Patents by Inventor Jin Yong Kim

Jin Yong 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).

  • Cyclic peptide from sp., process for the production thereof, and pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of mycobacteria related disease comprising the same
    Patent number: 9090667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-TB cyclic peptides from Nonomuraea sp. MJM5123, a process for the production of the anti-Tuberculosis peptide and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of mycobacterial infection comprising the same. The composition of the present invention is highly active against replicating/non-replicating M. tuberculosis, including MDR and XDR strains, so that it can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Sang Jin Park, Joo Won Suh, In Ae Lee, Tae Mi Yoon, Jong Keun Choi, Ji Ean Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Ying Yu Jin, Scott Franzblau, Sanghyun Cho, Wei Gao, Guido Pauli, James McAlpine, Jose Napolitano, Birgit Jaki, Brent Friesen, Maria Florencia Rodriguez Brasco, David Lankin
  • APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY WITH EMBEDDED VALVE ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20150129173
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery apparatus may include a bypass valve that is rotatably provided on a bypass path through which a high-temperature exhaust gas passes to open or close the bypass path, a heat exchanger that is communicatively connected to the bypass path to allow heat exchange to be performed between the high-temperature exhaust gas supplied from the bypass path and a low-temperature coolant introduced through a coolant inlet when the bypass path is closed, a valve actuator including a rod moved up and down by expansion or contraction of a wax sealed therein, and a connection part that converts an up and down motion of the rod into a rotary motion to allow the bypass valve to open or close the bypass path along with movement of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Sejong Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Ho SEON, Ho-Chan AN, Jae-Yeon KIM, Tae-Yeong BYOEN, Gyu-Jun KIM, Jin-Yong KIM
  • Method for providing idle screen layer endowed with visual effect and method for providing idle screen by using the same
    Patent number: 8996038
    Abstract: A method for displaying an idle screen, which is varied depending on a specific condition of a mobile communication terminal, for better graphic impressions. When the user of the mobile communication terminal travels between countries, and a border crossing is detected, a landmark image of a corresponding country is displayed on the idle screen. In addition, an animation effect is displayed on the idle screen so as to inform of the occurrence of the corresponding event. Accordingly, a novel graphic effect is provided to the user via a user interface having enhanced entertaining features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Baek, Jin-Yong Kim, Kyoung-Sik Yoon, Hee-Woong Choi, In-Won Jong, Hee-Kyung Jeon
  • Method and apparatus for displaying search item in portable terminals
    Patent number: 8990013
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying a search item in a portable terminal is disclosed. When an item (for example, a particular place, a route to a destination place, particular content, etc.), for which the user requests to search, is searched and displayed, the location information regarding the search item can be displayed, in steps, from a wide range (i.e., upper information) to a narrow range (i.e., lower information), thereby the user can intuitively and easily recognize the location of the search item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Yong Kim, Se Jin Kwak
  • APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING INPUT IMAGE
    Publication number: 20150070272
    Abstract: A method of controlling a user interface using an input image is provided. The method includes storing operation executing information of each of one or more gesture forms according to each of a plurality of functions, detecting a gesture form from the input image, and identifying the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture form to execute an operation according to a function which is currently operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jin-Yong KIM, Ji-Young KANG, Dae-Sung KIM, Seok-Tae KIM, Bo-Young LEE, Seung-Kyung LIM, Jin-Young JEON
  • Apparatus and method for providing virtual private network service based on mutual authentication
    Patent number: 8959614
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a virtual private network (VPN) service based on mutual authentication are provided, the apparatus including a storage unit configured to store a first public key and a second public key; an authentication unit configured to authenticate a VPN server with the first public key and to authenticate a user device with the second public key; and a tunnel management unit configured to generate a first VPN tunnel and a second VPN tunnel to relay data between the user device and the VPN server based on the authentication of the VPN server and the user device by the authentication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Min Lee, Nam-Soo Jeon, Seung-Woo Nam, Jin-Yong Kim
  • Exhaust heat recovery apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 8904771
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery apparatus for a vehicle, may include a case having an inlet and an outlet, a heat exchange part mounted in the case, the heat exchange part, a bypass tube connecting the inlet and the outlet of the case in the case, having an inflow opening for the inflow of the exhaust gas to the heat exchange part, and allowing an exhaust gas to bypass the heat exchange part, and a variable valve installed in the bypass tube to selectively block flow of the exhaust gas through the bypass tube and induce the exhaust gas to the heat exchange part, wherein the heat exchange part includes a coolant distribution member having a plurality of coolant paths connected to and spaced apart from each other between the bypass tube and the case, and a lubricant distribution member installed in one of the coolant paths and in which the lubricant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Seung Won, Jongho Seon, Jaesan Kim, Sung Soo Chae, Jin-Yong Park, Jong-Yun Moon, Jin-Yong Kim
  • APPARATUS FOR RECORDING CONVERSATION AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140343938
    Abstract: A method for recording conversation is provided. The method includes capturing content, receiving at least one voice signal, distinguishing at least one person corresponding to the at least one voice signal by analyzing the at least one voice signal, converting the at least one voice signal into a text corresponding to the at least one voice signal, and displaying the text in the captured content to correspond to the distinguished at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: So-Ra KIM, Jin-Yong KIM, Hyun-Kyoung KIM, Hee-Woon KIM, Yu-Mi AHN, Ji-Hyun AHN
  • Motion input device for portable terminal and operation method using the same
    Patent number: 8866734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motion input device for portable terminal and an operation method using the same. A motion input device of a portable terminal of the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to collect a sensor signal from at least one sensor; an operation recognition unit configured to generate a motion signal corresponding to an operation of portable terminal based on the sensor signal; a scenario preparation unit configured to generate an input scenario based on at least one motion signal; and a scenario mapping unit configured to detect, in a scenario database, a standards scenario corresponding to the input scenario, and to generate an input signal corresponding to the standards scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Myeon Lee, Hyun Su Hong, Jin Yong Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim, Seung Woo Shin, Ji Hye Ban, Jung Yeob Oh, Myeong Lo Lee
  • Method and system for providing service information using location information
    Patent number: 8868098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system to provide service information to a portable terminal based on the location information associated with the portable terminal. The service information providing method is performed in such a way that a server acquires location information associated with the portable terminal and service information corresponding to the location information. The portable terminal may acquire and store the service information from the server. The portable terminal user can also identify new service information regarding a place where the user is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Jun Shin, Kyoung Taek Kim, Hyun Kyoung Kim, Hyang Ah Kim, Jin Yong Kim
  • ITEM DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140304641
    Abstract: An item display method and apparatus that provides an easier and faster way to locate a desired item on a display. The method and apparatus receive a user gesture on display screen, and display one or both of items of a first category and items of a second category according to the user gesture. Items of the first category and items of the second category are displayed in various ways according to associated user gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Jin Yong KIM
  • METALLIZATION PATTERN ON SOLID ELECTROLYTE OR POROUS SUPPORT OF SODIUM BATTERY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140242471
    Abstract: A new battery configuration and process are detailed. The battery cell includes a solid electrolyte configured with an engineered metallization layer that distributes sodium across the surface of the electrolyte extending the active area of the cathode in contact with the anode during operation. The metallization layer enhances performance, efficiency, and capacity of sodium batteries at intermediate temperatures at or below about 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Yong Kim, Guosheng Li, Xiaochuan Lu, Vincent L. Sprenkle, John P. Lemmon
  • Method and apparatus that display items according to a user gesture
    Patent number: 8819575
    Abstract: An item display method and apparatus that provides an easier and faster way to locate a desired item on a display. The method and apparatus receive a user gesture on display screen, and display one or both of items of a first category and items of a second category according to the user gesture. Items of the first category and items of the second category are displayed in various ways according to associated user gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Yong Kim
  • Variable oil pump
    Patent number: 8807964
    Abstract: A variable oil pump capable of rapidly ejecting a required amount of working fluid using an oil pressure of the working fluid generated according to an engine RPM, and improving a lubrication effect to improve engine efficiency. Also described is a variable oil pump, in which a gap is provided between a plunger and a cylinder to easily operate the plunger using an oil pressure output from an oil pump, enabling more rapid supply of a required amount of oil using an oil pressure varied according to variation in an engine RPM. A variable oil pump is described in which the plunger is perpendicularly operated with respect to a flow direction of the working fluid, such that the plunger can be operated in a direction in which a pressure of the working fluid is applied to operate the oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk In Kwon, Jin Yong Kim
  • CYCLIC PEPTIDE FROM NONOMURAEA SP., PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF MYCOBACTERIA RELATED DISEASE COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140142031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anti-TB cyclic peptides from Nonomuraea sp. MJM5123, a process for the production of the anti-Tuberculosis peptide and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of mycobacterial infection comprising the same. The composition of the present invention is highly active against replicating/non-replicating M. tuberculosis, including MDR and XDR strains, so that it can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Sang jin Park, Joo Won Suh, In Ae Lee, Tae Mi Yoon, Jong Keun Choi, Ji Ean Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Ying Yu Jin, Scott Franzblau, Sanghyum Cho, Wei Gao, Guido Pauli, James McAlpine, Jose Napolitano, Birgit Jaki, Brent Friesen, Maria Florencia Rodriguez Brasco, David Lankin
  • Recording medium with copy protection information formed in intermittent or alternate wobbled pits and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium
    Patent number: 8707055
    Abstract: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium, such as BD-ROM, which contains copy protection information encoded in intermittent or alternate wobbled pits, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and reproducing data on the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Woon Suh, Jin Yong Kim
  • WATERPROOF STRUCTURE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20140083761
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a portable terminal including a flexible printed circuit (FPC) extending outside of a first housing of a pair of housings from inside the first housing and arranged inside of a second housing of the pair of housings. A wiring hole is formed in each housing to provide a path allowing passage of the FPC therethrough. A waterproof member provided in the wiring hole substantially contacts at least inner walls of the housings and an outer circumferential surface of the FPC to prevent movement of the FPC. An outer circumferential surface of the waterproof member substantially contacts a circumference of an inlet of the wiring hole or an inner wall of the wiring hole. The waterproof member is provided between the housing of the portable terminal and the FPC improving a waterproof function and preventing moisture or water from being introduced into the housing of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Cheon WEE, Jae-Shik KIM, Seung-Hyub BAEK, Wook-Jin LEE, Hyon-Myong SONG, Jin-Yong KIM
  • Hybrid Energy Storage Devices Having Sodium
    Publication number: 20140023903
    Abstract: Sodium energy storage devices employing aspects of both ZEBRA batteries and traditional Na—S batteries can perform better than either battery alone. The hybrid energy storage devices described herein can include a sodium anode, a molten sodium salt catholyte, and a positive electrode that has active species containing sulfur. Additional active species can include a transition metal source and NaCl. As a product of the energy discharge process, Na2Sx forms in which x is less than three.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Lu, Jin Yong Kim, Guosheng Li, John P. Lemmon, Vincent L. Sprenkle
  • User interaction method and apparatus for electronic device
    Patent number: 8635545
    Abstract: An interaction method and apparatus for an electronic device is proposed for providing the user with interactive audio/video/haptic effects. An interaction method for an electronic device according to the present invention includes outputting an event object in response to an input action to an event element; detecting a user interaction to the event object; and outputting an effect object in response to the user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Yong Kim, Dong Jun Shin, Hee Woon Kim, Seung Hye Yoo, Su Hyun Na
  • INPUT DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140015759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an input device and method of a portable terminal. The present invention includes generating an input event by a first input mode, generating a second input event by a motion of the portable terminal simultaneously or consecutively with the input event, and controlling operation of an application program according to the user function of the portable terminal in consideration of the first and second input events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Young Park, Seung Woo Shin, Hyun Su Hong, Woo Jin Jung, Jung Yeob Oh, Myeong Lo Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim