Patents by Inventor Jin Son

Jin Son 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).

  • Method for recognizing biometrics information and electronic device thereof
    Patent number: 9727156
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for recognizing bio-data in an electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting an input via a sensor module, outputting guide information for bio-data recognition corresponding to the detected input, and detecting bio-data by using a bio-data detecting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Bong Kim, Kyoung-Ok Kim, Hyeon-Ho Kim, Hyo-Jin Son, Yeun-Wook Lim
  • Electronic device and method of providing security using complex biometric information
    Patent number: 9710630
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method that may provide security using complex biometric information are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor module configured to sense two or more pieces of biometric information and a controller configured to execute a command corresponding to biometric combination information when the biometric combination information corresponding to the two or more pieces of biometric information sensed through the sensor module exist. As described above, through use of the complex biometric information combined of two or more pieces of biometric information, more strengthened security may be provided to various objects in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Jin Son, Tae-Hwan Wi, Eun-Yeung Lee, Hae-Dong Lee, Yeon-Wook Lim, Yong-Gil Han
  • Composition comprising metformin as active ingredient for preventing or treating inflammatory bowel disease
    Patent number: 9700531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising metformin as an active ingredient for preventing or treating inflammatory bowel disease. The metformin compound or the metformin-etanercept (product name: Enbrel) composite according to the present invention may have excellent effects of maintaining the thickness of the small intestine and length of the large intestine normal, inhibiting or decreasing the activity of IL-17 and TNF-a, and promoting or increasing the activity of IFNr, and therefore can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating autoimmune diseases including inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Mi-La Cho, Seon-Yeong Lee, Eun-Ji Yang, Hye-Jin Son, Eun-Kyung Kim, Jun-Geol Ryu
  • COMPOSITION USING METFORMIN FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING IMMUNE DISEASES INCLUDING LUPUS
    Publication number: 20170157069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating immune diseases through the suppression of B cell activity induced by metformin. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a metformin compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for preventing or treating immune diseases, wherein the composition is characterized by suppression or reduction of B cell activity which is a cause of disease. The present invention can be valuable in the use thereof for various autoimmune diseases as an immunosuppressant which can prevent or treat immune diseases by suppressing or reducing B cell activity and Th17 cell activity, which are causes of disease, or by promoting or increasing regulatory T cell activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mi-La CHO, Seon-Yeong LEE, Min-Jung PARK, Jae-Seon LEE, Eun-Ji YANG, Eun-Kyung KIM, Jun-Geol RYU, Hye-Jin SON
  • CAMERA-INTEGRATED LED LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170114990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera-integrated LED lighting device including a body having an open upper surface and providing an accommodation space therein, the body having a bottom surface formed with a rear portion of the bottom surface arranged lower than a front portion of the bottom surface, a power supply, a communication control unit, and an antenna unit accommodated in the body, a plurality of lighting units coupled to the front portion of the bottom surface of the body, a camera unit coupled to the rear portion of the bottom surface of the body, a cover part openably hinge-coupled to the upper surface of the body at one end thereof and having an antenna cover part formed with a part of the cover part protruding upward to accommodate the antenna unit in a protruded state, and a speaker unit coupled to the bottom surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jang Byung Chae, Chan Woo Lee, Geun Young Kim, Byung Jin Son, Eun Joong Kim, Hyun Woo Lee
  • NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING IMMUNE DISEASE TREATMENT EFFECT AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170114008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound capable of effectively preventing and treating immune diseases and a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mi-La CHO, Dong-Yun SHIN, Sung-Hwan PARK, Chul-Woo YANG, Jong-Young CHOI, Min-Jung PARK, Hye-Jin SON, Sung-Hee LEE, Seon-Yeong LEE, Eun-Kyung KIM, Jae-Kyung KIM, Seung-Hun LEE, Seong-Hyeok PARK
  • REINFORCING MEMBER FOR CORRUGATED MEMBRANE OF LNG CARGO TANK, MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY HAVING THE REINFORCING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170108169
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a reinforcing member for a membrane for improving the pressure-withstanding property of the membrane having corrugations, and a membrane assembly having the reinforcing member and a method of constructing the membrane assembly. By providing a reinforcing member for a membrane having corrugations and installed in an insulating structural member of an LNG cargo, the present invention can prevent the collapse of the corrugation and attenuate shocks against a same load without increasing the facial rigidity of the corrugation, and improve the insulating property by forming an additional insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ki-Hun JOH, Sang-Eon CHUN, Chang-Seon BANG, Dai-Gil LEE, Byung-Chul KIM, Bu-Gi KIM, Jin-Gyu KIM, Soon-Ho YOON, San-Wook PARK, Kwan-Ho LEE, Seong-Su KIM, Byoung-Jung KIM, Po-Chul KIM, Ha-Na YU, Yong-Suk SUH, Sang-Min HAN, Jong-Won YOON, Jae-Yeon CHOI, Hee-Jin SON
  • Composition for preventing or treating autoimmune disease, comprising, as active ingredient, PINK1 protein or polynucleotide encoding same
    Patent number: 9585945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating an autoimmune disease comprising, as an active ingredient, PINK1 protein or polynucleotide encoding the same. The PINK1 protein according to the present invention inhibits the activity of Th17, promotes the activity of a regulatory T cell (Treg), and increases autophagy in Treg cells, thereby controlling excessive immune responses. Therefore, the PINK1 protein can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition or an immunosuppressant, which is capable of preventing or treating an autoimmune disease, such as arthritis, and the like, caused by dysregulation of various kinds of immune responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mi-La Cho, Hyang-Suk Rhim, Seon-Yeong Lee, Yeong-Mi Mun, Hye-Jin Son, Eun-Ji Yang, Eun-Kyung Kim
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A MITOFUSIN INHIBITOR FOR PROMOTING CELL REPROGRAMMING AND A USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170051254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a repressor of mitofusin gene expression, an inhibitor of mitofusin protein activity, or a mixture thereof as an active ingredient for promoting reprogramming a differentiated cell into a pluripotent stem cell, and a use thereof. The composition according to the present invention increases the efficiency of reprogramming as well as reduces the time required for reprogramming to produce pluripotent stem cells. Therefore, the present composition can be beneficially used to develop the production technology of high efficiency pluripotent stem cell and secure a large-scale culture system. Further, the present composition can be beneficially used to maintain pluripotent stem cells and screen the compounds capable of promoting the reprogramming into pluripotent stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yee Sook CHO, Myung Jin SON, You Jeong KWON
  • Method and apparatus for tile-based rendering
    Patent number: 9569813
    Abstract: A method for tile-based rendering may include verifying a size of a memory available in an apparatus for rendering, and determining a number of buffers required for performing a rendering based on graphics data input, and may further include determining a size of a tile to be used for performing the rendering based on the determined number of buffers and the size of the memory available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Son, Sang Oak Woo, Seok Yoon Jung
  • Kerf structure for snow tire
    Patent number: 9561690
    Abstract: The present invention provides a kerf structure for a snow tire, including unit structures on each of which spiral-shaped protrusions are continuously formed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart on the outer circumferential surface of a semi-cylindrical shaped column, wherein the continuously formed unit structures are arranged by alternating convex and concave portions in a zigzag formation, which is capable of optimizing the rigidity which can maintain gripping force as an original function of a kerf while ensuring a friction force generated from small blocks of a tread portion partitioned with kerfs by collapsing a block at an optimum level and further ensuring the kerf function on snow even in the last stages of tread wear by lowering the rigidity of the blocks of the tread portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Tak Joo, Sung Hee Youn, Su Jin Son, Myoung Joong Lee, Sang Moo Lee, Mu Yeong Kim
  • Kerf structure for snow tire
    Patent number: 9561689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kerf structure for a snow tire, including a wave-shaped straight portion and an expansion portion formed expanding from the straight portion, wherein the expansion portion includes unit structures, on each of which central semi-sphere holes and polygonal forms around the semi-sphere holes form protrusions in opposite directions are formed continuously. According to the present invention, the kerf structure for a snow tire provides a symmetric shape, thereby securing uniform block rigidity regardless of the direction of the kerf, and the interlocking effect can be maximized through the combination of the protrusion shape of the polygonal shape and the embossing of the semi-sphere hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Tak Joo, Sung Hee Youn, Su Jin Son, Myoung Joong Lee, Sang Moo Lee, Mu Yeong Kim
  • Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9564340
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of active fins over a semiconductor substrate, sequentially forming first and second hard mask layers over the active fins, forming a first hard mask pattern by etching the second hard mask layer, trimming the first hard mask pattern to form a trimmed hard mask pattern, forming a first photo resist pattern over the first hard mask layer, forming second hard mask patterns by etching the first hard mask layer by using the trimmed hard mask pattern and the first photo resist pattern as an etching mask, and forming active fin patterns by etching the active fins by using the second hard mask patterns as an etching mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-bong Lee, Wook-hyun Kwon, Kyung-soo Kim, Seon-ah Nam, Yeon-ho Park, Nak-jin Son
  • Semiconductor devices having polysilicon gate patterns and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9553159
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a gate insulation pattern on a substrate, and a semiconductor gate pattern including an amorphous silicon pattern and a polycrystalline silicon pattern stacked on a side of the gate insulation pattern opposite to the substrate. The amorphous silicon pattern includes anti-diffusion impurities that suppress diffusion of impurity ions in the semiconductor gate pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Kyong Bong Rouh, Yong Seok Eun, Young Jin Son
  • Semiconductor devices including conductive plug
    Patent number: 9548260
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a substrate having a target connection region; a conductive line having a first side wall spaced apart from the substrate by at least an insulating layer, and a conductive plug structure electrically connecting the conductive line to the target connection region, wherein the conductive plug includes a first conductive plug having a first side wall, a bottom surface contacting the target connection region of the substrate, and a second side wall facing the first side wall of the conductive line, and a second conductive plug between the conductive line and the first conductive plug. The second conductive plug contacts both the first side wall of the conductive line and the second side wall of the first conductive plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-min Park, Dae-ik Kim, Ji-young Kim, Nak-jin Son, Yoo-sang Hwang
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D784138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-goo Kim, Su-Jin Son
  • Skin care massager
    Patent number: D795065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Jin Son, Min-goo Kim, Jung-Yeon Seo
  • Skin care massager
    Patent number: D795066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Jin Son, Min-goo Kim, Jung-Yeon Seo
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D797570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Seob Kim, Su-Jin Son, Seo-Hui Jung, Hyo-Sun Jung, Ah-Young Kim, Sung Taek Lim, Min-goo Kim, Jung-Yeon Seo, Jae Ock Lee
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D797571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Seob Kim, Su-Jin Son, Seo-Hui Jung, Hyo-Sun Jung, Ah-Young Kim, Sung Taek Lim, Min-goo Kim, Jung-Yeon Seo, Jae Ock Lee