Patents by Inventor Chang Wook Kim

Chang Wook 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).

  • Patent number: 12198646
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a pixel emitting light, a light blocking layer blocking light, a first pixel row comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group in a first direction in a plan view, and a second pixel row in a second direction that intersects the first direction and comprising a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group in the first direction. The first pixel group includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel in a third direction from the first sub-pixel, the third direction intersecting the first direction, and a third sub-pixel in the first direction from the first sub-pixel. The third pixel group may include a sixth sub-pixel, a seventh sub-pixel in the third direction from the sixth sub-pixel, and an eighth sub-pixel in the first direction from the sixth sub-pixel. The third pixel group may be surrounded by the light blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook Kim, Chi Wook An, Gun Woo Ko, Soon Il Jung, Mi Ran Ji
  • Publication number: 20240397802
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer; and sub-pixels disposed on the base layer, the sub-pixels including first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixels may include a first sub-pixel and a first adjacent sub-pixel, the second sub-pixels may include a second sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixel may be disposed between the first sub-pixel and the first adjacent sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel may include a first color filter and a first refractive layer disposed on the first color filter. The first adjacent sub-pixel may include a first adjacent color filter disposed in the same layer as the first color filter. A refractive index difference between the first color filter and the first refractive layer may be different from a refractive index difference between the first adjacent color filter and a layer disposed directly on the first adjacent color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Su LEE, Chang Wook KIM, Hong Jo PARK, Eung Gyu LEE, Eun Je JANG, Seong Min CHO
  • Publication number: 20240379156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical property storage device and a system using the same. The device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light transistor in which the conductance between a source electrode and a drain electrode changes in accordance with optical properties of color temperature and illumination of incident light; and a variable resistance memory device of a second terminal in which a first electrode is electrically connected to any one electrode from among the source and drain electrodes of the light transistor, and which stores a conductance changing in accordance with the changed conductance of the light transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dae Hwan KIM, Dong Myoung KIM, Sung Jin CHOI, Chang Wook KIM, Jin Gyu PARK, Dong Uk KIM, Hyun Kyu LEE, Tae Jun YANG
  • Patent number: 12130537
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid lens control apparatus includes a liquid lens configured to control an interface between liquids in response to a driving voltage, a voltage booster configured to increase the level of a supply voltage and output a voltage having a higher level than the supply voltage, a controller configured to control the driving voltage, and a gyro sensor configured to sense the movement of the liquid lens and output a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens. The controller acquires a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens output from the gyro sensor during a period in which the voltage booster is in an OFF state, and controls the driving voltage using the signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae Park, Chang Wook Kim, Yong Sung Park
  • Patent number: 11968434
    Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid lens; a voltage control circuit, and a switching unit, wherein the liquid lens includes a first plate comprising a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid are disposed; a second plate disposed above the first plate; and a third plate disposed below the first plate, wherein the voltage control circuit includes a first voltage generator configured to output a first voltage; and a DC bias terminal disposed between an output terminal of the first voltage generator and a ground voltage, and wherein the switching unit includes a plurality of first switches configured to transmit one selected from among the first voltage and the ground voltage to the plurality of individual electrodes; and a second switch configured to transmit one selected from among the first voltage and the ground voltage to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20230298536
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a pixel emitting light, a light blocking layer blocking light, a first pixel row comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group in a first direction in a plan view, and a second pixel row in a second direction that intersects the first direction and comprising a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group in the first direction. The first pixel group includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel in a third direction from the first sub-pixel, the third direction intersecting the first direction, and a third sub-pixel in the first direction from the first sub-pixel. The third pixel group may include a sixth sub-pixel, a seventh sub-pixel in the third direction from the sixth sub-pixel, and an eighth sub-pixel in the first direction from the sixth sub-pixel. The third pixel group may be surrounded by the light blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook KIM, Chi Wook AN, Gun Woo KO, Soon Il JUNG, Mi Ran JI
  • Publication number: 20230040851
    Abstract: A secondary battery, includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator wherein the electrode assembly is wound; a can for accommodating the electrode assembly and an electrolyte; a finishing tape including a film layer comprising a nylon material and an adhesive layer for attaching the film layer to the electrode assembly, wherein the finishing tape at least partially surrounds the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly that seals the can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Dae Kyu KIM, Chang Wook KIM, Sang Hyun KIM, Jong Jun PARK, Kwang Soo SEO, Jeong Chull AHN, Jae Woong WI, Tae Yoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20220334375
    Abstract: A lens curvature variation apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a liquid lens including a common electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes; a lens driver configured to apply a voltage to the common electrode and the plurality of individual electrodes; a sensor unit configured to sense an interface of the liquid lens; an AD converter configured to convert an analog signal corresponding to the interface output from the sensor unit into a digital signal; and a controller configured to control the lens driver based on a signal output from the AD converter, wherein the plurality of individual electrodes includes a first group and a second group each including two or more individual electrodes, wherein the sensor unit includes a first sensor unit connected to a first individual electrode among individual electrodes of the first group; and a second sensor unit connected to a second individual electrode among individual electrodes of the second group; and wherein the controller includes a controlle
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Chang Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20220334345
    Abstract: A variable lens driver circuit, according to an embodiment, comprises: a voltage booster which increases the level of supply voltage by carrying out a switching operation corresponding to a switching frequency; a noise detection unit which detects the extent of noise generated from the voltage booster by the switching operation; and a booster control unit which adjusts the size of the switching frequency of the voltage booster in response to the extent of the noise which has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Chang Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20220260888
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid lens control apparatus includes a liquid lens configured to control an interface between liquids in response to a driving voltage, a voltage booster configured to increase the level of a supply voltage and output a voltage having a higher level than the supply voltage, a controller configured to control the driving voltage, and a gyro sensor configured to sense the movement of the liquid lens and output a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens. The controller acquires a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens output from the gyro sensor during a period in which the voltage booster is in an OFF state, and controls the driving voltage using the signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bae Park, Chang Wook Kim, Yong Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20220246585
    Abstract: An apparatus for illumination using a light emitting element die array, includes a base sheet; a plurality of light emitting element die array attached to the base sheet and arranged in a matrix shape, the light emitting element including a light emitting surface and an electrode formation surface facing the light emitting surface, flip chip bonding electrodes being formed on the electrode formation surface; and a transparent support layer covering the light emitting surface of the plurality of light emitting element dies, and fixing the plurality of light element dies by a constant light source interval, the transparent support layer including a fluorescent material absorbing light emitting through the light emitting surface to change a wavelength of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: IDC KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20220229264
    Abstract: A liquid lens control device according to one embodiment comprises: a liquid lens in which a liquid interface is controlled in response to a plurality of individual voltages applied to each of a plurality of individual electrodes; a control unit for controlling the plurality of individual voltages; and a compensation unit for compensating for characteristics of at least one individual electrode from among the plurality of individual electrodes. The characteristic compensated for by the compensation unit can be the position of the interface according to the individual voltage applied to the individual element. The compensation unit can perform the compensation by using a first ADC value acquired when a first voltage is applied to each of the plurality of individual electrodes, and a second ADC value acquired when a second voltage that differs from the first voltage is applied to each of the plurality of individual electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20220075139
    Abstract: A camera module includes a liquid lens including a first plate and an individual electrode disposed on a first surface of the first plate; a resistor disposed on the first surface of the first plate so as to be spaced apart from the individual electrode; and a temperature sensor connected to the resistor and configured to sense a temperature of the liquid lens and a heating controller connected to the resistor and configured to control a temperature of the liquid lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook KIM, Young Woon KIM, Young Seop MOON
  • Patent number: 10985367
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery, the lithium cobalt composite oxide being doped with magnesium and having an atomic ratio of Mg/Co of about 0.0035:1 to about 0.01:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Chang Wook Kim, Eun Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20210037171
    Abstract: The present invention includes a liquid lens; a voltage control circuit, and a switching unit, wherein the liquid lens includes a first plate comprising a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid are disposed; a second plate disposed above the first plate; and a third plate disposed below the first plate, wherein the voltage control circuit includes a first voltage generator configured to output a first voltage; and a DC bias terminal disposed between an output terminal of the first voltage generator and a ground voltage, and wherein the switching unit includes a plurality of first switches configured to transmit one selected from among the first voltage and the ground voltage to the plurality of individual electrodes; and a second switch configured to transmit one selected from among the first voltage and the ground voltage to the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Chang Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 10854878
    Abstract: A lithium cobalt composite oxide for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery, the lithium cobalt composite oxide including a magnesium (Mg)-doped lithium cobalt composite oxide having an atomic ratio of Mg to cobalt (Co) of about 0.0035:1 to about 0.01:1, wherein the Mg-doped lithium cobalt composite oxide further includes fluorine (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Chang Wook Kim, Eun Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 10826058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The positive electrode includes: a current collector; and a positive electrode active material positioned on at least one surface of the active material layer current collector. The positive electrode active material layer includes a small particle size active material having an average particle diameter D50 of 2 ?m to 4 ?m and a first coating layer positioned at a surface thereof, and a large particle size active material having an average particle diameter D50 of 17 ?m to 21 ?m and a second coating layer positioned at the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Joo Je, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Soo-Youn Park, Chang-Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20200259222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery which includes a sheathing made of a material having an increased thermal conductivity and can thus have an improved safety. As an example, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; and a sheath material which receives the electrode assembly and comprises a metal layer and a non-metal layer formed on the surface of the metal layer, wherein the thickness of the metal layer occupies 50% to 70% of the total thickness of the sheath material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Won Chull HAN, Jeong Chull AHN, Shin Gun KANG, Sang Hyun KIM, Sung Soo PARK, Soo Youn PARK, Chang Wook KIM, Young Jin PARK, Yu Jin HAN
  • Patent number: 10629902
    Abstract: In an aspect, a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including overlithiated layered oxide (OLO), a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong-Yong Yu, Jay-Hyok Song, Jun-Seok Park, Andrei Kapylou, Chang-Wook Kim, Yong-Chan You, Sun-Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 10607512
    Abstract: A communication device according to an embodiment comprises: an antenna unit; and a grounding region for emitting a communication signal of the antenna unit, wherein the grounding region cannot overlap with another region inside the communication device, which includes a region in which the antenna unit is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ATEC AP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Wook Kim