Patents by Inventor Min-Kyu Kim

Min-Kyu 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).

  • FEEDBACK PROVIDING MODULE, FEEDBACK PROVIDING APPRATUS, AND FEEDBACK PROVIDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150086046
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a feedback providing module, a feedback providing apparatus, and a feedback providing method. The feedback providing module includes: an upper plate part generating a vibration; a lower plate part inducing the vibration of the upper plate part; and a feedback controlling unit applying first to fourth voltages having different levels to the upper and the lower plate part in response to feedback control signals and varying the levels of the first to fourth voltages to control the upper and the lower plate part to generate at least one of a sound and a vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chang-Mok OH, Jong-Uk LEE, Min-Kyu KIM, Jun-Seok PARK, Hee-Sook SHIN, Jeong-Mook LIM, Hyun-Tae JEONG
  • Methods for manufacturing high dielectric constant films
    Patent number: 8927438
    Abstract: Provided are methods for depositing a cerium doped hafnium containing high-k dielectric film on a substrate. The reagents of specific methods include hafnium tetrachloride, an organometallic complex of cerium and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Kim, Woo-Hee Kim, Min-Kyu Kim, Steven Hung, Atif Noori, David Thompson, Jeffrey W. Anthis
  • Analog-to-digital conversion circuit, analog-to-digital conversion method, and image sensor
    Patent number: 8922403
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to analog-to-digital convert an input voltage and generate a digital signal, a resolution control unit configured to: set a resolution of the analog-to-digital conversion unit to N (N is the natural number) bits, in a case where the input voltage is smaller than a first voltage, and set the resolution of the analog-to-digital conversion unit to N?M (1?M<N, M is the natural number) bits in a case where the input voltage is larger than the first voltage, and a signal correction unit configured to: generate a corrected digital signal based on a boundary value and the digital signal, in a case where a value of the digital signal is larger than the boundary value and the input voltage is smaller than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: SK Hynix Inc., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Ja-Seung Gou, Oh-Kyong Kwon, Min-Seok Shin, Min-Kyu Kim
  • WEARABLE ELECTROMYOGRAM SENSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140364703
    Abstract: A wearable electromyogram sensor system is provided. The wearable electromyogram sensor system includes: an elastic band having a plurality of electrodes; an electromyogram sensor including an electrode connected to an electrode of the band so as to receive a bio-signal related to contraction of a muscle, and configured to sense a change of motion information through the bio-signal or previously sense the change of the motion information before the motion information is changed; and a fixing unit fixing the electromyogram sensor to the band. The electrode of the electromyogram sensor is connected to an electrode at an arbitrary position of the band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Keehoon KIM, Sin-Jung KIM, Min Kyu KIM
  • SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140352752
    Abstract: A solar cell including a substrate and a plurality of electrically connected unit cells on the substrate. A unit cell of the unit cells includes a first electrode, a light absorbing layer, and a second electrode, sequentially stacked. Adjacent unit cells of the unit cells are separated by an isolation region. The isolation region is between the light absorbing layers of the adjacent unit cells and between the second electrodes of the adjacent unit cells. A cross-section of the isolation region has step-shaped patterns in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and the step-shaped patterns oppose one another. A method of manufacturing the solar cell includes sequentially stacking a first electrode, a light absorbing layer, and a second electrode on a substrate, and forming an isolation region in the light absorbing layer and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Su Kim, Min-Kyu Kim, Su-Yeon Kim, Ku-Hyun Kang
  • ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140339515
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate. A capacitor is formed on the substrate. The capacitor includes a first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, an upper electrode, a first insulating layer disposed between the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode, and a second insulting layer disposed between the second lower electrode and the upper electrode. A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a gate electrode disposed on a same layer as the first lower electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes disposed on a same layer as the upper electrode. A wiring includes the same material layer as the second lower electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEON-GON MO, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Organic light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8890148
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes a gate electrode formed over a substrate and an active layer electrically insulated from the gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode is closer to the substrate than the active layer. The display further includes i) a first gate insulating layer and a second gate insulating layer formed between the gate electrode and active layer so as to electrically insulate the active layer from the gate electrode and ii) source and drain electrodes each contacting the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Jae-Wook Kang
  • ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION METHOD, AND IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140292550
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to analog-to-digital convert an input voltage and generate a digital signal, a resolution control unit configured to: set a resolution of the analog-to-digital conversion unit to N (N is the natural number) bits, in a case where the input voltage is smaller than a first voltage, and set the resolution of the analog-to-digital conversion unit to N?M (1?M<N, M is the natural number) bits in a case where the input voltage is larger than the first voltage, and a signal correction unit configured to: generate a corrected digital signal based on a boundary value and the digital signal, in a case where a value of the digital signal is larger than the boundary value and the input voltage is smaller than the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ja-Seung GOU, Oh-Kyong KWON, Min-Seok SHIN, Min-Kyu KIM
  • Analog-to-digital converter, image sensor including the same, and apparatus including image sensor
    Patent number: 8797455
    Abstract: The analog-to-digital converter includes a signal processing unit generating an operational amplifier output voltage in response to an input voltage and a DAC output voltage in a first period and generating the operational amplifier output voltage in response to a feedbacked operational amplifier output voltage and the DAC output voltage in a second period; a control unit generating a DAC control signal by comparing the operational amplifier output voltage with a first reference voltage to obtain high order M-bits of data in the first period, and generating the DAC control signal by comparing the operational amplifier output voltage with second and third reference voltages to obtain low order N-bits of data in the second period; and a digital analog converter generating the DAC output voltage in response to the DAC control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ja Seung Gou, Oh Kyong Kwon, Min Seok Shin, Min Kyu Kim
  • Thin film transistor having semiconductor active layer
    Patent number: 8796679
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an IGZO active layer includes depositing ions including In, Ga, and Zn from a first target, and depositing ions including In from a second target having a different atomic composition from the first target. The deposition of ions from the second target may be controlled to adjust an atomic % of In in the IGZO layer to be about 45 atomic % to about 80 atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-han Jeong, Jae-kyeong Jeong, Jin-seong Park, Yeon-gon Mo, Hui-won Yang, Min-kyu Kim, Tae-kyung Ahn, Hyun-soo Shin, Hun jung Lee
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL
    Publication number: 20140193941
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solar cell includes forming a first electrode on a substrate, removing a portion of the first electrode to form a first electrode opening, forming a light absorbing layer on the first electrode and in the first electrode opening, and applying a laser beam to the substrate to create an interface reaction between the first electrode and at least the light absorbing layer, thereby removing a portion of the light absorbing layer to form a light absorbing layer opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Min-Kyu Kim, Su-Yeon Kim, Yuk-Hyun Nam, Ku-Hyun Kang
  • Indoor user positioning method using motion recognition unit
    Patent number: 8774459
    Abstract: An indoor user positioning method including storing user information on a user terminal and user feature information detected from a feature detection device in a central server, detecting the position of the user terminal periodically and storing the detected position in a database, detecting by a motion recognition device attribute information on a user at the front thereof and transmitting the detected attribute information to the central server, extracting user terminals corresponding to the position of the user that the motion recognition device recognizes from the user terminals stored in the database in order to select target users, and comparing the user feature information on the target users stored in the database with the user attribute information that the motion recognition device transmits in order to specify a user at the front of the motion recognition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mogencelab Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Jung, Lee-Kwon Choi, Seung-Kwon Lee, Nam-Jin Kim, Sung-Jun Na, Jong-Hwan Bae, Min-Kyu Kim
  • TRIPOD JOINT
    Publication number: 20140187337
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tripod joint including: a housing having one or more radially positioned track grooves; a spider having one or more radially positioned trunnions protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the spider, the one or more radially positioned trunnions disposed within the one or more radially positioned track grooves of the housing, wherein the spider is configured to move in the axial direction of the housing one or more rollers disposed on the one or more radially positioned trunnions, the one or more rollers in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the one or more track grooves of the housing; and a lubricating mechanism configured to supply oil to the trunnions and the rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: HYUNDAI WIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Kyu Kim, Hyo Seok Kim, Hyang Cheol Jo, Pil Ki Kim
  • BACKLIGHT DRIVER OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140184485
    Abstract: A backlight driver and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The backlight driver includes a vertical synchronization signal filter for generating a second vertical synchronization signal based on an input first vertical synchronization signal, and selecting one of the first vertical synchronization signal and the second vertical synchronization signal as a third vertical synchronization signal according to whether a period difference between adjacent first vertical synchronization signals satisfies a preset threshold range, a duty ratio detector for detecting a duty ratio of an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a PWM generator for generating an output PWM signal synchronized with the third vertical synchronization signal output from the vertical synchronization signal filter and having the duty ratio and outputting the output PWM signal to a backlight unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Kim
  • BACK PLANE FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140183538
    Abstract: There are provided a back plane for a flat panel display and a method of manufacturing the back plane, and more particularly, a back plane for an organic light-emitting display device, which enables front light-emitting, and a method of manufacturing the back plane. The back plane for a flat panel display includes: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a first capacitor on the substrate, the first capacitor comprising a first electrode, an insulation pattern layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the insulation pattern layer; a first insulation layer on the substrate to cover the gate electrode and the first capacitor; an active layer on the first insulation layer to correspond to the gate electrode; and a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate to contact a portion of the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Yeon-Gon Mo
  • LEARNING CONTENT-PROVIDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140170630
    Abstract: Provided is a method of providing learning contents by a server. The method includes providing a list of steps of review contents to a user terminal; receiving a selection of a step on the list of the steps of the review contents from the user terminal, and providing the review contents of the selected step to the user terminal; and providing a point score according to a learning performance on each step of the review contents by a user, and an evaluation score according to a correct answer rate, to the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Teracle, Inc.
    Inventors: In Je CHO, Min Kyu KIM, Sung Joong LIM
  • Liquid crystal display device capable of improving charging rate to pixels
    Patent number: 8743107
    Abstract: The disclosed liquid crystal display device includes a display panel for displaying a picture thereon, a plurality of gate drive ICs for forwarding scan pulses for driving gate lines on the display panel, a plurality of upper data drive ICs for supplying pixel voltages to data lines on one side of the display panel respectively, a plurality of lower data drive ICs for supplying the pixel voltages to the data lines on the other side of the display panel respectively, a first timing controller for generating and supplying an upper data control signal to the upper data drive ICs for controlling operation of the upper data drive ICs, and a second timing controller for generating and supplying a lower data control signal to the lower data drive ICs for controlling operation of the lower data drive ICs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Kim
  • Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same and flat panel display device having the same
    Patent number: 8728862
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, and a flat panel display device including the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode; an activation layer formed on the gate insulating film; a passivation layer including a compound semiconductor oxide, formed on the activation layer; and source and drain electrodes that contact the activation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Ha, Young-Woo Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jong-Han Jeong, Min-Kyu Kim, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Hyun-Joong Chung, Kwang-Suk Kim, Hui-Won Yang, Chaun-Gi Choi
  • Backplane for flat panel display apparatus, flat panel display apparatus including the same, and method of manufacturing backplane for flat panel display apparatus
    Patent number: 8729552
    Abstract: In one aspect, a back plane for a flat panel display apparatus include: a substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the substrate; a capacitor bottom electrode formed on a same layer as the source/drain electrodes; an active layer formed on the substrate in correspondence to the source electrode and the drain electrode; a blocking layer interposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and the active layer; a first insulation layer formed on the substrate to cover the active layer; a gate electrode formed on the first insulation layer in correspondence to the active layer; a capacitor top electrode formed on a same layer as the gate electrode in correspondence to the capacitor bottom electrode; and a second insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer to cover the gate electrode and the capacitor top electrode is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk Kim, Min-Kyu Kim
  • CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT
    Publication number: 20140135133
    Abstract: A constant velocity joint includes a constant velocity joint housing with guide grooves on the inner side of the housing, a spider disposed in the constant velocity joint housing, combined with a shaft, and having a spider journal, and spherical rollers disposed in the guide grooves of the constant velocity joint housing. Needle bearings are disposed between the spherical rollers and the spider journals, in which a plurality of needle bearing insert holes is formed in the spherical rollers, and disposed in the needle bearing insert holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyo Seok KIM, Min Kyu KIM