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).

  • Patent number: 9910288
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device including a camera lens module having a miniaturization and a lightening function, as well as a hand-trembling correction function mounted thereon, is described. The camera lens module may include a base, a first moving part containing a lens assembly and coupled to the base, and a second moving part. The first moving part may be configured to move on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens assembly. The second moving part may be disposed under the base and configured to move in the optical axis direction of the lens assembly. A variable gap between the first moving part and the second moving part may have a distance that varies based on a movement of the second moving part forward or backward in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Soo Kim, Kwang-Seok Byon, Chi-Young Park, Young-Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9911002
    Abstract: Provided is a user device including: a storage configured to store data; and a controller configured to recognize a person included in an image captured by the user device or received by the user device from an external source, and change a part of the image corresponding to the recognized person to be unrecognizable in response to a degree of closeness between the recognized person and a user of the user device being lower than a predetermined level based on the data stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-chul Shim, Hyun-jee Kim, Jae-young Huh
  • Patent number: 9911507
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a memory region suitable for providing a plurality of read data in parallel at every read operation cycle, an output path suitable for outputting the plurality of read data at a set time in response to an internal clock and one or more internal control signals at the every read operation cycle, and an output path control unit suitable for generating the internal control signal in response to a read command and generating the internal clock in response to a system clock, wherein a shifting time of a first edge of the internal clock is adjusted by a set level at the every read operation cycle during a test mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang-Hyun Kim, Kang-Youl Lee
  • Patent number: 9912940
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes pixels coupled to data lines and scan lines. The pixels do not emit light during a data pre-addressing period and pixels emit light during a data addressing period. The scan driver supplies scan signals to the scan lines. The data driver supplies data voltages to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals. The scan driver supplies first scan signals to the scan lines during the data pre-addressing period, and supplies second scan signals to the scan lines during the data addressing period. Each of the first scan signals has one pulse, and each of the second scan signals has a plurality of pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Taek Kim, Bong-Hyun You
  • Patent number: 9909467
    Abstract: A continuously variable valve timing apparatus may include a camshaft, a plurality of wheels mounted to the camshaft, of which a wheel key is formed thereto respectively, a plurality of cam portions of which a cam and a cam key are formed thereto respectively, of which the camshaft is inserted thereto, of which relative phase angle with respect to the camshaft is variable, a plurality of inner brackets connected with the each wheel key and the each cam key, a plurality of a slider housings of which the each inner bracket is rotatably inserted thereto respectively, and rotatably configured around a hinge hole formed an upper side of a cam cap and a control portion selectively moving the slider housings to change relative position of a rotation center of the inner brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: You Sang Son, Kyoung Pyo Ha, Back Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 9909249
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided that may include a laundry accommodation device that provides a space in which laundry is accommodated; a circulation passage provided outside of the laundry accommodation device, and providing a space in which air circulates to an inside of the laundry accommodation device; a heat exchanger provided in the circulation passage; a filter device provided in the circulation passage, that filters foreign materials introduced to the heat exchanger; and a washer provided between the heat exchanger and the filter device, that sprays washing water to each of the heat exchanger and the filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyojun Kim, Sangwook Hong, Youngsuk Kim
  • Patent number: 9912971
    Abstract: A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving uncompressed audio contents or uncompressed video contents from an external decoding unit, extracting an identifier of a frame from the received content, sending a request containing the identifier to a server and receiving a trigger for the content from the server based on the request, wherein the trigger indicates the current time of the contents and references a particular interactive event in an application parameter table or signals that the event is to be executed now or at a specified future time and the application parameter table includes information about at least one of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sejin Oh, Jinpil Kim, Seungjoo An, Jinwon Lee, Kyungho Kim, Kyoungsoo Moon
  • Patent number: 9912039
    Abstract: Wireless communication device includes a first device section. The first device section has a first edge. The wireless communication device also includes a second device section that has a second edge. The wireless communication device also includes a floating hinge that joins the first and second edges and permits the first and second device sections to move between a closed state and an operating state. The floating hinge and the first device section are rotatable about a first axis of rotation that extends through the floating hinge. The floating hinge and the second device section are rotatable about a second axis of rotation that extends through the floating hinge. The floating hinge includes a slot antenna that is communicatively coupled to a processor and is configured to at least one of transmit wireless signals or receive wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Hilario Lepe, Bruce Foster Bishop, Junwon Kim
  • Patent number: 9911379
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate and an active pattern formed over the substrate and including first to fourth regions, the first and fourth regions connected to each other. The display also includes a gate insulation layer formed over the active pattern, and a first gate electrode formed over the gate insulation layer. The first gate electrode, the first region and the second region define a first transistor. The display also includes a second gate electrode formed over the gate insulation layer, and the second gate electrode, the third region and the fourth region define a second transistor. The display also includes a first insulating interlayer formed over the first and second gate electrodes and a conductive pattern formed over the first insulating interlayer. An OLED is configured to receive a driving current from the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hae Kim, Ki-Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 9912610
    Abstract: A synchronous packet-processing pipeline whose data paths are populated with data-plane stateful processing units (DSPUs) is provided. A DSPU is a programmable processor whose operations are synchronous with the dataflow of the packet-processing pipeline. A DSPU performs every computation with fixed latency. Each DSPU is capable of maintaining a set of states and perform its computations based on its maintained set of states. The programming of a DSPU determines how and when the DSPU updates one of its maintained states. Such programming may configure the DSPU to update the state based on its received packet data, or to change the state regardless of the received packet data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BAREFOOT NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Bosshart, Jay Evan Scott Peterson, Michael Gregory Ferrara, Changhoon Kim, Steven Licking, Chaitanya Kodeboyina
  • Patent number: 9913383
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; a plating seed layer disposed on the insulating layer; a circuit pattern layer disposed on the plating seed layer and formed of copper (Cu); and a surface treatment layer disposed on the circuit pattern layer and formed of gold (Au), wherein a width of a bottom surface of the surface treatment layer is narrower than a width of a top surface of the plating seed layer, wherein the bottom surface of the surface treatment layer includes: a first portion contacted with the circuit pattern layer; and a second portion non contacted with the circuit pattern layer, and wherein a width of a top surface of the circuit pattern layer is narrower than a width of a bottom surface of the circuit pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Mi Bae, Soon Gyu Kwon, Sang Hwa Kim, Sang Young Lee, Jin Hak Lee, Han Su Lee, Dong Hun Jeong, In Ho Jeong, Dae Young Choi, Jung Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 9911369
    Abstract: A rollable display device is provided. The rollable display device includes: a flexible screen display which is rolled or unrolled on both sides; at least one pair of rollable driving units where each side of the flexible screen display is rolled into or unrolled from one of the pair of rollable driving units; a link driving unit for supporting the rollable driving units to move the sides of the flexible screen display and to roll or unroll the flexible screen display; and a controller for controlling operations of the rollable driving units and the link driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwook Kim, Sangmin Hyun
  • Patent number: 9912387
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system includes a plurality of head-end units for each receiving mobile communication signals from at least one corresponding base station, a hub unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of head-end units, and a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the hub unit, wherein the hub unit configured to distribute the mobile communication signals received from each of the plurality of head-end units to the plurality of remote units, wherein each of the plurality of remote units is remotely disposed to transmit the distributed mobile communication signals to a terminal in service coverage, and wherein the hub unit includes a mixing processing stage configured to perform digital mixing processing on the mobile communication signals respectively received from the plurality of head-end units, and a crest factor reduction (CFR) module disposed posterior to the mixing processing stage, with respect to a signal transmission direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Hyoungho Kim, Doyoon Kim, Kwangnam Seo
  • Patent number: 9912324
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a quadrature phase corrector (QPC) which includes multiple differential amplifies for correcting the phase of one or more clock signals. In one embodiment, the differential amplifiers are arranged in an input stage, cross-coupled stage, and ring stage. The input stage receives and buffers the input clock signal (or signals). The cross-coupled stage includes one or more latches that force one clock signal high and another low which causes the QPC to oscillate. The ring stage outputs four clock signals with adjusted phases relative to the input clock signals. In one example, the ring stage outputs a quadrature clock signal that includes four clock signals phase shifted by 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul W. Coteus, Daniel M. Dreps, Kyu-hyoun Kim, Glen A. Wiedemeier
  • Patent number: 9908142
    Abstract: Web lifter and/or stabilizer and method of lifting and/or stabilizing a travelling web and for coating a web. The device creates a web hold down force via a negative pressure slot at its exit side, which draws the web down against the surface on the entry side. The device can be actuated to move the web relative to a slot die coater off the die lips and stop the application of slurry to the web, thereby creating uncoated regions on the web surface. The device can then be actuated to move the web back into contact with the coater to start the application of slurry to the web, thereby creating coated regions on the web surface. Web lifting can be accomplished by rotating the device in first and second directions to lift the web off of the slot die coater and return the web back into contact with the coater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC, LLC
    Inventors: Kim A. Anderson, Eric Maki, George Glenn
  • Patent number: 9912258
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck assembly, including an electrostatic chuck on which a substrate is loaded; a channel that provides a flow passage for coolant in the electrostatic chuck, the channel having a first opening at a first end corresponding to a center of the substrate and a second opening at a second end corresponding to an edge of the substrate; and a valve box to control a flow direction of the coolant in the channel, the valve box including a first supply valve to control an introduction of the coolant into the first opening; a first return valve to control a drainage of the coolant from the second opening; a second supply valve to control an introduction of the coolant into the second opening; and a second return valve to control a drainage of the coolant from the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haejoong Park, Hongmyoung Kim, Kye Hyun Baek, Sangkyu Park
  • Patent number: 9910333
    Abstract: A display device comprising a display panel having touch sensors and gate lines, a touch sensor driver configured to supply a touch driving signal to the touch sensors of the display panel during a touch sensor driving period, a gate driver configured to supply a gate pulse synchronized with a data voltage of an input image to the gate lines of the display panel during a display driving period and supply an alternating current (AC) signal having a same phase as the touch driving signal to the gate lines during the touch sensor driving period, and a modulator configured to supply the AC signal having the same phase as the touch driving signal to the gate driver during the touch sensor driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungrok Shin, Sungho Hong, Suchang An, Leeyoung Kim, Hyangmyoung Gwon
  • Patent number: 9909618
    Abstract: A thrust bearing includes: a thrust plate in a disc shape having an outer diameter and an inner diameter formed by perforating a central portion of the thrust plate; a plurality of bump foils disposed radially on a top surface of the thrust plate; a plurality of top foils in a panel shape covering each of the bump foils, where bottom surfaces of the top foils are in contact with upper ends of the bump foils; and metal blocks radially disposed on the top surface of the thrust plate and formed to be spaced apart from the bump foils. The thrust bearing can be included in an air compressor of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kyoung Ku Ha, Chang Ha Lee, Jeong Hee Park, Tae Ho Kim, Moon Sung Park, Jong Sung Lee, Young Min Kim
  • Patent number: D812127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Seo, Minki Ham, Jinsoo Kim
  • Patent number: D812168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Wee Joung Kim