Patents by Inventor Jae Son

Jae Son 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: 20230030879
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of controlling an operation of a fuel cell and a fuel cell operating system including an air compressor disposed on an air supply line and configured to compress an oxidation gas to be supplied to a fuel cell stack and supply the compressed air to a fuel cell inlet side, an air discharge line configured to discharge the oxidation gas from the fuel cell stack, a bypass line configured to branch off from the air discharge line through a valve, connected to the air supply line, and configured to resupply the discharged oxidation gas to the fuel cell inlet side, and a control unit configured to control a flow rate of the oxidation gas to be supplied to the fuel cell stack by controlling the valve on the bypass line depending on a cell ratio value which is a ratio of the fuel cells each being applied with a voltage lower than a first voltage among the fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ik Jae Son, Yei Sik Jeon
  • Patent number: 11502315
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for purging the condensate water and hydrogen of a fuel cell stack, which may allow the condensate water and hydrogen discharged from a stack to be directly bypassed to an exhaust line of a humidifier rather than a shell side of the humidifier to be purged to the atmosphere according to the operation state and operation condition of the stack, thereby solving a problem in that an inverse voltage is generated upon cold operation of a fuel cell system, a flooding phenomenon occurs in the stack, or the like to improve the operation stability of the stack and the operation efficiency of the fuel cell system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bong Hyun Jung, Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11406246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a needle-type endoscope, including a camera tube having an image capturing means accommodated therein; a needle covering the camera tube from the outside and having a sharp tip formed in a front end thereof to make an incision in a human body; and a handle, wherein a length of the camera tube is formed to be longer than a length of the needle. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a needle-like endoscope configured such that a camera tube for acquiring an image is disposed inside a needle for making an incision in the human body in such a manner as to be moved forward and backward in a sliding manner inside the needle, thereby excluding constituents such as a cannula or a sheath for providing an insertion path for an endoscope, and an incision instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HAESUNG OPTICS
    Inventors: Seong Hun Kim, Jae Son Yi
  • Publication number: 20220231312
    Abstract: A system for estimating the amount of purge of a fuel cell is provided. The system includes a fuel cell that generates power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side and receives oxygen at a cathode side. A recirculation line is connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and the gas included hydrogen therein is circulated in the recirculation line. A flow amount estimator estimates the flow amount of gas inside the recirculation line. A purge valve is positioned in the recirculation line and discharges the gas in the recirculation line to the outside when opened. A purge amount estimator estimates the amount of purge for each gas discharged through the purge valve by reflecting the flow amount of the gas estimated by the flow amount estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11387473
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for controlling emergency driving for a fuel cell vehicle may include a failure detector configured to detect whether a purge valve and a drain valve fails; a determination portion configured to measure voltages of channels of a fuel cell stack to determine whether stability of the fuel cell stack is secured; and a controller configured to control, when the stability of the fuel cell stack is not secured and a failure occurs on one or more of the purge valve and the drain valve, one or more of an operating pressure and an operating temperature of the fuel cell stack and a current applied to the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11366639
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a quantum random number generation apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: a space-division semiconductor detector including a plurality of cells, each individually absorbing a plurality of emission particles emitted from a radioactive isotope; and a signal processor that generates a random number based on an absorption event at which the plurality of emission particles are absorbed into the plurality of cells, and thus new type of random number conversion method that combines a spatial randomness and existing temporal randomness of the emission particle can be provided, there is no restriction generated due to the dead time, the random number generation rate can be remarkably increased, and it is possible to generate of a pure random number at high speed, which is required by a computer, a network processor, or an IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUT
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwan Park, Tae Wook Kang, Jong Bum Kim, Jin Joo Kim, Seong Mo Park, Kwang-Jae Son, Young Rang Uhm, Byounggun Choi, Sang Mu Choi, Jintae Hong
  • Publication number: 20220149399
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for purging the condensate water and hydrogen of a fuel cell stack, which may allow the condensate water and hydrogen discharged from a stack to be directly bypassed to an exhaust line of a humidifier rather than a shell side of the humidifier to be purged to the atmosphere according to the operation state and operation condition of the stack, thereby solving a problem in that an inverse voltage is generated upon cold operation of a fuel cell system, a flooding phenomenon occurs in the stack, or the like to improve the operation stability of the stack and the operation efficiency of the fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Bong Hyun Jung, Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11322759
    Abstract: A system for estimating the amount of purge of a fuel cell is provided. The system includes a fuel cell that generates power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side and receives oxygen at a cathode side. A recirculation line is connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and the gas included hydrogen therein is circulated in the recirculation line. A flow amount estimator estimates the flow amount of gas inside the recirculation line. A purge valve is positioned in the recirculation line and discharges the gas in the recirculation line to the outside when opened. A purge amount estimator estimates the amount of purge for each gas discharged through the purge valve by reflecting the flow amount of the gas estimated by the flow amount estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11278193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro endoscope camera module, including a first tube body having one or more objective lenses disposed therein; and a second tube body supporting the first tube body at a one side, wherein an image capturing means is disposed to be adjacent to a rear portion of the objective lens inside the second tube body. In addition, the present invention relates to a micro endoscope, in which the above-described micro endoscope camera module is disposed at the tip end of the scope, whereby it is possible to realize a high-quality image acquisition by disposing the image capturing means for image acquisition at the front end of the scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HAESUNG OPTICS
    Inventors: Seong Hun Kim, Jae Son Yi
  • Patent number: 11251445
    Abstract: A system for estimating purge of a fuel cell includes the fuel cell for generating power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side, and receiving oxygen at a cathode side, a recirculation line connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and in which gas containing hydrogen therein is circulated, a purge valve positioned in the recirculation line, and for discharging the gas in the recirculation line to outside as the purge valve is opened, a differential pressure calculator for calculating a differential pressure between a front end and a rear end of the purge valve, a speed estimator for estimating a current gas diffusion speed in the recirculation line, and a purge amount estimator for estimating the amount of purge through the purge valve by using the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculator and the gas diffusion speed estimated by the speed estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Ik Jae Son
  • Patent number: 11228048
    Abstract: An air supply control method of a fuel cell is provided. The method includes adjusting an opening of a pressure control valve in accordance with an opening map stored in advance. The pressure control valve is disposed at an outlet of a fuel cell of an air supply line for supplying air to the fuel cell and discharging air and adjusts air pressure in the air supply line. The method further includes determining whether an air pressure state of the air supply line is normal after adjusting the opening of the pressure control valve and operating the pressure control valve at a predetermined opening in response determining that the air pressure state of the air supply line is abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ik Jae Son, Yei Sik Jeon
  • Publication number: 20210404246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a windows and doors assembly having a ventilation function and a horizontal contact function, and more particularly to a horizontal contact windows and doors assembly for crime prevention and security functions by preventing a window from being open even when the window is slightly open and it is possible to ventilate with the outside air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: CS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Son LEE
  • Publication number: 20210275006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra-small endoscope camera module comprising: a first tube body having one or more object lenses; and a second tube body supporting the first tube body from one side, wherein an image capturing means, which is adjacent to the rear of the object lenses, is provided on the inner side of the second tube body. Moreover, the present invention relates to an ultra-small endoscope camera module comprising: a body tube having an accommodation space for fixing and supporting one or more object lenses; a front tube covering the outside of the body tube; an image capturing means disposed on the rear end of the body tube; and a main tube covering the outside of the image capturing means, wherein the outside diameter of the front tube is greater than the outside diameter of the main tube. Moreover, the present invention relates to an ultra-small endoscope characterized by the aforementioned ultra-small endoscope camera module being disposed on the front end of a scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: HAESUNG OPTICS
    Inventors: Seong Hun KIM, Jae Son YI
  • Patent number: 10971743
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling a performance of a fuel cell stack is provided. In particular, the output performance of the fuel cell stack is determined by comparing the difference between an initial voltage and a voltage after a predetermined time lapses with the difference between the initial voltage and a preset minimum voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ik Jae Son, Yei Sik Jeon
  • Publication number: 20210093174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro endoscope camera module, including a first tube body having one or more objective lenses disposed therein; and a second tube body supporting the first tube body at a one side, wherein an image capturing means is disposed to be adjacent to a rear portion of the objective lens inside the second tube body. In addition, the present invention relates to a micro endoscope, in which the above-described micro endoscope camera module is disposed at the tip end of the scope, whereby it is possible to realize a high-quality image acquisition by disposing the image capturing means for image acquisition at the front end of the scope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: HAESUNG OPTICS
    Inventors: Seong Hun KIM, Jae Son YI
  • Publication number: 20210028474
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for controlling emergency driving for a fuel cell vehicle may include a failure detector configured to detect whether a purge valve and a drain valve fails; a determination portion configured to measure voltages of channels of a fuel cell stack to determine whether stability of the fuel cell stack is secured; and a controller configured to control, when the stability of the fuel cell stack is not secured and a failure occurs on one or more of the purge valve and the drain valve, one or more of an operating pressure and an operating temperature of the fuel cell stack and a current applied to the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ik Jae SON
  • Publication number: 20210020969
    Abstract: A system for estimating the amount of purge of a fuel cell is provided. The system includes a fuel cell that generates power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side and receives oxygen at a cathode side. A recirculation line is connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and the gas included hydrogen therein is circulated in the recirculation line. A flow amount estimator estimates the flow amount of gas inside the recirculation line. A purge valve is positioned in the recirculation line and discharges the gas in the recirculation line to the outside when opened. A purge amount estimator estimates the amount of purge for each gas discharged through the purge valve by reflecting the flow amount of the gas estimated by the flow amount estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Ik Jae Son
  • Publication number: 20210020968
    Abstract: A system for estimating purge of a fuel cell includes the fuel cell for generating power by receiving hydrogen at an anode side, and receiving oxygen at a cathode side, a recirculation line connected with the anode side of the fuel cell, and in which gas containing hydrogen therein is circulated, a purge valve positioned in the recirculation line, and for discharging the gas in the recirculation line to outside as the purge valve is opened, a differential pressure calculator for calculating a differential pressure between a front end and a rear end of the purge valve, a speed estimator for estimating a current gas diffusion speed in the recirculation line, and a purge amount estimator for estimating the amount of purge through the purge valve by using the differential pressure calculated by the differential pressure calculator and the gas diffusion speed estimated by the speed estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Ik Jae Son
  • Publication number: 20200037855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a needle-type endoscope, including a camera tube having an image capturing means accommodated therein; a needle covering the camera tube from the outside and having a sharp tip formed in a front end thereof to make an incision in a human body; and a handle, wherein a length of the camera tube is formed to be longer than a length of the needle. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a needle-like endoscope configured such that a camera tube for acquiring an image is disposed inside a needle for making an incision in the human body in such a manner as to be moved forward and backward in a sliding manner inside the needle, thereby excluding constituents such as a cannula or a sheath for providing an insertion path for an endoscope, and an incision instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: HAESUNG OPTICS
    Inventors: Seong Hun KIM, Jae Son YI
  • Publication number: 20190363379
    Abstract: An air supply control method of a fuel cell is provided. The method includes adjusting an opening of a pressure control valve in accordance with an opening map stored in advance. The pressure control valve is disposed at an outlet of a fuel cell of an air supply line for supplying air to the fuel cell and discharging air and adjusts air pressure in the air supply line. The method further includes determining whether an air pressure state of the air supply line is normal after adjusting the opening of the pressure control valve and operating the pressure control valve at a predetermined opening in response determining that the air pressure state of the air supply line is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ik Jae Son, Yei Sik Jeon