Patents by Inventor Ju-Wan Lim

Ju-Wan Lim 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: 11002793
    Abstract: A battery monitoring method includes identifying a state of charge (SOC) of a battery, obtaining a voltage of the battery with respect to the SOC, in response to the identified SOC being included in a diagnosis section, and determining a state of health (SOH) of the battery based on the obtained voltage of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Wan Lim, Duk Jin Oh, Young Hun Sung
  • Publication number: 20210119464
    Abstract: A battery charging control method and apparatus is disclosed. The battery charging control method includes inputting a preset magnitude of a current to a battery during a preset period of time, identifying a diffusion characteristic of a material in the battery, and determining whether to change the magnitude of the current to be input to the battery based on the identified diffusion characteristic of the material, in which the diffusion characteristic may be determined based on a distribution of the material in one or more of a cathode of the battery, an anode of the battery, and an electrolyte of the battery in response to the input of the current in the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinho KIM, Tae Won SONG, Ju Wan LIM, Young Hun SUNG, Hongsoo CHOI
  • Patent number: 10985590
    Abstract: A battery charging method includes: charging a battery with a charging current; and changing the charging current in response to a current change event occurring during the charging of the battery, wherein the current change event occurs when the battery reaches a threshold voltage at which an anode potential of the battery reaches a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Wan Lim, Jin Duk Oh, Myunghoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20210057921
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. A setting value of charging control information is determined based on an overpotential value and a voltage value of a battery and is applied in the charging control information, and a voltage applied to charge the battery is controlled based on the charging control information that applies the setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Wan LIM, YoungJae KIM, Duk Jin OH, Young Hun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20210053450
    Abstract: A battery charging method includes acquiring a functional relationship of a differential value of an amount of charge or a state of charge (SOC) with respect to a voltage of a battery based on the voltage or the SOC, determining charging steps for charging of the battery by analyzing the functional relationship, and generating a charging profile comprising charging currents for each of the charging steps to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Jin OH, Young Hun SUNG, Ju Wan LIM, Daeryong JUNG
  • Patent number: 10886767
    Abstract: A battery charging control method and apparatus is disclosed. The battery charging control method includes inputting a preset magnitude of a current to a battery during a preset period of time, identifying a diffusion characteristic of a material in the battery, and determining whether to change the magnitude of the current to be input to the battery based on the identified diffusion characteristic of the material, in which the diffusion characteristic may be determined based on a distribution of the material in one or more of a cathode of the battery, an anode of the battery, and an electrolyte of the battery in response to the input of the current in the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinho Kim, Tae Won Song, Ju Wan Lim, Young Hun Sung, Hongsoo Choi
  • Publication number: 20200403417
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. The battery charging apparatus determines, in a present charging operation, a variation in a charging current to charge a battery based on a degradation condition of the battery and an internal state of the battery in the present charging operation, and determines a charging current of a subsequent charging operation based on the variation in the charging current in the present charging operation and the charging current in the present charging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daeryong JUNG, Young Hun SUNG, Duk Jin OH, Ju Wan LIM
  • Patent number: 10857895
    Abstract: A battery charging method includes acquiring a functional relationship of a differential value of an amount of charge or a state of charge (SOC) with respect to a voltage of a battery based on the voltage or the SOC, determining charging steps for charging of the battery by analyzing the functional relationship, and generating a charging profile comprising charging currents for each of the charging steps to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Jin Oh, Young Hun Sung, Ju Wan Lim, Daeryong Jung
  • Patent number: 10862325
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. A setting value of charging control information is determined based on an overpotential value and a voltage value of a battery and is applied in the charging control information, and a voltage applied to charge the battery is controlled based on the charging control information that applies the setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Wan Lim, YoungJae Kim, Duk Jin Oh, Young Hun Sung
  • Publication number: 20200335993
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. The battery charging apparatus receives a desired charging time of a battery, generates charging currents of charging steps to charge the battery based on the desired charging time, acquires a charging limit condition including an internal state condition and a maximum charging time for each of the charging steps based on the desired charging time and an electrochemical model of the battery, and generates a charging profile including the charging currents and charging times of the charging currents based on the charging limit condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daeryong JUNG, Jinho KIM, Myung Hoon KIM, Young Hun SUNG, Duk Jin OH, Ju Wan LIM
  • Patent number: 10797501
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. The battery charging apparatus determines, in a present charging operation, a variation in a charging current to charge a battery based on a degradation condition of the battery and an internal state of the battery in the present charging operation, and determines a charging current of a subsequent charging operation based on the variation in the charging current in the present charging operation and the charging current in the present charging operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daeryong Jung, Young Hun Sung, Duk Jin Oh, Ju Wan Lim
  • Patent number: 10761141
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for estimating a battery state. A method of estimating a battery state that includes determining whether a previous state to a rest state of a battery is a charging state or a discharging state; selecting a current profile comprising one or both of a charging pulse and a discharging pulse based on the previous state of the battery; stabilizing an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery by applying the current profile to the battery; and measuring the stabilized OCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Won Song, Ju Wan Lim, Sungick Kim, Jinho Kim
  • Patent number: 10720786
    Abstract: A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. The battery charging apparatus receives a desired charging time of a battery, generates charging currents of charging steps to charge the battery based on the desired charging time, acquires a charging limit condition including an internal state condition and a maximum charging time for each of the charging steps based on the desired charging time and an electrochemical model of the battery, and generates a charging profile including the charging currents and charging times of the charging currents based on the charging limit condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daeryong Jung, Jinho Kim, Myung Hoon Kim, Young Hun Sung, Duk Jin Oh, Ju Wan Lim
  • Publication number: 20200124679
    Abstract: A battery charging method includes: charging a battery based on a charging profile; and in response to a charging termination event occurring, terminating the charging of the battery, wherein the charging profile is determined using weight information derived based on battery characteristic information and a basic charging profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Wan LIM, Duk Jin OH, Daeryong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200103469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a charging method and apparatus which is optimized based on an electrochemical model, the charging method includes estimating an internal state of a battery, determining a charging limitation condition corresponding to a plurality of charging areas based on the internal state, and charging the battery based on the charging limitation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daeryong JUNG, Duk Jin OH, Ju Wan LIM
  • Patent number: 10601085
    Abstract: A battery temperature estimating apparatus, the apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) power supply configured to apply AC power to a battery; a phase difference measurer configured to measure a phase difference between an AC current and an AC voltage of the battery; and an internal temperature estimator configured to estimate an internal temperature of the battery based on the measured phase difference and a state of charge (SoC) of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju Wan Lim
  • Patent number: 10587139
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a battery, the apparatus configured to measure a current usage of a battery, generate a concentration limitation condition on a material in an active material of the battery based on a characteristic of the active battery, and control a usage of the battery based on the current usage and the concentration limitation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Jin Oh, Tae Won Song, Jinho Kim, Ju Wan Lim
  • Publication number: 20190252898
    Abstract: A battery charging control method and apparatus is disclosed. The battery charging control method includes inputting a preset magnitude of a current to a battery during a preset period of time, identifying a diffusion characteristic of a material in the battery, and determining whether to change the magnitude of the current to be input to the battery based on the identified diffusion characteristic of the material, in which the diffusion characteristic may be determined based on a distribution of the material in one or more of a cathode of the battery, an anode of the battery, and an electrolyte of the battery in response to the input of the current in the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinho KIM, Tae Won SONG, Ju Wan LIM, Young Hun SUNG, Hongsoo CHOI
  • Patent number: 10376874
    Abstract: Provided are a binder composition for an electrode for a capacitive deionization device including a first polymer including a first structural unit including a zwitterionic functional group and a second structural unit including a cross-linkable functional group, a cross-linking agent, and ionic functional group, an electrode for a capacitive deionization device including the composition, a capacitive deionization device including the electrode, and a method of removing ions from a fluid using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong Suk Choi, Ju Wan Lim
  • Publication number: 20190202299
    Abstract: A battery charging method includes acquiring a functional relationship of a differential value of an amount of charge or a state of charge (SOC) with respect to a voltage of a battery based on the voltage or the SOC, determining charging steps for charging of the battery by analyzing the functional relationship, and generating a charging profile comprising charging currents for each of the charging steps to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Jin OH, Young Hun SUNG, Ju Wan LIM, Daeryong JUNG