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: 20220173687
    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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ho Rim CHOI, Han Hee PARK, Seong Min KIM, Seon Mi LEE, Ho Sun JANG, Tae Il YOO, Seung Hyeon BIN
  • Publication number: 20220158501
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reduction coil and an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus including the reduction coil, and more particularly, an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus including a reduction coil between a transmission coil and a reception coil to reduce, through the reduction coil, unnecessary electromagnetic waves generated in a process of transmitting electromagnetic waves generated by the transmission coil to the reception coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220139288
    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: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jeong-Woo MOON, Jin-Koo CHUNG, Seong-Min KIM, Jin-Hyun PARK, Chaun-Gi CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220140662
    Abstract: Provided is a robot charging apparatus to wirelessly charge a robot capable of walking, which includes a plurality of receiving coils fixed to legs of a robot and a transmitting coil moved and provided according to a position of the robot and wirelessly charges the robot in such a manner that the transmitting coil is provided between the plurality of receiving coils and coupled to the receiving coils by a magnetic field output from the transmitting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220131417
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes: an upper coil including a first conical coil and a first spiral coil disposed beneath the first conical coil; a lower coil including a second spiral coil disposed to face the first spiral coil and a second conical coil disposed beneath the second 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 spiral coil and the second 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Jin BYUN, Dong Won JANG, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220123687
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: 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: 20220103020
    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: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 11289535
    Abstract: A transparent display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels. Each of the unit pixels includes a non-transparent region in which a first light-emitting element that generates and outputs first color light and a second light-emitting element that generates and outputs second color light are disposed and a transparent region in which a third light-emitting element that generates and outputs third color light is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jeongwoo Moon, Seong-Min Kim, Jinhyun Park, Jinkoo Chung, Chaungi Choi
  • Patent number: 11257413
    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: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jeong-Woo Moon, Jin-Koo Chung, Seong-Min Kim, Jin-Hyun Park, Chaun-Gi Choi
  • Publication number: 20220028944
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept provides a display device including: a substrate; a plurality of first wires extending along a first direction on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the plurality of first wires; a plurality of second wires disposed on the first insulating layer and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction; a second insulating layer disposed on the plurality of second wires; and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the second insulating layer, wherein the second insulating layer includes a first opening which is disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seong-Min Kim, Jin Koo Chung, Hyeon Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11217299
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device and a method for calibrating a reference voltage. The reference voltage calibrating device includes a data signal communication unit that transmits/receives a data signal, a data strobe signal receiving unit that receives a first data strobe signal and a second data strobe signal, a voltage level of the second data strobe signal being opposite to a voltage level of the first data strobe signal, and a reference voltage generating unit that sets a reference voltage for determining a data value of the data signal, based on the first data strobe signal and the second data strobe signal, and the reference voltage generating unit adjusts the reference voltage based on the first data strobe signal and the second data strobe signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-deuk Jeon, Seong Min Kim, Jin Kyu Kim, Joo Hyun Lee, Min-Hyung Cho, Jin Ho Han
  • Patent number: 11204876
    Abstract: A method for controlling a memory from which data is transferred to a neural network processor and an apparatus thereof are provided, the method including: generating prefetch information of data by using a blob descriptor and a reference prediction table after history information is input; reading the data in the memory based on the pre-fetch information and temporarily archiving read data in a prefetch buffer; and accessing next data in the memory based on the prefetch information and temporarily archiving the next data in the prefetch buffer after the data is transferred to the neural network from the prefetch buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byung Jo Kim, Joo Hyun Lee, Seong Min Kim, Ju-Yeob Kim, Jin Kyu Kim, Mi Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11199595
    Abstract: The atomic magnetometer includes a light source device configured to output a linearly polarized irradiation light and a circularly polarized pump light, a first vapor cell including an alkali metal atom, receiving the linearly polarized irradiation light, and outputting a first transmitted light, a second vapor cell including an alkali metal atom, receiving the linearly polarized irradiation light, and outputting a second transmitted light, a magnetic field application device configured to apply a bias magnetic field in opposite directions to the first vapor cell and the second vapor cell, and a measuring device configured to obtain the magnetic field signal based on a differentiation of a first polarization rotation signal corresponding to a polarization state of the first transmitted light and a second polarization rotation signal corresponding to a polarization state of the second transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyunjoon Lee, In Kui Cho, Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Cheon Park, Je Hoon Yun, Dong Won Jang
  • Publication number: 20210383747
    Abstract: A display device includes scan lines disposed in a first direction; data lines disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and unit pixel regions adjacent to the scan lines and the data lines, each unit pixel region including sub-pixels. A portion of an opening region of at least one of the sub-pixels overlaps a unit pixel region adjacent to a unit pixel region corresponding to the at least one of the sub-pixels, and a side of the opening region of the at least one of the sub-pixels extends in a third direction inclined with respect to each of the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Koo CHUNG, Dong Soo KIM, Taek Ju JUNG, Seong Min KIM, Kyung Soo JANG, Kwang Chul JUNG, Kyung Hyun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11190188
    Abstract: Disclosed are a memory interface circuit including an output impedance monitor, which is capable of monitoring and calibrating an output impedance of a driving circuit in real time, and a method of calibrating the output impedance. The memory interface circuit includes a control circuit that outputs a digital transmission signal, a driving circuit that outputs an output signal, based on the digital transmission signal, an output impedance monitor that outputs a pull-up monitoring signal or a pull-down monitoring signal, based on the digital transmission signal and the output signal, and an output impedance calibrator that outputs an impedance monitoring signal, based on the pull-up monitoring signal or the pull-down monitoring signal, and wherein the driving circuit calibrates output impedance based on the impedance monitoring signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Hyung Cho, Young-deuk Jeon, Seong Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20210357753
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multi-level stepwise quantization for neural network are provided. The apparatus sets a reference level by selecting a value from among values of parameters of the neural network in a direction from a high value equal to or greater than a predetermined value to a lower value, and performs learning based on the reference level. The setting of a reference level and the performing of learning are iteratively performed until the result of the reference level learning satisfies a predetermined value and there is no variable parameter that is updated during learning among the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Kyu KIM, Byung Jo KIM, Seong Min KIM, Ju-Yeob KIM, Ki Hyuk PARK, Mi Young LEE, Joo Hyun LEE, Young-deuk JEON, Min-Hyung CHO
  • Publication number: 20210351630
    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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 11145697
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including an emission region and a non-emission region, an organic light emitting element which emits light, the organic light emitting element including a first electrode disposed on the substrate in the emission region, an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode in the emission region, and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer, and a via insulation layer disposed on the substrate in the non-emission region thereof, the via insulation layer including an organic insulation material. The via insulation layer defines an opening therein in which the organic light emitting layer of the organic light emitting element is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinkoo Chung, Gunhee Kim, Kyungho Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Eunkyoung Nam, Chaungi Choi
  • Patent number: 11146253
    Abstract: Disclosed is a receiving circuit, which includes a hysteresis detector that receives an input signal corresponding to a first voltage level and outputs a detection signal having a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage, and a level shifter that receives the detection signal, converts the first voltage level of the detection signal to a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level so as to be output as an output signal, and outputs a feedback signal of the second voltage level, and the hysteresis detector receives the feedback signal from the level shifter and adjusts the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage based on the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-deuk Jeon, Young-Su Kwon, Seong Min Kim, In San Jeon, Min-Hyung Cho, Jin Ho Han
  • Publication number: 20210313924
    Abstract: A power conversion system includes an inverter having a three-phase circuit including a plurality of power semiconductor devices and configured to supply driving power to a motor according to an applied torque command, and a controller configured to predict a maximum temperature of the inverter based on an actual measured temperature of any one of the plurality of power semiconductor devices and phase current of the motor, and to actively limit the torque command depending on the predicted maximum temperature of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tae Il Yoo, Jae Hyeon Lee, Seong Min Kim, Hyun Woo Noh, Han Hee Park, Ji Wan Cha