Patents by Inventor Seong Min

Seong Min 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: 20250146169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for growing a gallium oxide single crystal and an apparatus for growing a single crystal, and according to one aspect of the present invention, the method includes providing a gallium oxide raw material in a crucible containing iridium, injecting carbon dioxide so that a preset carbon dioxide partial pressure is formed to suppress the loss of iridium, melting the gallium oxide raw material provided in the crucible, and producing a gallium oxide single crystal from the melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
    Inventors: Si Young BAE, Seong Min JEONG, Yun Ji SHIN, Tae Hun Gu, A Ran SHIN
  • Patent number: 12292617
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device, and more particularly, to a lens driving device capable of reducing a focus alignment time of a lens by feeding back an amount of displacement in an optical axis direction of a lens while improving spatial efficiency of a bobbin. Specifically, the present embodiment includes a housing having a hollow column shape for supporting a driving magnet; At least one lens is installed inside, the outer peripheral surface is provided with a coil disposed inside the driving magnet, parallel to the optical axis inside the housing by electromagnetic interaction between the driving magnet and the coil a bobbin moving in a first direction; It relates to a lens driving device comprising a; displacement sensing unit for determining a first displacement value of the bobbin in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Hyune O Yoo, Byung Wook Son, Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20250143133
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a display panel includes: a display area and a component area surrounded by the display area and including a plurality of optical sensor areas, and an optical element located on a rear surface of the component area. The display area includes: a pixel defining layer defining an opening that overlaps an anode, a cathode covering the pixel defining layer, an encapsulation layer located on a top of the cathode, a color filter positioned on the encapsulation layer and overlapping the opening of the pixel defining layer. The color filter and the pixel defining layer each have an additional opening corresponding to the optical sensor area, and the additional opening of the color filter is narrower than the additional opening of the pixel defining layer, so that the pixel defining layer is obscured by the color filter in the optical sensor area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Chan Young KIM, Seong Min CHO, Sang Woo KANG, Choong Youl IM, Kook Hyun CHOI, Beohm Rock CHOI, Seong-Yong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20250134402
    Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus and method for contactlessly sensing a biological signal and recognizing a user's physiological information using same. The operating method of the sensing apparatus for contactlessly sensing biological signals may include a process of performing an initial setting in a contactless sensing apparatus, a process of obtaining video data from the contactless sensing apparatus, a process of removing noise from the video data, a process of extracting only a region of interest from the video data, and a process of estimating information on biological activity by analyzing the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Sook SHIN, Yong Ho LEE, Youn Hee GIL, Seong Min BAEK, Cho Rong YU, Sung Jin HONG
  • Publication number: 20250141271
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling a resonant inductor for implementing ZVS in a push-pull parallel resonant inverter is closed. The present disclosure provides A device comprising: a converter including a full-bridge circuit in which a first switch and a second switch form a first leg and a third switch and a fourth switch form a second leg and configured to convert a DC into an AC by turning on or off the switches; a resonant inductor circuit including a resonant inductor and a resonant switch connected in series and connected between two output nodes of the converter; a transmission coil connected in parallel with the resonant inductor circuit; and a controller configured to convert the DC into the AC by providing a switching timing for turning on or off the switches and control a switching timing of the resonant switch based on switching timings of the switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kye Seok YOON, Gwang Zeen KO, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 12285992
    Abstract: A temperature control system of a vehicle of delivering goods includes a first loading compartment located in the vehicle, a second loading compartment located separately from the first loading compartment, a temperature regulation unit connected in fluid communication with the first loading compartment and the second loading compartment such that a fluid may flow therebetween, a first air discharge door located in the first loading compartment, a second air discharge door located in the second loading compartment, and a controller configured to control operation of the temperature regulation unit in response to setting of temperatures of the first loading compartment and the second loading compartment, and to control opening and closing of the first air discharge door and the second air discharge door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byoung Hyun Ji, Seong Min An, Yoon Hyung Lee, Sang Shin Lee
  • Publication number: 20250126801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor memory devices. An example semiconductor memory device includes a cell region and a peripheral circuit region electrically connected with the cell region. The cell region includes a plurality of gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and stacked in a vertical direction, and a channel structure extending through the plurality of gate electrodes in the vertical direction. The peripheral circuit region includes a substrate, a first element isolation structure, a first gate structure on the first active region, a second element isolation structure, a second gate structure on the second active region, a third element isolation structure, and a third gate structure on the third active region. The third element isolation structure includes a first element isolation pattern and a second element isolation pattern. The first element isolation pattern and the second element isolation pattern include different materials from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Ju Seong Min, Hak Seon Kim, Jae-Bok Baek, Kang-Oh Yun, Taek Kyu Yoon, Dong Jin Lee, Jae Duk Lee, Se Jin Lim, Jee Hoon Han
  • Publication number: 20250125394
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, in which electrodes of the fuel cell include a polymer containing a phosphoric acid group and a binaphthyl group, thereby preventing phosphoric acid poisoning of a catalyst due to strong interaction with phosphoric acid and porosity and increasing electrochemical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jae Choi, Songi Oh, Da Hee Kwak, Hyoun Myung Park, Sung Hee Shin, Jee Youn Hwang, Ah Hyeon Park, Kyung Su Kim, Ji Yun Kim, Seong Min Cho, Changsik Song
  • Patent number: 12279482
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a flexible substrate including a display area and a peripheral area having a bending area. The display area includes: a plurality of inorganic layers; first and second organic layers that are disposed on the plurality of inorganic layers; a black pixel defining layer that is disposed on the second organic layer; and a spacer that is disposed on the black pixel defining layer. In the bending area, the plurality of inorganic layers include a first opening formed at a position corresponding to the bending area. The first opening is filled with the first organic layer, the second organic layer is disposed on the first organic layer, the black pixel defining layer includes a second opening at a position corresponding to the bending area, and the second opening is filled with an organic layer for the spacer, formed of a same material as the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeon Bum Lee, Seong Min Wang, Chi Wook An
  • Publication number: 20250116721
    Abstract: An embodiment apparatus for diagnosing a state of a battery pack includes a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage of each battery cell of the battery pack, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of each battery cell, and a controller configured to perform cell balancing on each battery cell, discharge the battery pack at a preset current, and diagnose the state of the battery pack based on the temperature and the voltage of each battery cell in response to the voltage of the battery pack reaching a cutoff voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Hee Gun Yang, Kang Woo Bae, Sung In Baek, Seong Min Yoon, Young Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12264431
    Abstract: The clothes care apparatus includes a main body having a clothes care compartment, a blowing device configured such that an airflow is formed inside the clothes care compartment, a hanger configured to hang clothes in the clothes care compartment and allow the airflow generated by the blowing device to flow through the inside of the hanger, a hanger plate on which the hanger is detachably provided, and a tilting device configured to tilt the hanger plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Pil Seo, Eui Young Chang, Seong-Min Oak
  • Patent number: 12266764
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite anode for a lithium ion battery and a composite anode for a lithium ion battery manufactured thereby. According to the method provide herein, since a metal catalyst precursor is reduced using Joule heating to obtain a carbon-metal catalyst composite layer, composite anode for a lithium ion battery having a large area in a short period of time can be provided, which is excellent in terms of economic feasibility. Further, since it is possible to manufacture a composite anode for a lithium ion battery with the improved lithium electrodeposition density and reversibility of lithium ions, a composite anode for a lithium ion battery having high capacity and improved life stability can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jong Chan Song, Won Keun Kim, Jae Wook Shin, Sung Hee Shin, Kyoung Han Ryu, Seong Min Ha, Seok Ju Kang, Kyung Eun Baek
  • Patent number: 12265010
    Abstract: A particle measuring device includes a probe including a nozzle spraying a gas on a surface of an object and an inlet inhaling the gas and particles scattered from the surface by the gas; a main pipe including an inflow hole through which the gas flows and a discharge hole through which the gas is discharged; a first manifold provided to connect the main pipe to the nozzle, and supplying the gas to the nozzle; a second manifold provided to connect the main pipe to the inlet between a connecting portion of the first manifold and the discharge hole, and supplying the particles and the gas to the main pipe; a third manifold branched from the second manifold and supplying the particles and the gas; and a particle counter connected to the third manifold, and counting the particles included in the gas supplied through the third manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KOMICO LTD.
    Inventors: Si Young Park, Seong Min Cho, Su Kyung Son
  • Patent number: 12259636
    Abstract: A camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module including a second side that faces a first side of the first camera module, wherein the first camera module includes a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; and a magnet arranged at a side of the housing and facing the coil, wherein the magnet is disposed biased toward a center line of the side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 12262601
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a lower pad electrode on the substrate in the non-display area; a planarization layer overlapping the lower electrode; an upper pad electrode on the lower pad electrode and overlapping at least a portion of the lower planarization layer. The planarization layer includes an opening exposing an upper surface of the lower pad electrode, the lower pad electrode and the upper pad electrode are electrically connected to each other through the opening, the lower planarization layer includes an exposed portion exposing an upper surface of the lower planarization layer, and an overlapping portion overlapping at least a portion of the upper pad electrode, and a height of the upper surface of the exposed portion is lower than a height of an upper surface of the overlapping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Wook An, Seong Min Cho, Mi-Ran Ji, Chan Young Kim, Yeong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12260565
    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 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Gwangzeen Ko, Jung Ick Moon, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, In Kui Cho, Woo Jin Byun, Je Hoon Yun
  • Publication number: 20250093614
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20250098320
    Abstract: A display device includes gate lines disposed on a substrate in a first direction, data lines disposed on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction, the data lines being insulated from the gate lines, a first insulating film disposed between the data lines, a second insulating film disposed on the data lines and the first insulating film, and a first electrode disposed on the second insulating film. The first insulating film does not overlap the data lines in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Min KIM, Won Mo PARK, Jin Koo CHUNG, Kyung Soo JANG, Min Hyun JIN, Beohm Rock CHOI
  • Patent number: 12252002
    Abstract: A coolant connection structure includes an upper body fastened to an upper end portion of the vehicle, a lower body positioned at a lower end portion of the upper body, a floor panel formed between the upper body and the lower body, and a joint module positioned at the floor panel and fluidly connected to a coolant tank positioned at the lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Hyung Lee, Sang Shin Lee, Byoung Hyun Ji, Seong Min An, Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Patent number: 12253794
    Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and second connection terminals arranged at an upper surface of the base, and an elastic member including a first elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the first connection terminal and a second elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the second connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Jun Taek Lee