Patents by Inventor Sang-Min Lim

Sang-Min Lim 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: 8988410
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display pixel displaying an image in response to a common voltage and a data voltage and a sensing pixel outputting a feedback voltage in response to the common voltage and a reference voltage; and a driving circuit unit supplying the data voltage and the reference voltage to the display pixel and the sensing pixel, respectively. The driving circuit unit includes a common voltage estimating part comparing the reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate a counter signal having a counter value that is stepwise varied according to the comparing of the reference voltage and the feedback voltage; and a common voltage adjusting part stepwise varying the common voltage supplied to the display panel in response to the counter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangsae Lee, Jeonggeun Yoo, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20150046950
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of setting up a channel of the same. The method includes receiving a channel retrieval request on a setting screen displayed on the display apparatus, retrieving a determined frequency band corresponding to the received channel retrieval request, and selecting one of a terrestrial broadcasting mode and a cable broadcasting mode in response to a retrieval result. Thus, automatically retrieving a frequency band corresponding to one connected broadcasting mode of a terrestrial broadcasting mode and a cable broadcasting mode is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yui-yoon LEE, Sang-min LIM
  • Publication number: 20150015617
    Abstract: A method for controlling optical quantities of an organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) display includes generating an inverse matrix using an initial setting of the OLED display, calculating a variation between the initial setting and a target setting using the target setting, the initial setting and the inverse matrix, where the target setting is input by a user of the OLED, and controlling optical quantities of the OLED display using the variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok YEO, Sang-Min LIM, Gee-Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20140357104
    Abstract: A circuit board includes an extension Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) connector including a standard PCMCIA pin area including a plurality of pins; and an additional pin area comprising a plurality of pins; and an interface including: a standard PCMCIA interface including a plurality of signals lines connected to the pins of the standard PCMCIA pin area and corresponding to signal lines of a standard PCMCIA card; and an additional PCMCIA interface including a plurality of additional signal lines connected to the pins of the additional pin area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ho CHOI, Sang-min LIM
  • Publication number: 20140359690
    Abstract: Provided herein is a functionality extending kit of a display apparatus, the kit including a receiver which enables content to be viewed using an inserted card; a tuner configured to tune to a channel; an extending connector including a standard pin area connected to a signal line of a standard card and an additional pin area connected to a predetermined signal line; and a controller configured to control the tuner to tune to a channel that may transmit firmware update data associated with the card when the display apparatus connected to the extending connector is at a picture off state; wherein the functionality extending kit receives standby power from the display apparatus through a power pin provided in the additional pin area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ho CHOI, Sang-min LIM, Hee-yoel JU
  • Patent number: 8897732
    Abstract: Provided are a broadcast receiving apparatus which simultaneously receives a plurality of channels using a single tuner and tunes to a channel without affecting other channels when changing a channel, and a broadcast receiving method thereof. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver receiving RF broadcast signals of a plurality of channels; an intermediate frequency (IF) converter converting the RF broadcast signals of the plurality of channels into IF signals, respectively; a plurality of signal processors separately processing and outputting the converted IF signals; a noise generator generating a noise signal corresponding to the IF signals; and a controller performing control to output the noise signal instead of the IF signals when at least one of the plurality of channels is changed according to user's input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-min Lim, Yong-ho Choi, Kyoung-seok Noh
  • Patent number: 8836733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gamma voltage controller, a gradation voltage generator, and a display device including them. The gamma voltage controller corrects luminance in high and low gradations according to a color mode of a display panel, and generates a plurality of gradation voltages through inflection point adjustment, thus minimizing gradation mismatch between color modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Wook Lee, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20140022153
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that can reduce picture quality deterioration due to a kickback voltage and can accurately detect a kickback voltage is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a detector configured to generate a kickback voltage detection signal, a detection line for supplying the kickback voltage detection signal, and a ground pattern along and adjacent to one side of the detection line; and a common voltage generator connected to the detection line and configured to generate a common voltage corresponding to the kickback voltage detection signal and to supply the generated common voltage to the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Sang Min Lim, Jeong Geun Yoo, Kwang Sae Lee
  • Patent number: 8395603
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device, and a driving method thereof, in which the display device includes a central processing unit, a display device, and a feedback unit. The central processing unit provides image signals and input control signals, and the display device displays an image based on the image signals and the input control signals. The feedback unit is connected between the central processing unit and the display device and transmits a signal, including information on whether static electricity is applied to the display device, to the central processing unit. The central processing unit initializes a driving condition when the static electricity is applied to the display device and a display operation error occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Myung, Young-Joo Park, Joon-Hyun Kim, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20130052719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photobioreactor for mass culture of microalgae. The present invention provides a photobioreactor for mass culture of microalgae, comprising: a culture container comprising external walls which comprise an optical filter zone capable of selective penetration or blocking of a part of wavelength or region from sunlight and/or a heat conversion zone for selectively absorbing a part of wavelength or region from sunlight to convert the same into heat, and a reaction chamber which is three-dimensionally formed so as to accommodate microalgae and is an inner space restricted by the external walls; and a coupling means for connecting a floating means which is connected to the culture container or the culture container to the bottom of the water or a structure on the water, thereby locating the culture container near the surface of the water for the exposure of the culture container to sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: INHA-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Choul-Gyun Lee, Sang-Min Lim, Jae-Han Bae, Kwang-kuk Cho, Z-Hun Kim, Sin-Ae Kang, Hye-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20120242641
    Abstract: Embodiments may disclose a display device which includes a display panel including a display pixel displaying an image in response to a common voltage and a data voltage and a sensing pixel outputting a feedback voltage in response to the common voltage and a reference voltage; and a driving circuit unit supplying the data voltage and the reference voltage to the display pixel and the sensing pixel, respectively. The driving circuit unit includes a common voltage estimating part comparing the reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate a counter signal having a counter value that is stepwise varied according to the comparing of the reference voltage and the feedback voltage; and a common voltage adjusting part stepwise varying the common voltage supplied to the display panel in response to the counter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Kwangsae Lee, Jeonggeun Yoo, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20120162272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gamma voltage controller, a gradation voltage generator, and a display device including them. The gamma voltage controller corrects luminance in high and low gradations according to a color mode of a display panel, and generates a plurality of gradation voltages through inflection point adjustment, thus minimizing gradation mismatch between color modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Wook Lee, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20120057004
    Abstract: A display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image (3D) and a method of controlling the same, shutter glasses and a method of controlling the same, and a display system are provided. The shutter glasses include a lens which allows selective light transmission; a signal receiver which receives a first signal; a synchronization signal reconstruction unit which reconstructs a synchronization signal corresponding to a 3D display of the display apparatus through a correlation analysis on the received first signal; and a shutter driver which operates the lens corresponding to the synchronization signal reconstructed by the synchronization signal reconstruction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-min LIM, Young-ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 8125476
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device, and a driving method thereof. The electronic device including the display device includes a central processing unit, a display device, and a feedback unit. The central processing unit provides image signals and input control signals. The display device displays an image based on the image signals and the input control signals. The feedback unit is connected between the central processing unit and the display device and transmits a signal including information on whether static electricity is applied to the display device to the central processing unit. The central processing unit initializes a driving condition when the static electricity is applied to the display device and a display operation error occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Myung, Young-Joo Park, Joon-Hyun Kim, Sang-Min Lim
  • Patent number: 8003850
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a target protein via cultivation of transgenic plant cells comprising a promoter capable of expressing the protein under sugar-free conditions in the response to the depletion of sugar and a gene encoding the target protein, without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-depleted medium comprising the addition of an amino acid mixture to the sugar-rich medium used to grow the plant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Lin Kim, Hyun-Kwang Tan, Sang-Min Lim, Wuk-Sang Ryu, Hahn-Sun Jung, Song-Jae Lee, Cheon-Ik Park, Seung-Hoon Kang, Dong-Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20100189717
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant vector pBI-3D-hGalT or pBI-35S-hGalT containing a human ?1,4-galactosyltransferase gene; a cell line transformed with a recombinant vector pMYN414 containing a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte anti-gen A-immunoglobulin (CTLA4Ig) fusion protein gene and the recombinant vector pBI-3D-hGalT or pBI-355-hGalT; and a method for producing a plant-derived recombinant human CTLA4Ig (CTLA4Igp) fusion protein with a human glycan structure using the same. The plant cell-derived recombinant human CTLA4Ig fusion protein (CTLA4Igp), which has a human glycan structure and is produced according to the present invention, exhibits an improved in vivo half life as compared to conventional plant-derived proteins, due to the presence of a human-like glycan structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Lin Kim, Hyun-Kwang Tan, Sang-Min Lim, Wuk-Sang Ryu, Hahn-Sun Jung, Song-Jae Lee, Cheon-Ik Park, Seung-Hoon Kang, Dong Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20100079418
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device, and a driving method thereof, in which the display device includes a central processing unit, a display device, and a feedback unit. The central processing unit provides image signals and input control signals, and the display device displays an image based on the image signals and the input control signals. The feedback unit is connected between the central processing unit and the display device and transmits a signal, including information on whether static electricity is applied to the display device, to the central processing unit. The central processing unit initializes a driving condition when the static electricity is applied to the display device and a display operation error occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon MYUNG, Young-Joo PARK, Joon-Hyun KIM, Sang-Min LIM
  • Publication number: 20090181428
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a target protein via cultivation of transgenic plant cells comprising a promoter capable of expressing the protein under sugar-free conditions or in response to the depletion of sugar and a gene encoding the target protein, without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-depleted medium. The method comprises 1) culturing transgenic plant cells in a sugar-rich medium to grow plant cells; and 2) culturing the transgenic plant cells with addition of an amino acid mixture to the culture of Step 1 without exchange of a cell growth medium with a sugar-depleted medium, thereby expressing a target protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: BORYUNG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Lin Kim, Hyun-Kwang Tan, Sang-Min Lim, Wuk-Sang Ryu, Hahn-Sun Jung, Song-Jae Lee, Cheon-Ik Park, Seung-Hoon Kang, Dong-Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20080180431
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device, and a driving method thereof. The electronic device including the display device includes a central processing unit, a display device, and a feedback unit. The central processing unit provides image signals and input control signals. The display device displays an image based on the image signals and the input control signals. The feedback unit is connected between the central processing unit and the display device and transmits a signal including information on whether static electricity is applied to the display device to the central processing unit. The central processing unit initializes a driving condition when the static electricity is applied to the display device and a display operation error occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Myung, Young-Joo Park, Joon-Hyun Kim, Sang-Min Lim
  • Publication number: 20050057700
    Abstract: A digital cable receiver capable of improving reception performance of an additional signal in an out-of-band channel and a method of receiving the additional signal. The digital cable receiver can include an out-of-band filter to output the out-of-band channel, a band splitting unit to split the out-of-band channel into a predetermined number of frequency bands, a band selection unit to select a frequency band carrying the additional signal out of the split predetermined number of frequency band, a down-converter to down convert the additional signal in the selected frequency band into a predetermined intermediate frequency signal, and a control unit to control the band selection unit and the down-converter in cooperation with the cable card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Sang-min Lim, Young-ho Choi