Patents by Inventor Ja Hwi CHO

Ja Hwi CHO 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: 20220146852
    Abstract: A tiltless OIS circuit includes a first signal processing unit generating a first direction-position detection signal and a tilt detection signal based on a first direction-first sensing signal and a first direction-second sensing signal, a control unit generating a first direction position control signal, a tilt control signal, and a second direction position control signal, based on the first direction-position detection signal, the tilt detection signal, and a second direction sensing signal, respectively, a second signal processing unit generating a first direction-first position control signal and a first direction-second position control signal based on the first direction position control signal and the tilt control signal, and a driving unit generating a first direction-first driving signal, a first direction-second driving signal, and a second direction driving signal, based on the first direction-first position control signal, the first direction-second position control signal, and the second direct
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon YU, Ji Hwan KIM, Ja Hwi CHO, Youn Joong LEE, Young Bok YOON
  • Patent number: 11268831
    Abstract: A position detecting device includes a detector circuit detecting a detection signal including information on a position of a magnet from a coil disposed in a housing and opposing the magnet, which is disposed in a lens barrel; and a control circuit converting the detection signal into a count value, determining a conversion formula based on the count value and a velocity of change in the count value, and detecting a position value using the determined conversion formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon Yu, Jung Eun Youm, Ji Hwan Kim, Ja Hwi Cho
  • Patent number: 11265482
    Abstract: A position detecting device for detecting a position of a magnet configured to move over a first target point and a second target point in steps includes a first hall device configured to generate a first hall voltage, a second hall device configured to generate a second hall voltage, a subtractor configured to generate a subtraction voltage based on a difference between the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, an adder configured to generate an addition voltage based on a combination of the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, a divider configured to calculate a ratio of the subtraction voltage to the addition voltage, and a subtraction voltage changing unit configured to maintain the subtraction voltage at the first target point and the second target point and in a transition section between the first target point and the second target point to be constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon Yu, Ji Buem Chun, Ja Hwi Cho, Sang Hyun Min
  • Publication number: 20210203823
    Abstract: A position detecting device for detecting a position of a magnet configured to move over a first target point and a second target point in steps includes a first hall device configured to generate a first hall voltage, a second hall device configured to generate a second hall voltage, a subtractor configured to generate a subtraction voltage based on a difference between the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, an adder configured to generate an addition voltage based on a combination of the first hall voltage and the second hall voltage, a divider configured to calculate a ratio of the subtraction voltage to the addition voltage, and a subtraction voltage changing unit configured to maintain the subtraction voltage at the first target point and the second target point and in a transition section between the first target point and the second target point to be constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon YU, Ji Buem CHUN, Ja Hwi CHO, Sang Hyun MIN
  • Publication number: 20210199471
    Abstract: A position detecting device includes a detector circuit detecting a detection signal including information on a position of a magnet from a coil disposed in a housing and opposing the magnet, which is disposed in a lens barrel; and a control circuit converting the detection signal into a count value, determining a conversion formula based on the count value and a velocity of change in the count value, and detecting a position value using the determined conversion formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon YU, Jung Eun YOUM, Ji Hwan KIM, Ja Hwi CHO
  • Patent number: 11042005
    Abstract: An actuator including two or more detection targets disposed on a surface and another surface of a lens barrel, respectively, an oscillating unit including a first oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the surface and a second oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the other surface to output oscillation signals, and a determining unit to calculate a position of the lens barrel from the oscillation signals output from the oscillating unit. A frequency range of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the first oscillation circuit unit is different from that of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the second oscillation circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon Yu, Sung Man Pang, Youn Joong Lee, Ja Hwi Cho, Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11036026
    Abstract: An apparatus controlling a position of a camera module includes an operating coil disposed on a housing of the camera module to face a magnetic member disposed on a lens barrel of the camera module, a driving circuit providing a driving current to the operating coil, a capacitor circuit having a capacitor value to form a resonance circuit together with the operating coil to resonate at a resonance frequency varied depending on an inductance value of the operating coil; a resonance maintaining circuit maintaining a level of a resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, a resonance frequency detecting circuit detecting a resonance frequency signal from the resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the driving circuit in response to the resonance frequency signal from the resonance frequency detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Man Pang, Youn Joong Lee, Ja Hwi Cho, Je Hyeon Yu, Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10834322
    Abstract: An actuator for a camera module includes two or more detectable elements, the detectable elements are respectively disposed on a first and second surface of a lens barrel, an oscillating element including a first oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the first surface of the lens barrel, and a second oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the second surface of the lens barrel, and a determining device that calculates a position of the lens barrel in response to oscillation signals output from the oscillating element. The determining device is configured to calculate the position of the lens barrel based on determined frequencies of oscillation signals of the first oscillation circuit unit and the second oscillation circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn Joong Lee, Sung Man Pang, Jin Kim, Sang Hyun Min, Ja Hwi Cho, Koon Shik Cho, Je Hyeon Yu, Ho Kwon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190154955
    Abstract: An apparatus controlling a position of a camera module includes an operating coil disposed on a housing of the camera module to face a magnetic member disposed on a lens barrel of the camera module, a driving circuit providing a driving current to the operating coil, a capacitor circuit having a capacitor value to form a resonance circuit together with the operating coil to resonate at a resonance frequency varied depending on an inductance value of the operating coil; a resonance maintaining circuit maintaining a level of a resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, a resonance frequency detecting circuit detecting a resonance frequency signal from the resonance signal generated by the operating coil and the capacitor circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the driving circuit in response to the resonance frequency signal from the resonance frequency detecting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Man PANG, Youn Joong LEE, Ja Hwi CHO, Je Hyeon YU, Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20190129133
    Abstract: An actuator including two or more detection targets disposed on a surface and another surface of a lens barrel, respectively, an oscillating unit including a first oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the surface and a second oscillation circuit unit including two or more oscillation circuits disposed to face the other surface to output oscillation signals, and a determining unit to calculate a position of the lens barrel from the oscillation signals output from the oscillating unit. A frequency range of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the first oscillation circuit unit is different from that of an oscillation signal output from any one of the two or more oscillation circuits of the second oscillation circuit unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon YU, Sung Man PANG, Youn Joong LEE, Ja Hwi CHO, Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20190124265
    Abstract: An actuator for a camera module includes two or more detectable elements, the detectable elements are respectively disposed on a first and second surface of a lens barrel, an oscillating element including a first oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the first surface of the lens barrel, and a second oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the second surface of the lens barrel, and a determining device that calculates a position of the lens barrel in response to oscillation signals output from the oscillating element. The determining device is configured to calculate the position of the lens barrel based on determined frequencies of oscillation signals of the first oscillation circuit unit and the second oscillation circuit unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn Joong LEE, Sung Man PANG, Jin KIM, Sang Hyun MIN, Ja Hwi CHO, Koon Shik CHO, Je Hyeon YU, Ho Kwon YOON