Patents by Inventor Il Kim

Il 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).

  • Aerosol generating device and method for showing the remaining amount of liquid composition using light source
    Patent number: 11930858
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an aspect comprises a main body that comprises a battery and a controller, a cartridge which is coupled to the main body and comprises a liquid storage that contains liquid composition and an atomization portion that generates an aerosol by heating the liquid composition contained in the liquid storage, and a cover that forms an inner space by being coupled to the main body such that the cartridge is arranged in the inner space, wherein the main body further comprises a light source that emits light toward an inside of the liquid storage, and the cover comprises a window hole through which light entitled from the light source toward the inside of the liquid storage is transmitted to the outside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hun Il Lim, Tae Hun Kim, Hyung Jin Jung, Jae Sung Choi, Jung Ho Han
  • RAZOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240083055
    Abstract: A razor assembly is proposed. The razor assembly may include a blade housing configured to receive at least one or more shaving blades in a longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may also include a connector disposed on the rear side of the blade housing and a spin housing coupled to the connector. The razor assembly may further include a fixing housing coupled to the spin housing and configured to render the spin housing to be rotatable about a first rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may further include a first restoring force-providing unit configured to provide a restoring force for restoring the spin housing to a first rest position when the spin housing is rotated about the first rotational axis relative to the fixing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Woo Gyeong GO, Dong Il KIM, Yong Geon KIM, Kyong Sik LEE
  • CUTTING APPARATUS AND CUTTING METHOD FOR EDIBLE PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20240083059
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a cutting roller including a cutting body having a cylindrical shape and configured to rotate about an axis defined in a leftward/rightward direction, and cutting blades protruding outward in a radial direction of the cutting body further than a surface of the cutting body to cut an edible food product provided in a forward/rearward direction, and a cutting base part disposed at a position facing the cutting roller based on the edible food product to support the edible food product to be cut by the cutting roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION, CJ SEAFOOD CORPORATION, GREEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duk Jin CHANG, Min Soo LIM, Seung Yong KIM, Yong Ho JEON, Sang Oh KIM, Myoung Il KWAK, Jong Hwa LEE
  • POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240088260
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the power semiconductor device are disclosed. The power semiconductor device includes an isolation region at or in a bather layer in contact with or adjacent to a drain electrode to reduce or prevent current collapse between a gate electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Houn JUNG, Dae Il KIM, Han Seok KO, Ung Bi SON
  • Semiconductor device having gate isolation layer
    Patent number: 11929367
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, first active fins that extend in a first direction in the first region, second active fins that extend in the first direction in the second region, a first field insulating layer between the first active fins and that extend in a second direction, a second field insulating layer between the second active fins and extending in the second direction, a gate line that extends in the second direction on the second field insulating layer, the gate line linearly along with the first field insulating layer, a gate isolation layer between the first field insulating layer and the gate line, and gate spacers that extend in the second direction, the gate spacers in contact with both sidewalls of each of the first field insulating layer, the gate line, and the gate isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Seok Ha, Hyun Seung Song, Hyo Jin Kim, Kyoung Mi Park, Guk Il An
  • Substrate processing apparatus and method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same
    Patent number: 11927890
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Heo, Cha Won Koh, Sang Joon Hong, Hyun Woo Kim, Kyung-Won Kang, Dong-Wook Kim, Kyung Won Seo, Young Il Jang, Yong Suk Choi
  • HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND DRIVING CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20240075920
    Abstract: A method for controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle includes collecting driving data while the hybrid electric vehicle is driven, determining whether the hybrid electric vehicle enters a first mode corresponding to emergency driving of the hybrid electric vehicle or a second mode corresponding to control in preparation for the emergency driving, and controlling the hybrid electric vehicle in accordance with a mode that the hybrid electric vehicle enters among the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Bae Jeon, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Gyu Ri Lee, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • INTRUDER DETECTION METHOD BASED ON MULTIPLE CAMERA IMAGES AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240078799
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an intruder detection method capable of accurately detecting an intruder and estimating an abnormal behavior of the intruder even when viewpoints of acquired images are different from each other. An intruder detection method is suitable for being performed by an intruder detection device for detecting an intruder based on images and includes: receiving input images acquired by multiple cameras; extracting feature maps associated with a plurality of viewpoints by applying the input images to a plurality of convolutional neural networks provided separately for the plurality of viewpoints of the images; and detecting the intruder based on the feature maps associated with the plurality of viewpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Young Il KIM, Seong Hee PARK, Geon Min YEO, Il Woo LEE, Wun Cheol JEONG, Tae Wook HEO
  • COMPOSITE STRUCTURE DENTAL ORTHODONTIC SHEET AND DENTAL ORTHODONTIC DEVICE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240075724
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dental orthodontic sheet having a composite structure in which different materials are stacked and bound to each other. The composite structure dental orthodontic sheet includes a first sheet layer, a second sheet layer, and an intermediate sheet layer formed between the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer, wherein the intermediate sheet layer includes a mat portion made of a softer material than each of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer, the mat portion being formed so as to have a mesh structure, and a binding portion configured to allow mesh holes of the mat portion to be filled with materials of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer such that the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bound to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: DENTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Bong SIM, Hee Seok PARK, Byeong Il KIM, Eun Yeong PARK, Won Gun CHANG
  • ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH A UI DEVELOPMENT TOOL CAPABLE OF RECOMMENDING A TEMPLATE FOR A UI COMPONENT BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UI TO BE DEVELOPED AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240078095
    Abstract: Disclosed is technology that recommends an appropriate design template to each component constituting the UI to a UI developer by considering the platform related to an industrial classification of a UI to be developed by the UI developer, a job of a user who is to use the UI, and a target product to which the UI is to be applied to support the UI developer to more easily develop a UI in a direction desired by the UI developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOBESOFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JeongBeom PARK, Songi PARK, woo cheol LEE, Jea Il KIM
  • ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING METHOD USING LIGAND EXCHANGE REACTION
    Publication number: 20240079249
    Abstract: An atomic layer etching method using a ligand exchange reaction may include a substrate providing step of putting a substrate with a thin film formed thereon into a reaction chamber, a halogenated thin film forming step of forming a halogenated thin film on a surface of the thin film by infusing a halogenated gas into the reaction chamber, and an etching step of etching the halogenated thin film by infusing a ligand without a metal or metal precursor into the reaction chamber with the substrate with the halogenated thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Chul LEE, Hyun Sik NOH, Dong Kyun LEE, Eun Ae JUNG, Kyoung-Mun KIM, Jooyong KIM, Younghun BYUN, Byeong Il YANG, Changhyun JIN
  • PORTABLE POWER GENERATING SYSTEM USES ROTATING TABLE
    Publication number: 20240079931
    Abstract: Provided is a portable power generating system including a base, an electric motor fixed on the base, a circular rotating table located at a center of the base and rotated by the electric motor, and two or more power generators fixed on the base and driven by the circular rotating table. Further, the system includes an extended generator shaft where magnet rollers are attached for increasing centripetal force and rotating on the rotating table in one direction. Also, a battery is provided for starting the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KI IL KIM, Young KIM
  • Communication device, operation method thereof, and communication system including the same
    Patent number: 11923882
    Abstract: A hybrid communication device, an operation method thereof, and a communication system including the same are provided. The hybrid communication device includes a contact unit that includes an antenna for receiving a first communication signal and an electrode for receiving a second signal, a switch controller that includes a first switch and a second switch and controls the first switch and the second switch based on a change in capacitance of the electrode, and a signal processing unit that receives at least one of the first communication signal and the second communication signal from the contact unit via the first switch and processes the received signal. The first switch is connected to the contact unit, and the signal processing unit is connected to the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae Wook Kang, Sung Eun Kim, Hyung-Il Park, Jae-Jin Lee, Hyuk Kim, Kyung Hwan Park, Mi Jeong Park, Kyung Jin Byun, Kwang Il Oh, In Gi Lim
  • Coding tool setting method and video decoding apparatus
    Patent number: 11924454
    Abstract: A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee
  • Toner refill apparatus
    Patent number: 11921443
    Abstract: According to examples, a toner refill apparatus may include a chamber to house a toner, in which the chamber may include an insertion section, the insertion section to be inserted into a refill port of a toner cartridge and including a discharge opening, the refill port including an electrical circuit component. The apparatus may also include a valve mechanism positioned at the discharge opening to control output of the toner from the chamber through the discharge opening, in which an actuator may engage the valve mechanism and may controllably open the valve mechanism. The apparatus may further include an electronic chip to be in electrical communication the electrical circuit component, in which a controller may activate the actuator based on a detection that the electronic chip is in contact with the electrical circuit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Seung il Kim
  • Integrated circuit devices including transistor stacks having different threshold voltages and methods of forming the same
    Patent number: 11923365
    Abstract: Integrated circuit devices may include two transistor stacks including lower transistors having different threshold voltages and upper transistors having different threshold voltages. Gate insulators of the lower transistors may have different dipole elements or different areal densities of dipole elements, and the upper transistors may have different gate electrode structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghyuk Yim, Ki-Il Kim, Gil Hwan Son, Kang Ill Seo
  • Coding tool setting method and video decoding apparatus
    Patent number: 11924453
    Abstract: A coding tool setting method and a video decoding apparatus using the same are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for setting whether or not to use a coding tool, and provides a coding tool setting method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a profile syntax element indicating a target profile among available profiles and a coding tool syntax element for configurable coding tools, the coding tool syntax element indicating whether or not to apply the coding tool; and setting, on the basis of the coding tool syntax element, target coding tools that are coding tools included in the target profile to be on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee
  • RAZOR CARTRIDGE AND RAZOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240066734
    Abstract: A razor cartridge and a razor assembly are proposed. The razor cartridge may include a blade housing configured to receive at least one or more shaving blades in a longitudinal direction and a coupling hole formed in a rear surface of the blade housing. The razor cartridge may also include a connector including a coupling protrusion that is connected to the coupling hole and rotatable about a first rotational axis parallel to the longitudinal direction. The coupling protrusion may form a gap between the coupling hole to allow the blade housing to pivot about a second rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Il KIM, KyoSun KIM, Kyong Sik LEE
  • DEVICES INCLUDING STACKED NANOSHEET TRANSISTORS
    Publication number: 20240072060
    Abstract: Nanosheet transistor devices are provided. A nanosheet transistor device includes a transistor stack that includes a lower nanosheet transistor having a first nanosheet width and a lower gate width. The transistor stack also includes an upper nanosheet transistor that is on the lower nanosheet transistor and that has a second nanosheet width and an upper gate width that are different from the first nanosheet width and the lower gate width, respectively. Related methods of forming a nanosheet transistor device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: BYOUNGHAK HONG, SEUNGHYUN SONG, KI-IL KIM, GUNHO JO, KANG-ILL SEO
  • METHOD FOR FABRICATING ENHANCEMENT MODE TRANSISTOR MATERIAL, ENHANCEMENT MODE TRANSISTOR MATERIAL FABRICATED THEREBY, ENHANCEMENT MODE TRANSISTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240068120
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for fabricating an enhancement mode transistor material, an enhancement mode transistor material fabricated thereby, an enhancement mode transistor including the same, and an amplifying circuit including the same. The method for fabricating an enhancement mode transistor material includes: a first step of mixing and reacting a solution including a conductive polymer and an ionic reactant including a negative ion that enables deprotonation of the conductive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tae Il KIM, Young Jin JO, Seung Hwan CHOY