Patents by Inventor Sang-Min Kim

Sang-Min 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: 12213219
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an LED driving circuit for controlling the voltage of an LED backlight system, and to a technology for controlling the driving voltage of an LED string formed at one end of the LED string through a digital counter by monitoring the output voltage of the LED string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Suk Kim, Jang Su Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Kyeong Rok Lee, Jong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12212740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim, Sang Min Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 12210425
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for page allocation in a many-to-one virtualization environment. The method may include determining whether a page fault interrupt is caused by page initialization for page allocation, sending an ownership change message to a node having ownership of the corresponding page when the page fault interrupt is determined to be caused by page initialization, and initializing the corresponding page upon receiving an ownership-change-processing-complete message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang-Min Lee, Hong-Yeon Kim, Baik-Song An, Myung-Hoon Cha
  • Patent number: 12212741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim, Sang Min Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250028237
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a graphene thin film for a pellicle material using ozone gas includes a graphene forming step of forming graphene on an upper surface of a substrate, an ozone treatment step of exposing the graphene layer formed in the graphene forming step to ozone, and an etching step of heat-treating and etching the ozone-treated graphene layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Gyu Hyun LEE, Young Duck KWON, Byong Wook YOO, Seung Il MOON, Jong Taik MOON, Ki Soo KIM, Sang Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20250028238
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the pellicle includes the steps of forming upper and lower silicon nitride layers on opposite surfaces of a wafer substrate, forming a metal layer on the lower silicon nitride layer, etching the upper silicon nitride layer to a preset thickness after the forming of the metal layer, etching and removing the metal layer after the etching of the upper silicon nitride layer, forming a graphene thin film on the upper silicon nitride layer, forming a pattern on the lower silicon nitride layer, etching the lower silicon nitride layer according to the formed pattern, and etching the wafer substrate along the lower silicon nitride layer etched according to the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Seung Il MOON, Young Duck KWON, Byong Wook YOO, Jong Taik MOON, Ki Soo KIM, Sang Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20250029868
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber in which a process with respect to a substrate is performed, a susceptor which is installed in the chamber and on which the substrate is placed, a plurality of lift pins passing through the susceptor to support the substrate, and a plurality of protection plugs protruding from a bottom surface of the susceptor to surround a portion of each of the lift pins protruding from the bottom surface of the susceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: EUGENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Yeol RYU, Ho Min CHOI, Wan Suk OH, Sung Gyun SON, Hyo Jin AHN, Sang Don LEE, Woo Young KANG, Se Yeong KIM, Ki Ho KIM, Koon Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 12207408
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display panel comprising an active area for displaying images on a front surface and a non-active area around the active area, and a flexible circuit board comprising at least one conductive line extending from one end to an opposite end, wherein the flexible circuit board is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to have a loop shape surrounding more than half of at least a part of the active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jee Jeon, Ga Young Kim, Young Min Park, Sang Hyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12202240
    Abstract: A solar panel disassembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure separates a glass plate of a solar panel and a film layer bonded to the glass plate from each other. The solar panel disassembling apparatus includes a supply module that stands and fixes the solar panel such that a bond line between the glass plate and the film layer is exposed upward and downward and that moves the solar panel in a parallel direction parallel to a bonding surface between the glass plate and the film layer, and a wire-shaped cutting blade that is disposed in front of the solar panel in a movement direction of the solar panel to have a distance from the supply module, is disposed in parallel to the bonding surface, and separates the glass plate and the film layer from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: WON KWANG S&T CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Lee, Jun Kee Kim, Cheong Min Noh, Geun Sik Cho, Do Yun Lee
  • Publication number: 20250022856
    Abstract: A unit pixel and a displaying apparatus including the unit pixel are provided. The unit pixel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting devices arranged on the transparent substrate, a light blocking layer disposed between the transparent substrate and the light emitting devices, and having at least one window, and a semi-transmissive layer disposed between at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices and the transparent substrate to overlap with the window at least partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Namgoo CHA, Sang Min KIM, Seongchan PARK, Yeonkyu PARK, Jae Hee LIM
  • Publication number: 20240411310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pick-up system including a pick-up target configured to provide a pick-up feature point, a pick-up unit configured to pick up the pick-up target, a correction marker that is a three-dimensional structure installed around the pick-up target, a scanner configured to use structured light, detect a target object including the pick-up target and the correction marker installed around the pick-up target, and create a point cloud including the pick-up feature point and the correction feature points, an analysis unit configured to calculate pick-up information including posture information and movement information, which allow the pick-up unit to pick up the pick-up target, by comparing the pick-up feature point and the correction feature points, and three-dimensional shape information on the pick-up target and the correction marker installed around the pick-up target, and a control unit configured to control a posture and movement of the pick-up unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Sang-Min KIM, Soo-Ho KIM, Jae-Gyun YOO, Mun Chae JOUNG
  • Publication number: 20240399410
    Abstract: A slurry supply device includes a slurry tank for storing slurry; a temperature controller for supplying hot or cold water to the slurry tank to control the temperature of the slurry; and a double pipe for supplying the slurry to the slurry tank while being connected to the slurry tank and for allowing hot or cold water to move to control the temperature of the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Woo Choi, Sung-Mo Kang, Sang-Min Kim, Kyoung-Rok Mun, Jong-Goo Park, Jong-Woo Shin, Do-Young Ahn, Jae-Pil Lee, Shin-wook Jeon, Sang-Hoon Choy
  • Publication number: 20240394957
    Abstract: An image synthesis device includes a memory storing a virtual viewpoint image synthesis program, and a processor configured to execute the program. The program receives images of multiple viewpoints obtained by filming around a user, position information on the user, and information on a direction in which scene is viewed, estimates color and density by inputting the position information of the user and the direction in which the object is viewed to a neural radiance field model constructed by using the images of the multiple viewpoints, and synthesizes images of a virtual viewpoint by performing volume rendering by using estimated color and density, the neural network radiance field model is constructed based on a quasi-uniform spherical coordinate system, and the quasi-uniform spherical coordinate system includes a sum of a Yin grid and a Yang grid and has a grid structure that increases exponentially in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Young Min KIM, Changwoon CHOI, Sang Min KIM
  • Patent number: 12155045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell of a secondary battery, and more particularly, to a battery cell inspection device and system for deciding whether a battery cell is good or bad based on a bent degree of a bend formed on one side surface of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Kim, Yong Jung Kim, Dong Whan Shin
  • Publication number: 20240383679
    Abstract: A ceiling storage system includes a first support rail and a second support rail that extend in a first direction; a first driving rail that extends in the first direction and is parallel to the first support rail and the second support rail; a second driving rail movably coupled to the first support rail, the second support rail, and the first driving rail, where the second driving rail is configured to move along the first support rail, the second support rail, and the first driving rail; a transfer vehicle movably coupled to the second driving rail and configured to move along the second driving rail; and a connection device that connects the first driving rail and the second driving rail to each other, where the connection device and the second driving rail are rotatable around a first axis that is parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Young Wook Kim, Seung Gyu Kang, Hyun Jae Kang, Sang Min Kim, Jae Sung Byun, Yong-Jun Ahn, Hyun Woo Lee, Jeong Hun Lim, Jun Hyuk Chang
  • Publication number: 20240388238
    Abstract: A system for estimating a temperature of a permanent magnet of a rotor of a motor including a first determination unit configured to determine whether a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than or equal to a reference speed, a second determination unit configured to determine whether a current flowing in a coil included in the motor is less than a reference current, and whether a magnitude of q-axis energy of the motor is less than a reference energy magnitude, when the rotational speed is greater than or equal to the reference speed, a magnetic flux map temperature estimation unit configured to estimate the temperature of the permanent magnet using a d-axis magnetic flux map of the motor responsive to conditions being satisfied, and an energy map temperature estimation unit configured to estimate the temperature responsive to conditions not being satisfied in the second determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min KIM, Jin Qyu SEO
  • Publication number: 20240374393
    Abstract: A femoral stem design method includes: a data collection step of collecting femur data from a plurality of patients; a measurement standard setting step of setting a standard for designing a femoral stem with respect to the femur data of the plurality of patients; a measurement step of measuring a predetermined part of a femur from the plurality of femur data; a dimension determination step of determining dimensions of each part of a plurality of implants to be inserted into the femur; and a shape determination step of determining shapes of the plurality of implants according to the dimensions of the plurality of implants, wherein the measurement standard setting step includes a boundary setting step of setting a boundary that distinguishes cortical bone and cancellous bone from the femur data of the plurality of patients, and an axis setting step of setting an axis extending from the proximal part to the distal part of the femur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sang-Min Kim, Kwan-Kyu Park, Kee-Hyung Rhyu, Jeong-Joon Yoo, Seung-Jae Lim, Young-Wook Lim, Seung-Beom Han, Jung-Sung Kim, Tae-Jin Shin
  • Patent number: 12141953
    Abstract: Provided is a tape inspection device. The tape inspection device according to the present invention includes: a vision unit for acquiring imaging information by imaging a tape attached to an outer wall of a secondary battery in order to fix a folding portion of the secondary battery; a light reflection unit disposed to be spaced apart from the secondary battery and reflecting light; and an optical path compensation unit disposed between the vision unit and the light reflection unit and compensating for an optical path between the tape and the vision unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min Kim, Dong Whan Shin
  • Patent number: 12136610
    Abstract: A unit pixel and a displaying apparatus including the unit pixel are provided. The unit pixel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting devices arranged on the transparent substrate, a light blocking layer disposed between the transparent substrate and the light emitting devices, and having at least one window, and a semi-transmissive layer disposed between at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices and the transparent substrate to overlap with the window at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Namgoo Cha, Sang Min Kim, Seongchan Park, Yeonkyu Park, Jae Hee Lim
  • Publication number: 20240353283
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for testing liquefied hydrogen valve that can configure the test valve to environmental conditions of a temperature below 20K by using only low-cost helium gas without using liquefied hydrogen or liquid helium as the test fluid. This helps companies developing liquefied hydrogen valves to safely and conveniently perform valve leakage and performance tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Chang Woo JUNG, Ji Won CHOI, Sang Min KIM, Hyung Min JUNG