Patents by Inventor Il-kwon Kim
Il-kwon 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).
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Patent number: 11953873Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Il Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20240111265Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su SONG, Jae Wan KIM, Il Kwon KIM
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Patent number: 11880180Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Il Kwon Kim
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Patent number: 11863110Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor driver and a method of driving a motor capable of driving a motor with optimum efficiency. The method of driving the brushless direct current (BLDC) motor may include an initial driving operation, a test operation of adjusting a turn-on time and a transition time in the test mode step by step, driving the BLDC motor by applying the adjusted turn-on time and the adjusted transition time, and detecting a driving error of the BLDC motor, an operation of repeating the test operation when the driving error is not detected in the test operation, and an operation of setting the turn-on time and the transition time, which are adjusted in an operation just before the driving error is detected, as a turn-on time and a transition time in an optimum driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Il Kwon Kim, Jae Hyun Ha
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Publication number: 20230109563Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor driver and a method of driving a motor capable of driving a motor with optimum efficiency. The method of driving the brushless direct current (BLDC) motor may include an initial driving operation, a test operation of adjusting a turn-on time and a transition time in the test mode step by step, driving the BLDC motor by applying the adjusted turn-on time and the adjusted transition time, and detecting a driving error of the BLDC motor, an operation of repeating the test operation when the driving error is not detected in the test operation, and an operation of setting the turn-on time and the transition time, which are adjusted in an operation just before the driving error is detected, as a turn-on time and a transition time in an optimum driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Il Kwon KIM, Jae Hyun HA
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Publication number: 20230043089Abstract: Some example embodiments relate to a super resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) image implementing device and/or a method thereof. Provided a super resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) image implementing device comprising a processor configured to crop a low resolution SEM image to generate a first cropped image and a second cropped image, to upscale the first cropped image and the second cropped image to generate a first upscaled image and a second upscaled image, and to cancel noise from the first upscaled image and the second upscaled image to generate a first noise canceled image and a second noise canceled image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho Joon LEE, Il Kwon KIM, Sang Gul PARK, Chang Wook JEONG, Moon Hyun CHA, Sat Byul KIM
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Publication number: 20230018915Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Myoung Su SONG, Jae Wan KIM, Il Kwon KIM
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Patent number: 11480936Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Il Kwon Kim
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Patent number: 11474491Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method between a master controller and slave controllers, a slave controller for the communication method, and a battery management system using the communication method and the slave controller, in which the master controller receives safety information about battery cells through a plurality of channels even when each of a plurality of slave controllers includes only one micro controller unit, thereby minimizing the increase in the cost and enhancing the safety of the battery management system. The communication method includes performing bidirectional communication between a master controller and first to Nth (where N is an integer equal to or more than two) slave controllers through a first communication channel, and receiving, by the master controller, an indication signal through a second communication signal via the first to Nth slave controllers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD., LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Jin Yong Jeon, Ki Suk Cho, Il Kwon Kim, Seung Jun Choi, Kyu Ho Kim, Kyoung Choon Min, Ki Young Lee, Won Gon Kim
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Patent number: 11067619Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit having a trim function for an embedded analog component or digital component. The integrated circuit includes a trim value generator configured to provide a varying trim value, a measurement target selected from a digital component and an analog component and configured to provide a measured value as a result of an internal operation corresponding to the trim value, a determination unit configured to determine the measured value based on a reference value received from the outside and to provide a trim control signal when the measured value corresponds to a preset target value, and a storage configured to store a current trim value as a measured result value in response to the trim control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.Inventor: Il Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20210194472Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated circuit having a trim function for an embedded analog component or digital component. The integrated circuit includes a trim value generator configured to provide a varying trim value, a measurement target selected from a digital component and an analog component and configured to provide a measured value as a result of an internal operation corresponding to the trim value, a determination unit configured to determine the measured value based on a reference value received from the outside and to provide a trim control signal when the measured value corresponds to a preset target value, and a storage configured to store a current trim value as a measured result value in response to the trim control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.Inventor: Il Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20210109492Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method between a master controller and slave controllers, a slave controller for the communication method, and a battery management system using the communication method and the slave controller, in which the master controller receives safety information about battery cells through a plurality of channels even when each of a plurality of slave controllers includes only one micro controller unit, thereby minimizing the increase in the cost and enhancing the safety of the battery management system. The communication method includes performing bidirectional communication between a master controller and first to Nth (where N is an integer equal to or more than two) slave controllers through a first communication channel, and receiving, by the master controller, an indication signal through a second communication signal via the first to Nth slave controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Jin Yong Jeon, Ki Suk Cho, Il Kwon Kim, Seung Jun Choi, Kyu Ho Kim, Kyoung Choon Min, Ki Young Lee, Won Gon Kim
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Patent number: 10915080Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method between a master controller and slave controllers, a slave controller for the communication method, and a battery management system using the communication method and the slave controller, in which the master controller receives safety information about battery cells through a plurality of channels even when each of a plurality of slave controllers includes only one micro controller unit, thereby minimizing the increase in the cost and enhancing the safety of the battery management system. The communication method includes performing bidirectional communication between a master controller and first to Nth (where N is an integer equal to or more than two) slave controllers through a first communication channel, and receiving, by the master controller, an indication signal through a second communication signal via the first to Nth slave controllers.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD., LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Jin Yong Jeon, Ki Suk Cho, Il Kwon Kim, Seung Jun Choi, Kyu Ho Kim, Kyoung Choon Min, Ki Young Lee, Won Gon Kim
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Publication number: 20190377313Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Myoung Su SONG, Jae Wan KIM, Il Kwon KIM
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Publication number: 20190129369Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method between a master controller and slave controllers, a slave controller for the communication method, and a battery management system using the communication method and the slave controller, in which the master controller receives safety information about battery cells through a plurality of channels even when each of a plurality of slave controllers includes only one micro controller unit, thereby minimizing the increase in the cost and enhancing the safety of the battery management system. The communication method includes performing bidirectional communication between a master controller and first to Nth (where N is an integer equal to or more than two) slave controllers through a first communication channel, and receiving, by the master controller, an indication signal through a second communication signal via the first to Nth slave controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Myoung Su SONG, Jae Wan KIM, Jin Yong JEON, Ki Suk CHO, Il Kwon KIM, Seung Jun CHOI, Kyu Ho KIM, Kyoung Choon MIN, Ki Young LEE, Won Gon KIM
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Publication number: 20190084021Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a cooling device including: a tub which is disposed above a cooling target and has an accommodation space that accommodates a coolant supplied from the outside; and spray nozzles which are installed in the accommodation space, each of the spray nozzles having one or more coolant inlet ports into which the coolant flows, the spray nozzles being disposed to be spaced apart from a central portion of the accommodation space toward an edge portion of the accommodation space, and the spray nozzles spraying the coolant, which flows in through the coolant inlet port, toward the cooling target, in which heights of the coolant inlet ports are in proportion to distances at which the spray nozzles are spaced apart from the central portion of the accommodation space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Seong-Chan PARK, Kil-Yong SHIN, Hyo-Sun JANG, Il-Kwon KIM
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Patent number: 9927945Abstract: A method of processing an operation of an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying whether the electronic device is coupled to an auxiliary apparatus; and providing a user interface that uses data provided from the auxiliary apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Seung-Tae Ryu, Il-Kwon Kim
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Patent number: 8977111Abstract: An image displaying apparatus, an image editing apparatus, an image editing system, an image displaying method and an image editing method are disclosed. The image displaying apparatus includes an image processing unit which captures a still image, a communication module which communicates with an external device, and a control unit which controls an edited image to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-hyun Park, Dae-gu Kim, Il-kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20150067578Abstract: A method and an apparatus for executing a function in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a home screen in a first area of an entire screen, activating a second area of the entire screen if a predetermined event is generated, determining whether a gesture is input to the second area through a cover operatively coupled with the electronic device, and executing an application corresponding to the first gesture if the first gesture has been input to the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Seung-Tae RYU, Il-Kwon KIM, Yong-Hoon JIN
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Patent number: 8971687Abstract: An image displaying apparatus, an image editing apparatus, an image editing system, an image displaying method and an image editing method are disclosed. The image displaying apparatus includes an image processing unit which captures a still image, a communication module which communicates with an external device, and a control unit which controls an edited image to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-hyun Park, Dae-gu Kim, Il-kwon Kim