modified creep torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING DEPENDING ON BABY MODE
    Publication number: 20210179104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a vehicle driving depending on a baby mode, including activating an apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting a speed of a vehicle, and determining a state of a car seat when the car seat is installed, correcting a speed profile of the apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting the speed of the vehicle based on the state of the car seat, determining whether the vehicle enters a turning section, when the vehicle enters the turning section, performing at least one of turning section acceleration control or turning section deceleration control based on the state of the car seat, and determining whether the vehicle passes through the turning section after performing at least one of the turning section acceleration or deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Method for Controlling Speed Limit for the Same
    Publication number: 20210179064
    Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • IMPLANT SYSTEM INCLUDING WAKE-UP DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMPLANT SYSTEM INCLUDING WAKE-UP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210154482
    Abstract: An implant system includes an implant device configured to generate a stimulation signal for a user using a power manager according to an operation mode based on biometric information of the user, and a wake-up device configured to switch the operation mode based on either one or both of an energy supply received through an external energy source different from the power manager and a result of counting a timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyeub SUH, Sang Joon KIM, Hankyu LEE
  • Boost converter and boost converter cell
    Patent number: 11018579
    Abstract: A boost converter and a cell applicable to the boost converter are provided. The cell comprises a control circuit configured to generate a bottom control signal related to a bottom plate of a capacitor, and a top control signal related to a top plate of the capacitor to connect the capacitor based on one or more operational phases, and a booster configured to convert the top control signal generated by the control circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be sequentially connected to voltage levels through switches, based on the bottom control signal and the converted top control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Seungchul Jung, Sang Joon Kim, Junyoung Park, Yoonmyung Lee, Hyungmin Gi
  • Vehicle and method for controlling engine startup reference power
    Patent number: 10988131
    Abstract: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chui Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang