Patents by Inventor Kwang Nam

Kwang Nam 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: 11991486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color transform method performed by an electronic device that includes generating an initial color transformed image by performing color transform on a raw image, determine noise amplification degrees indicating degrees to which noise included in the raw image is amplified by the color transform, processing the determined noise amplification degrees, and generating a final color transformed image by filtering the generated initial color transformed image using the processed noise amplification degrees and at least one of the raw image or luminance information of the raw image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geonwoo Kim, Sung Kwang Cho, Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20240135587
    Abstract: A method of learning a parameter of a sensor filter and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. The learning method may include performing a simulation on a target image for each spectrum of a sensor filter, obtaining an output value by inputting the simulated image to a vision model for a vision task, and learning a parameter of the sensor filter based on a loss between a label of the vision model and the output value of the vision model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Kwang CHO, Geonwoo Kim, Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20240107181
    Abstract: An optimization method includes determining first information related to a difference between the color filter spectrum and the color spectrum or a difference between an image transformed by the color transformation matrix and a ground truth (GT) image in the reset color space, determining second information representing smoothness of the color filter spectrum, third information representing a transmittance of the color filter spectrum, calculating a cost value based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, compare the calculated cost value and a threshold, and updating one of the filter spectrum information and the color transformation matrix in response to the calculated cost value being equal to or greater than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonwoo Kim, Sung Kwang Cho, Yang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20240106932
    Abstract: An example electronic apparatus for providing voice recognition control includes a display; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to obtain a content including at least one object; distinguish the at least one object within the content; display an instruction text in correspondence with a non-text object among the at least one object; and select the non-text object corresponding to the instruction text if a voice command corresponding to the instruction text is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang-Youn KIM, Won-Nam JANG
  • Publication number: 20240077251
    Abstract: In a refrigerator according to the present disclosure, by forming one or more protruding ribs of which at least portions extend in a horizontal direction along an outer perimeter surface of a storage part into which a roller part is inserted, it is possible to block or distribute a load acting on a drawer in a vertical direction as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun CHOI, Seonwoo NAM
  • Publication number: 20240047842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switchable filter comprising: a filter unit in which a first filter group for filtering the frequency of a first frequency band is provided on one surface thereof and a second filter group for filtering the frequency of a second frequency band is provided on the other surface thereof on the basis of a center partition wall; and a frequency band switching unit, which moves to be adjacent to or separated from the one surface or the other surface of the filter unit, and thus converts a frequency band into the first frequency band or the second frequency band. Therefore, the deterioration of RF characteristics is prevented and selective conversion between frequency bands is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Nam Shin PARK, Joung Hoe KIM, Jung Hee WON, Kwang Nam JEON, Won Jae YOON, Hyung Sun YOON
  • Patent number: 11837496
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woo Sun, Sung Moon Park, Je Woo Han, Kwang Nam Kim, Ho Chang Lee, Young Hoon Jeong, Masayuki Tomoyasu
  • Patent number: 11791194
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woo Sun, Sung Moon Park, Je Woo Han, Kwang Nam Kim, Ho Chang Lee, Young Hoon Jeong, Masayuki Tomoyasu
  • Publication number: 20230246337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cavity filter assembly and, particularly, comprises: a filter body having a cavity, which is a predetermined space therein; and at least one resonance bar having a front end surface that forms a stamped part, which is a protruding surface protruding from the bottom surface of the filter body toward the cavity so as to be parallel to the bottom surface of the filter body in the cavity, for frequency tuning in the cavity, and having a tuning correction hole that penetrates the stamped part, wherein the resonance bar allows frequency tuning to be performed in the cavity through stamping on the outer surface of the stamped part from the outside of the filter body, and the tuned frequency can be corrected through the tuning correction hole, and thus the advantages of reducing the total weight and component costs of an antenna device and improving product productivity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Joung Hoe KIM, Kwang Nam JEON, Jung Hee WON, Jong Min PARK, Haeng Seok CHOI, Seong Cheon JO, Jong Youn JUNG
  • Patent number: 11648068
    Abstract: A magnetic robot system is provided. The magnetic robot system comprises: a catheter having a first magnet coupling part provided at the front end thereof; and a mobile robot having a second magnet coupling part provided at the rear end thereof, and having a driving magnet, wherein the mobile robot is coupled to the catheter by means of magnetic force between the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part, and the magnetic force coupling of the first magnet coupling part and the second magnet coupling part can be released by rotating magnetic torque generated by the driving magnet because of the application of external rotating magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Gunhee Jang, Wonseo Lee, Jae Kwang Nam, Jongyul Kim
  • Patent number: 11642108
    Abstract: A magnetic robot is provided. The magnetic robot comprises: a moving part which could be moved by means of a control of an external magnetic field; and an inspection part which is coupled to a frontal end of the moving part, wherein the inspection part comprises: a body provided with a tissue sampling needle at the frontal end thereof; a cover for covering the body; and a cover-moving part for moving the cover between a first position and a second position, wherein in the case where the cover is positioned in the first position, the tissue sampling needle is housed within the cover, and in the case where the cover is positioned in the second position, the tissue sampling needle is exposed to the outside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Hanyong University
    Inventors: Gunhee Jang, Eun Soo Jung, Jae Kwang Nam
  • Patent number: 11501987
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a loadlock module including a loadlock chamber in which a substrate container is received, wherein the loadlock module is configured to switch an internal pressure of the loadlock chamber between atmospheric pressure and a vacuum; and a transfer module configured to transfer a substrate between the substrate container received in the loadlock chamber and a process module for performing a semiconductor manufacturing process on the substrate, wherein the loadlock module includes a purge gas supply unit configured to supply a purge gas into the substrate container through a gas supply line connected to the substrate container; and an exhaust unit configured to discharge a gas in the substrate container through an exhaust line connected to the substrate container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-nam Kim, Byeong-Hee Kim, Jeongryul Kim, Hae-Joong Park, Jong-Woo Sun, Sang-Rok Oh, Sung-Wook Jung, Nam-Young Cho, Jung-Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11452627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stent delivery device having: a first support rod into which a first movable body is inserted; a fixed magnet; and a second support rod into which a second movable body is inserted, wherein a first driving magnet included in the first movable body and a second driving magnet included in the second movable body rotate relative to each other by means of the control of an external magnetic field at a predetermined angle around an axis in a first direction with respect to the fixed magnet, thereby separating a first coupling piece and a second coupling piece from a first coupling groove and a second coupling groove and enabling a stent to unfold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Gunhee Jang, Wonseo Lee, Jae Kwang Nam, Eun Soo Jung
  • Patent number: 11439475
    Abstract: A drug delivery robot is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Gunhee Jang, Jae Kwang Nam
  • Patent number: 11371735
    Abstract: The disclosure an air conditioning system and a method of controlling the same. During the heating operation of the A2W indoor unit, the A2A valve that connects the outdoor unit to the A2A indoor unit is closed to prevent the inflow of the refrigerant into the A2A indoor unit, so it is possible to prevent performance degradation by improving performance loss due to refrigerant bypass to a stationary A2A indoor unit. In addition, in order to improve the performance due to deterioration of heating performance, the system itself can cope with a control algorithm without any additional hardware configuration, thereby minimizing the installation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woong Sun, Yong Sang Kong, Chang Soo Lim, Sung Jin Cho, Sung Tae Kim, Chang Seo Park, Dong Seok Bae, Kwang Nam Shin
  • Patent number: 11289309
    Abstract: A plasma processing device is provided with a chamber including a space that is configured to perform a treatment process for a wafer. A supporting member is disposed inside of the chamber and configured to support the wafer. A gas supply unit is configured to inject a mixed gas in different directions toward the supporting member. The pressure of the mixed gas is increased by adding inert gas to reactive gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun Kim, Kwang Nam Kim, Sung Yeon Kim, Jong Woo Sun, Sang Rok Oh, Jung Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11206599
    Abstract: There is provided a main unit and a distributed antenna system including the same. The main unit for constituting a distributed antenna system that receives a base station signal from at least one base station, transmits the base station signal to at least one user terminal, and includes a plurality of main units, the main unit includes: a first receiver for receiving a first group of base station signals; a second receiver for receiving a second group of base station signals from another main unit; a signal combiner for combining the first and second groups of base station signals; and a delay compensator for compensating for time delay corresponding to a path between the main unit and the other main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first and second groups of base station signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim, Kwang Nam Seo
  • Publication number: 20210272838
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Woo SUN, Sung Moon PARK, Je Woo HAN, Kwang Nam KIM, Ho Chang LEE, Young Hoon JEONG, Masayuki TOMOYASU
  • Publication number: 20210202283
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a loadlock module including a loadlock chamber in which a substrate container is received, wherein the loadlock module is configured to switch an internal pressure of the loadlock chamber between atmospheric pressure and a vacuum; and a transfer module configured to transfer a substrate between the substrate container received in the loadlock chamber and a process module for performing a semiconductor manufacturing process on the substrate, wherein the loadlock module includes a purge gas supply unit configured to supply a purge gas into the substrate container through a gas supply line connected to the substrate container; and an exhaust unit configured to discharge a gas in the substrate container through an exhaust line connected to the substrate container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kwang-nam Kim, Byeong-Hee Kim, Jeongryul Kim, Hae-Joong Park, Jong-Woo Sun, Sang-Rok Oh, Sung-Wook Jung, Nam-Young Cho, Jung-Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11037766
    Abstract: A substrate support apparatus includes a substrate stage to support a substrate, and a ground ring assembly along a circumference of the substrate stage, the ground ring assembly including a ground ring body, the ground ring body having a plurality of recesses along a circumferential portion thereof, and a plurality of ground blocks movable to be received into respective recesses of the plurality of recesses, the plurality of ground blocks including a conductive material to be electrically grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Nam Kim, Sung-Yeon Kim, Hyung-Jun Kim, Jong-Woo Sun, Sang-Rok Oh, Jung-Pyo Hong