Patents by Inventor Minhyung Kim

Minhyung 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).

  • Patent number: 11931310
    Abstract: A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Gon Roh, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Patent number: 11761140
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including a main body having a first inlet, a drum arranged inside the main body to accommodate laundry, and a door configured to open and close the first inlet, wherein the door includes a second inlet to allow laundry to be introduced into the drum while the first inlet closed, an auxiliary door configured to open and close the second inlet, and a restraining device configured to restrain the auxiliary door such that the auxiliary door remains locked onto the door, and the main body includes a pressing device arranged inside the main body and configured to press the restraining device such that the restraining device locks the auxiliary door and to release from the retraining device such that the restraining device unlocks the auxiliary door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongwoo Yi, Jun-Young Choi, Minhyung Kim, Joonho Kim, Dong-Il Back, Byoungwoong An, Seung-Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230209968
    Abstract: A display device includes a solar cell unit contains an organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite compound and avalanching nano particles to absorb light of small energy and emit light of greater energy, so that a light conversion efficiency of a solar cell can be increased, and the solar cell unit includes an opening for opening sub-pixels and light emitted from the sub-pixels may be emitted to the outside through the opening, so that a decrease in light transmittance caused by the solar cell can be reduced and light transmittance of the display device can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhyung KIM, Kyeongjin KIM, Musun KWAK, Daejung CHOI, Shin-Bok LEE
  • Publication number: 20220290358
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet including a front panel in which a laundry inlet is formed, a door coupled to the front panel to open and close the laundry inlet, a door-lock disposed on a rear of the front panel and coupleable with the door to maintain the door in a closed state, a cover member mounted on a rear surface of the front panel to cover the door-lock, and a sealing member sealing a gap between the cover member and the rear surface of the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baekgyu KWON, Minhyung KIM, Naeyoung PARK, Jonghun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20220251754
    Abstract: A washing machine including a cabinet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, a drain pump configured to discharge water from the tub, a service port to be connectable to a service device and configured to receive or transmit error information of the washing machine therethrough when the service device is connected to the service port, and a pump housing mounted on a part of the cabinet in which the drain pump is located, wherein the service port is disposed inside the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baekgyu KWON, Naeyoung PARK, Minhyung KIM, Hyeonuk NA
  • Publication number: 20220190058
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel areas and an optical film disposed on a light output surface of the display panel. Each of the plurality of pixel areas includes an opening portion and a circuit portion surrounding the opening portion, the optical film includes a transmittance adjustment member, and the transmittance adjustment member includes a first portion overlapping with the circuit portion and a second portion overlapping with the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyunJong NOH, Suhyun PARK, Jinhyung JUNG, MinHyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20200332456
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including a main body having a first inlet, a drum arranged inside the main body to accommodate laundry, and a door configured to open and close the first inlet, wherein the door includes a second inlet to allow laundry to be introduced into the drum while the first inlet closed, an auxiliary door configured to open and close the second inlet, and a restraining device configured to restrain the auxiliary door such that the auxiliary door remains locked onto the door, and the main body includes a pressing device arranged inside the main body and configured to press the restraining device such that the restraining device locks the auxiliary door and to release from the retraining device such that the restraining device unlocks the auxiliary door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongwoo YI, Jun-Young CHOI, Minhyung KIM, Joonho KIM, Dong-Il BACK, Byoungwoong AN, Seung-Hun LEE
  • Patent number: 10089005
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile device, an HMD and a system. A mobile device which is capable of data communication with an HMD, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a touch sensing module which is designed to recognize a touch from a user; a communication module which performs data communication with a head-mounted display (HMD); a video processor which if relative location information between the mobile device and the HMD is received from the HMD, generates extended video data on the basis of the location information; and a controller which after the generated extended video data is transmitted to the HMD via the communication module, controls the extended video data output by the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Xuelong Xu, Sungchul Shin, Jooyoung Kim, Nakhoon Go, Minhyung Kim
  • Patent number: 9823471
    Abstract: A Head Up Display (HUD) device in a vehicle and including a display panel configured to output an image containing driving information; a concave mirror configured to reflect the image to a windshield of the vehicle, so as to display a virtual image via the windshield in a forward direction of a driver of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image corresponds to a view box being an area in which the entire image containing the driving information is seen by the driver; a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the driver; a drive unit configured to move the concave mirror, and a controller configured to control the drive unit to correspondingly move the concave mirror in order to move the view box when the sensing unit senses a variation in the position of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwook Kim, Xuelong Xu, Kyoungil Lee, Minhyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20170308258
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile device, an HMD and a system. A mobile device which is capable of data communication with an HMD, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a touch sensing module which is designed to recognize a touch from a user; a communication module which performs data communication with a head-mounted display (HMD); a video processor which if relative location information between the mobile device and the HMD is received from the HMD, generates extended video data on the basis of the location information; and a controller which after the generated extended video data is transmitted to the HMD via the communication module, controls the extended video data output by the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Xuelong XU, Sungchul SHIN, Jooyoung KIM, Nakhoon GO, Minhyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20170038583
    Abstract: A Head Up Display (HUD) device in a vehicle and including a display panel configured to output an image containing driving information; a concave mirror configured to reflect the image to a windshield of the vehicle, so as to display a virtual image via the windshield in a forward direction of a driver of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image corresponds to a view box being an area in which the entire image containing the driving information is seen by the driver; a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the driver; a drive unit configured to move the concave mirror, and a controller configured to control the drive unit to correspondingly move the concave mirror in order to move the view box when the sensing unit senses a variation in the position of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwook KIM, Xuelong XU, Kyoungil LEE, Minhyung KIM
  • Patent number: 8994627
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes data lines extending in a first direction, gate lines extending in a second direction between a first side and a second side of the liquid crystal display and crossing the data lines, and common voltage lines crossing the data lines and parallel with the gate lines. The gate lines include even gate lines coupled to a gate driver at near the first side and odd gate lines coupled to the gate driver at near the second side. The common voltage lines include even common voltage lines coupled to a common voltage supplier at near the second side and odd common voltage lines coupled to the common voltage supplier at near the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minwoo Kim, Minhyung Kim
  • Patent number: 8348368
    Abstract: A method for arraying head assemblies of an inkjet printer and an apparatus used for the method that can reduce a period of time taken to array the head assemblies after the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer by adjusting height and rotation center of each of the head assemblies before the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer, and can improve array precision of the head assemblies by adjusting a position in the X direction and a rotation angle of each of the head assemblies having already adjusted height and rotation center after the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer, by adjusting a position in the Y direction of each of the head assemblies and can control an ink spray time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minhyung Kim, Sangyoung Jin, Sangchul Seo
  • Patent number: 8198810
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave shield for a plasma display panel having a first panel having an image-displaying surface, the method including coating the image-displaying surface of the first panel with a coating solution to form a hydrophobic layer; applying a conductive ink to the hydrophobic layer utilizing an ink-jet applicator to form a pattern of the conductive ink; and heating the conductive ink and the hydrophobic layer to form a conductive mesh pattern on the hydrophobic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeseok Lim, Sangyoung Jin, Minhyung Kim, Heeyoul Yoon, Ria Ju, Younghak Pyo, Seunghyuck Paek, Sangchul Seo
  • Publication number: 20100207980
    Abstract: A method for arraying head assemblies of an inkjet printer and an apparatus used for the method that can reduce a period of time taken to array the head assemblies after the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer by adjusting height and rotation center of each of the head assemblies before the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer, and can improve array precision of the head assemblies by adjusting a position in the X direction and a rotation angle of each of the head assemblies having already adjusted height and rotation center after the head assemblies are mounted in the inkjet printer, by adjusting a position in the Y direction of each of the head assemblies and can control an ink spray time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minhyung KIM, Sangyoung Jin, Sangchul Seo
  • Publication number: 20100164354
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave shield for a plasma display panel having a first panel having an image-displaying surface, the method including coating the image-displaying surface of the first panel with a coating solution to form a hydrophobic layer; applying a conductive ink to the hydrophobic layer utilizing an ink-jet applicator to form a pattern of the conductive ink; and heating the conductive ink and the hydrophobic layer to form a conductive mesh pattern on the hydrophobic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jaeseok Lim, Sangyoung Jin, Minhyung Kim, Heeyoul Yoon, Ria Ju, Younghak Pyo, Seunghyuck Paek, Sangchul Seo
  • Patent number: D783676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minhyung Kim, Sunghyuk Kwon, Jibum Moon
  • Patent number: D795892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhyung Kim, Sunghyuk Kwon, Jibum Moon
  • Patent number: D795923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minhyung Kim, Sunghyuk Kwon, Jibum Moon
  • Patent number: D980276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhyung Kim, Heejin Ko