Patents by Inventor Dong-Jin Min

Dong-Jin Min 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: 9626062
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Melfas Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20150234503
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Dong Jin MIN
  • Patent number: 9052787
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Melfas Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20130285945
    Abstract: Provided are a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing panel for detecting multiple touches, including a first conductive trace formed along a first axial direction, a second conductive trace formed along a second axial direction intersecting the first axis, and an auxiliary conductive trace electrically connected to the second conductive trace, and formed along the first axial direction. An interpolation effect of a touched input moving in a horizontal direction may be expected, and an accuracy and linearity of the touched input may be enhanced through the auxiliary conductive trace generating a detected signal so that a dead region with respect to the touched input may be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: MELEFAS, INC.
    Inventors: Do Hwan Oh, Dong Jin Min, Dong Yoon Han
  • Publication number: 20130169558
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Dong Jin MIN
  • Patent number: 8462122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls the digital device by using a sensor sensing a touch of a human body, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls a digital device via a touch sensor and provides feedback information based on touch information of a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: MELFAS, Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20130021296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel and to a touch-sensing apparatus. The touch-sensing panel according to the present invention includes a substrate and one or more sensing regions prepared on the substrate, wherein the sensing region includes one or more first electrodes extending in a first axis direction, and one or more second electrodes extending in a second axis direction intersecting the first axis, and wherein at least some of the second electrodes are electrically connected to another second electrode arrayed at the same position on a first axis and included in another unit sensing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Dong Jin Min, Do Hwan Oh
  • Publication number: 20110187666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel including an electrode-integrated window, and a manufacturing method thereof. The disclosed touch-sensing panel includes a transparent window and a wiring unit. A sensing electrode is formed in a certain pattern on one surface of the transparent window, and the transparent window allows touching on the opposite surface to the plane where the sensing electrode is formed. The wiring unit is connected to the sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode is integrated with the transparent window. According to the invention, it is used the transparent window in which the sensing electrode is integrated with the one surface so that the manufacturing processes may be simplified and the yield may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20100315330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user input apparatus for integrated processing of user inputs via various types of switches. In one aspect, the apparatus includes: an input port connected to either an electrical switch or a mechanical switch to receive a user input signal via the electrical switch or the mechanical switch; a switch selection unit configured to store an electrical input unit activating information in case the input port is connected to the electrical switch, and to store a mechanical input unit activating information in case the input port is connected to the mechanical switch; an electrical input unit coupled to receive an electrical input signal inputted via the electrical switch, in case the electrical input unit activating information is stored in the switch selection unit; and a mechanical input unit coupled to receive a mechanical input signal inputted via the mechanical switch, in case the mechanical input unit activating information is stored in the switch selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: MELFAS, INC.
    Inventors: Byung Sang Rhim, Dong-Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20100187023
    Abstract: A user input apparatus having a plurality of touch sensors is provided. The apparatus includes: a plurality of touch sensors, each of which detects the user's touch and generates touch a sensing signal; a state control unit determining an activated or deactivated state for each of the touch sensors according to an operation mode of the digital device; an optical signal generation unit generating an optical signal that displays the activated or deactivated state of each of the touch sensors; and a touch sensing signal receiving unit receiving the touch sensing signal, the touch sensing signal being generated from a touch sensor in the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20090090568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls the digital device by using a sensor sensing a touch of a human body, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls a digital device via a touch sensor and provides feedback information based on touch information of a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Dong Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20080266269
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable touch-type keyboard in which touch type electrodes are included in a printed circuit board (PCB) and keys each having a pad shape are formed on a flat plate in correspondence with the touch type electrodes so as to transmit/receive a signal to/from an external device via wired/wireless communication such that key data indicating a character or a function can be input. The portable keyboard includes a pad key touch panel including a plurality of pad type touch electrodes contained in predetermined containing spaces of a printed circuit board (PCB) and pad keys formed on an upper plane in correspondence with the touch electrodes, and a signal operation module which processes signals received from the plurality of pad keys, generates a key signal, and transmits the key input signal to an external device via wired/wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: MELFAS INC.
    Inventors: Bong Woo Lee, Dong Jin Min, Jae Young Jo
  • Publication number: 20050163350
    Abstract: Disclosed are fingerprint sensing apparatus and method using a time-variable characteristic of a fingerprint signal which generates an analog fingerprint signal reflecting charging or discharging characteristic of fingerprint impedance by supplying or discharging electric charge to/from a sensing electrode and converts the analog signal into a digital value on the basis of time required for the analog fingerprint signal to reach a predetermined level. The fingerprint sensing apparatus may reproduce a specific fingerprint pattern at each sensing point by signaling the converted digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: MELFAS CO. LTD
    Inventors: Won-Chan Kim, Dong-Jin Min
  • Publication number: 20050163351
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor fingerprint sensing apparatus with a shielding unit for sensing an inherent pattern of a fingerprint by using minute difference of fingerprint impedance. This fingerprint sensing apparatus has the shielding unit between a charge supplying unit and a sensing electrode to prevent DC current from being directly applied to the human body through the sensing electrode. The fingerprint sensing apparatus also has a discharging unit for compulsorily discharging charges residual in the shielding unit and the sensing electrode, so the sensing electrode may be always charged at a regular level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: MELFAS CO LTD
    Inventors: Won-Chan Kim, Dong-Jin Min