Patents by Inventor Bong-Jin Lee

Bong-Jin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240101603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibacterial peptide and an antibacterial compound targeting the Klebsiella pneumoniae VapBC toxin-antitoxin system, or their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Min KANG, Bong Jin LEE, Cheng Long JIN, Do Hee KIM
  • Patent number: 11934950
    Abstract: An apparatus for embedding a sentence feature vector according to an embodiment includes a sentence acquisitor configured to acquire a first sentence and a second sentence, each including one or more words; a vector extractor configured to extract a first feature vector corresponding to the first sentence and a second feature vector corresponding to the second sentence by independently inputting each of the first sentence and the second sentence into a feature extraction network; and a vector compressor configured to compress the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a first compressed vector and a second compressed vector, respectively, by independently inputting each of the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based vector compression network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Ho Joe, Young June Gwon, Seung Jai Min, Ju Dong Kim, Bong Kyu Hwang, Jae Woong Yun, Hyun Jae Lee, Hyun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11795199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide targeting a toxin-antitoxin system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a use thereof. Specifically, the antibiotic peptide of the present invention inhibits the formation of a toxin-antitoxin complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis without affecting an active site of the toxin, thereby inducing the death of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of a separated toxin. Therefore, the antibiotic peptide can be usefully used as an antibiotic composition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Bong-Jin Lee, Sung-Min Kang, Do-Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20220348612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide targeting a toxin-antitoxin system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a use thereof. Specifically, the antibiotic peptide of the present invention inhibits the formation of a toxin-antitoxin complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis without affecting an active site of the toxin, thereby inducing the death of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of a separated toxin. Therefore, the antibiotic peptide can be usefully used as an antibiotic composition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Bong-Jin Lee, Sung-Min Kang, Do-Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20220254351
    Abstract: A method and system for correcting speaker diarization using a text-based speaker change detection. A speaker diarization correction method may include performing speaker diarization on an input audio stream; recognizing speech included in the input audio stream and converting the speech to text; detecting a speaker change based on the converted text; and correcting the speaker diarization based on the detected speaker change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Namkyu Jung, Geonmin KIM, Youngki KWON, Hee Soo HEO, Bong-Jin LEE, Chan Kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20220230648
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for speaker diarization combined with speaker identification. Provided is a speaker diarization method including setting a reference speech in relation to an audio file received as a speaker diarization target speech from a client; performing a speaker identification of identifying a speaker of the reference speech in the audio file using the reference speech; and performing a speaker diarization using clustering on a remaining utterance section unidentified in the audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Youngki Kwon, Han Yong Kang, You Jin Kim, Han-Gyu Kim, Bong-Jin Lee, Junghoon Jang, Icksang Han, Hee Soo Heo, Joon Son Chung
  • Publication number: 20220033439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide targeting a toxin-antitoxin system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a use thereof. Specifically, the antibiotic peptide of the present invention inhibits the formation of a toxin-antitoxin complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis without affecting an active site of the toxin, thereby inducing the death of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of a separated toxin. Therefore, the antibiotic peptide can be usefully used as an antibiotic composition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Bong-Jin Lee, Sung-Min Kang, Do-Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20210253544
    Abstract: A nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent steroid dehydrogenase-like (NSDHL) inhibitor provided according to an aspect of the present invention can be used not only as an anticancer agent capable of overcoming resistance to EGFR-targeting anticancer agents, but also advantageously in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bong-Jin LEE, Kyu-Yeon LEE, Sang Jae LEE, Dong-Gyun KIM, Joo Youn LEE, Kwan-Young JEONG, Heui Cherl YANG, Hyeon-Kyu LEE, Hyoun Sook KIM
  • Patent number: 10588193
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a plurality of LED strings and a module controller. The LED strings are connected to each other in parallel, and each of the LED strings emits light that has a different color temperature from that of the other LED strings. The module controller is configured to detect an input voltage applied to the plurality of LED strings, adjust a color temperature of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings by adjusting a ratio of current respectively supplied to each of the plurality of LED strings based on the input voltage, and reduce a change in a luminous flux of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings regardless of the color temperature of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Jin Lee, June Jang
  • Patent number: 10542600
    Abstract: A light emitting diode driving apparatus includes a rectifier, a converter, a feedback circuit, and a controller. The rectifier converts alternating current power to direct current (DC) power. The converter supplies driving power to a plurality of LEDs based on the DC power. The feedback circuit generates a feedback signal based on a current flowing in the plurality of LEDs and adjusts a magnitude of the feedback signal. The controller changes a maximum value of a current output by the converter based on the adjusted magnitude of the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Jin Lee, Kyu Cheol Kang, Kil Yoan Chung
  • Publication number: 20190234567
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a plurality of LED strings and a module controller. The LED strings are connected to each other in parallel, and each of the LED strings emits light that has a different color temperature from that of the other LED strings. The module controller is configured to detect an input voltage applied to the plurality of LED strings, adjust a color temperature of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings by adjusting a ratio of current respectively supplied to each of the plurality of LED strings based on the input voltage, and reduce a change in a luminous flux of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings regardless of the color temperature of the light emitted by the plurality of LED strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Jin LEE, June JANG
  • Publication number: 20190075630
    Abstract: A light emitting diode driving apparatus includes a rectifier, a converter, a feedback circuit, and a controller. The rectifier converts alternating current power to direct current (DC) power. The converter supplies driving power to a plurality of LEDs based on the DC power. The feedback circuit generates a feedback signal based on a current flowing in the plurality of LEDs and adjusts a magnitude of the feedback signal. The controller changes a maximum value of a current output by the converter based on the adjusted magnitude of the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Bong Jin LEE, Kyu Cheol KANG, Kil Yoan CHUNG
  • Patent number: 9860955
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus includes: a power supply circuit supplying driving power to a first LED group and a second LED group, the first LED group and the second LED group being configured to emit light having different color temperatures; a current controlling circuit controlling a first magnitude of a first current flowing through the first LED group and a second magnitude of a second current flowing through the second LED group; and an LED controller concurrently controlling on/off switching operations of a first LED of the first LED group and a second LED of the second LED group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jung Kim, Bong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9854633
    Abstract: A light emitting device array comprises a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) strings connected in parallel to each other, each of which includes a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series. A sum of forward voltages (Vf) of a plurality of light emitting devices included in at least one LED string among the plurality of LED strings is less than that of forward voltages of a plurality of light emitting devices included in a different LED string. The at least one LED string includes a voltage compensation unit, to compensate for a difference in forward voltage levels between the at least one LED string and the different LED string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Jin Lee, Kil Yoan Chung
  • Patent number: 9829188
    Abstract: An LED driving apparatus includes: a PCB substrate having a voltage transformer and a switching device provided above the PCB substrate, the PCB substrate including a first circuit corresponding to a primary side of the voltage transformer and a second circuit corresponding to a secondary side of the voltage transformer; a first molding layer which is provided on the PCB substrate and covers the voltage transformer and the switching device; and a plurality of thermoelectric devices where heat dissipates. Some of the thermoelectric devices are connected to the first circuit and others of the thermoelectric devices are connected to the second circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-jin Lee, Kyu-cheol Kang
  • Patent number: 9794993
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving device comprising: a rectifier configured to convert alternating current (AC) power to direct current (DC) power; a convertor including: a transformer including a primary-side winding connected to the rectifier; and a main switch connected to the primary-side winding of the transformer; a controller configured to output a control signal to the main switch in response to a feedback signal; and an output modifier configured to modify the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bong Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20170268763
    Abstract: An LED driving apparatus includes: a PCB substrate having a voltage transformer and a switching device provided above the PCB substrate, the PCB substrate including a first circuit corresponding to a primary side of the voltage transformer and a second circuit corresponding to a secondary side of the voltage transformer; a first molding layer which is provided on the PCB substrate and covers the voltage transformer and the switching device; and a plurality of thermoelectric devices where heat dissipates. Some of the thermoelectric devices are connected to the first circuit and others of the thermoelectric devices are connected to the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-jin Lee, Kyu-cheol Kang
  • Publication number: 20170245341
    Abstract: An LED driving device includes a converter module configured to receive an input voltage and generate an output voltage for driving a plurality of LEDs. A surge protection module is electrically connected to the converter module. A case holds the converter module and the surge protection module, and provides electrical coupling therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Bong Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20170064785
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus includes: a power supply circuit supplying driving power to a first LED group and a second LED group, the first LED group and the second LED group being configured to emit light having different color temperatures; a current controlling circuit controlling a first magnitude of a first current flowing through the first LED group and a second magnitude of a second current flowing through the second LED group; and an LED controller concurrently controlling on/off switching operations of a first LED of the first LED group and a second LED of the second LED group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jung KIM, Bong Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160323949
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving device comprising: a rectifier configured to convert alternating current (AC) power to direct current (DC) power; a convertor including: a transformer including a primary-side winding connected to the rectifier; and a main switch connected to the primary-side winding of the transformer; a controller configured to output a control signal to the main switch in response to a feedback signal; and an output modifier configured to modify the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Bong Jin LEE