Patents by Inventor Soon Woo

Soon Woo 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: 8373370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a position sensorless control method of a high performance permanent magnet synchronous motor during emergency operation, which can accurately detect a magnetic pole position of the synchronous motor based on a position sensorless vector control using an adaptive observer configured based on a permanent magnet synchronous motor model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Seo Ho Choi, Joon Yong Lee, Kwang Hee Nam, Jin Seok Hong, Sung Yoon Jung, Tae Heon Kim
  • Patent number: 8340022
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless location determination system and method. A wireless location determination system of the present invention includes one or more location determination nodes (reception units) for calculating standard deviations of time intervals between pulses sequentially received from a location determination target, and estimating reliability values from the standard deviations. A location determination server receives messages, including the reliability values, from the location determination nodes, and obtains a location of the location determination target (transmission unit).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Woo Lee, Young Jin Park, Kwan Ho Kim, Ji Myung Kang
  • Patent number: 8335289
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting an impulse signal or impulse sequence to realize wireless real-time location system application in a multipath fading environment. The apparatus includes a band-pass filter, an RF analog unit, and a signal processing base-band unit. The band-pass filter removes unnecessary frequency bands from impulse signals received through a receiving antenna. The RF analog unit detects the envelope of the impulse sequence deprived of the unnecessary frequency bands and based on a multipath, and outputs a digital signal regarding the envelope based on a leading edge of the envelope. The signal processing base-band unit performs low-speed 1-bit sampling and then output data, and, if frame synchronization has been found or a ranging command has been detected, performs high-speed 1-bit sampling and then calculates and outputs the propagation time of the impulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Soon Woo Lee, Ji Myung Kang, Kwan Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 8315752
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling motor position and creep of an electric vehicle, in which when a running vehicle is stopped, motor position control for maintaining the vehicle in the stopped position even when a brake pedal is released is performed, and then creep torque control is performed such that the vehicle is prevented from rolling backwards and suddenly starting when the vehicle is restarted after a stop on a slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sang Uk Kwon, Seo Ho Choi, Soon Woo Kwon, Kyu Il Lee, Joon Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 8253880
    Abstract: In a container for a display device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the container, the container includes an inner layer including carbon of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.1 wt %, silicon of about 0.002 wt % to about 0.05 wt %, manganese of about 0.3 wt % to about 2 wt %, impurities of about 0.08 wt % to about 0.29 wt % based on a total weight of the inner layer and a remainder of iron, a plating layer formed on the inner layer and including electric zinc, and a polymer chrome-free layer formed on the plating layer. Thus, a weight and a thickness of the container may be reduced so that the container may have a light weight and a thin thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Joon Park, Tae-Seok Kim, Il Kwon, Soon-Woo Lee, Yong-Soo Jeong, Woo-Yul Chang, Yeong-Khy Ok, Jeong-Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20120150384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for controlling creep torque to prevent a vehicle from rolling backward on an upward slope. In particular, a gradient of a road is calculated in real time from a detection value of a sensor and vehicle acceleration. A maximum creep torque for preventing roll-back caused by gravity according to the gradient is calculated using the gradient and vehicle information. A first creep torque reference is calculated based on the maximum creep torque and the vehicle speed. A second creep torque reference is calculated based on the maximum creep torque and the vehicle acceleration. A torque command value according to an operation state of a brake is calculated based on the first creep torque reference value and the second creep torque reference value and the gradient. In response, a torque output of a driving motor is controlled according to the calculated torque command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Won Jung, Soon Woo Kwon, Kyu Il Lee, Sung Jin Chung, Sung Gone Yoon
  • Patent number: 8047623
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber; a shelf movably provided to the inside of the storage chamber; a guide unit guiding a movement of the shelf; and a transfer means provided at least one side of the shelf and transferring driving power for moving the shelf. Through such a configuration, it is possible to adjust height of the shelf, without drawing out the shelf to the outside of the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong Gyu Kang, Jae Youl Lee, Gi Dong Kwon, Soon Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 7966693
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus includes an upper body, a lower body, a shaft whose lower end portion is rotatably installed in the lower body, a piston whose outer circumference is slidably installed along the inner surface of the lower body, a rotational/linear motion converter which converts a rotational motion of the shaft into an axial linear motion of the piston, a damping unit provides a damping function selectively where the piston ascends according to return of the door, a torsion spring rotates the shaft in the door closing direction, and a clutch unit for stopping the elastic force due to reverse twisting of the spring or for restoring the elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: I-One Innotech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Soon Woo Choi, Chan Ho Hong
  • Publication number: 20110142174
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting an impulse signal or impulse sequence to realize wireless real-time location system application in a multipath fading environment. The apparatus includes a band-pass filter, an RF analog unit, and a signal processing base-band unit. The band-pass filter removes unnecessary frequency bands from impulse signals received through a receiving antenna. The RF analog unit detects the envelope of the impulse sequence deprived of the unnecessary frequency bands and based on a multipath, and outputs a digital signal regarding the envelope based on a leading edge of the envelope. The signal processing base-band unit performs low-speed 1-bit sampling and then output data, and, if frame synchronization has been found or a ranging command has been detected, performs high-speed 1-bit sampling and then calculates and outputs the propagation time of the impulse signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Soon Woo Lee, Ji Myung Kang, Kwan Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20110051608
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless location determination system and method. A wireless location determination system of the present invention includes one or more location determination nodes (reception units) for calculating standard deviations of time intervals between pulses sequentially received from a location determination target, and estimating reliability values from the standard deviations. A location determination server receives messages, including the reliability values, from the location determination nodes, and obtains a location of the location determination target (transmission unit).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Woo Lee, Young Jin Park, Kwan Ho Kim, Ji Myung Kang
  • Publication number: 20110025241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a position sensorless control method of a high performance permanent magnet synchronous motor during emergency operation, which can accurately detect a magnetic pole position of the synchronous motor based on a position sensorless vector control using an adaptive observer configured based on a permanent magnet synchronous motor model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soon Woo Kwon, Seo Ho Choi, Joon Yong Lee, Kwang Hee Nam, Jin Seok Hong, Sung Yoon Jung, Tae Heon Kim
  • Publication number: 20110029172
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling motor position and creep of an electric vehicle, in which when a running vehicle is stopped, motor position control for maintaining the vehicle in the stopped position even when a brake pedal is released is performed, and then creep torque control is performed such that the vehicle is prevented from rolling backwards and suddenly starting when the vehicle is restarted after a stop on a slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sang Uk Kwon, Seo Ho Choi, Soon Woo Kwon, Kyu Il Lee, Joon Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20100277405
    Abstract: In a container for a display device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the container, the container includes an inner layer including carbon of about 0.001 wt % to about 0.1 wt %, silicon of about 0.002 wt % to about 0.05 wt %, manganese of about 0.3 wt % to about 2 wt %, impurities of about 0.08 wt % to about 0.29 wt % based on a total weight of the inner layer and a remainder of iron, a plating layer formed on the inner layer and including electric zinc, and a polymer chrome-free layer formed on the plating layer. Thus, a weight and a thickness of the container may be reduced so that the container may have a light weight and a thin thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Joon Park, Tae-Seok Kim, Il Kwon, Soon-Woo Lee, Yong-Soo Jeong, Woo-Yul Chang, Yeong-Khy Ok, Jeong-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 7822161
    Abstract: An impulse radio-based ultra wideband communication system, using an ultra wideband impulse and a 1-bit high-speed digital sampler, includes a transmitting RF module, a receiving RF module, a signal recovery unit, a transmitting signal processor, a receiving signal processor, and an ultra wideband antenna. The transmitting RF module includes an integrated impulse generator capable of implementing on-off-keying modulation and pulse position modulation, and an amplifier for amplifying output of the integrated impulse generator. The receiving RF module includes a two stage envelope detector for detecting a received signal and a comparator for converting the detected signal into a rectangular pulse. The signal recovery unit restores the signal from the receiving RF module to a digital signal using the 1-bit digital sampler. The signal processor includes a receiving signal processor for synchronizing the digital signal and decoding the detected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon Woo Lee, Kwan Ho Kim, Young Jin Park, Won Tae Lee, Hae Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20100172916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted hydroxyphenylamine based modulators of hormone and/or pigment levels, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Craig Hodulik, Soon Woo
  • Patent number: 7742616
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic acoustic transducer including a main body formed of a non-metal material and having a hollow portion, a magnetic field generation portion generating two magnetic fields parallel to a lengthwise direction of the rod member and in opposite directions to each other, at both sides of the rod member that is inserted in the hollow portion of the main body, and a coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Yoon Young Kim, Soon Woo Han
  • Patent number: 7665259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a built-up type box-shaped steel column for filling concrete therein, that can be formed easily and economically in a built-up scheme by using ?-beams and steel plates, and a method for manufacturing the same that includes bonding a steel plate at the inner surface of a ?-shapes during a process of making a built-up type box-shaped steel column, thereby having a good resistance against a lateral pressure of concrete filled in the steel column and preventing the bonded portion from being exposed to the outside to provide a better outer appearance. The built-up type box-shaped steel column for filling concrete therein, includes: a ?-shapes disposed at each of the four corners of a box-shaped steel column to be formed; and a steel plate disposed between the ?-shapes adjacent to each other for connecting the ?-shapes with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Korea National Housing Corporation, SH Corporation, Myong HWA Engineering Co., Ltd., Sen Structural Engineers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ho Yoon, Sang-Yeon Kim, Su-Jin Lee, Hyung-Geun Kim, Chang-Shin Lee, Soon-Woo Nam, Seok-Tae Kang, Chang-Nam Lee, Sung-Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 7621189
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for generating and sensing torsional vibrations using magnetostriction, in order to perform modal testing on a bar, a pipe, a shaft, a beam, or the like. The apparatus includes a torsional vibration generating part transmitting torsional vibrations to a test part having an arbitrary cross-section and a predetermined length, and a torsional vibration sensing part sensing the torsional vibrations generated from the torsional vibration generating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Yoon Young Kim, Seung Hyun Cho, Soon Woo Han, Chan Il Park
  • Publication number: 20090241289
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus having an automatic return function for building materials is provided, in which a return spring is removed to thereby offer a closing force of each door with only a torsion spring. The hinge apparatus includes an upper body; a lower body; a shaft whose lower end portion is rotatably installed in the lower body; a piston whose outer circumference is slidably installed along the inner surface of the lower body”, a rotational/linear motion converter which converts a rotational motion of the shaft into an axial linear motion of the piston according to rotation of the door; a damping unit which provides a damping function selectively where the piston ascends according to return of the door; a torsion spring which rotates the shaft in the direction returning the door at the closing time; and a clutch unit for stopping an increment of an elastic force due to reverse twisting of the spring where an opening angle reaches a clutch stop start angle, or for restoring the elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Soon Woo Choi, Chan Ho Hong
  • Publication number: 20080246382
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage chamber; a shelf movably provided to the inside of the storage chamber; a guide unit guiding a movement of the shelf; and a transfer means provided at at least one side of the shelf and transferring driving power for moving the shelf. Through such a configuration, it is possible to adjust height of the shelf, without drawing out the shelf to the outside of the storage chamber. Also, an embodiment in another form of the present invention provides a refrigerator characterized in that the guide unit is detachable in the inside of the chilling chamber. Through such a configuration, it is possible to selectively mount the guide unit and shelf on the inside of the storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Byeong Gyu Kang, Jae Youl Lee, Gi Dong Kwon, Soon Woo Choi