Patents by Inventor Min A Kang

Min A 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: 11922962
    Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seungkwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Min Je Kim, Kyeongok Kang, Dae Young Jang, Jeongil Seo, Jin Woo Hong, Chieteuk Ahn, Ho Chong Park, Young-cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11922871
    Abstract: An emissive display device includes a display area which includes a plurality of pixels, and a driver disposed at a side of the display area, where the driver includes at least two emission signal stages disposed in one row, and an input signal line connected to the emission signal stages, and the at least two emission signal stages are connected to the same input signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Min Kim, Min Jae Jeong, Jang Mi Kang, Hyun Joon Kim, Jun Hyun Park, Cheol-Gon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240069535
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a simulation apparatus for secondary battery production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shinkyu KANG, Min Yong KIM, Youngduk KIM, Nam Hyuck KIM, Su Ho JEON, Min Hee KWON, Sung Nam CHO, Hyeong Geun CHAE, Gyeong Yun JO, Moon Kyu JO, Kyungchul HWANG, Moo Hyun YOO, Han Seung KIM, Daewoon JUNG, Seungtae KIM, Junhyeok JEON
  • Publication number: 20240069524
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for excitation signal generation for a resolver. The apparatus includes a sine wave generator that generates a sine wave based on a square wave, an amplifier that amplifies the sine wave, a differential signal generator that converts, into a differential signal, the amplified sine wave, a driver that inputs the differential signal to a coil, and a processor that generates an excitation signal by increasing a voltage of the sine wave from a start voltage to a target voltage through at least one of the sine wave generator and the amplifier based on a transient current that flows into the coil in a transient response interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Ho CHOI, Hyung Min PARK, Joo Won PARK, Yeon Ho KIM, Won Hee JO, Tae Hwan KANG, Beom Cheol CHO
  • Publication number: 20240069670
    Abstract: A touch detection module includes: first driving electrodes side by side; first detection electrodes intersecting the first driving electrodes; second driving electrodes on front surfaces of the first driving electrodes corresponding to the first driving electrodes with a touch insulating layer interposed therebetween; second detection electrodes on front surfaces of the first detection electrodes corresponding to the first detection electrodes with the touch insulating layer interposed therebetween; driving switching circuits electrically connecting the second driving electrodes to the respective first driving electrodes corresponding to each other or a low potential voltage source; detecting switching circuits electrically connecting the second detection electrodes to the respective first detection electrodes corresponding to each other or the low potential voltage source; and a touch driving circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the first driving electrodes and to detect touch detection sig
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hyung Bae KIM, Jeon Min KANG
  • Patent number: 11912810
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, including a vinyl chloride-based first seed; a vinyl chloride-based second seed; an initiator composition including a water-soluble initiator and an oil-soluble initiator; a reducing agent; and a vinyl chloride-based monomer, wherein a metal catalyst is not included in the composition, and a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Seog Youk, Heung Kwon Bae, Jung Rae Lee, Hyun Min Lee, Joong Chul Lim, Min Jeong Kang
  • Patent number: 11911134
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively measuring bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a sensor position sensor configured to obtain sensor position information of the pulse wave sensor with respect to the object, based on the object being in contact with the pulse wave sensor; and a processor configured to estimate the bio-information based on blood vessel position information of the object, the sensor position information, and the pulse wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Choi, Sang Yun Park, Hye Rim Lim, Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh
  • Patent number: 11915513
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for performing leveling of a person image and an operating method thereof. The method includes: receiving an original person image; selecting an arbitrary latent vector in a latent space; generating a virtual person image based on the latent vector; optimizing the latent vector such that identity similarity between the original person image and the virtual person image increases; manipulating the optimized latent vector; and generating a levelled person image corresponding to the original person image, by using the manipulated latent vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: NCSOFT CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seoungyoon Kang, Min Jae Kim, Moo Kyung Song, Hyunjung Shim, Gun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11912674
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: IL DONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Kang, Hong-Sub Lee, Yoon-Suk Lee, Jin-Ah Jeong, Sung-Wook Kwon, Jeong-Guen Kim, Kyung-Sun Kim, Dong-Keun Song, Sun-Young Park, Kyeo-Jin Kim, Ji-Hye Choi, Hey-Min Hwang
  • Patent number: 11915853
    Abstract: A coil component is provided. The coil component includes a body having fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other, first and second surfaces respectively connecting the fifth and sixth surfaces of the body and opposing each other, and third and fourth surfaces respectively connecting the first and second surfaces of the body and opposing each other in one direction, a recess disposed in an edge between one of the first and second surfaces of the body and the sixth surface of the body, a coil portion disposed inside the body and exposed through the recess, and an external electrode including a connection portion disposed in the recess and connected to the coil portion, and a pad portion disposed on one surface of the body. A length of the pad portion in the one direction is greater than a length of the connection portion in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Mo Lim, Seung Min Lee, Byeong Cheol Moon, Yong Hui Li, Byung Soo Kang, Ju Hwan Yang, Tai Yon Cho, No Il Park, Tae Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20240057952
    Abstract: A radiographic device includes an radiation irradiator which can irradiate a subject with radiation, and which includes a collimator capable of selectively blocking radiation flux; an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image signal by receiving the radiation that has passed through the subject; a display unit for displaying a radiation image on the basis of the image signal; and a determination controller which can control the irradiation unit so that the irradiation range of the radiation corresponding to a selection area selected from the radiation image is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: DRTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Taek SEO, Chang Gyu LEE, Jong Woo KIM, Cheon Kyung SUNG, Jeon Min KANG
  • Publication number: 20240061527
    Abstract: A touch sensing module includes: first driving electrodes arranged in parallel; first sensing electrodes intersecting the first driving electrodes; second driving electrodes on a rear side of the first driving electrode with a touch insulating layer therebetween such that they are associated with the first driving electrodes, respectively; second sensing electrodes on a rear side of the first sensing electrodes with the touch insulating layer therebetween such that they are associated with the first sensing electrodes, respectively; driving switching circuits electrically connecting the second driving electrodes to the first driving electrodes, respectively, or to a low-level voltage source; and a touch driver circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the first driving electrodes and to detect touch sensing signals through the first sensing electrodes to detect touch position coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Hyung Bae KIM, Jeon Min KANG, Hyun Wook CHO
  • Patent number: 11896353
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes: an ultrasonic sensor configured to acquire a bio-signal from an object; and a processor configured to detect peaks from the bio-signal, and to determine false detection of a peak, among the detected peaks, by using at least one of a time interval between a current peak and an immediately preceding peak, amplitudes of the current peak and the immediately preceding peak, a shape of a waveform on a left region and a right region of the peak, and an occurrence position of the peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Jae Min Kang, Youn Ho Kim, Sang Kon Bae, Jin Woo Choi, Chang Mok Choi
  • Patent number: 11896354
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus, may include: a touch sensor; a pulse wave measurer configured to measure pulse waves from a user's finger when the user's finger is in contact with the touch sensor; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure a contact pressure between the user's finger and the touch sensor; a fingerprint recognizer configured to recognize a fingerprint of the user's finger; and a processor configured to determine a degree of position coincidence between the user's finger and the pulse wave measurer based on the recognized fingerprint, and to estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the pulse waves and the contact pressure according to the determined degree of position coincidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yun Park, Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240046487
    Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring an image frame; tracking a face region of a user based on first prior information obtained from at least one previous frame of the image frame; based on a determination that tracking of the face region based on the first prior information has failed, setting a scan region in the image frame based on second prior information obtained from the at least one previous frame; and detecting the face region in the image frame based on the scan region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo KANG, Jingu Heo, Byong Min Kang, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20240042681
    Abstract: Proposed is a 3D over-printing device for over-printing a 3D shape on an existing structure, the device including: a vat containing a light-curable material; a driving part configured to fix the existing structure and move the existing structure vertically, layer by layer, within the vat; and an optical part comprising a projector and a mirror structure, and configured to photocure an area to be cured on a surface of the light-curable material by projecting UV light in several directions simultaneously from above the surface of the light-curable material toward the surface of the light-curable material that is upward exposed and in contact with the existing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: QUVE CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Soo KIM, Tae min KANG
  • Publication number: 20240025746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon-silicon composite and a preparation method therefor. An aspect of the present invention provides a carbon-silicon composite comprising: a core including a carbon material and silicon particles; and a shell which is formed on the surface of the core and includes amorphous carbon, wherein the silicon particles are uniformly distributed from the center to the surface of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOKAI CARBON KOREA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Seok Min KANG
  • Patent number: 11877858
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first sensor configured to obtain a fingerprint image of a finger of the user; a second sensor configured to measure a force or a pressure applied by the finger; and a processor configured to obtain, based on the fingerprint image, a first feature value related to pulse waves and a second feature value related to skin elasticity; obtain a third feature value based on the force or the pressure; and estimate the bio-information of the user based on the first feature value, the second feature value, and the third feature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11881634
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for drone identification and an operating method thereof are provided. The antenna apparatus includes: a plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a vertical directional antenna positioned at a center of an area surrounded by the plurality of horizontal directional antennas; a beamforming unit controlling beamforming of the vertical directional antenna and the plurality of horizontal antennas to transmit and receive signals in all directions; and a power supply unit for suppling power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyu-Min Kang, Jae Cheol Park, Jinhyung Oh, Dong Woo Lim, Su Na Choi, Sunghyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11882266
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display device configured to output an image, a parallax optical element configured to provide a light corresponding to the image output from the display device, to an eyebox of a user, and a processor configured to adjust a parameter of the parallax optical element based on a change of a look down angle (LDA) between the eyebox and a virtual image plane formed by the display device and the parallax optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chansol Hwang, Byong Min Kang, Jinho Lee