Patents by Inventor Dong-kyu Kim

Dong-kyu 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: 20220155420
    Abstract: a LiDAR device including a laser emitting unit configured to emit laser, a laser detecting unit configured to detect laser emitted from the laser emitting unit and a controller configured to operate the LiDAR device in a first operation mode and a second operation mode in which a power consumption per unit time is lower than a power consumption per unit time of the first operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Seong JEONG, Chan M. Lim, Yong Yi LEE, Dong Kyu KIM, Jun Hwan JANG
  • Publication number: 20220156873
    Abstract: An image synthesis method includes inputting an original image and a watermark image into a synthesis model and obtaining a synthesized image output from the synthesis model. The original image and the watermark image are respectively processed in first and second sub-models of the synthesis model and then combined, and the concatenated result is processed in a third sub-model to generate the synthesized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Han Ul JANG, Dong Kyu KIM, Dong Yoon HAN, Sang Doo YUN, Choong Hyun SEO, In Woo RO
  • Publication number: 20220155458
    Abstract: A LiDAR device including a emitting unit configured to emit a laser, a detecting unit configured to detect the laser, and a controller configured to control the emitting unit and the detecting unit, wherein the controller is configured to operate the LiDAR device at in at least a first operation mode or a second operation mode in which power consumption per unit time is lower than that of the first operation mode, and wherein the controller is configured to switch an operation mode of the LiDAR device from the first operation mode to the second operation mode when the controller receives a first trigger signal from a first device, and switch the operation mode of the LiDAR device from the second operation mode to the first operation mode when the controller receives a second trigger signal from the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Seong JEONG, Chan M Lim, Yong Yi LEE, Dong Kyu KIM, Jun Hwan JANG
  • Publication number: 20220146634
    Abstract: A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser detecting array and a second lens assembly, wherein the laser detecting array includes at least two detectors for detecting at least a portion of the plurality of lasers and wherein the second lens assembly is configured to distribute the plurality of lasers to the at least two detectors; wherein the second lens assembly comprise: at least four lens layers including a first lens layer, a second lens layer, a third lens layer and a fourth lens layer; at least two gap layers including a first gap layer and a second gap layer; and a filter layer located in the first gap layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Kyu KIM, Chan M LIM, Hoon Il JEONG
  • Patent number: 11279197
    Abstract: An air suspension system and a method of controlling the same. The air suspension system includes air springs, each having a first input port, the air springs adjusting heights of left and right front and rear wheels, a data collection unit configured to receive data regarding a vehicle state, a solenoid valve configured to control the flow of compressed air, a double-acting cylinder whose piston rod is moved to guide the flow of the compressed air in left and right directions, so that the compressed air is supplied to the air springs through the solenoid valves connected to left and right sides of the double-acting cylinder, a drive unit having a drive motor to move the piston rod, and a sub-control unit configured to set a driving position and driving acceleration, based on the vehicle state, and to operate the solenoid valve and the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11263075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a memory system and a method of operating the memory system. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device configured to read data stored in a selected logical page among a plurality of logical pages by applying different read voltages to a selected word line corresponding to the plurality of logical pages. The memory system also includes a controller configured to perform an operation for detecting and correcting an error of the data whenever each of the read voltages is applied to the selected word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hee Youl Lee, Dong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11258146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell having an overcharge prevention member, and more particularly, to a battery cell including a protective member for preventing explosion due to the pressure caused by various factors inside the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Chul Gi Hong, Dong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11204412
    Abstract: A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser detecting array and a second lens assembly, wherein the laser detecting array includes at least two detectors for detecting at least a portion of the plurality of lasers and wherein the second lens assembly is configured to distribute the plurality of lasers to the at least two detectors; wherein the second lens assembly comprise: at least four lens layers including a first lens layer, a second lens layer, a third lens layer and a fourth lens layer; at least two gap layers including a first gap layer and a second gap layer; and a filter layer located in the first gap layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SOS LAB Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Kyu Kim, Chan M Lim, Hoon Il Jeong
  • Patent number: 11201379
    Abstract: The secondary battery includes a body part provided in a pillar shape on an outer wall and including a passage, through which the electrolyte flows, therein, a pin switch extending in a longitudinal direction of the body part, wherein, when a pressure is applied to an end of the pin switch, the pin switch linearly moves toward the inside, and when the pressure is removed, the pin switch linearly moves toward the outside, a manipulation part to move in a direction that is parallel to the pin switch, a pressure apply part protruding from a central portion of the manipulation part to apply a pressure an end of the pin switch, and a switching part disposed on the other end of the pin switch to open and close the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Keon Yoon, Dae Soo Kim, Dong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11193985
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a potential and a current of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a capacity of the battery based on the current measured by the sensing unit, detect inflection points in potential-capacity data in which the potential and the estimated capacity are mapped with each other, estimate an electrode potential of each inflection point, calculate a potential difference between each estimated electrode potential and a reference electrode potential, diagnose a change of at least one of an active material area, a depth of charge and a depth of discharge of an electrode of the battery based on an increase or decrease pattern of the plurality of calculated potential differences, and determine a mode of the battery as a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, Dae-Soo Kim, Ji-Yeon Kim, Dong-Kyu Kim, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210375024
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing interactive virtual reality content capable of increasing user immersion by naturally connecting an idle image to a branched image. The method includes providing an idle image including options, wherein an actor in the idle image performs a standby operation, while the actor performs the standby operation, receiving a user selection for an option, providing a connection image, and providing a corresponding branched image according to the selection of the user, wherein a portion of the actor in the connection image is processed by computer graphics, and the actor performs a connection operation so that a first posture of the actor at a time point at which the selection is received is smoothly connected to a second posture of the actor at a start time point of the branched image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: VISION VR INC.
    Inventors: Dong Kyu KIM, WON-IL KIM
  • Publication number: 20210366639
    Abstract: A magnetic field application device according to an embodiment includes a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly spaced apart in parallel from each other, a power supply configured to apply respective currents to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, a controller, and a resonator accommodation unit disposed between the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly, wherein each of the first coil assembly and the second coil includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic field, a guide member connected to a terminal of the coil, a magnetic material mount connected to a terminal of the guide member, and a magnetic material fixed to the magnetic material mount, and wherein the controller is configured to control the currents applied from the power supply to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Duk Young KIM, Yong Sup IHN, Su-Yong LEE, Dong Kyu KIM, Taek JEONG, Yonggi JO
  • Publication number: 20210364603
    Abstract: A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser detecting array and a second lens assembly, wherein the laser detecting array includes at least two detectors for detecting at least a portion of the plurality of lasers and wherein the second lens assembly is configured to distribute the plurality of lasers to the at least two detectors; wherein the second lens assembly comprise: at least four lens layers including a first lens layer, a second lens layer, a third lens layer and a fourth lens layer; at least two gap layers including a first gap layer and a second gap layer; and a filter layer located in the first gap layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Kyu KIM, Chan M LIM, Hoon Il JEONG
  • Patent number: 11171322
    Abstract: Provided herein are a positive electrode for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive material includes bundle-type carbon nanotubes, units of which have an average strand diameter of 15 nm or less, and the positive electrode active material layer has a packing density of 3.0 g/cc or more, and has an average pore diameter of 0.1 ?m to 0.5 ?m at the packing density when a pore size distribution is measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and thus may exhibit excellent electrolyte wetting properties. As a result, when the positive electrode is applied to a battery, wetting time of the positive electrode is shortened, and an area of the positive electrode that is not filled with an electrolyte is reduced, resulting in enhanced battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Heon Seol, Min Hee Lee, Dong Kyu Kim, Jae Woong Kim, Ye Lin Kim, Sang Hoon Choy, Je Young Kim, Sun Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20210341783
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image; a backlight unit for irradiating light toward a rear surface of the liquid crystal display panel; a cover bottom formed therein with a space in which the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are installed; and a glass attached to a front surface of the liquid crystal display panel to protect the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit are spaced apart from each other so that air moves through a space between the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. Accordingly, a sealed space is formed inside the liquid crystal display device, and the air inside the sealed space is circulated, so that thermal equilibrium is induced inside the sealed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Ki AHN, Dong Kyu KIM
  • Patent number: 11163011
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a potential and a current of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a capacity of the battery based on the current measured by the sensing unit, detect inflection points in potential-capacity data in which the potential and the estimated capacity are mapped with each other, estimate an electrode potential of each inflection point, calculate a potential difference between each estimated electrode potential and a reference electrode potential, diagnose a change of at least one of an active material area, a depth of charge and a depth of discharge of an electrode of the battery based on an increase or decrease pattern of the plurality of calculated potential differences, and determine a mode of the battery as a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, Dae-Soo Kim, Ji-Yeon Kim, Dong-Kyu Kim, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11151350
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a fingerprint input unit located in one area of the electronic device to receive a fingerprint of a user; and a controller configured to control a display unit to display information on a fingerprint registration progress situation in correspondence to a plurality of fingerprints that are sequentially input to the fingerprint input unit, determine whether a fingerprint of the user is to be registered according to the fingerprint registration progress situation information, and register a fingerprint of the user by using at least some of the plurality of fingerprints. A fingerprint registration progress situation can be identified when a fingerprint is registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Yun Lee, Young-Hoon Kwak, Dong-Kyu Kim, Je-Yeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11150307
    Abstract: A apparatus for diagnosing battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery and a processor configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery, detect a plurality of inflection data from SOC-voltage data of the battery where the voltage received from the sensing unit and the estimated SOC are mapped, calculate a differential coefficient increase or decrease rate at each of the plurality of inflection data detected based on a preset reference differential coefficient, diagnose a change of an electrode reaction resistance of the battery depending on whether the plurality of calculated differential coefficient increase or decrease rates belong to a preset reference increase or decrease rate range, and adjust the magnitude of a charge or discharge current of the battery only when it is diagnosed that the electrode reaction resistance is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, Dae-Soo Kim, Dong-Kyu Kim, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210313628
    Abstract: A method for regenerating a cell having an electrode assembly, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately combined with each other, an electrolyte, and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte according to the present invention includes performing a negative pressure processing process in which a negative pressure is applied to the cell to allow a gas disposed between the electrodes to move outside the electrode assembly and performing an ultrasonic wave processing process in which the cell is stimulated by ultrasonic waves to allow the electrolyte disposed outside the electrode assembly to move between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Gi HONG, Jae Hyun LEE, Dong Kyu KIM, Dae Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 11094942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode which is manufactured with ease and causes little damage during storage, and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrode includes a metallic current collector and an electrode mixture, wherein the current collector has a recess formed by denting the remaining portions except edge portions having a width, and the electrode mixture is embedded in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Dae-Soo Kim, Dong-Kyu Kim, Min-Kyung Kim