Patents by Inventor Seong-min Kim

Seong-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: 9942697
    Abstract: An electronic device including a proximity recognition module configured to recognize second electronic device proximate to the first electronic device, a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit and receive data to and from the second electronic device, and a power supply module configured to apply at least one of power charged in the first electronic device and power wirelessly supplied from the second device as power for the communication module, based on the recognition with respect to the second device. Other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Tae Kim, Jung-Sik Park, Woo-Sup Lee, Jae Ouk Chung, Seong-Min Kim, Youn-Ju Kim, Dong-Hun Park, Gun Lim, Jae-Woong Jeon, Hyun-Ju Hong
  • Publication number: 20180090739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, which comprises: a first electrode in which a first notching part is provided; a second electrode in which a second notching part is provided; a first separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second separator disposed on a lower portion of the second electrode, wherein the electrode assembly is folded in a width direction in a state in which the first electrode, the first separator, the second electrode, and the second separator are sequentially stacked and folded and bent through the first and second notching parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9928777
    Abstract: An OLED device including a first emission region, a second emission region, and a transmission region, a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, a first pixel electrode reflecting light disposed in the first emission region, a second pixel electrode transmitting light disposed in the second emission region, a light emitting layer disposed on the first and second pixel electrodes, a common electrode transmitting light disposed on the light emitting layer and including first, second, and third common electrodes respectively overlapping the first emission region, the second emission region, and the transmission region, and a capping layer disposed on the common electrode and including first, second, and third capping layers respectively overlapping the first emission region, the second emission region, and the transmission region, in which at least two of the first capping layer, the second capping layer, and the third capping layer have different thicknesses from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Min Kim, Jin-Koo Chung, Jin-Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20180083217
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device is disclosed. The OLED device may include a substrate comprising a display region and a peripheral region, the display region comprising a first transmission portion and at least one light emitting portion, the peripheral region comprising a second transmission portion and at least one electrode placement portion, a first electrode in the display region, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode in the display region and the peripheral region, the second electrode opposite to the first electrode with respect to the organic light emitting layer, and a third electrode in the peripheral region. The first electrode may be patterned as an island shape to be separated per the light emitting portion. The third electrode may be patterned as an island shape to be separated per the electrode placement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jin-Koo CHUNG, Seong-Min KIM, Eun-Kyoung NAM, Jin-Hyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20180005574
    Abstract: An OLED device including a first emission region, a second emission region, and a transmission region, a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, a first pixel electrode reflecting light disposed in the first emission region, a second pixel electrode transmitting light disposed in the second emission region, a light emitting layer disposed on the first and second pixel electrodes, a common electrode transmitting light disposed on the light emitting layer and including first, second, and third common electrodes respectively overlapping the first emission region, the second emission region, and the transmission region, and a capping layer disposed on the common electrode and including first, second, and third capping layers respectively overlapping the first emission region, the second emission region, and the transmission region, in which at least two of the first capping layer, the second capping layer, and the third capping layer have different thicknesses from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Seong-Min KIM, Jin-Koo CHUNG, Jin-Hyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20180005561
    Abstract: An OLED panel may include a substrate including a first region and a second region disposed along a first direction. A plurality of first pixels are disposed in the first region on the substrate, the first pixels each having a first area, the first pixels each comprising a first unit pixel, a second unit pixel disposed along a second direction from the first unit pixel, and a transmission portion disposed along the first direction from the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel. A plurality of second pixels are disposed in the second region on the substrate, the second pixels each having a second area less than the first area, the second pixels each comprising a third unit pixel. The first unit pixel, the second unit pixel, and the third unit pixel may have substantially the same shape as each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jeong-Woo MOON, Jin-Koo CHUNG, Seong-Min KIM, Jin-Hyun PARK, Chaun-Gi CHOI
  • Patent number: 9837830
    Abstract: Provided are wireless power transmitting method and apparatus using dual-loop in-phase feeding. The wireless power transmitting apparatus includes a generator configured to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) signal, an amplifier configured to amplify the generated RF signal, a matching circuit configured to be connected to the amplifier to perform impedance matching, a first resonator configured to comprise a first feeding loop connected to the matching circuit and transmit wireless power using a signal provided through the first feeding loop, and a second resonator configured to comprise a second feeding loop connected to the matching circuit and transmit wireless power using a signal provided through the second feeding loop, wherein the first and second feeding loops are formed in a manner that allows magnetic fields respectively generated by the first and second resonators to be excited in the same direction and in phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Je Hoon Yun, Seong Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, In Kui Cho
  • Patent number: 9835671
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there are provided a method of determining which one of first and second input signals Rez+ and Rez? is shorted to ground based on a magnitude of a Lissajous signal, a method of determining which one of first and third output signals S1 and S3 is shorted to any one of the first and second input signals Rez+ and Rez? based on an average magnitude value of the third output signal S3, and a method of determining which one of second and fourth output signals S2 and S4 is shorted to the first input signal Rez+ based on an average magnitude value of the fourth output signal S4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Dae Woong Han, Jeong Won Roh
  • Patent number: 9793331
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an encapsulation member facing the substrate, a plurality of pixels between the substrate and the encapsulation member, each pixel including a light emission area and a non-emission area, a first electrode overlapping at least the light emission area, an intermediate layer on the first electrode and including an organic emission layer, a second electrode on the intermediate layer, and a reflective member on a bottom surface of the encapsulation member, the bottom surface of the encapsulation member facing the substrate, and the reflective member including an opening corresponding to the light emission area, and a reflective surface around the opening and corresponding to the non-emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Seong-Min Kim, Kwan-Hyun Cho, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jun-Ho Choi, Jin-Koo Chung, Young-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 9761647
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display is a transparent display where one can see through the display to view an image on the other side of the display. Each pixel of the display has a first region that includes an organic light emitting diode and a thin film transistor, and a larger second region that is transparent. The second region is made of either transparent layers or ultra-thin layers so that light is not blocked. A second electrode of the display may include magnesium and may be produced by a selective deposition process, so that use of a fine metal mask may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Hyeon Lee, Byoung-Hee Park, Jin-Koo Chung, Jun-Ho Choi, Seong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20170201126
    Abstract: The wireless power reception apparatus includes: a duty controller configured to calculate an amount of current of a transmission coil required for the wireless power transmission apparatus and control a duty cycle by using at least one of distance information between the wireless power transmission apparatus and the wireless power reception apparatus or load current information; a power converter configured to convert an effective load resistance according to the duty cycle; a wireless data transmitter configured to transmit a signal that requires a control of the calculated amount of current of the transmission coil to the wireless power transmission apparatus; and a reception resonator configured to receive a power according to the amount of current of the transmission coil controlled by the signal that requires a control of the amount of current of the transmission coil from the wireless power transmission apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Duk Ju AHN, In Kui CHO, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Sang Bong JEON, Byung Chan KIM, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG, Hyung Do CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170194410
    Abstract: Embodiments may disclose an organic light-emitting display device including a first substrate including a pixel area emitting light in a first direction, and a transmittance area that is adjacent to the pixel area and transmits external light; a second substrate facing the first substrate and encapsulating a pixel on the first substrate; an optical pattern array on the first substrate or the second substrate to correspond to the transmittance area, the optical pattern array being configured to transmit or block external light depending on the transmittance area according to a coded pattern; and a sensor array corresponding to the optical pattern array, the sensor array being arranged in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in which the light is emitted, the second array receiving the external light passing through the optical pattern array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Jin-Koo CHUNG, Sang-Hoon YIM, Chan-Young PARK, Jun-Ho CHOI, Seong-Min KIM
  • Publication number: 20170179754
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless charging apparatus for performing wireless charging of an electronic device including a receiving coil located in a three-dimensional (3D) wireless charging zone using a plurality of transmitting coils arranged in the 3D wireless charging zone and at least one power source configured to supply a current to the plurality of transmitting coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: In Kui CHO, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Duk Ju AHN, Je Hoon YUN, Hyung Do CHOI, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20170167032
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an etching solution composition for a tungsten layer including N-methylmorpholine N-oxide and water, which is effective in selectively etching only a tungsten-based metal without etching a titanium nitride-based metal or a titanium aluminum carbide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Seong-Min Kim, Yong-Jun Cho, Kyong-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20170170437
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly having a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure is received in an electrode assembly receiving part formed in a pouch-type battery case in a sealed state together with an electrolyte, wherein the battery case is provided with sealed parts, formed by thermally welding the outer edge of the battery case in the state in which the electrode assembly is received in the battery case together with the electrolyte, one or more recesses are formed in opposite side sealed parts adjacent to an upper end sealed part, at which electrode terminals are located, and/or a lower end sealed part in a state in which the recesses are formed from outsides of the side sealed parts toward a vertical middle axis of the battery cell so as to prevent wrinkles from being formed in the sealed parts of the battery case when the battery cell is bent, and portions of the side sealed parts in which the recesses are located are sealed at a higher
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Soo LEE, Joo Hwan SUNG, Sung Pil YOON, Seong Min KIM, Jung Koo KANG, Ju Bin KIM, Hae Jin LIM, Seunghe WOO
  • Publication number: 20170158888
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions for removing silicone resins and methods of thinning a substrate by using the same, as well as related methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating the removal of silicone resins. More particularly, disclosed herein are compositions for removing silicone resins, the compositions including a heterocyclic solvent and an alkyl ammonium fluoride salt represented by a formula, (R)4N+F?, wherein R is a C1 to C4 linear alkyl group. Silicone resins may be effectively removed by using the compositions since the compositions exhibit an excellent decomposition rate with respect to the silicone resins that remain on a semiconductor substrate in a process of backside grinding of the semiconductor substrate, backside electrode formation, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-goo KANG, Sung-bae KIM, Baik-soon CHOI, Sue-ryeon KIM, Young-taek HONG, Sang-tae KIM, Kyong-ho LEE, Hyung-pyo HONG, Seong-min KIM
  • Publication number: 20170155195
    Abstract: A coaxial resonance coil having a toroidal shape for wireless power transmission is provided. The coaxial resonance coil may include a central conductive wire used as a power feeding loop for indirectly feeding power to a resonance coil, and an outer conductive wire used as a resonance coil which is wound a plurality of turns in a toroidal shape around the central conductive wire as an axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Duk Ju AHN, Soon Ik JEON, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20170155285
    Abstract: An open type resonance coil without dual loops having a serial type in-phase direct power feeding method without dual loops is provided. A transmission device is configured as two resonators and to feed power in phase, the transmission device is configured as a power feeding loop without a resonance coil, two transmission devices are connected in series, and winding directions of coils of half of the two transmission devices connected by a conductive wire are opposite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Duk Ju AHN, Sang Bong JEON, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 9663426
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite metal catalyst composition capable of increasing efficiency and economic feasibility of a reaction through simplification of a reaction process, and providing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol with high purity for a shorter time while minimizing byproducts; and a method and apparatus for preparing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol with high purity using the same. The present invention provides a composite metal catalyst composition for converting an aromatic dicarboxylic acid into an alicyclic diol compound, the composition containing: a first metal catalyst including a palladium (Pd) compound; and a second metal catalyst including a ruthenium (Ru) compound, a tin (Sn) compound, and a platinum (Pt) compound, and a method and apparatus for preparing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: LOTTE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Heon Choi, Hyun Woo Park, Sung Joon Park, Seong Hwan Choi, Mi Sun Cha, Seong Min Kim, Young Jong Seo
  • Publication number: 20170141615
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless power transmission device to reduce an electromagnetic wave except for a signal to be transmitted during wireless power transmission, the wireless power transmission device including a transmitter configured to generate a magnetic field by inputting a high-frequency power signal generated by a transmission circuit into a first coil, a receiver configured to generate an induced current by allowing the generated magnetic field to pass through a second coil, and a reducer configured to reduce a harmonic component of the high-frequency power signal using a third coil inserted on a path between the transmitter and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Seong Uk BAEK, Byoung In LEE, Woo Chul LEE, Jong Seup LEE, Dong Woo CHEON, Sang Bong JEON, Seong Min KIM, Duk Ju AHN, In Kui CHO, Byung Chan KIM, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG, Hyung Do CHOI