Patents by Inventor Ik Kim

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).

  • Publication number: 20200341591
    Abstract: A touch sensor may include a base layer, a sensing electrode set, a first insulating layer, a first conductive member, and a second insulating layer. The sensing electrode set may be disposed on the base layer, may include a first first-type sensing electrode, and may include a first second-type sensing electrode. The first insulating layer may be disposed on the sensing electrode set, may include a contact hole, and may include a first opening. The first conductive member may be disposed on the first insulating layer and may be directly connected to the first second-type sensing electrode through the contact hole. The second insulating layer may be disposed on the first insulating layer, may cover the first conductive member, and may include a second opening. Each of the first opening and the second opening may partially expose the first first-type sensing electrode or the first second-type sensing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Chun Gi YOU, Tae Ik KIM, Hyun Sik PARK
  • Patent number: 10818209
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel receiving light from a light source. The display panel includes a liquid crystal panel, first and second polarizers respectively disposed on front and rear sides of the liquid crystal panel, and an optical layer disposed on a front surface of the second polarizer. The optical layer includes a first resin layer having light absorption portions for absorbing a portion of incident light, a second resin layer disposed on a front surface of the first resin layer, the second resin layer having a higher refractive index than the first resin layer, the second resin layer having light diffusion portions for diffusing light not absorbed by the light absorption portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Chol Lee, Wook-Jae Jeon, Tae Ik Kim, Il Yong Jung, Byoung-Jin Cho, Jun Sung Choi
  • Publication number: 20200333910
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region and a sensing region overlapping with each other, a plurality of pixels in the display region, a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction in the sensing region, a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction in the sensing region, and a driving circuit including a display driver for driving the pixels corresponding to image data, and a touch driver for sensing a touch input using a sensing signal input from each of the first electrodes, and configured to supply a noise compensation signal corresponding to the image data to the second electrodes during a period in which the pixels are driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hak KIM, Do Ik KIM, Ga Young KIM, Young Sik KIM, Sang Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 10812054
    Abstract: A digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) includes a current mirror configured to generate a reference current at a first output terminal thereof, and a supply current having a magnitude proportional to a magnitude of the reference current at a second output terminal thereof. An oscillation circuit is provided, which is responsive to the supply current at an input node thereof. This oscillation circuit generates a periodic output signal having a frequency that varies in response to changes in the magnitude of the supply current. A variable resistance circuit is provided, which is responsive to a first control signal having a magnitude that influences a value of a resistance provided between a first node thereof, which receives the reference current, and a second node thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-yeop Choo, Woo-seok Kim, Tae-ik Kim
  • Publication number: 20200319735
    Abstract: The touch sensor includes first touch electrode members disposed on a base layer and located in a sensing area, each of the first touch electrode members including a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged along a first direction, each of the first touch electrodes including a first opening; second touch electrode members disposed on the base layer and located in a sensing area, each of the second touch electrode members including a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged along a second direction, each of the second touch electrodes including a second opening; and a first pressure sensor disposed on the base layer and including a first strain gauge. A portion of the first strain gauge is located in the second sensing area, and the first strain gauge includes a portion located in the second sensing area and disposed in the same layer as the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Jang Hui KIM, Ga Young KIM, Do Ik KIM, Sang Chul LEE, A Ra JO
  • Publication number: 20200313216
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane of a membrane-electrode assembly including an electronic insulation layer, which greatly improves the durability of the electrolyte membrane, and a method of preparing the same. The electrolyte membrane includes an ion exchange layer and an electronic insulation layer provided on the ion exchange layer, and the electronic insulation layer includes one or more catalyst complexes, and a second ionomer Particularly, each of the one or more catalyst complex includes a catalyst particle and a first ionomer coated on the entirety or a portion of the surface of the catalyst particle, and the one or more catalyst complexes are dispersed the second ionomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung Su Kim, Yong Min Kim, Ha Yeong Yu, Jin Yi Choi, Ju Ahn Park, Ju Young Lee, Jung Ik Kim, Min Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20200306266
    Abstract: A solid dispersion of dutasteride for improving the solubility or dissolution rate of poorly soluble dutasteride, a method for preparing the solid dispersion, and a pharmaceutical composition including the solid dispersion are provided. The solid dispersion includes: a coprecipitate including dutasteride and a water-soluble polymeric carrier; and an adsorbent. The dutasteride and the water-soluble polymeric carrier are present in a weight ratio of 1:10-100 in the coprecipitate. The solid dispersion exhibits a dissolution rate equal to or higher than AVODARTĀ® soft capsules and contains a minimal amount of related substances, achieving good storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Dae Ik KIM, Woo Cheoul SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200311374
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate having light transmitting portions, a plurality of pixels positioned on the first substrate and including light emitting devices, a light sensor layer overlapping the first substrate and including light receiving devices respectively corresponding to the light transmitting portions, and a light guide layer positioned between the display panel and the light sensor layer and including light guide paths respectively corresponding to the light transmitting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Do Ik KIM, Young Sik KIM, In Young HAN
  • Patent number: 10790675
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for transmitting power wirelessly. The apparatus for transmitting power wirelessly may include a boosting unit boosting an input voltage, and an inverter unit inverting the boosted voltage output from the boosting unit to transmit power wirelessly. The inverter unit and the boosting unit are controlled by the same switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: WITS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Cho, Chang Ik Kim, Seung Won Park, Yong Woon Park, Sang Beom Lee, Eun Young Shin, Jae Suk Sung, Jae Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 10782826
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a touch sensor may include a sensor part including a first electrode and a second electrode, a signal receiving part, an amplifier circuit part connected between the second electrode and the signal receiving part, an analog-to-digital converter part configured to output a digital signal corresponding to a voltage difference between input terminals, and a processor configured to detect a touch input from the sensor part in response to the digital signal when operating in a first mode, and to output a gain control signal for calibrating a gain value of the amplifier circuit part in response to the digital signal when operating in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Ik Kim, Sang Hyun Lim, Ga Young Kim, Young Sik Kim, Sang Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20200293139
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor unit having a first region including at least one pair of a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second region including at least two pairs of first electrodes and second electrodes, a plurality of sensing channels each including first and second input terminals, wherein the first input terminals of the sensing channels are connected to different ones of the first electrodes, an amplifying circuit connected between the second input terminals of the sensing channels and the second electrodes, and an input control unit connected between the amplifying circuit and the second electrodes, the input control unit including a first resistor connected to the second electrode of the first region, and a second resistor commonly connected to the second electrodes of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hak KIM, Do Ik KIM, Young Sik KIM, Sang Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 10775916
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a high-sensitivity touch sensor. A display device includes: pixels arranged in a display region; sensing electrodes arranged in a sensing region; sensing lines coupled to the respective sensing electrodes; a noise detection electrode disposed on the same layer as the sensing electrodes; sensing channels each including a first input terminal coupled to any one of the sensing electrodes and a second input terminal coupled to the noise detection electrode, the sensing channels each generating an output signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the first and second input terminals; and a processor detecting a touch input, using the output signals of the sensing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Ik Kim, Gwang Bum Ko, Jung Hak Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Ga Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20200285339
    Abstract: A touch sensor and a display device, in which the touch sensor includes: a base layer including a first region which is a flat portion, and a second region which is a curved portion extending from the first region; touch electrodes arranged on the base layer and each including an opening; a strain gauge disposed in the first region; and a temperature compensation pattern disposed in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Do Ik Kim, Jang-Hui Kim, Ga Young Kim, A Ra Jo
  • Publication number: 20200272270
    Abstract: A touch sensor including a substrate including an active area and a non-active area, a plurality of first electrodes extending in first direction on the active area, a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction on the active area, a plurality of third electrodes including electrode portions disposed in the first electrodes, respectively, being separated from the first electrodes, and extending in the first direction on the active area, and a sensing circuit including a plurality of signal receivers receiving sensing signals from the first electrodes, respectively, in which each of the signal receivers includes first and second input terminals connected to a pair of first and third electrodes corresponding to each other, respectively, and outputs a signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the first and second input terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Do Ik Kim, Sang Hyun Lim, Ga Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10732746
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing channel. The first electrode includes first electrode cells arranged in a first direction, a first connection portion connecting the first electrode cells in the first direction and a first opening disposed in at least one of the first electrode cells. The second electrode includes an electrode portion disposed in the first opening. The electrode portion is disposed on a same layer as the first electrode cells and separated from the first electrode. The sensing channel includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is connected to the first electrode. The second terminal is connected to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Ik Kim, Ga Young Kim, Sang Hyun Lim, Young Sik Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Hwan Hee Jeong
  • Publication number: 20200240515
    Abstract: A shift control apparatus configured for an electronic shift system, may include shift dial disposed on a main housing to be able to turn in a first direction or a second direction and having a permanent magnet; a main PCB disposed on the main housing opposite the permanent magnet, and recognizing gear stages and outputting signals for the recognized gear stages to a transmission control unit in accordance with a change in position of the permanent magnet when the shift dial is turned; a shift button being movable upwards and downwards with respect to the shift dial; and a sub PCB coupled to the shift dial and outputting a gear stage signal, which is generated when the shift button is operated, to the transmission control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Ik KIM, Chang Hyun LEE, Bum Jun KIM
  • Patent number: 10714559
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting element includes: a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a metal layer including a first material, an oxidation layer including a second material and disposed on two opposing surfaces of the metal layer, and a barrier layer disposed at a surface of the oxidation layer, and the second material has a smaller Gibbs free energy than that of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Gu Lee, Yeon Hwa Lee, Se Hoon Jeong, Ji Young Choung, Man Ho Kim, Jae Ik Kim, Jin Baek Choi
  • Publication number: 20200218493
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of omitting a device discovery process and a service discovery process and simplifying a W-Fi Direct connection procedure includes a memory; a display; communication circuitry configured to communicate with the server and the source device; and a controller configured to execute the screen mirroring service with the source device. The controller is configured to, when a start command of the screen mirroring service is input by a user, control the display to display the source device connected to a cloud account, in response to an input of the user who selects the source device, to perform the Wi-Fi Direct connection with the source device based on first Wi-Fi Direct configuration information stored in the memory and second Wi-Fi Direct configuration information obtained from the server, and to control the display to output a screen of the source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wha Seob SIM, Je Ik KIM
  • Patent number: 10705635
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor unit having a first region including at least one pair of a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second region including at least two pairs of first electrodes and second electrodes, a plurality of sensing channels each including first and second input terminals, wherein the first input terminals of the sensing channels are connected to different ones of the first electrodes, an amplifying circuit connected between the second input terminals of the sensing channels and the second electrodes, and an input control unit connected between the amplifying circuit and the second electrodes, the input control unit including a first resistor connected to the second electrode of the first region, and a second resistor commonly connected to the second electrodes of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hak Kim, Do Ik Kim, Young Sik Kim, Sang Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20200199024
    Abstract: A nonvolatile cold modified asphalt binder and a nonvolatile cold recycled asphalt mixture using the same are manufactured by optimally mixing a petroleum asphalt, a native asphalt, a polymer modifier, process oil, and an adhesive strength enhancer. The nonvolatile cold modified asphalt binder includes at least one petroleum asphalt selected from a straight asphalt or a blown asphalt; at least one native asphalt selected from gilsonite, glance pitch, and grahamite; a rubber-modified-compound (RMC) polymer modifier which is a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer including at least one of a styrene-butadiene block copolymer (SBS), a styrene-isoprene block copolymer (SIS), and a styrene-ethylene-butylene block copolymer (SEBS); at least one process oil selected from paraffin oil, naphthenic oil, aromatic oil, natural oil, and mineral oil; and at least one adhesive strength enhancer selected from rosin esters, modified acryls, modified silicones, polyvinyl esters, and silicone resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Young Ik KIM, Young Sang KIM, Jeong Ho PARK