Patents by Inventor Kwang-Min Kim
Kwang-Min 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).
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Patent number: 12199118Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface opposite to the first surface, unit pixels in the substrate, each including a photoelectric conversion layer, color filters on the first surface of the substrate, a grid pattern on the first surface of the substrate defining a respective light receiving area of each of the unit pixels, and microlenses on the color filters, each of the microlenses corresponding to a respective one of the unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel sharing a first color filter which is one of the color filters, and a first light receiving area of the first pixel is different from a second light receiving area of the second pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Kyu Lee, Dong Min Keum, Jun Sung Park, Bum Suk Kim, Tae Han Kim, Kwang Hee Lee, Tae Sung Lee
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Publication number: 20250010691Abstract: A vehicle HVAC system includes a compressor, an interior condenser disposed on the downstream side of the compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger disposed on the downstream side of the interior condenser, and configured to transfer heat between a refrigerant and a coolant circulating in a coolant system, an exterior heat exchanger disposed on the downstream side of the water-cooled heat exchanger, and configured to transfer heat between the refrigerant and ambient air; a refrigerant heat exchanger configured to transfer heat between the refrigerant discharged from the water-cooled heat exchanger and the refrigerant discharged from the interior condenser, and a first control valve located between the water-cooled heat exchanger and the interior condenser, and configured to allow the refrigerant discharged from the interior condenser to be directed to at least one of the water-cooled heat exchanger, the refrigerant heat exchanger, and the exterior heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventor: Kwang Min Kim
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Patent number: 12182350Abstract: An input sensing unit including a plurality of first electrodes, which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jisu Na, Kwang-min Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
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Patent number: 12176366Abstract: An image sensor that provides a uniform sensitivity for pixels having color filters of the same color to increase the image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, a first grid pattern disposed on the substrate and including a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion element and a first color filter, and a second pixel including a second photoelectric conversion element and a second color filter. The first color filter contacts the first side wall and the second color filter contacts the second side wall. The first color filter and the second color filter are color filters of same color, and a first thickness of the first color filter is greater than a second thickness of the second color filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Min Keum, Yun Ki Lee, Jun Sung Park, Dong Kyu Lee, Bum Suk Kim, Kwang Hee Lee, Tae Sung Lee
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Publication number: 20240420640Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first area and a second area; and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel, to provide a first mode control signal to pixels in the first area, and to provide a second mode control signal to pixels in the second area, wherein the first area is configured to be driven in a first mode to display an image having a first viewing angle or a second mode to display an image having a second viewing angle narrower than the first viewing angle based on the first mode control signal, and wherein the second area is configured to be driven in the first mode or the second mode based on the second mode control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: DO YEON HWANG, KWANG-MIN KIM, Inhyeok Yeo
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Patent number: 12170307Abstract: A display device comprises a first substrate, a first power bottom line on the first substrate, a second substrate on the first power bottom line, the second substrate having a first power connection hole to expose the first power bottom line, and a pixel driving unit including a plurality of switching elements on the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung Min Lee, Kwang Young Choi, Sae Hee Ryu, Sol Ip Jeong, Sang Ho Park, Jin Yool Kim, Cheon Jae Maeng
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Patent number: 12161465Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor. The biosensor comprises: an electrode; and a polymer structure disposed on the electrode and formed of poly-5,2?:5?,2?-terthiophene-3?-carboxylic acid (pTTCA), wherein an enzyme is present in a state of covalently binding with pTTCA inside the polymer structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COOPERATION, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Kwang-bok Kim, Yoon-Bo Shim, Han-gyol Park, Youn-joo Song, Seong-je Cho, Chul-ho Cho, Dong-Min Kim
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Publication number: 20240404863Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device may include forming a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface, which may be opposite each other, forming a first semiconductor element on the first surface, adhering the first substrate onto a second substrate so that an upper surface of the second substrate faces the first surface of the first substrate, removing an edge region of the first substrate, forming a passivation layer surrounding first sides of the first substrate, and forming a second semiconductor element on the second surface of the first substrate. The passivation layer may not be formed on the second surface of the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang Yong YU, Woo Jeong SHIN, Il Hwan KIM, Chang Min PARK, Hee Sun JUN
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Publication number: 20240386820Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel connected to a scan line and a data line; a flexible printed circuit board connected to the display panel; a lightning test circuit on the flexible printed circuit board and connected to the data line; and a plurality of resistors adjacent to opposite sides of the lightning test circuit and connected to the lightning test circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Inhyeok YEO, KWANG-MIN KIM, KIWOOK KIM, DO YEON HWANG, IL-JOO KIM, MYEONGHEE SEO
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Publication number: 20240379913Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a transistor disposed on the substrate, a light emitting diode electrically connected to the transistor, a color conversion layer and a transmission layer disposed on the light emitting diode, and a partition wall disposed on the light emitting diode, where the partition wall includes a first partition wall disposed in the display area between the color conversion layer and the transmission layer and a second partition wall disposed in the non-display area, and the partition wall includes a first part having a first length from a first end to a boundary of the display area and the non-display area, and a second part having a second length from a second end to a boundary of the display area and the non-display area, where the first length is greater than the second length.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Che Ho LIM, Kang Uk KIM, Ho-Yong SHIN, Kwang-Min LEE, Kang Soo HAN, Seok-Joon HONG
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Patent number: 12138913Abstract: Provided are a control unit that predicts the life of an inkjet head unit and maximizes its life to be used, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same. The control unit performs maintenance of an inkjet head unit for discharging a substrate treatment liquid onto a substrate and comprises a count module for counting the number of discharges for each nozzle of the inkjet head unit, a comparison module for comparing the number of discharges with a reference value to determine whether the number of discharges is equal to or greater than the reference value, and an evaluation module for evaluating whether a life of the inkjet head unit has reached a usable life based on whether the number of discharges of each nozzle is equal to or greater than the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yeon Chul Song, Myeong Jun Lim, Kwang Sup Kim, Jong Min Lee, Jun Ho Oh, Ji Hoon Yoo, Young Ho Park
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Patent number: 12136707Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Jae-Won Lim, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Ji-Min Jung, Su-Ji Choi, Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Jae-Woong Kim, Jong-Sik Park, Yu-Sung Choe, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
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Publication number: 20240361388Abstract: A battery system including: a battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel; a temperature sensor measuring a cell temperature of each of the plurality of battery cells; and a battery management system (BMS). The BMS determines: an estimated cell resistance value corresponding to a measured cell temperature value by using a first look-up table for each of the plurality of battery cells; an estimated cell current value based on the estimated cell resistance value and an estimated cell voltage value estimated during a (N?1)-th estimation period, N being a natural number greater than or equal to 1; an estimated cell capacity corresponding to the estimated cell current value by using a capacity estimation model; and the estimated cell voltage value corresponding to the estimated cell capacity as the estimated cell voltage value during an N-th estimation period using a second look-up table.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventor: Kwang Min KIM
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Patent number: 12123903Abstract: A static electricity visualization apparatus capable of visually identifying a measured level of static electricity is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Ho Oh, Kwang Sup Kim, Jae Hong Kim, Kyung Hun Jang, Young Ho Park, Jong Min Lee, Yeon Chul Song, Sang Min Ha, Ji Hoon Yoo, Myeong Jun Lim
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Publication number: 20240322316Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing structure of an electrode terminal, and a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The fixing structure of an electrode terminal includes a battery housing having an open end and a bottom portion in which a perforation hole is formed; an electrode terminal installed through the perforation hole not to contact an inner wall of the perforation hole; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforation hole. A hot-melt layer is interposed at the interface between the electrode terminal and the terminal gasket or the interface between the terminal gasket and the battery housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Seop Oh, Bo-Hyun Kang, Do-Gyun Kim, Gu-Min Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Kwang Su Hwangbo, Seon-Min Lee, Gu-Jin Chung
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Publication number: 20240306458Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: TAE HOON KWON, WON KYU KWAK, KWANG-MIN KIM, HEY JIN SHIN, SEUNG-KYU LEE
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Publication number: 20240295675Abstract: A water-repellent coating lens for a camera has enhanced abrasion resistance performance and chemical resistance performance of the water-repellent coating. The water-repellent coating lens includes a lens base layer and a plurality of coating layers deposited on the lens base layer. The plurality of coating layers include a first water-repellent coating layer containing a fluorine-based compound and a second water-repellent coating layer positioned on the bottom surface of the first water-repellent coating layer and containing an inorganic oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEKONIX CO. LTD.Inventors: Jai-Min Han, Byung-Kyu Cho, Kwang-Joon Han, Ji-Woong Yeon, Jin-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 12080207Abstract: A display device includes a substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixels, a pad area including a plurality of input pads, and a circuit area positioned between the pad area and the display area; a crack sensor having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to a first input pad of the plurality of input pads; a first shorting element extending through the pad area, the first shorting element being connected to the second end and extending to an edge of the substrate; a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a crack sensing circuit including a first switching element having an input terminal connected to the first end and an output terminal connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines, and a second switching element having an input terminal connected to the second end and an output terminal connected to a second data line of the plurality of data lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang-Min Kim, Won Kyun Kwak, Seung-Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 12059199Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stent delivery system, and can be configured to include a connector portion connected to an external current source, an electrocautery tip connected to the connector portion by a conductive line, and a delivery portion having one side connected to the electrocautery tip, having the other side connected to the connector portion, and having the conductive line for connecting the electrocautery tip and the connector portion positioned therein, and a stent space portion in which a stent is positioned is formed adjacent to the electrocautery tip inside the delivery portion, and the delivery portion gradually moves and supplies the stent into the human body tissue, and according to the present disclosure, it is possible to integrate the conductive line and the tube, thereby improving the rigidity of the tube, and varying the size of the electrocautery tip.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: TAEWOONG MEDICAL CO., LTDInventors: Kyong Min Shin, Kwang Seok Kim, Se Ik Park, Seong Wook Park
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Patent number: 12058900Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, a plurality of pixels on the substrate in the display region, a first wiring and a second wiring on the substrate in the peripheral region, An insulation layer on the first and second wirings, the insulation layer covering a top surface and a sidewall of each of the first and second wirings, and an encapsulation layer on the plurality of pixels and on the insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun-Ja Kwon, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Byoung-Sun Kim, Hye-Jin Shin