Patents by Inventor Franklin BIEN

Franklin BIEN 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: 20140313157
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus includes a touch screen panel including first electrodes along a first direction and second electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction to form capacitances with the first electrodes, a driving circuit configured to supply a driving signal to the first electrodes; and a sensing circuit configured to detect output sensing signals from the second electrodes and recognize a touch input based on the output sensing signals. The sensing circuit includes a switching unit configured to modulate the output sensing signals by providing codes as respective input sensing signals to the second electrodes, an amplifying unit configured to amplify the modulated sensing signals, an analog-digital conversion unit configured to convert the amplified sensing signals into digital sensing signals, and a controller configured to demodulate the digital sensing signals and detect a touch input and its position from the demodulated sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Franklin Bien, Jae-Joon Kim, Sang-Hyune Heo, Kyeong-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 8625654
    Abstract: A pulse generator of an ultra wideband (UWB) system includes: a plurality of delay cells for receiving pulses, delaying the received pulses for a predetermined time, and outputting the delayed pulses; and an edge combiner connected to output ends of the plurality of delay cells for receiving the delayed pulses from the plurality of delay cells, outputting fine pulses corresponding to the delayed time, and generating one impulse signal with the outputted fine pulses. The edge combiner includes a plurality of XOR gates for receiving a first delayed pulse and a second delayed pulse from an nth delay cell and an (n+1)th delay cell among the plurality of delay cells and generating fine pulses, respectively, and an OR gate for receiving a first fine pulse and a second fine pulse respectively output from a first XOR gate and a second XOR gate included in the plurality of XOR gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Unist Academy-Industry Research Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Doo Jeong, Hyung Soo Lee, Sangsung Choi, Franklin Bien, Yun ho Choi, Young su Kim
  • Patent number: 8618858
    Abstract: A pulse generator is provided. The pulse generator includes: a time delayed pulse generation unit including a plurality of delay cells for receiving a first pulse having a first pulse width and outputting pulses delayed by a particular time delay value on the basis of one of a rising edge and a falling edge of the first pulse; an edge combiner configured to receive the plurality of time delayed pulses from the time delayed pulse generation unit and generate second pulses having a second pulse width; and a channel selector configured to regulate the number of outputs of the second pulses generated by the edge combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Unist Academy—Industry Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Kim, Hyung Soo Lee, Sang Sung Choi, Kyeong Deok Moon, Yun Ho Choi, Young Su Kim, Franklin Bien
  • Publication number: 20120163416
    Abstract: A pulse generator of an ultra wideband (UWB) system includes: a plurality of delay cells for receiving pulses, delaying the received pulses for a predetermined time, and outputting the delayed pulses; and an edge combiner connected to output ends of the plurality of delay cells for receiving the delayed pulses from the plurality of delay cells, outputting fine pulses corresponding to the delayed time, and generating one impulse signal with the outputted fine pulses. The edge combiner includes a plurality of XOR gates for receiving a first delayed pulse and a second delayed pulse from an nth delay cell and an (n+1)th delay cell among the plurality of delay cells and generating fine pulses, respectively, and an OR gate for receiving a first fine pulse and a second fine pulse respectively output from a first XOR gate and a second XOR gate included in the plurality of XOR gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: UNIST Academy-Industry Research Corporation, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Doo JEONG, Hyung Soo Lee, Sangsung Choi, Franklin Bien, Yun ho Choi, Young su Kim
  • Publication number: 20120139598
    Abstract: A pulse generator is provided. The pulse generator includes: a time delayed pulse generation unit including a plurality of delay cells for receiving a first pulse having a first pulse width and outputting pulses delayed by a particular time delay value on the basis of one of a rising edge and a falling edge of the first pulse; an edge combiner configured to receive the plurality of time delayed pulses from the time delayed pulse generation unit and generate second pulses having a second pulse width; and a channel selector configured to regulate the number of outputs of the second pulses generated by the edge combiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: UNIST Academy-Industry Corporation, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Hwan KIM, Hyung Soo LEE, Sang Sung CHOI, Kyeong Deok MOON, Yun Ho CHOI, Young Su KIM, Franklin BIEN