Patents by Inventor Kyung Min Lee

Kyung Min Lee 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: 11322059
    Abstract: An aging system according to an embodiment includes an aging pad inspector for inspecting an aging pad of a display device, an aging aligner for aligning the aging pad with a probe, and an aging processor for applying an aging signal to the display device through the aging pad and through the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Ae Kim, Kyung Min Lee, Hyung Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11286696
    Abstract: A tailgate latch assembly for restraining a striker of a tailgate, which is opened or closed rearward of a vehicle, or for releasing restraint of the striker includes: a pawl configured to be rotated by a drive motor, the pawl being supported resiliently in a direction opposite to a direction of being rotated by the drive motor in a housing; a claw supported resiliently in a direction in which restraint of the striker is released in the housing, the claw being configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to the direction of being supported resiliently when the striker is restrained in the claw; and a memory lever having a first end for supporting a side face of the pawl when the pawl is rotated beyond a predetermined angle by the drive motor and a second end fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO LTD
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Cho, Kyung-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20220094011
    Abstract: A battery rack includes a rack case, and a first battery module assembly and a second battery module assembly respectively including a plurality of battery modules stacked along an upper and lower direction of the rack case, and, inside the rack case, the plurality of battery modules of the second battery module assembly are arranged such that upper and lower portions thereof are inverted based on the arrangement of the plurality of battery modules of the first battery module assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Hyun KIM, Kyung-Min LEE, Seung-Jun LEE, Goan-Su JUNG, Kown SON, Hee-Chan KIM, Jong-Soo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210401903
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP475 strain deposited under Accession No. KCCM12287P; and a Lactobacillus plantarum CJLPl7 strain deposited under Accession No. KCCM12249P, and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon Tack JANG, Hee-Yeon KIM, Ho Jin MOON, Seo Hyung WOO, Kyung Min LEE, Sung Hun KIM, Gi Duk BAE
  • Publication number: 20210361724
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP475 strain deposited under Accession No. KCCM12287P; and a Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP243 strain deposited under Accession No. KCCM11045P, and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hee-Yeon KIM, Ho Jin MOON, Kyu Yeol SON, Kyung Min LEE, Yoon Tack JANG, Sung Hun KIM, Gi Duk BAE, Bong Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20210332323
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP475 strain having acid-resistance, bile-resistance and an immune-enhancing activity, and a composition including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Min-Jeong KIM, Hee-Yeon KIM, Ho Jin MOON, Seo Hyung WOO, Kyung Min LEE, Yoon Tack JANG, Bong Joon KIM, Sung Hun KIM
  • Patent number: 11145860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery to improve stability during overcharge, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a double-layer structure which includes a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer, the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a gas generating agent generating gas during overcharge, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kyung Min Lee, Jung Seok Choi, Kyung Min Kim, Song Taek Oh
  • Patent number: 11145292
    Abstract: A method of updating a grammar model used during speech recognition includes obtaining a corpus including at least one word, obtaining the at least one word from the corpus, splitting the at least one obtained word into at least one segment, generating a hint for recombining the at least one segment into the at least one word, and updating the grammar model by using at least one segment comprising the hint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-hoon Ahn, Chi-youn Park, Kyung-min Lee, Jae-won Lee
  • Publication number: 20210253362
    Abstract: An automated material handling system includes: at least one state detecting sensor disposed inside or outside the carrier to detect an internal state of the carrier including a degree of pollution in the carrier; a carrier interface to transmit a carrier state value; a carrier controller including a controller interface disposed on the plate to obtain a carrier state value by communicating with the carrier interface, and a carrier control unit configured to generate carrier management information including the carrier state value obtained through the controller interface and current location information of the carrier and output the carrier management information to a server; and a server configured to analyze an internal pollution state of the carrier based on the carrier management information provided by the carrier controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hak Seo OH, Sang Kyo AHN, Jin Hwan KO, Sang Gyu HAN, Sung Ik KIM, Sung Hyuk YOUN, Jung Kil PARK, Kyung Min LEE, Se Hun LEE, Won Ho KANG, Eun Duk KIM
  • Publication number: 20210242548
    Abstract: A battery module improves safety by blocking current when the temperature rises, a battery pack includes the battery module, and a vehicle includes the battery pack. The battery module includes two or more battery cells, an electrode assembly having both ends respectively connected to one ends of electrode leads of opposite polarities in a pouch case together with an electrolyte and other ends of the electrode leads are exposed to an outside of the pouch case, wherein the electrode leads and a bus bar connecting a first battery cell and a second battery cell, wherein the bus bar comprises a metal layer and a material layer that is normally conductive but may act as a resistor when a temperature rises, and wherein the material layer comprises a gas generating material that is decomposed at a certain temperature or higher to generate a gas and increase resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Young LEE, Kyung-Min LEE, Bum-Young JUNG, Jeong-Ho HA
  • Publication number: 20210210086
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored in a memory to: control a receiver to receive a speech signal; determine whether the received speech signal includes speech signals of a plurality of different speakers; when the received speech signal includes the speech signals of the plurality of different speakers, detect feature information from a speech signal of each speaker; determine relations between pieces of speech content of the plurality of different speakers, based on the detected feature information; determine a response method based on the determined relations between the pieces of speech content; and control the electronic device such that an operation of the electronic device is performed according to the determined response method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Young Ho HAN, Nam Hoon KIM, Jae Young ROH, Chi Youn PARK, Kyung Min LEE, Keun Seok CHO, Jong Youb RYU
  • Patent number: 11047901
    Abstract: In a method of testing an interconnection substrate, a blocking condition of a reference light reflected from a probe having an intrinsic optical characteristic may be set. An electric field emitted from a test interconnection substrate having a plurality of circuits may change the intrinsic optical characteristics of the probe into test optical characteristics. Light may be irradiated to the probe having the test optical characteristics. The reference light reflected from the probe having the test optical characteristic may be blocked in accordance with the blocking condition. The remaining reflected light that may be due to an abnormal circuit may be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Lim, Sung-Yeol Kim, Seong-Keun Cho, Won-Don Joo, Jae-Hong Kim, Taek-Jin Kim, Kyung-Min Lee, Sang-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11016143
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a wiring circuit includes: a circuit substrate having wirings in the circuit substrate and pads on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and connected to the wirings; an electrode below a lower surface of the circuit substrate; an optical sensor above the upper surface of the circuit substrate and configured to detect a signal emitted from the upper surface of the circuit substrate; and an optical unit above the optical sensor and configured to irradiate light, wherein the optical sensor includes: an optical substrate whose optical characteristics are changed by the signal emitted from the upper surface of the circuit substrate; and a patterned reflective layer on a surface of the optical substrate facing the circuit substrate, the patterned reflective layer having a first region reflecting light incident on the optical substrate and a second region transmitting the light incident on the optical substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mee-hyun Lim, Sung-yeol Kim, Jae-hong Kim, Taek-jin Kim, Kyung-min Lee
  • Patent number: 10984790
    Abstract: A speech recognition device is provided. The speech recognition device includes at least one microphone configured to receive a sound signal from a first sound source, and at least one processor configured to determine a direction of the first sound source based on the sound signal, determine whether the direction of the first sound source is in a registered direction, and based on whether the direction of the first sound source is in the registered direction, recognize a speech from the sound signal regardless of whether the sound signal comprises a wake-up keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Taek Lim, Sang-Yoon Kim, Kyung-Min Lee, Chang-Woo Han, Nam-Hoon Kim, Jong-Youb Ryu, Chi-Youn Park, Jae-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 10964310
    Abstract: A method of updating speech recognition data including a language model used for speech recognition, the method including obtaining language data including at least one word; detecting a word that does not exist in the language model from among the at least one word; obtaining at least one phoneme sequence regarding the detected word; obtaining components constituting the at least one phoneme sequence by dividing the at least one phoneme sequence into predetermined unit components; determining information regarding probabilities that the respective components constituting each of the at least one phoneme sequence appear during speech recognition; and updating the language model based on the determined probability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-youn Park, Il-hwan Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Jae-won Lee
  • Publication number: 20210083341
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode assembly comprising: a radical unit provided with first and second electrodes stacked with a separator therebetween, wherein the first electrode is stacked at the outermost side; and a safety unit disposed on the outermost surface of the radical unit, wherein the safety unit comprises: a first safety plate disposed above the outermost surface of the radical unit; and a first semiconductor material provided between the radical unit and the first safety plate, wherein the first semiconductor material changes from an insulator to a conductor at the first set temperature or more to connect the radical unit to the first safety plate, thereby dissipating heat of the radical unit while conducting the heat to the first safety plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Young Lee, Kyung Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10942216
    Abstract: An interconnect circuit testing apparatus including: an electric signal generating circuit for generating an electric signal; a first electrode arranged at a first region of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes an interconnect circuit, an upper surface and a lower surface; a second electrode arranged at a second region of the substrate; and a sensor for detecting an electric field emitted from the first region or the second region when the electric signal is applied to the substrate through the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Yeol Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Kyung-Min Lee, Mee-Hyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20210038657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP17 strain having acid resistance, bile resistance, and an immune-enhancing activity, and to a composition comprising the Lactobacillus plantarum CJLP17 strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ho Jin MOON, Hee-yeon KIM, Seo Hyung WOO, Kyung Min LEE, Yoon Tack JANG, Sung Hun KIM, Jongsu EUN
  • Patent number: 10872649
    Abstract: Disclosed are memory devices including a variable resistance memory cell and a word line control circuit. A memory device including a variable resistance memory cell including a variable resistance element, a first cell transistor, and a second cell transistor, a first end of the variable resistance element connected to a bit line, a second end of the variable resistance element, a first end of the first cell transistor, and a first end of the second cell transistor connected to the common node, a second end of the first cell transistor and a second end of the second cell transistor connected to a source line, and a word line control circuit configured to separate a sub word line connected to a gate electrode of the second cell transistor from a word line connected to a gate electrode of the first cell transistor in a first write operation and to connect the word line and the sub word line to each other in a second write operation may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Min Lee, Hyunsung Jung
  • Publication number: 20200295362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery to improve stability during overcharge, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a double-layer structure which includes a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer, the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a volume expansion resin in which volume expansion occurs at a high temperature during overcharge, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Min Lee, Jung Seok Choi, Kyung Min Kim, Song Taek Oh