Patents by Inventor Nam Hoon Kim

Nam Hoon 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: 11733882
    Abstract: A memory device executes a method of controlling power of the memory device. The memory device includes a host interface which receives a command from a host and controls an access to the memory device by the host, a register which is accessible by the host and includes a plurality of different regions, a memory access monitor which monitors which region of the plurality of regions the host accesses, and in response thereto generates a monitoring signal, and a power control manager which selects a power-up group of modules of the memory device in accordance with the monitoring signal and which supplies power to the selected power-up group of modules while not supplying power to any modules of the memory device not belonging to the selected power-up group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Nam-Hoon Kim, Jae Sub Kim, Jae Won Song, Se Jeong Jang
  • Publication number: 20230188022
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shung Hun WOO, Nam Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230146695
    Abstract: In one aspect, a control method and a control apparatus are provided for protecting a damper clutch of a vehicle. In one aspect, the control method of protecting the damper clutch of the vehicle includes determining whether a vehicle state satisfies a condition for operating a damper clutch protection logic, calculating a slip power in real time on the basis of a turbine speed of a torque converter, an engine speed, a capacity coefficient of the torque converter, a clutch torque, and a hydraulic torque when the condition for operating the damper clutch protection logic is satisfied, determining whether a repetitive tip-in/tip-out that is intentionally performed occurs or not on the basis of a change in the slip power that is calculated in real time for a set time, and operating the damper clutch protection logic for restraining a slip of the damper clutch when there is the repetitive tip-in/tip-out that is intentionally performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Sung-Hyun Park, Se-Hoon Son, John-Ha Lee, Nam-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11606014
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shung Hun Woo, Nam Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230040938
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored in a memory to: control a receiver to receive a speech signal; determine whether the received speech signal includes speech signals of a plurality of different speakers; when the received speech signal includes the speech signals of the plurality of different speakers, detect feature information from a speech signal of each speaker; determine relations between pieces of speech content of the plurality of different speakers, based on the detected feature information; determine a response method based on the determined relations between the pieces of speech content; and control the electronic device such that an operation of the electronic device is performed according to the determined response method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Young Ho HAN, Nam Hoon KIM, Jae Young ROH, Chi Youn PARK, Kyung Min LEE, Keun Seok CHO, Jong Youb RYU
  • Publication number: 20230042856
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package including a substrate configured to receive one or more high-bandwidth memory (HBM) stacks on the substrate, an interposer positioned on the substrate and configured to receive a logic die on the interposer, a plurality of interposer channels formed in the interposer and connecting the logic die to the one or more HBM stacks, and a plurality of substrate traces formed in the substrate and configured to interface the plurality of interposer channels to the one or more HBM stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Woon-Seong Kwon, Teckgyu Kang, Yujeong Shim
  • Publication number: 20220404909
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile device and a method of controlling the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a sensor configured to detect at least one movement of the mobile device, a communicator configured to communicate with a vehicle, and at least one processor configured to control the communicator to establish a communication with the vehicle based on vehicle information received from the vehicle, determine a state of the mobile device based on at least one of a communication state with the vehicle and the detected at least one movement of the mobile device, and control, based on the determined state, the mobile device to operate in a first mode of providing a notification or in a second mode of not providing the notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-soo PARK, Hyeon-seong KIM, Kyong-ha PARK, Nam-hoon KIM, Hyun-su HONG
  • Publication number: 20220368204
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Shung Hun WOO, Nam Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 11495222
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored in a memory to: control a receiver to receive a speech signal; determine whether the received speech signal includes speech signals of a plurality of different speakers; when the received speech signal includes the speech signals of the plurality of different speakers, detect feature information from a speech signal of each speaker; determine relations between pieces of speech content of the plurality of different speakers, based on the detected feature information; determine a response method based on the determined relations between the pieces of speech content; and control the electronic device such that an operation of the electronic device is performed according to the determined response method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ho Han, Nam Hoon Kim, Jae Young Roh, Chi Youn Park, Kyung Min Lee, Keun Seok Cho, Jong Youb Ryu
  • Publication number: 20220324450
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling clutch friction elements of an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes retrieving information about shift clutches from a data storage unit and acquiring information required to predict a temperature of a friction element for each shift clutch, deriving a predicted temperature value of a friction element for each shift clutch by using the information about the shift clutches and the information required to predict the temperature of the friction element, predicting whether or not overheating occurs for each shift clutch by comparing the derived predicted temperature value of the friction element for each shift clutch with an allowable temperature set for each shift clutch, and determining a target shift stage while avoiding the overheating clutch with a predicted temperature value exceeding the allowable temperature, through switching to an avoidance shift mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Sung-Hyun Park, Se-Hoon Son, John-Ha Lee, Nam-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11437899
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shung Hun Woo, Nam Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11336153
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a housing; a stator disposed in the housing; a rotor disposed in the stator; a shaft coupled to the rotor; and a wire assembly connected to the stator, wherein the wire assembly includes a first ground part, the housing includes a body and a bracket including a first fastening hole and disposed on an upper portion of the body, and the bracket includes a third ground part, which is inserted into the first fastening hole and thereby contacts the body, and a second ground part, which is connected to the third ground part and is disposed so as to be exposed to the bottom surface of the bracket and thereby contacts the first ground part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Nam Hoon Kim, Ja Young Seo, Jin Su Pyeon
  • Patent number: 11276668
    Abstract: The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a packaging substrate, an IC die, and an integrated voltage regulator die. The IC die may include a metal layer and a silicon layer. The metal layer may be connected to the packaging substrate. The integrated voltage regulator die may be positioned adjacent to the silicon layer and connected to the packaging substrate via one or more through mold vias or through dielectric vias. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Woon Seong Kwon, Houle Gan, Yujeong Shim, Mikhail Popovich, Teckgyu Kang
  • Publication number: 20220002553
    Abstract: Proposed are copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure included in a coating composition for blocking near-infrared light, and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, a method of manufacturing copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure includes manufacturing CuS nanoparticles, manufacturing Cu2-xS nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the CuS nanoparticles, a reducing agent, and a solvent, and manufacturing Cu2-xS@Cu2-yO core-shell nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the Cu2-xS nanoparticles, an oxidizing agent, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: AMTE CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Nam Hoon KIM, Byung Kwon JANG
  • Patent number: 11149626
    Abstract: A method of rapidly cooling a high temperature vehicle coolant is disclosed. The method includes determining a coolant temperature lowering entry condition by detecting information on the coolant temperature, an engine speed, and a gear state and determining whether the coolant temperature needs to be rapidly lowered on the basis of the detected information; and changing a number of gear stages by adjusting the number of gear stages of a transmission to be reduced to a specific number of gear stages when the coolant temperature needs to be rapidly lowered in the determining of the coolant temperature lowering entry condition, so that the cooling fan is driven by driving the fan belt through a crank damper pulley using the increased engine speed according to the reducing adjustment of the number of gear stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hoon Son, Nam Hoon Kim, Tae Hyun An, John Ha Lee, Seo Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20210273042
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to deep trench capacitors embedded in a package substrate on which an integrated circuit is mounted. In some aspects, a chip package includes an integrated circuit die that has a power distribution circuit for one or more circuits of the integrated circuit. The chip package also includes a substrate different from the integrated circuit and having a first surface on which the integrated circuit die is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate includes one or more cavities formed in at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The chip package also includes one or more deep trench capacitors disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities. Each deep trench capacitor is connected to the power distribution circuit by conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Scott Lee Kirkman, Woon-Seong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20210249384
    Abstract: The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a packaging substrate, an IC die, and an integrated voltage regulator die. The IC die may include a metal layer and a silicon layer. The metal layer may be connected to the packaging substrate. The integrated voltage regulator die may be positioned adjacent to the silicon layer and connected to the packaging substrate via one or more through mold vias or through dielectric vias. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Woon Seong Kwon, Houle Gan, Yujeong Shim, Mikhail Popovich, Teckgyu Kang
  • Patent number: 11079011
    Abstract: A vehicle control system and a method for a vehicle running on a low friction road inhibit repetitive gear shifts of a transmission of the vehicle. The vehicle control system of the vehicle includes: one or more sensors for sensing an engine speed of the vehicle, an engine oil temperature, a position of an accelerator pedal, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle, a rotational angle of a steering wheel, or whether a low friction road running mode switch is turned on or off; and a controller for receiving sensor data from the sensors. In particular, the controller determines whether the vehicle satisfies an entry condition for performing a repetitive shift prevention control based on the sensor data, and controls a gear shift of the transmission and an engine torque to inhibit the repetitive gear shifts of the vehicle when the downshift occurs when the vehicle has satisfied the entry condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Ha Lee, Nam Hoon Kim, Se Hoon Son, Seo Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20210210086
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored in a memory to: control a receiver to receive a speech signal; determine whether the received speech signal includes speech signals of a plurality of different speakers; when the received speech signal includes the speech signals of the plurality of different speakers, detect feature information from a speech signal of each speaker; determine relations between pieces of speech content of the plurality of different speakers, based on the detected feature information; determine a response method based on the determined relations between the pieces of speech content; and control the electronic device such that an operation of the electronic device is performed according to the determined response method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Young Ho HAN, Nam Hoon KIM, Jae Young ROH, Chi Youn PARK, Kyung Min LEE, Keun Seok CHO, Jong Youb RYU
  • Publication number: 20210180504
    Abstract: A method of rapidly cooling a high temperature vehicle coolant is disclosed. The method includes determining a coolant temperature lowering entry condition by detecting information on the coolant temperature, an engine speed, and a gear state and determining whether the coolant temperature needs to be rapidly lowered on the basis of the detected information; and changing a number of gear stages by adjusting the number of gear stages of a transmission to be reduced to a specific number of gear stages when the coolant temperature needs to be rapidly lowered in the determining of the coolant temperature lowering entry condition, so that the cooling fan is driven by driving the fan belt through a crank damper pulley using the increased engine speed according to the reducing adjustment of the number of gear stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hoon SON, Nam Hoon KIM, Tae Hyun AN, John Ha LEE, Seo Yeon CHO