Patents by Inventor Soon-cheol Choi

Soon-cheol Choi 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: 20240137821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for switching from a master node to a secondary node in a communication system. A method of a first communication node may comprise: adding the first communication node as a primary secondary cell (PSCell) to a second communication node through dual connectivity (DC); generating a first user plane path for smart dynamic switching (SDS) and a first instance for supporting the first user plane path according to a request from the second communication node; transmitting information on the first user plane path and the first instance to a terminal; receiving user data based on the first user plane path from the terminal as the first instance; and transmitting the user data to a core network using the first user plane path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon Gi PARK, Young-Jo KO, IL GYU KIM, Jung Im KIM, Jun Sik KIM, Sung Cheol CHANG, Sun Mi JUN, Yong Seouk CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240136496
    Abstract: An electrode sheet drying equipment, an electrode sheet manufacturing system including the same, and an electrode sheet drying method including an air-floating roller disposed downstream of a drying oven, and the air-floating roller is configured to spray hot air through multiple air spraying holes formed on the outer circumferential surface. Accordingly, the electrode sheet discharged from the drying oven in a partially undried state can be additionally dried, thereby preventing contamination of a transfer roller and/or equipment of the subsequent process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Sik Choi, Oh Cheol Kwon, Ji Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240118028
    Abstract: An infrared heat source module is configured to minimize problems such as wrinkles or cracks in electrodes even if the patterns of a coated part and an uncoated part of the electrodes present in a current collector vary. The module improves a drying efficiency of the coated part of the current collector. An electrode using the infrared heat source module is manufactured by a process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Sik Choi, Young Kuk Ko, Oh Cheol Kwon, Ji Hwan Kim, Jeong Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20240072236
    Abstract: An electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a supply part to supply an electrode precursor, a drying part to dry the electrode slurry, an air supply part to supply high-temperature vapor, an air introducing part to introduce the supplied high-temperature vapor, a flow path connected from the air introducing part to the air supply part, a sensor to measure humidity, an air discharge part, and a humidifying part to humidify the high-temperature vapor. The apparatus further includes a discharge part to discharge the manufactured electrode, a monitoring part, and a control part to collect monitoring information and information on the humidity to control whether to open or close the air discharge part and a degree of humidification by the humidifying part. An electrode manufacturing method using the apparatus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Oh Cheol Kwon, Soon Sik Choi, Jeongwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230048740
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a refractive power (P1) satisfying ?0.01<P1<0.01, the second lens has a refractive power (P2) satisfying 0.4<P2, the third lens has a negative refractive power, the third lens having a curvature (C6) of an image-side surface satisfying ?0.01<C6<0.01, the fourth lens has a refractive power (P4) satisfying ?0.1<P4<0.1, the fifth lens has a refractive power (P5) satisfying 0.7<P5, the sixth lens has a refractive power (P6) satisfying P6<?0.7, and the total optical path length (TOPL) of the lens system and an image height (Himg) satisfy TOPL/Himg<1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Cheol CHOI, Ki Youn NOH, Seong Jun BAE
  • Publication number: 20220390717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small wide-angle lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a convex object-side surface, the third lens has a negative refractive power, the fourth lens has a concave image-side surface, the sixth lens has a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the ninth lens has a negative refractive power and a concave object-side surface, all surfaces of the first to ninth lenses are aspherical surfaces, the refractive power P1 of the first lens satisfies |P1|<0.01, and Fno of the lens system satisfies Fno <1.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Cheol CHOI, Ki Youn NOH, Seong Jun BAE, Chae Yeong KIM
  • Publication number: 20220326489
    Abstract: A small lens system for developing a close tolerance is proposed. The small lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens that are arranged in order along an optical axis from an object. Refractive power P1 of the first lens satisfies ?0.01<P1<0.01, the second lens is shaped with opposite convex surfaces, and refractive power P2 of the second lens satisfies P2>0.4, the third lens has negative refractive power, and a rear surface curvature C6 of the third lens satisfies ?0.01<C6<0.01, refractive power P4 of the fourth lens satisfies ?0.1<P4<0.1, refractive power P5 of the fifth lens satisfies P5>0.7, and refractive power P6 of the sixth lens satisfies P6<?0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Cheol CHOI, Ki Youn NOH, Seong Jun BAE
  • Patent number: 11454786
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, the second lens has a negative refractive power, the third lens has a positive refractive power, the fourth lens has a negative refractive power, the fifth lens is convex toward the object, is concave toward an image, and has a positive refractive power, the sixth lens has a positive or negative refractive power and is provided with at least one inflection point, and the seventh lens has a positive or negative refractive power and is configured such that the radii of curvature R71 and R72 of the object-side surface and image-side surface of the seventh lens satisfy R71=? and R72=?, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol Choi, Seong Jun Bae, Su Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11454785
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, wherein the first lens has a lens surface convex toward an object, the second lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the third lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, the fifth lens has a negative refractive power, the sixth lens has a lens surface convex toward an image, the seventh lens has a positive refractive power and is configured such that a lens surface is convex toward the object in the vicinity of an optical axis, and the eighth lens has a negative refractive power and is configured such that an object-side surface and an image-side surface are concave in the vicinity of the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol Choi, Seong Jun Bae, Su Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11409081
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a convex surface facing the object, the second lens has a convex surface facing the object and a positive refractive power, the third lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fourth lens has opposite surfaces convex toward an image, the fifth lens has opposite surfaces convex toward the image, the sixth lens has at least one aspherical surface and is configured such that the object-side surface of the sixth lens is convex in the vicinity of an optical axis, and the seventh lens has at least one aspherical surface and is configured such that at least one inflection point is provided on the aspherical surface of the seventh lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol Choi, Seong Jun Bae, Su Jeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20220128796
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens sequentially arranged from an object along an optical axis, wherein the thickness (ct1) of the first lens, the thickness (ct3) of the second lens, and the thickness (ct5) of the third lens satisfy ct1/ct3>1.5 and ct1/(ct3+ct5)>0.8, the refractive power (P2) of the second lens satisfies ?0.01<P2<0.01, the lens thickness (et) at a predetermined height and the center thickness (ct) of the second lens thereof satisfy |et?ct|<5 ?m up to 30% of the height of the rear effective diameter thereof and satisfy et?ct<?20 ?m at 70% of the height of the rear effective diameter thereof, and the f-number of the lens system is less than 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol CHOI, Sung Nyun KIM, Seong Jun BAE
  • Publication number: 20220128795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens sequentially arranged from an object along an optical axis, wherein the thickness (ct1) of the first lens, the thickness (ct3) of the second lens, the thickness (ct5) of the third lens, and the thickness (ct7) of the fourth lens satisfy ct1+ct3>ct5+ct7, ct1>ct3, ct1>ct5, and ct1>ct7, the front surface of the first lens is convex toward the object while the SAG amount of the first lens is increased depending on the height thereof, the refractive power (P2) of the second lens satisfies ?0.01<P2<0.01, the front curvature (C3) and the rear curvature (C4) of the second lens satisfy |C3|<0.1 and |C4|<0.1, and the f-number of the lens system is less than 1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol CHOI, Sung Nyun KIM, Seong Jun BAE
  • Patent number: 11125977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-resolution wide angle lens system consisting of a total of six lens, wherein the first lens has a negative refractive power, the second lens has a positive refractive power, the third lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fourth lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fifth lens has a positive or negative refractive power with a concave shape on an object side and a convex shape on an image side, and the sixth lens has a positive or negative refractive power, and the system is satisfied with 0<|f/f5|<1 (herein, f represents an effective focal length of the entire lens system, and f5 represents an effective focal length of the fifth lens).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Ki Youn Noh, Sung Nyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11119297
    Abstract: A small wide-angle lens system having six lenses is proposed. In the lens systems, a first lens is biconvex toward a focal object, with center thickness (Tc) and thickness (Te) of the outermost effective diameter satisfying 1.1<Tc/Te<1.5, and a refractive power (P1) satisfying ?0.06<P1<0.06. A second lens has a positive refractive power, a front surface convex toward the focal object, and a radius of curvature (R4) of the rear surface satisfying 10<|R4|. A third lens has a negative refractive power, a rear surface concave toward an image and a radius of curvature (R5) of the front surface satisfying 10<|R5|. A distance interval (T12) in an effective diameter of the first and second lenses satisfies T12<0.2 mm, and a distance interval (T23) within an effective diameter of the second and third lenses satisfies T23<0.1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Ki Youn Noh, Seung Nam Nam, Sung Nyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11099361
    Abstract: A small lens system having five lenses arranged along an optical axis from a focal object side in order of a first, a second, a third, a fourth, and a fifth lens is proposed. A center interval (T12c) of the first and the second lens is T12c<0.2 mm, and an effective outermost interval (T12e) satisfies T12e<0.2 mm. The fifth lens has a positive refractive power, a front surface convex toward the focal object, a rear curvature (C10) satisfying ?0.01<C10<0.01, and the periphery of a rear surface convex upwards. A center interval (T45c) of the fourth and the fifth lens is T45c<0.1 mm and an effective outermost distance (T45e) thereof satisfies T45e>0.35 mm. Thicknesses of each lens from the first to the fifth lens and a distance (TL) from the front to the rear surface of the lens system satisfy (ct1+ct2+ct3+ct4+ct5)/TL<0.47.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Ki Youn Noh, Seung Nam Nam, Sung Nyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210239881
    Abstract: The lens assembly construct used for a smart device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of lenses and a barrel enclosing the plurality of lenses, wherein the head of the barrel may be positioned below the center of the front surface of a first lens, which is outermost of the plurality of lenses, wherein the first lens may comprise an effective aperture portion and a flange portion, and a coating layer in which one or more dielectric layers are laminated may be formed on the effective aperture portion, and wherein a colored layer may be formed on at least a part of the surface of the first lens except the effective aperture portion on which the coating layer is formed. In addition, the smart device of the present invention may comprise a display having a hole in an active area and the lens assembly construct, and the lens assembly construct may be disposed under the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Ki Youn Noh, Seung Nam Nam, Jae Won Moon
  • Publication number: 20210191002
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a lens used for a camera, comprising forming a coating layer, by laminating at least one dielectric layer on an effective aperture portion of each of both surfaces of the lens, wherein the lens comprises the effective aperture portion, a flange portion and an outer aperture portion, and forming a colored layer, inside the surface of the lens, on at least a portion of the surface of the lens except the effective aperture portion on which the coating layer of the lens is formed, by making a black colored dye permeate through the pores of the surface after heating the lens to a temperature higher than a first temperature, and permeating the dye into the interior of the surface of the lens for coloring by lowering the temperature below the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Hyeoung Sok Ham, Seung Nam Nam, Jae Won Moon
  • Patent number: 11036034
    Abstract: A telephoto lens system having a plurality of lenses toward a focal object is proposed. The system includes a first lens with a positive refractive power, a second lens with a negative refractive power, a third lens with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens with a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens with a positive refractive power. A refractor bending an optical axis is provided between the second lens and the third lens. The angle (A) between the optical axes of the second lens and the third lens satisfies 80°?A?86°. A barrel surrounding the first lens is provided by protruding more toward the focal object than the first lens. The inner diameter of the barrel is smaller than or equal to the effective diameter of the first lens, and a stop is arranged toward the focal object of the first lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Choi, Ki Youn Noh, Seung Nam Nam, Sung Nyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210124149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially arranged from an object, wherein the first lens has a convex surface facing the object, the second lens has a convex surface facing the object and a positive refractive power, the third lens has a positive or negative refractive power, the fourth lens has opposite surfaces convex toward an image, the fifth lens has opposite surfaces convex toward the image, the sixth lens has at least one aspherical surface and is configured such that the object-side surface of the sixth lens is convex in the vicinity of an optical axis, and the seventh lens has at least one aspherical surface and is configured such that at least one inflection point is provided on the aspherical surface of the seventh lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol Choi, Seong Jun Bae, Su Jeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20210124150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a small lens system including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens, wherein the first lens has a lens surface convex toward an object, the second lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the third lens has a lens surface convex toward the object, the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, the fifth lens has a negative refractive power, the sixth lens has a lens surface convex toward an image, the seventh lens has a positive refractive power and is configured such that a lens surface is convex toward the object in the vicinity of an optical axis, and the eighth lens has a negative refractive power and is configured such that an object-side surface and an image-side surface are concave in the vicinity of the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Youn Noh, Soon Cheol Choi, Seong Jun Bae, Su Jeong Kim