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).

  • Publication number: 20180053769
    Abstract: A Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same are provided. The method includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a lower gate metal using a first gas, the lower gate metal burying at least a portion of the trench, forming a barrier metal on the lower gate metal, on the barrier metal, forming an upper gate metal using a second gas different from the first gas and forming a capping film on the gate metal, the capping film filling the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Eun Tae KIM, Seong Hun PARK, Youn Jae CHO, Hee Sook PARK, Woong Hee SOHN, Jin Ho OH
  • Patent number: 9886191
    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: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Park, Se Hwan Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Ji Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9887593
    Abstract: A non-contact type power transceiving apparatus may include: a non-contact type power transmitting apparatus adjusting bias power setting a level of transmission power based on a request and transmitting one of a first power and a second power having a power level higher than that of the first power in a non-contact scheme; and a non-contact type power receiving apparatus requesting one of the first power and the second power from the non-contact type power transmitting apparatus and varying a set temperature level determining an abnormal state based on the requested power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Uk Lee, Hee Sun Han, Ki Won Chang, Chul Gyun Park, Soon Tack Oh, Ji Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180019243
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include: a substrate having a cell area defined thereon, the cell area including a cell block area and an edge area; a plurality of bottom electrodes, on the substrate, which are in parallel with a top surface of the substrate and a first direction in parallel with a top surface of the substrate, and are arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a support structure pattern, in a flat plate shape, which connects the bottom electrodes to each other, supports the bottom electrodes onto the substrate, and includes a plurality of open areas, wherein a first profile, which is a horizontal cross-sectional profile in the edge area of the support structure pattern, has a wave shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Ji-hoon KIM, Won-chul LEE
  • Patent number: 9869446
    Abstract: Provided are a radiating device and a lighting device, including a first radiating module configured to receive heat generated from a light source module; and a second radiating module that comprises a first member extending to the first radiating module and transmitting the received heat, and a second member configured to emit the heat transmitted from the first member to a light emitting space, and thus a production cost and a weight can be reduced, space utilization can be improved, and snow melting of an optical member can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Kim, Sung Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20170361032
    Abstract: Provided is a guide device for injection needle puncture. The guide device for needle puncture according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a guide part which has a guide hole provided therein so as to be tilted at a certain angle along the height direction, the guide hole allowing an injection needle to pass therethrough so that during injection needle puncture, the insertion angle of the injection needle can be constantly maintained; and a sliding member which is coupled to the body so as to be slidingly movable, wherein the spaced distance between the guide hole and a medical ultrasound apparatus is adjusted through relative movement of the body or the sliding member so that a target location into which the distal end of the injection needle is inserted can be located on entrance path of the injection needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: AMOLIFESCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9832557
    Abstract: A microspeaker includes a frame, magnetic circuit, voice coil configured to generate vibration by mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit, vibration plate configured to vibrate together according to the vibration of the voice coil to generate a sound, and suspension configured to guide a vibration direction of the vibration plate and voice coil. The suspension has a central portion attached to the voice coil, an annular outer circumferential portion formed to be spaced apart from the central portion by a predetermined interval, and a connection portion connecting the central and outer circumferential portions and configured to perform a damping function. The central portion has an outer end having the same height as the connection and outer circumferential portions, an inner end positioned to be higher than the outer end, and a step portion connecting the outer end and inner end. The voice coil is attached to the inner end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: EM-TECH. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Dong Park, Seul Ki Nam, Ji Hoon Kim, Min Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 9829173
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular lamp including a lens unit, a light source module that includes a reflection unit disposed to have a gap from the lens unit and accommodating a light emitting element, a bezel unit that abuts the light source module and provides the gap between the lens unit and the light source module, and a thermoelectric circulation unit that provides air that has passed through a thermoelectric module to the inside of the gap, wherein a heat absorption unit of the thermoelectric module is in contact with the light source module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyun Kim, Ji Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9818081
    Abstract: A smart hook system for a store display including a hook configured to hang smart items having a resistor and a capacitor for display in a store. The hook at least one resistive electrical contact configured to come into electrical circuit contact with the resistor of the smart items hanging on the hook, and at least one capacitive electrical contact configured to come into electrical contact with the capacitor of the smart items that are hanging on hook. The smart hook also includes a processor configured to measure the resistance and capacitance of the smart items that are hanging on hook, and determine a quantity of the smart items hanging on the hook and identity of the smart items hanging on the hook based on the measured resistance and capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Raheel Khalid, Ji Hoon Kim, Manuel Enrique Caceres, Yuk Lun Li, SM Masudur Rahman
  • Patent number: 9814363
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner main body and a dust container communicating with the cleaner main body, the dust container storing dusts separated from air. The dust container includes a dust collection body including a dust storage part for storing the dusts, a pressing member for compressing the dusts stored in the dust collection body, and a cleaning member contacting an inner surface of the dust collection body to clean the inner surface of the dust collection body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gun Ho Ha, Ji Hoon Kim, Seung Heun Lim
  • Publication number: 20170309491
    Abstract: A method of forming a tungsten film including disposing a substrate inside a process chamber; performing a tungsten nucleation layer forming operation for forming a tungsten nucleation layer on the substrate, performing a first operation for forming a portion of a tungsten bulk layer on the tungsten nucleation layer by alternately supplying a tungsten-containing gas and a reducing gas into the process chamber, and performing a second operation for stopping the supply of the tungsten-containing gas and the reducing gas and removing a remaining gas in the process chamber may be provided. The first operation and the second operation may be repeated at least twice until the tungsten bulk layer reaches a desired thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-ku AHN, Ji-hoon KIM, Seong-hun PARK, Youn-jae CHO, Hee-sook PARK, Woong-hee SOHN
  • Publication number: 20170271272
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ji Hyun LEE, Kyoung Moo HARR, Seung Yeop KOOK, Ji Hoon KIM, Young Gwan KO
  • Publication number: 20170271293
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a wire portion disposed on the first substrate; a pad portion connected with the wire portion; a printed circuit board facing the first substrate and including an output electrode; and an anisotropic conductive film disposed between the first substrate and the printed circuit board, wherein the anisotropic conductive film comprises a plurality of conductive particles disposed with a constant gap, and the plurality of conductive particles respectively disposed at apexes of virtual regular hexagons in a plan view, with a longest diagonal of the respective virtual regular hexagon being parallel with the y-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kyeong Yeol Heo, Joon Sam Kim, Ji Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9769869
    Abstract: A non-contact type power supply apparatus may include a power unit transmitting power to a power receiving apparatus in a non-contact type manner, a communicating unit communicating with the power receiving apparatus, and a controlling unit terminating communications with the power receiving apparatus in the case in which a communications signal level of the power receiving apparatus transmitted to the communicating unit is equal to or less than a reference signal level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Soo Kang, Hee Sun Han, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyun Keun Lim
  • Publication number: 20170262383
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory having a protection area and storing data of a first operating system (OS) and at least one first program involved with first OS in the protection area; at least one processor configured to execute the at least one first program and at least one second program involved with a second OS having an authority higher than the first OS; and a memory monitor comprising circuitry configured to detect whether an access to the protection area of the memory occurs, to interrupt the access if the access occurs, and to perform a security verification of the data stored in the protection area. The electronic apparatus may guarantee and/or improve integrity thereof using a hardware device, which can directly monitor the memory at a CPU environment in which a security area and a general area are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ki-hun LEE, Jong-oh HUR, Ji-hoon KIM, Jin-bum PARK, Dong-uk KIM
  • Patent number: 9753329
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer, a first polarizing plate disposed on an outer surface of the array substrate and including a first transmission axis, a second polarizing plate disposed on an outer surface of the opposite substrate and including a second transmission axis, a phase difference film disposed between the second polarizing plate and the liquid crystal layer, and a backlight unit providing light to the first polarizing plate. The phase difference film has an in-plane retardation value of about 120 nm to about 150 nm and a thickness retardation value of about 240 nm to about 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Kim, Daewon Kim, Seungbeom Park, Seunghee Lee, Yun Jang
  • Patent number: 9729997
    Abstract: Systems and methods for self-provisioning of mobile devices are disclosed. An implementation includes determining whether the SIM of a mobile device is associated with a wireless network provider, sending an attachment request to a wireless data network of the wireless network provider when the mobile device is within a coverage area of the wireless data network, receiving an attachment response from the wireless data network of the wireless network provider in response to the attachment request, determining from the attachment response, whether attachment to the wireless data network of the wireless network provider is successful, reviewing an error code provided by the wireless network provider and based on the error code, displaying a user interface allowing a user to provision the SIM for receiving service from the wireless network provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Zhengfang Chen, Mohammad Raheel Khalid, Ji Hoon Kim, Masudur SM Rahman
  • Publication number: 20170195533
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which includes a housing, a first camera module disposed on a first portion of the housing to face in a first direction, and having a first lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing, and a second camera module disposed on a second portion of the housing, which is positioned to be opposite to the first portion of the housing, to face in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and having a second lens cover protruding in a convex shape from an outer surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Jae-Il SEO, Kijae KIM, Ji-Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9696816
    Abstract: A character input system and method is provided that enables a user to input and edit block characters via a touch-based electronic device, with a limited number of input motions. The character input method includes receiving a first interaction, displaying a first character in response to the first interaction, receiving a second interaction successively after the first interaction, identifying a second character that is formed by combining the first character with a character according to the second interaction, and displaying the second character instead of the first character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung Wook Park, Se Hwan Park, Ji Hoon Lee, Ji Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170178992
    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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Won JEONG, Ji Hoon KIM, Sun Ho KIM, Shang Hoon SEO, Seung Yeop KOOK, Christian ROMERO