Patents by Inventor Ji-Hoon Kim

Ji-Hoon 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).

  • Electronic component package having stress alleviation structure
    Patent number: 10461008
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes a wiring part including an insulating layer, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer, and a conductive via connected to the conductive pattern through the insulating layer, an electronic component disposed on the wiring part, a frame disposed on the wiring part and having a component disposition region defined by an inner wall of the frame surrounding the electronic component, and an encapsulant filling at least a portion of the component disposition region. A portion of the inner wall of the frame forms a protrusion protruding toward the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Won Jeong, Ji Hoon Kim, Sun Ho Kim, Shang Hoon Seo, Seung Yeop Kook, Christian Romero
  • User interface method, system, and device in multitasking environment
    Patent number: 10455182
    Abstract: In a user interface method, system and device in a multitasking environment, it is possible for a user to view all of a plurality of simultaneously executed applications by assigning different display areas to the plurality of applications. In the method, system and device, priorities of applications already being executed and of additional applications for which execution is requested are determined, and a display area size is determined and assigned to each application according to its priority. The system comprises a set-top box for performing the latter functions and a user terminal for transmitting a user request, while the device comprises a control unit for performing the latter functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si-Hyoung Lee, Nam-Choon Park, Yi-Sak Park, Jung-Won Kang, Ji-Hoon Kim, So-Young Shin
  • USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190319949
    Abstract: Provided are a user terminal apparatus and a control method thereof. The user terminal apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a communication unit for communicating with a server; a memory in which applications are stored; and a processor for executing an application including a first logic which requires security processing, performing mutual verification with the server, controlling the communication unit such that a request for executing the first logic on the server is sent to the server, and when the execution result of the first logic is received from the server, proceeding with the execution of the application by using the received execution result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-soo KWAG, Ji-hoon KIM
  • PORTABLE BODY FLUID TESTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190317308
    Abstract: A portable body fluid testing device includes: a test unit which has a sample part, onto which a body fluid of a user is applied, formed on one surface of a body thereof lengthily formed in one direction, is provided with a magnifying lens group, and has a contact part formed on the other surface of the body; and a user terminal which has a camera coming into contact with the contact part of the test unit, captures an image of the body fluid, applied to the sample part, by means of the camera, analyzes the image of the body fluid, and thereby determines the state of the body fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: INTIN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ji Hoon KIM
  • Fan-out semiconductor package and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 10446481
    Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package includes: an interconnection member including a first insulating layer, first and second pads respectively disposed on opposite sides of the first insulating layer and a first via connecting the first and second pads to each other; a semiconductor chip disposed on the interconnection member; and an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the semiconductor chip. A center line of the first via is out of alignment with at least one of a center line of the first pad and a center line of the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Ho Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Ha Young Ahn, Shang Hoon Seo, Seung Yeop Kook, Sung Won Jeong
  • Display device and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 10438522
    Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: generating output image data by the signal controller by either reducing vertical resolution of input image data of one frame by 1/k (k is a natural number) or receiving input image data with its vertical resolution reduced by 1/k and processing the input image data to generate output image data; generating a data voltage based on the output image data by the data driver to apply the data voltage to the data line; and applying gate-on voltage pulses to k adjacent gate lines by the gate driver corresponding to respective image data of the output image data, wherein the output image data corresponding to some pixel rows of the output image data are shifted to left or right by at least one pixel and are output to the data driver in a first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Huhn Hur, Gyu Hyeon Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyeon Jin Kim
  • Lamp unit, and lighting device and vehicle lamp using same
    Patent number: 10429027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp unit employing a high-efficiency heat radiation solution for an LED light source, and a lighting device and a vehicle lamp using the same, and the lamp unit comprises an LED light source, a support part for supporting the LED light source, a transfer part facing the LED light source, and a connection part for connecting the support part and the transfer part, wherein the support part, the connection part and the transfer part are provided as thermal conductive members and emit heat of the LED light source to the outside in the form of conduction energy and radiation energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hoon Kim
  • HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20190284210
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1 and an organic electronic device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Jiyoung LEE, Songrim JANG, Doowhan CHOI, Bogyu LIM, Junghyun PARK
  • BODY FLUID TESTING DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20190277830
    Abstract: A body fluid testing device having an improved illumination, includes: a test unit including: a sample part having a sheet portion, with body fluid of a user applied onto a first surface thereof; an illumination part having a light source for providing light to the sample part; a battery for supplying power to the illumination part; and a casing receiving a lens group for magnifying the body fluid applied onto the sheet portion; and a user terminal configured such that a camera takes an image of the sample part magnified by the lens group, prior to analyzing the image by the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: INTIN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ji Hoon KIM
  • Fan-out semiconductor package and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10388614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fan-out semiconductor package including a frame having a through hole, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through hole, a first encapsulant disposed in a space between the frame and the semiconductor chip, a second encapsulant disposed on one sides of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer disposed on the other sides of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and a method of manufacturing the same. The first encapsulant and the second encapsulant may include different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Lee, Kyoung Moo Harr, Seung Yeop Kook, Ji Hoon Kim, Young Gwan Ko
  • HARDWARE DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190253417
    Abstract: A secure semiconductor chip is presented. The semiconductor chip is, for example, a system-on-chip. Processor cores included in the system-on-chip are connected to normal IPs through a system bus. A secure bus, which is a hidden bus physically separated from the system bus, is provided separately. The secure bus is connected to security IPs which perform security functions or handle security data. The secure semiconductor chip may perform necessary authentication by switching a normal mode to a secure mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Kyue KIM, Ji-Hoon KIM
  • DC-DC CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20190252971
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a DC-DC converter comprising: a housing; a plurality of electronic components disposed inside the housing; and a flow path disposed on a lower plate of the housing. The flow path comprises an expanding portion. The horizontal width of the expanding portion is greater than the horizontal width of a flow path on the front end of the expanding portion, and the vertical width of the expanding portion is less than the vertical width of the flow path on the front end of the expanding portion. The differential between the part wherein the surface area of the vertical cross section of the flow path is the biggest and the part wherein the surface area of the vertical cross section of the flow path is the smallest is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Geun Ho KIM, Hyun Min NA, Jae Hoo JUNG, Seok BAE, Jai Hoon YEOM
  • Method and device for extending beam area in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10381736
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An electronic device is provided in a wireless communication system. The device comprises a plurality of antenna sets; a plurality of antenna elements configuring the plurality of antenna sets; an RF transceiver including a plurality of switches for selecting the plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of phase shifters for shifting the phase of a signal transmitted/received through the plurality of antenna elements; and a control unit for determining a beam forming direction and the phase of the signal by simultaneously controlling the plurality of switches and the plurality of phase shifters according to a beambook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Yun Jung, Sung-Tae Choi, Ji-Hoon Kim, Yi-Ju Roh, Yun-A Shim, Dong-Hyun Lee, Seung-Pyo Hong
  • AROMATIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190245150
    Abstract: There are provided a novel aromatic compound which has excellent semiconductor properties in terms of carrier mobility, an organic semiconductor material and a thin film forming composition containing the compound, an organic thin film containing the compound, and an organic semiconductor device containing the thin film. The aromatic compound is represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a saturated fluorohydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group, or a styryl group that may have a substituent; m is an integer from 1 to 6; and A represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a saturated hydrocarbon-trisubstituted silyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a direct bond, or a di- to hexavalent linking group having an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: Riken, Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKANO, Ji-Hoon KIM, Kazuo TAKIMIYA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
  • Method and apparatus for providing character input interface
    Patent number: 10359932
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a character input interface are provided. The method for providing a character input interface in a terminal having a touchscreen, includes simultaneously displaying a first keyboard on a first region and a second keyboard including second keyboard language selection keys on a second region by the touchscreen in a character inputting mode; and changing a language of the second keyboard to a language corresponding to a second touched keyboard language selection key touched while maintaining a language of the first keyboard when input touching the second keyboard language key is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Park, Se Hwan Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Ji Hoon Lee
  • PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20190211452
    Abstract: A PECVD equipment includes: a process chamber, a sample transfer passage and a vacuum valve. The process chamber is formed, in a wall thereof, with a sample inlet communicated with the process chamber, and the process chamber is provided therein with a first plate electrode and a second plate electrode that are opposite to each other. The sample transfer passage is communicated with the sample inlet so that a sample is transferred from the sample transfer passage to the process chamber through the sample inlet. The vacuum valve is detachably provided at the sample transfer passage and includes a first flat valve gate. The vacuum valve is configured so that, when the PECVD equipment is in an operating state, the first flat valve gate is moved to a position, that is closer to the sample inlet, in the sample transfer passage to seal the sample inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Qingyou WU
  • Device for preventing dewing of headlamp
    Patent number: 10330278
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a device for preventing dewing of headlamp, the device comprising: a housing, which has a light source provided therein, and which has a lens installed on a front end thereof; a thermoelectric module formed inside the housing such that, when power is supplied, one side thereof is heated, while another side surface thereof is cooled; a heat sink for radiating heat generated from the thermoelectric module; a blowing fan formed behind the heat sink; and a blowing duct having a channel formed such that air, which is sent by the blowing fan, ascends along the inner surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Kim, Dong Kyun Kim
  • Vehicle lamp
    Patent number: 10317039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle lamp including a first lamp and a second lamp, only one of which is selectively turned on; a first bezel unit made of a thermally conductive material, including a thermal radiation region exposed to the outside, and connected to the first lamp to be thermally conductive therewith; and a second bezel unit connected to the first bezel unit to be thermally conductive therewith, made of a thermally conductive material, including a thermal radiation region exposed to the outside, and connected to the second lamp to be thermally conductive therewith, and provides effects in that thermal radiation efficiency is increased and a space advantageous for designing a lamp is secured because heat generated by a light source is discharged to the atmosphere through thermal radiation and cooling components, such as a radiation fin and an additional fan, are eliminable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hoon Kim
  • Portable terminal and method for partially obfuscating an object displayed thereon
    Patent number: 10319345
    Abstract: A portable terminal and a method for protecting a displayed object on a screen of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes detecting an input on the screen; forming an area corresponding to a position of the detected input; and displaying a part of an object corresponding to the formed area differently from another part of the object in an area outside of the formed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Kim, Won-Suk Chang, Do-Hyeon Kim, Sang-Ho Kim, Hee-Bum Ahn, Seong-Taek Hwang, Dong-Wook Kwon
  • ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MM-WAVE SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20190165449
    Abstract: Disclosed in an electronic device, which includes a housing that includes a first plate and a second plate facing a direction opposite the first plate, a conductive plate that is disposed in a first plane between the first plate and the second plate, and is parallel to the second plate, a wireless communication circuit that is disposed within the housing and is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency ranging from 20 GHz to 100 GHz, a first electrical path having a first end electrically connected with the wireless communication circuit and a second end floated, the first electrical path including a first portion between the first end and the second end, a second electrical path having a third end electrically connected with the conductive plate and a fourth end floated, the second electrical path including a second portion between the third end and the fourth end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Ji Yong KIM, Jong In LEE, Yeon Jeong KIM, Yong Jun AN, Hyo Seok NA