Patents by Inventor Lee

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: 9899487
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a linear gate trench that crosses an active region of a substrate of the semiconductor device. The active region may include a plurality of gate areas at a bottom of the gate trench and junction areas at a surface of the substrate in a central portion and opposite end portions of the active region. A conductive line may be in a lower portion of the gate trench. The conductive line may include a gate line and a capping layer that at least partially isolates the gate line from an upper surface of the conductive line. A sealing line may be in an upper portion of the gate trench. The sealing line may cover the conductive line and a surface of the sealing line may be coplanar with the junction areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong-Dong Lee, Hye-Young Kang, Young-Sin Kim, Yong-Kwan Kim, Byoung-Wook Jang, Augustin Jinwoo Hong, Dong-Sik Kong, Chang-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9895421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, which contains a mixture of extracts of Stemonae Radix, Asparagi Tuber, Scutellariae Radix, Schisandrae Fructus, Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, Armeniacae Semen, and Moutan Cortex Radicis, for suppressing the occurrence of inflammatory bowel diseases due to cigarette smoke, a method for preventing or treating inflammatory bowel diseases, a method for suppressing the expression of inflammatory cytokines by using the composition, and to a food composition, which contains a mixture of extracts of Stemonae Radix, Asparagi Tuber, Scutellariae Radix, Schisandrae Fructus, Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, Armeniacae Semen, and Moutan Cortex Radicis, for preventing or ameliorating inflammatory bowel diseases due to cigarette smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Jin Ju Kim, Eun Jung Ko, Eui Jeoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9897650
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including first pads and second pads, a first receiver circuit and a first driver circuit respectively connected to the first pad, a second receiver circuit and a second driver circuit respectively connected to the second pad, and a first loopback circuit having a first input terminal electrically connected to the first receiver circuit, a first output terminal electrically connected to the first driver circuit, a second output terminal electrically connected to the second driver circuit, and a second input terminal electrically connected to the second receiver circuit may be provided. At a normal mode, the first loopback circuit electrically connects the first input terminal to the second output terminal and electrically connects the second input terminal to the first output terminal. At a test mode, the first loopback circuit electrically connects the first input terminal to the first output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daehoon Na, ChaeHoon Kim, HyunJin Kim, Jangwoo Lee, Jeongdon Ihm
  • Patent number: 9899342
    Abstract: A redistribution circuit structure electrically connected to at least one conductor underneath is provided. The redistribution circuit structure includes a dielectric layer, an alignment, and a redistribution conductive layer. The dielectric layer covers the conductor and includes at least one contact opening for exposing the conductor. The alignment mark is disposed on the dielectric layer. The alignment mark includes a base portion on the dielectric layer and a protruding portion on the base portion, wherein a ratio of a maximum thickness of the protruding portion to a thickness of the base portion is smaller than 25%. The redistribution conductive layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. The redistribution conductive layer includes a conductive via, and the conductive via is electrically connected to the conductor through the contact opening. A method of fabricating the redistribution circuit structure and an integrated fan-out package are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung-Hui Lee, Hung-Jui Kuo, Ming-Che Ho, Tzu-Yun Huang
  • Patent number: 9895123
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an X-ray image are provided. The method includes obtaining an X-ray image of an object, performing image analysis on a tissue of interest in an area other than an interference target region in the obtained X-ray image, and performing image processing on an entirety of the obtained X-ray image based on information on the analyzed tissue of interest and generating a final X-ray image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Su Kim, Hyun Hwa Oh, Jae Hyun Kwon, Young Hun Sung, Kang Eui Lee
  • Patent number: 9898319
    Abstract: A method for live migrating a virtual machine includes connecting to a virtual machine operated in a first host by a client; transmitting condition data of the virtual machine to a second host by the first host during a transmitting time, the first host and the second host being located at different net domains; transmitting a variance of condition data of the virtual machine generated in the transmitting time to the second host by the first host; providing a notification to the client to reconnect to the second host by the first host; modifying a network packets transmitting rule by the client based on the notification of the first host, and activating the virtual machine by the second host based on the condition data of the virtual machine and the variance of the condition data of the virtual machine thereby maintaining the connection between the client and the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: National Central University
    Inventors: Fu-Hau Hsu, Tzung-Ting Lin, Wei-Tai Cai, Chia-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 9897879
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate. A scan line and a data line intersect with each other and are disposed on the substrate. An active layer is disposed on the substrate and between the data line and the substrate. A transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and above the active layer. The active layer includes a contact region electrically connected to the data line, a second contact region electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer, and an intermediate region disposed between the first and the second contact regions. A portion of the intermediate region overlapping with the scan line is a channel region. A portion of the intermediate region not overlapping with the scan line is a non-channel region. The width of the non-channel region is greater than the width of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsing-Yi Liang, Kuei-Ling Liu, Te-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 9899600
    Abstract: The present specification describes a multicyclic aromatic ring compound having a novel structure and an organic light emitting device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Heesung Material Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Lee, Dong-Jun Kim, Young-Seok No, Hyundong Chun, Joo-Dong Lee
  • Patent number: 9898152
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel and a display device using the capacitive touch panel are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between two layers. The first electrode layer has a plurality of first A electrode strings and first B electrode strings extended along a first direction. The first A electrode string and the first B electrode string respectively has a plurality of first direction electrodes. The second electrode layer has a plurality of second direction electrodes connected in series along a second direction. The first A and B electrode strings are disconnected in the first electrode layer while they are simultaneously detected for presence of signal variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee, Chih-Jen Hu, Kuo-Hsing Cheng, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Mei-Sheng Ma, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yuan-Chun Wu, Chun-Huai Li
  • Patent number: 9896371
    Abstract: The present invention is devised to solve the problems of the above-described conventional technologies. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tempered glass cutting method and cutting apparatus which can prevent the defects of the tempered glass breaking when same is cut and improve the reliability of the product. To this end, provided is a tempered glass cutting method which comprises: a tempering step of generating compressive stress on a glass sheet to temper the glass sheet; a compressive stress relaxation step of applying heat to the cut portion of the tempered glass sheet to relax the compressive stress; and a cutting step of cutting the cut portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaemin Cha, Kiyeon Lee, Youngseok Lee, Ji Hoon Rhee, Jaeho Lee
  • Patent number: 9897693
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling a gesture sensor of the same are provided. The electronic device includes a gesture sensor and a threshold determining module configured to receive a light amount measurement with respect to light incident to the gesture sensor, to compare the light amount measurement with a light amount reference value, and to determine a light amount threshold that is used based on object recognition of the gesture sensor by adding the weight value to the light amount measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Seung-Geol Baek, Dong-Han Lee, Jae-Yub Kim, Jong-Woo Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Hyeon-Chang Son, Ki-Hun Eom, Kyeong-Mun Jo
  • Patent number: 9899395
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pair of erase gate lines, a pair of control gate lines and a pair of word lines. The pair of control gate lines are disposed on the erase gate lines. Each one of the control gate lines includes a plurality of segments between which portions of one of the pair of erase gate lines are seen in a plan view. In a plan view of the semiconductor device, the pair of word lines are disposed between the control gate lines and extending along edges of the control gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lee, Po-Wei Liu, Chiang-Ming Chuang, Yung-Lung Hsu, Hsin-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 9897368
    Abstract: A refrigerator equipped with a door opening device that can be triggered to facilitate door opening when a door handle is moved by a user in either of the two permitted opposite directions. A first link member is coupled to the door handle and can be rotated in the same direction as the door handle. A second link member is coupled to the first link member. The second link member is configured to be rotated by the first link member when the door handle is rotated in one direction, and to remain stationary when the door handle is rotated in another direction. When door handle is rotated, the first or the second link member can cause a slide member to slide out of the refrigerator door partially to press against the main body, thereby opening the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 9899625
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels, each pixel including a first electrode, a first organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the first organic layer, in which the first electrode includes a first overlapping electrode portion overlapping each of the first organic layer and the second electrode, and a first non-overlapping electrode portion not overlapping the first organic layer and the second electrode, and connected to the first overlapping electrode portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyesog Lee, Chi-o Cho, Jaejoong Kwon, Byungchoon Yang
  • Patent number: 9900610
    Abstract: A video encoding apparatus, includes: a block partitioning unit to determine a partition form, among candidate partition forms, for partitioning a current block into one or more partition blocks; a prediction unit to generate one or more predicted blocks respectively corresponding to the one or more partition blocks by using a scale factor which indicates a ratio of pixel sampling; a subtractor to generate a residual block of the current block by subtracting the predicted blocks from one or more partition blocks corresponding thereto; a transformer to generate at least one transform block by transforming the residual block; a quantizer to generate at least one quantized transform block by quantizing the at least one transform block; and an encoder to encode, into the bitstream, information on the scale factor, information on the determined partition form and the at least one quantized transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhan Song, Jeongyeon Lim, Yunglyul Lee, Joohee Moon, Haekwang Kim, Byeungwoo Jeon, Jongki Han, Jaehee Cho, Hyundong Kim, Daeyeon Kim, Sungwook Hong
  • Patent number: 9897167
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The planetary gear train may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting changed torque; a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements; a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements; a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jong Soo Kim, Jinseok Kim, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Woo Jin Chang, Seongwook Ji, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jong Sool Park, Kyeong Hun Lee, Tae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 9899177
    Abstract: A delay time generation apparatus for an air circuit breaker according to the present invention can provide an effect of ensuring a delay time as long as possible even in a narrow space upon outputting a signal related to a conductive state, by virtue of interaction of a main shaft, a pin portion, a first rotating unit, a second rotating unit and a spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyuho Lee
  • Patent number: D810678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangwook Choi, Kyungho Kim, Sungyub Kim, Haneol Park, Jeongin Lee, Jae-Young Chang
  • Patent number: D810712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Song, Ji Woon Min, Young Nam Lee, Jin Ho Choi, Il Yong Kim, Jang Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: D811002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Opto Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Feng Chang, Tsung-Huai Lee, Ying-Jen Lai, Wei-Chih Lin