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: 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
  • Publication number: 20220280775
    Abstract: An electrical stimulation apparatus includes: a cell cluster container comprising a cell cluster configured to secrete an active material; an indicator container comprising an indicator; a controller configured to apply a stimulation voltage to the cell cluster container based on a sensing signal received from the indicator container; a first entrance connected to the cell cluster container and configured to allow either one or both of the cell cluster to be retracted and a new cell cluster to be injected; and a second entrance connected to the indicator container and configured to allow either one or both of the indicator to be retracted and a new indicator to be injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Don-Wook LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Kitae PARK, Young Jun HONG
  • Publication number: 20220266192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and to a concentration kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and then desorbing same so as to detect the components and concentrations of the pollutants. The present invention comprises: a sensor positioned on a channel in which gas moves, so as to detect pollutants in the gas; and a concentration part, which comprises an adsorbent for adsorbing and desorbing the pollutants in the gas moving to the sensor, so as to transfer concentrated pollutants to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Iljeong HEO, Jin Hee LEE, Young Woo YOU, Yun Ho JEONG, Sang Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 11407414
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a vehicle driving depending on a baby mode, including activating an apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting a speed of a vehicle, and determining a state of a car seat when the car seat is installed, correcting a speed profile of the apparatus for automatically controlling and limiting the speed of the vehicle based on the state of the car seat, determining whether the vehicle enters a turning section, when the vehicle enters the turning section, performing at least one of turning section acceleration control or turning section deceleration control based on the state of the car seat, and determining whether the vehicle passes through the turning section after performing at least one of the turning section acceleration or deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    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
  • Patent number: 11407393
    Abstract: A vehicle driving control method depending on a baby mode, may include, when the baby mode is activated, receiving information on a state of a vehicle seat, correcting a center state of charge (SOC) value of a battery of the vehicle based on the information on the state of the vehicle seat, determining a state of a transmission of the vehicle, and performing regenerative brake and brake pedal stroke (BPS) scale/filtering correction control or an electric vehicle (EV) mode and accelerator position sensor (APS) scale/filtering correction control based on the state of the transmission of the vehicle and the state of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Publication number: 20220195902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a VOC reduction system and a VOC reduction method that applies pulse type thermal energy to a catalyst to activate the catalyst and oxidizes and removes the VOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Hee LEE, Iljeong HEO, Tae Sun CHANG, Ji Hoon PARK, Sang Joon KIM, Young Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20220185291
    Abstract: An engine start controller for a hybrid vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The engine start controller includes a hybrid starter generator (HSG) that is connected to an engine by a belt, a sensor that is configured to measure an HSG speed, and a processor that applies a starting torque to the HSG. When starting the engine, the processor calculates an HSG speed estimated based on the applied starting torque and calculates an amount of slip of the belt using the HSG speed. In addition, the processor calculates a torque change rate correction value based on the calculated amount of slip, and corrects a rate of change rate in the starting torque based on the torque change rate correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11356646
    Abstract: A device for projecting an image on a surface of an object includes an extracting unit configured to extract information about a plurality of lines from an image of the object based on depth information and color information extracted from the image of the object; an image projection distortion information deriving unit configured to derive image projection distortion information about the surface of the object based on the information about the plurality of lines; and a projecting unit configured to project a content image on the surface of the object based on the derived image projection distortion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND BUSINESS, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Goo Man Park, Sang Joon Kim, Yu Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20220172413
    Abstract: A method for generating realistic content based on a motion of a user includes generating a video of the user by means of a camera, recognizing a hand motion of the user from the generated video, deriving hand coordinates depending on the shape and position of a hand based on the recognized hand motion, outputting a picture on an output screen based on the derived hand coordinates, pre-processing the output picture based on a correction algorithm, and generating realistic content from the pre-processed picture based on a deep learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Jin LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Goo Man PARK
  • Publication number: 20220174248
    Abstract: A device for projecting an image on a surface of an object includes an extracting unit configured to extract information about a plurality of lines from an image of the object based on depth information and color information extracted from the image of the object; an image projection distortion information deriving unit configured to derive image projection distortion information about the surface of the object based on the information about the plurality of lines; and a projecting unit configured to project a content image on the surface of the object based on the derived image projection distortion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Goo Man PARK, Sang Joon KIM, Yu Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20220147805
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method mapping a natural neural network into an electronic neural network device of an electronic device. The method includes constructing a neural network map of a natural neural network based on membrane potentials of a plurality of biological neurons of the natural neural network, where the membrane potentials correspond to at least two different respective forms of membrane potentials, and mapping the neural network map to the electronic neural network device. The constructing of the neural network map and the mapping of the neural network map implement learning of the electronic neural network device. The method may further includes obtaining an input or stimuli, activating the learned electronic neural network device, provided the obtained input or stimuli, to perform neural network operations, and generating a neural network result for the obtained input or stimuli based on a result of the activated learned electronic neural device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donhee HAM, Sang Joon KIM
  • Patent number: 11329557
    Abstract: A single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) converter includes a converter configured to provide respective voltages of a plurality of channels with a single inductor and a control logic configured to control switches of the converter based on clocks corresponding to the plurality of channels, wherein the control logic is configured to compare an output voltage of a selected channel of the plurality of channels that corresponds to a control target to a reference voltage of the selected channel based on a clock of the selected channel and operate in one of a first mode that adaptively adjusts a number of times that a pulse triggering a power transfer to the channel is generated, and a second mode that blocks a generation of the pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seungchul Jung, Kye-Seok Yoon, Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Sang Joon Kim, Sang Jin Lim
  • Publication number: 20220123700
    Abstract: An amplification apparatus includes an amplifier having an inverting terminal, and a non-inverting terminal connected to a reset voltage node, a first capacitor connected to the inverting terminal, an input voltage being applied to the first capacitor, a second capacitor connected to the inverting terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier, and a duty-cycled resistor, connected in parallel to the second capacitor, including a first resistor. The duty-cycled resistor is configured to connect the first resistor and the inverting terminal and to disconnect the first resistor and the reset voltage node during a first time interval included in a period to complete an on-and-off cycle of the duty-cycled resistor, and disconnect the first resistor and the inverting terminal and to connect the first resistor and the reset voltage node during a second time interval included in the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Wonseok LEE, Kent Edrian LOZADA, Seung Tak RYU, Sang Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220120797
    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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Wonseok LEE, Ji-Hoon SUH, Minkyu JE, Sang Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220116301
    Abstract: A processor-implemented communication method includes: sequentially transmitting scan packets comprising information of current transmission frequencies to a target device while changing a transmission frequency of a control device within a scan frequency range; and receiving, from the target device, a return packet comprising information of a reception frequency of the target device corresponding to any one of the current transmission frequencies included in the scan packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonseong KANG, Sang Joon KIM, Young Jun HONG
  • Patent number: 11301043
    Abstract: An method of operating an implantable device includes sensing a neural signal generated in a tissue of a body, recognizing input information to process a cryptocurrency-based financial transaction by analyzing the sensed neural signal, and processing the cryptocurrency-based financial transaction based on the recognized input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joonseong Kang, Sang Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11285818
    Abstract: A driving torque command generating apparatus and method of an eco-friendly vehicle are provided. The apparatus and method obtain rapid reaction and response of the vehicle in response to a driving input while effectively reducing NVH problems caused by torsion and backlash of a drive system even during a significant change in driving force caused by the driving input. Torsional state information of a vehicle drive system is obtained from input information regarding a motor speed and a wheel speed detected by a motor speed detector and a wheel speed detector. A motor torque command is generated based on a driving input value input by a driving input value detector and the obtained torsional state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11287439
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating a wheel speed of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a wheel speed sensor that detects a rotation speed of a wheel of the vehicle and a longitudinal acceleration sensor that detects a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle. A controller converts the longitudinal acceleration to a wheel acceleration, compensates for the converted wheel acceleration based on a compensation value obtained using wheel speed information, integrates the compensated wheel acceleration, and calculates a wheel speed estimation value based on the integrated wheel acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Publication number: 20220089160
    Abstract: An embodiment acceleration limit control method includes determining an acceleration limit based on information on a passenger, determining a disturbance torque due to a disturbance, other than a drive source of a vehicle, based on at least a slope, determining a torque limit satisfying the acceleration limit based on the disturbance torque, and determining an output torque to be generated by the drive source based on the torque limit and a driver's requested torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Hong Chul Shin, Jae Myoung Pi, Song Il Park, Sang Kyu Park, Soo Bang Lee, Seong lk Park
  • Publication number: 20220089036
    Abstract: A method of controlling stability of a motorized vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source includes determining a slope of a road ahead, when sensing a sudden slope change point as a result of determination, determining a correction section based on the sudden slope change point, and correcting stability control torque in the correction section to compensate for motion of the vehicle body due to a change in the slope of the road using a pitching motion of the vehicle body caused by the torque of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Un SON, Jea Mun LEE, Jae Young PARK, Young Eun KIM, Sang Joon KIM, Sung Hoon YU