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).

  • 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
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating physiological aging level
    Patent number: 10980490
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a physiological aging level includes calculating a complexity corresponding to a change pattern of a physiological parameter sensed from a user, and determining an aging level indicating a physiological change progress of the user based on the complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Geun Jang, Sang Joon Kim, JongPal Kim, Seungchul Jung
  • VEHICLE INCLUDING ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRAKE LAMP FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210101525
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Wireless power receiving apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10965161
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving apparatus includes a receiving resonator configured to wirelessly receive energy; a resonant converter configured to transfer, to an output end of the wireless power receiving apparatus, energy of an energy storage device connected among a plurality of energy storage devices; and a controller configured to accumulate, alternatingly in the energy storage devices, the energy received, and select the energy storage device to be connected to the resonant converter from the energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seungchul Jung, Gyu Hyeong Cho, Sang Joon Kim, JongPal Kim, Se Un Shin, Min Seong Choi, Seok Tae Koh, Yu Jin Yang
  • Apparatus and method with wireless power transmission
    Patent number: 10951068
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes: a wireless power transmission apparatus including: a transmission coil configured to form mutual coupling with an auxiliary coil disposed outside of a living body; and a controller configured to control a supply of power by a power source to the transmission coil to wirelessly transmit the power from the transmission coil, using the auxiliary coil, to a wireless power reception apparatus disposed inside the living body through the mutual coupling, wherein a distance between the transmission coil and the auxiliary coil is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun Lee, Sang Joon Kim, Hankyu Lee, Seungchul Jung, Yeunhee Huh
  • METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE WITH A MULTIPLIER-ACCUMULATOR CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20210064367
    Abstract: Provided is a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) system, circuit, and method. The MAC system includes a MAC circuit, including a plurality of resistors, having respective resistances, a capacitor connected to the plurality of resistors to charge, in response to a plurality of input signals, the capacitor with electric charge, and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to convert information of a charge time of the capacitor, due to the electric charge, into a digital value, wherein the digital value is an accumulation result of the MAC circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES POWER GENERATED FROM EXTERNAL ENERGY SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20210067063
    Abstract: A power providing device is provided. The power providing device includes a first energy harvester element configured to generate power in response to an external energy signal being received, a connection switching element configured to switch a connection between the first energy harvester element and a second energy harvester element; and a first rectifier comprising one or more path switching elements configured to change a rectification path in response to the switching of the connection switching element, wherein the first rectifier is connected to the first energy harvester element to rectify the power generated by the first energy harvester element along the rectification path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeunhee HUH, Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG
  • BOOST CONVERTER AND BOOST CONVERTER CELL
    Publication number: 20200382000
    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: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seungchul JUNG, Sang Joon KIM, Junyoung PARK, Yoonmyung LEE, Hyungmin GI
  • IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200363870
    Abstract: An method of operating an implantable device includes sensing a neural signal generated in a tissue of a body, recognizing input information to process a cryptocurrency-based financial transaction by analyzing the sensed neural signal, and processing the cryptocurrency-based financial transaction based on the recognized input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonseong KANG, Sang Joon KIM
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20200366133
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes: a wireless power transmission apparatus including: a transmission coil configured to form mutual coupling with an auxiliary coil disposed outside of a living body; and a controller configured to control a supply of power by a power source to the transmission coil to wirelessly transmit the power from the transmission coil, using the auxiliary coil, to a wireless power reception apparatus disposed inside the living body through the mutual coupling, wherein a distance between the transmission coil and the auxiliary coil is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Hankyu LEE, Seungchul JUNG, Yeunhee HUH
  • Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling engine operation for the same
    Patent number: 10829108
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of controlling engine starting in consideration of entry into a specific area, and method of controlling the same. A method of controlling engine starting of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether catalyst heating is necessary, determining whether a current location corresponds to a specific area associated with exhaust emissions, determining whether a first mode driving is possible, when it is determined that the current position corresponds to the specific area and the catalyst heating is necessary, and performing the first mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be possible, or a second mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be impossible. Here, the first mode driving is performed by using an electric motor, and the second mode driving is performed by using at least an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Young Chul Kim, Jea Mun Lee, Dong Ho Yang
  • Electrocardiographic biometric authentication
    Patent number: 10827952
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining an electrocardiographic (ECG) signal of a user; obtaining a feature vector of the ECG signal of the user with neural network based feature extraction. Comparing the feature vector of the ECG signal with a stored feature vector of a registered user. Authenticating the user in response to determining that a similarity of the ECG feature vector of the ECG signal and the stored ECG feature vector of the registered user exceeds a pre-defined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Shihui Yin, Jae-sun Seo, Sang Joon Kim, Chisung Bae
  • Signal filtering and signal processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10826544
    Abstract: A signal processing method, a signal filtering apparatus, and a signal processing apparatus are provided. An input signal may be input into a filter having a passband, a superfluous signal of the passband may be output from the filter, and a target signal may be obtained by subtracting the superfluous signal from the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Seungkeun Yoon, Sang Joon Kim, Jaechun Lee, Changmok Choi
  • Camera module
    Patent number: 10812697
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing having a lens module, an aperture module provided above the lens module and including blades that form incident holes having different sizes in multiple stages or successively, a moving part configured to linearly reciprocate to drive the blades, including a driving magnet facing a driving coil, a position sensor configured to sense a position of the moving part according to interaction with the driving magnet, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the position sensor and confirm or correct the position of the moving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hun Lee, Jae Kyung Kim, Bo Sung Seo, Sang Joon Kim, Sung Ryung Park, Ho Young Joo, Sang Eun Park, Hwan Jun Kang
  • Method and apparatus for updating reference verification information used for electrocardiogram signal verification
    Patent number: 10791947
    Abstract: A method to update reference verification information used for electrocardiogram (ECG) signal verification includes: identifying a first ECG signal measured from a user; verifying the first ECG signal by comparing a second ECG signal included in a reference ECG signal set with the first ECG signal; in response to the first ECG signal being successfully verified, setting the successfully verified first ECG signal to be a third ECG signal, and adding the third ECG signal to a verified ECG signal set; and updating the reference ECG signal set by setting the third ECG signal added to the verified ECG signal set to be an additional second ECG signal, based on the reference ECG signal set and the verified ECG signal set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhang Chao, Liu Yang, Chisung Bae, Sang Joon Kim, Liu Haixiao
  • Apparatus and method for controlling transmission of vehicle
    Patent number: 10759434
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes a controller which is configured to: set a target vehicle speed of an own vehicle; determine whether to permit a kick down of the transmission of the own vehicle based on the target vehicle speed and a current vehicle speed; determine a target shift stage of the transmission of the own vehicle according to a predetermined transmission pattern based on the current vehicle speed and an open value of an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle; and control the transmission to maintain a current shift stage or to kick down the current shift stage to the target shift stage according to whether to permit the kick down determined by the kick down determination controller when the target shift stage is lower than the current shift stage of the own vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Joon Kim
  • Biosignal processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10751002
    Abstract: A biosignal processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive a biosignal, and a processor configured to set a target interval of the biosignal, calculate a quality metric corresponding to the target interval based on a target component that is a frequency component of the target interval corresponding to a set value and a non-target component that is a frequency component of the target interval not corresponding to the set value, and estimate a quality of the biosignal based on the quality metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Sang Joon Kim, Changmok Choi
  • Method and apparatus for measuring biosignal
    Patent number: 10743820
    Abstract: A biosignal measuring method and apparatus are provided. The biosignal measuring method includes verifying whether a measured biosignal is in a range, and controlling an operation of the biosignal measuring apparatus when the measured biosignal deviates from the range based on a result of the verifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Sang Joon Kim, Jong Wook Lee
  • Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling response to driving load for the same
    Patent number: 10710571
    Abstract: A method for controlling a response to driving load of a hybrid vehicle includes: estimating an optimum speed for a current driving situation, estimating a target driving load based on the optimum speed, determining an eco-level corresponding to the target driving load from among a plurality of eco-levels, and changing at least some of an eco-gauge according to the determined eco-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • Vehicle and method for automatically selecting driving mode of the same
    Patent number: 10703355
    Abstract: A vehicle is controlled such that a driving mode of the vehicle is automatically selected, where the vehicle can be a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The vehicle automatically selects an optimum driving mode from among various driving modes capable of being selected by the PHEV according to a driving situation based on a destination established by a driver who uses a navigation system, or recommends various driving modes to the driver, resulting in increased convenience of use. Through selection of an appropriate driving mode, the vehicle can be driven with superior fuel efficiency, resulting in increased driving efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Joon Kim