Patents by Inventor Sok Kang

Sok Kang 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: 9343778
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: wherein CY1 and R1 through R7 are the same as defined above; and a lithium secondary battery containing the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-young Mun, Yoon-sok Kang, Jin-hwan Park, Min-sik Park
  • Publication number: 20160054436
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a radio frequency (RF) sensor and a user detection method using an RF sensor are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a support frame located in a back area of the display panel and configured to support parts of the display apparatus; and a radio frequency (RF) sensor configured to be arranged in the support frame for performing one of transmitting a radio frequency signal to a front area of the display panel and receiving the radio signal from the front area of the display panel, wherein the radio frequency signal which is transmitted or received passes through the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-han LEE, Kun-sok KANG, Byung-seok SOH, Chang-won SON, Sang-on CHOI
  • Patent number: 9118086
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of vitamin G (vitamin B2, riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacinamide), vitamin B4 (adenine), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin H (vitamin B7, biotin), vitamin M (vitamin B9, folic acid), vitamin BX (4-aminobenzoic acid), vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin K1 (phylloquinone), ascorbyl palmitate, and sodium ascorbate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Seok-soo Lee, Won-chang Choi, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Patent number: 9059476
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising: a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Seok-soo Lee, Young-gyoon Ryu, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20150106833
    Abstract: A mobile terminal, a display apparatus, and their associated controlling methods are provided to control a display mode of the display apparatus in a general mode, which displays a content shareable with a third party, and in a security mode, which displays a content non-shareable with the third party, according to a user's security level. The mobile terminal includes a communicator to communicate with an external display apparatus to provide a personalization function; a sensor to sense a position of the mobile terminal, and a controller to determine the display mode of the display apparatus based on the position of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensor, and transmit display mode instruction information including the determined display mode to the display apparatus through the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kun-sok KANG, Hak-sup SONG, Sung-kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20150102899
    Abstract: A door lock apparatus is provided. The door lock apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses; a near field communicator configured to perform authentication for opening a door; a second interface configured to communicate with a display apparatus; and a controller configured to control the first interface to receive status information on each of the plurality of external apparatuses from the plurality of external apparatuses, control the second interface to transmit the received status information to the display apparatus to be displayed in response to the authentication being performed by the near field communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-hoon KIM, Kun-sok KANG, Tae-hyeun HA
  • Publication number: 20150097918
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for preventing divulgence of image data thereof which may prevent image information including image data photographed by a camera of the display apparatus from being divulged by hacking, etc. The display apparatus includes a camera which captures an image; a display which displays the image thereon based on image data captured by the camera; a communicator which communicates with an outside of the apparatus through an Internet; and a controller which transmits image information including the image data captured by the camera, in the form of a transmission packet including the image data and a detection mark or indicator capable of detecting or indicating that the image data is to be transmitted to the outside, when the image information is to be transmitted to the outside through the communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun-sok KANG, Hak-sup SONG, Sang-il LEE, Joo-whan LEE, Seong-seol HONG, Soo-yong LEE, Mi-jin CHOI
  • Patent number: 8999579
    Abstract: An anode includes a collector; and an anode active material layer disposed on the collector comprises an anode active material, which is lithium oxide coated Li4Ti5O12, a conductive material, and a binder, wherein the lithium oxide intercalates and/or deintercalates lithium ions into and from the lattice structure of Li4Ti5O12. By coating the surface of the anode active material with lithium oxide, an anode including the surface-treated anode active material has a high capacity, high-rate properties, and a high initial efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung-won Park, Yoon-sok Kang, Han-su Kim, Jae-gu Yoon, Gue-sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20150091795
    Abstract: There is provided a display device which includes a display panel, a backlight that has a plurality of light sources and applies light to the display panel, a human body detector configured to detect a human body located around the display panel, a human body information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the human body, and a control that controls an operation of a user recognition unit when the human body is detected in a standby mode, performs user recognition based on the acquired human body information, controls an operation of the display panel such that notification information of the user is displayed in a portion of the display panel, and turns some light sources out of the plurality of light sources on. According to the invention, for the user who views the display device, the local dimming is performed on the backlight which provides content information desired by the user utilizing only a portion of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Sok KANG, Hak Sup SONG, Sang Il LEE, Joo Whan LEE, Seong Seol HONG, Soo Yong LEE, Mi Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150079465
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material including a lithium metal oxide including an oxide Formula 1 and sulfur, xLi2MnO3.(1?x?y)LiMO2.yLiMn2O4??(1) wherein 0<x<0.6, 0<y<0.1, and M is at least one selected from a metal and a metalloid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Byung-jin CHOI, Yoon-sok KANG, Jin-hwan PARK, Jae-gu YOON, Myung-hoon KIM, Jun-young MUN, Jun-ho PARK, Sung-jin AHN
  • Publication number: 20150064578
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a piperazine derivative represented by Formula 1 having an oxidation potential lower than an oxidation potential of the non-aqueous organic solvent by about 2 V to about 4 V: wherein, in Formula 1, X, Y, and R1 to R4 are defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yoon-sok KANG, Jun-young MUN, Min-sik PARK, Jae-gu YOON
  • Publication number: 20150046968
    Abstract: A function upgrade device, a display apparatus, and a method for controlling a display apparatus are provided. The function upgrade device may include a function unit configured to perform a function in conjunction with the display apparatus, a storage configured to store user information and an application related to the function unit, an interface configured to connect the function upgrade device to the display apparatus and enable the function upgrade device to communicate with the display apparatus, and a controller configured to, when the display apparatus is connected to the function upgrade device through the interface, control the function unit to operate in conjunction with the display apparatus based on the user information and the application stored in the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Il LEE, Kun-sok KANG, Hak-sup SONG, Joo-whan LEE, Seong-seol HONG, Soo-yong LEE, Mi-jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150019995
    Abstract: Provided are an image display apparatus and a method of operating the same. The method includes recognizing a plurality of users, displaying a selection menu configured to allow selection of a personal screen corresponding to each of the recognized plurality of users, receiving an input selecting at least one personal screen from the selection menu, and displaying the selected at least one personal screen, wherein the at least one personal screen includes personal content based on user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak-sup SONG, Kun-sok KANG, Sung-hyun KIM, Tae-ho KIM, Joo-whan LEE, Mi-jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140377655
    Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, a cathode including the composite cathode active material, and a lithium battery including the cathode. The composite cathode active material includes a lithium intercalatable material; and a garnet oxide, wherein an amount of the garnet oxide is about 1.9 wt % or less, based on a total weight of the composite cathode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-young MUN, Jae-myung LEE, Gue-sung KIM, Yoon-sok KANG, Myung-hoon KIM, Jun-ho PARK, Jin-hwan PARK, Jae-gu YOON, Byung-jin CHOI
  • Patent number: 8802285
    Abstract: An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent containing a high dielectric constant solvent; and a polymerizable cycloolefin monomer, and an lithium battery employing the same. The organic electrolytic solution prevents decomposition of an electrolyte, and thus the lithium battery employing the organic electrolytic solution has improved cycle characteristics and lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gyoon Ryu, Yoon-sok Kang, Dong-joon Lee, Seok-soo Lee, Seung-sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 8741479
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent, and an additive, in which the additive is composed of one or more compounds including a purinone or a purinone derivative. The lithium secondary battery with improved life and high-temperature storage may be provided by using the electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Jun-young Mun, Min-sik Park, Jin-hwan Park, Mi-jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20140134502
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt; a nonaqueous organic solvent; and an additive composition, wherein the additive composition comprises at least one of a first compound of Formula 1 and a second compound of Formula 2: wherein A1, A2, C1 to C4, R1 to R4, X1 to X4, Y1 to Y4, Z1 to Z4, L1, L2, p, and q are defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok KANG, Min-sik PARK, Jun-young MUN
  • Publication number: 20130149610
    Abstract: A surface-treated electrode active material, a method of surface treating an electrode active material, an electrode, and a lithium secondary battery. The surface-treated electrode active material includes a surface metal oxide layer having higher degree of reduction of a metal than that of a bulk metal oxide layer. The method includes: forming a mixture by adding an untreated electrode active material comprising a metal oxide, and at least one of a basic material and a reducing material to a solvent; and stirring the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-sok KANG, Jun-young MUN, Jin-hwan PARK, Min-sik PARK, Seung-mo OH, Tae-no YOON
  • Publication number: 20130078533
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a polar additive based on a substituted hetero-bicyclic compound. Oxidation of the electrolyte is prevented by formation of a polar thin film on a surface portion of the positive electrode, which facilitates transfer of lithium ions. The lithium secondary batteries using the electrolyte have excellent high temperature life characteristics and high temperature conservation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yoon-sok Kang, Min-sik Park, Jun-young Mun, Jin-hwan Park, Dong-joon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120251895
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: wherein CY1 and R1 through R7 are the same as defined above; and a lithium secondary battery containing the electrolyte
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-young MUN, Yoon-sok Kang, Jin-hwan Park, Min-sik Park