Patents by Inventor Seyeob Kim
Seyeob 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).
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Publication number: 20230325031Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a touch input device, and more particularly, to a touch input device including a touch sensor, which is capable of accurately detecting whether a touch input to a touch surface is input by an object or/and a touch position even in a situation where the touch input device is in a floating state. The touch input device includes a touch surface, including: a touch sensor which is disposed under the touch surface and includes a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of receiving electrodes, and a plurality of dummy receiving electrodes; and a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch position of an object input to the touch surface based on a detection signal output from the plurality of receiving electrodes of the touch sensor, in which the touch detection unit detects the touch position of the object input to the touch surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: HiDeep Inc.Inventors: Bonkee KIM, Seyeob KIM, Jongsik KIM, Sein LEE
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Patent number: 11768548Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch pad device and a portable computer including the same, and more particularly, to a touch pad device capable of sensing an inputted push of an object, and a portable computer including the same. A touch pad device according to one embodiment includes: a touch pad cover; a substrate disposed under the touch pad cover and including a pressure sensor; and a frame configured to support the substrate, in which a magnitude of a pressure inputted to the touch pad cover is detected on the basis of a change in electrical characteristics outputted from the pressure sensor in response to bending of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Hyukjae Choi, Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230244349Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sensor and a touch input device and, more specifically, to a touch sensor formed of a circular single layer and a touch input device comprising same. A touch input device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a circular touch sensor, wherein the touch sensor includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on a single layer and spaced apart from each other on a plurality of virtual circles having a common center.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Hojun MOON, Bonkee KIM, Seyeob KIM, Inseob KIM
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Patent number: 11709573Abstract: A touch input device is disclosed that may comprise a display panel and/or a touch sensor. The touch sensor may include a driving electrode and/or a receiving electrode that may be disposed on the display panel and/or inside the display panel. The touch input device may comprise an electrode pattern that may be disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel. The touch input device may comprise a controller that may be configured to provide a first driving signal to the driving electrode of the touch sensor. The controller may be configured to receive a touch detection signal from the receiving electrode of the touch sensor. The controller may be configured to detect a touch position, perhaps for example based on the touch detection signal. The controller may be configured to provide a second driving signal different from the first driving signal to the electrode pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230229272Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a touch apparatus including: a touch sensor; and a touch controller operating in a full driving mode for applying a first driving signal for generating a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch sensor and a skip driving mode in which a second driving signal having a period having an off-duty different from that of the first driving signal is applied to the touch sensor, and obtaining touch coordinate information from a detection signal received from the touch sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Hwanhee LEE, Seyeob KIM, Jeongwon SEO, Kyeonghan PARK
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Publication number: 20230195273Abstract: Disclosed is a touch input device including: a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes; a drive unit configured to apply a driving signal to at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; a touch signal detection unit configured to detect a touch-position-related signal related to a touch position of an object inputted to the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; and an LGM disturbance signal detection unit configured to detect an LGM-disturbance-signal-related signal related to an LGM disturbance signal generated from the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: HiDeep Inc.Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Jongsik KIM, Young Ho CHO
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Patent number: 11675446Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, including: a plurality of electrode; and a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus, wherein the electrodes includes electrodes in which directions of currents induced in the electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Hojun Moon, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Youngho Cho
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Patent number: 11662837Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230125764Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a loop coil; a display unit configured to include a plurality of pixels; a display driver configured to apply a data signal and a scan signal to the pixels depending on a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a plurality of touch electrodes positioned on the display unit; a driving receiver configured to apply a driving signal to the loop coil during a first period and to receive a sensing signal from at least one of the touch electrodes during a second period after the first period; and a controller configured to generate touch information by using the sensing signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized to at least one pulse of the vertical synchronization signal and the horizontal synchronization signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Hwanhee LEE, Wonwoo LEE, Kyeonghan PARK, Sein LEE, Jeongwon SEO, Jongsik KIM, Inuk JEONG, Hojun MOON, Beomkyu KO
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Patent number: 11614844Abstract: Disclosed is a touch input device including: a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes; a drive unit configured to apply a driving signal to at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; a touch signal detection unit configured to detect a touch-position-related signal related to a touch position of an object inputted to the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; and an LGM disturbance signal detection unit configured to detect an LGM-disturbance-signal-related signal related to an LGM disturbance signal generated from the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Jongsik Kim, Young Ho Cho
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Patent number: 11609653Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; and a touch controller that operates in a resonance driving mode during which a first driving signal is output for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch sensor and an idle mode during which the driving signal output to the touch sensor is stopped, and obtains first touch coordinate information from a detection signal input from the touch sensor during the resonance driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11599232Abstract: A touch sensor panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, in which a touch window area includes a first number of consecutive first electrodes in a first direction among the plurality of first electrodes and a second number of consecutive second electrodes in a second direction with respect to the first number of first electrodes, respectively, and a pair of a predetermined first electrode among the first electrodes included in the touch window area and a predetermined second electrode among the second electrodes do not exist in other window areas other than the touch window area.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim, Jongsik Kim
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Publication number: 20230067179Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display panel and comprising at least one touch electrode; and a conductive wire disposed on the display panel, disposed on the same layer as the touch electrode layer, and generating a magnetic field signal for driving a stylus pen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kyeonghan PARK, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Sein LEE, Hwanhee LEE, Kiryoung JUNG, Wonwoo LEE, Jeongwon SEO, Jongsik KIM, Inuk JEONG, Beomkyu KO, Hojun MOON
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Patent number: 11579723Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; and a touch controller that operates in a resonance driving mode during which a first driving signal is output for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch sensor and an idle mode during which the driving signal output to the touch sensor is stopped, and obtains first touch coordinate information from a detection signal input from the touch sensor during the resonance driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230037637Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Sein LEE
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Patent number: 11556208Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel configured to include a plurality of touch electrodes; a touch driver configured to apply a first driving signal to a first touch electrode of the touch electrodes during a first period, and a second driving signal to the touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; and a touch controller configured to determine a detection signal as a valid touch signal based on whether a signal strength of the detection signal received in response to the first driving signal exceeds a first threshold during the first period, wherein the detection signal include at least one of a first detection signal generated by a first touch object and a second detection signal generated by a second touch object, and the first detection signal is determined as a valid touch signal, while the first threshold is set to filter the second detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11537248Abstract: A touch sensor panel according to the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, in which a touch window area includes a first number of consecutive first electrodes in a first direction among the plurality of first electrodes and a second number of consecutive second electrodes in a second direction with respect to at least one of the first number of first electrodes to correspond to each other, and a value acquired by multiplying the number of unit cells constituting at least one first electrode connected to a first trace among the first electrodes included in the touch window area and the number of unit cells constituting at least one second electrode connected to a second trace among the second electrodes included in the touch window area is less than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Jongsik Kim, Sein Lee
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Patent number: 11481047Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a resonance circuit portion positioned in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Kiryoung Jung, Hyoungwook Woo, Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11481065Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
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Patent number: 11475114Abstract: A terminal for checking a security request level of a fingerprint verification request is provided. The terminal includes a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to acquire a fingerprint image; and a controller configured to check a security request level of a fingerprint verification request when the fingerprint verification request is received, to determine an verification level depending on the security request level, and to perform fingerprint verification in a manner corresponding to the verification level by using the fingerprint image. The controller controls the fingerprint recognition sensor to acquire a fingerprint image of a first level when the security request level is less than or equal to the security request level of a previous verification request that has been completed before the fingerprint verification request, and an elapsed time from the previous verification request is within a threshold time.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Sein Lee, Youngho Cho, Seyeob Kim, Byung Duck Cho