Patents by Inventor In-Seob Kim

In-Seob 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).

  • Patent number: 11042076
    Abstract: A camera module includes an upper housing coupled to a lower housing to form an inner space, a lens module provided in the inner space and including a heating element, and a substrate configured to supply power to the heating element, wherein the lens module includes an inner barrel comprising one or more lenses, an outer barrel which is coupled to a portion of the inner barrel in an optical axis direction, and a holder in which the outer barrel is fixed, wherein the substrate is fixed to a portion of the holder, wherein the heating element is disposed between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, and is connected to the substrate by a power connection line, and wherein the power connection line is connected to the substrate through a coupling hole in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Sang Hyo Seo, Dae Seob Kim, Cheong Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11038547
    Abstract: Various examples of the present invention relate to a device and a method for improving wireless communication performance in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises multiple antennas, a communication circuit connected to the multiple antennas, a connector, and at least one processor, wherein the processor checks whether a wired cable is connected through the connector and, if the wired cable is connected through the connector, can perform control such that communication using the multiple antennas corresponding to the connection of the wired cable is performed. Other examples can be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyangbok Lee, Byoung-Ryoul Song, Taelee Lee, Soonheung Kwon, Min-Seok Kim, Won-Seob Kim, Yoon-Goo Nam, Sung-Soo Kim, Sigwan Kim, Seung-Hwa Shin, Taekkyun Choi, Young Heo
  • Patent number: 11020335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel coloring material including a polyamide powder and/or a polyurethane powder and a water-soluble dye. The coloring material of the present invention allows a water-soluble dye to be used in anhydrous formulations. Thereby, the range of use of dyes may be widened, reflectance may be excellent, and fluorescence properties may be obtained. Accordingly, the present invention may broaden the spectrum of cosmetic coloring materials used in limited applications in the cosmetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Ha Son, Kyong Seob Kim, Khee Hwan Choi, Ko Eun Park
  • Publication number: 20210158169
    Abstract: Devices for using a neural network to choose an optimal error correction algorithm are disclosed. An example device includes a decoding controller inputting at least one of the number of primary unsatisfied check nodes (UCNs), the number of UCNs respectively corresponding to at least one iteration, and the number of correction bits respectively corresponding to the at least one iteration to a trained artificial neural network, and selecting any one of a first error correction decoding algorithm and a second error correction decoding algorithm based on an output of the trained artificial neural network corresponding to the input, and an error correction decoder performing error correction decoding on a read vector using the selected error correction decoding algorithm. The output of the trained artificial neural network may include a first predicted value indicating a possibility that a first error correction decoding using the first error correction decoding algorithm is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Dae Sung Kim, Soon Young Kang, Jang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 11019733
    Abstract: A portable communication device is provided that includes a display including a display area and a connecting area extending from one side of the display area; a back panel disposed on a rear surface of the display, the back panel including an opening formed therein; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected with the connecting area; and a biometric sensor electrically coupled with the FPCB, with the connecting area being housed and bent within the portable communication device such that the biometric sensor is placed under the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hyung Dal Kim, Oh Hyuck Kwon, Han Vit Kang, Jun Young Kim, Moon Kyeong Kim, Sang Seob Kim, Jung Sik Park, Hee Seok Jung, Sung Cho, Heung Sik Shin, Ji Woong Oh
  • Patent number: 11017912
    Abstract: The subject technology provides an X-ray shutter apparatus and an X-ray shutter opening and closing system using the same. An X-ray shutter apparatus may be configured to open or close an X-ray shutter using a magnetic field and to accurately control opening and closing of the X-ray shutter using an optical sensor. An X-ray shutter may include a fixing plate, a solenoid fixing block, a frame, a magnet, stop blocks and an exposed block. An X-ray shutter opening and closing system may use an X-ray shutter apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Rostech Academy-industry Foundation
    Inventors: Hyo Yun Kim, Hee Seob Kim, Jun Lim, Dong Tak Jeong, Sang Sul Lee, Jong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10990842
    Abstract: A display arranged over a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a cover glass, a display panel arranged below the cover glass, a first driver that applies a signal to a first pixel group arranged in a first area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the display panel, a second driver that applies a signal to a second pixel group arranged in a second area that does not overlap the first area on the display panel, and a controller that causes the first driver to apply an enable signal to the first pixel group to enable the first driver to emit light when a finger touches a fingerprint sensing area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the cover glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Su Yeon Kim, Sang Seob Kim, Kwang Tai Kim, Ju Yeong Lee, Hyun Ju Hong
  • Patent number: 10985781
    Abstract: An error correction circuit includes a control unit suitable for receiving a data chunk including a plurality of data blocks, each of the data blocks being included in a corresponding codeword of a first direction and a corresponding codeword of a second direction; and a decoder suitable for performing a decoding operation on a codeword, which is selected by the control unit, in the data chunk, wherein the control unit calculates a first reference value by applying a correction capability value of the first direction to a flag of the first direction, calculates a second reference value by applying a correction capability value of the second direction to a flag of the second direction, selects a priority direction from the first direction and the second direction based on the first reference value and the second reference value, and preferentially selects codewords of the priority direction for decoding operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 10978915
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a power provision circuit for providing direct current (DC) power; a first conductive pattern; a second conductive pattern; multiple first switches connected to one end of the first conductive pattern and one end of the second conductive pattern; multiple second switches connected to the other end of the first conductive pattern; multiple third switches connected to the other end of the second conductive pattern; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit controls the multiple first switches and the multiple second switches to convert the DC power into first alternating current (AC) power and apply the first AC power to the first conductive pattern and control the multiple first switches and the multiple third switches to convert the DC power into second AC power and apply the second AC power to the second conductive pattern. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Seob Kim, Dong-Zo Kim, Ji-Won Kim, Keum-Su Song, Min-Cheol Ha, Jong-Chul Hong, Se-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 10942330
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including a lens barrel and a holder to hold the lens barrel, a heater to seal the lens module and including a first cutting portion having a D-shape, and a ring-shaped electrode portion including a second cutting portion having a D-shape and a third cutting portion having a D-shape. The electrode portion is coupled to two surfaces of the heater that are perpendicular to an optical axis direction to align the first cutting portion with the second cutting portion and the third cutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Sang Hyo Seo, Dae Seob Kim, Cheong Hee Lee, Young Mi Han
  • Publication number: 20210061681
    Abstract: A water ionizer includes a stacked electrolyzer and a flow switching device, with an inlet being separate from an outlet. Water entering an input regulator is distributed at a predetermined ratio before being supplied to an electrolyzer module to minimize acidic water to be discarded. Water supplied from the input regulator is directed to pass through the electrolyzer module in a crossing manner to delay flows of water to improve the efficiency of electrolysis. Electrolyzer cells are stacked on and fitted to each other to simplify an assembly process and improve convenience. Electrode plates of the electrolyzer module are fixedly fitted into a frame to facilitate an assembly process and improve a fabrication process. The input regulator and a flow switching output unit are connected via a connecting shaft to synchronize the operations thereof to obtain reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hwan KIM, Jong Seob KIM
  • Publication number: 20210055462
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LiDAR window integrated optical filter that includes a window of a polymer material for absorbing a visible light band and transmitting a near-infrared band; and an upper reflective layer and a lower reflective layer formed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the window. The upper reflective layer and the lower reflective layer may be formed in a thin film including titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silicon dioxide (SiO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kyoung-Chun Kweon, Seon-Yong An, Min-Seok Oh, Jang-Seob Kim, Jae-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20210058099
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for error correction decoding using an iterative decoding scheme. An error correction circuit includes a node processor to perform a plurality of iterations for updating values of one or more variable nodes and one or more check nodes using initial values assigned to the one or more variable nodes, respectively, a trapping set detector to detect a trapping set in at least one of the plurality of iterations by applying a predetermined trapping set determination policy, and a post processor to reduce at least one of the initial values or invert at least one of values of the variable nodes corresponding to an iteration in which the trapping set is detected, upon detection of the trapping set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Jang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 10931308
    Abstract: Described herein is an error correction circuit that includes a syndrome check history manager configured to maintain a history of syndrome checks corresponding to one or more iterations of the iterative decoding scheme. The error correction circuit also includes a trapping set detector configured to compare a trapping set determination policy with the history of syndrome checks to determine whether the history of syndrome checks meets criteria of the trapping set determination policy, while error correction decoding is performed, and determine that a trapping set exists when the history of syndrome checks satisfies the trapping set determination policy. The trapping set determination policy is related to at least one of a change in a syndrome vector, a number of UCNs, and a change in the number of UCNs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 10925696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant unit comprising: an artificial dental root including a plate portion having a first side surface and a second side surface extending along the horizontal extending direction of the alveolar bone and opposed to each other, and a base portion protruding from the first side surface at the upper end of the plate portion, penetrating through a surface of the alveolar bone, and being implanted into the alveolar bone; and at least more than one abutment formed on the upper end of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Kwang Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20210045375
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a combined mosquito staging and dissection system are disclosed. The system can include a mosquito staging subsystem; a robotic pick-and-place station; and a dissection, extrusion, collection, and disposal subsystem. The subsystems can include one or more stations to provide orientation, decapitation, extrusion of salivary glands, and disposal of carcasses of the mosquitoes. The resident live sporozoites from the salivary glands can be used to produce Plasmodium SPZ-based vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Russell H. TAYLOR, Gregory CHIRIKJIAN, Iulian IORDACHITA, Henry PHALEN, Hongtao WU, Mengdi XU, Shengnan LU, Michael Aaron POZIN, Jin Seob KIM, Can KOCABALKANLI, Balazs VAGVOLGYI, Brian K. CHIRIKJIAN, Joshua DAVIS, Ting DA, John S. CHIRIKJIAN, Sumana CHAKRAVARTY, Stephen HOFFMAN
  • Patent number: 10924154
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus may include a communication circuit including a plurality of ports, each of which transmits a signal in at least one frequency band and transmitting or receiving a signal in the at least one frequency band and a processor is configured to obtain frequency band information indicating the at least one frequency band and context information indicating a state of the electronic apparatus and to determine a port to be used for the respective at least one frequency band among the plurality of ports based on the obtained information. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man Seob Kim, Hyoungjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10923265
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a body portion; and a coil portion disposed in the body portion, wherein the coil portion includes a support member and a first coil layer disposed on a first surface of the support member, the first coil layer including a first electrode portion led out to a first end surface of the body portion, the support member includes first and second insulators and a metal core disposed between the first and second insulators, and a first end portion of the metal core is led out to the first end surface of the body portion to which the first electrode portion of the first coil layer is led.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 10879747
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting wireless power including: a plurality of coils; a position-sensing circuit that determines a position of an electronic device charged by the apparatus; and a control circuit determines at least one coil corresponding to the determined position of the electronic device from among the plurality of coils and transmit wireless charging power through one coil selected from the at least one determined coil. Other embodiments can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Hong, Kwang-Seob Kim, Dong-Zo Kim, Ji-Won Kim, Keum-Su Song, Min-Cheol Ha, Se-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: D923875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Yeong Cha, Yu Seob Kim, Min-Goo Kim