Patents by Inventor Dong Ik Kim

Dong Ik 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: 11953366
    Abstract: A fluid level measurement system using a buoyant body includes a guide part installed in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of a fluid storage tank, and provided with a space in which a fluid can move therein; a buoyant body inserted into the guide part, and configured to float along the surface of the fluid inside the guide part; and a measurement part coupled to the top end of the guide part, and configured to measure the level of the surface of the fluid inside the fluid storage tank by transmitting a signal toward the buoyant body in the inner space of the guide part and then receiving a signal reflected from the buoyant body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HANRA IMS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Suk Joon Ji, Young Gu Kim, Jong Min Chung, Chae Ho Lee, I-Hwan Cheon, Kwang Ik Chun, Dong Sik Jang
  • Publication number: 20240089754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an active terminal detection method and an active terminal detection device that increase the performance of determining whether a terminal is active by designing a spread code to reduce a cross-correlation value of the spread code of a terminal with a high activation frequency in a massive machine-type communication environment by using deep learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Nam Ik KIM, Kwang Bok LEE, Byong Hyo SHIM, Dong Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 11912102
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle including an air-conditioning case divided into a plurality of air passageways by a separation wall. A heating heat exchanger is disposed inside the air-conditioning case and exchanges heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle. A perforated member is disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger and has a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes, and a partition wall is disposed between the heating heat exchanger and the perforated member to divide the air passageway of the air-conditioning case into a plurality of air passageways, wherein the partition wall is formed integrally with the perforated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dong Won Lee, Jong Su Kim, Jae Woo Ko, Young Keun Kim, Chang Soo Bae, Jong Min Lee, Gyu Ik Han
  • Patent number: 11887282
    Abstract: A noise removing circuit includes an image combiner suitable for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by combining images having different exposure times; a detailed image generator suitable for generating a detailed image from the HDR image; an image strength evaluator suitable for evaluating strength of the detailed image; and a noise coring component suitable for performing a noise coring operation for removing noise from a region of the detailed image in which a signal to noise ratio (SNR) has decreased using a low threshold and a saturation threshold when the strength of the detailed image is less than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Ik Kim, Jin Su Kim, Chang Ki Min, Seong Hee Park
  • Patent number: 11714036
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for evaluating high-temperature creep behavior of metals, the apparatus including a chamber configured to fix a metal sample in an inner space sealed from an external environment, and including, at a lower portion, a metal tube stretchable in a length direction by a pressure of a gas, wherein the apparatus is configured in such a manner that a load received by the chamber in the length direction due to the pressure of the gas injected into the chamber is applied to the metal sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jin-Yoo Suh, Han-Jin Kim, Young Whan Cho, Woo Sang Jung, Jae-Hyeok Shim, Dong-Ik Kim, Young-Su Lee, Jihyun Hong
  • Publication number: 20230237624
    Abstract: A noise removing circuit includes an image combiner suitable for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by combining images having different exposure times; a detailed image generator suitable for generating a detailed image from the HDR image; an image strength evaluator suitable for evaluating strength of the detailed image; and a noise coring component suitable for performing a noise coring operation for removing noise from a region of the detailed image in which a signal to noise ratio (SNR) has decreased using a low threshold and a saturation threshold when the strength of the detailed image is less than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Ik KIM, Jin Su KIM, Chang Ki MIN, Seong Hee PARK
  • Publication number: 20230214644
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory for storing a classification network including a plurality of feature extraction layers. The electronic apparatus also includes a processor for acquiring a class score corresponding to an object, which is output from the classification network, by inputting a training image including the object to the classification network, acquiring a final loss value, based on a plurality of activation maps respectively output from the plurality of feature extraction layers and the class score, and controlling the classification network, based on the final loss value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Ik KIM
  • Patent number: 11669935
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image sensor for acquiring a pixel value of each of a plurality pixels; and a controller for acquiring a pattern image including the pixel value of each of the plurality of pixels and an exposure value representing an exposure time, generating a plurality of super resolution images based on pixels having the same exposure value among the plurality of pixels included in the pattern image, generating a motion map, which represents a motion of an object based on a ratio of exposure values of pixels at a selected position among a plurality of pixels included in the plurality of super resolution images and a ratio of pixel values of the pixels at the selected position, and generating a target image according to a weighted sum of the plurality of super resolution images and the motion map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Ik Kim
  • Patent number: 11651476
    Abstract: A noise removing circuit includes an image combiner suitable for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by combining images having different exposure times; a detailed image generator suitable for generating a detailed image from the HDR image; an image strength evaluator suitable for evaluating strength of the detailed image; and a noise coring component suitable for performing a noise coring operation for removing noise from a region of the detailed image in which a signal to noise ratio (SNR) has decreased using a low threshold and a saturation threshold when the strength of the detailed image is less than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Ik Kim, Jin Su Kim, Chang Ki Min, Seong Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20230064910
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present technology may include an image sensor including a plurality of pixel groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of exposure values, and a controller configured to select a reference scale image having a minimum exposure value and a target scale image having an exposure value different from the minimum exposure value, among a plurality of scale images that are obtained based on the plurality of pixel groups, and output an output image obtained using a motion map indicating a positional change of an object that is commonly included in the reference scale image and the target scale image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Ik KIM
  • Patent number: 11459148
    Abstract: A fixing device for a folded paste tube such as toothpaste, includes a tube bottom end formed on one end of the tube to have a certain width and length and a pair of hook parts formed on one surface of the tube bottom end to face each other in a tilted direction along a perforated line cut from one side to the other side in a horizontal direction and the tilted direction, and binding parts formed inside the hook parts, wherein the hook parts are cut along the perforated line, the hook part on one side and the hook part on the other side are unfolded and surround a rolled and folded part of the tube bottom end, and the binding parts come into contact with each other so as to allow hooks to be held by each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Dong Ik Kim
  • Publication number: 20220301105
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image sensor for acquiring a pixel value of each of a plurality pixels; and a controller for acquiring a pattern image including the pixel value of each of the plurality of pixels and an exposure value representing an exposure time, generating a plurality of super resolution images based on pixels having the same exposure value among the plurality of pixels included in the pattern image, generating a motion map, which represents a motion of an object based on a ratio of exposure values of pixels at a selected position among a plurality of pixels included in the plurality of super resolution images and a ratio of pixel values of the pixels at the selected position, and generating a target image according to a weighted sum of the plurality of super resolution images and the motion map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Dong Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220234581
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control method, a vehicle control device, and a vehicle control system including same. Specifically, a vehicle control device according to the present disclosure includes: a vehicle travel route estimation unit which estimates a first travel route of a vehicle on the basis of the turn radius and traveled distance of the vehicle, when the speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a preset speed; a target travel route predicter which confirms a target from periphery detection information about the periphery of the vehicle, and predicts a second travel route of the target; a collision determiner which determines whether there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target; and a vehicle control unit which controls to perform at least one among an alert control, a brake control, and an avoidance control, when there is a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Dong Ik KIM
  • Patent number: 11308865
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device according to the present disclosure includes a first pixel, a second pixel sharing a data line, a reference voltage line, and an initialization voltage line with the first pixel and disposed adjoining the first pixel, a first gate line provided to supply a first gate control signal to the first pixel, a second gate line provided to supply a second gate control signal to the second pixel, a third gate line provided to supply a third gate control signal to the first and second pixels, and a fourth gate line and provided to supply a fourth gate control signal to the first and second pixels, wherein a first driving element included in the first pixel and a second driving element included in the second pixel have different channel widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Su Hwang, Dong Ik Kim
  • Patent number: 11290655
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device including a sampling module suitable for generating for each color, a plurality of images having different exposure times, based on a single image generated during a single frame time; a correction module suitable for learning correction parameters of the single image based on the plurality of images using a set learning algorithm, and generating a plurality of corrected images by removing the correction parameters from the plurality of images; and an image processing module suitable for generating a high dynamic range image corresponding to the single image, based on the plurality of corrected images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Ik Kim
  • Publication number: 20220036813
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a horizontal direction to share a data line to which a first data voltage and a second data voltage are time-divisionally supplied and a reference voltage line to which a reference voltage is supplied, along with the first pixel, a first gate line coupled to the first pixel to transfer a first gate control signal, corresponding to the reference voltage, to the first pixel, a second gate line coupled to the first and second pixels in common to transfer a second gate control signal, corresponding to the first data voltage and the reference voltage in common, to the first and second pixels, and a third gate line coupled to the second pixel to transfer a third gate control signal, corresponding to the second data voltage, to the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: In Su HWANG, Dong Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220028330
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device according to the present disclosure includes a first pixel, a second pixel sharing a data line, a reference voltage line, and an initialization voltage line with the first pixel and disposed adjoining the first pixel, a first gate line provided to supply a first gate control signal to the first pixel, a second gate line provided to supply a second gate control signal to the second pixel, a third gate line provided to supply a third gate control signal to the first and second pixels, and a fourth gate line and provided to supply a fourth gate control signal to the first and second pixels, wherein a first driving element included in the first pixel and a second driving element included in the second pixel have different channel widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: In Su HWANG, Dong Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220020122
    Abstract: A noise removing circuit includes an image combiner suitable for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by combining images having different exposure times; a detailed image generator suitable for generating a detailed image from the HDR image; an image strength evaluator suitable for evaluating strength of the detailed image; and a noise coring component suitable for performing a noise coring operation for removing noise from a region of the detailed image in which a signal to noise ratio (SNR) has decreased using a low threshold and a saturation threshold when the strength of the detailed image is less than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Ik KIM, Jin Su KIM, Chang Ki MIN, Seong Hee PARK
  • Publication number: 20220009675
    Abstract: A fixing device for a folded paste tube such as toothpaste, includes a tube bottom end formed on one end of the tube to have a certain width and length and a pair of hook parts formed on one surface of the tube bottom end to face each other in a tilted direction along a perforated line cut from one side to the other side in a horizontal direction and the tilted direction, and binding parts formed inside the hook parts, wherein the hook parts are cut along the perforated line, the hook part on one side and the hook part on the other side are unfolded and surround a rolled and folded part of the tube bottom end, and the binding parts come into contact with each other so as to allow hooks to be held by each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Dong Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20210385395
    Abstract: A smart binning circuit includes an edge information generator suitable for generating edge information from pixel data outputted from a pixel array; a weight allocator suitable for allocating a weight based on the edge information; a binning component suitable for generating a binning value by performing an edge detection interpolation (EDI) binning on the edge information; a bayer binning component suitable for generating an average value representing pixels that are down-scaled through a 4-sum binning operation; and a combiner suitable for combining the binning value and the average value according to the allocated weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Su Ram CHA, Dong Ik KIM, Tae Hyun KIM, Seong Hee PARK