Patents Assigned to AQ Corporation
  • Patent number: 10063994
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals in 13.56 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10027020
    Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) antenna and a smartphone having the antenna are disclosed. The present disclosure provides a parallel stacked NFC antenna, of a smartphone, suitable for NFC communication. In addition, provided is a component arrangement structure capable of performing effective NFC communication by determining the location of the NFC antenna on the basis of the location of a slit arranged in a metal housing, and a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong-Nam Ju, Ji-Young Kwak, Young-Sung Kang, Sang-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10003120
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing two coil antennas and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sung Kang, Jung Min Kim, Kyoung Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20180069294
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing two coil antennas and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sung KANG, Jung Min KIM, Kyoung Jun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180069299
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing coils and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Sung KANG, Jung Min KIM, Kyoung Jun CHOI, Sang Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20180046427
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon LEE, Jin Hwa KIM
  • Publication number: 20170331173
    Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) antenna and a smartphone having the antenna are disclosed. The present disclosure provides a parallel stacked NFC antenna, of a smartphone, suitable for NFC communication. In addition, provided is a component arrangement structure capable of performing effective NFC communication by determining the location of the NFC antenna on the basis of the location of a slit arranged in a metal housing, and a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong-Nam JU, Ji-Young KWAK, Young-Sung KANG, Sang-Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 9785397
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9678704
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9671995
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Hwa Kim
  • Publication number: 20170017456
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon LEE, Jin Hwa KIM
  • Patent number: 9543655
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna structure which is capable of having sufficient antenna performance even in an antenna having a small cross-sectional area. The antenna of the present invention comprises: a ferrite sheet; and an antenna sheet (flexible printed circuit board) which has a spiral loop antenna pattern. The antenna sheet is folded and the ferrite sheet is inserted therein to form a folded antenna. The folded antenna is configured in such a manner that a longitudinal pattern of the spiral loop antenna pattern is disposed close to a longitudinal centerline portion of the ferrite sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Kyung Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20170004538
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled digital apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC enabled-digital apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon LEE, Jin Hwa KIM
  • Patent number: 9477972
    Abstract: A system for providing advertisement information is disclosed. The system includes a display device, at least one near field communication (NFC) antenna and a control for controlling the display device for displaying advertisement contents and NFC antenna for providing data related to the advertisement contents displayed on the display device. The system may include as advertisement management server to supply the advertisement contents and data related to the advertisement contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Hwa Kim
  • Publication number: 20160254589
    Abstract: Disclosed is a near field communication antenna comprising: a plate-shaped magnetic core; and an antenna coil having a wire wound multiple times in a loop shape, wherein the magnetic core comprises a first surface, a second surface facing opposite the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces. The antenna coil comprises a first portion placed over the first surface of the magnetic core, a second portion placed over the second surface of the magnetic core, and a connection portion placed over the side surface of the magnetic core to connect the first and second portions, and the first portion, the second portion, and the connection portion are joined to form a loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Nam JU, Won Kyu KIM, Jae Won KIM, Hong Soon KO
  • Patent number: 9351104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals in 13.56 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9307352
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; an near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive, from an external RF reader, a command RF signal in 13.56 MHz and further configured to transmit, to the external RF reader, a responsive RF signal in 13.56 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9172786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling certain functions of a mobile terminal using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The apparatus includes an NFC chip module, a base band chip, and a USIM card. The NFC chip module is electrically connected to the base band chip of a mobile terminal, allows a command data signal to be transmitted to the base band chip or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card of the mobile terminal for the control of certain functions of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AQ Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9129310
    Abstract: An NFC-enabled apparatus for providing contents is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display, a near field communication (NFC) module and a data module control for supplying contents to the display and for supplying data corresponding to the display to the NFC module for making them available for NFC transmission to an NFC-enabled mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9100456
    Abstract: Provided is a waiting ticket operating system, comprising a user NFC terminal for storing and displaying waiting ticket information; a waiting ticket server for generating the waiting ticket information depending on the user NFC terminal's request and transmitting a waiting status to the user NFC terminal at regular intervals as the numerical order is updated; and a smart branch installed at a predetermined position and linked with the waiting ticket server to supply updated waiting ticket information, whereby it is advantageous that the number of a waiting ticket and the information about a waiting status are received and displayed in the user's mobile terminal, using a wireless communication network, so that the availability of the mobile terminal can be improved, and when a waiting time increases, other simple necessary affairs can be conducted, thereby enabling the user to conveniently use the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee