Patents by Inventor Sang-Won Kim

Sang-Won 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: 20230290563
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jang Yeol KIM, In Kui CHO, HYUNJOON LEE, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Cheon PARK, Je Hoon YUN, Jaewoo LEE, Ho Jin LEE, Dong Won JANG, Kibeom KIM, Seungyoung AHN
  • Patent number: 11750246
    Abstract: A magnetic field communication method and apparatus using a giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) magnetometer are disclosed. The magnetic field communication apparatus includes a GMI magnetometer configured to detect a first communication signal based on a received magnetic field signal, a first signal extractor configured to extract a second communication signal comprising a message signal from the first communication signal, a second signal extractor configured to extract a third communication signal by removing a magnetization frequency signal from the second communication signal, and a third signal extractor configured to extract the message signal by removing a carrier wave frequency signal from the third communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, In Kui Cho, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, Dong Won Jang, Seunghun Ryu, Seungyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11699549
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jang Yeol Kim, In Kui Cho, Hyunjoon Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Cheon Park, Je Hoon Yun, Jaewoo Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Dong Won Jang, Kibeom Kim, Seungyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11677272
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes: an upper coil including a first tubular spiral coil and a first planar spiral coil disposed beneath the first tubular spiral coil; a lower coil including a second planar spiral coil disposed to face the first planar spiral coil and a second tubular spiral coil disposed beneath the second planar spiral coil; a connecting stub configured to connect the upper coil and the lower coil to each other; and a power source configured to supply a power to the upper coil or the lower coil. The first planar spiral coil and the second planar spiral coil generate an electric field and a magnetic field in a resonance state to transfer at least some of the power from the power source to an external wireless power receiving device through the electric field and the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Je Hoon Yun, Sang Won Kim, Seong Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Jin Byun, Dong Won Jang, In Kui Cho
  • Publication number: 20230140065
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission resonator using a conducting wire with a vertical rectangular cross-section is disclosed. The wireless power transmission resonator may include a first element including a first element upper part arranged in an upper end of a resonator and a first element lower part arranged in a lower end of the resonator, wherein the first element upper part and the first element lower part each may include a spiral layer having a spiral structure that is wound to face a wide surface of a conducting wire including a vertical rectangular cross-section and a second element arranged in a center of the resonator and between the first element upper part and the first element lower part and including a spiral layer having a spiral structure that is wound to face the wide surface of the conducting wire including the vertical rectangular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, In Kui CHO, Gwangzeen KO, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20230120470
    Abstract: Provided is a low-loss planar spiral coil which may include a conductive wire wound N turns, and a conductive wire corresponding to each number of turns may be formed in a way that an inner surface, close to a center of the spiral coil, and an outer surface, located on an opposite side of the inner surface, have different heights from each other based on a flat lower surface, and may be formed in way that a vertical cross-section of an upper surface connecting an uppermost end of the inner and outer surfaces has a constant height variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20230030303
    Abstract: An image processing-based foreign substance detection method in a wireless charging system and a device performing the method are disclosed. A method for detecting a foreign substance according to an example embodiment includes an operation of acquiring an image of a charging area of a wireless charging system, an operation of detecting, based on an RGB value of a frame of the image, a foreign substance in the charging area, an operation of discriminating a type of the foreign substance, and an operation of performing power control of the wireless charging system according to the type of the foreign substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Gwangzeen KO, Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN
  • Publication number: 20230025008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing lithium oxide. In the present invention, the particle size and shape of lithium oxide may be controlled during the preparing process. In addition, the present invention relates to lithium oxide with controlled particle size and shape prepared by this preparing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Myung LEE, Jun-Kyu AHN, Woo Chul JUNG, Kee Uek JEUNG, Jung Kwan PARK, Sang Won KIM
  • Patent number: 11555885
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method of transmitting a multibeam jamming signal of an array antenna and including: a signal receiving operation of receiving a radar signal from a plurality of radars; a signal analysis operation of analyzing the received radar signal and identifying an angle and frequency of the signal; a control phase value calculating operation of calculating a control phase value of each array path of the array antenna for each of the identified angles; and a multibeam jamming signal transmission operation of calculating a multibeam jamming signal based on the calculated control phase value and transmitting the multibeam jamming signal for each identified frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Yeon Soo Jang, In Seon Kim, Sang Won Kim, Beom Jun Park, Un Seob Jeong
  • Patent number: 11535536
    Abstract: A server that monitors a water purification apparatus according to a voice command and the water purification apparatus are provided, and according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the server that monitors the water purification apparatus according to the voice command includes a voice processor that receives the voice command from the water purification apparatus and identifies a user who issues the voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Won Kim, Jae Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20220407365
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless charging system for removing a foreign object and a foreign object removing method of the wireless charging system that may detect whether a foreign object is attached using a sensor of the wireless charging system to automatically and quickly remove the foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220394854
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a coil for wireless charging are disclosed herein. The method may include manufacturing a printed circuit board, generating a coil-shaped metal pattern on the printed circuit board, and generating an additional metal pattern on the top of the metal pattern using a 3D metal printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 11522256
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, and electrode uncoated portions protruding at opposite sides of the electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a current collector including an electrode connecting portion located at a region corresponding to an electrode uncoated portion of the electrode uncoated portions and including a coupling groove located in a surface of the electrode connecting portion, and a terminal connecting portion bent from the electrode connecting portion and extending over the electrode assembly; and a sub-tab including a first region coupled to the coupling groove, and a second region bent from the first region and connected to the electrode uncoated portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Lee, Ho Jun Shin, Jun Min Choi, Sang Won Kim, Sang Won Byun
  • Patent number: 11509170
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving apparatus, according to an example embodiment, may include a receiving coil in which a first wire including a copper core and a second wire not including a copper core are wound around a same axis. The second wire may be located at a pitch of the first wire, and a diameter of the second wire may correspond to the pitch of the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Kui Cho, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, Ho Jin Lee, Dong Won Jang
  • Patent number: 11502555
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and method are disclosed. The wireless power transmission system includes a plurality of wireless power transmitters configured to provide power to a plurality of wireless power receivers, and a controller configured to control the wireless power transmitters based on information of the wireless power receivers. The controller is configured to receive information of a wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver, calculate a transmission parameter associated with a transmission efficiency of power to be provided to the wireless power receiver using the information of the wireless power receiver, and provide power to the wireless power receiver through the wireless power transmitters based on the transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang-Won Kim, Ho Jin Lee, In Kui Cho, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Jang Yeol Kim, Je Hoon Yun, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, Dong Won Jang
  • Publication number: 20220360295
    Abstract: An antenna device for magnetic field communication may include: a first coil; a second coil; a third coil; a first capacitor connected to a 1-1 terminal of the first coil; a second capacitor connected to a 2-1 terminal of the second coil; a third capacitor connected to a 3-1 terminal of the third coil; and an input port including a first input terminal connected to a 1-2 terminal of the first coil, a 2-2 terminal of the second coil, and a 3-2 terminal of the third coil, and a second input terminal connected to the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: In Kui CHO, Jang Yeol KIM, Jung Hoon OH, Jae Woo LEE, Jae Ho LEE, Hyun Joon LEE, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN
  • Publication number: 20220352758
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for wirelessly transmitting power and an apparatus and method for wirelessly receiving power are provided. A wireless power reception apparatus may include a reception circuit that is configured to wirelessly receive power having an extended frequency band and that includes a matching inductor with an adjusted inductance and a matching capacitor with an adjusted capacitance, and a processor configured to determine reception parameters related to a resonant frequency of the reception circuit based on transmission parameters and control the inductance and the capacitance based on the reception parameters, and the transmission parameters may be related to a variation in a transmission frequency at which the power is wirelessly transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang-Won KIM, Gwangzeen KO, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON
  • Patent number: 11488592
    Abstract: A communication robot for operating a massage providing apparatus by executing an artificial intelligence algorithm (AI) and/or machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for the Internet of things and a method for operating the communication robot are provided. The method for operating the communication robot may include acquiring a spoken utterance of a user positioned within a prescribed range from the massage providing apparatus, tracking a spoken utterance direction of the user from the spoken utterance of the user, orienting the communication robot towards the spoken utterance direction of the user, acquiring a voice command included in the spoken utterance in relation to operation of the massage providing apparatus, and operating the massage providing apparatus according to the voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Won Kim, Sun Chan Park
  • Patent number: 11459686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine that performs a washing process in response to a type of a contaminant in laundry in a 5G environment, a method for controlling a washing machine, and a server for supporting washing. The washing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a processor, a memory operably coupled to the processor and for storing at least one code executed in the processor, and a driver for controlling rotation of an inner tub so as to perform a washing operation on laundry. The memory may store a code to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify a type of a contaminant in the laundry, determine a first washing process corresponding to the type of the contaminant, and control the driver based on the first washing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Won Kim, Sejong Hyun
  • Patent number: 11444366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonator for expanding a transfer distance. A conical resonator includes a metal layer configured to operate according to a resonant frequency, and a dielectric layer coupled to the top or bottom of the metal layer to space the metal layer apart from another metal layer without overlap, wherein the metal layer and the dielectric layer have a Swiss-roll structure, and include an input face to which power is supplied on the bottom and an open face on the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICSAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, In Kui Cho, Ho Jin Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, Dong Won Jang