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).

  • BIO-ELECTROCEUTICAL DEVICE USING CELL CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20210220558
    Abstract: A bio-electroceutical device includes: a cell reservoir configured to accommodate a cell cluster comprising an organoid fused with a biomaterial; and a cell controller configured to control, using an electrical signal, a secretion of an active component by the organoid in the cell cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun HONG, Hyejin PARK, Seokyung KANG, Soyoung BANG, Sang Joon KIM, Chisung BAE
  • Method and apparatus to remove noise from electrocardiography (ECG) sensor signal
    Patent number: 11064949
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus to remove a noise from an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor signal are provided. A noise removing method includes: receiving a sensor signal collected by an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor; extracting an ECG estimation signal from the sensor signal based on a peak value of the sensor signal; determining a first comparison value between the ECG estimation signal and a first reference signal indicating an average form of ECG signals; and classifying the ECG estimation signal as one of an ECG signal and a noise by comparing the first comparison value to a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Jinhyun Yun, Sang Joon Kim
  • Low-power device method
    Patent number: 11050263
    Abstract: A method of controlling power on a low-power device and the low-power device for performing the method are provided. The method includes performing a first operation, of acquiring sensing data, using power stored in an internal battery of the low-power device, wherein the first operation consumes a first power consumption from the internal battery; and performing a second operation, with respect to the acquired sensing data, and which consumes a second power consumption, using power wirelessly transmitted from an external device located outside of the low-power device, wherein the second power consumption is greater than the first power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chisung Bae, Sang Joon Kim
  • Vehicle and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11040723
    Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong ho Yang
  • APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKING TORQUE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210178904
    Abstract: An apparatus and method control regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle on which an anti-lock brake system (ABS) is mounted. The apparatus and method can compensate the regenerative braking torque of the driving motor based on the behavior model of the electric vehicle, such that the ABS is prevented from entering an operating range to the maximum limit to maximize the energy recovery rate through regenerative braking. The apparatus includes a disturbance extractor that extracts a disturbance in a specific frequency band from a difference between a behavior model and an actual behavior of the electric vehicle. The apparatus includes a torque compensator that compensates for the regenerative braking torque based on the disturbance extracted by the disturbance extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR AND PARKING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20210179107
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING DEPENDING ON BABY MODE
    Publication number: 20210179104
    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: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Method for Controlling Speed Limit for the Same
    Publication number: 20210179064
    Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • IMPLANT SYSTEM INCLUDING WAKE-UP DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMPLANT SYSTEM INCLUDING WAKE-UP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210154482
    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: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyeub SUH, Sang Joon KIM, Hankyu LEE
  • Boost converter and boost converter cell
    Patent number: 11018579
    Abstract: A boost converter and a cell applicable to the boost converter are provided. The cell comprises a control circuit configured to generate a bottom control signal related to a bottom plate of a capacitor, and a top control signal related to a top plate of the capacitor to connect the capacitor based on one or more operational phases, and a booster configured to convert the top control signal generated by the control circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be sequentially connected to voltage levels through switches, based on the bottom control signal and the converted top control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Seungchul Jung, Sang Joon Kim, Junyoung Park, Yoonmyung Lee, Hyungmin Gi
  • Vehicle and method for controlling engine startup reference power
    Patent number: 10988131
    Abstract: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chui Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating physiological aging level
    Patent number: 10980490
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a physiological aging level includes calculating a complexity corresponding to a change pattern of a physiological parameter sensed from a user, and determining an aging level indicating a physiological change progress of the user based on the complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Geun Jang, Sang Joon Kim, JongPal Kim, Seungchul Jung
  • VEHICLE INCLUDING ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BRAKE LAMP FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210101525
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Wireless power receiving apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10965161
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving apparatus includes a receiving resonator configured to wirelessly receive energy; a resonant converter configured to transfer, to an output end of the wireless power receiving apparatus, energy of an energy storage device connected among a plurality of energy storage devices; and a controller configured to accumulate, alternatingly in the energy storage devices, the energy received, and select the energy storage device to be connected to the resonant converter from the energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seungchul Jung, Gyu Hyeong Cho, Sang Joon Kim, JongPal Kim, Se Un Shin, Min Seong Choi, Seok Tae Koh, Yu Jin Yang
  • Apparatus and method with wireless power transmission
    Patent number: 10951068
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes: a wireless power transmission apparatus including: a transmission coil configured to form mutual coupling with an auxiliary coil disposed outside of a living body; and a controller configured to control a supply of power by a power source to the transmission coil to wirelessly transmit the power from the transmission coil, using the auxiliary coil, to a wireless power reception apparatus disposed inside the living body through the mutual coupling, wherein a distance between the transmission coil and the auxiliary coil is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun Lee, Sang Joon Kim, Hankyu Lee, Seungchul Jung, Yeunhee Huh
  • METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE WITH A MULTIPLIER-ACCUMULATOR CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20210064367
    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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES POWER GENERATED FROM EXTERNAL ENERGY SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20210067063
    Abstract: A power providing device is provided. The power providing device includes a first energy harvester element configured to generate power in response to an external energy signal being received, a connection switching element configured to switch a connection between the first energy harvester element and a second energy harvester element; and a first rectifier comprising one or more path switching elements configured to change a rectification path in response to the switching of the connection switching element, wherein the first rectifier is connected to the first energy harvester element to rectify the power generated by the first energy harvester element along the rectification path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeunhee HUH, Sang Joon KIM, Seungchul JUNG
  • BOOST CONVERTER AND BOOST CONVERTER CELL
    Publication number: 20200382000
    Abstract: A boost converter and a cell applicable to the boost converter are provided. The cell comprises a control circuit configured to generate a bottom control signal related to a bottom plate of a capacitor, and a top control signal related to a top plate of the capacitor to connect the capacitor based on one or more operational phases, and a booster configured to convert the top control signal generated by the control circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be sequentially connected to voltage levels through switches, based on the bottom control signal and the converted top control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seungchul JUNG, Sang Joon KIM, Junyoung PARK, Yoonmyung LEE, Hyungmin GI
  • IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200363870
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonseong KANG, Sang Joon KIM
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20200366133
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes: a wireless power transmission apparatus including: a transmission coil configured to form mutual coupling with an auxiliary coil disposed outside of a living body; and a controller configured to control a supply of power by a power source to the transmission coil to wirelessly transmit the power from the transmission coil, using the auxiliary coil, to a wireless power reception apparatus disposed inside the living body through the mutual coupling, wherein a distance between the transmission coil and the auxiliary coil is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun LEE, Sang Joon KIM, Hankyu LEE, Seungchul JUNG, Yeunhee HUH