Patents by Inventor Kim

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: 20180143481
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a frame case to support four sides of a display panel. The frame case is formed by bending a bar-shaped member made of a metal into a rectangular ring shape. Opposite ends of the bar-shaped member facing each other are covered by a cover member, which prevents quality degradation of the appearance of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Youn YOON, Myeong Gil KIM, Dong Jin LEE, Hyun Jun JUNG, Jong Hee HAN, Kwang Hyuck SO, Jae Wook YOO
  • Publication number: 20180143048
    Abstract: A fluid flow analysis method and corresponding apparatus comprise performing two different sets of diagnostic checks which are associated with different types of flow meters, and cross-referencing the two sets of checks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Kim Lewis
  • Publication number: 20180145531
    Abstract: Provided are a battery charging method, a battery charging information generating method, and a battery charging apparatus. The battery charging apparatus may measure a temperature of a battery, may estimate a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of the battery, may acquire an F mapping relationship that maps F values to C-rates and SOCs at the temperature and the SOH, the F value denoting a ratio of variation of SOC to variation of voltage, and may generate a charging profile that is a sequence of charging C-rates for each of the SOCs for charging the battery based on the estimated SOC and the F mapping relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daeryong JUNG, Jinho KIM
  • Publication number: 20180142928
    Abstract: An air conditioner and a method of controlling an air conditioner are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Changmin Choi, Taekyu Ha, Sunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20180144711
    Abstract: A display device comprises: a pixel array including pixels connected to gate lines; a gate driver that sequentially supplies scan signals to the gate lines by using a plurality of stages connected in cascade; and a driving voltage generator that supplies first and second driving voltages to the gate driver and inverts the first and second driving voltages of opposite phases at given intervals, wherein an nth stage (n is a natural number), among the stages of the gate driver, comprises: a start controller that charges a Q1 node in a period when an (n?1)th scan signal and a first clock signal are synchronized, and charges a Q1B node in a period when an (n?1)th carry signal, opposite in phase to the (n?1)th scan signal, and the first clock signal are synchronized; a first node controller that charges a Q2 node or a Q2B node in response to a voltage at the Q1 node; a first output control transistor that outputs an nth scan signal through a Q node in response to a voltage at the Q2 node; and a second output contro
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok NOH, Injune KIM, Kimin SON
  • Publication number: 20180142408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, including a drum, a heat pump cycle having a first evaporator, a compressor and a condenser, and a blower for circulating air, wherein the heat pump cycle includes second to nth evaporators disposed in series with the first evaporator within an air duct; an auxiliary heat exchanger to cool refrigerant discharged from the condenser, and first to nth expansion valves to independently control flow rates of refrigerants flowing into the first to nth evaporators, wherein the dryer further includes a controller to control the compressor according to refrigerant discharge pressure of the compressor or refrigerant inlet pressure of the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungphyo AHN, Seonghwan KIM, Bio PARK, Hyunwoo NOH, Hyuksoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20180145376
    Abstract: An electrode assembly is provided. The electrode assembly has a plurality of electrode plates having one or both sides of each of the electrode plates that are coated with an electrode active material and are stacked with a separator interposed between the respective electrode plates. The separator includes a surplus outer periphery of a size greater than the outer periphery of an electrode plate, an electrode tab which extends from the outer periphery of the electrode plate and protrudes outwardly beyond the outer periphery of the separator is formed on each electrode plate, and at least some of the separators forming the electrode assembly have an insulation-enhancing part for suppressing heat shrinkage of a separator formed in the surplus outer peripheries thereof which are adjacent to the respective electrode tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Hye Dam Jo, Jong Hun Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Sang Won Bae, Ji Hee Bae, Jang Hyuk Hong
  • Publication number: 20180146202
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding that support a plurality of layers. The method for image decoding that supports a plurality of layers includes decoding information of a first layer which a picture of a second layer including a current decoding target block refers to; mapping the information of the first layer to a picture size of the second layer, configuring a reference picture list for the picture of the second layer by adding the mapped information of the first layer and generating prediction samples of the current decoding target block by predicting the current decoding target block of the second layer based on the reference picture list, and the information of the first layer includes at least one of a sample value and motion information of the first layer picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Jung Won KANG, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20180146120
    Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining color information of each of a plurality of pixels included in an input image signal; determining whether a color value of each of the plurality of pixels corresponds to a gamut boundary of the input image signal based on the obtained color information; determining a gain value for allowing the color value of at least one of the plurality of pixels to correspond to the gamut boundary, based on a result of the determining; and converting the color value of the at least one pixel based on the determined gain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-seok MIN, Jong-man KIM
  • Publication number: 20180146549
    Abstract: A durable flexible circuit board for a transparent display board is connected between a driver board provided with at least one of a power supply and a controller and a transparent plate provided with a plurality of light emitting elements. The flexible circuit board includes an electrode bonding portion provided with a plurality of signal connection terminals for transferring control signals, at least one power connection terminal for transferring electric power, and at least one dummy terminal disposed outside the signal connection terminal or the power connection terminal disposed at the outermost side. The dummy terminal resists vibration and pressure applied to the signal connection terminal or the power connection terminal disposed at the outermost side. The signal connection terminal and the power connection terminal are integrated in the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Sung Soo KIM, Young Woo LEE, Ho Joon LEE
  • Publication number: 20180143497
    Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes: a color conversion panel; and a display panel overlapping the color conversion panel, wherein the color conversion panel includes a color conversion layer including a nano-crystalline semiconductor and a transmission layer, the display panel includes a first display panel including a first substrate and a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate, a second display panel including a second substrate and overlapping the first display panel. The first substrate and the second substrate have different thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Duk-Sung KIM, Jung Hyun KWON, Dong-Yoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20180144968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including a disc provided so as to be rotatable on its axis, at least one susceptor disposed on the disc such that a substrate is seated on an upper surface thereof, the susceptor being configured to rotate on its axis and to revolve around a center of the disc as the disc rotates on its axis, a metal ring coupled to a lower portion of the susceptor, the metal ring being arranged such that a center thereof coincides with a center of the susceptor, and a magnet provided below the disc so as to be radially arranged on a basis of the center of the disc, at least a portion of the magnet being opposite the metal ring in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Ki Bum KIM, Seung Youb SA, Ram WOO, Myung Jin LEE, Seung Dae CHOI, Jong Sung CHOI, Ho Boem HER
  • Publication number: 20180142354
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods for reducing non-uniformity and/or skews during substrate processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides a flow equalizer assembly for disposing between a vacuum port and a processing volume in a processing chamber. The flow equalizing assembly includes a first plate having at least one first opening, and a second plate having two or more second openings. The first and second plates define a flow redistributing volume therebetween, and the at least one first opening and the two or more second openings are staggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Sergio Fukuda SHOJI, Hamid NOORBAKHSH, Jong Mun KIM, Jason DELLA ROSA, Ajit BALAKRISHNA
  • Publication number: 20180146343
    Abstract: An example method for determining, at an electronic device, a presence or absence of the electronic device in a specific space may include estimating a current location based on strength of signals received from a plurality of wireless communication devices; correcting the estimated location by using movement information acquired through a sensor to generate a first corrected location; correcting the first corrected location by using information about a boundary area of a predefined presence determination area to generate a second corrected location; and determining the presence or absence in the presence determination area, based on the second corrected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Yonggwon LEE, Abhishek KUMAR, Dongkeon KONG, Hyejung CHO, Jaehong KIM
  • Publication number: 20180143712
    Abstract: Discussed are a display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of operating the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes; a touch screen including m number of electrodes which are formed to overlap with the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein m is a multiple of n, and n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and wherein the m electrodes are divided into n number of electrode groups; a touch driver configured to generate a touch scan signal and to supply the generated touch scan signal to a display driver; and the display driver configured to apply a common voltage or the touch scan signal to one or more of the m electrodes depending on a driving mode of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: JungHan LEE, HongChul KIM, SungChul KIM, JeongSeop LEE, SeungEun PYO
  • Patent number: 9978330
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention provides a display driving method relating to the field of display, which can reduce the coupling effect due to the rapid changes of the voltage on the gate line and improve stability of display. The display driving method uses overlapping scan mode, wherein in the display panel two gate lines are arranged between two rows of pixel units for driving the two rows of pixel units respectively, the display driving method comprising: providing a switching voltage signal to the odd gate lines in the gate line group sequentially; providing a switching voltage signal to the even gate lines in the gate line group sequentially; and wherein for every two adjacent gate lines, when the switching voltage signal on an odd gate line has a falling edge, the switching voltage signal on an adjacent even gate line has a rising edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Hao Zhang, Xue Dong, Hyungkyu Kim, Xiaobo Xie
  • Patent number: 9977731
    Abstract: A composite memory device including discrete memory devices and a bridge device for controlling the discrete memory devices. The bridge device has memory organized as banks, where each bank is configured to have a virtual page size that is less than the maximum physical size of the page buffer. Therefore only a segment of data corresponding to the virtual page size stored in the page buffer is transferred to the bank. The virtual page size of the banks is provided in a virtual page size (VPS) configuration command having an ordered structure where the position of VPS data fields containing VPS configuration codes in the command correspond to different banks which are ordered from a least significant bank to a most significant bank. The VPS configuration command is variable in size, and includes only the VPS configuration codes for the highest significant bank being configured and the lower significant banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Beom Pyeon, Jin-Ki Kim, Peter B. Gillingham
  • Patent number: 9975045
    Abstract: A system and method for executing an instance of an online game to facilitate participation of the user in the online game. The system and method include executing actions in the instance of the online game that are delayed from reception of corresponding action requests by wait times associated with the actions. The system and method include effectuating presentation of speed-up quest offers to the user for wait times that are open. The system and method include detecting successful performance of speed-up quests by the user in the online game and implementing speed-ups associated with the speed-up quest offers on open wait times in the online game in response to successful performance of offered speed-up quests by the user in the online game. The system and method include in response to detection of successful performance of the first quest in the online game during the first open wait time implementing a first speed-up by reducing the first open wait time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Wynne Chyou, John Kim, Bryan Tsao, Kevin Chanthasiriphan, Chris Yu
  • Patent number: 9978322
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes gate lines extending in a first direction data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines. The pixels displaying first, second, third, and fourth colors are repeatedly arranged in the second direction. A k-th gate line connected to at least one of first pixels displaying the first color among the pixels arranged in an i-th row is electrically connected to a (k+j)th gate line connected to at least one of second pixels displaying the first color among pixels arranged in one row of (i+1)th, (i+2)th, and (i+3)th rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunkyu Namkung, Kuk-Hwan Ahn, Jai-Hyun Koh, Heendol Kim, Seokyun Son, Ik Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 9980122
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing discovery from a first device supporting a Wi-Fi direct service, comprising the steps of: an application service platform (ASP) layer in the first device receiving, from a service layer, a SeekService method; the ASP layer generating a service hash based on the SeekService method; and transmitting a discovery request including the service hash to an access point (AP), wherein the discovery request is broadcasted to devices included in a subnet to which the first device belongs, via a port associated with the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byungjoo Lee, Giwon Park, Dongcheol Kim