Patents by Inventor Sung Mok Lee

Sung Mok Lee 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).

  • Patent number: 10459583
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Seob Kim, Sung Mok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190294851
    Abstract: A display panel for providing sensing light to an optical fingerprint sensor and a fingerprint sensing system including the display panel are provided. A display panel according to an example embodiment includes a window glass, a phase change layerunder the window glass and delaying a phase of light, a polarizing plate under the phase change layer, a pixel layer under the polarizing plate and having a plurality of pixels each emitting light, and a substrate under the pixel layer and configured to transmit the sensing light generated by scattering light emitted from at least a part of the plurality of pixels by a fingerprint on the window glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-young CHUNG, Sang-hyun Cho, Hee-chang Hwang, Sung-mok Lee, Jong-sung Lee
  • Patent number: 10291851
    Abstract: An optical image stabilizer for a camera module includes a camera comprising a lens; and an optical image stabilizer processor configured to: generate a movement pattern signal, adjust a position of the lens of the camera according to the movement pattern signal, and calibrate a gain according to the adjusted position of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Mok Lee, Hee Bum Lee
  • Publication number: 20180203549
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Byeong Seob KIM, Sung Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9952734
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Seob Kim, Sung Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9896701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-propanediol using a mutant microorganism lacking a 2,3-butanediol synthetic gene, and more particularly to a mutant microorganism wherein a gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase and a gene encoding an enzyme which is involved in 2,3-butanediol synthesis are deleted in a microorganism having the ability to produce 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and wherein a gene encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and a gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced or amplified, and to a method of promoting the production of 1,3-propanediol while inhibiting the production of 2,3-butanediol by using the mutant microorganism. The use of the glycerol-fermenting mutant microorganism according to the present invention can significantly increase the production of 1,3-propanediol while minimizing the production of 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Jeong-Woo Seo, Sun-Yeon Heo, Sung Mok Lee, Jang Min Park, Baek Rock Oh, You Ree Jung
  • Publication number: 20170228067
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Byeong Seob KIM, Sung Mok LEE
  • Patent number: 9665210
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Seob Kim, Sung Mok Lee
  • Publication number: 20170016032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,3-propanediol using a mutant microorganism lacking a 2,3-butanediol synthetic gene, and more particularly to a mutant microorganism wherein a gene encoding lactate dehydrogenase and a gene encoding an enzyme which is involved in 2,3-butanediol synthesis are deleted in a microorganism having the ability to produce 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and wherein a gene encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and a gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced or amplified, and to a method of promoting the production of 1,3-propanediol while inhibiting the production of 2,3-butanediol by using the mutant microorganism. The use of the glycerol-fermenting mutant microorganism according to the present invention can significantly increase the production of 1,3-propanediol while minimizing the production of 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Chul Ho Kim, Jeong-Woo Seo, Sun-Yeon Heo, Sung Mok Lee, Jang Min Park, Baek Rock Oh, You Ree Jung
  • Publication number: 20160227120
    Abstract: An optical image stabilizer for a camera module includes a camera comprising a lens; and an optical image stabilizer processor configured to: generate a movement pattern signal, adjust a position of the lens of the camera according to the movement pattern signal, and calibrate a gain according to the adjusted position of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Mok LEE, Hee Bum LEE
  • Publication number: 20150301685
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, wires to electrically connect the sensing electrode, a first ground electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire, and an overlap area where the first ground electrode overlaps with the sensing electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate on which an active area and an unactive area are defined, a sensing electrode on the active area, a wire disposed on the unactive area to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a first ground electrode provided on the active area between the sensing electrode and the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Byeong Seob KIM, Sung Mok LEE
  • Patent number: 8666151
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing the visibility of color images includes: a luminance value cumulative distribution calculator that calculates a cumulative distribution function of the number of pixels from a minimum value of luminance values; a baseband signal determining unit that determines baseband signal pixels having luminance values smaller than a threshold level; a luminance compensation value generator that generates luminance compensation values to apply the lower-level luminance compensation values as the pixels have higher-level luminance values, for the pixels having the luminance values larger than the threshold level; a luminance gain generator that determines a luminance gain applied to the luminance compensation values according to a mean luminance values of the input images and the level of the luminance values of the pixels to which the luminance compensation values are applied; and a luminance value enhancing unit that summing the luminance compensation values including the gain with the luminan
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Dong-A University Research Foundation for Industry-Academy Cooperation
    Inventors: Joo Hyun Kim, Won Tae Choi, Bong Soon Kang, Sung Mok Lee, Won Woo Jang, Hak Yong Han
  • Patent number: 8614750
    Abstract: An apparatus for auto white balance includes a histogram generation unit writing respective histograms of Cb values and Cr values with regard to pixels included in an input image frame, a single-tone determination unit comparing respective maximum values of the histograms of Cb values and Cr values with a first threshold value, and determining the input image frame as a single-tone image if at least one of the maximum values is higher than the first threshold value, and an auto white balance gain computation unit computing and an auto white balance gain by using color information of an input image frame and outputting the computed auto white balance gain, wherein if the input image frame is determined to be a single-tone image, the auto white balance gain computation unit outputs an auto white balance gain computed with respect to a previous input image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyun Kim, Bong Soon Kang, Sung Mok Lee, Won Woo Jang, Kyung Rin Kim, Won Tae Choi, Joo Young Ha
  • Patent number: 8145014
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for removing color noise including: a color interpolation unit performing color interpolation on a bayer pattern image output from an image sensor; a high-pass filter unit performing high-pass filtering on each of the pixels of the bayer pattern image to generate high-pass filtered values of each of the pixels; a high frequency region determining unit comparing pixel values of a target pixel, from which color noise is removed, and pixels adjacent to the target pixel with the high-pass filtered values to determine whether the target pixel is included in a high frequency region; and a color noise region determining unit using differences between color values of the target pixel interpolated by the color interpolation unit and determining whether the target pixel is included in a color noise region when it is determined that the target pixel is included in the high frequency region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boo Dong Kwak, Bong Soon Kang, Joo Young Ha, Sung Mok Lee, Won Woo Jang, Won Tae Choi, Joo Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20110249890
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing the visibility of color images includes: a luminance value cumulative distribution calculator that calculates a cumulative distribution function of the number of pixels from a minimum value of luminance values; a baseband signal determining unit that determines baseband signal pixels having luminance values smaller than a threshold level; a luminance compensation value generator that generates luminance compensation values to apply the lower-level luminance compensation values as the pixels have higher-level luminance values, for the pixels having the luminance values larger than the threshold level; a luminance gain generator that determines a luminance gain applied to the luminance compensation values according to a mean luminance values of the input images and the level of the luminance values of the pixels to which the luminance compensation values are applied; and a luminance value enhancing unit that summing the luminance compensation values including the gain with the luminan
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: Dong-A University Research Foundation For Industry-Academy Cooperation, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hyun Kim, Won Tae Choi, Bong Soon Kang, Sung Mok Lee, Won Woo Jang, Hak Yong Han
  • Publication number: 20100194991
    Abstract: An apparatus for auto white balance includes a histogram generation unit writing respective histograms of Cb values and Cr values with regard to pixels included in an input image frame, a single-tone determination unit comparing respective maximum values of the histograms of Cb values and Cr values with a first threshold value, and determining the input image frame as a single-tone image if at least one of the maximum values is higher than the first threshold value, and an auto white balance gain computation unit computing and an auto white balance gain by using color information of an input image frame and outputting the computed auto white balance gain, wherein if the input image frame is determined to be a single-tone image, the auto white balance gain computation unit outputs an auto white balance gain computed with respect to a previous input image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyun Kim, Bong Soon Kang, Sung Mok Lee, Won Woo Jang, Kyung Rin Kim, Won Tae Choi, Joo Young Ha
  • Publication number: 20090136127
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for removing color noise including: a color interpolation unit performing color interpolation on a bayer pattern image output from an image sensor; a high-pass filter unit performing high-pass filtering on each of the pixels of the bayer pattern image to generate high-pass filtered values of each of the pixels; a high frequency region determining unit comparing pixel values of a target pixel, from which color noise is removed, and pixels adjacent to the target pixel with the high-pass filtered values to determine whether the target pixel is included in a high frequency region; and a color noise region determining unit using differences between color values of the target pixel interpolated by the color interpolation unit and determining whether the target pixel is included in a color noise region when it is determined that the target pixel is included in the high frequency region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boo Dong KWAK, Bong Soon KANG, Joo Young HA, Sung Mok LEE, Won Woo JANG, Won Tae CHOI, Joo Hyun KIM