Patents by Inventor Seung-Bum Kim

Seung-Bum 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: 20190214091
    Abstract: A memory device includes a voltage generator that provides a read voltage to a selected word line and provides a pass voltage to a plurality of unselected word lines, and a deterioration level detection circuit. The selected word line and the unselected word lines are connected to a plurality of memory cells. The deterioration level detection circuit detects a deterioration level of memory cells connected to the selected word line based on data of memory cells that receive the read voltage. The memory cells connected to the selected word line and the memory cells that receive the read voltage are included in the plurality of memory cells. The voltage generator changes the pass voltage provided to the unselected word lines based on the deterioration level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Han Jun Lee, Seung Bum Kim, Il Han Park
  • Publication number: 20190198514
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory blocks, each including a plurality memory cells coupled to word-lines respectively, and the word-lines are stacked vertically on a substrate. The control circuit divides a first memory block of the plurality of memory blocks into a partial bad region and a partial normal region based on error information of an uncorrectable error of the first memory block which is designated as a bad block. The control circuit performs a memory operation on the partial normal region by applying a first bias condition to the partial bad region and by applying a second bias condition to the partial normal region, based on a command and an address, and the first bias condition is different from the second bias condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Bum Kim, Chan-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20190196744
    Abstract: Nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory blocks, the memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells coupled to word-lines respectively, the word-lines are stacked vertically on a substrate, and some memory cells of the plurality of memory cells are selected by sub-block unit smaller than one memory block. The control circuit divides sub-blocks of a first memory block into at least one bad sub-block and at least one normal sub-block based on error occurrence frequency of each of the sub-blocks, and applies different program/erase cycles to the at least one bad sub-block and the at least one normal sub-block based on a command and an address provided from external to the nonvolatile memory device. The at least one bad sub-block and the at least one normal sub-block are adjacent each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Seung-Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20190172544
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes multiple word lines, and a voltage generator. Some of the word lines correspond to a deterioration area. The voltage generator is configured to generate a program voltage provided to multiple memory cells through the word lines. Control logic implemented by the non-volatile memory device is configured to control a program operation and an erase operation on the word lines. The deterioration area includes word lines of a first group and word lines of a second group. The control logic is configured to control a program sequence so that each of the word lines of the second group is programmed after an adjacent word line of the first group is programmed, and to control a distribution so that a threshold voltage level corresponding to an erase state of each of the word lines of the first group is higher than a threshold voltage level corresponding to an erase state of each of the word lines of the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: SEUNG-BUM KIM, DEOK-WOO LEE, DONG-HUN KWAK
  • Publication number: 20190156896
    Abstract: A method of erasing a memory device, the method of erasing the memory device including: performing, in a first erase period, a first erase operation on memory cells respectively connected to a plurality of word lines, wherein at least one of the memory cells, which is included in a memory block, is not erase-passed; determining, after the first erase period, an erase operation speed by applying a verify voltage to at least one of the plurality of word lines, and determining an effective erasing time for each word line based on the determined erase operation speed; and performing, in a second erase period, a second erase operation on the memory cells respectively connected to the plurality of word lines based on the determined effective erasing times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ji-Yoon Park, Wan-Dong Kim, Seung-Bum Kim, Deok-Woo Lee, You-Se Kim, Se-Hwan Park, Jin-Woo Park
  • Patent number: 10233878
    Abstract: A method for controlling a position of a flap of a variable port flap control module (VCM) may include determining whether a vehicle state satisfies a predetermined opening condition of the VCM, determining a VCM opening voltage in consideration of tolerance of the flap of the VCM when the vehicle state satisfies the opening condition of the VCM, and controlling the flap of the VCM to be in an opened state by applying the VCM opening voltage to a motor of the VCM when the opening condition of the VCM is satisfied, during an engine starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seung-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20190078527
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing a fault of a timer for monitoring an engine off time is capable of accurately determining whether a timer that monitors an engine off time between a previous start off time and a next start on time of an engine has an error by using an engine coolant temperature, an engine oil temperature, a fuel tank pressure, a fuel tank temperature, and an outside air temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Seung Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20190010823
    Abstract: A system for modulating turbine blade tip clearance is provided. The system may comprise an actuation control system having at least one actuator configured to modulate turbine blade tip clearance between a turbine blade tip and a blade outer air seal (BOAS). Each actuator may be coupled to the BOAS. Each actuator may comprise a solid-state motion amplification device such as a flextensional actuator. The actuators may be configured to move the BOAS in a radial direction from a first position to a second position to control tip clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fanping Sun, Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Lee A. Hoffman, Hailing Wu, Seung Bum Kim, Michael G. McCaffrey, Joel H. Wagner
  • Patent number: 10174687
    Abstract: A method of controlling an engine which has a continuous variable valve duration (CVVD) device that controls an operation of opening or closing an intake valve, and an ETC device that controls an operation of opening or closing a throttle valve and adjusts the amount of air to be introduced into a combustion chamber, may include determining whether it is necessary to increase or decrease engine torque; changing a duration of the intake valve by using the CVVD device when it is necessary to increase or decrease the engine torque; and adjusting the amount of air introduced through the ETC device in a state in which the duration of the intake valve is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seung-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20180334947
    Abstract: A temperature management method for a hybrid vehicle which includes: a flow rate control valve controlling flow of coolant to an engine, a heater, a heat exchanger, and a radiator; and an exhaust heat recovery device coupled to the flow rate control valve via the heater, the exhaust heat recovery device performing heat exchange between the coolant received from the heater and exhaust gas received from the engine, and supplying the heat-exchanged coolant to the engine, includes: identifying whether the heater is on or off; and identifying at least one of an outside air temperature, a coolant temperature, or an oil temperature and operating the flow rate control valve in a flow stop mode to prevent the coolant of the engine from discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventor: Seung Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20180187613
    Abstract: A method of controlling an engine which has a continuous variable valve duration (CVVD) device that controls an operation of opening or closing an intake valve, and an ETC device that controls an operation of opening or closing a throttle valve and adjusts the amount of air to be introduced into a combustion chamber, may include determining whether it is necessary to increase or decrease engine torque; changing a duration of the intake valve by using the CVVD device when it is necessary to increase or decrease the engine torque; and adjusting the amount of air introduced through the ETC device in a state in which the duration of the intake valve is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seung-Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20180148165
    Abstract: A control system is provided and includes a servo control system configured to control aerodynamic element pitching, an optical sensor system disposed along rotor blades to generate an optical response reflective of rotor feedback states of the rotor blades and a processing unit operably coupled between the servo control and optical sensor systems, the processing unit being configured to calculate strain in the rotor blades from the optical response, convert the calculated strain into readings of the rotor feedback states and issue a servo command to the servo control system as an instruction for controlling the aerodynamic element pitching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Derek Geiger, Seung Bum Kim, Ole Wulff, Aaron Kellner, Brian Edward Morris
  • Publication number: 20180111682
    Abstract: A non-motorized flying unit for observation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a body part which is mounted on a launcher, launched in a direction toward a preset target when the launcher operates, and falls, by its own weight, toward the ground from a position of a top dead point (TDP); a propeller unit which is coupled to the body part, and automatically generates rotational force by means of drag force applied to the body part when the body part falls so as to decrease a falling velocity of the body part; and an image capturing unit which is installed on the body part, and obtains image information in respect to the ground when the body part falls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Seung Bum KIM
  • Patent number: 9953712
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Park, Seung-Bum Kim, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 9890668
    Abstract: A method for detecting malfunction of a fastening bolt in a continuous variable valve timing (CVVT) includes: deciding whether a camshaft position sensor is operating normally; learning the most retarded angle position of the camshaft using the camshaft position sensor; deciding whether the learning of the most retarded angle position of the camshaft is normal; and comparing a PWM duty value used in the learning with a set first reference value when the learning of the most retarded angle position of the camshaft is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seung Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20180038292
    Abstract: A method for controlling a position of a flap of a variable port flap control module (VCM) may include determining whether a vehicle state satisfies a predetermined opening condition of the VCM, determining a VCM opening voltage in consideration of tolerance of the flap of the VCM when the vehicle state satisfies the opening condition of the VCM, and controlling the flap of the VCM to be in an opened state by applying the VCM opening voltage to a motor of the VCM when the opening condition of the VCM is satisfied, during an engine starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seung-Bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20180030872
    Abstract: A method for catalyst heating control for controlling a catalyst heating period of a catalyst heating system in which lambda sensors are each mounted at upstream and downstream sides of a catalyst converter may include determining a temperature of exhaust gas after an engine starts; determining an oxygen storage capacity of a catalyst depending on the determined temperature of the exhaust gas; comparing the determined oxygen storage capacity with a reference value to decide an aging level of the catalyst; and determining times of the catalyst heating period to be different from each other depending on the decided aging level of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seung Bum KIM
  • Patent number: 9843032
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module in which at least one battery cell including an electrode tab including an anode tab and a cathode tab is stacked, including: a sensing assembly installed in a space between the anode tab and the cathode tab at a side of the battery module at which the electrode tab is positioned; and a terminal installed at the side of the battery module at which the electrode tab is positioned and connected to each of the electrode tabs of the battery cells positioned at the outermost portions, wherein the terminal is bonded and connected to a surface positioned at an inner side of the battery module in both sides of the anode tab and the cathode tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ki Kim, Won Jun Lee, Seung Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20170345507
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Chul PARK, Seung-Bum KIM, Myung-Hoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 9773560
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Park, Seung-Bum Kim, Myung-Hoon Choi