Patents by Inventor Chul Kim

Chul 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: 20250087953
    Abstract: An example provides an adapter having a connector with a space-efficient design by incorporating a space-saving rigid-flex structure. The rigid-flex structure can include a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board can be joined by a flexible circuit board. The first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board can be at least roughly aligned with each other and the flexible circuit board can convey power and data signals between electronic components on the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. The flexible circuit board can route signals through a physical 180 degree turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Huang, Aaron N. Miletich, Joshua J. Pong, Min Chul Kim, Kyle M. Zampaglione, Matthew T. Craven
  • Patent number: 12245843
    Abstract: A display device for measuring biometric information such as blood pressure by utilizing both display pixels and light sensing pixels within a display panel. The display device includes a main driving circuit that dynamically sets and adjusts light emission conditions, including emission color and luminance based on the user's touch area and shape, thereby optimizing the detection of biosignals such as pulse waves. The system enhances the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and improves the accuracy of biometric measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Yeop An, Chul Kim, Gyeong Ub Moon, Dong Wook Yang, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12249281
    Abstract: A display device includes display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel, infrared light emitting pixels arranged in the display area to alternate with the display pixels, light sensing pixels arranged in the display area to alternate with the infrared light emitting pixels, a display scan driver supplying display scan signals to the display pixels and the infrared light emitting pixels, a light sensing driver sequentially supplying sensing scan signals to the light sensing pixels, and a component detection circuit for analyzing biomarker information using light sensing signals received from the light sensing pixels, which are based on light reflected from an object in front of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20250074146
    Abstract: A method for separate control of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) for a vehicle includes: determining if a set condition is satisfied, such that separate HVAC control is possible, when HVAC is performed; detecting a passenger count, an HVAC thermal load, and a relative humidity; performing HVAC in a first mode for front seats when no passenger is detected in the front passenger seat at the detecting step; selectively performing HVAC in a second mode for the front seats by comparing the HVAC thermal load with a set load; and adjusting a mixing ratio between inside and outside air, set depending on the relative humidity, by selectively reducing or increasing a quantity of inside air and a quantity of outside air depending on the passenger count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Won Heo, Jin Han Kim, Yong Chul Kim, Tae Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20250079622
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes a housing including an opening formed therein and an accommodation space disposed therein; a plurality of battery modules accommodated in the accommodation space; a door coupled to the housing and rotating and configured to open and close the opening; a measurement unit configured to derive an environmental value by measuring at least one of temperature, gas concentration, or pressure of the accommodation space in real time; and a control unit configured to compare the environmental value derived from the measurement unit with a predetermined limit value, wherein the control unit may be configured to open the door when the environmental value is determined to exceed the limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Chul KIM, Byung Jun PARK, Moo Han BAEK, Jae Won JUNG
  • Publication number: 20250078561
    Abstract: A display device includes display pixels and light sensing pixels in a display area. A display scan driver is configured to drive the display pixels to emit light. Alight sensing scan driver is configured to drive the light sensing pixels to sense light. A main driving circuit is configured to detect pulse wave signals and measure biometric information using the light sensing signals received through the light sensing pixels. The main driving circuit determines a normal pulse wave signal detection period or an inaccurate pulse wave signal detection period at biometric information measurement start period, changes the pulse wave signals detection conditions at the inaccurate pulse wave signal detection period to re-detect the pulse wave signals, and measures the biometric information with the normal pulse wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20250078417
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) system includes a data generator configured to generate three-dimensional (3D) data corresponding to a press mold product, and an AR terminal configured to convert the 3D data into AR data. The AR terminal includes a data inputter configured to receive the 3D data and display information corresponding to location information of each node of the 3D data. The AR terminal also includes a data processor configured to convert the 3D data into a form of polygon mesh according to a type of form information of the 3D data and generate AR data in a form of 3D virtual model through matching with the display information. The AR terminal additionally includes a data augmentation part configured to augment and match the AR data on a real product displayed on a camera image, and augment and display the display information for each node, through a user interface (UI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Korea University Of Technology And Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Sanggwon Kim, Ju Chul Kim, Yoon Sang Kim, Su Young Kim, Young-Seung Lee
  • Patent number: 12242032
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.4<L1TR/L7TR<1.9, where L1TR is an overall outer diameter of the first lens, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1TR and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hag Chul Kim, Eun Chong Lee, Yong Joo Jo, Ga Young An
  • Patent number: 12242043
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a concave object-side surface, a second lens, a third lens having a concave image-side surface, a fourth lens having a concave object-side surface, and a fifth lens. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system has a total number of five lenses having a refractive power. A radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens. 0?|n1?n2|?0.2 and TL/2Y<2.0, where n1 is a refractive index of the first lens, n2 is a refractive index of the second lens, TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hag Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 12242040
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first through fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hag Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 12239467
    Abstract: A display device including: display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel; light sensing pixels arranged in the display area; a display scan driver configured to drive the display pixels to emit light; a light sensing scan driver configured to drive the light sensing pixels to sense light; and a main driving circuit configured to measure a user's biometric information using light sensing signals received from the light sensing pixels, wherein the main driving circuit displays a preset application program screen during a biometric information measurement period to guide the user's pulse wave signal detection process, and measures the biometric information using pulse wave signals determined to have high accuracy among pulse wave signals detected during the biometric information measurement period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 12245389
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Yong Choi, Young Chul Kim, Ji Su Kim, Hun Sung Kim, Sung Yong Park, Jin Soo Shin, Dae Sik Yoon, Yong Yeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 12235358
    Abstract: Disclosed according to an embodiment is a method for controlling emitted light in a camera module which can acquire depth information. More particularly, disclosed is a camera module for controlling delay time of light emitted from each of light sources to determine the direction of light emitted from the light sources. A camera module according to an embodiment may control delay time of light emitted from each of light sources so that the camera module can be operated with higher performance even from a long distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Hyeong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 12236552
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image analysis apparatus for analyzing a camera image. The image analysis apparatus for analyzing a camera image segments an input fisheye camera image into segmented images with a preset size field of view and superimposes the segmented images so that some regions overlap, performs dewarping on each of the segmented images, then combines the segmented images on which the dewarping is performed using a preset combination method, generates an analysis image, and detects objects included in the analysis image. In this case, the image analysis apparatus removes a result recognized as a duplicate from a detection result of the object by post-processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IDIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyeok Heo, Jin Seong Kim, Chul Kim, Eun Chul Cha
  • Publication number: 20250061361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for executing a magic state distillation circuit in a logical qubit quantum system. The apparatus outputs a distilled magic state |Y>L by executing a magic state |Y>L distillation circuit in which multiple multi-target CNOT operations are performed in parallel and outputs a distilled magic state |A>L by executing a magic state |A>L distillation circuit in which multiple multi-target CNOT operations are performed in parallel. The magic state |Y>L distillation circuit is configured with three code blocks, code blocks 1 and 2 being configured with multiple multi-target CNOT operations and code block 3 being configured with SL operations and measurement operations, and the magic state |A>L distillation circuit is configured with three code blocks, code blocks 1 and 2 being configured with multiple multi-target CNOT operations and code block 3 being configured with TL+ operations and measurement operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soo-Cheol OH, Young-Chul KIM, Chei-Yol KIM, Jin-Ho ON, Sang-Min LEE, Eun-Young CHO, Ki-Sung JIN, Gyu-Il CHA
  • Publication number: 20250062491
    Abstract: A battery sub-packing unit includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, a cell support member including a seating portion for accommodating the plurality of secondary battery cells, and a venting inducing portion connecting the seating portion to an external area, and a case member provided to surround the secondary battery cell accommodated in the seating portion and to seal around the secondary battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Chul KIM, Dae Won KWON, Yong Uk KIM, Jong Ho SEOK
  • Publication number: 20250061849
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device comprising: a source device configured to output image data; and a sink device configured to perform a displaying operation based on the image data, wherein the source device is configured to change a frame rate of an image frame composing the image data while the displaying operation is performed, wherein the sink device is configured to change a frame rate of a panel driving frame for the displaying operation as the frame rate of the image frame is changed, and wherein the source device is configured to change the frame rate of the image frame while satisfying a condition in which an emission duty ratio of the panel driving frame is not changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jeongmin SUNG, Woo-Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 12228791
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a first lens having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having a convex object-side surface; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens having a refractive power, wherein the first to fifth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane, wherein a focal length of the second lens is within a range of ?10 mm to ?7.0 mm, and wherein 1.0<TTL/f<1.2, where TTL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane and f is a focal length of the lens imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Jo, Hag Chul Kim, Hyo Jin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20250051929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution composition capable of improving pitting corrosion resistance and blackening resistance of a steel sheet, a steel sheet surface-treated using same, and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Choi, Soo-Hyoun Cho, Tae-Chul Kim, Sung-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 12224444
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode assembly, and a secondary lithium battery including the same. The electrode assembly is configured by alternately stacking two or more positive electrodes and one or more negative electrodes using a separator as a boundary therebetween, outermost positive electrodes are positioned on outermost opposite surfaces of the electrode assembly, respectively, each of the outermost positive electrodes includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive active material layer formed on one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-reversible material coating layer formed on the other surface of the positive electrode current collector and including lithium oxide, and the non-reversible material coating layer is positioned on an outermost surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jooyong Song, In Chul Kim, Juri Kim, Hyun Min Kim