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: 10984790
    Abstract: A speech recognition device is provided. The speech recognition device includes at least one microphone configured to receive a sound signal from a first sound source, and at least one processor configured to determine a direction of the first sound source based on the sound signal, determine whether the direction of the first sound source is in a registered direction, and based on whether the direction of the first sound source is in the registered direction, recognize a speech from the sound signal regardless of whether the sound signal comprises a wake-up keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon-Taek Lim, Sang-Yoon Kim, Kyung-Min Lee, Chang-Woo Han, Nam-Hoon Kim, Jong-Youb Ryu, Chi-Youn Park, Jae-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20210099061
    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: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shung Hun WOO, Nam Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 10964310
    Abstract: A method of updating speech recognition data including a language model used for speech recognition, the method including obtaining language data including at least one word; detecting a word that does not exist in the language model from among the at least one word; obtaining at least one phoneme sequence regarding the detected word; obtaining components constituting the at least one phoneme sequence by dividing the at least one phoneme sequence into predetermined unit components; determining information regarding probabilities that the respective components constituting each of the at least one phoneme sequence appear during speech recognition; and updating the language model based on the determined probability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-youn Park, Il-hwan Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Jae-won Lee
  • Patent number: 10952667
    Abstract: Provided are a device and method of controlling a wearable device. The device may include a communicator configured to communicate with one or more wearable devices that are worn on a user's body and obtain physical information of the user; and a controller configured to determine wearing positions where the one or more wearable devices are worn on the user's body, to determine a type of activity (e.g., exercise) performed by the user, and to determine, as a main controlled-device based on the wearing positions, at least one wearable device that corresponds to the activity type of the user and is from among the one or more wearable devices worn on the user's body, wherein, via the communicator, the controller controls, from among the one or more wearable devices worn on the user's body, the main controlled-device differently from wearable devices excluding the main controlled-device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-heon Oh, Nam-hoon Kim, Jae-myeon Lee
  • Patent number: 10936075
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for gesture recognition in a portable terminal. An operation of the portable terminal includes determining a user situation by using at least one situation information, determining a user's gesture by using at least one sensor measurement value, and performing a function corresponding to the user situation and the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Song, Nam-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20210055871
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: NAM-HOON KIM, JAE SUB KIM, JAE WON SONG, SE JEONG JANG
  • Patent number: 10930592
    Abstract: A packaged assembly and a method of producing the packaged assembly is disclosed. The packaged assembly includes a redistribution layer (RDL), an integrated circuit (IC), one or more memory modules, and an interposer comprising a plurality of vias from a list of through-silicon-vias (TSVs), through-mold-via (TMVs), and plated-through-hold-via (PTHs). In some implementations, the IC is electrically and mechanically attached to a first side of the RDL. In some implementations, the one or more memory modules and the interposer are disposed on a second side of the RDL. The packaged assembly also includes a mold having a mold material encapsulating the IC, the one or more memory modules, the interposer, and the RDL to form the packaged assembly. In some implementations, the IC is electrically conductively connected an external circuit board via a series of electrical connections between the IC, the RDL, the vias, and the external circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Woon Seong Kwon, Teckgyu Kang
  • Patent number: 10903731
    Abstract: A motor for sensing a rotor location is provided, the motor comprising a shaft, a sensing magnet including a main magnet and a sub-magnet coupled to the shaft and a substrate disposed on the sensing magnet. The substrate includes a plurality of first hall sensors and a plurality of second hall sensors spaced apart from the shaft by a first distance, and a plurality of third hall sensors and a plurality of fourth hall sensors spaced apart from the shaft by a second distance larger than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shung Hun Woo, Nam Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10896873
    Abstract: A processor assembly and a system including a processor assembly are disclosed. The processor assembly includes an interposer disposed on a substrate, an integrated circuit disposed on the interposer, a memory circuit disposed on the interposer and coupled to the integrated circuit, and a capacitor embedded in the interposer. The capacitor includes at least a first non-planar conductor structure and a second non-planar conductor structure separated by a non-planar dielectric structure. The capacitor includes a first capacitor terminal electrically coupling the first non-planar conductor structure to a first voltage terminal in the integrated circuit. The capacitor includes a second capacitor terminal electrically coupling the second non-planar conductor structure to a second voltage terminal in the integrated circuit. The capacitor includes an oxide layer electrically isolating the capacitor from the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Woon Seong Kwon, Nam Hoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang
  • Publication number: 20210008476
    Abstract: A shaped cross-section composite fiber for an intake filter is manufactured from a single material of polypropylene, without separate binder processing by using the single material of polypropylene as a filter material. The shaped cross-section composite fiber includes: a sheath comprising a reformed polypropylene resin; and a core comprising a polypropylene resin, where the sheath and the core are combined to provide a sheath-core structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Gyo Seo, Yong Seok Jang, Sang Jun Ahn, Jung Wu Jung, Hyong Do Chung, Young Hae Kim, Kyung Ho Hwang, Soo Hyun Kim, Dong Eun Kim, Nam Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200393900
    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 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Chan-soo PARK, Hyeon-seong Kim, Kyong-ha Park, Nam-hoon Kim, Hyun-su Hong
  • Patent number: 10866748
    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: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Hoon Kim, Jae Sub Kim, Jae Won Song, Se Jeong Jang
  • Patent number: 10852841
    Abstract: A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Yong-gook Park, Han-joo Chae, Won-young Choi, Jeong-gwan Kang, Nam-hoon Kim, Hyun-su Hong, Jin La
  • Publication number: 20200357743
    Abstract: A packaged assembly and a method of producing the packaged assembly is disclosed. The packaged assembly includes a redistribution layer (RDL), an integrated circuit (IC), one or more memory modules, and an interposer comprising a plurality of vias from a list of through-silicon-vias (TSVs), through-mold-via (TMVs), and plated-through-hold-via (PTHs). In some implementations, the IC is electrically and mechanically attached to a first side of the RDL. In some implementations, the one or more memory modules and the interposer are disposed on a second side of the RDL. The packaged assembly also includes a mold having a mold material encapsulating the IC, the one or more memory modules, the interposer, and the RDL to form the packaged assembly. In some implementations, the IC is electrically conductively connected an external circuit board via a series of electrical connections between the IC, the RDL, the vias, and the external circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Woon Seong Kwon, Teckgyu Kang
  • Patent number: 10832674
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, microphone, speaker, wireless communication circuit, processor and memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first user utterance through the microphone, transmit, by the wireless communication circuit, the received first user utterance to an external server through the wireless communication circuit, receive, by the wireless communication circuit, first text data generated by the external server using automatic speech recognition (ASR), when the first text data includes at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, identifying a plurality of tasks mapped to the at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, and execute the identified plurality of tasks using at least one of sequential execution or parallel execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Jun Jaygarl, Hyun Woo Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Han Jun Ku, Nam Hoon Kim, Eun Taek Lim, Da Som Lee
  • Patent number: 10770065
    Abstract: A speech recognition method and a speech recognition apparatus which pre-download a speech recognition model predicted to be used and use the speech recognition model in speech recognition is provided. The speech recognition method, performed by the speech recognition apparatus, includes determining a speech recognition model, based on user information downloading the speech recognition model, performing speech recognition, based on the speech recognition model, and outputting a result of performing the speech recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-yoon Kim, Sung-soo Kim, Il-hwan Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Jong-youb Ryu, Jae-won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200214650
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise a sensor for acquiring a biometric signal, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a biometric signal by using the sensor; measure first biometric information at least on the basis of a first portion of the biometric signal; measure second biometric information at least on the basis of a second portion that is at least a part of the first portion; and display at least one of the first biometric information and the second biometric information using a display functionally connected to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jae-Myeon LEE, Jae-Suk CHOI, Jae-Il KIM, Nam-Hoon KIM, Tae-Ho KIM, Jeong-Min PARK, Seung-Eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200219483
    Abstract: A method of updating speech recognition data including a language model used for speech recognition, the method including obtaining language data including at least one word; detecting a word that does not exist in the language model from among the at least one word; obtaining at least one phoneme sequence regarding the detected word; obtaining components constituting the at least one phoneme sequence by dividing the at least one phoneme sequence into predetermined unit components; determining information regarding probabilities that the respective components constituting each of the at least one phoneme sequence appear during speech recognition; and updating the language model based on the determined probability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-youn PARK, Il-hwan Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Jae-won Lee
  • Patent number: 10706838
    Abstract: A method of updating speech recognition data including a language model used for speech recognition, the method including obtaining language data including at least one word; detecting a word that does not exist in the language model from among the at least one word; obtaining at least one phoneme sequence regarding the detected word; obtaining components constituting the at least one phoneme sequence by dividing the at least one phoneme sequence into predetermined unit components; determining information regarding probabilities that the respective components constituting each of the at least one phoneme sequence appear during speech recognition; and updating the language model based on the determined probability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-youn Park, Il-hwan Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Jae-won Lee
  • Patent number: 10698761
    Abstract: A method for operating a semiconductor memory device may include applying a program pulse for programming data of a first page included in the semiconductor memory device. The method may include determining whether the number of times of applying the program pulse has exceeded a first critical value. The method may include performing an error bit check on a second page coupled to the same word line as the first page, based on the determined result of whether the first critical value has been exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Hoon Kim, Min Kyu Lee