Patents by Inventor Sung-joo Kim

Sung-joo 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: 20180070167
    Abstract: A wideband slot-loading loudspeaker includes a speaker driver configured to reproduce sound; an enclosure in which the speaker driver is disposed; a reflective member spaced apart from a front surface of the speaker driver, wherein a slot is formed in a space between the speaker driver and the reflective member; an acoustic discharge port provided at one end of the slot, the acoustic discharge port configured to discharge the sound reproduced by the speaker driver; at least one opening provided in the reflective member; and a sound resistance member disposed at the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jong-bae KIM, Sung-ha SON, Gyeong-tae LEE, Sung-joo KIM, Young-sang LEE
  • Patent number: 9912981
    Abstract: A broadcast receiver includes a mode determination unit to determine a current operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, a communication interface to transmit the determined current operation mode to a mobile device through interactive communication, and to receive a control command from the mobile device, and a controller to provide a service of the determined current operation mode according to the control command received from the mobile device. Accordingly, a user controls the broadcast receiver through the mobile device according to the operation mode so that user's convenience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-kwon Lee, Hyok-sung Choi, Sung-joo Kim, Ho-joong Kim, Lyun-sik Hyun, Se-jun Han, Hee-seok Yu
  • Publication number: 20170167410
    Abstract: A method of controlling a continuously variable valve timing system, may include determining whether there is an error of a position of a cam, performing a passive control based on a value learned about a position of the cam during previous driving when it is determined that there is an error of the position of the cam, determining whether a motion of the continuously variable valve timing system is stopped while the passive control is performed based on the value learned about the position of the cam during the previous driving, learning the stopping position of the continuously variable valve timing system when it is determined that the motion of the continuously variable valve timing system is stopped, and learning a position for limp-home of the continuously variable valve timing system and then controlling the continuously variable valve timing system to the learned position for the limp-home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Joo KIM
  • Patent number: 9635749
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light includes a droplet generator which provides a droplet to react with light from a light source to generate extreme ultraviolet light, a droplet collector which collects the droplet, and a droplet detector which includes a plurality of pressure sensors, the pressure sensors detect a position of the droplet provided to the droplet collecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Joo Kim, Jin-Seok Heo, Do-Hyun Seo, Da-Hae Lee, Jae-Pil Lee, Sung-Jo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170067399
    Abstract: A method of controlling a CVVT includes: a very low temperature condition deciding step of deciding whether or not an engine is in a very low temperature condition state on the basis of information received from the engine at the time of starting up a vehicle in a controlling unit; an operation number confirming step of confirming the number of operations of the CVVT after starting up the vehicle when the engine is in the very low temperature condition state; and a very low temperature condition applying step of applying a very low temperature condition at the time of controlling the CVVT when the number of operations of the CVVT after starting up the vehicle is less than a predetermined number input to the controlling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sung Joo KIM, Do Geun JUNG,
  • Publication number: 20170026726
    Abstract: A speaker apparatus includes a speaker unit including a magnet configured to provide a magnetic field; and a membrane disposed in the magnet field, configured to be vibratable in a first direction, and configured to emit a sound in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a blocking unit disposed at the membrane, configured to block a first region of the membrane having a first height along the first direction from being exposed and configured to expose a second region of the membrane having a second height, a sum of the first and the second heights corresponds to a total height of the membrane, wherein the first height of the membrane blocked by the blocking unit is less than a half of a wavelength corresponding to a maximum frequency in a frequency domain of the sound emitted from the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-joo KIM, Jong-bae KIM, Sung-ha SON
  • Patent number: 9540967
    Abstract: A method of preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin includes a condition determining step that determines whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied, an locking-pin unlocking step that unlocks a locking-pin before the CVVT is operated, and a CVVT operating step that operates the CVVT, and a system for preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Sung Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20160313796
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of forming a localized vibration field are provided. The apparatus includes: a plate; a plurality of exciters disposed at a plurality of locations in neighborhood of circumference of the plate and configured to excite the plate; and a driving controller configured to vibrate the plurality of exciters by using a substantially same excitation frequency, wherein the plurality of exciters excite a local region of the plate and suppress vibrations of a rest of regions except the local region of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung-joo KIM, Jeong-guon IH, Jong-bae KIM, Jung-han WOO
  • Publication number: 20160278195
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light includes a droplet generator which provides a droplet to react with light from a light source to generate extreme ultraviolet light, a droplet collector which collects the droplet, and a droplet detector which includes a plurality of pressure sensors, the pressure sensors detect a position of the droplet provided to the droplet collecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Joo Kim, Jin-Seok Heo, Do-Hyun Seo, Da-Hae Lee, Jae-Pil Lee, Sung-Jo Hwang
  • Patent number: 9450281
    Abstract: A transit structure of a waveguide and a SIW is provided. According to the present invention, a SIW and a waveguide are directly connected so that when a signal is transited with a reduced loss and a signal is transmitted while satisfying a frequency band width required for an automotive radar. Further, signal transmission characteristic at every frequency in a bandwidth may be uniformly maintained. Further, an additional dielectric substrate is not required so that a reduced size, a reduced weight, and a reduced cost may be achieved and a process of bonding different substrates is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 9435232
    Abstract: An electronic active lock pin control method may include checking whether a default position of a lock pin is present, determining whether the checked default position of the lock pin is due to lock pin parking or limphome, entering the default position of the lock pin into an active mode at a time of the lock pin default position by the lock pin parking, while entering the default position of the lock pin into a passive mode at a time of the lock pin default position by the limphome, and performing a phase control mode to track the middle phase type CVVT target value after the passive mode or the active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung-Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20160153862
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of sensing liquid leakage for a lithography apparatus, which can prevent a collector mirror from being contaminated by sensing leakage of cooling water supplied to the collector mirror of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generating apparatus. The liquid leakage sensing apparatus includes a collector mirror module, a cooling unit configured to supply a cooling water to one surface of the collector mirror module, a gas supply unit configured to supply a water soluble gas to the cooling unit, and a sensing unit configured to sense the water soluble gas having leaked to the outside of the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Joo Kim, Jin-Pyoung Kim, Do-Hyun Seo, Jae-Pil Lee, Hyun-Hoon Lee, Sung-Jo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160115829
    Abstract: An electronic active lock pin control method may include checking whether a default position of a lock pin is present, determining whether the checked default position of the lock pin is due to lock pin parking or limphome, entering the default position of the lock pin into an active mode at a time of the lock pin default position by the lock pin parking, while entering the default position of the lock pin into a passive mode at a time of the lock pin default position by the limphome, and performing a phase control mode to track the middle phase type CVVT target value after the passive mode or the active mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sung-Joo KIM
  • Publication number: 20160111764
    Abstract: A transit structure of a waveguide and a SIW is provided. According to the present invention, a SIW and a waveguide are directly connected so that when a signal is transited with a reduced loss and a signal is transmitted while satisfying a frequency band width required for an automotive radar. Further, signal transmission characteristic at every frequency in a bandwidth may be uniformly maintained. Further, an additional dielectric substrate is not required so that a reduced size, a reduced weight, and a reduced cost may be achieved and a process of bonding different substrates is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Sung Joo KIM
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    Patent number: D767887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SUNGJOO D&D Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Joo Kim
  • Patent number: D771373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUNGJOO D&D INC.
    Inventor: Sung Joo Kim
  • Patent number: D778260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Kyung Ahn, Dae-Joung Kim, Sang-Sung Woo, Jong-Bae Kim, Jong-In Jo, Sung-Joo Kim, Hong-Pyo Kim, Chi-Young Ahn, Gyeong-Tae Lee
  • Patent number: D781820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Kyung Ahn, Dae-Joung Kim, Sang-Sung Woo, Jong-Bae Kim, Jong-In Jo, Sung-Joo Kim, Hong-Pyo Kim, Chi-Young Ahn, Gyeong-Tae Lee
  • Patent number: D782445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Kyung Ahn, Dae-Joung Kim, Sang-Sung Woo, Jong-Bae Kim, Jong-In Jo, Sung-Joo Kim, Hong-Pyo Kim, Chi-Young Ahn, Gyeong-Tae Lee
  • Patent number: D817807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SUNG JOO D&D, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Joo Kim, Tae Ho Cho, Sung Hyon Kim