Patents by Inventor Young-Chan Kim

Young-Chan 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: 20230283760
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a lens array disposed on a surface of the display panel. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses and a light transmission characteristic control layer disposed on a valley of each of the lenses. The light transmission characteristic control layer includes a light absorbing material. A stacked thickness of the light transmission characteristic control layer is smaller than a height of each of the lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Beom Shik Kim, Young Chan Kim, Su Bin Jung, Young Sang Ha
  • Patent number: 11711458
    Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile communication device using a user's distance specifying algorithm, the method comprises a first process of receiving an input image from a camera to generate first data; a second process of determining whether there is a candidate group that can be determined as a face using the first data and second data including a user's distance information; a third process of extracting, if there is a candidate group that can be determined as a face, from a plurality of third data including location information of the candidate group, fourth data having a minimum distance between a center of the first data and a center of the third data; and a fourth process of comparing the fourth data with a predetermined user's distance to determine whether it has a value within a tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Inha University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Min Gyeong Jo, Young Chan Kim, Gang Il Lee, Jung Ho Jeon, Byung Cheol Song
  • Publication number: 20230207225
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for forming a hole transport layer of a light-transmitting solar cell, a method for manufacturing the light-transmitting solar cell, and a light-transmitting solar cell manufactured thereby. The light-transmitting solar cell manufactured with the composition for forming the hole transport layer may have excellent durability and therefore, not only deposit a transparent electrode, which is an upper electrode, without damage even without buffer layer, thereby reducing the process cost but also deposit the transparent electrode without damage by using a general sputter equipment even without using an expensive special sputter equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yeong Hee Lee, Young Chan Kim, Ri Ra Kang, Byung Hong Lee, Kyoung Han Ryu, Young Suk Cho, Jun Hong Noh, Min Ju Jeong, Jun Hyeok Lee, Chang Hyuk You
  • Publication number: 20230200141
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including pixels, a pixel defining film on the substrate and defining an emission area, an emission layer in the emission area, a first refraction film on the pixel defining film and the emission layer and having a first refractive index, and a second refraction film covering the first refraction film and having a second refractive index. The second refraction film includes a convex surface convexly protruding from a reference surface and overlapping the emission area. Each of the emission area and the convex surface includes first and second edges. The edges of the convex surface are positioned outside the edges of the emission area, and a first interval between the first edges of the convex surface and the emission area is greater than a second interval between the second edges of the convex surface and the emission area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Young Chan KIM, Ju Hwa HA, Jong Ho HONG
  • Publication number: 20230173840
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a one-piece wheel by forging includes: producing an integral forging comprising: a disc portion, a rim portion, and an annular protrusion protruding from one side of the disc portion in a forging method; producing an outer bend by bending the annular protrusion through a flow-forming process; and forming a hollow portion by welding one end of the outer bend to one side of the rim portion. The method manufactures the one-piece wheel having stronger shear strength and stiffness and better fatigue life even while reducing the noise using the forging method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANDS CORPORATION Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chan Kim, Young-Rae Jo, Jun-Min Lee, Byoung-Ok Park, Young-Sik Kim, Geon-Ki Han
  • Patent number: 11669158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting eye information are described. According to one embodiment, a detecting device includes a determination unit, a generation unit, and a detection unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a user wears glasses from an input image by using a first neural network including a plurality of filters. The generation unit is configured to generate a face image in which the glasses are removed from the input image by using a learned generator when a glasses-wearing signal is received from the determination unit. The detection unit is configured to generate an eye image by receiving the input image from the determination unit or receiving the face image from the generation unit and detect a pupil from the eye image using a second neural network including a plurality of filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., INHA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Min Gyeong Jo, Byung Cheol Song, Kang Il Lee, Jun Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20230128048
    Abstract: A canister for a semiconductor manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a sintered filter at the end of a dip tube into which a carrier gas is to be injected, and further provided with a porous container having excellent heat transfer rate inside a container, so that the precursor material filled inside the canister can be smoothly supplied to the thin film deposition device at a rear stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sangwoong Yoon, Il Doo YANG, Hoe Sun JUNG, Young Chan KIM, Seung Bae PARK, Won Gyoung JUNG, Ja Yeon KIM
  • Patent number: 11630313
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of display panels which displays images of different colors, a lens unit on the display unit, an optical path controller on the lens unit, where the optical path controller generates a composite image by superimposing the images displayed by the plurality of display panels with each other, and an output unit through which the composite image is displayed. The optical path controller controls optical paths of light incident on a first surface of the optical path controller facing the lens unit and light incident on a second surface of the optical path controller, which is opposite to the first surface, and provides the composite image to the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Jae Ho You
  • Publication number: 20230054684
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel including a first display area and a second display area. A variable light-transmitting structure is disposed on the display panel and forms a blocking area blocking light from the display panel and a transmitting area transmitting the light from the display panel within the first display area by time division. A lens array is disposed on the variable light-transmitting structure and forms a light field by refracting the light from the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: SU JUNG HUH, BEOM SHIK KIM, SUNG-CHAN JO, YOUNG CHAN KIM, SAET BYEOL SHIN
  • Patent number: 11579476
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display surface having a Lambertian light emission distribution, and a viewing angle modulator disposed on the display panel. The viewing angle modulator includes a first refractive layer including a diffraction structure on a surface, a refractive index conversion layer disposed on the first refractive layer and including an electro-optical material having a refractive index that changes when a voltage is applied to the electro-optical material, and a second refractive layer disposed on the refractive index conversion layer. The refractive index conversion layer includes a base layer, and an optical structure disposed on the base layer that changes a path of light incident on a surface facing the second refractive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Ho You, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Young Chan Kim, Hyun Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 11581848
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing malfunctioning of a bypass diode in a solar photovoltaic battery system is provided. The method may include: collecting solar photovoltaic battery operation information indicating a solar photovoltaic battery operation state, from a signal of a solar photovoltaic battery detection unit, while maximum power point tracking control is performed with the solar photovoltaic battery system in operation; and determining whether or not the bypass diodes based on the collected solar photovoltaic battery operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Yeong Lee, Mi Yeon Song, Young Chan Kim, Sung Geun Park, Sang Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 11525922
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a first photo gate and a second photo gate each extending substantially in parallel in a first direction, the first photo gate and the second photo gate isolated from direct contact with each other in a second direction, the second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a first overflow gate between the first photo gate and the second photo gate, the first overflow gate extending in the first direction, a first charge collection region on the first photo gate, a second charge collection region on the second photo gate and isolated from direct contact with the first charge collection region in the second direction, a first floating diffusion region that may receive first charge from the first charge collection region and output the first charge, and a second floating diffusion region that may receive second charge from the second charge collection region and output the second charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Gu Jin, Young Chan Kim, Tae Sub Jung, Yong Hun Kwon, Sung Young Seo, Moo Sup Lim, Sung Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11513629
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels. A gate line extends in a first direction and is connected to each of the plurality of pixels. A common electrode is disposed above the gate line and extends across the plurality of pixels. A touch sensing unit is disposed above the common electrode and includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. A display driver drives the plurality of pixels. A first fan-out line is connected to the display driver. A touch driver drives the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes. A second fan-out line is connected to the touch driver. A first switching element selectively connects one of the first fan-out line and the second fan-out line to the gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Sung, Young Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 11508187
    Abstract: A pupil detection device includes: a filter weight learner configured to generate a target image on the basis of pupil coordinate data acquired from a learning image and learn weights of a plurality of filters in order to generate a filtered image, by filtering the learning image using the plurality of filters, that is within a predetermined reference range of the target image; a split image generator configured to generate a pupil region split image for an input image using the plurality of filters having the learned weights; and a pupil coordinate detector configured to remove noise of the pupil region split image, select at least one of a plurality of pixels from which noise is removed, and detect pupil coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Inha University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Min Gyeong Jo, Byung Cheol Song, Kang II Lee, Jun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11498372
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel including a wavelength tube member may include spokes, a cylindrical rim configured to connect both circumferential portions of the spokes, and a wavelength tube member accommodated on the rim between the first and second circumferential portions of the spokes and configured to cancel sound wave generated in a cavity formed between the rim and a tire, wherein the wavelength tube member may include a rim seating portion being in surface-contact with and accommodated on an external surface of the rim; and a plurality of wavelength tube portions formed on the rim seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seowoo industry Go., Ltd., HYUNDAI SUNGWOO CASTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun-Min Lee, Young-Chan Kim, Min-Soo Kim, Young-Rae Jo, Jong-Ju Lee, Da-Woon Lim, Sang-Bum Park, Sung-Hoon Kim, Dong-Yong Shin, Jae-Hyun Hwang, Ui-Min Jeong
  • Patent number: 11487153
    Abstract: A backlight device includes: a light source to emit coherent light; an optical path difference generator on the light source, the optical path difference generator including an incident surface and a plurality of light emitting surfaces, the light emitting surfaces being parallel to the incident surface and having different separation distances from the incident surface; a light condenser on the optical path difference generator; a diffuser on the light condenser; and a collimator on the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Duk Ho Lee, Young Chan Kim, Ki Seung Bang, Chang Won Jang, Ji Won Lee, Cheon Myeong Lee, Byoung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20220314688
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite rim of a vehicle wheel and a method of manufacturing the same, which is reduced in weight through the use of a continuous fiber composite. The rim of a vehicle wheel may be formed by stacking composite sheets, each prepared by impregnating fibers with a resin to form a sheet. The composite sheets may be stacked in multiple layers such that end portions of the respective composite sheets may contact each other in a circumferential direction of the wheel, and discontinuous interfaces, formed at the contacting end portions of the respective composite sheets along an axial direction of the wheel, may not be aligned with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jeong Min Cho, Chi Hoon Choi, Young Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 11459449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition for coating a metal film having excellent crack resistance and a metal laminate using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Minhyuk Yun, Hyunsung Min, Young Chan Kim, Hee Yong Shim, Changbo Shim, Gilsang Son
  • Patent number: 11456327
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a first surface, and a second surface opposing the first surface, a plurality of transistors adjacent to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions, a microlens on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of conductive patterns in contact with the semiconductor substrate and closer to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate than to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Gu Jin, Young Chan Kim, Yong Hun Kwon, Eung Kyu Lee, Chang Keun Lee, Moo Sup Lim, Tae Sub Jung
  • Patent number: 11413984
    Abstract: An in-vehicle power system includes: a charging-discharging device configured to selectively perform both a charging function for receiving and delivering a first power signal and a discharging function for transmitting a second power signal; a battery configured to store an electrical energy transferred after DC conversion of the first power signal; and a charging-discharging controller configured to control the charging-discharging device based on a user's input or a predetermined control pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Yura Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Min Yang, Ji Hwon Kim, Young Chan Kim, Hye Jin Song