Patents by Inventor Jae-Whan Kim

Jae-Whan 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: 11947866
    Abstract: Proposed is a space monitoring apparatus using a sound signal and a space monitoring method thereof and, more specifically, is a technology in which a space monitoring apparatus using a sound to determine a spatial condition sets a synthesized sound having a plurality of frequency components to utilize the performance of a speaker efficiently and emits the synthesized sound to monitor the spatial condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 11852522
    Abstract: A method of automatically setting an acoustic signal of a device for space monitoring by using the acoustic signal is proposed. The proposed is a technology for automatically setting the acoustic signal emitted from the device for space monitoring by using the acoustic signal for more precise measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230106155
    Abstract: Proposed is a space monitoring apparatus using a sound signal and a space monitoring method thereof and, more specifically, is a technology in which a space monitoring apparatus using a sound to determine a spatial condition sets a synthesized sound having a plurality of frequency components to utilize the performance of a speaker efficiently and emits the synthesized sound to monitor the spatial condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230109460
    Abstract: Proposed is a noise avoiding method for a space monitoring apparatus using a sound signal and, more specifically, is a technology that allows the space monitoring apparatus, which uses a sound signal to monitor a spatial condition, to avoid noise in a space to be monitored to correctly determine the spatial condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan KIM
  • Patent number: 11604091
    Abstract: Proposed is a noise avoiding method for a space monitoring apparatus using a sound signal and, more specifically, is a technology that allows the space monitoring apparatus, which uses a sound signal to monitor a spatial condition, to avoid noise in a space to be monitored to correctly determine the spatial condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230058957
    Abstract: A method of automatically setting an acoustic signal of a device for space monitoring by using the acoustic signal is proposed. The proposed is a technology for automatically setting the acoustic signal emitted from the device for space monitoring by using the acoustic signal for more precise measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan KIM
  • Patent number: 11589177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a space using a three-dimensional acoustic web, and to a method of emitting a plurality of acoustic signals, forming a three-dimensional acoustic web in a monitoring target space based on interference between acoustic waves, and recognizing a situation of the monitoring target space based on a change in measured acoustic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Publication number: 20220408206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring a space using a three-dimensional acoustic web, and to a method of emitting a plurality of acoustic signals, forming a three-dimensional acoustic web in a monitoring target space based on interference between acoustic waves, and recognizing a situation of the monitoring target space based on a change in measured acoustic signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Jae Whan KIM
  • Patent number: 8271835
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for diagnosing abnormal conditions, that quantitatively considers acquisition difficulties between abnormal symptoms provided on a computer screen and quantifies acquisition difficulties of the abnormal symptoms through distinctiveness of measuring devices to exactly diagnose the abnormal conditions even under an improved control environment, making it possible for a user to rapidly and easily diagnose the abnormal conditions that may be generated from a complicated device. With the present invention, the abnormal conditions are diagnosed using the sequential diagnosis technique and the Boolean logic between the abnormal symptoms, making it possible to effectively diagnose the abnormal conditions even under masking effects that may be generated between the abnormal symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon-Eon Yang, Won-Dea Jung, Jae-Whan Kim, Jin-Kyun Park
  • Publication number: 20100095153
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for diagnosing abnormal conditions, that quantitatively considers acquisition difficulties between abnormal symptoms provided on a computer screen and quantifies acquisition difficulties of the abnormal symptoms through distinctiveness of measuring devices to exactly diagnose the abnormal conditions even under an improved control environment, making it possible for a user to rapidly and easily diagnose the abnormal conditions that may be generated from a complicated device. With the present invention, the abnormal conditions are diagnosed using the sequential diagnosis technique and the Boolean logic between the abnormal symptoms, making it possible to effectively diagnose the abnormal conditions even under masking effects that may be generated between the abnormal symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Joon-Eon Yang, Won-Dea Jung, Jae-Whan Kim, Jin-Kyun Park
  • Patent number: 6477076
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferroelectric memory device, which prevents a potential difference across a ferroelectric capacitor from being occurred and minimizes a step to be induced during the fabrication of the capacitor. The memory device comprises a first switching transistor having its gate coupled to a positive wordline, and its source and drain coupled between a bitline and a first node respectively; a ferroelectric capacitor coupled between the first node and a plateline; and a second switching transistor having its gate coupled to a negative wordline, and its source and drain coupled to the first node and the plateline respectively. A second node at which the source of the second switching transistor and the plateline are contacted is formed on an active area locating between two adjacent negative wordlines; and the ferroelectric capacitor is formed on the active area. The active area is broadly formed to prevent a resistance of the second node from being occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6332743
    Abstract: An elevator type parking system is disclosed. The system includes a main frame having a plurality of vertical columns and horizontal columns for forming a hoist way in a center portion thereof a plurality of parking rooms at both sides of the hoist way, a lift movable along the hoist way formed in the main frame, a lift lifting and lowering drive unit for lifting and lowering the lift, a parking unit installed in each floor of the parking room and being horizontally movable, a parking unit actuating unit installed on the lift for horizontally pulling the parking unit from the parking room to the hoist way and pushing the same from the hoist way to the parking room, a driven unit fixed to the parking unit and driven by the parking means actuating unit for thereby horizontally moving the parking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: LG Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Weon Park, Oh-Yeong Kong, Seon-Sun Lee, Jae-Whan Kim
  • Publication number: 20010023950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferroelectric memory device, which prevents a potential difference across a ferroelectric capacitor from being occurred and minimizes a step to be induced during the fabrication of the capacitor. The memory device comprises a first switching transistor having its gate coupled to a positive wordline, and its source and drain coupled between a bitline and a first node respectively; a ferroelectric capacitor coupled between the first node and a plateline; and a second switching transistor having its gate coupled to a negative wordline, and its source and drain coupled to the first node and the plateline respectively. A second node at which the source of the second switching transistor and the plateline are contacted is formed on an active area locating between two adjacent negative wordlines; and the ferroelectric capacitor is formed on the active area. The active area is broadly formed to prevent a resistance of the second node from being occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Jae-Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6281537
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved ferroelectric capacitor used in a memory device by providing reliable electric interconnection between a lower electrode of the capacitor and an active region of transistor, and to provide a method for fabricating the same. A semiconductor capacitor according to the present invention comprises: a first conducting film filling an opening which is formed in an interlayer insulating film, being in contact with an active region of a semiconductor; a stacked charge storage node including a second conducting film formed on the first conducting film and an interlaying insulating film, a first diffusion preventing film formed on the second conducting film, a lower electrode film formed on the first diffusion preventing film, and a ferroelectric film formed on the lower electrode film; and a conducting spacer film formed on sidewalls of the lower electrode film, the first diffusion preventing film and the second conducting film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6258722
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a CMOS device which can prevent latch-up and easily apply to high integration device by completely isolating a N well and a P well in the back side of a substrate, is disclosed. A method of manufacturing a CMOS device according to the present invention, includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor having a back side and a front side, and including a N well and a P well formed therein respectively, a NMOS transistor formed on the P well, a PMOS transistor formed on the N well; etching the back side of the substrate along the PN junction portions of the N well and the P well to the front side of the substrate, thereby forming trenches; and, forming an insulating layer on the back side of the substrate to fill the trenches, thereby isolating the P well and the N well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Eletronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6208550
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device includes memory cells consisted of a switching transistor and a ferroelectric capacitor for storing electric charges, word lines for enabling the switching transistor, positive and negative bit lines for transferring the electric charges, a sense amplifier for sensing a voltage difference between the positive and the negative bit lines and for amplifying the voltage levels of the positive and the negative bit lines. Positively pumped voltage is applied to the positive bit line while positive voltage lower than the positively pumped supply voltage is applied to the negative bit line. With the higher positive bit line, a sensing margin of the sense amplifier is improved and no separate reference cell is required for the sensing the voltage difference. Method for operating for the ferroelectric memory device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6188601
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, includes: a single bit line; at least one memory cell coupled to said single bit line for storing a first charge corresponding to predetermined data; a reference voltage generation circuit for generating a reference voltage as a first voltage; a charge pump circuit for generating a second charge substantially corresponding to the reference voltage; a transistor for combining the first charge with the second charge at a read operation, thereby generating a second voltage; and a sense amplifier coupled to said single bit line for sensing and amplifying a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage, to thereby read out the predetermined data. The semiconductor memory device can reduce its chip size by employing the single bit line coupled to at least one memory cell and effectively sense and amplify the difference between the first voltage from the reference voltage generation circuit and the second voltage from the single bit line at the read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duck-Ju Kim, Jae-Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6151243
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device includes a plurality of groups of active areas, each active area having two memory cells, and a plurality of pairs of conductive lines arranged in a parallel fashion, each conductive line having a word line and a plate line, wherein a pair of the word line and the plate line are isolated through an insulating layer, wherein each group of the active areas are coupled to each pair of the conductive lines, thereby having a folded bit line architecture without increasing a chip size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6101119
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a cell plate line of a semiconductor memory device having a plurality of memory cells, includes: a first driving means for driving the cell plate line with a first power supply voltage; a second driving means for driving the cell plate line with a second power supply voltage higher than the first power supply voltage; and a driving control means for enabling said second driving means for a predetermined time in order to activate the cell plate line in response to a control signal from an external circuit and enabling said first driving means after the predetermined time in order to stabilize said second driving means enables, wherein the control signal is employed to select one memory cell related to the cell plate line. Thereby, the apparatus can the high-speed operation of a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) by using two power supply voltage sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Yi, Jae-Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 6041005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to semiconductor memory device and more particularly, to a technique for stabilizing the potential of the cell plate line by using two kinds of potentials for the cell plate line driver to implement the powerful driving force and rapid operability required in case of designing the RAM using as the memory device the material having large electrostatic capacity, and for preventing the loss of I/O by using CMOS transistors in the decoder circuit which receives the cell plate line voltage by cooperating with the cell plate line driver circuit and feeds back the cell plate line voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Yi, Jae Whan Kim