Patents by Inventor Ki-Nam Kim

Ki-Nam 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).

  • Patent number: 11305958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a roll manufacturing method characterized by comprising: a shaping step of shaping a base material into a web; a transferring step of transferring the shaped web; and a winding step of winding the transferred web into a roll. In addition, the present invention provides a roll manufacturing device characterized by comprising: a shaping unit for shaping a base material into a web; a transferring unit for transferring the shaped web; and a winding unit for winding the transferred web into a roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Nam Kim, Shin Kim, Mun Hwan Seol, Dong Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20210308953
    Abstract: An apparatus for cold-shaping a glass sheet that includes: a plurality of vacuum chucks configured within a moveable table; a first automated pick mechanism proximate the table; an automated dispensing mechanism proximate the table; and a pressing apparatus. The first pick mechanism is configured to shape a glass sheet onto one of the chucks. The dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense a curable adhesive onto the glass sheet or a frame. One of the first pick mechanism and the dispensing mechanism is configured to position the frame onto the glass sheet such that the adhesive is disposed between the glass sheet and the frame. The pressing apparatus is configured to press the frame and the adhesive onto the glass sheet to define a finished glass sheet assembly. The glass sheet is bendable at ambient temperature. Methods for cold-shaping a glass sheet are also included in the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Nam Kim, Peter Knowles, Christopher Lee Timmons
  • Publication number: 20210158606
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a 3D model. The apparatus for generating a 3D model includes one or more processors, and an execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive two-dimensional (2D) original image layers for respective viewpoints, and generate pieces of 2D original image information for respective objects by performing original image alignment on the 2D original image layers for respective viewpoints for each predefined object type, generate 3D model layers for respective objects from the pieces of 2D original image information for respective objects using multiple learning models corresponding to the predefined object types, and generate a 3D model by synthesizing the 3D model layers for respective objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Seung-Wook LEE, Ki-Nam KIM, Tae-Joon KIM, Seung-Uk YOON, Seong-Jae LIM, Bon-Woo HWANG, Chang-Joon PARK
  • Publication number: 20210136280
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for guiding multi-view capture. The apparatus for guiding multi-view capture includes one or more processors and an execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive a single-view two-dimensional (2D) image obtained by capturing an image of an object of interest through a camera, generate an orthographic projection image and a perspective projection image for the object of interest from the single-view 2D image using an image conversion parameter that is previously learned from multi-view 2D images for the object of interest, generate a 3D silhouette model for the object of interest using the orthographic projection image and the perspective projection image, and output the 3D silhouette model and a guidance interface for the 3D silhouette model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong-Jae LIM, Ki-Nam KIM, Tae-Joon KIM, Seung-Uk YOON, Seung-Wook LEE, Bon-Woo HWANG
  • Patent number: 10984609
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a 3D avatar. The method, performed by the apparatus, includes performing a 3D scan of the body of a user using an image sensor and generating a 3D scan model using the result of the 3D scan of the body of the user, matching the 3D scan model and a previously stored template avatar, and generating a 3D avatar based on the result of matching the 3D scan model and the template avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byung-Ok Han, Ho-Won Kim, Ki-Nam Kim, Jae-Hwan Kim, Ji-Hyung Lee, Yu-Gu Jung, Chang-Joon Park, Gil-Haeng Lee
  • Publication number: 20210066555
    Abstract: A display device is provided including a substrate. A second semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second semiconductor layer includes Si. A second gate lower electrode overlaps a channel region of the second semiconductor layer. A second gate insulating layer is disposed on the second gate lower electrode. A second gate upper electrode and a light blocking layer are disposed on the second gate insulating layer. A first auxiliary layer is disposed on the second gate upper electrode and the light blocking layer. A first semiconductor layer overlaps the light blocking layer. The first semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor. A first gate electrode overlaps a channel region of the first semiconductor layer. Hie first auxiliary layer includes an insulating layer including at least one compound selected from SiNx, SiOx, and SiON, and at least one material selected from F, Cl, and C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Bum HAN, Young Gil PARK, Jung Hwa PARK, Na Ri AHN, Soo Im Jeong, Ki Nam KIM, Moon Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20210032150
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming a curved glass article. In the method, a mold having a curved surface is provided. A self-adhesive layer is disposed on the curved surface. A glass sheet is bent into conformity with the curved surface at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the glass sheet. The glass sheet includes a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface is adhered to the self-adhesive layer. A frame is bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the glass sheet is removed from the self-adhesive layer. A system for performing the method and a mold having a self-adhesive layer are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dongyoung Cho, Hyun-Soo Choi, Ki-Nam Kim, Shin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200368820
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a uranium target, the method including (a) a step of preparing a conjugate including a matrix and a uranium target green compact formed in the matrix; and (b) a step of performing thermo-mechanical treatment through additional heat treatment at 530° C. to 600° C. during a hot rolling pass in a process of hot-rolling the conjugate, and a method of extracting radioactive Mo-99 using the uranium target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Ki Nam KIM, Sung Chan PARK, Yong Jin JEONG, Kyu Hong LEE, Sung Hwan KIM, Tae Won CHO, Jong Man PARK
  • Patent number: 10791263
    Abstract: A camera auxiliary device for privacy protection and a privacy protection method using the camera auxiliary device. The camera auxiliary device for privacy protection includes a processor for splitting an input light beam that is reflected from a capturing target into a first input beam for detecting a privacy protection area and a second input beam to be transferred to a camera connected to a user terminal, detecting a privacy protection area in an image signal generated based on the first input beam, and converting the second input beam and then transferring a converted second input beam to the camera so that personal information included in the privacy protection area is not visually identified, and a memory for storing the image signal and the privacy protection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bon-Woo Hwang, Ki-Nam Kim, Tae-Joon Kim, Seung-Uk Yoon, Seung-Wook Lee, Seong-Jae Lim
  • Publication number: 20200286985
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving the performance and/or reliability of the element, by increasing the capacitance of the capacitor, using a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material and a paraelectric material. The semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from each other, and a capacitor dielectric film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first dielectric film and a second dielectric film. The first dielectric film includes one of a first monometal oxide film and a first bimetal oxide film, the first dielectric film has an orthorhombic crystal system, the second dielectric film includes a paraelectric material, and a dielectric constant of the capacitor dielectric film is greater than a dielectric constant of the second dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jin Lim, Ki Nam Kim, Hyung Suk Jung, Kyoo Ho Jung, Ki Hyun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200209927
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a touch sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a light emission layer formed over the flexible substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed over the light emission layer and comprising a plurality of encapsulating thin films and a touch detecting layer configured to detect a touch input. The encapsulating thin films include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film and the touch detecting layer is interposed between a selected one of the at least one inorganic film and a selected one of the at least one organic film that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jun-Young KO, Ki Nam Kim, Kwan Young Han, Yong Youl Cho
  • Patent number: 10671122
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a touch sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a light emission layer formed over the flexible substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed over the light emission layer and comprising a plurality of encapsulating thin films and a touch detecting layer configured to detect a touch input. The encapsulating thin films include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film and the touch detecting layer is interposed between a selected one of the at least one inorganic film and a selected one of the at least one organic film that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Young Ko, Ki Nam Kim, Kwan Young Han, Yong Youl Cho
  • Publication number: 20200160613
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a 3D avatar. The method, performed by the apparatus, includes performing a 3D scan of the body of a user using an image sensor and generating a 3D scan model using the result of the 3D scan of the body of the user, matching the 3D scan model and a previously stored template avatar, and generating a 3D avatar based on the result of matching the 3D scan model and the template avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byung-Ok HAN, Ho-Won KIM, Ki-Nam KIM, Jae-Hwan KIM, Ji-Hyung LEE, Yu-Gu JUNG, Chang-Joon PARK, Gil-Haeng LEE
  • Patent number: 10627865
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a touch sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a light emission layer formed over the flexible substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed over the light emission layer and comprising a plurality of encapsulating thin films and a touch detecting layer configured to detect a touch input. The encapsulating thin films include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film and the touch detecting layer is interposed between a selected one of the at least one inorganic film and a selected one of the at least one organic film that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Young Ko, Ki Nam Kim, Kwan Young Han, Yong Youl Cho
  • Publication number: 20200105569
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes bonding a first major surface of the substrate to a major surface of a first carrier, positioning a second carrier with a first major surface of the second carrier facing a second major surface of the substrate, and then applying a force to a location of a second major surface of the second carrier thereby deforming a portion of the second carrier toward the substrate. The deformed portion of the second carrier contacts the second major surface of the substrate thereby deforming a portion of the first major surface and a portion of the second major surface of the substrate toward the first carrier, and the deformed portion of the first major surface of the substrate deforms a portion of the major surface of the first carrier toward an opposing major surface of the first carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dongyoung Cho, Byungchul Kim, Ki Nam Kim, Heechul Kwon
  • Patent number: 10243436
    Abstract: A Wound Rotor Synchronous Motor (WRSM) includes a rotor body that is rotatably installed at a predetermined gap within a stator and a rotor coil that is wound at a plurality of rotor teeth. The WRSM includes: bobbins that are each disposed at both sides of a shaft direction of the rotor body so as to support the rotor coil and that are fixed to the rotor body by the rotor coil; a wedge member that is inserted in a shaft direction between rotor teeth of the rotor body so as to protrude to the outside of both ends of the rotor body, the wedge member supporting the rotor coil; and end coil covers that enclose a protruded portion of the wedge member at both sides of the shaft direction of the rotor body and that are each mounted at the bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sangjin Park, Hyoungjun Cho, Jungwoo Lee, Yeonho Kim, SangHwa Do, Ki Nam Kim, Yongsung Jang
  • Patent number: 10214439
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-contact vibration suppression device comprising a first ultrasonic vibration unit and a second ultrasonic vibration unit, the device being characterized in that the first ultrasonic vibration unit and the second ultrasonic vibration unit are installed to face each other while being spaced from each other such that an object can be interposed therebetween, the first ultrasonic vibration unit and the second ultrasonic vibration unit generate ultrasonic vibrations, respectively, and apply repulsive forces, which result from the ultrasonic vibrations, to the object such that the object is constrained with no contact between the first ultrasonic vibration unit and the second ultrasonic vibration unit, thereby suppressing vibration of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Kim, Ki Nam Kim, Mun Hwan Seol, Dong Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10214000
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for applying a film in which non-contact repulsive forces generated by ultrasonic vibration are applied using an ultrasonic vibration unit (A) to a surface of a substrate so as to support the surface of the substrate without contact, and a film is pressed and applied to the other surface of the substrate using a pressing roller. The ultrasonic vibration unit (A) may comprise: an ultrasonic vibration body facing a surface of the substrate; and an ultrasonic excitement unit for exciting the ultrasonic vibration body. In addition, the present invention provides an apparatus for applying a film comprising: an ultrasonic vibration unit (A) for applying non-contact repulsive forces generated by the ultrasonic vibration to a surface of a substrate so as to support the surface of the substrate without contact; and a pressing roller for pressing and applying a film to the other surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mun Hwan Seol, Ki Nam Kim, Shin Kim, Dong Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10204452
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing augmented reality-based realistic experience. The apparatus for providing augmented reality-based realistic experience includes a hardware unit and a software processing unit. The hardware unit includes a mirror configured to have a reflective characteristic and a transmissive characteristic, a display panel configured to present an image of an augmented reality entity, and a sensor configured to acquire information about a user. The software processing unit presents the augmented reality entity via the display panel based on the information about the user from the hardware unit after performing color compensation on the color of the augmented reality entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ho-Won Kim, Kyu-Sung Cho, Tae-Joon Kim, Sung-Ryull Sohn, Ki-Nam Kim, Chang-Joon Park, Hye-Sun Park, Jin-Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10106361
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet manufacturing method comprising: an unwinding step of supplying an object from a roll on which the object is wound; a feeding step of feeding the supplied object; and a cutting step of cutting the fed object, wherein the cutting comprises sheet-cutting in which the object is cut in the width direction of the object. Further, the present invention provides a sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising: an unwinding part for supplying an object from a roll on which the object is wound; a feeding part for feeding the supplied object; and a cutting part for the fed object, wherein the cutting comprises sheet-cutting in which the object is cut in the width direction of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Young Cho, Ki Nam Kim, Shin Kim, Mun Hwan Seol