Patents by Inventor Jin-Chul Ahn

Jin-Chul Ahn 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: 20240136844
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling step charging of a secondary battery. A charging control unit determines a SOC, an OCV and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, determines an OCV deviation corresponding to a difference between the OCV and a predefined minimum OCV value, determines a correction factor corresponding to the polarization voltage and the OCV deviation, determines a look-up SOC by correcting the SOC according to the correction factor, determines the magnitude of a charging current corresponding to the look-up SOC, and provides the determined charging current to a charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyung LIM, Young-Jin KIM, Gi-Min NAM, Hyoung Jun AHN, Kyu-Chul LEE, Won-Tae JOE
  • Patent number: 11949881
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Research Institute for Industry Cooperation, Industry-Academia Cooperation Group of Sejong University
    Inventors: Se-Yoon Jeong, Hae-Chul Choi, Jeong-Il Seo, Seung-Kwon Beack, In-Seon Jang, Jae-Gon Kim, Kyung-Ae Moon, Dae-Young Jang, Jin-Woo Hong, Jin-Woong Kim, Yung-Lyul Lee, Dong-Gyu Sim, Seoung-Jun Oh, Chang-Beom Ahn, Dae-Yeon Kim, Dong-Kyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240107032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hae Chul CHOI, Se Yoon JEONG, Sung-Chang LIM, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woo HONG, Dong Gyu SIM, Seoung-Jun OH, Chang-Beom AHN, Gwang Hoon PARK, Seung Ryong KOOK, Sea-Nae PARK, Kwang-Su JEONG
  • Patent number: 11936233
    Abstract: A charging control apparatus measures a first temperature of a first secondary battery selected from the plurality of secondary batteries, a second temperature of a coolant flowing into the cooling device, a charging current of the secondary battery pack, a first terminal voltage of the first secondary battery and a second terminal voltage of a second secondary battery closest to the cooling device, estimates a temperature of a temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery from a lumped thermal model having a thermal resistance between two points selected from the temperature estimation point of the second secondary battery, the first temperature measurement point and the second temperature measurement point, and measurement data about temperature, current and voltage, and determines the estimated temperature as a minimum temperature of the secondary battery pack, and varies a charging power provided to the secondary battery pack according to the minimum temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyung Lim, Gi-Min Nam, Kyu-Chul Lee, Hyoung Jun Ahn, Won-Tae Joe
  • Patent number: 9333320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an open type car treatment module which, when worn, allows simultaneous laser therapy and music therapy for brain-nervous system tissue by arranging the light source for low level laser therapy (LLLT) and sound source for music therapy (MT) properly, and can release the heat generated by the light source to outside by allowing ventilation with outside through open type configuration of module itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University
    Inventors: Jin Chul Ahn, Chung Ku Rhee, Pill Sang Chung, Myung Whan Suh
  • Publication number: 20130303838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an open type car treatment module which, when worn, allows simultaneous laser therapy and music therapy for brain-nervous system tissue by arranging the light source for low level laser therapy (LLLT) and sound source for music therapy (MT) properly, and can release the heat generated by the light source to outside by allowing ventilation with outside through open type configuration of module itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jin Chul Ahn, Chung Ku Rhee, Pill Sang Chung, Myung Whan Suh
  • Publication number: 20130172960
    Abstract: A method for low-level laser irradiation for hearing loss reversal includes: generating low-frequency laser light; controlling an output intensity of the generated laser light; determining whether or not the wavelength and output of the laser light coincides with a preset reference wavelength and reference output intensity, respectively; and irradiating with the laser light into an inner ear through an external auditory meatus, wherein the reference wavelength is set in the range of 600 nm to 10,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, DANKOOK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jin Chul Ahn, Chung Ku Rhee, Myung Whan Suh
  • Patent number: 8337102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shutter device for camera used for small-sized digital equipment and includes a base forming a light transmission hole to expose a film or charge-coupled device (CCD) to laser beam; an electromagnet mounted on one side of the base; a driving arm which is mounted on one side of the electromagnet on the base so as to pivot on the base; a first shutter and a second shutter to open and close the light transmission hole, which pivots on the part of the base in association with the pivoting of the driving arm; and a magnetic which is installed on the driving arm and has the north magnetic pole and the south magnetic pole at opposite ends of the magnetic or on surfaces opposite to the electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sung Woo Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Soon Lim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jin-Chul Ahn, Tae-Jin Kim, Ho-Young Jung
  • Publication number: 20110038626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shutter device for camera used for small-sized digital equipment and includes a base forming a light transmission hole to expose a film or charge-coupled device (CCD) to laser beam; an electromagnet mounted on one side of the base; a driving arm which is mounted on one side of the electromagnet on the base so as to pivot on the base; a first shutter and a second shutter to open and close the light transmission hole, which pivots on the part of the base in association with the pivoting of the driving arm; and a magnetic which is installed on the driving arm and has the north magnetic pole and the south magnetic pole at opposite ends of the magnetic or on surfaces opposite to the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Sung Woo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Soon Lim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jin-Chul Ahn, Tae-Jin Kim, Ho-Young Jung
  • Publication number: 20060126950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for managing image files in a mobile communication terminal capable of classifying a compressed image file in each field unit and then restructuring the compressed image file only with a field including essential information among the classified fields, thereby storing and managing the files. The method comprises processes of retrieves a compressed image file, which is produced in itself in the mobile communication terminal or received via the communication process, in a byte unit, classifying it in each field unit, and extracting only field information which is essential information to restructure the compressed image file. Thereby, the mobile communication terminal stores and manages the compressed image file restructured only with the essential information in the internal memory, and increasing an overall efficiency of the terminal memory and decreasing a possibility of an error occurrence during the decoding operation and the image acquisition operation for the compressed image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Jin Chul Ahn, Sung Lee