Patents by Inventor Ji-Min Lim

Ji-Min Lim 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: 9108562
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a virtual engine sound of a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. More specifically, the system includes a sensor for detecting when the vehicle is inside an enclosure; a virtual engine sound generation portion for generating the virtual engine sound of the vehicle; and a control portion for receiving data detected by the sensor to control the virtual engine sound based upon whether or not the vehicle is inside the enclosure, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the data to the virtual engine generation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Bong Ho Lee, Jae Hyn Park, Moonseok Lee, Ki Soo Yoon, Ji Hoon Jeong, Ji Min Lim
  • Patent number: 8754762
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating an operating sound of a vehicle, which does not require a separate installation space and thus imposes no spatial limitations on the design of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotatable mechanism and a film The rotatable mechanism is driven by a motor, and is provided with a plurality of blades. The film is provided on at least one of the blades, a first end of the film being secured to an edge of the blade and a second end being a free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Jeong, Moon Seok Lee, Dong Chul Park, Ji Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20130114827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a virtual engine sound of a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. More specifically, the system includes a sensor for detecting when the vehicle is inside; a virtual engine sound generation portion for generating the virtual engine sound of the vehicle; and a control portion for receiving data detected by the sensor to control the virtual engine sound based upon whether or not the vehicle is inside, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the data to the virtual engine generation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Bong Ho Lee, Jae Hyn Park, Moonseok Lee, Ki Soo Yoon, Ji Hoon Jeong, Ji Min Lim
  • Patent number: 8334207
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate including cell regions and peripheral regions; selectively forming a gate conductive layer over the substrate in the peripheral regions, forming a sealing layer over the substrate with the gate conductive layer formed thereon, forming an insulation layer over the sealing layer to cover the substrate with the gate conductive layer formed on the substrate, planarizing the insulation layer to expose the sealing layer formed over the gate conductive layer, and forming a plurality of plugs in the cell regions, the plurality of the plugs penetrating the insulation layer and the sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ji-Min Lim, Kyung-ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120133503
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating an operating sound of a vehicle, which does not require a separate installation space and thus imposes no spatial limitations on the design of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotatable mechanism and a film The rotatable mechanism is driven by a motor, and is provided with a plurality of blades. The film is provided on at least one of the blades, a first end of the film being secured to an edge of the blade and a second end being a free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Jeong, Moon Seok Lee, Dong Chul Park, Ji Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20110309435
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a buried gate in a semiconductor substrate, and a nitride layer, over at least the buried gate, whose upper portion is at substantially the same height as an upper portion of a peripheral bit line, where the peripheral bit line is over an interlayer insulating layer. The thickness of the nitride layer is substantially equal to the stacked thickness of the peripheral bit line and the interlayer insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho HWANG, Ji Min LIM
  • Publication number: 20110086503
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate including cell regions and peripheral regions; selectively forming a gate conductive layer over the substrate in the peripheral regions, forming a sealing layer over the substrate with the gate conductive layer formed thereon, forming an insulation layer over the sealing layer to cover the substrate with the gate conductive layer formed on the substrate, planarizing the insulation layer to expose the sealing layer formed over the gate conductive layer, and forming a plurality of plugs in the cell regions, the plurality of the plugs penetrating the insulation layer and the sealing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Ji-Min LIM, Kyung-Ho Hwang