Patents by Inventor Kyung-A Kim

Kyung-A 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: 20110157035
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an actuator module that improves vibration of a touch screen pad. More specifically, the actuator module is configured to include a plate that is positioned at the lower part of a touch display module in which an image display unit is coupled to the lower part of a touch screen panel, a vibration generator that is positioned at the lower part of the plate and is mechanically deformed by compression or contraction when voltage is applied, and an adhesive layer that bonds the touch display module to the plate and the plate to the vibration generator and generates bending moment by the mechanical deformation of the vibration generator, thereby making it possible to transfer the vibration by the vibration generator directly to the touch screen panel and be designed in an ultra-thin type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Ki Suk WOO, Yeon Ho Son, Su Young Jung, Dong Sun Park, Dae Woong Yun, Kum Kyung Lee, Ji Yeoun Jang, Jae Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110156539
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric actuator for actuating a haptic device, which includes a piezoelectric element having a plurality of piezoelectric layers which are stacked and have the same polling direction, and an electrode pattern formed on the piezoelectric element, in which the length of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers is greater than or equal to four times the width of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers, and the width of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers is greater than or equal to ten times the thickness of each of the plurality of piezoelectric layers, so that the piezoelectric actuator can greatly vibrate in the direction of length with reduced power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Dong Sun PARK, Yeon Ho Son, Jae Kyung Kim, Ki Suk Woo, Dae Woong Yun, Kum Kyung Lee, Su Young Jung, Ji Yeoun Jang
  • Publication number: 20110148652
    Abstract: A walking guidance apparatus using human body communication, including: a first human body communication device acquiring a walking guidance information signal, converting the acquired walking guidance information signal into a signal available for human body communication, and transmitting the converted signal through a user's body; and a second human body communication device receiving the signal transmitted through the user's body from the first human body communication device, converting the received signal into a signal that can be recognized by the user, and outputting the converted signal. Walking guidance information having a high privacy function and high stability and accuracy can be provided to enhance user convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Bum KIM, Jung Hwan Hwang, Tae Young Kang, Tae Wook Kang, Kyung Soo Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Kyung Hwan Park, Hyung Il Park, In Gi Lim, Byoung Gun Choi, Seok Bong Hyun, Chang Hee Hyoung, Sung Weon Kang, Jin Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110150895
    Abstract: An antibody specifically binding to angiopoietin-2, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and a use thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-sang RYU, Brian Ho-sung MIN, A-yeon CHO, Min-kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20110149202
    Abstract: A light guide plate for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image, and a 3D image display apparatus employing the same. The light guide plate includes a transparent body formed in a flat panel shape, and for guiding light with total internal reflection in the transparent body; and a plurality of viewing zone separation units aligned inside the transparent body. Light incident on two side surfaces of the light guide plate is separated into different viewing zones by reflective surfaces of the viewing zone separation units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-hee SOHN, Young-hwan Kim, Hong-seok Lee, Hee-kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 7964491
    Abstract: A method of forming metal wirings of a nonvolatile memory device include forming a first insulating layer over a semiconductor substrate including a first junction area and a second junction area, forming first and second contact holes through which the first and second junction areas are respectively exposed in the first insulating layer, forming first and second contact plugs within the first and second contact holes, etching a part of the second contact plug, thus forming a recess, forming a second insulating layer to fill the recess, forming a third insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate including the first and second insulating layers, forming a first trench through which the first contact plug is exposed a second trench through which the second contact plug is exposed by etching the third insulating layer, and forming first and second metal wirings within the first and second trenches, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Chul Shin, Tae Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110141933
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling power for uplink are provided. When a base station is moving or unable to communicate with others, at least one interference amount is estimated for a neighboring base station based on a path gain between a terminal and the neighboring base station and a transmission power of each encoding packet size and transmission format included in a candidate group related to scheduling transmission power parameters. A target interference amount is determined based on an interference amount control value and an initial target interference amount according to a processing load of a serving base station, and one interference amount is selected from estimated interference amounts based on the target interference amount. The terminal determines the transmission power based on an encoding packet size and a transmission format corresponding to the selected interference amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD., ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun-Jae KIM, Sung Cheol CHANG, Sung Kyung KIM, Won-Ik KIM, Chul Sik YOON
  • Patent number: 7961061
    Abstract: Provided are modulation and demodulation methods and apparatuses using a frequency selective baseband. The frequency modulation method includes: generating a plurality of subgroups by dividing 2N (N is a real number) spread codes used for frequency spreading into 2M (M<N, M is a real number) spread codes; selecting P(P is a real number) subgroups among the generated subgroups; acquiring P spread codes by inputting M data bits to each of the p subgroups so as for 1 spread code to be selected among the 2M spread codes of each subgroup; and selecting dominant value among the acquired P spread codes to generate transmitting data including the dominant value. Accordingly, it is possible to increase a processing gain of the entire system, to increase a transmission data rate, and to reduce power consumption of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Gi Lim, Hyung II Park, Sung Weon Kang, Tae Wook Kang, Chang Hee Hyoung, Jung Hwan Hwang, Kyung Soo Kim, Jung Bum Kim, Duck Gun Park, Jin Kyung Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Ki Hyuk Park, Jae Hoon Shim
  • Publication number: 20110132135
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for rotating a handle frame of a bicycle. In order to facilitate the manipulation of a brake lever or a gear shift lever and further improve the convenience of the product, the apparatus for rotating the handle frame is mounted on the handle frame of the vehicle to allow the handle frame to rotate in a rotation direction identical to that of a handle and at a rotation angle identical to that of the handle, so that the handle frame rotates according to road conditions. A rider is protected from impact occurring according to the road conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Ja Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110133233
    Abstract: A light emitting device may include a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer. A first electrode including a plurality of openings may be provided on the light emitting structure. A filling factor, which is an area ratio of the first electrode relative to an area of a top surface of the light emitting structure, may be 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Jeung Mo KANG, Sun Kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20110127884
    Abstract: A vibration actuator module is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the vibration actuator module includes a vibrated body, a vibrating plate, which is coupled to the vibrated body and has a smaller elastic modulus than the vibrated body, and a driver, which is coupled to the vibrating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Ki-Suk WOO, Yeon-Ho Son, Su-Young Jung, Dong-Sun Park, Dae-Woong Yun, Kum-Kyung Lee, Ji-Yeoun Jang, Jae-Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110129125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biochip detection system capable of correcting a distorted part of detection data acquired by a detection stage rotated at high speed for detecting bio-information of the biochip, and a method of correcting the distorted image of the detection data using the same. The biochip detection system with a rotatable detection stage capable of loading at least one biochip thereon to detect information of the biochip by emitting light includes a detector detecting and converting light reflected from the biochip into a detection signal, an image data unit converting the detection signal into image data, and an image correction unit correcting a distorted image of the detection signal. The biochip detection system can correct an image, which is distorted during detection of the high-speed rotatable detection stage, into an orthogonal image, so that more accurate and reliable bio-information can be quickly acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Soo Kyung KIM, Won Hyung CHO, In Gyu KIM, Seong Pil HEO
  • Patent number: 7952561
    Abstract: A method of controlling an application using a motion of an image pickup unit, the method includes storing gestures corresponding to a command to control an application, tracing a motion parameter corresponding to an image that is continuously input, detecting a gesture corresponding to the traced motion parameter from the stored gestures, and outputting a control signal of a command corresponding to the detected gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qifeng Liu, Young-su Moon, Yoon-kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 7952271
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode; and an emitting layer interposed between the organic layer and the second electrode. The concentration of inorganic impurities within the organic layer is 1000 ppb or less. The organic light-emitting device has high light-emitting efficiency, low driving voltage, high brightness, and long life span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Seung Chun, Dong-Hun Kim, Mi-Kyung Kim, Jung-Ha Son, Jae-Hyun Kwak
  • Publication number: 20110126069
    Abstract: In a retransmission control method, a HARQ process is performed by transmitting a HARQ burst to a receiving side. When the HARQ process for the HARQ burst is terminated with unsuccessful transmission of the HARQ burst, transmission of an ARQ block corresponding to the HARQ burst is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Kyung Kim, Kwang Jae Lim, Sung Cheol Chang, Chul Sik Yoon
  • Publication number: 20110123032
    Abstract: Provided is a single sound transmission apparatus using human body communication. The single sound transmission apparatus includes a sound signal generator generating a sound signal of an audio frequency band, a high frequency signal generator generating a high frequency signal having a higher frequency than the audio frequency band, a signal combiner generating a combined signal by combining the sound signal with the high frequency signal, and a signal transmitter varying a phase difference between the combined signal outputted from the signal combiner and the high frequency signal outputted from the high frequency signal generator, and outputting the combined signal and the high frequency signal together to a human body, in order to leave only the sound signal through destructive interference of the high frequency signal of the combined signal, wherein the destructive interference is generated in an ear area of the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hey-Jin Myoung, Sung-Weon Kang, Jung-Hwan Hwang, Sung-Eun Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim, Jung-Bum Kim, In-gi Lim, Chang-Hee Hyoung, Jin-Kyung Kim, Hyung-II Park, Tae-Wook Kang
  • Publication number: 20110114930
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including a mixed organic layer that includes a triphenyl amine derivative and a pyrazine derivative and an emission layer that includes an anthracene derivative, an amine-containing styryl derivative, or any mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Tae-Shick Kim, Dong-Heon Kim, Kwan-Hee Lee, Choon-Woo Lim, Jae-Hyun Kwak, Jung-Ha Son, Min-Seung Chun, Young-Ho Park, Kyung-Hoon Choi, Mi-Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20110115578
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) transition for a three dimensional molded RF structure is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a radio frequency (RF) transition for an RF structure, the RF transition includes an assembly having a first flexible layer, a second flexible layer, and a third flexible layer, wherein a first section of the assembly includes a microstrip transmission line, wherein a second section of the assembly includes a dielectric stripline transmission line, and wherein a third section of the assembly includes a suspended substrate stripline transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Clifton Quan, Fangchou Yang, Hee Kyung Kim, Alberto F. Viscarra
  • Publication number: 20110114242
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assembling lightweight RF antenna structures are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a process for forming a lightweight antenna including a process for forming a first feed assembly for the antenna, the process for forming the first feed assembly including providing a flat flexible circuit substrate, providing a formed flexible circuit substrate, applying an adhesive to a plurality of locations on a surface of the flat substrate or the formed substrate, joining the flat substrate and the formed substrate using the adhesive, and heating the joined flat substrate and the formed substrate to bond the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Hee Kyung Kim, Fangchou Yang, Alberto F. Viscarra, Clifton Quan, Derek Pruden
  • Patent number: 7944244
    Abstract: Provided is a logic gate device capable of performing multiple logic operations by using a single logic gate circuit. The multi-functional logic gate device includes a pull-up switching unit having input switches of a first group being respectively connected to multiple input terminals and selection switches of the first group connected to either a selection terminal or a logically inverted selection terminal, the pull-up switching unit electrically connecting the input switches of the first group in series or in parallel between a power source and an output terminal according to logic levels of the selection terminal and the inverted selection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-soon Lim, Chan-kyung Kim