Patents by Inventor An HONG

An HONG 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: 10467133
    Abstract: A storage device is provided as follows. A nonvolatile memory device includes blocks, each block having sub-blocks erased independently. A memory controller performs a garbage collection operation on the nonvolatile memory device by selecting a garbage collection victim sub-block among the sub-blocks and erasing the selected garbage collection victim sub-block to generate a free sub-block. The memory controller selects the garbage collection victim sub-block using valid page information of each sub-block and valid page information of memory cells adjacent to each sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Amitai Perlstein, Eun Chu Oh, Amir Bennatan, Junjin Kong, Hong Rak Son
  • Patent number: 10467949
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a driving method of a display apparatus, and a computer readable recording are provided. The method includes displaying an image on an entire screen area of a display unit, and in response to a user or a user device approaching (e.g., being detected by) the display unit, controlling the display unit to reduce the image and display the reduced image in a first area of the screen area and to control a second area of the screen area other than the first area to operate as a mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-youn Han, Sung-hyun Jang, Sang-min Hyun, Se-ran Jeon, Ji-min Hong
  • Patent number: 10469238
    Abstract: A system for configuring a UE-AMBR includes a MME to send the UE-AMBR to an eNB covering the serving cell of the UE, the eNB covering the serving cell of the UE establishes a radio access bearer of the UE on at least one secondary cell. The MME sends an AMBR of the UE in the primary eNB covering the serving cell of the UE and an AMBR of the UE in a secondary eNB to the primary eNB. The primary eNB sends the AMBR of the secondary eNB to the corresponding secondary eNB. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can make total rate of all non-GBR services of the UE be not larger than the UE-AMBR when the UE has multiple S1 bearers or one S1 bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Lixiang Xu, Huarui Liang
  • Patent number: 10466834
    Abstract: A touch system includes a touch panel, a stylus pen and a touch sensing controller. The touch panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The stylus pen provides the touch panel with a pen frequency signal set for detecting a position of a stylus pen and a pressure of the stylus pen. The touch sensing controller outputs a plurality of driving signals having different frequency components to the touch panel and determines at least one of touch coordinates of a finger and touch coordinates of the stylus pen based on a plurality of sensing signals received from the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: LEADING UI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Han, Han-Hee Hong
  • Patent number: 10464621
    Abstract: A pre-buck apparatus for a vehicle body assembling system comprises a pre-buck section and a main buck section that are set along a transfer path of a floor assembly. The pre-buck apparatus is formed in the pre-buck section, and while the side assembly is disposed in each of opposite sides of the transfer path in the pre-buck section, the pre-buck apparatus controls a lower portion of the side assembly, and the lower portion of the side assembly is pre-assembled to the floor assembly using a first welding robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyun Gu Lee, Yoon Jang, Chang Ho Jung, Ki Haing Lee, Chi Hong Hwang, Deug Young So, Young do Kim
  • Patent number: 10467210
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and system of interpreting HL7 segments of an HL7 message. The method includes: electronically obtaining and interpreting a grammar definition to determine a prescribed hierarchy of HL7 segment definitions; creating a resulting segment hierarchy data structure, the resulting segment hierarchy data structure comprising a top segment; performing steps: (a) obtaining an HL7 segment from a plurality of HL7 segments in the HL7 message, (b) determining a parent-child relationship for the HL7 segment, and (c) adding the HL7 segment to the resulting segment hierarchy data structure; and, continuing to perform steps (a), (b), and (c) on remaining HL7 segments of the plurality of HL7 segments until all HL7 segments of the HL7 message have been added to the resulting segment hierarchy data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Health Catalyst, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Dwire, Hong Gao, Sarika Kandaprabhu, Michael Godinez, Hassan Khan
  • Patent number: 10463311
    Abstract: A method for ballistocardiography (BCG) and a BCG system ballistocardiography (BCG) system for heart beat determination are provided. The method includes digitizing a plurality of signals received from a corresponding plurality of sensors, estimating a plurality of smoothed cepstra corresponding to each of the plurality of digitized signals in response to a smoothed cepstrum analysis of a digital signal at a reception time of each of the plurality of digitized signals, and estimating a fused cepstrum for the plurality of digitized signals in response to the plurality of smoothed cepstra. The method further includes determining a heart rate in response to the plurality of smoothed cepstra and the fused cepstrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yongwei Zhu, Jayachandran Maniyeri, Siang Fook Foo, Cuntai Guan, Hai Hong Zhang, Emily Jian Zhong Hao, Jiliang Eugene Phua, Jit Biswas
  • Patent number: 10465287
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, a first tungsten layer, an interface layer and a second tungsten layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and has a first opening and a second opening larger than the first opening. The first tungsten layer is filled in the first opening and is disposed in the second opening. The second tungsten layer is disposed on the first tungsten layer in the second opening, wherein the second tungsten layer has a grain size gradually increased from a bottom surface to a top surface. The interface layer is disposed between the first tungsten layer and the second tungsten layer, wherein the interface layer comprises a nitrogen containing layer. The present invention further includes a method of forming a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONCIS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chien Liu, Pin-Hong Chen, Tsun-Min Cheng, Yi-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10468546
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solar cell module and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell module comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of solar cells located on the substrate, each solar cell comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least a portion of a second electrode is located on a photoactive layer of a neighboring solar cell, and a conductive channel is located between the second electrode and a first electrode of the neighboring solar cell. Therefore, a solar cell module having a structure in which every layer except for electrodes is entirely formed as a thin film may be provided. In addition, a solar cell module the module efficiency of which is improved by increasing the active area of each solar cell may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Hong Kyu Kang
  • Patent number: 10468686
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material for a lithium battery, the composite cathode active material including: a lithium composite oxide; and a coating layer disposed on at least a portion of the lithium composite oxide and including a composite including ZrP2O7 and LiZr2(PO4)3, wherein the composite including ZrP2O7 and LiZr2(PO4)3 is a reaction product of an acid treated a zirconium precursor, a phosphorus precursor, and the lithium composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangjin Park, Junho Park, Sukgi Hong, Byungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 10469856
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting 3DTV broadcasting encodes a base video using scalable video coding (SVC) or scalable high efficiency video coding (SHVC) scheme to generate a base layer stream and an enhancement layer stream of the base video, encodes each of an additional video and video enhancement information data for enhancing video quality of the additional video, transmits the base layer stream and the enhancement layer stream of the base video through a base layer channel and an enhancement layer channel, respectively, and transmits the encoded additional video and the encoded video enhancement information data through the base layer channel or the enhancement layer channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELELCOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Kim, Jooyoung Lee, Se Yoon Jeong, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Dong Wook Kang, Jinsuk Kwak, Minsuk Lee, Kyeong Hoon Jung, Suk Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 10463703
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for external skin application, the composition configured for relieving atopic dermatitis, including a mixed extract consisting of a Bifidobacterium-fermented extract, a citrus (Citrus unshiu Marcov.) peel extract, a Laminaria japonica extract, a Camellia Japonica L. extract, and an Artemisia argyi extract as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TRUEZYME CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu Ree Hong
  • Patent number: 10469919
    Abstract: A broadcast signal reception method comprises the steps of: receiving, via a broadcast network, a broadcast signal which includes service data for a service and signaling data; establishing a WebSocket connection with a server on the basis of URL information; and receiving a message including an event via WebSocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungryul Yang, Minsung Kwak, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong, Kyoungsoo Moon, Jangwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10465644
    Abstract: A high pressure pump for complex injection engines is provided. A body of the high pressure pump includes a first flow path that transports the low pressure fuel flowing in through the low pressure fuel inlet and a low pressure fuel storage chamber that is disposed in a lower portion of the body to store the low pressure fuel transported from the first flow path. A second flow path transports the low pressure fuel stored in the low pressure fuel storage chamber and a flow control valve is disposed over the low pressure fuel storage chamber to discharge the low pressure fuel, transported through the second flow path, to the pressure unit or the damper disposed in an upper portion of the body based on an opening or closing operation. A low pressure fuel outlet discharges the low pressure fuel, transported through the damper, to a low pressure fuel rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Woo Nah, Kyung Chul Han, Chun Ky Hong
  • Patent number: 10464802
    Abstract: A cold water generating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a tank having an inlet port and an outlet port, a cooling module coupled to the tank to cool purified water introduced into the tank through the inlet port, and an internal passage unit formed inside the tank to guide the purified water from the inlet port to the outlet port, wherein a part of the purified water is phase-changed into ice within the tank by the cooling module, and another part of the purified water flows along the internal passage unit to be brought into contact with the ice so as to be discharged through the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jisun Jung, Jaegeun Lee, Jintae Kim, Jinpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 10465626
    Abstract: A method for testing a moisture sensor of a diesel engine includes: measuring, by an NOx sensor, an untreated NOx emissions content in exhaust gas of the diesel engine upstream of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalytic converter at particular steady-state operating points in a defined window, to obtain an actual concentration value of NOx emissions; determining an oxygen concentration in intake air from an intake pipe of the diesel engine, and converting the result obtained from the determination, by a characteristic curve, into an NOx concentration to obtain a model value of NOx concentration; comparing the actual value with the model value; and identifying a faulty condition of the moisture sensor if a deviation that exceeds a set value (R) is detected between the actual and model values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10469189
    Abstract: A device with one or more processors for processing broadcast signals, the device including a depacketizing processor for extracting one or more delivery objects from one or more Layered Coding Transport (LCT) packets of the broadcast signals based on signaling information including mapping information, wherein the one or more LCT packet are used to transport the one or more delivery objects including service data for one or more broadcast services of the broadcast signals, wherein the one or more delivery object are carried in one or more transport sessions, wherein each LCT packet includes a header having a Transport Object Identifier (TOI) identifying a delivery object being carried in the each LCT packet, wherein the mapping information is used to establish a one-to-one mapping between the TOI and a uniform resource locator (URL) for the delivery object, wherein the one or more LCT packets and the signaling information are transmitted separately, wherein the header of each LCT packet further includes type
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jangwon Lee, Sejin Oh, Woosuk Kwon, Kyoungsoo Moon, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 10466955
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide methods and systems for providing a recommended volume level in presentation of media content. In some embodiments, volume adjustment events made by a user and/or similar users while watching media content can be detected and automatically recorded. The media content may include a plurality of segments. A normalized volume level for at least one segment of the media content can be determined by aggregating the recorded volume adjustment events corresponding to the at least one segment of the media content. When the media content is played back on a user device, at least some embodiments cause the at least one segment of the media content to be played back at a recommended volume level determined based at least in part upon one of the normalized audio level of the corresponding segment, the audio system of the user device, or historical data and personal profile of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Ryan Gray, Colin Jon Taylor, Ming Du, Wei-Hong Chuang
  • Patent number: 10467791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motion edit method for editing the motion of an articulated object using a computing device with a touch screen, including a) when any one of a joint path and a body line of an articulated object is selected by a user, setting a position constraint of higher level joint according to the user's sketching input and joint hierarchy, and b) generating motion of the articulated object for which the constraint is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Junyong Noh, Byungkuk Choi, Roger Blanco i Ribera, Seokpyo Hong, Haegwang Eom, Sunjin Jung, J. P. Lewis, Yeongho Seol
  • Patent number: 10468422
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a source layer, a stack structure, a channel layer, a slit, and a source pick-up line. The source layer may include at least one groove in an upper surface thereof. The stack structure may be formed over the source layer. The channel layer may pass through the stack structure. The channel layer may be in contact with the source layer. The slit may pass through the stack structure. The slit may expose the groove of the source layer therethrough. The source pick-up line may be formed in the slit and the groove. The source pick-up line may be contacted with the source layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ki Hong Lee