Patents by Inventor In O. Kim

In O. 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Treating Organic Waste
    Publication number: 20130295625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating organic waste including: a first circulation line having a first circulation pump connected thereon so as to supply a portion of the organic waste being acid fermented in an acid fermenter to a methane fermenter; a second circulation line having a second circulation pump connected thereon so as to supply a portion of anaerobic digestive fluid methane fermented in the methane fermenter to the acid fermenter; and vortex generating means having a plurality of first, second and third nozzles disposed in the methane fermenter so as to allow the anaerobic digestive fluid in the methane fermenter to be agitated by vortices generated thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hee Chang, Young-O Kim, Duk-Woo Jun
  • MEMS mirror, mirror scanner, optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus including the optical scanning unit
    Patent number: 8570633
    Abstract: Disclosed are several embodiments of a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) mirror and a mirror scanner employing the same. An optical scanning unit employing such mirror scanner and an image forming apparatus including the optical scanning unit are also disclosed. The MEMS mirror may include a movable unit, which may in turn include a mirror portion and a magnet frame portion. The mirror portion may have mirror surfaces on the face surface(s) thereof. The magnet frame portion may include an opening into which a magnet is received. The MEMS mirror may also include a first fixing end and a second fixing end, to which the moving unit may be elastically supported by one or more elastic members that allows oscillating or pivoting movement of the moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Moon Jeong, Jin-Ho Lee, Jun-O Kim, Jong-Chul Choi
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130270631
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a channel region extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to a substrate and having a nitrogen concentration distribution, a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on a side wall of the channel region and separated from each other in a vertical direction, and a gate dielectric layer disposed between the channel region and the gate electrodes. The nitrogen concentration distribution has a first concentration near an interface between the channel region and the gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Bi-o KIM, Jin-tae NOH, Chang-woo SUN, Jae-young AHN, Seung-hyun LIM, Ki-hyun HWANG
  • HEATING ROLLER HAVING RESISTIVE HEATING ELEMENT AND FUSING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATING ROLLER
    Publication number: 20130259549
    Abstract: A heating roller including a resistive heating layer and a fusing device including the heating roller. By separately disposing a plurality of electrodes in an axis direction of the heating roller, and by independently controlling each electrode, the heating roller may correspond to various papers having different sizes. Accordingly, the temperature of the heating roller may be stably controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-han KIM, Byung-sang YUN, Kyung-hwan KIM, Jun-o KIM, Young-dae KO
  • Linear vibrator
    Patent number: 8531063
    Abstract: A linear vibrator are disclosed, wherein the linear vibrator includes a housing having a bracket and a case coupled to the bracket to form a receiving space, a spring coupled to an inner face of the case, a vibration unit having a magnet, the magnet being coupled to the spring, a coil, which has a hollow-can shape, disposed over the bracket for vibrating the vibration unit by using a magnetic field generated from the magnet and a magnet field generated from the coil, and a substrate electrically connected to the coil and the substrate interposed between the coil and the bracket, the substrate having an air venting portion being communicated with an inner space of the coil and outside of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kap Jin Lee, Hyun O Kim, Hye Jin Shin
  • Ballast water treatment device
    Patent number: 8501004
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ballast water treatment device. The device includes a filtering unit filtering ballast water introduced into a ship using a filter, a vortex generating unit generating an artificial vortex in the ballast water filtered by the filtering unit, and an ultraviolet treatment unit having an ultraviolet lamp which sterilizes the ballast water discharged from the vortex generating unit using ultraviolet rays, thus preventing secondary contamination resulting from by-products, preventing a ballast tank from becoming contaminated, affording effective maintenance, and making it convenient to control. Further, an artificial vortex is formed in the ballast water when it is mixed, thus allowing a large quantity of ultraviolet rays to be radiated onto the ballast water passing through the ultraviolet treatment unit, therefore improving a sterilization effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasia Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Tae Lee, Tae-Sung Pyo, Sang-Gyu Cheon, Hyun-O Kim, Su-Kyu Lee
  • Heating roller having resistive heating element and fusing device including heating roller
    Patent number: 8467696
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating roller including a resistive heating layer and a fusing device including the heating roller. By separately disposing a plurality of electrodes in an axis direction of the heating roller, and by independently controlling each electrode, the heating roller may correspond to various papers having different sizes. Accordingly, the temperature of the heating roller may be stably controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-han Kim, Byung-sang Yun, Kyung-hwan Kim, Jun-o Kim, Young-dae Ko
  • STORAGE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130087590
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear bumper having a back beam mounted under an inner space thereof, and a storage case provided in a space above the rear bumper, having a portion exposed to the outside formed so as to coincide with an outer surface of the rear bumper, and drawn-out/drawn-in by being slid to the outside in a state in which a load is supported above the back beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Hee Chan Yang, Dong Eun Cha, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Cheol O. Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
  • STORAGE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130088036
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle can maximize a space use of a vehicle by a structure in which the storage apparatus is mounted by using an inner space of a rear bumper, in particular, greatly improving the value of commodities of the vehicle by using a bumper door as a step or a bench at the time of opening a storage case or using articles while putting the articles on the opened bumper door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok LEE, Nae Ung JANG, Hee Chan YANG, Nam Cheol KIM, Kwang Jae CHOI, Jo Han KIM, Yong Won JEONG, Seung Hwan LEE, Cheol O KIM, Ki Tae KIM, Myung Eun KIM, Hun Soo KIM, Hoo Taek CHO, Dong Eun CHA, Jeong Ho LEE
  • Bitline precharge voltage generator, semiconductor memory device comprising same, and method of trimming bitline precharge voltage
    Patent number: 8416632
    Abstract: A bitline precharge voltage generator comprises a leakage trimming unit and a bitline precharge voltage providing unit. The leakage trimming unit applies a leakage current to an output node to place a bitline precharge voltage at an edge of a dead zone. The bitline precharge voltage providing unit provides the bitline precharge voltage to the output node, and sets the bitline precharge voltage to a target level. The bitline precharge voltage generator generates the bitline precharge voltage having a distribution including the dead zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Heung Kim, Seong-Jin Jang, Myeong-O Kim, Hong-Jun Lee, Tae-Yoon Lee
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130032878
    Abstract: According to example embodiments, a semiconductor device includes horizontal patterns stacked on a substrate. The horizontal patterns define an opening through the horizontal patterns. A first core pattern is in the opening. A second core pattern is in the opening on the first core pattern. A first active pattern is between the first core pattern and the horizontal patterns. A second active pattern containing a first element is between the second core pattern and the horizontal patterns. The second active pattern contains the first element at a higher concentration than a concentration of the first element in the second core pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Bi-O Kim, Byong-Ju Kim, Jung-Geun Jee, Jin-Gyun Kim, Jae-Young Ahn, Ki-Hyun Hwang
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY USING QUANTIZATION CODES
    Publication number: 20120308145
    Abstract: Provided is a method for assessing image quality using quantization codes, which includes: filtering an original image and a distorted image; generating phase quantization codes from the filtering result; calculating a Hamming difference between the phase quantization code of the original image and the phase quantization code of the distorted image; and assessing image quality of the distorted image by using the calculated Hamming difference. According to the present disclosure, since pixel values of the original image and the distorted image are mapped onto a quantized complex plane and then binary code operation is performed, it is possible to easily implement to image quality assessing hardware and also ensure excellent image quality assessing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-O Kim, Rae-Hong Park
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THRESHOLD WEIGHT OF FREQUENCY DOMAIN TO IMPROVE ANTI-JAMMING PERFORMANCE AND ELIMINATE JAMMING IN GPS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120306695
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving anti-jamming performance are provided. A threshold value level estimated in a GPS (global positioning system) receiver RF/IF stage, a threshold value weight, a median value of a median value of a 2-8 MHz bandwidth is estimated as a threshold value with respect to a frequency component exceeding the estimated threshold value level, and an adjustable K-median threshold scheme is provided in a multi-jamming environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Jun O Kim, Jun Seong Bae, Ki Won Song
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120276702
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a channel region, forming a buffer layer on the channel region, and heat-treating the channel region by using a gas containing halogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Jun-kyu YANG, Phil-ouk Nam, Ki-hyun Hwang, Jae-young Ahn, Han-mei Choi, Bi-o Kim
  • SLIP DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE ROBOT
    Publication number: 20120219207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a slip detection apparatus and method for a mobile robot, and more particularly, to a slip detection apparatus and method for a mobile robot, which not only use a plurality of rotation detection sensors to detect a lateral slip angle and lateral slip direction, but also analyze the amount of change in an image and detect the blocked degree of an image input unit to determine the quality of an input image, and detect the occurrence of a frontal slip to precisely detect the type of slip, direction of the slip, and the rotation angle, and, on the basis of the latter, to enable the mobile robot to move away from and avoid slip regions, and to reassume the precise position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: YUJIN ROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Shin, Seong Ju Park, Hee Kong Lee, Jae Young Lee, Hyung O Kim, James Stonier Daniel
  • MAP GENERATING AND UPDATING METHOD FOR MOBILE ROBOT POSITION RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20120213443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a map generating and updating method for mobile robot position recognition, and more specifically relates to a map generating and updating method for mobile robot position recognition, whereby position recognition error can be minimised by registering landmarks extracted during map generation and landmarks extracted on the basis of the probable error in inferred landmarks, calculating the accuracy of landmarks pre-registered during map generation, and adjusting the level of landmarks of low accuracy or removing landmarks which have been registered erroneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: YUJIN ROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Shin, Seong Ju Park, Hee Kong Lee, Jae Young Lee, Hyung O Kim, James Stonier Daniel
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-BAND FRONT END MODULE
    Publication number: 20120198693
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-band front end module having an embedded passive element, the method including: preparing metal plates formed on either surface of an adhesion layer interposed therebetween; forming first circuit patterns on the plates; separating the plates by removing the adhesion layer; pressing one of the plates to one surface of an insulation layer and another of the plates to the other surface of the insulation layer; removing the plates to form the insulation layer having the first circuit patterns formed on either surface thereof; stacking dielectric layers on either surface of the insulation layer; and forming a second circuit pattern on the dielectric layers stacked on the either surface of the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-O KIM, Tae-Eui Kim
  • CONTROL METHOD FOR LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF MOBILE ROBOT AND MOBILE ROBOT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120191287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control method for the localization and navigation of a mobile robot and a mobile robot using the same. More specifically, the localization and navigation of a mobile robot are controlled using inertial sensors and images, wherein local direction descriptors are employed, the mobile robot is changed in the driving mode thereof according to the conditions of the mobile robot, and errors in localization may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: YUJIN ROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Shin, Seong Ju Park, Hee Kong Lee, Jae Young Lee, Hyung O Kim
  • Image forming apparatus and method of correcting color registration
    Patent number: 8134584
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image forming apparatus capable of, and method of, improving color registration. The image forming apparatus can employ a beam deflector having a double-sided mirror portion that pivots to bi-directionally scan multiple light beams on multiple photosensitive media at different phases by using both mirror sides of the double-sided mirror portion. The individual monochromic images developed on the photosensitive media are transferred onto a transfer medium to overlap one another in phase to form a full color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Choi, Jun-O Kim, Jin-Ho Lee, Hee-Moon Jeong
  • MEDICAL MULTILAYER FILM AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120034404
    Abstract: Disclosed are a medical multilayer film and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a medical multilayer film including: an outer layer comprising a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof, an intermediate layer comprising 10 to 60% by weight of a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof and 40 to 90% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer, and an inner layer comprising 60 to 80% by weight of a propylene polymer selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene, a propylene copolymer and a combination thereof, 10 to 30% by weight of polyethylene, and 1 to 10% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer, and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: JW LIFE SCIENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeon-Seok Choi, Hye-kyung Kim, Eun-o Kim