Patents by Inventor Seong-min Kim

Seong-min 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: 20240062809
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor. The AI processor includes multiple NVM AI cores for respectively performing basic unit operations required for a deep-learning operation based on data stored in NVM; SRAM for storing at least some of the results of the basic unit operations; and an AI core for performing an accumulation operation on the results of the basic unit operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Ho HAN, Byung-Jo KIM, Ju-Yeob KIM, Hye-Ji KIM, Joo-Hyun LEE, Seong-Min KIM
  • Patent number: 11890955
    Abstract: A charging control method for an electric vehicle is configured to boost a charging voltage by using a motor and an inverter, and includes steps of determining whether a current imbalance control is normally operated based on currents input from the motor to three-phase inputs of the inverter during charging, determining whether a current sensor is deteriorated based on a result of an internal temperature sensing of the inverter when the current imbalance control is in a normal operation, and adjusting a scale of the current sensor to maintain the charging, when a deterioration of the current sensor is detected, as a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Ho Sun Jang, Ho Rim Choi, Tae Il Yoo, Seong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11865929
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling charging of an electric vehicle is configured to calculate a rotor torque expected to occur during charging based on an angle of a rotor provided in a driving motor before charging is performed by multiple input voltages, and allow charging to be performed after inducing the rotor torque to be less than a reference torque by moving the electric vehicle a specified distance to correct the rotor angle when the calculated rotor torque is greater than the reference torque so as to avoid deterioration or damage to a parking sprag. As a result, it is possible to prevent the parking sprag from being damaged by the rotor torque generated during charging so as to avoid the occurrence of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Ho Sun Jang, Ho Rim Choi, Tae II Yoo, Seong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11862382
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral coil and wireless power transmission and reception circuit including the spiral coil. The spiral coil includes a conducting wire forming one or more coil turns, and a height of one side of the conducting wire in a direction of a central portion of the spiral coil and a height of another side of the conducting wire in an opposite direction to the central portion of the spiral coil in each of the coil turns are different from each other and the conducting wire includes at least one slot formed by an empty space between the one side and the other side, and an upper surface positioned above the one side and the other side and connecting the one side and the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Ick Moon, Gwangzeen Ko, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, In Kui Cho
  • Patent number: 11855568
    Abstract: A motor driving device for driving a motor having multiple windings corresponding to multiple phases, respectively, may include: a first inverter including multiple first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the multiple windings; a second inverter including multiple second switching elements and connected a second end of each of the multiple windings; a third switching element configured to connect/disconnect points, at which the number of turns of each of the multiple windings is partitioned based on a predetermined ratio, to/from each other; and a controller configured to control, based on the required output of the motor, an on/off state of the first switching elements to the third switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Ho Rim Choi, Seon Mi Lee, Sang Woo Park, Tae Il Yoo, Ho Sun Jang
  • Publication number: 20230411766
    Abstract: An embodiment battery module for a vehicle includes first and second battery cells each having a planar shape, each battery cell being extended in one direction and including a positive electrode and a negative electrode separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the battery cells, and a main cartridge including an insertion space in which the battery cells are slidably inserted with the electrodes arranged alternately in a stacking direction and protruding outwards, wherein a stepped portion is provided in an inward end portion of the insertion space, inner surfaces of the stepped portion that are in contact with each end portion of the battery cells are spaced apart from each other in a sliding direction of the battery cells, and the end portions of the electrodes are in contact and overlap with each other when the electrodes are bent in the stacking direction to be connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Young Lim, Seong Min Kim, Byung Su Kim, Geum Hyeon Lee, Jin ho You
  • Patent number: 11842764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor. The AI processor includes multiple NVM AI cores for respectively performing basic unit operations required for a deep-learning operation based on data stored in NVM; SRAM for storing at least some of the results of the basic unit operations; and an AI core for performing an accumulation operation on the results of the basic unit operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Han, Byung-Jo Kim, Ju-Yeob Kim, Hye-Ji Kim, Joo-Hyun Lee, Seong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20230387722
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless power reception apparatus. The wireless power reception apparatus includes a resonant circuit including a first path and a second path, the first path including a first capacitor and a first gate connected in series, and the second path being connected in parallel with the first path and including a second capacitor and a second gate connected in series and a reception coil connected to the resonant circuit, configured to wirelessly receive power based on a capacitance of the resonant circuit, and to generate power according to the wirelessly received power, wherein the resonant circuit is configured to determine a gate driving signal to operate the first gate and the second gate and wherein the capacitance of the resonant circuit is determined according to the gate driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sang-Won KIM, Gwangzeen KO, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO, Saidul Alam Chowdhury, Shahid Ali Khan, Duk Ju AHN
  • Publication number: 20230352977
    Abstract: Provided is a method of wirelessly transmitting power and a device for performing the method. The wireless power transmission device includes a transmission coil configured to wirelessly transmit power to at least one of a plurality of receivers according to a transmission frequency and a processor configured to control at least one of the transmission frequency or resonant frequencies of the plurality of receivers, and the processor is configured to set the resonant frequencies of the plurality of receivers differently based on the transmission frequency at which the wireless power transmission device wirelessly transmits power, determine a transmission amount of power to be wirelessly transmitted to each of the plurality of receivers, and change at least one of the transmission frequency or the resonant frequencies of the plurality of receivers based on the transmission amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 11804874
    Abstract: An antenna device for magnetic field communication may include: a first coil; a second coil; a third coil; a first capacitor connected to a 1-1 terminal of the first coil; a second capacitor connected to a 2-1 terminal of the second coil; a third capacitor connected to a 3-1 terminal of the third coil; and an input port including a first input terminal connected to a 1-2 terminal of the first coil, a 2-2 terminal of the second coil, and a 3-2 terminal of the third coil, and a second input terminal connected to the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: In Kui Cho, Jang Yeol Kim, Jung Hoon Oh, Jae Woo Lee, Jae Ho Lee, Hyun Joon Lee, Sang Won Kim, Seong Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Jin Byun, Je Hoon Yun
  • Publication number: 20230335889
    Abstract: An antenna for charging and measurement may comprise: a telescopic support installed at a lower portion of an aerial vehicle and configured to contract when the aerial vehicle lands on a wireless station and extend when the aerial vehicle takes off from the wireless station; and an antenna coil part deformed into a spiral shape when the telescopic support is contracted so that the wireless station receives wireless power and deformed into a conical shape when the telescopic support is extended to measure a radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Min KIM, Sang Won KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO, Gwang Zeen KO
  • Patent number: 11782107
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer, which operates in a communication system using a magnetic signal in a very low frequency (VLF) band, may comprise: a vapor cell comprising one or more alkaline metal atoms; a pump light source configured to provide circularly polarized pump beams to the vapor cell; an irradiation light source configured to provide linearly polarized irradiation beams to the vapor cell; a magnetic signal detecting unit configured to detect a magnetic signal by measuring a polarization rotation angle from the linearly polarized irradiation beam passing through the vapor cell; and a bias magnetic field control unit configured to control a bias magnetic field applied to the vapor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Joon Lee, Jang Yeol Kim, Jae Woo Lee, In Kui Cho, Sang Won Kim, Seong Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, Dong Won Jang
  • Patent number: 11784590
    Abstract: An automotive motor driving apparatus includes: a first motor including a plurality of wires; and a second motor including a plurality of wires including first ends connected to each other. The motor driving apparatus includes: a first inverter connected to first ends of the wires of the motor and including a plurality of first switching devices; a second inverter connected to second ends of the wires of the first motor and including a plurality of second switching devices; a third inverter connected to second ends of the wires of the second motor; and a controller configured to drive the second motor by performing pulse width control on the third switching devices when a problem occurs in the second inverter while driving the first motor in an open end winding mode in which pulse width modulation control is performed on both of the first switching devices and the second switching devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Ho Rim Choi, Seon Mi Lee, Sang Woo Park, Tae Il Yoo, Ho Sun Jang
  • Publication number: 20230317356
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral coil and wireless power transmission and reception circuit including the spiral coil. The spiral coil includes a conducting wire forming one or more coil turns, and a height of one side of the conducting wire in a direction of a central portion of the spiral coil and a height of another side of the conducting wire in an opposite direction to the central portion of the spiral coil in each of the coil turns are different from each other and the conducting wire includes at least one slot formed by an empty space between the one side and the other side, and an upper surface positioned above the one side and the other side and connecting the one side and the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20230290563
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jang Yeol KIM, In Kui CHO, HYUNJOON LEE, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Cheon PARK, Je Hoon YUN, Jaewoo LEE, Ho Jin LEE, Dong Won JANG, Kibeom KIM, Seungyoung AHN
  • Patent number: 11750246
    Abstract: A magnetic field communication method and apparatus using a giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) magnetometer are disclosed. The magnetic field communication apparatus includes a GMI magnetometer configured to detect a first communication signal based on a received magnetic field signal, a first signal extractor configured to extract a second communication signal comprising a message signal from the first communication signal, a second signal extractor configured to extract a third communication signal by removing a magnetization frequency signal from the second communication signal, and a third signal extractor configured to extract the message signal by removing a carrier wave frequency signal from the third communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, In Kui Cho, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, Dong Won Jang, Seunghun Ryu, Seungyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11742720
    Abstract: A motor with a cooling system is provided. The motor includes a cooling system cooling a stator with coils wound on a core, in which the cooling system includes a plurality of spray pipes having a plurality of holes and spraying oil through the holes, the plurality of spray pipes is positioned between the stator and a housing of the motor, and the plurality of spray pipes includes pipes disposed at a center over the stator and at both sides spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the stator from the center with predetermined gaps therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Hyeon Lee, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Hyun Woo Noh, Tae Il Yoo, Ji Wan Cha
  • Publication number: 20230253818
    Abstract: A multi-input charging system and method using a motor driving device: the system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, a battery connected to a charging power input terminal or one end of the second inverter through a charging switch, and a controller configured to directly charge the battery through the charging power input terminal by selectively connecting the charging switch when a battery charging mode is started, and when connection of the charging switch is impossible, control the first switching elements and the second switching elements such that the charging power input terminal and the battery are connected through the first inverter, a motor, and the second inverter in a bypass manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon BIN, Seong Min KIM, Sang Jin HEO, Tae Il YOO
  • Publication number: 20230223888
    Abstract: A motor driving device for driving a motor having multiple windings corresponding to multiple phases, respectively, may include: a first inverter including multiple first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the multiple windings; a second inverter including multiple second switching elements and connected a second end of each of the multiple windings; a third switching element configured to connect/disconnect points, at which the number of turns of each of the multiple windings is partitioned based on a predetermined ratio, to/from each other; and a controller configured to control, based on the required output of the motor, an on/off state of the first switching elements to the third switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon BIN, Han Hee PARK, Seong Min KIM, Ho Rim CHOI, Seon Mi LEE, Sang Woo PARK, Tae Il YOO, Ho Sun JANG
  • Patent number: 11699549
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jang Yeol Kim, In Kui Cho, Hyunjoon Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Cheon Park, Je Hoon Yun, Jaewoo Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Dong Won Jang, Kibeom Kim, Seungyoung Ahn