Patents by Inventor Woo-Yong Lee

Woo-Yong 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: 11604574
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a first camera arranged on a first surface of a housing of the electronic device; a second camera arranged apart from the first camera on the first surface; a display; and a processor set to process at least a portion of a first inputted image by applying a first image effect and display same on the display, on the basis of a first object area for the first inputted image obtained by using phase difference information of the first inputted image from among the first inputted image obtained from the first camera or a second inputted image obtained from the second camera, and to process at least a portion of the first inputted image by applying a second image effect and displaying same on the display, on the basis of a second object area for the first inputted image obtained by using time difference information between the first inputted image and the second inputted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Yong Lee, Hye-Jin Kang, Jae-Yun Song, Min-Sheok Choi, Ki-Huk Lee, Cheol-Ho Cheong
  • Publication number: 20230006239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hun Song, Tai Joon Seo, Woo Yong Lee, Chun Ho Kwon, Tai Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20220407171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery case manufacturing method including (a) locating a laminate sheet for pouch-shaped battery cases on a lower press die, (b) pressing the laminate sheet using an upper press die to form an electrode assembly receiving portion, (c) forming a venting guide portion in the bottom of the electrode assembly receiving portion, and (d) separating a pouch-shaped battery case having the electrode assembly receiving portion and the venting guide portion formed therein from the lower press die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai Joon Seo, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20220384922
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly can include a coating portion coated with an electrode active material and an electrode provided with an electrode tab without the electrode active material. The electrode can include a crack spreading prevention part, The crack spreading prevention part can include a crack spreading prevention hole formed in the electrode and an insulating coating layer provided on a circumferential surface of the crack spreading prevention hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Yong Lee, Dong Myung Kim, Kyoung Won Kang
  • Publication number: 20220344789
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a cup part configured to accommodate an electrode assembly formed by stacking electrodes and separators, wherein the cup part includes: a bottom portion configured to form a bottom; an outer wall configured to form a side surface and meet the bottom portion; a punch edge configured to connect the bottom portion to the outer wall; a thickness edge configured to connect two adjacent outer walls to each other; and a corner formed by connecting the two adjacent punch edges to the thickness edge, wherein at least one of the punch edges is rounded, at least one of the thickness edge is rounded, at least one of the corner is rounded and has a curvature radius different from that of each of the punch edge and the thickness edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Il Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Ki Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11450879
    Abstract: An electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are alternately stacked, and a separator is disposed between the positive and negative electrodes comprises: a folding unit, a negative electrode unit, and a positive electrode unit alternately inserted between layers of the separator of which one side and the other side are alternately folded in a zigzag shape in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked; and a stacking unit in which the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode, each of which is cut by a predetermined size, are sequentially stacked. The folding unit having a Z-folding structure and the stacking unit having a lamination & stacking structure may be bonded to each other. Thus, the positive electrode may increase in area relative to the negative electrode in the folding unit to increase in capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shin Hwa Lee, Woo Yong Lee, Kieun Sung
  • Publication number: 20220293996
    Abstract: A secondary battery, a method for manufacturing the secondary battery, and a battery pack including the secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery has a curved surface that is manufactured without a separate pressing process for forming the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hoon LEE, Mi Jung YOO, Woo Yong LEE, Min Jung KIM
  • Patent number: 11411636
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Sung Geun Jin, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20220246974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, an electrode manufactured therethrough, and a secondary battery. The method for manufacturing the electrode assembly according to the present invention comprises: a stacking process of stacking a plurality of unit cells, each of which comprises an electrode and a separator, and a separator sheet, wherein the separator sheet is folded in a zigzag shape to locate the unit cells between the folded separator sheets, thereby forming an electrode assembly in the separator sheet is stacked in the zigzag shape; and a lamination process of heating and pressing both surfaces of the electrode assembly through a pair of heating presses to bond the plurality of unit cells and the separator sheet to each other, wherein, in the lamination process, each of the pair of heating presses are formed in a rounded shape to form the electrode assembly in a rounded shape when pressing the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Beom PARK, Mi Jung YOO, Woo Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 11395368
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting up a relay link to transfer a data frame using a relay in a wireless communication system are provided. The relay link setup method of a source STA in a wireless communication system may include receiving capability information of at least one relay supporting station included in the wireless communication system from an access point (AP) or a personal basic service set (PBSS) central point (PCP), selecting one of the at least one relay supporting station as a relay station, using beam forming information among the source station, a destination station, and the at least one relay supporting station and the capability information, transferring a relay link setup request frame to the destination station, and receiving a relay link setup response frame that includes information on a relay link setup result from the destination station. The relay link setup request frame and the relay link setup response frame may pass through the relay station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoung-Jin Kwon, Sung-Geun Jin, Kapseok Chang, Woo-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11392282
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device for providing graphical content and a method for controlling same. The electronic device configured to obtain graphical content from a first external device using the communication module, wherein the graphical content includes type information relating to an application which can use the graphical content; confirm at least one application corresponding to the type information from among the plurality of applications, and provide notification information relating to obtaining the graphical content through the at least one application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Yong Lee, Jun-Young Park, Seong-Hun Cho, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Publication number: 20220200106
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode sheets having outwardly protruding electrode tabs and a separator interposed between the plurality of electrode sheets, wherein a depressed portion is inwardly formed in at least one of three surfaces of each rectangular electrode tab protruding outwards from the electrode assembly, a guide member configured to stack the same, and a stacked type battery manufacturing method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai Joon Seo, Woo Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11367928
    Abstract: An electrode assembly including an electrode stack including a plurality of radical units including an electrode and a separator and having a structure in which the plurality of radical units are sequentially stacked, wherein at least a portion of a circumference of the electrode stack is surrounded by the separator, a curved surface having a curvature radius is formed on a top or bottom surface of the electrode stack, and the separator surrounding at least the portion of the circumference of the electrode stack surrounds the curved surface formed on the electrode stack to maintain a relative distance between the radical units adjacent to each other is provided. A method of forming the electrode assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jung Yoo, Byung Heon Shin, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20220190310
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly preparation step of preparing an electrode assembly on which flat top and bottom surfaces are formed, a first pressing step of pressing the top and bottom surfaces of the electrode assembly by using a first pressing device, on which a curved surface is formed, to form a curved surface, which has a shape corresponding to that of the curved surface formed on the first pressing device, on each of the top and bottom surfaces of the electrode assembly, an accommodation step of accommodating the electrode assembly in a pouch type exterior in which a cup having a concave shape is formed, and a second pressing step of pressing the curved surfaces of the top and bottom surfaces of the electrode assembly and an outer surface of the pouch type exterior by using a second pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jung YOO, Young Hoon LEE, Min Jung KIM, Woo Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 11358322
    Abstract: To solve the above problems, a pouch molding method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a seating step of seating a pouch film on a top surface of a die; a stripper descending step of allowing a stripper disposed above the die to descend; a fixing step of fixing the pouch film using the stripper; a molding preparation step of allowing a Blank holder disposed at a central portion of the die to ascend to contact one surface of the pouch film and allowing a punch disposed at a central portion of the stripper to descend to contact the other surface of the pouch film; and a molding step of allowing the punch and the Blank holder to descend along with each other to form a cup part in the pouch film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Kieun Sung, Hyun II Kim, Byung Jun Ahn, Tae Hyun Kim, Sung Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11297243
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that includes a display; a camera module; a communication module; and a processor. The processor can be set to use the communication module to obtain, from an external device, a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of contents and data relating to at least part of the plurality of contents, and display, through the display, an image obtained using the camera module; display at least part of the plurality of images on a designated area on the display while displaying the image obtained using the camera module; and when an input associated with a first image from among the at least part of the plurality of images, use the data to display a graphic image on an area corresponding to a selected object included in the image obtained using the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Woo-Yong Lee, Jun-Young Park, Seong-Hun Cho, Ki-Huk Lee
  • Patent number: 11256941
    Abstract: An electronic device according to one example of the present invention comprises: a proximity sensor for generating proximity information on an object which approaches the electronic device; an iris sensor for detecting an iris; and a first processor for controlling the electronic device, wherein the first processor can be set to: determine the distance between the electronic device and the object on the basis of the proximity information generated by the proximity sensor; detect the iris by using the iris sensor when the distance between the electronic device and the object is greater than a first reference value; and inactivate the iris sensor when the distance between the electronic device and the object is less than or equal to the first reference value. In addition, other examples are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Min Hwang, Hee-Jun Choi, Yoo-Mi Tak, Woo-Yong Lee, Jeong-Ho Cho, Jeong-Min Park, Ki-Huk Lee, Cheol-Ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 11258144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell including an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween, a battery case including an upper case and a lower case, corresponding portions of outer edges of the upper case and the lower case being thermally fused to one another in a state in which the electrode assembly is received in a reception unit formed by the upper case and the lower case such that the battery case has a sealed portion extending around the reception unit, an electrode lead electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the electrode lead protruding outwards from the battery case through the sealed portion in the state in which insulative films are attached to opposite surfaces of the electrode lead at the sealed portion, and a shape retention member interposed between the outer edges of the upper case and the lower case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Tai Joon Seo, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20210349616
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a first camera arranged on a first surface of a housing of the electronic device; a second camera arranged apart from the first camera on the first surface; a display; and a processor set to process at least a portion of a first inputted image by applying a first image effect and display same on the display, on the basis of a first object area for the first inputted image obtained by using phase difference information of the first inputted image from among the first inputted image obtained from the first camera or a second inputted image obtained from the second camera, and to process at least a portion of the first inputted image by applying a second image effect and displaying same on the display, on the basis of a second object area for the first inputted image obtained by using time difference information between the first inputted image and the second inputted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Woo-Yong LEE, Hye-Jin KANG, Jae-Yun SONG, Min-Sheok CHOI, Ki-Huk LEE, Cheol-Ho CHEONG
  • Publication number: 20210306066
    Abstract: A data transmission method of a source node in a cooperative communication system includes: performing a beamforming to a relay node; transmitting data to the relay node; performing a beamforming to a destination node; and transmitting data to the destination node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kap-Seok CHANG, Woo-Yong LEE, Kyeongpyo KIM, Hyoung-Jin KWON, Hyun-Kyu CHUNG