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: 10967164
    Abstract: Discloses is a method of manufacturing a micro-needle. The method includes a step of preparing a medicinal solution, a step of forming a plurality of tips with the medicinal solution, and a step of forming a cavity in each of the tips. In accordance with such a configuration, a micro-needle in which cavities are formed is provided, whereby it is possible to administer a fixed amount of medicine in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Park, Ji Yeon Kim, Jee Hyun Park, Won Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10973070
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to establish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Haijing Hu, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Xiangying Yang, Zhu Ji, Yang Li, Beibei Wang, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Vijay Venkataraman, Christian W. Mucke
  • Patent number: 10972670
    Abstract: Various embodiment provide a method and device comprising: a display; a memory; and a control unit operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display to display an original image on the display, detect a roll generation event, identify an object from the original image according to the roll generation event, convert the original image into a roll image using the identified object, and store the same in the memory. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongyeon Lee, Yunkyung Kim, Jiyeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 10969911
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer; a first electrode member that includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a first direction, each of the first electrodes including a first opening; a second electrode member that includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a second direction that intersects the first direction; a conductive member that includes a plurality of conductive patterns electrically connected to each other along the first direction; and a proximity detector that is electrically connected to the conductive member and configured to detect proximity of an object by receiving a proximity sensing signal from the conductive member. Each of the conductive patterns is located in the first opening of each of the first electrodes and spaced apart from each of the first electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Do ik Kim, Jang hui Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Ga Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10971783
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing an electrode assembly which improves the thermal safety of a battery by preventing shrinking of a separator adjacent to electrode tabs. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode tab at one end thereof, a negative electrode plate having a negative electrode tab at one end thereof, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate are stacked so that each of the tabs may be positioned in the same direction, and the separator has a gradient in thickness so that the thickness of one side having the electrode tabs are larger than that of the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Soo Kim, Min-Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10969653
    Abstract: An aperture stop includes a housing, a blades disposed in the housing and rotated to form an incident hole having variable sizes, and a driver to rotatably move the blades. Each of the blades includes a through hole and protrusions disposed on an internal surface of the through hole forming the incident hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung Kim, Young Bok Yoon
  • Patent number: 10966675
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus is provided. The medical image apparatus includes an output unit; and a controller configured to control the output unit to display an image obtained by photographing an object and to display, over the image, a top indicator for setting a top limit for an area to be X-rayed and at least one guideline indicating a bottom limit for the area to be X-rayed according to the top indicator and the number of partial photographing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-hoon Kim, Si-won Park, Se-hui Kim, Do-hyeong Hwang, Sung-jin Park
  • Patent number: 10969893
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a light-emitting region and a reflection region, a plurality of sensing patterns disposed in the light-emitting region and the reflection region, and including a material having a first reflectivity, and a reflection pattern disposed in the reflection region, and including a material having a second reflectivity, and overlapping the plurality of sensing patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Lyong Bok, Young-Seok Seo, Mu-Gyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 10971451
    Abstract: Provided are an interconnect structure and an electronic device including the interconnect structure. The interconnect structure includes a dielectric layer including at least one trench, a conductive wiring filling an inside of the at least one trench, and a cap layer on at least one surface of the conductive wiring. The cap layer includes nanocrystalline graphene. The nanocrystalline includes nano-sized crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Eun Byun, Keunwook Shin, Yonghoon Kim, Hyeonjin Shin, Hyunjae Song, Changseok Lee, Changhyun Kim, Yeonchoo Cho
  • Patent number: 10972750
    Abstract: Disclosed are an intra prediction method of a chrominance block using a luminance sample and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method comprises the steps of: calculating an intra prediction mode of a chrominance block on the basis of an LM mapping table when the chrominance block uses an LM; and generating a prediction block for the chrominance block on the basis of the calculated intra prediction mode of the chrominance block. When intra prediction mode information of chrominance blocks are decoded, mutually different tables are used depending on whether or not an LM is used, so that encoding and decoding can be performed without an unnecessary waste of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Joon Jeon, Seung Wook Park, Jae Hyun Lim, Jung Sun Kim, Joon Young Park, Young Hee Choi, Jae Won Sung, Byeong Moon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10971548
    Abstract: A variable resistance non-volatile memory device can include a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of first conductive lines each extending in a first direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart in a second direction on the semiconductor substrate. A second conductive line can extend in the second direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate on a first side of the plurality of first conductive lines and a third conductive line can extend in the second direction parallel to the semiconductor substrate on a second side of the plurality of first conductive lines opposite the first side of the plurality of first conductive lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Eun, Daehwan Kang, Sungwon Kim, Youngbae Kim, Seokjae Won
  • Patent number: 10967512
    Abstract: A moving robot system includes a moving robot which travels a cleaning area, generates a map for the cleaning area, and moves based on the map; and a terminal which receives the map, sets at least one virtual wall in the map, and transmits the virtual wall to the moving robot, wherein the terminal sets an attribute for controlling operation of the moving robot in the virtual wall, and wherein the moving robot divides a travelable area in correspondence to the virtual wall and performs cleaning while traveling the cleaning area, and performs a specified operation according to the attribute specified to the virtual wall when reaching the virtual wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwoong Kim, Hanmin Jo, Sunhee Cheon, Minwoo Hong
  • Patent number: 10972686
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a display exposed through a first portion of the first surface, a first light emitting source exposed through a second portion of the first surface, an imaging sensor circuit that is exposed through a third portion of the first surface and is electrically connected with the first light emitting source, and a processor that is disposed in the housing and is electrically connected with the imaging sensor circuit. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Soo Kim, Hwa Yong Kang, Min Young Park, Woon Tahk Sung, Young Kwon Yoon, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Hoon Won
  • Patent number: 10971671
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module may include a plurality of n type thermoelectric conversion materials and a plurality of p type thermoelectric conversion materials that are disposed alternately, and a plurality of electrodes that connects the plurality of thermoelectric conversion material disposed alternately on one side and on an opposite side alternately, wherein the plurality of electrodes includes a first electrode configured to electrically connect the n type thermoelectric conversion material and the p type thermoelectric conversion material by penetrating the n type thermoelectric conversion material and the p type thermoelectric conversion material to transfer heat obtained from a heat source to the plurality of thermoelectric conversion materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kwak, Kwang Min Choi, Byung-Wook Kim, Hoo Dam Lee, Ho Chan An, Jong Ho Seon
  • Patent number: 10971746
    Abstract: A fuel cell system for modulating an offset of a hydrogen pressure sensor is provided. The fuel cell system includes a stack with a plurality of cells and each cells includes a first electrode to which hydrogen is supplied, a second electrode to which oxygen is supplied, and a membrane electrode assembly arranged between the first and second electrodes to produce electricity by reaction between the hydrogen and the oxygen. The hydrogen pressure sensor is connected to each cell to sense a pressure of the hydrogen supplied to the first electrode. A controller that which of the cells is supplied with insufficient pressure of hydrogen and modulates the offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor connected to the cell to which the hydrogen is supplied with insufficient pressure, to then supply the hydrogen to the first electrode at an appropriate pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young Pin Jin, Sang Bok Won, Hyung Kook Kim, Ki Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 10971575
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate with a display area and a non-display area, pixels disposed in the display area, a first wire extending from the pixels to the non-display area and disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covering at least the first wire, a second wire extending from the pixels to the non-display area, and a second insulating layer or the first insulating layer covering the second wire, wherein the first wire is disposed on the non-display area either spaced apart from the second wire by a first distance and a second distance that is different from the first distance, or in a position overlapping at least part of the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zail Lhee, Mi Na Jung, Deuk Jong Kim, Keun Soo Lee, Ji Hye Heo
  • Patent number: 10973030
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting asymmetric uplink and downlink bandwidth allocations for a wireless device, and for dynamically modifying the bandwidth allocations for a wireless device, in a wireless communication system. A cellular communication link may be established between a base station and a wireless device. The base station may determine an uplink bandwidth allocation and a downlink bandwidth allocation for the wireless device. The uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation may be selected based on different criteria and may include different amounts of bandwidth. Indications of the uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation may be provided to the wireless device. The base station and wireless device may communicate according to the uplink bandwidth allocation and the downlink bandwidth allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tarik Tabet, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Yuchul Kim
  • Patent number: 10971513
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device may include a stack structure including gate electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate, and a vertical channel penetrating the stack structure. The gate electrodes may include a ground selection gate electrode, a cell gate electrode, a string selection gate electrode, and an erase gate electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bongyong Lee, Tae Hun Kim, Minkyung Bae
  • Patent number: D915497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Oakley, Inc.
    Inventors: Joon H. Kim, Nicolas Adolfo Garfias
  • Patent number: D915595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Sung Ju Kim