Patents by Inventor Deok-In CHOI

Deok-In CHOI 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: 11003075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating a physical unclonable function (PUF) by causing unpredictable partial process failure for a semiconductor process. In a designing process, a second mask pattern may be printed by distorting a size and/or shape of at least one mask window included in a designed first mask pattern, without violating semiconductor design rules. A PUF may be generated using a photomask including the printed second mask pattern for photolithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Deok Choi, Dong Kyue Kim, Kwang Hyun Jee
  • Publication number: 20210115550
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a non-metal member having a colored surface is provided. The non-metal member having a colored surface includes a non-metal substrate; a metal coating layer disposed on the non-metal substrate; a light-transmissive dielectric layer disposed on the metal coating layer; and a color pattern structure disposed on the light-transmissive dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji Young Byun, Kwang-deok Choi, In Uk Baek
  • Patent number: 10972460
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip may comprise: a processor for processing data; a shield which includes a metal line and is arranged over an upper portion of the processor; a detection unit for comparing a reference signal with an output signal, which is outputted when the reference signal passes through the shield, so as to detect whether there has been a wiring change within the shield or not; and a controller for configuring the routing topology of the metal line to be in a first state, and changing the routing topology from the first state to a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyoung Ho Ko, Byong Deok Choi
  • Publication number: 20210091579
    Abstract: Provided is an energy level conversion circuit for a portable energy storage apparatus, and includes a motherboard circuit to connect a plurality of sub-board circuits in series through female connectors, wherein the sub-board circuits receive input of direct current (DC) power, convert it to a preset energy level and output it, and the sub-board circuits connected or inserted into the motherboard circuit through the female connectors, and including a switching unit which is switched by a pair of switching pulses (P1, P2) applied from the motherboard circuit, so that when each switching transistor (Q1, Q2) is on/off, power transformed through a transformer is outputted through secondary side transformer tap connection terminals (T1, T2), wherein the sub-board circuits are connected in series through a female connector unit of the motherboard circuit, so that DC power whose energy level is converted as much as the number of the sub-board circuits is outputted through the motherboard circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Yoong CHAI, Sang Deok CHOI, Jungsub CHOI
  • Patent number: 10958451
    Abstract: An interface element connected to a device and a security die-chip are fabricated in a single package. The security die-chip may provide a security authentication function to the interface element that does not have the security authentication function. The security die-chip may include a physically unclonable function (PUF) to provide a private key, and a hardware security module to perform encryption and decryption using the private key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: ICTK Holdings Co., LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi, Kwang Hyun Jee
  • Publication number: 20210060007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-inflammatory composition, and more particularly to an anti-inflammatory composition containing, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by Formula 1 or a salt thereof, wherein the anti-inflammatory composition may inhibit inflammatory response even at an early stage by inhibiting the interaction between CD14 and LPS and blocking the expression of CD14 and the expression of TNF? and IL-1?, which are the key factors in inflammatory response, and may also regulate the expression of important factors, such as CCL2 (MCP-1), CCL7 (MCP-3), CXCL2, CHOP and NOX1, which are involved in inflammatory response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: OSTEONEUROGEN INC.
    Inventors: Byung Soo YOUN, Han Soo KIM, Ik Hwan KIM, Ho Sup YOON, Moon Kee MAENG, Baik Lin SEONG, Min Ju HAM, Hyeong Deok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210036875
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a physical unclonable function (PUF) to generate a unique key using a process variation in a semiconductor manufacturing process, and an encryption unit to encrypt a password and/or bio-information received from a user using the unique key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Kwang Hyun Jee
  • Publication number: 20210012015
    Abstract: A vehicle security network design device may comprise: a level assigning unit for assigning an automobile safety integrity level (ASIL) which provides a risk management standard for each of a plurality of functional elements in a vehicle that is at least temporarily implemented by a processor; a calculation unit for calculating device's controllability with respect to each of the plurality of functional elements on the basis of a connection structure between the plurality of functional elements and a difference value of the ASIL; and a management unit for generating a risk analysis model of a plurality of functional elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Kyue KIM, Byong Deok CHOI
  • Patent number: 10872172
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for testing randomness of a digital value and processing the digital value. The digital value may include first bit sequences generated by a physically unclonable function (PUF). A grouping unit may generate a plurality of groups by segmenting the first bit sequence, and a processing unit may calculate a second bit sequence from the plurality of groups by performing a logical operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ICTK HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi
  • Patent number: 10848328
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a physical unclonable function (PUF) to generate a unique key using a process variation in a semiconductor manufacturing process, and an encryption unit to encrypt a password and/or bio-information received from a user using the unique key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Kwang Hyun Jee
  • Patent number: 10846440
    Abstract: Provided are a security apparatus and an operation method thereof. The security apparatus comprises a core circuit which performs a security function by using an authentication key such as a secret key provided by a physically unclonable function (PUF). The security apparatus may receive event information indicating that the security apparatus is in a security-vulnerable state such as a case where the security apparatus is stolen or lost. In such case, a power management circuit can apply at least one electrical shock of overvoltage and overcurrent to the security apparatus to cause physical damage to the security apparatus, so that the core circuit does not perform the security function normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY), ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Deok Choi, Dong Kyue Kim
  • Publication number: 20200364374
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for generating an identification key by a probabilistic determination of a short occurring between nodes constituting a circuit, by violating a design rule provided during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The identification key generating apparatus may include an identification key generator to generate an identification key based on whether a contact or a via used to electrically connect conductive layers in a semiconductor chip shorts the conductive layers, and an identification key reader to read the identification key by reading whether the contact or the via shorts the conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Deok CHOI, Dong Kyue KIM, Tae Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 10824735
    Abstract: A vehicle security network design device may comprise: a level assigning unit for assigning an automobile safety integrity level (ASIL) which provides a risk management standard for each of a plurality of functional elements in a vehicle that is at least temporarily implemented by a processor; a calculation unit for calculating device's controllability with respect to each of the plurality of functional elements on the basis of a connection structure between the plurality of functional elements and a difference value of the ASIL; and a management unit for generating a risk analysis model of a plurality of functional elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: ICTK HOLDINGS CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU(INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi
  • Publication number: 20200310016
    Abstract: Provided is a coloring pattern structure. The coloring pattern structure includes: a substrate; a light-transmitting dielectric layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate; and a composite material layer disposed on an upper surface of the light-transmitting dielectric layer and formed of a metal and a first material not having a thermodynamic solid solubility in the metal, wherein the metal included in the composite material layer has a pattern coated only on portions of the upper surface of the light-transmitting dielectric layer, and the first material is coated on the remaining area where the metal is not coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji Young BYUN, So Hye CHO, Seung Yong LEE, Kwang-deok CHOI, In Uk BAEK, Yun Hee KIM
  • Patent number: 10778679
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip comprises at least one data bus to transmit data processed by the semiconductor chip, an electric potential generator block packaged together with the at least one data bus to be blocked from external light by a package, the electric potential generator block to detect an event in which the package is unable to block the external light, and a switch configured to block a transmission of at least some data in the at least one data bus if the event is detected. A semiconductor chip comprises an energy harvesting element inside a package. The energy harvesting element may comprise an on-chip photodiode. A depackaging attack causes the generation of a voltage of a photodiode, and thus a change in physical state of the packaging can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyoung Ho Ko, Byong Deok Choi
  • Publication number: 20200286276
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying a panoramic image by an electronic device. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for generating a panoramic image may comprise sensing a direction that a first side surface of the electronic device faces through a sensor included in the electronic device, displaying a first partial image of the panoramic image corresponding to the sensed direction of the first side surface, determining a direction corresponding to the reference view information with respect to the first partial image if information regarding the first partial image differs from reference view information indicating a reference view for the panoramic image, and providing information about the determined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ji-Hun PARK, Tai-Geun KANG, Ji-Hie KIM, Dug-In LYU, Jong-Deok CHOI
  • Patent number: 10771268
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for generating digital values to provide a random digital value. The apparatus may generate the digital value based on a semiconductor process variation. The apparatus may include a generating unit to generate a plurality of digital values, based on the semiconductor process variation, and a processing unit to process the digital values and to provide a first digital value. The generating unit may include a plurality of physically unclonable functions (PUFs). A parameter may be differently applied to the PUFs, and the PUFs may generate the digital values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ICTK HOLDINGS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi
  • Patent number: 10769309
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for generating an identification key by a probabilistic determination of a short occurring between nodes constituting a circuit, by violating a design rule provided during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The identification key generating apparatus may include an identification key generator to generate an identification key based on whether a contact or a via used to electrically connect conductive layers in a semiconductor chip shorts the conductive layers, and an identification key reader to read the identification key by reading whether the contact or the via shorts the conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ICTK HOLDINGS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byong Deok Choi, Dong Kyue Kim, Tae Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10685465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying a panoramic image by an electronic device. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for generating a panoramic image may comprise sensing a direction that a first side surface of the electronic device faces through a sensor included in the electronic device, displaying a first partial image of the panoramic image corresponding to the sensed direction of the first side surface, determining a direction corresponding to the reference view information with respect to the first partial image if information regarding the first partial image differs from reference view information indicating a reference view for the panoramic image, and providing information about the determined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hun Park, Tai-Geun Kang, Ji-Hie Kim, Dug-In Lyu, Jong-Deok Choi
  • Patent number: 10659232
    Abstract: Disclosed is an authentication apparatus using a public key encryption algorithm. An apparatus according to an embodiment generates a first instant public key through a random number generation process in response to an electronic signature generation request corresponding to a message. Further, the apparatus calculates and uses a first instant private key making a pair with the first instant public key, using the first instant public key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Kyue Kim, Byong Deok Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Sang Seon Park