Patents by Inventor Seong An

Seong An 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: 20240196076
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a first magnet, a housing, a bobbin, around which a coil is wound and which moves in a first direction in the housing, an upper elastic member disposed on upper surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member disposed under lower surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, and a damping member disposed between the upper or lower elastic member and the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
  • Publication number: 20240196652
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first metal layer on a substrate; an active layer on the first metal layer; a second metal layer on the active layer; a third metal layer on the second metal layer; a first transistor including: a semiconductor region at the active layer; a drain electrode on a first side of the semiconductor region; a source electrode on a second side of the semiconductor region; and a gate electrode at the second metal layer; a first capacitor including: a first capacitor electrode at the first metal layer, and electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor; and a second capacitor electrode integral with the source electrode of the first transistor, and on a third side of the semiconductor region of the first transistor; and a compensation pattern at the active layer, and on a fourth side of the semiconductor region of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Myoung LEE, Sang Hyun KANG, Joon HUH, Seong Hyun JIN
  • Publication number: 20240196674
    Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The display device comprises a substrate, a lower metal layer disposed on the substrate, and a gate metal layer disposed on the lower metal layer, wherein the gate metal layer includes a first portion covering the lower metal layer in a plan view, and a second portion protruding in a first direction from the lower metal layer in a plan view, and the lower metal layer includes a concavo-convex pattern disposed at a portion overlapping the second portion of the gate metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Do Gi LIM, Sung Mo KANG, Dong Seong KOO, Su Jung KIM, Ji Young BANG, Ji Hea LIM
  • Publication number: 20240196609
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a stack including a plurality of conductive layers stacked to be spaced apart in a first direction, an opening in the stack extending in the first direction and having an elliptical shape in a plan view, and a first channel pattern and a second channel pattern spaced apart from each other in a second direction toward which a major axis of the elliptical shape faces in the opening, the first channel pattern and the second channel pattern extending in the first direction. Each of the first channel pattern and the second channel pattern includes a central portion overlapping with the major axis of the elliptical shape and bent portions extending away from the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Mi Seong PARK, In Su PARK, Jung Shik JANG, Seok Min JEON, Won Geun CHOI, Jung Dal CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240192719
    Abstract: An electronic pedal device includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that operate in a pressure operation manner, whereby a driver may operate the same with a small force. The driver may easily recognize the operational state of the pedal based on a haptic signal generated during operation of the pedal. Because operation of the pedal is detected through a dual detecting structure using a Hall sensor and a pressure sensor, safety may be further ensured during operation of the pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Publication number: 20240194179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for synthesizing the voice based on brain waves during imagined speech. The method for synthesizing the voice based on brain waves during imagined speech according to an embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps: a step to obtain the user's brain waves during imagined speech; a step to convert the above-mentioned brain waves of imagined speech into embedding vectors; a step to generate the mel-spectrograms based on the above-mentioned embedding vectors; a step to generate the voice using the above-mentioned mel-spectrograms; a step to output the above-mentioned voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Seong Whan LEE, Young Eun LEE, Seo Hyun LEE, Soo Won KIM, Sang Ho KIM, Byung Kwan KO, Ji Won LEE, Jung Sun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240195186
    Abstract: A battery charging apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a communication unit for communicating with a battery management server, and a controller for comparing a charge state of a battery being charged, transmitting state information of the battery to the battery management server, receiving a charge profile of the battery from the battery management server, and controlling the battery based on the received charge profile of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Yeol YANG, Sung Gun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240194913
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a fuel cell; a battery; and a controller that determines a load demanded output value. In particular, the controller determines whether a first condition related to overcharge of the battery and a second condition related to over-discharge of the battery are satisfied based on the load demanded output value, and further determines whether a constant output is operable based on an output efficiency of the fuel cell when the first and second conditions are satisfied. The controller controls an output of the fuel cell according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Kwan Lee, Seong Cheol Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240190856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound showing an excellent agonistic activity for a melanocortin receptor and, more specifically, to the compound of chemical formula 1, a pharmaceutical composition containing same as an active ingredient, and a use thereof. In detail, the compound of the present invention exhibits an excellent agonistic activity for melanocortin-4 receptor and thus, can be advantageously used especially for preventing or treating obesity, diabetes, inflammation, and impotence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sil CHOI, Hee Dong PARK, Seung Wan KANG, Hye Won AHN, Deok Seong PARK
  • Publication number: 20240194198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brain signal-based user assisting method including the steps of: acquiring learning data for setting a designated command; setting one of a plurality of designated command candidates as a designated command, based on the acquired learning data; performing a background process for recognizing the designated command; determining whether the designated command is recognized continuously more than given times, based on the background process; and if it is determined that the designated command is recognized continuously more than the given times, performing a user's brain signal recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seong-Whan LEE, Seo-Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240191486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidet that forms a pollution-preventing water film that prevents contamination of a cleaning nozzle, and the bidet according to the present disclosure includes a main body mounted at an upper side of a toilet bowl, wherein a ceramic ware containing an excrement of a user is formed in the toilet bowl; a toilet seat provided to the main body and forming a seating surface on which the user sits; a cleaning nozzle coupled to the main body and spraying cleaning water to wash the user's body; a pollution prevention module provided to the main body and including an outlet for discharging pollution-preventing water to prevent contamination of the cleaning nozzle; and a controller configured to control an operation of the pollution prevention module, wherein the outlet of the pollution prevention module discharges the pollution-preventing water to a front surface of the cleaning nozzle so that a surface of the main body is opened at a position spaced upward from the cleaning nozzle,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Joo KANG, Da Woon JUNG, Hyun Kang LEE, Seong Min PARK, Dong Min OH, Woong JUNG, Chan Jung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240191329
    Abstract: Provided is an Al—Fe-alloy plated steel sheet for hot forming, having excellent TWB welding characteristics since excellent hardness uniformity of a TWB weld zone after hot forming is obtained by suitably controlling a batch annealing condition, after plating Al, such that an Al—Fe-alloy layer is formed; a hot forming member; and manufacturing methods therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240188868
    Abstract: A method of classifying, by an apparatus including a processor and a memory, a subject-independent driver state according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include (a) learning a state classification model that receives one or more drivers' bio-signal data from a database to output the drivers' state classification (b) receiving a new driver's bio-signal, (c) preprocessing the received new driver's bio-signal, and (d) inputting the preprocessed new driver's bio-signal to the state classification model to output the driver's state classification result, wherein the bio-signal is at least one of an electroencephalogram (EEG), an electrooculogram (EOG), an electrocardiogram (ECG), and a photoplethysmogram (PPG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seong Whan LEE, Dong Young KIM, Dong-Kyun HAN, Woo Jeoung NAM
  • Publication number: 20240190755
    Abstract: A glass article includes, as a glass composition, about 73 mol % to about 83 mol % of SiO2, greater than about 0 mol % to about 5 mol % of Al2O3, about 10 mol % to about 20 mol % of Na2O and about 3 mol % to about 8 mol % of MgO based on the total weight, satisfying Inequality (1) below: 0<Al2O3/Na2O (R ratio)?0.5, ??(1), where Al2O3 and Na2O are contents (mol %) of the components in the glass composition, and wherein the cover window has a thickness of about 100 micrometers (?m) or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: So Mi JUNG, Woon Jin CHUNG, Min Gyeong KANG, Seung KIM, Seung Ho KIM, Kyeong Dae PARK, Seong Young PARK, Cheol Min PARK, Hui Yeon SHON, Gyu In SHIM, Jae Gil LEE, Jin Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20240190367
    Abstract: A wire guide for an airbag includes a first connection portion connected to a wire harness, a second connection portion connected to a branch wire branching off from the wire harness, and an elastic portion connecting the first and second connection portions and provided to be elastically deformable, in which a cross-section of the wire guide is formed in a ‘?’ shape, and the wire guide limits an installation route for the branch wire that transmits power and a control signal to a lighting emblem module provided on an airbag cover that accommodates an airbag module therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motors Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Su HWANG, Kyeong Boo ROH, Byung Woo NOH, Yu Ji SON, Seung Min KIM, Won-Seuk LEE, Ho-Jun SUNG, Young-Jae LEE, Yeong-Seong YUN
  • Publication number: 20240192287
    Abstract: A method for determining an integrity factor through machine learning, and a device for performing such a method can include the steps in which: a device status determination device determines an integrity feature on the basis of machine learning; the device state determination device generates an integrity plane on the basis of the integrity feature; the device state determination device receives target input data of a target device; the device state determination device determines an integrity factor corresponding to the target input data on the basis of the integrity plane; and the device status determination device determines the status of the target device on the basis of the integrity factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Bo Seong SEO, Jae Kyung SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240190202
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant according to a selected mode for temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior and temperature adjustment of a battery module, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line and the fifth line, and a seventh line connected to the third line and the fifth line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Jae-Eun Jeong, Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20240191853
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastener for a lamp, which is engaged with a pocket part provided in a bracket when being inserted into the pocket part in a first direction, including a first fastening part engaged with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part, and a second fastening part engaged with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Keun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240190211
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system of a vehicle includes a valve controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line having ends connected to the valve, a radiator and an electrical component on the first line, a second line having ends connected to the valve, a battery module on the second line, a first connection line including a first end connected to the valve, a chiller on the first connection line, a second connection line including ends connected to the second and first connection lines, and a third connection line including a first end connected to a second end of the first connection line and a second end connected to the first line between the radiator and the electrical component, wherein the valve operates such that the first, second, or first connection line is connected to another line or to itself depending on the selected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho, Jungha Park, Eon Soo Yun, ByeongGu Kang, Seongjae Lee, Jong Il Park, Jai Young An, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240190254
    Abstract: In an embodiment a regenerative braking control apparatus includes a fuel cell stack configured to provide energy to a driving motor of the vehicle, a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater configured to remove gas remaining in the fuel cell stack, a high voltage battery configured to supply power to the driving motor or to be charged by using power generated by the driving motor through regenerative braking and a processor configured to calculate a reference state-of-charge (SOC) based on an expected driving route, to calculate a limit power for the COD heater based on an operating state of a cooling device for cooling the COD heater when a SOC of the high voltage battery is greater than or equal to the reference SOC and to calculate consumable power of the COD heater based on the limit power of the COD heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Seong Cheol Jeong, Joo Yeon Kim