Patents by Inventor Kang-Won Lee

Kang-Won Lee 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).

  • TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190278408
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the invention, a touch sensor includes: a first substrate; sensor electrodes spaced apart from each other on a first layer on one surface of the first substrate; sensor lines disposed on a second layer different from the first layer; contact portions electrically connecting a sensor electrode of the sensor electrodes to a sensor line of the sensor lines; and branch wires overlapping the sensor electrode and connecting the contact portions corresponding to the sensor electrode to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Lee, Kang Won Lee, In Nam Lee, Young Sik Kim
  • Flexible touch sensing unit and flexible display device including flexible touch sensing unit
    Patent number: 10359892
    Abstract: A flexible touch sensing unit includes a substrate including a plane region and a bending region, a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the substrate, a plurality of sensing lines surrounding the plurality of sensing electrodes and electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, and a damage prevention layer disposed in the bending region. Cracks on the sensing electrodes and the sensing lines which are disposed in the bending region may be prevented by the damage prevention layer in the bending region. A resulting flexible display device using the flexible touch sensing unit may be thinner by omission of a flexibility enhancing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Won Lee, Young-Sik Kim, Hee-Woong Park, Young-Seok Yoo, Jeong-Heon Lee, Sung-Hwan Kim, Hyung-Chul Kim, Choon-Hyop Lee, Hyun-Jae Lee
  • Display device including touch sensor and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10345944
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Won Lee, Byeong Kyu Jeon, Jeong Heon Lee, Young Sik Kim
  • METHOD OF DIVIDING SCREEN AREAS AND MOBILE TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190163347
    Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung Min YOOK, Sung Sik YOO, Kang Won LEE, Myeong Lo LEE, Young Ae KANG, Hui Chul YANG, Yong Ki MIN
  • INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN PHOTOMASKS AND DIES
    Publication number: 20190139209
    Abstract: A defect inspecting apparatus includes a reference image generator configured to generate a first reference image and a second reference image from design layout data. An image inspector is configured to obtain a first inspection image of a first inspection region of a photomask and a second inspection image of a second inspection region of the photomask. An operation processor is configured to extract a first coordinate offset by comparing the first inspection image with the first reference image and to extract a second coordinate offset by comparing the second inspection image with the second reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Kang Won Lee, Cheol Ki Min, Jong Ju Park, Hyon Seok Song
  • Touch sensing unit and display device
    Patent number: 10283347
    Abstract: A display device including a first film, a flexible printed circuit, and a second film. The first film includes a substrate and a non-adhesive pattern, where the substrate includes a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area, and the non-adhesive pattern is formed on at least a portion of the second area. The flexible printed circuit is disposed on the first area of the first film. The second film is disposed on the flexible printed circuit and the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choon-Hyop Lee, Hee-Woong Park, Kang-Won Lee, Jeong-Heon Lee, Won-Gu Cho
  • Touch screen panel and mobile terminal including the same
    Patent number: 10268241
    Abstract: A touch screen panel including a display panel; a first flexible circuit board including a first end connected to the display panel, the first flexible circuit board having at least one first opening; a touch panel disposed on the display panel and the first flexible circuit board; and a second flexible circuit board including a first end connected to the touch panel, the second flexible circuit board having at least one second opening corresponding to the at least one first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Won Lee, Hee Woong Park, Young Seok Yoo, Jeong Heon Lee, Choon Hyop Lee, In Nam Lee, Hyun Jae Lee
  • Controlling privacy in a face recognition application
    Patent number: 10255453
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may involve a method, system, and computer program product for controlling privacy in a face recognition application. A computer may receive an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face. The computer may identify a target user associated with a facial signature in a first database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature and one or more facial signatures in the first database. The computer may extract a profile of the target user from a second database. The profile of the target user may include one or more privacy preferences. The computer may generate a customized profile of the target user. The customized profile may omit one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and/or a current context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seraphin B. Calo, Bong Jun Ko, Kang-Won Lee, Theodoros Salonidis, Dinesh C. Verma
  • Method of dividing screen areas and mobile terminal employing the same
    Patent number: 10209858
    Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung, Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Min Yook, Sung Sik Yoo, Kang Won Lee, Myeong Lo Lee, Young Ae Kang, Hui Chul Yang, Yong Ki Min
  • Touch screen panel including at least one dummy pattern
    Patent number: 10203818
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate, sensing electrodes, outer wirings, contact units, and at least one dummy pattern. The substrate includes an active region and a non-active region, the non-active region disposed outside the active region. The sensing electrodes are disposed in the active region. The outer wirings are disposed in the non-active region. Each of the outer wirings is connected to a respective group of the sensing electrodes. The contact units connect the respective groups of sensing electrodes to the outer wirings. The at least one dummy pattern is disposed between adjacent contact units of the contact units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong-Kyu Jeon, Hee-Woong Park, Kang-Won Lee, Jeong-Heon Lee
  • Local content sharing through edge caching and time-shifted uploads
    Patent number: 10114828
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for time-shifted uploading of a data file through a backhaul network to a backend provider is provided. The method may include intercepting an upload request from an originating user located at a network edge. The method may include caching the data file associated with the upload request upstream of the backhaul network. This method may include uploading a placeholder file to the backend provider. The method may include receiving a file ID from the backend provider. The method may include mapping the received file ID to the cached data file. The method may include intercepting a request to access the data file by a requesting user. The method may include sending the requesting user the cached data file. The method may include uploading a copy of the data file to the backend provider based on a backhaul utilization policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kang-Won Lee, Robert B. Nicholson, Ramya Raghavendra, Paul Schmitt, Dinesh C. Verma
  • Localizing faults in wireless communication networks
    Patent number: 10111121
    Abstract: Various embodiments manage service issues within a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a one or more call detail records associated with a set of wireless communication devices of a wireless communication network is received. A set of information within each of the one or more call detail records is compared to a baseline statistical model. The baseline statistical model identifies a normal operating state of the wireless communication network. At least one outlier call detail record in the one or more call detail records is identified based on the comparison. The at least one outlier call detail record indicates that at least one wireless communication device associated with the at least one outlier call detail record experienced one or more service issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bong Jun Ko, Kang-Won Lee, Ramya Raghavendra, Murtaza Zafer
  • DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180275808
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kang Won LEE, Byeong Kyu JEON, Jeong Heon LEE, Young Sik KIM
  • Aliasing of named data objects and named graphs for named data networks
    Patent number: 10084696
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for aliasing of named data objects (in named data networks) and entities for named data networks (e.g., named graphs for named data networks). In various examples, aliasing of named data objects may be implemented in one or more named data networks in the form of systems, methods and/or algorithms. In other examples, named graphs may be implemented in one or more named data networks in the form of systems, methods and/or algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raheleh B. Dilmaghani, Bong Jun Ko, Kang-Won Lee, Vasileios Pappas, Ramya Raghavendra, Yang Song
  • METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SETTING ALARM
    Publication number: 20180255170
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, one or more input/output (I/O) interfaces included in or on the housing, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores a plurality of templates associated with a plurality of tasks, wherein each of the templates includes a plurality of parameters for at least partially completing a respective one of the tasks, and wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive a user input to set up an alarm associated with a task to be performed at a selected time, wherein the input includes a first time parameter associated with the selected time; select one of the plurality of templates; determine a second time parameter of the plurality of parameters of the selected template; determine a time for the alarm; and provide the alarm at the determined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Se Youp CHU, Seung Kwon PARK, Kang Won LEE, Jong Wu BAEK, Eun Yeung LEE
  • Display device including touch sensor and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9983711
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Won Lee, Byeong Kyu Jeon, Jeong Heon Lee, Young Sik Kim
  • CONTROLLING PRIVACY IN A FACE RECOGNITION APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20180144151
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may involve a method, system, and computer program product for controlling privacy in a face recognition application. A computer may receive an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face. The computer may identify a target user associated with a facial signature in a first database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature and one or more facial signatures in the first database. The computer may extract a profile of the target user from a second database. The profile of the target user may include one or more privacy preferences. The computer may generate a customized profile of the target user. The customized profile may omit one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and/or a current context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: SERAPHIN B. CALO, BONG JUN KO, KANG-WON LEE, THEODOROS SALONIDIS, DINESH C. VERMA
  • IN VITRO FIBROSIS MODEL, PREPARING METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180112183
    Abstract: Provided are an in vitro fibrosis model, a method of preparing the in vitro model, and use of the in vitro model, the in vitro model including a cell cluster differentiated from mesenchymal cells, wherein the cell cluster exhibits pathological characteristics of fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Heon KIM, Kwi Deok PARK, Kang Won LEE, Thanavel RAJANGAM
  • Controlling privacy in a face recognition application
    Patent number: 9934397
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may involve a method, system, and computer program product for controlling privacy in a face recognition application. A computer may receive an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face. The computer may identify a target user associated with a facial signature in a first database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature and one or more facial signatures in the first database. The computer may extract a profile of the target user from a second database. The profile of the target user may include one or more privacy preferences. The computer may generate a customized profile of the target user. The customized profile may omit one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and/or a current context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seraphin B. Calo, Bong Jun Ko, Kang-Won Lee, Theodoros Salonidis, Dinesh C. Verma
  • Scheduling mapreduce jobs in a cluster of dynamically available servers
    Patent number: 9916183
    Abstract: There is provided a method, a system and a computer program product for improving performance and fairness in sharing a cluster of dynamically available computing resources among multiple jobs. The system collects at least one parameter associated with availability of a plurality of computing resources. The system calculates, based on the collected parameter, an effective processing time each computing resource can provide to each job. The system allocates, based on the calculated effective processing time, the computing resources to the multiple jobs, whereby the multiple jobs are completed at a same time or an approximate time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ting He, Kang-Won Lee, Jian Tan, Yuting Ji