Patents by Inventor Min Je Kim

Min Je 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).

  • Publication number: 20240119948
    Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Tae Jin LEE, Seung-Kwon BAEK, Min Je KIM, Dae Young JANG, Jeongil SEO, Kyeongok KANG, Jin-Woo HONG, Hochong PARK, Young-Cheol PARK
  • Publication number: 20240105194
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Kwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Kyeongok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jin Woo HONG, Jeongil SEO, Chieteuk AHN, Hochong PARK, Young-Cheol PARK
  • Patent number: 11932618
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of Chemical Formula 1, optical isomers of the compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds or the optical isomers. The compounds, isomers, and salts exhibit excellent activity as GLP-1 receptor agonists. In particular, they, as GLP-1 receptor agonists, exhibit excellent glucose tolerance, thus having a great potential to be used as therapeutic agents for metabolic diseases. Moreover, they exhibit excellent pharmacological safety for cardiovascular systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ILDONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Chul Yoon, Kyung Mi An, Myong Jae Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Jeong-geun Kim, A-rang Im, Woo Jin Jeon, Jin Ah Jeong, Jaeho Heo, Changhee Hong, Kyeojin Kim, Jung-Eun Park, Te-ik Sohn, Changmok Oh, Da Hae Hong, Sung Wook Kwon, Jung Ho Kim, Jae Eui Shin, Yeongran Yoo, Min Whan Chang, Eun Hye Jang, In-gyu Je, Ji Hye Choi, Gunhee Kim, Yearin Jun
  • 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: 11912895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire resistant paint composition, to a production method for same and to a painting method for a fire resistant paint using same, and, one example of implementation of the present invention can provide a fire resistant paint composition comprising: between 70 and 95 wt. % of a binder; between 1 and 10 wt. % of an aerogel; between 1 and 5 wt. % of a foaming agent; and the remainder of water, and can provide a production method for same and a painting method for a fire resistant paint using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AEROGEL R&D PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Je Roh, Young Chul Joung, Jong Chul Park, Min Woo Kim, Choon Soo Hahn, Dong Ho Jung, Do Young Park
  • Patent number: 11887612
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Min Je Kim, Kyeongok Kang, Dae Young Jang, Jin Woo Hong, Jeongil Seo, Chieteuk Ahn, Hochong Park, Young-Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11705137
    Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Jin Lee, Seung-Kwon Baek, Min Je Kim, Dae Young Jang, Jeongil Seo, Kyeongok Kang, Jin-Woo Hong, Hochong Park, Young-Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20230094007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a static eliminator having an offset voltage reducing structure capable of improving antistatic performance for a charged body by reducing an ion offset voltage. The present static eliminator comprises a static eliminator body having an air passage through which high-pressure air is supplied, a plurality of discharge structures installed at the lower end of the static eliminator body to supply the high-pressure air passing through the air passage, and generating positive/negative ions by discharging using the applied high voltage, and an offset voltage reduction unit having a plurality of openings formed to allow the positive/negative ions and high-pressure air to pass therethrough, and installed to cover at least some of the plurality of discharge structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: DONG IL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Ju HONG, Joo Hun YUN, No Baek KWAK, Min Je KIM
  • Patent number: 11606855
    Abstract: Disclosed is a static eliminator having an offset voltage reducing structure capable of improving antistatic performance for a charged body by reducing an ion offset voltage. The present static eliminator comprises a static eliminator body having an air passage through which high-pressure air is supplied, a plurality of discharge structures installed at the lower end of the static eliminator body to supply the high-pressure air passing through the air passage, and generating positive/negative ions by discharging using the applied high voltage, and an offset voltage reduction unit having a plurality of openings formed to allow the positive/negative ions and high-pressure air to pass therethrough, and installed to cover at least some of the plurality of discharge structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dong IL Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Ju Hong, Joo Hun Yun, No Baek Kwak, Min Je Kim
  • Patent number: 11605650
    Abstract: A negative transconductance device is disclosed. The negative transconductance device includes a first transistor having a P-type semiconductor channel, a second transistor having an N-type semiconductor channel, and a third transistor having an ambipolar semiconductor channel and positioned between the first and second transistors. A first drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a third source electrode of the third transistor, and a drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second source electrode of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Sung Joo Lee, Jeong Ho Cho, Jae Ho Jeon, Hyeon Je Son, Hae Ju Choi, Min Je Kim
  • Publication number: 20220406320
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Kwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Kyeongok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jin Woo HONG, Jeongil SEO, Chieteuk AHN, Hochong PARK, Young-Cheol PARK
  • Publication number: 20220406321
    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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: 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: 11456002
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal. The encoding apparatus may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a first conversion encoder to convert the input signal to a frequency domain signal, and to encode the input signal when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) encoder to perform LPC encoding of the input signal when the input signal is a speech characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream using an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Jin Lee, Seung-Kwon Baek, Min Je Kim, Dae Young Jang, Jeongil Seo, Kyeongok Kang, Jin-Woo Hong, Hochong Park, Young-cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11430458
    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: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KAWNGWOON 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: 11430457
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Min Je Kim, Kyeongok Kang, Dae Young Jang, Jin Woo Hong, Jeongil Seo, Chieteuk Ahn, Hochong Park, Young-Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20220005486
    Abstract: An encoding apparatus and a decoding apparatus in a transform between a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform (MDCT)-based coder and a different coder are provided. The encoding apparatus may encode additional information to restore an input signal encoded according to the MDCT-based coding scheme, when switching occurs between the MDCT-based coder and the different coder. Accordingly, an unnecessary bitstream may be prevented from being generated, and minimum additional information may be encoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung Kwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Dae Young JANG, Kyeongok KANG, Jin Woo HONG, Ho Chong PARK, Young-cheol PARK
  • Patent number: 11062718
    Abstract: An encoding apparatus and a decoding apparatus in a transform between a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform (MDCT)-based coder and a different coder are provided. The encoding apparatus may encode additional information to restore an input signal encoded according to the MDCT-based coding scheme, when switching occurs between the MDCT-based coder and the different coder. Accordingly, an unnecessary bitstream may be prevented from being generated, and minimum additional information may be encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Min Je Kim, Dae Young Jang, Kyeongok Kang, Jin Woo Hong, Ho Chong Park, Young-cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20210143188
    Abstract: A negative transconductance device is disclosed. The negative transconductance device includes a first transistor having a P-type semiconductor channel, a second transistor having an N-type semiconductor channel, and a third transistor having an ambipolar semiconductor channel and positioned between the first and second transistors. A first drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a third source electrode of the third transistor, and a drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second source electrode of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung Joo LEE, Jeong Ho CHO, Jae Ho JEON, Hyeon Je SON, Hae Ju CHOI, Min Je KIM
  • Publication number: 20200411022
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal. The encoding apparatus may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a first conversion encoder to convert the input signal to a frequency domain signal, and to encode the input signal when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) encoder to perform LPC encoding of the input signal when the input signal is a speech characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream using an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Jin LEE, Seung-Kwon BAEK, Min Je KIM, Dae Young JANG, Jeongil SEO, Kyeongok KANG, Jin-Woo HONG, Hochong PARK, Young-cheol PARK
  • Publication number: 20200349958
    Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate ; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Tae Jin LEE, Seung-Kwon BAEK, Min Je KIM, Dae Young JANG, Jeongil SEO, Kyeongok KANG, Jin-Woo HONG, Hochong PARK, Young-Cheol PARK