Patents by Inventor Sang Joon Kim

Sang Joon 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: 20230201611
    Abstract: An implant system includes an implant device configured to generate a stimulation signal for a user using a power manager according to an operation mode based on biometric information of the user, and a wake-up device configured to switch the operation mode based on either one or both of an energy supply received through an external energy source different from the power manager and a result of counting a timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyeub SUH, Sang Joon KIM, Hankyu LEE
  • Patent number: 11685363
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling engine idling of a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine, an electric motor and a driving motor includes: an engine target speed determination part to determine an engine target speed when an engine idle speed control is requested; an engine target torque determination part to determine an engine target torque when the engine idle speed control is requested; a speed control part to determine a control torque for maintaining an engine speed at a predetermined speed based on a difference value between the engine target speed and an engine actual speed; a power split part to determine an output torque of the electric motor and an engine compensation torque of the engine based the control torque; and a final engine torque determination part to sum the engine compensation torque and the engine target torque to determine a final engine torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung Deok Kim, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Publication number: 20230170026
    Abstract: Provided is method and apparatus with memory array programming. A memory apparatus may include a memory array including memory cells, and a memory controller, where the memory controller is configured to configured to repeat, for a plurality of times, a generation of a first present time current error between a first present time current and a first target current, both of a first memory cell, a generation of a second present time current error between a second present time current and a second target current, both of a second memory cell, where a greatest among the first present time current error and the second present time current error is a greatest present time current error, and a programming of a select one of the first and second memory cells that has the greatest present time current error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Ju YUN, Daekun YOON, Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230155578
    Abstract: A computing device for performing a digital pulse-based crossbar operation and a method of operating the computing device. The computing device includes a plurality of input lines to which a pulse is selectively input in a sequential manner based on a corresponding input signal; a plurality of output lines crossing the input lines; a plurality of elements, each element being disposed at a cross point between a corresponding input line and a corresponding output line to transfer, to the corresponding output line, a pulse input to the corresponding input line in response to a corresponding weight being a first value; and a plurality of pulse counters, each pulse counter counting a number of pulses output from a corresponding output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungchul JUNG, Sang Joon KIM, Sungmeen MYUNG, Seok Ju YUN, Seungkeun YOON
  • Patent number: 11628763
    Abstract: A vehicle including an electric motor has improved operating performance of a brake lamp using regenerative braking. A method of controlling a brake lamp of the vehicle includes determining a tendency of a driver, calculating a corrected mass based on the determined tendency of the driver, and calculating corrected acceleration based on the corrected mass and regenerative braking torque of the electric motor. An on threshold is corrected based on a difference between a requested torque and the regenerative braking torque at a time at which an accelerator pedal is released, and the brake lamp is turned on based on the corrected on threshold and the corrected acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Patent number: 11623101
    Abstract: An implant system includes an implant device configured to generate a stimulation signal for a user using a power manager according to an operation mode based on biometric information of the user, and a wake-up device configured to switch the operation mode based on either one or both of an energy supply received through an external energy source different from the power manager and a result of counting a timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyeub Suh, Sang Joon Kim, Hankyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11623094
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and apparatus for measuring a bioimpedance and performing an electrical stimulation. The method includes generating a first current corresponding to a first high-frequency, generating a second current corresponding to a second high-frequency, generating a low-frequency current based on a beat phenomenon of the first current and the second current, and calculating an impedance of a target part based on a voltage induced to the target part by a high-frequency current corresponding to at least one of the first current and the second current and the low-frequency current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungwoo Lee, Sang Joon Kim, Jongpal Kim
  • Publication number: 20230075348
    Abstract: A multiplier-accumulator includes: a plurality of exclusive negative OR (XNOR) gates provided along one or more input lines and configured to receive signals corresponding to an input bit sequence and a weight bit sequence corresponding to each of the one or more input lines and to output partial product results between the input bit sequence and the weight bit sequence; an encoder configured to apply, to the plurality of XNOR gates, a signal corresponding to a sequence in which a logical value of a most significant bit (MSB) is converted from an original sequence expressed in 2's complement of a corresponding sequence for either one or both of the input bit sequence and the weight bit sequence; and an outputter configured to generate an output in which a correction value is applied to operation results in which the partial product results output from the plurality of XNOR gates are summed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG, Sungmeen MYUNG
  • Publication number: 20230064496
    Abstract: A memristor crossbar array (MCA) circuit includes an input processor configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a predetermined number of input values and to apply the input signal to memristors arranged along input lines, an MCA including the memristors having resistance values based on at least one transformation matrix including binary element values, and an outputter configured to output a frequency component intensity of the input signal based on a signal that is output from each of output lines on which the memristors are arranged, in response to the input signal being applied to the memristors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SEUNGKEUN YOON, Hyunsoo KIM, Sang Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230056865
    Abstract: A method and apparatus with artificial network generation and/or implementation corresponding to a natural neural network are disclosed. The method includes performing an adjusting, based on a firing time difference between an action potential (AP) of a first biological neuron and a post-synaptic potential (PSP) of a second biological neuron, of a first conductance value of a first memory corresponding to the first and second biological neurons, adjusting the firing time difference based on the PSP of the second biological neuron, and performing another adjusting, by controlling another firing time difference between the AP of the first biological neuron and the PSP of the second biological neuron to be the adjusted firing time difference, of a second conductance value of the first memory corresponding to the first and second biological neurons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Seijoon Kim, Renjing Xu, Hongkun Park, Donhee Ham, SANG JOON KIM
  • Patent number: 11573792
    Abstract: Provided is a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) system, circuit, and method. The MAC system includes a MAC circuit, including a plurality of resistors, having respective resistances, a capacitor connected to the plurality of resistors to charge, in response to a plurality of input signals, the capacitor with electric charge, and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to convert information of a charge time of the capacitor, due to the electric charge, into a digital value, wherein the digital value is an accumulation result of the MAC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Seungchul Jung
  • Patent number: 11565697
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle and a parking control method therefor which can prevent a parking curb or a driving system from being damaged during parking due to collision with the parking curb or running over the parking curb according to creep torque imitation by an electric motor in a vehicle equipped with the electric motor. A parking control method includes determining whether a parking situation occurs, applying a creep torque modification coefficient to a creep torque until contact with an object that applies a reaction force to a wheel in a parking direction is sensed to determine a modified creep torque upon determining the parking situation, and variably controlling the creep torque by applying a variable coefficient to the modified creep torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20230011272
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method with neural processing. The operating method includes constructing a neuron array including a plurality of neuron modules, mapping a target pattern to the neuron array, adapting the neuron modules to the target pattern in response to a reception of the target pattern, and training the neuron modules to cause the neuron array to mimic the target pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wooseok Yi, SANG JOON KIM
  • Patent number: 11543443
    Abstract: An impedance measuring apparatus is disclosed. The impedance measuring apparatus includes an input current generator configured to generate a sinusoidal input signal of a carrier frequency, a first electrode configured to apply the sinusoidal input signal to an object which has an impedance, a second electrode configured to receive an amplitude modulated signal from the object, a first amplifier configured to amplify the received amplitude modulated signal and output a first amplified signal, a baseline signal subtractor configured to subtract a baseline signal generated based on the first amplified signal from the amplitude modulated signal and output a subtraction modulated signal, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the subtraction modulated signal to a digital modulated signal, and an impedance measurer configured to measure the impedance based on the digital modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wonseok Lee, Ji-Hoon Suh, Minkyu Je, Sang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220414435
    Abstract: A bioprocessing device performing an operation based on cultured biological neurons includes: an electrode layer comprising electrodes connected to the biological neurons; circuit layers, stacked with the electrode layer, comprising stacked circuits for the biological neurons; and inter-layer connectors configured to connect the electrode layer and the circuit layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hankyu LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Chisung BAE
  • Patent number: 11515729
    Abstract: A wireless power relay apparatus includes: a first antenna configured to wirelessly receive an alternating current (AC) power signal of a first frequency from a wireless power transmission apparatus; a rectifier configured to convert the received AC power signal into a direct current (DC) power; a storage device configured to store electric energy of the DC power output from the rectifier; a power oscillator configured to generate an AC power signal of a second frequency based on an output current of the rectifier and electric energy of a DC voltage stored in the storage device; and a second antenna configured to transmit the AC power signal of the second frequency to a wireless power reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hankyu Lee, Sang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220365752
    Abstract: A multiply-accumulate (MAC) computation circuit includes: a source bit cell block configured to determine a MAC operation result of an input signal based on a plurality of source bit cells; a replica bit cell block comprising a plurality of replica bit cells corresponding to the plurality of source bit cells; and a readout circuit configured to read out a digital value of the MAC operation result using the replica bit cell block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungwoo LEE, Seungchul JUNG, Sang Joon KIM, Sungmeen MYUNG
  • Publication number: 20220357922
    Abstract: A multiply-accumulate (MAC) computation circuit includes: a bit-cell array configured to generate an analog output corresponding to a MAC operation result of an input signal; a first analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit configured to determine an upper part of a digital output corresponding to the analog output; and a second ADC circuit configured to determine a lower part of the digital output based on a reference voltage corresponding to the upper part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungwoo LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Seok Ju YUN, Seungchul JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220343147
    Abstract: A neural network apparatus includes: a first processing circuit and a second processing circuit each configured to perform a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) operation on a weight and an input activation; a first register configured to store an output of the first processing circuit; an adder configured to add an output of the first register and an output of the second processing circuit; a second register configured to store an output of the adder; and an input circuit configured to input a same input activation to the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit and control the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Wan KWON, Minje KIM, Sang Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220320906
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an external coil connected via a pair of a first feed-through portion and a second feed-through portion to a communication circuit, the external coil comprising a first coil part and a second coil part disposed outside a housing; a wireless power transmission circuit; an electrode signal processing circuit included in the housing; an external capacitor disposed outside the housing and connected between the first coil part and the second coil part; a first electrode connected to the first coil part at one end of the external capacitor; and a second electrode connected to the second coil part at another end of the external capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun LEE, Chisung BAE, Sang Joon KIM