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).

  • Publication number: 20230317356
    Abstract: Provided is a spiral coil and wireless power transmission and reception circuit including the spiral coil. The spiral coil includes a conducting wire forming one or more coil turns, and a height of one side of the conducting wire in a direction of a central portion of the spiral coil and a height of another side of the conducting wire in an opposite direction to the central portion of the spiral coil in each of the coil turns are different from each other and the conducting wire includes at least one slot formed by an empty space between the one side and the other side, and an upper surface positioned above the one side and the other side and connecting the one side and the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • 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: 11742720
    Abstract: A motor with a cooling system is provided. The motor includes a cooling system cooling a stator with coils wound on a core, in which the cooling system includes a plurality of spray pipes having a plurality of holes and spraying oil through the holes, the plurality of spray pipes is positioned between the stator and a housing of the motor, and the plurality of spray pipes includes pipes disposed at a center over the stator and at both sides spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the stator from the center with predetermined gaps therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Hyeon Lee, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Hyun Woo Noh, Tae Il Yoo, Ji Wan Cha
  • Publication number: 20230253818
    Abstract: A multi-input charging system and method using a motor driving device: the system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, a battery connected to a charging power input terminal or one end of the second inverter through a charging switch, and a controller configured to directly charge the battery through the charging power input terminal by selectively connecting the charging switch when a battery charging mode is started, and when connection of the charging switch is impossible, control the first switching elements and the second switching elements such that the charging power input terminal and the battery are connected through the first inverter, a motor, and the second inverter in a bypass manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon BIN, Seong Min KIM, Sang Jin HEO, Tae Il YOO
  • Publication number: 20230223888
    Abstract: A motor driving device for driving a motor having multiple windings corresponding to multiple phases, respectively, may include: a first inverter including multiple first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the multiple windings; a second inverter including multiple second switching elements and connected a second end of each of the multiple windings; a third switching element configured to connect/disconnect points, at which the number of turns of each of the multiple windings is partitioned based on a predetermined ratio, to/from each other; and a controller configured to control, based on the required output of the motor, an on/off state of the first switching elements to the third switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon BIN, Han Hee PARK, Seong Min KIM, Ho Rim CHOI, Seon Mi LEE, Sang Woo PARK, Tae Il YOO, Ho Sun JANG
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230196964
    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: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jeong-Woo MOON, Jin-Koo CHUNG, Seong-Min KIM, Jin-Hyun PARK, Chaun-Gi CHOI
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11678555
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first display area including a first pixel area; a second display area including a second pixel area and a transmissive area adjacent to the second pixel area; a first pixel in the first pixel area; a second pixel in the second pixel area; and a dummy pixel in the transmissive area, wherein the dummy pixel includes a light emission portion emitting light on both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Chung, Seong-Min Kim, Beohm Rock Choi, Young Seo Park, Gi-Na Yoo
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11593878
    Abstract: An order execution server for stock trading includes a data collection unit configured to collect trading data on at least one item, a model generation unit configured to generate a reinforcement learning-based deep learning model including two or more actors which are neural networks that determine an action policy of a reinforcement learning agent and a critic which is a neural network that estimates an action value of the reinforcement learning agent and train the reinforcement learning-based deep learning model to derive an order execution strategy for the at least one item based on the trading data and an order execution unit configured to perform order execution for the at least one item during a current period of time by using order information including the order execution strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QRAFT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Tae Hee Cho, Hyo Jun Moon
  • Patent number: 11593877
    Abstract: An order execution server for stock trading includes a data collection unit configured to collect trading data on at least one item, a subsidiary prediction value generation unit configured to generate a subsidiary prediction value by inputting the trading data into a pre-trained first deep learning model based on supervised learning, an order execution strategy deriving unit configured to derive an order execution strategy for the at least one item during a current period of time based on the trading data and the subsidiary prediction value by using a pre-trained second deep learning model based on reinforcement learning; and an order execution instruction unit configured to instruct order execution for the at least one item during the current period of time by using order information including the order execution strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QRAFT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Tae Hee Cho, Hyo Jun Moon
  • Patent number: 11580892
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jeong-Woo Moon, Jin-Koo Chung, Seong-Min Kim, Jin-Hyun Park, Chaun-Gi Choi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11563400
    Abstract: An iron loss reduction control apparatus for motor permanent magnet overtemperature protection is provided. The apparatus includes: a permanent magnet temperature prediction unit configured to predict a temperature of a permanent magnet in a motor based on a driving state of the motor; a first iron loss reduction unit configured to adjust a switching frequency of a switching element in an inverter providing a driving power to the motor based on the temperature of the permanent magnet; and a second iron loss reduction unit configured to adjust a current command of the motor based on the temperature of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Il Yoo, Seong Min Kim, Seon Mi Lee, Ho Sun Jang, Ho Rim Choi, Han Hee Park, Seung Hyeon Bin
  • Publication number: 20230017062
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling a motor of a vehicle for increasing control accuracy of the motor for driving the vehicle, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for controlling a motor of a vehicle, which may accurately perform a motor control even when a battery voltage (i.e., motor voltage) applied to the motor upon the driving control of the motor is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ho Sun Jang, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Ho Rim Choi, Seon Mi Lee, Tae Il Yoo, Seung Hyeon Bin
  • Patent number: 11545923
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus may include a first inverter circuit including a plurality of first switching devices and connected to a first end portion of each of a plurality of windings in a motor corresponding to a plurality of phases of the motor, respectively, a second inverter circuit including a plurality of second switching devices and connected to a second end portion of each of the plurality of windings, and a plurality of selection switching devices having first end portions connected to a node to which the plurality of windings and the plurality of second switching devices are connected and second end portions connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Rim Choi, Han Hee Park, Seong Min Kim, Seon Mi Lee, Ho Sun Jang, Tae Il Yoo, Seung Hyeon Bin
  • 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