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: 11411524
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae II Yoo, Jae Hyeon Lee, Seong Min Kim, Hyun Woo Noh, Han Hee Park, Ji Wan Cha
  • Patent number: 11394015
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a plurality of pixels that are formed on the substrate and each have a light emission area from which visible rays are emitted and a transmission area through which external light is transmitted; a pixel circuit portion disposed in each light emission area of the plurality of pixels; a first electrode that is disposed in each light emission area and is electrically connected to the pixel circuit portion; an intermediate layer that is formed on the first electrode and includes an organic emissive layer; a second electrode formed on the intermediate layer; and a capping layer that is disposed on the second electrode and includes a first capping layer corresponding to the light emission area and a second capping layer corresponding to the transmission area. Accordingly, electrical characteristics and image quality of the organic light-emitting display apparatus may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Choi, Jin-Koo Chung, Seong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20220203847
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling charging of an electric vehicle is configured to calculate a rotor torque expected to occur during charging based on an angle of a rotor provided in a driving motor before charging is performed by multiple input voltages, and allow charging to be performed after inducing the rotor torque to be less than a reference torque by moving the electric vehicle a specified distance to correct the rotor angle when the calculated rotor torque is greater than the reference torque so as to avoid deterioration or damage to a parking sprag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Ho Sun Jang, Ho Rim Choi, Tae II Yoo, Seong Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20220200662
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    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
  • Publication number: 20220185131
    Abstract: A charging control method for an electric vehicle is configured to boost a charging voltage by using a motor and an inverter, and includes steps of determining whether a current imbalance control is normally operated based on currents input from the motor to three-phase inputs of the inverter during charging, determining whether a current sensor is deteriorated based on a result of an internal temperature sensing of the inverter when the current imbalance control is in a normal operation, and adjusting a scale of the current sensor to maintain the charging, when a deterioration of the current sensor is detected, as a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Hyeon Bin, Han Hee Park, Ho Sun Jang, Ho Rim Choi, Tae Il Yoo, Seong Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20220179017
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer, which operates in a communication system using a magnetic signal in a very low frequency (VLF) band, may comprise: a vapor cell comprising one or more alkaline metal atoms; a pump light source configured to provide circularly polarized pump beams to the vapor cell; an irradiation light source configured to provide linearly polarized irradiation beams to the vapor cell; a magnetic signal detecting unit configured to detect a magnetic signal by measuring a polarization rotation angle from the linearly polarized irradiation beam passing through the vapor cell; and a bias magnetic field control unit configured to control a bias magnetic field applied to the vapor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Joon LEE, Jang Yeol KIM, Jae Woo LEE, In Kui CHO, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20220180919
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor. The AI processor includes multiple NVM AI cores for respectively performing basic unit operations required for a deep-learning operation based on data stored in NVM; SRAM for storing at least some of the results of the basic unit operations; and an AI core for performing an accumulation operation on the results of the basic unit operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Ho HAN, Byung-Jo KIM, Ju-Yeob KIM, Hye-Ji KIM, Joo-Hyun LEE, Seong-Min KIM
  • 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: 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: 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: 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