Patents by Inventor Joo-yeon Kim

Joo-yeon 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).

  • Publication number: 20250098218
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode on a substrate, a gate insulating film on the first gate electrode, a first active layer on the gate insulating film, a drain electrode on one side of the first active layer, a sidewall spacer on a side wall of the drain electrode, and a first source electrode provided on the other side of the first active layer and a sidewall of the sidewall spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jae-Eun PI, Seung Youl KANG, Yong Hae KIM, Joo Yeon KIM, Hee-ok KIM, Jaehyun MOON, Jong-Heon YANG, Himchan OH, Seong-Mok CHO, Ji Hun CHOI, Chi-Sun HWANG
  • Patent number: 12255559
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sensorless induction motor system including a controller configured to control operation of a motor by controlling a voltage applied to each phase of a stator, to set a stop waiting time expected to be required for the rotor to stop during stop control of the motor, to apply a pulse voltage to each phase of the stator a plurality of times after the stop waiting time, and to determine that the rotor is stopped when rotor position vectors having largest induced current deviations are observed as the same rotor position vector, and a control method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joo Yeon Kim, Chang Seok You, Sung Do Kim, Min Su Kang
  • Patent number: 12215683
    Abstract: Proposed is a method of diagnosing abnormality of sensorless control of a motor for an air compressor, the method including estimating a speed of a motor in real time when a motor starts determining whether or not a preset condition for activating a function of diagnosing abnormality of sensorless control is satisfied, from a slope of the estimated speed of the motor performing control for decreasing an amount of electric current to be applied to the motor, in a case where the preset condition is satisfied computing an amount of decrease in the slope of the estimated speed of the motor while the amount of the electric current is decreased; and determining whether or not the sensorless control fails, by comparing the amount of the decrease in the slope of the speed of the motor with a preset value for confirming diagnosis of the abnormality of the sensorless control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Min Su Kang, Joo Yeon Kim, Sung Do Kim, Chang Seok You
  • Publication number: 20250013034
    Abstract: Disclosed is an active meta device. The device includes a metal reflective plate, an insulating layer on the metal reflective plate, a first modulation line block provided on one side of the insulating layer, and a second modulation line block provided on another side of the insulating layer facing the first modulation line block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Sun HWANG, Yong Hae KIM, Joo Yeon KIM, Jaehyun MOON, Jong-Heon YANG, Kyunghee CHOI, Ji Hun CHOI
  • Patent number: 12184207
    Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system includes a control unit which applies a plurality of sampling pulse voltages to phases of the stator, estimates the position of a rotor through a first rotor position vector having the greatest deviation in an induced current, compares an induced current deviation of a second rotor position vector having a second greatest deviation of deviation of the induced current with that of a first rotor position vector, and determines whether or not permanent magnets are demagnetized; and a method of controlling the sensorless induction motor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Do Kim, Chang Seok You, Hyo Jeong Lee, Min Su Kang, Joo Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240313682
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a motor an inverter driving the motor based on a switching signal, and a controller. The controller determines a current position estimated value of the motor by applying a zero-voltage vector pulse to the switching signal when entering the driving control of the motor, determines whether the motor is in a stop state according to an amount of change in the current position estimated value, and performs a pulse width modulation control by adjusting a duty ratio of the switching signal when the motor is determined to be in the stop state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Do Kim, Joo Yeon Kim, Min Su Kang, Chang Seok You
  • Patent number: 12095399
    Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system and a control method thereof includes a motor including a stator including windings forming a plurality of phases and a rotor including a permanent magnet, and a controller configured to control operation of the motor by controlling a voltage applied to each phase of the stator, to set a stop waiting time predicted to be necessary for the rotor to stop when the motor is controlled to stop, to apply a pulse voltage to each phase of the stator a plurality of times after the stop waiting time, and to conclude that the rotor has stopped when a minimum deviation value of an induced current is equal to or greater than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Su Kang, Joo Yeon Kim, Sung Do Kim, Chang Seok You
  • Patent number: 12055891
    Abstract: Provided is an operation method for a digital hologram implementation device including a backlight and a spatial light modulator, the operation method including setting an initial phase value of an optical signal to a remedy phase, computing a reduced phase based on the remedy phase, correcting the remedy phase based on a difference between the reduced phase and a preset optimized phase, determining whether the corrected remedy phase is a stabilized phase, performing forward propagation on the stabilized phase and an amplitude of the optical signal, correcting the amplitude of the optical signal, performing backward propagation on the corrected amplitude and the stabilized phase, and determining whether a phase derived by the backward propagation is an optimized phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Hae Kim, Gi Heon Kim, Joo Yeon Kim, Jong-Heon Yang, Sang Hoon Cheon, Seong-Mok Cho, Kyunghee Choi, Ji Hun Choi, Jae-Eun Pi, Chi-Sun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240223119
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The motor driving apparatus includes a motor, an inverter configured to drive the motor based on a switching signal, and a controller configured to output the switching signal when pulse width modulation control is performed, to stop the pulse width modulation control when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and to apply a zero-voltage vector pulse to the switching signal in a period in which execution of the pulse width modulation control is stopped, for determination of a current speed estimation value of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Do KIM, Joo Yeon KIM, Min Su KANG, Chang Seok YOU
  • Patent number: 12013662
    Abstract: An apparatus which analyses a depth of a holographic image is provided. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a hologram, a restoration unit that restores a three-dimensional holographic image by irradiating the hologram with a light source, an image sensing unit that senses a depth information image of the restored holographic image, and an analysis display unit that analyzes a depth quality of the holographic image, based on the sensed depth information image, and the image sensing unit uses a lensless type of photosensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, MVTECH
    Inventors: Jae-Eun Pi, Yong Hae Kim, Jong-Heon Yang, Chul Woong Joo, Chi-Sun Hwang, Ha Kyun Lee, Seung Youl Kang, Gi Heon Kim, Joo Yeon Kim, Hee-ok Kim, Jeho Na, Jaehyun Moon, Won Jae Lee, Seong-Mok Cho, Ji Hun Choi
  • Publication number: 20240190254
    Abstract: In an embodiment a regenerative braking control apparatus includes a fuel cell stack configured to provide energy to a driving motor of the vehicle, a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater configured to remove gas remaining in the fuel cell stack, a high voltage battery configured to supply power to the driving motor or to be charged by using power generated by the driving motor through regenerative braking and a processor configured to calculate a reference state-of-charge (SOC) based on an expected driving route, to calculate a limit power for the COD heater based on an operating state of a cooling device for cooling the COD heater when a SOC of the high voltage battery is greater than or equal to the reference SOC and to calculate consumable power of the COD heater based on the limit power of the COD heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Seong Cheol Jeong, Joo Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240178419
    Abstract: An embodiment method of controlling a fuel cell electric vehicle includes determining a required output power amount of a fuel cell stack from a total required output power amount of a battery and the fuel cell stack based on an output power distribution ratio of the fuel cell stack according to a current state of charge (SOC) value of the battery and controlling an operation of the fuel cell stack based on the required output power amount of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Mi Ji Kim, Joo Yeon Kim, Seong Cheol Jeong, Jae Ok Ha
  • Publication number: 20240174133
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack connected to a direct current (DC) link, an energy storage device selectively connected to the DC link through a main relay, and a controller configured to determine whether or not starting of the fuel cell stack is allowed according to a voltage of the energy storage device, and to control starting of the fuel cell stack based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Cheol JEONG, Joo Yeon KIM, Mi Ji KIM
  • Publication number: 20240157803
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack and a battery; an air compressor that supplies air to the fuel cell stack and is able to generate power during regenerative braking; a drive motor that provides driving force to a vehicle and is able to generate power during the regenerative braking; and a controller that controls operation of the air compressor so that a sum of power generation of the fuel cell stack and power generation of the regenerative braking of the air compressor and drive motor is close to a chargeable amount of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joo Yeon KIM, Seong Cheol JEONG, Sung Do KIM, Chang Seok YOU
  • Publication number: 20240128653
    Abstract: Disclosed is a meta-structure. The meta-structure includes a lower electrode, a lower insulating layer on the lower electrode, a lower metal oxide layer on the lower insulating layer, a metal layer on the lower metal oxide layer, an upper metal oxide layer on the metal layer, an upper insulating layer on the upper metal oxide layer, and antenna electrodes on the upper insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Hae KIM, Chi-Sun HWANG, Joo Yeon KIM, Jaehyun MOON, Jong-Heon YANG, Kyunghee CHOI, Ji Hun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240061306
    Abstract: Disclosed is a meta-structure. The meta-structure includes a lower electrode, a lower insulating layer on the lower electrode, a lower metal oxide layer on the lower insulating layer, a lower metal layer on the lower metal oxide layer, a middle metal oxide layer on the lower metal layer, an upper metal layer on the middle metal oxide layer, an upper metal oxide layer on the upper metal layer, an upper insulating layer on the upper metal oxide layer, and antenna electrodes on the upper insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Hae KIM, Chi-Sun HWANG, Kyunghee CHOI, Joo Yeon KIM, Jaehyun MOON, Jong-Heon YANG, Ji Hun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230420705
    Abstract: A system and a method of inspecting an air compressor for a fuel cell are proposed. The inspection system includes a fuel cell; an air compressor provided on an inlet side of a cathode of the fuel cell and provided with a motor; and a controller configured to calculate an estimated consumption current of the air-compressor motor through a relationship between an applied voltage and a rotation speed of the air-compressor motor and configured to compare the calculated estimated consumption current with a measured actual consumption current to determine whether a permanent magnet of the air-compressor motor is demagnetized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joo Yeon Kim, Min Su Kang, Tae Young Kim, Sung Do Kim, Chang Seok You
  • Publication number: 20230402945
    Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system includes a control unit which applies a plurality of sampling pulse voltages to phases of the stator, estimates the position of a rotor through a first rotor position vector having the greatest deviation in an induced current, compares an induced current deviation of a second rotor position vector having a second greatest deviation of deviation of the induced current with that of a first rotor position vector, and determines whether or not permanent magnets are demagnetized; and a method of controlling the sensorless induction motor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Do KIM, Chang Seok YOU, Hyo Jeong LEE, Min Su KANG, Joo Yeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230387834
    Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system and a control method thereof includes a motor including a stator including windings forming a plurality of phases and a rotor including a permanent magnet, and a controller configured to control operation of the motor by controlling a voltage applied to each phase of the stator, to set a stop waiting time predicted to be necessary for the rotor to stop when the motor is controlled to stop, to apply a pulse voltage to each phase of the stator a plurality of times after the stop waiting time, and to conclude that the rotor has stopped when a minimum deviation value of an induced current is equal to or greater than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Min Su KANG, Joo Yeon KIM, Sung Do KIM, Chang Seok YOU
  • Publication number: 20230353074
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sensorless induction motor system including a controller configured to control operation of a motor by controlling a voltage applied to each phase of a stator, to set a stop waiting time expected to be required for the rotor to stop during stop control of the motor, to apply a pulse voltage to each phase of the stator a plurality of times after the stop waiting time, and to determine that the rotor is stopped when rotor position vectors having largest induced current deviations are observed as the same rotor position vector, and a control method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joo Yeon Kim, Chang Seok You, Sung Do Kim, Min Su Kang