Patents by Inventor Kyung-Hwan Kim

Kyung-Hwan 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).

  • Safe lighting system using wall mounted lift
    Patent number: 9605838
    Abstract: A safe lighting system using wall mounted lift comprises a polygonal pipe cylinder installing at a building wall; a polygonal lifting unit moving up and down along the inner wall of the polygonal pipe cylinder; a wire adjusting the height of the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the wire is connected to the upper side of the polygonal lifting unit; a lifting control unit controlling the height of the polygonal lifting unit by winding or releasing the wire; and a lighting apparatus installed at the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the height of the lighting apparatus is adjusted by the lifting control unit, and the installation and the maintenance of the lighting apparatus can be done conveniently on the ground by lowering the lighting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: NEW TECHNOLOGY BANK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Tae Su Lee, Ji Seon Kim
  • Method and apparatus for creating model of patient specified target organ
    Patent number: 9558587
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method to create a model of a target organ of a patient. The apparatus and method generate a deformation matrix between at least two shape models of a target organ based on at least two three-dimensional (3D) images of the target organ. The apparatus and method also extract constraints about the target organ from a two-dimensional (2D) image of the target organ. The apparatus and method create the model of the target organ based on the constraints and the deformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Hyup Kang, Tae Hyun Rhee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Do Kyoon Kim, Sang Wook Kim
  • SAFE LIGHTING SYSTEM USING WALL MOUNTED LIFT
    Publication number: 20160363301
    Abstract: A safe lighting system using wall mounted lift comprises a polygonal pipe cylinder installing at a building wall; a polygonal lifting unit moving up and down along the inner wall of the polygonal pipe cylinder; a wire adjusting the height of the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the wire is connected to the upper side of the polygonal lifting unit; a lifting control unit controlling the height of the polygonal lifting unit by winding or releasing the wire; and a lighting apparatus installed at the polygonal lifting unit, wherein the height of the lighting apparatus is adjusted by the lifting control unit, and the installation and the maintenance of the lighting apparatus can be done conveniently on the ground by lowering the lighting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: NEW TECHNOLOGY BANK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan KIM, Tae Su Lee, Ji Seon Kim
  • Method and apparatus for creating model of patient specified target organ based on blood vessel structure
    Patent number: 9514280
    Abstract: A method of creating a model of an organ, includes creating a shape model, including a blood vessel structure, of the organ based on three-dimensional (3D) images of the organ, and compartmentalizing the shape model into areas based on an influence of a blood vessel tree with respect to a deformation of the shape model, the blood vessel tree indicating the blood vessel structure. The method further includes deforming the blood vessel structure of the shape model to fit a blood vessel structure of a two-dimensional (2D) image of the organ, and creating the model of the organ based on the deformed blood vessel structure and the areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na Hyup Kang, Hyong Euk Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Ji Yeon Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • ROTARY INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADOPTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160327916
    Abstract: A rotary input device comprising: a bezel portion that includes one or more pressing members; and one or more switch units, wherein each of the switch units is arranged to come in physical contact with any of the pressing members when the bezel portion is rotated, and generate an electrical on/off signal when the switch unit comes in physical contact with any of the pressing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Sang-Eun KIM, Ki-Young KWON, Kyung-Hwan KIM, Ji-Hoon PARK, Tae-Yoon AN, Tae-Won UM, In-Ho OH, Jae-Woong CHOI
  • Motor having electromagnetic rotor
    Patent number: 9461509
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor including: a rotor housing; a stator assembly located inside the rotor housing; a first core located inside the stator assembly; a second core located at the center of the rotor housing; and a coil housing located inside the rotor housing and having a space portion formed at the inside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NEW MOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Jeong Nam Seo, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Vessel segmentation method and apparatus using multiple thresholds values
    Patent number: 9424637
    Abstract: A vessel segmentation method includes acquiring an image of a blood vessel, including cross sections, using a contrast medium. The method further includes setting a threshold value for each of the cross sections based on data of an intensity of the contrast medium. The method further includes performing vessel segmentation based on the image and the threshold value for each of the cross sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyong Euk Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Na Hyup Kang, Sang Wook Kim, Ji Yeon Kim
  • Monotrack-movable lighting system having a lifting zone for maintenance
    Patent number: 9316371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a movable lighting system with lighting devices driven along a monotrack, more specifically, relates to a movable lighting system having a lifting zone where a portion of the monotrack can be moved up and down for maintenance, wherein the movable portion of the monotrack comprises a locking module. In the monotrack-based movable lighting system of the present invention, a lifting track, moving up and down, is installed in a portion of the track; as a result, it is easy to repair and maintain the lighting devices and it is possible to accomplish safe maintenance with the help of the locking modules preventing the moving carrier from derailing when the lifting track moves up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: New Technology Bank Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Apparatus and method for estimating camera motion using depth information, and augmented reality system
    Patent number: 9304194
    Abstract: Provided is a camera motion estimation method and apparatus that may estimate a motion of a depth camera in real time. The camera motion estimation apparatus may extract an intersection point from plane information of a depth image, calculate a feature point associated with each of planes included in the plane information using the extracted intersection point, and extract a motion of a depth camera providing the depth image using the feature point. Accordingly, in an environment where an illumination environment dynamically varies, or regardless of a texture state within a space, the camera motion estimation apparatus may estimate a camera motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Min Rhee, Yong Beom Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Do Kyoon Kim
  • WINDOW MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160062552
    Abstract: A window management method in an electronic device and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a user input event generated in association with a selection of an item displayed in a display area of a display; and outputting, to the display, by a display control module, a plurality of windows corresponding to the selected item and information indicating at least one output capable window corresponding to the selected item and available to be output in a specified form in a specified area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Hye Soon JEONG, Jun Ho LEE, Ji Hoon JEON, Kyung Hwan KIM, Dong Jeon KIM, Jin Wan AN, Dae Sik HWANG
  • METHOD OF PROCESSING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160062557
    Abstract: A method for processing contents at an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a first content corresponding to a user input applied to content via the electronic device, and displaying a floating user interface (UI), which displays first scrap information on the first content, on a screen of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwan KIM, Dong-Jeon KIM, Jin-Hong JEONG, Hye-Soon JEONG, Se-Jun SONG, Yo-Han LEE
  • Display apparatus and hot stamping system for the same
    Patent number: 9248633
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus including a display panel on which an image is displayed, a cover including a side portion configured to cover upper and lower side surfaces and left and right side surfaces of the display panel and a rear portion configured to cover an outer peripheral region of a rear surface of the display panel, and a rear cover coupled to the middle cover and configured to cover the rear surface of the display panel, and a hot stamping system for the same. A thin film having a particular color is attached to the side portion via the hot stamping system, which enables easy manufacture of the display apparatus having various colors of covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Sung In, Kyung Hwan Kim, Young Jik Lee, Kyu Hong Jung, Suk Ju Yoon
  • High voltage integrated devices, methods of fabricating the same, electronic devices including the same, and electronic systems including the same
    Patent number: 9214548
    Abstract: A high voltage integrated device includes a drift region in a substrate, a source region in the substrate and spaced apart from the drift region, a drain region in the drift region, a trench insulation layer in the drift region between the source region and the drain region, and a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode sequentially stacked on the substrate between the source region and the drift region and extending onto the trench insulation layers. The upper sidewall of the first trench insulation layer has a first angle to the bottom surface thereof and the lower sidewall of the first trench insulation layer has a second angle, which is smaller than the first angle, to the bottom surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Han Ju Oh, Seong Hun Kang, Hyoung Nam Lim, Sang Duk Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Su Jin
  • Communication device, a method of processing signal in the communication device and a system having the communication device
    Patent number: 9208118
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including an interface module configured to connect the mobile terminal to a personal computer; a communication unit configured to communicate with the personal computer via a first communication mode, a controller configured to selectively transmit a communication mode change program to the personal computer via the interface module, the communication mode change program instructing the personal computer to communicate with the mobile terminal via a second communication mode that is different than the first communication mode, and a receiving unit configured to receive a mode change instruction from the personal computer instructing the mobile terminal to communicate with the personal computer via the second communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Uee Song Lee, Won-Bin Jang, Jong Pil Won, Jung Su Lee, Ju Ho Ha, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Method and apparatus for estimating organ deformation model and medical image system
    Patent number: 9092666
    Abstract: A method of estimating an organ deformation model includes generating at least one 3D organ shape model of an organ of a subject based on at least one non-real time medical image representing a deformation state of the organ of the subject; generating a deformation space for the organ of the subject based on the at least one 3D organ shape model and prior knowledge regarding the organ; and estimating a 3D organ deformation model of the organ of the subject based on a real-time medical image of the organ of the subject and the deformation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na-hyup Kang, Tae-hyun Rhee, Kyung-hwan Kim, Do-kyoon Kim, Sang-wook Kim
  • Apparatus for and method of forming image
    Patent number: 9057979
    Abstract: An apparatus for and method of forming images. The apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member configured to electrify a surface of the photosensitive member to a predetermined electric potential, an exposure member configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrified surface of the photosensitive member, and a developing member configured to develop a toner image on the surface of the photosensitive member on which the electrostatic latent image is formed. The developing member converts a toner disposed near the photosensitive member into a cloud state using ultrasonic oscillation and adheres the cloud-state toner to the electrostatic latent image due to a bias voltage applied between the developing member and the photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-hwan Kim, Sung-wook Kang, Yury Telegin
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HOT STAMPING SYSTEM FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150124424
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus including a display panel on which an image is displayed, a cover including a side portion configured to cover upper and lower side surfaces and left and right side surfaces of the display panel and a rear portion configured to cover an outer peripheral region of a rear surface of the display panel, and a rear cover coupled to the middle cover and configured to cover the rear surface of the display panel, and a hot stamping system for the same. A thin film having a particular color is attached to the side portion via the hot stamping system, which enables easy manufacture of the display apparatus having various colors of covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Sung IN, Kyung Hwan KIM, Young Jik LEE, Kyu Hong JUNG, Suk Ju YOON
  • System and method for multi-layered augmented reality
    Patent number: 8988464
    Abstract: A multi-layered augmented reality system and method may extract a target object and a background from an image frame, may track the target object and the background, may apply different coordinate systems to a first virtual object corresponding to the target object and a second virtual object corresponding to the background, and may independently control the first virtual object and the second virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Yong Beom Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Seon Min Rhee
  • Electric water pump
    Patent number: 8961154
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Electric water pump
    Patent number: 8932035
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee