Patents by Inventor Nam Kim

Nam 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: 20230371321
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device comprising: a substrate; a thin film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a first hole; a light emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer and including a light emitting element; a first light blocking layer between the substrate and the thin film transistor layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a second light blocking layer between the thin film transistor layer and the light emitting element layer and including a third hole overlapping the first hole and the second hole in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sun Hwa LEE, Mu Kyung JEON, Il Nam KIM, Ji Hun RYU, Ki Hyun PYO
  • Publication number: 20230360427
    Abstract: A display device including: scan lines including first and second scan lines; pixels connected to the scan lines; photo sensors connected to some of the scan lines, the photo sensors including a first photo sensor connected to the first scan line and a readout line, and a second photo sensor connected to the second scan line and the readout line; a scan driver to provide scan signals to the scan lines; and a readout circuit to receive, through the readout line, detection signals which are outputted from the photo sensors in response to the scan signals, wherein, while the scan signals are provided to the first and second scan lines, the readout circuit samples a detection signal of one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor without sampling a detection signal of the other one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230361161
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving the performance and/or reliability of the element, by increasing the capacitance of the capacitor, using a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material and a paraelectric material. The semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from each other, and a capacitor dielectric film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first dielectric film and a second dielectric film. The first dielectric film includes one of a first monometal oxide film and a first bimetal oxide film, the first dielectric film has an orthorhombic crystal system, the second dielectric film includes a paraelectric material, and a dielectric constant of the capacitor dielectric film is greater than a dielectric constant of the second dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jin LIM, Ki Nam KIM, Hyung Suk JUNG, Kyoo Ho JUNG, Ki Hyun HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230361402
    Abstract: A battery module including: a battery cell stack including at least one battery cell; a bus bar frame covering the upper surface of the battery cell stack and the side on which a lead of the battery cell is protruding; a housing for accommodating a coupled body of the battery cell stack and the bus bar frame; and a pair of end plates coupled to the surface where the lead of the battery cell is disposed at both ends of the housing. A plurality of gas inducing holes are formed in at least one of an upper frame of the bus bar frame, an upper surface of the housing, and the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: So Jeong Lee, Jaehyun You, Young In Kim, Nam In Kim, Jongha Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230338957
    Abstract: Provided is a reaction well cartridge device and a reaction well cartridge system. The reaction well cartridge device may include a cartridge body in which a reaction well container for accommodating reaction wells, wherein the cartridge body includes one or more of a dispensing tip container, a sample container for accommodating samples, a reagent container for accommodating reagents, a mixture container for accommodating a mixture containing the samples and the reagents, a diluent container for accommodating a diluent, a washing solution container for accommodating a washing solution, and combinations thereof; a temporary storage formed in the cartridge body and configured to temporarily store waste generated after reaction in the reaction wells; and a non-return valve device installed in a waste passage formed on one side of the temporary storage to prevent inflow of the waste from flowing backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20230343227
    Abstract: A system for controlling an aerial vehicle includes an autonomous control computer that detects a runway to estimate a state information error of the aerial vehicle, and a flight control computer that obtains state information of the aerial vehicle and transmits a determined flight mode of the aerial vehicle to the autonomous control computer when the flight mode of the aerial vehicle is determined as an autonomous flight mode based on the state information of the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Chang Hyun SUNG, Hye In JUNG, Jun Young LIM, Hong Ju LEE, Hyun Jee RYU, Gun Hee MOON, Kyu Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 11796190
    Abstract: An air management device may include three independently operated primary impellers 131, 131?, 131?, and drawn-in air is discharged through discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 provided in the front plate 15 of the housing 10. Louvers 141, 142, 143 installed downstream of the air flow and discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 may be independently opened or closed to provide discharge of the air to the surrounding environment. Further, at least one retractable or pop-up fan may be provided. The air management allows customization of air flow. The housing 10 of the furniture-type air management device may be installed on the floor of the livable space and may have a hexahedron shape that extends from side to side. A bottom inlet 11? may be formed on the bottom plate 11 of the housing 10 facing the floor of the living space above a predetermined distance. The replaceable filter 300 may be installed to filter the air sucked through the bottom inlet 11?, and may be drawn in and out of the housing 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Min Kyu Oh, Yong Nam Kim, Yang Hwan No
  • Publication number: 20230331396
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flight control apparatus for an aerial vehicle and a method of operating the same. The flight control apparatus includes a communication circuit that establishes communication with a control system and receive first information related to operation information for controlling flight of an aerial vehicle from the control system, a sensor that obtains second information related to flight data of the aerial vehicle, a memory that stores a prediction model for predicting a flight state of the aerial vehicle based on the first information and the second information, and a flight parameter estimation value including at least one of a landing gear spring coefficient, an aerodynamic coefficient, a friction coefficient, an control surface effect, a thrust coefficient, or inertia moment or any combination thereof or any combination thereof, and a processor that is electrically connected to the communication circuit, the sensor, and the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hong Ju Lee, Gun Hee Moon, Hye In Jung, Kyu Nam Kim, Hyun Jee Ryu, Chang Hyun Sung, Jun Young Lim
  • Patent number: 11791194
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woo Sun, Sung Moon Park, Je Woo Han, Kwang Nam Kim, Ho Chang Lee, Young Hoon Jeong, Masayuki Tomoyasu
  • Patent number: 11788049
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture system capable of mixing a medium for culturing animal or plant cells. The cell culture system includes a body, a movable plate including an accommodation space accommodating a culture bag accommodating a medium to mix the medium, and being tiltable in multiple directions by a central joint mounted at a first location of the body, a first actuator mounted between the body and a second location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, a second actuator mounted between the body and a third location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, and a controller for applying a control signal to the first and second actuators, wherein a first angle between a first reference line extending from the first location to the second location, and a second reference line extending from the first location to the third location is 120°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MICRO DIGITAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Yong Bok Lee, Chong Myung Kim, Sun Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20230329066
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting pixel and a sensor pixel. The light-emitting pixel includes a light-emitting element, a first transistor electrically connected between a first line and a second line and configured to control a driving current flowing through the light-emitting element in response to a voltage of a first node, and a second transistor connected between the first node and a third line. The sensor pixel includes a light-receiving element connected between a sensor node and the second line, and a first sensor transistor configured to control a current flowing between the third line and a readout line in response to a voltage of the sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun Dae Lee, ll Nam Kim, Seung Hyun Moon, Dong Wook Yang, Kang Bin Jo, Go Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11783620
    Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Lee, Il Nam Kim, Kang Bin Jo, Dong Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 11783728
    Abstract: An expert navigation device based on actual welding data of an embodiment includes: a welding variable acquisition unit that acquires welding variable data of an expert through a bigdata platform; a welding line extraction unit that analyzes a base material, which is a welding target, through a camera mounted on a welding helmet to acquire the welding line in the base material; a synchronization unit that generates a trigger, which serves as a reference point, for matching the welding variable data acquired through the welding variable acquisition unit to the welding line acquired through the welding line extraction unit; and a navigation output unit that displays information of the welding variable data to a user when a welding location reaches a trigger point while welding is performed based on the trigger point generated by the synchronization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOTAL SOFT BANK LTD.
    Inventors: Maeng Nam Kim, Min Jung Kwon, Sang Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20230320168
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the active region and emits light. A light source unit is disposed in the first non-active region and emits light. A plurality of optical sensors is disposed in the active region and senses incident light emitted by the light source unit. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit. A scattering pattern layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer in the first non-active region and includes a plurality of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230315562
    Abstract: An example error handling method includes detecting an error in an image forming apparatus, transmitting error information regarding the detected error to an external apparatus, identifying an error category based on the error information, providing a solution corresponding to the error information to the image forming apparatus based on the identified error category, transmitting result information obtained by applying the provided solution to the external apparatus, and updating the provided solution based on the result information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Hoon BAE, Ki Young HWANG, Han Sung KIM, Ho Sung HAN, Seung Wook HONG, Han Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20230316966
    Abstract: A test system, a method of testing a display cell using the same, and a display device are provided. There is provided a test system comprising: a display cell including a pixel and a data line connected to the pixel, an optical sensor and a readout line connected to the optical sensor, and a signal selection unit for selectively connecting a test signal line to any one of the data line and the readout line; and a test member configured to apply a first test control signal to the signal selection unit in a data test mode and apply a second test control signal to the signal selection unit in a sensing test mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Go Eun CHA, Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO
  • Publication number: 20230313101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable cell culture bag capable of facilitating cell culture by using a flexible transparent resin film, the disposable cell culture bag including a body having a sealed space for accommodating a medium, and made of a flexible transparent resin film usable for disposable products, and one or more tubing lines extending from an inside to an outside of the body, wherein the body includes a bottom-side integrated part provided by extending one or more side surfaces from a bottom surface of the body to be spread in a radial shape, in order to obtain continuously smooth four edges of the bottom surface, and a top surface fusion bonded to the side surfaces of the bottom-side integrated part after the side surfaces are fusion bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20230315127
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for controlling an aerial vehicle. The apparatus includes a camera that obtains an terrain image during flight, a sensor that obtains scan information of a landing point of the aerial vehicle, and a controller that estimates a location of the landing point based on the terrain image if it is determined that the landing point is recognized in the terrain image, determines whether an obstacle exists at the landing point based on the scan information, and determines whether landing of the aerial vehicle is possible based on a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun Jee Ryu, Kyu Nam Kim, Chang Hyun Sung, Jun Young Lim
  • Patent number: 11774113
    Abstract: An air management device may include three independently operated primary impellers 131, 131?, 131?, and drawn-in air is discharged through discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 provided in the front plate 15 of the housing 10. Louvers 141, 142, 143 installed downstream of the air flow and discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 may be independently opened or closed to provide discharge of the air to the surrounding environment. Further, at least one retractable or pop-up fan may be provided. The air management allows customization of air flow. The housing 10 of the furniture-type air management device may be installed on the floor of the livable space and may have a hexahedron shape that extends from side to side. A bottom inlet 11? may be formed on the bottom plate 11 of the housing 10 facing the floor of the living space above a predetermined distance. The replaceable filter 300 may be installed to filter the air sucked through the bottom inlet 11?, and may be drawn in and out of the housing 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Min Kyu Oh, Yong Nam Kim, Yang Hwan No
  • Publication number: 20230301503
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based gastroscopic image analysis method including a step of configuring training data and training the plurality of image classification models, a step of observing or photographing respective parts of a stomach from the oral cavity and the laryngopharynx to the second part of the duodenum using a gastroscopic probe, a step of automatically classifying and recognizing the anatomical location of the stomach with respect to an image captured during photographing using the plurality of image classification models, automatically storing or reporting the location of a lesion, and a step of segmenting an image of a specific part in the captured gastroscopic image for each region by a region segmentation model and outputting the same number of segmented maps as the number of target classes as the result of segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: WAYCEN INC., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kyung Nam KIM, Jie-Hyun KIM