Patents by Inventor Kang Kim

Kang 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).

  • Light emitting display device
    Patent number: 10522789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting display device which facilitates to improve light-extraction efficiency of pixels, and to maximize light-extraction efficiency of each pixel, wherein the light emitting display device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a planarization coating layer prepared on the substrate and configured to have a first curve pattern prepared on the first area, and a second curve pattern prepared on the second area, and an emission device prepared on the first curve pattern and the second curve pattern, wherein a thickness of the planarization coating layer overlapping the first curve pattern is different from a thickness of the planarization coating layer overlapping the second curve pattern, and each of the first curve pattern and the second curve pattern includes a plurality of protruding portions having an aspect ratio of 0.4˜0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Kang Kim, Won-Hoe Koo, Ji-Hyang Jang, So-Young Jo
  • Organic light emitting display device
    Patent number: 10516002
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a light absorption material layer in a white pixel region of the plurality of pixel regions and including a light absorption dye, an overcoat layer on the light absorption material layer, a micro-lens structure at a top surface of the overcoat layer, and an emitting diode on the micro-lens structure, wherein the light absorption dye has a main absorption wavelength of about 500 to 640 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So-Young Jo, Soo-Kang Kim, Won-Hoe Koo
  • LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190363220
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a light emitting element that includes a light emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; a wavelength conversion layer overlapping the light emitting element; and an uneven layer that includes a plurality of furrows between the light emitting element and the wavelength conversion layer, wherein a shortest distance between a bottom surface of the plurality of furrows and the wavelength conversion layer is 0.1 um or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Kang KIM, Won-Hoe KOO, Ji-Hyang JANG, So-Young JO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT LIPID CONTENTS IN TISSUES USING ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20190282198
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • Light emitting display device
    Patent number: 10418520
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a light emitting element that includes a light emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; a wavelength conversion layer overlapping the light emitting element; and an uneven layer that includes a plurality of furrows between the light emitting element and the wavelength conversion layer, wherein a shortest distance between a bottom surface of the plurality of furrows and the wavelength conversion layer is 0.1 um or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Kang Kim, Won-Hoe Koo, Ji-Hyang Jang, So-Young Jo
  • Method and apparatus to detect lipid contents in tissues using ultrasound
    Patent number: 10357223
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • Organic light emitting device
    Patent number: 10355234
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode including a concave part or a convex part; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Choi, Won-Hoe Koo, Jin-Tae Kim, Soo-Kang Kim, Ji-Hyang Jang
  • Refrigerator and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 10330379
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a mixing container in which carbon dioxide and purified water are mixed and carbonated water is prepared, a mounting body on or from which the mixing container is mountable or detachable, a first dispenser assembly which injects the carbon dioxide and the purified water into the mixing container when the mixing container is mounted on the mounting body, and a user interface which outputs information on whether the mixing container is mounted on the mounting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kang Kim, Jung Won Park, Sung Ho Cho, Seung Wan Kang
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING NETWORK SECURITY
    Publication number: 20190190955
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring the security of a computing network which includes a plurality of hosts and a plurality of edges which link connected hosts. The method comprises capturing and storing first and second network state information at first and second times respectively. The method comprises comparing the first and second network state information to detect a change in the security of the network during the time window between the first and second times. The method further comprises storing security change data which is indicative of the change in the security of the network during the time window for a user to monitor the change in the security of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Khaled Khan, Dong Seong Kim, Jin Bum Hong, Simon Enoch Yusuf, Mengmeng Ge, Huy Kang Kim, Paul Kim, Armstrong Nhlabatsi, Noora Fetais
  • Method and device for capturing image of traffic sign
    Patent number: 10325339
    Abstract: A method for capturing an image of a traffic sign by an image sensor is disclosed. The method may include capturing, by the image sensor, at least one image including the traffic sign, wherein the image sensor is mounted in a vehicle. The method may include detecting, by a processor, the traffic sign in the at least one image. The method may also include in response to detecting the traffic sign, determining, by the processor, at least one direction of the image sensor based on the at least one image and motion of the vehicle. In addition, the method may include adjusting, by the processor, the image sensor to the at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hee-Seok Lee, Kang Kim, Duck Hoon Kim, Sungwoong Kim, Seok-Soo Hong
  • Method and apparatus to enhance light illuminating intensity and diffusivity
    Patent number: 10299685
    Abstract: Photoacoustic probes include reflective surfaces situated to redirect scattered or reflected optical radiation from a specimen surface back to the specimen. A reflective coating can reflect probe radiation while transmitting visible radiation so that a technician can view the specimen. One or more optical fibers and acoustic transducers can be secured to a lens or other substrate on which the reflective surface is defined. The light collector is configured to block scattered light so that an operator and a subject are not exposed to the scattered light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Zhaohui Wang, Seung Han Ha
  • Refrigerator and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10280061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator includes a purified water tank to store water, a flow sensor to detect an amount of water supplied to the purified water tank, a purified water supply valve to open/close a purified water supply flow path to guide water stored in the purified water tank to the carbonated water tank, a carbonated water discharge valve to open/close a carbonated water discharge flow path to guide the carbonated water to the outside of the refrigerator, and a controller to detect a position where water leakage occurs by sequentially opening the purified water supply valve and the carbonated water discharge valve in a water leakage mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Tae Ko, Seung Wan Kang, Soo Kang Kim, Sung Ho Cho
  • ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190131578
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having a plurality of subpixels which each have an emission region and a non-emission region defined along an edge of the emission region. A reflective barrier is disposed to correspond to the non-emission region and includes a reflective side surface. An overcoat layer is disposed on an upper portion of the reflective barrier. A light emitting diode includes a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially disposed on the overcoat layer. The reflective side surface of the reflective barrier is inversely tapered such that a width thereof is decreased in a traveling direction of light emitted from the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kang-Ju LEE, Keum-Kyu MIN, Soo-Kang KIM, Jin-Tae KIM, Yong-Hoon CHOI
  • Digital-to-analog converter, driving integrated circuit, and display device
    Patent number: 10276116
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter may include a converting unit and a distributing unit. The converting unit may generate a first analog signal set based on less-than-all bits of an image data set in a first period and may generate a second analog signal set based on all bits of the image data set in a second period. The all bits may include at least 2 bits. The distributing unit may include output terminals, may distribute the first analog signal set to the output terminals in a first sequence in the first period, and may distribute the second analog signal to the output terminals in a second sequence. The second sequence may be opposite to the first sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kuk Kim, Weon-Jun Choe, Moon-Sang Hwang, Tai-Ji An, Seung-Hoon Lee, Won-Kang Kim, Jun-Sang Park
  • ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190103442
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a white pixel region, a blue color filter pattern in a first region of the white pixel region, an overcoat layer covering the blue color filer pattern and including a micro-lens, a first electrode on the overcoat layer, an organic emitting layer covering the first electrode, and a second electrode covering the organic emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon CHOI, So-Young JO, Min-Geun CHOI, Hee-Jung YANG, Soo-Kang KIM
  • ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190067383
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a light absorption material layer in a white pixel region of the plurality of pixel regions and including a light absorption dye, an overcoat layer on the light absorption material layer, a micro-lens structure at a top surface of the overcoat layer, and an emitting diode on the micro-lens structure, wherein the light absorption dye has a main absorption wavelength of about 500 to 640 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So-Young JO, Soo-Kang KIM, Won-Hoe KOO
  • ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190067381
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device can include a substrate including a first emission area and a first non-emission area; a first color filter pattern on the substrate and in the first emission area; a first wall disposed in the first non-emission area and surrounding the first color filter pattern; an overcoat layer on the first wall and the first color filter pattern and including a first micro-lens structure having a non-flat surface in the first emission area; and a light emitting diode on the overcoat layer and in the first emission area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Tae KIM, Keum-Kyu MIN, Soo-Kang KIM, Kang-Ju LEE
  • LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190006557
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a light emitting element that includes a light emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; a wavelength conversion layer overlapping the light emitting element; and an uneven layer that includes a plurality of furrows between the light emitting element and the wavelength conversion layer, wherein a shortest distance between a bottom surface of the plurality of furrows and the wavelength conversion layer is 0.1 um or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Kang KIM, Won-Hoe KOO, Ji-Hyang JANG, So-Young JO
  • LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190006626
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting display device which facilitates to improve light-extraction efficiency of pixels, and to maximize light-extraction efficiency of each pixel, wherein the light emitting display device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a planarization coating layer prepared on the substrate and configured to have a first curve pattern prepared on the first area, and a second curve pattern prepared on the second area, and an emission device prepared on the first curve pattern and the second curve pattern, wherein a thickness of the planarization coating layer overlapping the first curve pattern is different from a thickness of the planarization coating layer overlapping the second curve pattern, and each of the first curve pattern and the second curve pattern includes a plurality of protruding portions having an aspect ratio of 0.4˜0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Kang KIM, Won-Hoe KOO, Ji-Hyang JANG, So-Young JO
  • Linking thumbnail of image to web page
    Patent number: 10152540
    Abstract: A method, performed by an electronic device, for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page is disclosed. In this method, the image including at least one text region may be accessed in a storage unit. At least one text region may be detected in the image and at least one character string in the at least one text region may be recognized. Further, the method may include selecting the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages and linking the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Seungwoo Yoo, Duck Hoon Kim, Young-Ki Baik, Kang Kim, Seok-Soo Hong