Patents by Inventor In Chul Song

In Chul Song 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: 9721019
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for presenting content recommendations. In one implementation, a method is provided for providing content recommendations to a plurality of users. The method may include generating a first plurality of content recommendations for a first user using a first plurality of methods, each of the first plurality of methods having a weight associated therewith. The method may further include selecting a second plurality of content recommendations from the first plurality of content recommendations based on the weights associated with the first plurality of methods. The method may further include providing the second plurality of content recommendations to the first user. The method may further include updating the weights associated with the first plurality of methods based on engagement by the first user with the second plurality of content recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Thu Kyaw, Sang Chul Song, Sean Christopher Timm, Sudhir Achuthan, Mikhail Barrett, Vineet Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20170192312
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first to fourth pixel electrodes neighbored each other in a first direction, a common electrode at least partially overlapping the first to fourth pixel electrodes, and a first data line and a second data line extended in a second direction different from the first direction, and neighbored each other where the first data line is interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second data line is interposed between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, and at least one slit defined in the common electrode is interposed between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Won Ho KIM, Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Hwa Yeul OH, Yeon Mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20170178579
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, first to fourth data lines extending in a second direction perpendicularly intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of pixels connected respectively to either the first or second gate line and any one of the first to fourth data lines, where each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode which receives a data signal from the connected one of the first to fourth data lines, a region in which the pixel electrode is disposed includes a first domain and a second domain having average alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules different from each other, and the first gate line overlaps a boundary between the first domain and the second domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Jun Ho SONG
  • Patent number: 9671658
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a gate driver, and a sealant. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area. The signal lines are integrated with the substrate and include a clock signal line. The gate driver includes a stage located between the clock signal line and the display area. The stage is integrated with the substrate and is configured to apply a gate voltage to the display area. The sealant is distributed over part of the peripheral area. A seal region where the sealant is distributed includes a seal line, and the clock signal line is located within the seal line. The clock signal line is located further away from the stage than the other signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Lim, Man Hong Na, Young-Je Cho, Sung-Man Kim, Min-Chul Song, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Patent number: 9666611
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a data line which extends in a column direction and transfers a data voltage; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to the data line and adjacent in a row direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first pixel electrode and the data line, and including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; and a second thin film transistor connected to the second pixel electrode and the data line, and including a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. The first pixel electrode is at the right of the data line, the second pixel electrode is at the left of the data line, and relative positions of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are the same as relative positions of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Song, Man Hong Na, Young Je Cho, Sung Man Kim, Sung-Hoon Lim, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Publication number: 20170146937
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus as provided includes: a heating roller heated using a first heater unit disposed in the center thereof and second heater units disposed on both sides of the first heater unit; a pressure roller in pressing contact with the heating roller to form a nip; first and second sensors for detecting the temperature of a central area of the heating roller the temperature of a side area of the heating roller, respectively; and a controller for individually controlling the first and second heater units according to the respective temperatures measured by the first and second sensors when the temperature measured by the second sensor is lower than a predetermined first temperature, and commonly controlling the first and second heater units according to the temperature measured by the first sensor when the temperature measured by the second sensor is equal to or higher than the predetermined first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-chul SONG, Sang-cheol MOON, Hwan-hee KIM, Kwang-sun SONG
  • Patent number: 9659825
    Abstract: An integrated circuit containing PMOS transistors may be formed by forming a dual layer hard mask. A first layer of the hard mask is halogen-containing silicon nitride formed using a halogenated silane reagent. A second layer of the hard mask is silicon nitride formed on the first layer using halogen-free reagents. After source/drain cavities are etched in the PMOS transistors, a pre-epitaxial bake with hydrogen is performed. After SiGe epitaxial source/drain regions are formed, the hard mask is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Deborah Jean Riley, Seung-Chul Song
  • Publication number: 20170115542
    Abstract: A display device may include a pixel electrode, a transistor, a first gate line, a second gate line, and a third gate line. The transistor may be electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The first gate line may be electrically connected to the transistor. The second gate line may extend not parallel to the first gate line. The third gate line may overlap the pixel electrode and may extend not parallel to the first gate line. The second gate line or the third gate line may be electrically connected to the first gate line. The pixel electrode may be partially positioned between the second gate line and the third gate line in a plan view of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hwa Yeul OH, Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Seong Su LIM, Tae Hyung HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170110115
    Abstract: An apparatus for normalizing input data of an acoustic model includes a window extractor configured to extract windows of frame data to be input to an acoustic model from frame data of a speech to be recognized, and a normalizer configured to normalize the frame data to be input to the acoustic model in units of the extracted windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Chul SONG, Young Sang CHOI, Hwi Dong NA
  • Publication number: 20170098444
    Abstract: Provided is a speech recognition apparatus. The apparatus includes a preprocessor configured to extract select frames from all frames of a first speech of a user, and a score calculator configured to calculate an acoustic score of a second speech, made up of the extracted select frames, by using a Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based acoustic model, and to calculate an acoustic score of frames, of the first speech, other than the select frames based on the calculated acoustic score of the second speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Chul SONG
  • Publication number: 20170069307
    Abstract: A collaborative recognition apparatus, the recognition apparatus includes a recognition data generator configured to generate recognition data based on sensor data, a processor configured to calculate reliability of the recognition data and to determine whether collaboration is desired based on the calculated reliability, and request collaboration data from the external recognition apparatus, and correct the recognition data based on the collaboration data received from the external recognition apparatus to generate final recognition data, in response to a determination that the collaboration is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Hong MIN, In Chul SONG
  • Publication number: 20170054837
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal and a method for displaying caller information. A terminal for displaying caller information includes an incoming call notifier configured to output a notification of an incoming call, a user attention recognizer configured to recognize when the user pays attention to a display of the terminal, a display controller configured to determine the caller information to be displayed based on time elapsed from the notification of the incoming call to when the user pays attention to the display, and a call-waiting display configured to display the caller information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Youl CHOI, Yun-Hong MIN, In-Chul SONG, Paul Barom JEON
  • Patent number: 9542458
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for processing and displaying user-generated content. User-generated content is received from a user over a network. A conversation related to the received user-generated content is identified. A score associated with the identified conversation is calculated based on one or more parameters related to the user or the conversation. The user-generated content is provided for display in relation to the conversation, based on the calculated score associated with the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Chul Song, Sudhir Achuthan, Thu Kyaw, Sean Christopher Timm, Aaron T. Soules, Vineet Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20160370662
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, on which pixel regions are defined; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; gate and data lines on the first substrate and intersecting each other; pixel electrodes on the first substrate in the pixel regions, respectively; and green, blue and red color filters on the second substrate, where the pixel electrodes include first, second and third pixel electrodes, which correspond to the green, blue and red color filters, respectively, each of the first, second and third pixel electrodes includes a stem portion, which is near one of the data lines and extends in an extending direction of the data lines, and branch portions, which are branched off from the stem portion, and the stem portion of the first pixel electrode is near a side of the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Won Ho KIM, Min Chul SONG, Seong Su LIM, Yeon Mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20160309435
    Abstract: A segment synchronization method of a network-based display is provided. The network segment synchronization method forms a plurality of network segments, selects a single terminal in the network segment as a segment master, sets the other terminals in the network segment as segment slaves, and synchronizes, by the segment slaves, time to the segment master of the network segment to which the segment slaves belong. Accordingly, a function of synchronizing can be provided to super multi-view network terminals without a bridge (switch) providing an existing gPTP function for each port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Byoung Chul SONG, Jung Wook WEE, Kyung Taek LEE, Kyung Won PARK
  • Publication number: 20160295715
    Abstract: A display device includes a window panel having a first radius of curvature, a display panel and an adhesion layer. The display panel defines a first portion having a second radius of curvature, and a second portion which extends from an end of the first portion and has a third radius of curvature different from the second radius of curvature. In a line normal to the upper surface of the display panel, a first distance between a first point at the upper surface of the first portion of the display panel and a first crossing point at an upper surface of the window panel, is different from a second distance between a second point at the upper surface of the second portion of the display panel and a second crossing point at the upper surface of the window panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Youngje CHO, Min-chul SONG, Yujin LEE, Yeon-mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20160284892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a glass frit composition used for a paste composition for solar cell electrodes containing lead oxide and vanadium oxide, wherein the vanadium oxide is present in an amount of 30 to 70 mol % with respect to 100 mol % in total of the glass frit composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeonwoo JANG, Duckgon KIM, Ha Chul SONG
  • Publication number: 20160254197
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is formed by removing a sacrificial gate dielectric layer and a sacrificial gate to form a gate cavity. A conformal dielectric first liner is formed in the gate cavity and a conformal second liner is formed on the first liner. A first etch removes the second liner from the bottom of the gate cavity, leaving material of the second liner on sidewalls of the gate cavity. A second etch removes the first liner from the bottom of the gate cavity exposed by the second liner, leaving material of the first liner on the bottom of the gate cavity under the second liner on the sidewalls of the gate cavity. A third etch removes the second liner from the gate cavity, leaving an L-shaped spacers of the first liner in the gate cavity. A permanent gate dielectric layer and replacement gate are formed in the gate cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Chet Vernon LENOX, Seung-Chul SONG, Brian K. KIRKPATRICK
  • Patent number: 9417491
    Abstract: A display device may include an insulating layer. The display device may further include a first field-generating electrode that overlaps the insulating layer. The display device may further include a second field-generating electrode that overlaps the first field-generating electrode and has a cutout. An exposed portion of the insulating layer may be exposed through the cutout and may be exposed between an edge (or boundary) of the first field-generating electrode and an end portion of the second field-generating electrode in a layout view of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jung Chae, Sung Man Kim, Min-Chul Song, Hwa Yeul Oh, Young Je Cho, Hyun Ki Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160232125
    Abstract: A storage device, method for processing a plurality of pieces of client data, and a chipset are provided. The storage device includes a first stage storage unit configured to receive the plurality of pieces of client data generated in bursts from a plurality of clients and store the received plurality of pieces of client data; a second stage storage unit configured to receive the plurality of pieces of client data from the first stage storage unit and store the received plurality of pieces of client data in a plurality of memory banks shared by the plurality of clients, respectively, in bursts; and a third stage storage unit configured to receive each of the plurality of pieces of client data from the second stage storage unit and store data of a transaction unit corresponding to a transmission unit for data processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Chul Han, Joon-Won Ko, In-Chul Song