Patents by Inventor Jin Myoung KIM
Jin Myoung 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).
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Publication number: 20250216266Abstract: A thermal image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A row electrode and a column electrode are formed on a substrate. A multi-layer stack includes a sensing layer, a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode which are in contact with the sensing layer with a channel formed between the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, an absorbing electrode connected to the first sensing electrode, an insulating layer configured to insulate the absorbing electrode from the second sensing electrode and the sensing layer, and a protecting layer configured to cover an exterior. Supports are configured to allow the multi-layer stack to float with respect to the substrate. A first intervening electrode and a second intervening electrode are configured to connect the low electrode and the column electrode to the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode through the supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2024Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byong Gwon SONG, Jin Myoung Kim, Jae Chul Park, Yong Seop Yoon, Du Hyun Lee, Jae Kwan Kim, Choong Ho Rhee
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Publication number: 20250150725Abstract: A thermal imaging sensor may include: a pixel array in which pixels with microbolometers are arranged in an M×N matrix, where M and N are integers greater than or equal to 2; a row controller configured to output a row control signal through one or more row control signal lines to select and control a predetermined row from among multiple rows; switches connected to the one or more row control signal lines and disposed at each pixel; and a plurality of column integrators configured to read a current signal from the pixel array obtained through a pixel output line and convert it into a voltage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Ho KONG, Jin Myoung Kim, Se Yoon Kim, Du Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9958557Abstract: Provided are photon counting apparatuses and methods, and radiographic imaging apparatuses configured to receive charge signals corresponding to incident radiation photons, and to count the incident radiation photons by using a plurality of counting bits, such that the counting changes only one counting bit from among the plurality of counting bits when the count value is increased by one. By using the photon counting methods, a data-change frequency of photon counting data corresponding to radiation photons is minimized while counting the radiation photons based on charge signals corresponding to input radiation photons.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-myoung Kim, Kang-ho Lee, Chae-hun Lee, Jae-chul Park
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Patent number: 9535172Abstract: A voltage reset method may include: acquiring a voltage that is changed with time by using an input photon; determining a timing for resetting the acquired voltage by using time information in a period where the acquired voltage increases; and/or resetting the acquired voltage on a basis of the determined voltage reset timing. A voltage reset apparatus may include: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a voltage that is changed with time by using an input photon; a determination unit configured to determine a timing for resetting the acquired voltage by using time information in a period where the acquired voltage increases; and/or a reset unit configured to reset the acquired voltage on a basis of the determined voltage reset timing.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang-Ho Lee, Young Kim, Jin-Myoung Kim, Jae-chul Park
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Patent number: 9444344Abstract: Disclosed is a voltage obtaining apparatus. The voltage obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of conversion units, which are connected to each other in parallel and respectively convert charge packets into voltages, and a control unit that controls a timing when the charge packets are respectively input to the plurality of conversion units. The control unit is configured to control the timing so that a corresponding charge packet is input to an nth conversion unit (where n denotes number of the conversion units) at a timing when an operation of an (n?1)th conversion unit is ended.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Myoung Kim, Kang-Ho Lee, Jae-chul Park
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Publication number: 20160146952Abstract: Provided are photon counting apparatuses and methods, and radiographic imaging apparatuses configured to receive charge signals corresponding to incident radiation photons, and to count the incident radiation photons by using a plurality of counting bits, such that the counting changes only one counting bit from among the plurality of counting bits when the count value is increased by one. By using the photon counting methods, a data-change frequency of photon counting data corresponding to radiation photons is minimized while counting the radiation photons based on charge signals corresponding to input radiation photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-myoung KIM, Kang-ho LEE, Chae-hun LEE, Jae-chul PARK
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Publication number: 20160146951Abstract: A photon counting detection (PCD) apparatus and radiographic imaging apparatus including the PCD apparatus are provided. The PCD apparatus includes a negative-feedback resistor instead of a negative-feedback capacitor in a signal amplifying apparatus thereof to minimize a leakage current, circuit noise, and a photoelectric accumulation effect at a high speed, so that an improved image may be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-chul PARK, Kang-ho LEE, Young KIM, Jin-myoung KIM
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Publication number: 20150123712Abstract: Disclosed is a voltage obtaining apparatus. The voltage obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of conversion units, which are connected to each other in parallel and respectively convert charge packets into voltages, and a control unit that controls a timing when the charge packets are respectively input to the plurality of conversion units. The control unit is configured to control the timing so that a corresponding charge packet is input to an nth conversion unit (where n denotes number of the conversion units) at a timing when an operation of an (n?1)th conversion unit is ended.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Jin-Myoung KIM, Kang-Ho LEE, Jae-chul PARK
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Publication number: 20150108355Abstract: Disclosed are a charge sensitive amplifier, a detector and an X-ray photographing apparatus including the same. The charge sensitive amplifier includes an amplification unit that amplifies an electric charge input thereto, a capacitor that has one end of the capacitor, connected to an input terminal of the amplification unit, and the other end connected to an output terminal of the amplification unit, and a buffer unit that has an input terminal and an output terminal which is connected to the input terminal of the amplification unit and the one end of the capacitor. Impedance at the input terminal of the buffer unit is lower than impedance at the output terminal of the buffer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Kang-Ho LEE, Jin-Myoung KIM, Jae-chul PARK
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Publication number: 20150061735Abstract: A voltage reset method may include: acquiring a voltage that is changed with time by using an input photon; determining a timing for resetting the acquired voltage by using time information in a period where the acquired voltage increases; and/or resetting the acquired voltage on a basis of the determined voltage reset timing. A voltage reset apparatus may include: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a voltage that is changed with time by using an input photon; a determination unit configured to determine a timing for resetting the acquired voltage by using time information in a period where the acquired voltage increases; and/or a reset unit configured to reset the acquired voltage on a basis of the determined voltage reset timing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang-Ho LEE, Young KIM, Jin-Myoung KIM, Jae-chul PARK
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Publication number: 20140332671Abstract: The photon counting controller includes an amplification controller to charge an input electrical signal, to amplify the input electrical signal, and to discharge the charged electrical signal, a charge controller to control a charge and a discharge of the electrical signal of the amplification controller based on a received feedback signal, and a measuring controller to compare voltage of the amplified electrical signal with reference voltage and to count photons based on a result of comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang Ho LEE, Young KIM, Jin Myoung KIM, Young Hun SUNG
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Publication number: 20140214875Abstract: Disclosed herein are a node search apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a node search execution unit, and publish-subscribe communication middleware. The communication unit receives information about a child node of a root node in a node tree and a target node from a task distribution unit. The node search execution unit performs a search for the target node on the child node and the lower nodes of the child node. The publish-subscribe communication middleware publishes information about a visited node, which belongs to the child node and the lower nodes of the child node and which is determined not to correspond to the target node by the node search execution unit, to a global database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Hae-Young LEE, Jin-Myoung KIM, In-Geol CHUN, Won-Tae KIM
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Publication number: 20140214393Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method of performing distributed simulation. In the method of performing distributed simulation, a simulation time provision apparatus sets global simulation times synchronized with real times based on the real times. The simulation time provision apparatus distributes the set global simulation times over distributed simulators. Each of the distributed simulators adjusts the interval between local simulation times, during which the continuous or discrete elements of an allocated one of subsystem models that model subsystems forming a hybrid system will be analyzed, based on the global simulation times. The distributed simulator performs simulation to analyze the continuous or discrete elements of the subsystem model during a period corresponding to the adjusted interval between the local simulation times.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jin-Myoung KIM, Hae-Young LEE, In-Geol CHUN, Won-Tae KIM
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Publication number: 20120154407Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing a simulation result as an image. The method includes performing a simulation of a predetermined system and generating a result log of the simulation, and converting the result log of the simulation into an image on the basis of a database storing a state and operation of a model of the system as image data. Accordingly, a simulation result of a system can be provided without detailed information about the system, an additional application, or a separate storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jin Myoung KIM, Hae Young LEE, In Geol CHUN, Won Tae KIM, Seung Min PARK