Patents by Inventor Jin-Hwan Kim

Jin-Hwan 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: 9128295
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a lens common electrode disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the lens common electrode, the first alignment layer including a first alignment direction. The second substrate includes a second base substrate opposite to the first base substrate, a plurality of lens electrodes that extend in a lens axis and is parallel with each other, and a second alignment layer disposed on the plurality of lens electrodes, the second alignment layer including a second alignment direction substantially perpendicular to the first alignment direction. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second alignment layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seung Seo, Hae-Young Yun, Il-Joo Kim, Seung-Jun Jeong, Seon-Ki Kim, Jin-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9128332
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate and a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first base substrate. The second substrate includes a second base substrate disposed to face the first base substrate, the second substrate further including a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second base substrate. Each of the first base substrate and the second base substrate are rectilinearly shaped to comprise corresponding first sides and second sides, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are inclined with respect to the corresponding first sides or second sides, and the plurality of first electrodes comprise a first inclination angle different from a second inclination angle associated with the plurality of second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Bae Kim, Hae-Young Yun, KyungHo Jung, Seung Jun Jeong, Jin-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9123623
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device having a multi-cell array, including: sequentially forming a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer on a substrate; etching and removing portions of the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer so as to expose portions of an upper surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer corresponding to respective regions of the second conductive semiconductor layer spaced apart from one another; and separating light emitting cells by partially etching the exposed portions of the first conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the separating of the light emitting cells is not performed at an edge portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Hyun Jo, Jong Ho Lee, Jin Hyun Lee, Chan Mook Lim, Jin Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150223916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a scanner for an oral cavity comprising: an optical output unit for outputting a line laser beam; a first optical system for reflecting the line laser beam output from the optical output unit to a scanning target tooth; an optical sensing unit for sensing the line laser beam reflected again by the first optical system after reflected from the scanning target tooth; and a control unit for controlling operations of the optical output unit and the first optical system. The control unit controls the reflection angle and position of the first optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: THEO DENTAL
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Kim, Hyun Il Lee
  • Publication number: 20150219960
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a lens polarizer which is disposed on the outside of the second substrate. The lens polarizer includes a first polarization region having a first polarization direction and a second polarization region having a second polarization direction which is different from the first polarization direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: HYUN SEUNG SEO, JIN HWAN KIM, SEUNG JUN JEONG
  • Publication number: 20150216996
    Abstract: The invention provides eTEC linked glycoconjugates comprising a saccharide covalently conjugated to a carrier protein through a (2-((2-oxoethyl)thio)ethyl)carbamate (eTEC) spacer, immunogenic compositions comprising such glycoconjugates, and methods for the preparation and use of such glycoconjugates and immunogenic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Jianxin Gu, Jin-hwan Kim, A. Krishna Prasad, Yu-ying Yang
  • Patent number: 9091858
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a lens plate and a lens driver. The display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels. The display panel is driven by dividing a single frame into N sub frames. N is a natural number. The lens plate is on the display panel. The lens plate includes a plurality of lenses which convert a two dimensional (“2D”) image displayed on the display panel into a three dimensional (“3D”) image. The lens driver disposes the lenses at a first position during a first sub frame. The lens driver moves the lenses to a second position from the first position and disposes the lenses at the second position during a second sub frame. The second position is shifted by 1/N of a width of the unit pixel from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-Yong Yoon, Hae-Young Yun, Kyung-Ho Jung, Seung-Jun Jeong, Jin-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150202309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new immunogenic compositions comprising conjugated Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular saccharide antigens (glycoconjugates) and uses thereof. Immunogenic compositions of the present invention will typically comprise at least one glycoconjugate from a S. pneumoniae serotype not found in PREVNAR®, SYNFLORIX® and/or PREVNAR 13®. The invention also relates to vaccination of human subjects, in particular infants and elderly, against pneumoccocal infections using said novel immunogenic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Emilio Anthony Emini, Wendy Jo Watson, Avvari Krishna Prasad, Mingming Han, Jin-Hwan Kim, Jianxin Gu, Yu-ying Yang, Rajesh Kumar Kainthan, David Cooper, Michael William Pride, Kathrin Ute Jansen
  • Patent number: 9081197
    Abstract: A lens substrate includes a base substrate, a first lens electrode and a first signal line. The base substrate includes a lens area and a peripheral area surrounding the lens area. The first signal line in the peripheral area and includes a layered structure in which a first transparent conductive layer and a metal layer directly contact each other. The first lens electrode is in the lens area and includes the first transparent conductive layer excluding the metal layer. The first signal line is in the peripheral area. The first signal line is connected to the first lens electrode and includes a layered structure in which the first transparent conductive layer and the metal layer directly contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Whangbo, Jin-Hwan Kim, Seung-Jun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150184917
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator may sensing whether a door of a refrigerator compartment is open, determining whether a compressor of the refrigerator is being driven, continuing driving a fan of the refrigerator if the door is open and the compressor is being driven, and driving the fan until the compressor is driven if the door is open and the compressor is not being driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 9065200
    Abstract: The connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts fixedly disposed in the housing, and a fitting nail disposed at least one side end portion of the housing. The fitting nail includes a base fixedly disposed at a longitudinal section of an internal space of the housing, and an elastic piece upwardly extending from the base and pressed toward the base by an external force. The fitting nail is positioned between the first and second extending members of the elastic piece and further includes a locking piece extending toward the cut-out portion in a state in which it is upwardly inclined from the front end portion of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CNPLUS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Kim, Sung Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9063360
    Abstract: A two-dimensional/three-dimensional switchable display apparatus includes: a display panel; a first substrate disposed on the display panel; a first electrode layer disposed on the first substrate and including a plurality of first electrodes; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and including a plurality of second electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of lens units are formed in association with a first position of the liquid crystal layer when a lens forming voltage profile is applied to the first electrodes and a common voltage is applied to the second electrodes. When the common voltage is applied to the first electrodes and the lens forming voltage is applied to the second electrodes, the plurality of lens units are formed in association with a second position spaced apart from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Jung, Ji-Woong Jeong, Hae-Young Yun, Seung-Jun Jeong, Joo-Young Kim, Cheol-Woo Park, Il-Yong Yoon, Seung-Hoon Lee, Jin-Hwan Kim, Il-Joo Kim, Jung-Hwan Yi
  • Publication number: 20150160764
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, where the touch panel includes: a substrate; a first sensing electrode pattern disposed on the insulation substrate, including a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a first connection to connect the plurality of first sensing electrodes in a first direction, and a plurality of floating electrodes; and a second sensing electrode pattern including a plurality of second sensing electrodes insulated from the plurality of floating electrodes and overlapping the plurality of floating electrodes and a second connection to connect the plurality of second sensing electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first sensing electrode pattern includes nanowire. The second sensing electrode pattern includes a transparent conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Joo-Han BAE, Jin Hwan KIM, Hee Woong PARK, Byeong Kyu JEON
  • Patent number: 9046692
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image. The display device further includes a lens configured to refract at least a portion of a collimated light having a center ray, a first outermost ray, a second outermost ray, a first plurality of rays between the first outermost ray and the center ray, and a second plurality of rays between the second outermost ray and the center ray. The lens may concentrate the first plurality of rays such that a first position on the display panel has a first light intensity. The lens may concentrate the second plurality of rays such that a second position on the display panel has a second light intensity. Each of the first light intensity and the second light intensity is substantially greater than a center light intensity on the display panel corresponding to at least the center ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Young Yun, Il-Joo Kim, Jin Oh Song, Seung Jun Jeong, Jin Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150122624
    Abstract: A touch panel including: a substrate; first conductive patterns separately disposed on the substrate with a preset distance therebetween; second conductive patterns formed thereon to separately intersect the first conductive patterns with a preset distance therebetween; a second connecting member configured to connect adjacent second conductive patterns to each other; an insulating pattern configured to cover a preselected region of the second connecting member; and a first connecting member disposed on the insulating pattern to connect adjacent first conductive patterns to each other. The first conductive patterns and the second conductive pattern portion are flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jin Hwan KIM, Hee Woong Park, Joo-Han Bae, Byeong Kyu Jeon
  • Publication number: 20150123935
    Abstract: A touch location sensing panel including horizontal location sensing electrodes and vertical location sensing electrodes, which are arranged in two dimensions on one surface of a base layer and are electrically isolated from each other. A conductive layer is formed within the electrode and on at least a part of the electrode. The electrodes are connected to separate channels of a circuit sensing a touch of a user, respectively, and the conductive layer and the sensing electrodes have a difference in color, so that an image is expressed in an entire region of the sensing panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hee Woong PARK, Sung Ku KANG, Jin Hwan KIM, Joo-Han BAE, Byeong Kyu JEON
  • Publication number: 20150116304
    Abstract: A three dimensional image display includes a display panel and a liquid crystal lens positioned on the top of the display panel. The liquid crystal lens comprises a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a lens, and an electrode voltage applying IC. The lower substrate includes a first electrode. The upper substrate includes a second electrode. The upper substrate faces the lower substrate. The lens liquid crystal layer is positioned between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The electrode voltage applying IC is configured to form a plurality of zones on the first electrode of the lower substrate by sequentially applying first voltage and second voltage to the first electrode. The first voltage includes an overshoot voltage level. The second voltage has an inverted polarity of the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Woo LEE, Kang-Min KIM, Jeong Min SUNG, Hyung Woo YIM, Hyeon Yong JANG, Jin Hwan KIM, Seung Jun JEONG
  • Patent number: 9019238
    Abstract: An object-sensing device is presented. The device includes a waveguide and a substrate holding a liquid crystal layer, wherein radiation propagates through the waveguide via total internal reflection. A radiation emitting element is positioned along a radiation input surface of the waveguide, and a radiation receiving element is positioned to receive radiation exiting the waveguide. The radiation receiving element may be positioned across the waveguide from the radiation emitting element. Alternatively, the radiation receiving element may be positioned on a surface that contacts the radiation input surface of the waveguide that is optically coupled to the radiation emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Kim, Seong-Mo Hwang, Seung-Ho Nam, Jee-Hong Min, Won-Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20150101919
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a touch panel, the method including, forming a plurality of sensing cells in a first region of a substrate, forming an insulating interlayer on the plurality of sensing cells, removing at least a portion of the insulating interlayer to form contact holes exposing the plurality of sensing cells, and forming a connection pattern and a transparent conductive pattern on the insulating interlayer simultaneously, wherein the connection pattern is electrically connected to adjacent sensing cells, and the transparent conductive pattern is disposed in a second region of the substrate outside of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Joo-Han BAE, Sung-Ku KANG, Jin-Hwan KIM, Hee-Woong PARK, Byeong-Kyu JEON
  • Patent number: 8981396
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, a semiconductor laminate having a base semiconductor layer, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the substrate and divided by an isolation region to provide a plurality of light emitting cells, an intermediate separation layer interposed between the base semiconductor layer and the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a plurality of first and second electrodes connected to the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, respectively, of the plurality of light emitting cells, and a wiring unit connecting the first and second electrodes of different light emitting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hyun Lee, Bum Joon Kim, Seung Wan Chae, Chan Mook Lim, Jong Ho Lee, Jin Hwan Kim, Su Hyun Jo