Patents by Inventor In-Joon Kim

In-Joon 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: 20250147272
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing; a reflection module disposed in the housing, the reflection module including a rotation holder disposed in the housing, and provided with a reflective member; and a rotation guide disposed between the housing and the rotation holder, wherein the rotation holder includes a plurality of buffer members that protrude toward the rotation guide, and wherein the plurality of buffer members may be provided on at least a surface of the rotation holder that faces the rotation guide to protrude toward the rotation guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik Sun LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Jae Hoon SIM, Yoo Chang KIM
  • Patent number: 12294014
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode having holes, and having inclined surfaces along the peripheries of the holes; second electrodes on the substrate, each of which is in a respective one of the holes of the first electrode; and light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrodes, the light-emitting elements being electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Chul Chai, Hyun Joon Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Kyung Bae Kim, Min Jae Jeong
  • Patent number: 12294382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of operating a single slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which includes receiving an input signal from a sensor or a ramp signal from a ramp generator according to a state of a switch and sampling the received input or ramp signal, comparing, by a comparator, whether the sampled ramp signal is present in a predetermined input range in a state in which the ramp generator maintains an off state and outputting the comparison result, generating, by a logic part, a flag signal indicating a high or low according to the comparison result by the comparator and providing the flag signal to the ramp generator, and sampling, by the ramp generator, a reference voltage of the comparator according to the flag signal based on an off or on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KNU-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Hyeon Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250143151
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element layer disposed on a substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element layer, a bank disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, and partitioning emission areas and a non-emission area, a capping layer disposed on the bank, a low refractive layer disposed on the capping layer, and including pores, a passivation layer disposed on the low refractive layer, and defining a plurality of openings, and a color filter layer disposed on the passivation layer, where the low refractive layer overlaps the plurality of openings and includes first regions and a second region different from the first regions, and the first regions contact the color filter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Jung Hyun KWON, Hyo Joon KIM, Keun Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20250140824
    Abstract: A cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries having a multiphase structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The cathode active material includes a lithium oxide according to the chemical formula Li1+xMn2O4 and having a multiphase structure including at least a cation-disordered rock salt (DRX) structure. In the formula, x satisfies the relationship 0?x?0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Je Sik Park, Hong Seok Min, Sung Woo Noh, Jeong Hyun Seo, Im Sul Seo, Ju Yeong Seong, Chung Bum Lim, Dong Hwa Seo, Eun Ryeol Lee, Sang Wook Park, Ho Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 12286252
    Abstract: A base station may include a parking plate for receiving a drone. The base station may include a gripper carried by the parking plate, the gripper configured to secure the drone in place at a parking position at the parking plate. The base station may include a plurality of chargers, each charger comprising a battery latch and a power port, the battery latch configured to mechanically hold a battery pack in place with the charger and the power port configured to provide power to the battery pack being charged. The base station may include a battery pack carrier movable among the plurality of chargers and the parking position, the battery pack carrier configured to: remove a first battery pack from the drone and move the first battery pack to a first charger, and carry and install a second battery pack to the drone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Brookhurst Garage, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Joon Kim, Jessie Sanchez, Jinkeun Kim
  • Publication number: 20250130657
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first sensor driver connected to a first sensor unit including a first-analog-front end, a first analog-to-digital converter, and a digital signal processor; and a second sensor driver connected to a second sensor unit including a second-analog-front end, and a second analog-to-digital converter. In a first mode, the first-analog-front end and the first analog-to-digital converter generate first sensing information for the first sensor unit, the second sensor driver does not operate, and the digital signal processor processes the first sensing information based on a first setting value for the first sensor unit. In a second mode, the first-analog-front end and the first analog-to-digital converter do not operate, the second-analog-front end and the second analog-to-digital converter generate second sensing information for the second sensor unit, and the digital signal processor processes the second sensing information based on a second setting value for the second sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Soo Won KIM, Hyun Jae LEE, Young Sik KIM, Tae Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20250132242
    Abstract: A smart IC substrate according to an embodiment includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first circuit pattern disposed on the first surface; and a space region between the first circuit pattern, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of via holes passing through the first surface and the second surface, wherein the substrate has a first region and a second region other than the first region, wherein the first circuit pattern includes a first circuit pattern part and a second circuit pattern part having different thicknesses, wherein a thickness of the first circuit pattern part is greater than a thickness of the second circuit pattern part, wherein the first circuit pattern part is disposed in the first region and the second region, wherein the second circuit pattern part is disposed only in the first region, and wherein the second circuit pattern part is disposed in at least one of a position that overlaps the via hole and a position that does
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Seung Joon KIM, Do Yun LEE, Dae Hwi JEONG
  • Patent number: 12283303
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a count signal generation circuit configured to increase one of the values of a weak cell count signal and an active count signal by comparing a weak cell address with an adjacent address generated from a row address, when an active operation is performed. The electronic device also includes a target refresh control circuit configured to latch the adjacent address based on the values of the weak cell count signal and the active count signal and to output the latched adjacent address as a target address for a refresh operation based on a target refresh signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250121834
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method estimate backlash and compliance. The apparatus and the method are configured to distinguish and determine the backlash and the compliance occurring in a vehicle driving system. The method includes providing information related to a driving system model between a motor and a driving wheel for driving a vehicle to a controller, determining a compliance speed, by the controller, by using the information related to the driving system model based on vehicle driving information acquired by a driving information detector while the vehicle is driven, and determining a backlash speed, by the controller, by subtracting the determined compliance speed from an overall speed difference that is a difference between a motor speed and a driving wheel speed. The apparatus is configured to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo EO, Sang Joon KIM, Lee Hyoung CHO
  • Patent number: 12276912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a UV- and heat-curable ladder-like polysilsesquioxane copolymer and a method for preparing the same. Since a controlled functionality can be provided only on a desired region via a thiol-ene click reaction without an additional additive, an insulating layer having a low dielectric constant and a microcircuit pattern can be formed without an additional etching process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seung Sang Hwang, Soon Man Hong, Kyung Youl Baek, Chong Min Koo, Albert Lee, Seon Joon Kim, You Mee Choi
  • Publication number: 20250118254
    Abstract: A sub-pixel may include a first transistor configured to generate a driving current, a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode, a second capacitor including a first electrode connected to a control electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to the second electrode of the first capacitor, a second transistor configured to provide a data voltage to the second electrode of the first capacitor in response to a write gate signal, and a light emitting element configured to receive the driving current and emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jae Keun LIM, Bon Seog GU, Ji Youn KIM, Hyun Joon KIM, Jin Young ROH, Hae Kwan SEO
  • Patent number: 12271210
    Abstract: An aerial robot includes an image sensor for capturing images of an environment. The robot receives a first image captured at a first location. The robot identifies one or more first pixels in the first image. The first pixels correspond to one or more targeted features of an object identified in the first image. The robot receives a second image captured at the second location. The robot receives its distance data that estimates a movement of the robot from the first location to the second location. The robot identifies second pixels in the second image. The second pixels corresponding to the targeted features of the object as appeared in the second image. The robot determines an estimated distance between the robot and the object based on the changes of locations of the second pixels from the first pixels relative to the movement of the robot provided by the distance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Brookhurst Garage, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Joon Kim, Kyuman Lee
  • Patent number: 12272296
    Abstract: A display device includes a scan write line configured to receive a scan write signal, a scan initialization line configured to receive a scan initialization signal, a sweep signal line configured to receive a sweep signal, a first data line configured to receive a first data voltage, a second data line configured to receive a second data voltage, and a subpixel connected to the scan write line, the scan initialization line, the sweep signal line, the first data line, and the second data line. The subpixel includes a light-emitting element, a first pixel driver including a first transistor configured to generate a control current according to the first data voltage of the first data line, and a second pixel driver including an eighth transistor configured to generate a driving current applied to the light-emitting element according to the second data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Joon Kim, Kye Uk Lee, Sang Jin Jeon, Jung Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20250113047
    Abstract: A method for coding unit partitioning in a video encoder is provided that includes performing intra-prediction on each permitted coding unit (CU) in a CU hierarchy of a largest coding unit (LCU) to determine an intra-prediction coding cost for each permitted CU, storing the intra-prediction coding cost for each intra-predicted CU in memory, and performing inter-prediction, prediction mode selection, and CU partition selection on each permitted CU in the CU hierarchy to determine a CU partitioning for encoding the LCU, wherein the stored intra-prediction coding costs for the CUs are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Kim, Minhua Zhou, Akira Osamoto, Hideo Tamama
  • Patent number: 12266810
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery cell assembly in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked includes a step of coupling battery cells adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery cells using a one-component liquid material, wherein the one-component liquid material is coated onto at least one battery cell of the battery cells adjacent to each other by a spray-coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Joon Kim, Young Bum Cho
  • Publication number: 20250105427
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a cell unit stack in which a plurality of cell units are stacked; a pack case accommodating the cell unit stack in an internal space; and a side wall located at an end of the cell unit stack in the internal space of the pack case and configured to support the pack case. The plurality of cell units are stacked in at least one direction within the cell unit stack, and the cell unit includes one or more pouch-type battery cells and a cell cover configured to at least partially surround the pouch-type battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Yong Park, Woo-Yong Kwon, Myung-Woo Lee, Seung-Joon KIM, In-Soo Kim, Se-Yun Chung, Ho-June Chi
  • Publication number: 20250104603
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel driver connected to a sweep line, the first pixel driver generating a control current based on a first data voltage, a second pixel driver connected to a scan control line, the second pixel driver generating a driving current based on a second data voltage and controlling a period for which the driving current flows, based on the control current, and a light-emitting element connected to the second pixel driver to receive the driving current. The first pixel driver includes a first transistor generating the control current based on the first data voltage, a second transistor providing the first data voltage to a first electrode of the first transistor based on a scan write signal, and a first capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second capacitor electrode connected to the sweep line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jung Hwan HWANG, Hyun Joon KIM, Kye Uk LEE, Sang Jin JEON, Jun Ki JEONG
  • Publication number: 20250104978
    Abstract: The ring assembly for a substrate processing apparatus, in which a plasma process is performed, of the present invention comprises an inner ring, in which a first plasma region is formed, an outer ring provided outside the inner ring, in which a second plasma region with a lower plasma distribution than the first plasma region is formed, and a cover ring provided on an upper surface of the outer ring, having a thickness smaller than that of the inner ring, and made of a material that has a lower etching reaction to plasma than the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Mok LEE, Chun Loon CHA, Jong Chan PARK, Chae Kyun OH, Hyung Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 12262591
    Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element. A first scan line and a second scan line are disposed in each of the pixels. A data line is disposed in each of the pixels. A power line is disposed in each of the pixels. A reference voltage line is disposed in each of the pixels. A first transistor controls a current of the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected between the data line and a first gate electrode of the first transistor. A third transistor is connected between the reference voltage line and a first electrode of the first transistor. A fourth transistor is connected between the power line and a second electrode of the first transistor. The fourth transistor may be a transistor of a type different from that of the first to third transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Hyun Joon Kim, Hae Min Kim, Mee Hye Jung