Patents by Inventor Lee Im KANG

Lee Im KANG 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: 11828982
    Abstract: An optical array waveguide grating-type multiplexer and demultiplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first substrate, a plurality of first waveguides disposed on the first substrate to be superposed in the vertical direction, which is the thickness direction of the first substrate; a 1-1st cladding layer disposed between the first substrate and a 1-1st waveguide, which is nearest to the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides; a 1-2nd cladding layer disposed between the plurality of first waveguides; and a 1-3rd cladding layer disposed on a 1-2nd waveguide, which is furthest from the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Im Kang, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Publication number: 20220155443
    Abstract: An optical device includes a light receiving element for detecting light reflected and transmitted from a subject; a voltage part for providing a first bias voltage or a second bias voltage to the light receiving element; and a controller for controlling the voltage part so that the second bias voltage provided from the voltage part is synchronized with a light output of a light emitting part to be provided to the light receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck LEE, Lee Im KANG, Ji Sung KIM, Yang Hyun JOO
  • Patent number: 11262439
    Abstract: Provided are a light-receiving device and lidar comprising the light-receiving device. The light-receiving device comprises: a first lens comprising a first lens surface for receiving light from an outside and a second lens surface for changing the path of the light received by the first lens surface and outputting the light to the outside; and a sensor on which light transmitted through the second lens surface is incident, wherein the first lens surface is a spherical surface, the second lens surface is an aspherical surface, and the focus of the first lens deviates from the sensor surface of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck Lee, Lee Im Kang, Ji Sung Kim, Yang Hyun Joo
  • Publication number: 20210181413
    Abstract: An optical array waveguide grating-type multiplexer and demultiplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first substrate, a plurality of first waveguides disposed on the first substrate to be superposed in the vertical direction, which is the thickness direction of the first substrate; a 1-1st cladding layer disposed between the first substrate and a 1-1st waveguide, which is nearest to the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides; a 1-2nd cladding layer disposed between the plurality of first waveguides; and a 1-3rd cladding layer disposed on a 1-2nd waveguide, which is furthest from the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Im KANG, Chang Hyuck LEE
  • Patent number: 10962712
    Abstract: An optical array waveguide grating-type multiplexer and demultiplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first substrate, a plurality of first waveguides disposed on the first substrate to be superposed in the vertical direction, which is the thickness direction of the first substrate; a 1-1st cladding layer disposed between the first substrate and a 1-1st waveguide, which is nearest to the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides; a 1-2nd cladding layer disposed between the plurality of first waveguides; and a 1-3rd cladding layer disposed on a 1-2nd waveguide, which is furthest from the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Im Kang, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Patent number: 10858235
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an automatic water supply device comprising: a container seating portion, one side of which is open such that a container is placed; a water intake member arranged on the upper portion of the container seating portion so as to supply the container with a liquid; a container height measuring unit and a water level measuring unit arranged to be adjacent to the water intake member, respectively; and a control unit for comparing the height of the container, which is measured by the container height measuring unit, and the water level, which is measuring by the water level measuring unit, thereby checking whether the water level inside the container reaches a preset height or not, and adjusting the water level inside the container using the result of the checking, wherein the container height measuring unit comprises a plurality of first optical sensors for sensing both ends of the upper end of the container, and can measure the height of the container in response to the result of sensing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Wook Jung, Lee Im Kang, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Patent number: 10788573
    Abstract: An optical device provided by the present invention can comprise: a light separating unit receiving one first beam so as to output k (k is a natural number) second beams; a light steering unit changing the k second beams up to a first steering angle, so as to output a third beam; a lens unit receiving the third beam so as to adjust the first steering angle, thereby outputting a fourth beam; and a driving unit for controlling a first light output angle, wherein a wave front of the second beams can be wider than that produced by diving a wave front of the first beam by k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck Lee, Young Seop Moon, Lee Im Kang
  • Patent number: 10400988
    Abstract: A light emitting module may include a board, at least one light source unit provided on the board, an optical member provided on the at least one light source unit, and a reflection unit provided between the board and the optical member in an inclined state beside at least one light source unit. The reflection unit may be provided closer to the optical member than to the board and may include a pattern having lower reflectance than other constructions of the light emitting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lee Im Kang
  • Publication number: 20190242979
    Abstract: Provided are a light-receiving device and lidar comprising the light-receiving device. The light-receiving device comprises: a first lens comprising a first lens surface for receiving light from an outside and a second lens surface for changing the path of the light received by the first lens surface and outputting the light to the outside; and a sensor on which light transmitted through the second lens surface is incident, wherein the first lens surface is a spherical surface, the second lens surface is an aspherical surface, and the focus of the first lens deviates from the sensor surface of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck LEE, Lee Im KANG, Ji Sung KIM, Yang Hyun JOO
  • Patent number: 10352530
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus is disclosed. The light emitting apparatus includes a light source and a lens located on the light source, wherein the lens includes an upper surface, a lower surface located under the upper surface such that the lower surface is opposite to the light source, and a lateral surface connected between the upper surface and the lower surface, and wherein the lateral surface includes a plurality of segments inclined at different angles, at least one of the segments having a pattern, the pattern having root mean square (RMS) roughness including holes and rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lee Im Kang
  • Patent number: 10107476
    Abstract: The luminous flux control member includes a surface of incidence, a first optical surface formed to be recessed toward the surface of incidence and configured to reflect at least some of incident light passing through the surface of incidence, and a second optical surface formed to extend from the first optical surface and configured to reflect at least some of incident light passing through the first optical surface. The second optical surface includes a plurality of sections having different slopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lee Im Kang
  • Patent number: 10067381
    Abstract: A light emitting module is disclosed. The light emitting module includes a board, a plurality of light emitting device packages mounted on the board while being spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of lenses located at upper surfaces of the light emitting device packages in a contact fashion, wherein each of the lenses includes a curved surface expressed by a start point (SP), an end point (EP), and two adjustment points (AP1 and AP2) of a Bezier curve represented as follows. SP=(x, z), EP=(x, Z_E), AP1=(X_01, Z_01), AP2=(X_02, Z_02) where x indicates positions in a direction intersecting a light axis, z indicates positions in a direction parallel to the light axis, SP is fixed, and 0.5 mm?Z_E?0.78 mm, 1.62 mm?X_01?1.8 mm, 1.44 mm?Z_01?1.5 mm, 0.19 mm?X_02?0.25 mm, and 1.06 mm?Z_02?1.26 mm, or X_01 is 1.0 mm, Z_01 is 0.9 mm, X_02 is 0.2 mm, Z_02 is 0.1 mm, and Z_E is 1.2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Lee Im Kang, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Publication number: 20180231643
    Abstract: An optical device provided by the present invention can comprise: a light separating unit receiving one first beam so as to output k (k is a natural number) second beams; a light steering unit changing the k second beams up to a first steering angle, so as to output a third beam; a lens unit receiving the third beam so as to adjust the first steering angle, thereby outputting a fourth beam; and a driving unit for controlling a first light output angle, wherein a wave front of the second beams can be wider than that produced by diving a wave front of the first beam by k.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck LEE, Young Seop MOON, Lee Im KANG
  • Publication number: 20180201492
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an automatic water supply device comprising: a container seating portion, one side of which is open such that a container is placed; a water intake member arranged on the upper portion of the container seating portion so as to supply the container with a liquid; a container height measuring unit and a water level measuring unit arranged to be adjacent to the water intake member, respectively; and a control unit for comparing the height of the container, which is measured by the container height measuring unit, and the water level, which is measuring by the water level measuring unit, thereby checking whether the water level inside the container reaches a preset height or not, and adjusting the water level inside the container using the result of the checking, wherein the container height measuring unit comprises a plurality of first optical sensors for sensing both ends of the upper end of the container, and can measure the height of the container in response to the result of sensing
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JAE WOOK JUNG, LEE IM KANG, CHANG HYUCK LEE
  • Publication number: 20180136394
    Abstract: An optical array waveguide grating-type multiplexer and demultiplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first substrate, a plurality of first waveguides disposed on the first substrate to be superposed in the vertical direction, which is the thickness direction of the first substrate; a 1-1st cladding layer disposed between the first substrate and a 1-1st waveguide, which is nearest to the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides; a 1-2nd cladding layer disposed between the plurality of first waveguides; and a 1-3rd cladding layer disposed on a 1-2nd waveguide, which is furthest from the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Im KANG, Chang Hyuck LEE
  • Patent number: 9958132
    Abstract: An optical element includes a lens includes a surface of incidence on which light is incident from a light source, a first optical surface recessed toward the light source, and a second optical surface extending from the first optical surface, and a cover arranged on the lens to cover at least a part of the first optical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lee Im Kang, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Patent number: 9927098
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes light sources to generate light; light flux control members to refract the light; a drive substrate on which the light sources are mounted; a cover to cover the drive substrate; reflective portions disposed in at least one of the drive substrate and the cover to reflect the refracted light; and a display panel into which the reflected light is incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sung Seo, Gi Seok Lee, Chang Hyuck Lee, Hyun Ho Choi, Lee Im Kang, Ki Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 9726342
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a driving substrate, a light source arranged on the driving substrate, a luminous flux control member arranged on the light source, and lug members arranged at a bottom surface of the luminous flux control member and extended to a direction of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Seok Lee, Eun Sung Seo, Hyun Ho Choi, Chang Hyuck Lee, Ki Cheol Kim, Lee Im Kang
  • Patent number: 9546774
    Abstract: Disclosed are a luminous flux control member, which includes an incident surface onto which a light is incident, a reflective surface reflecting the incident light, and a light exit surface outputting the reflected light according to at least two orientation angles based on one direction perpendicular to a central axis connecting a center of the incident surface with a center of the reflective surface, a light emitting device and a display device having the same. The uniformity in the brightness of the display device is ensured and the display device is realized in small size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sung Seo, Lee Im Kang, Ki Cheol Kim, Gi Seok Lee, Chang Hyuck Lee, Hyun Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20160161086
    Abstract: A light emitting module may include a board, at least one light source unit provided on the board, an optical member provided on the at least one light source unit, and a reflection unit provided between the board and the optical member in an inclined state beside at least one light source unit. The reflection unit may be provided closer to the optical member than to the board and may include a pattern having lower reflectance than other constructions of the light emitting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Lee Im KANG