Patents by Inventor Sung-Ku YEO

Sung-Ku YEO 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: 20190288562
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 10411513
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting apparatus wirelessly charging a wireless power receiving apparatus is provided. The wireless power transmitting apparatus includes a power providing unit configured to provide power, a gate driver configured to generate a differential signal formed of a first signal and a second signal from the power provided from the power providing unit, an amplifier configured to amplify the differential signal by a predetermined gain, a power transmitting unit configured to transmit the amplified differential signal to the wireless power receiving apparatus, and a differential signal correcting circuit that is disposed between the gate driver and the amplifier and is configured to correct the differential signal so that a predetermined phase difference between the first signal and the second signal is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Do-Won Kim, Dong-Zo Kim, Bong-Chul Kim, Hyung-Koo Chung
  • Patent number: 10374465
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device is provided. The wireless power transmitting device includes a patch antenna, and a transmission/reception processing circuit configured to output a first signal to the patch antenna during a first period, and process a second signal output from the patch antenna during a second period, wherein the patch antenna is configured to transmit a transmission wave using the first signal, and output the second signal to the transmission/reception processing circuit using a reception wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Chong-Min Lee, Jae-Seok Park, Jae-Hyun Park, Kyung-Woo Lee, Hyo-Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10340747
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20190081513
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kang-Ho BYUN, Kyung-Woo LEE, Young-Min LEE, Se-Ho PARK, Yu-Su KIM, Sung-Ku YEO
  • Patent number: 10230274
    Abstract: A resonant wireless power reception apparatus includes a wireless near field communication (NFC) antenna for performing an NFC function through an NFC frequency band, a resonator for receiving resonant wireless power using a resonance frequency different from the NFC frequency band, the resonator being installed adjacent to the NFC antenna, and a high impedance circuit for filtering a signal having the NFC frequency band provided from the NFC antenna, the high impedance circuit being connected to the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Il Kim, Se-Ho Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Woo-Ram Lee, Jeong-Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190067994
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter is disclosed. The wireless power transmitter may include a first coil for generating a first magnetic field of a first direction in order to charge a first wireless power receiver which is disposed in a first posture on the wireless power transmitter, and a second coil for generating a second magnetic field of a second direction in order to charge a second wireless power receiver which is disposed in a second posture on the wireless power transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Keum-Su SONG, Do-Won KIM, Jae-Hyun PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Young-Ho RYU
  • Patent number: 10135291
    Abstract: A charging device for charging one or more electronic devices is provided. The charging device includes a charging unit configured to include a first charging unit, and a second charging unit, the second charging unit protruding upward from a surface of the charging unit at an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined reference angle with respect to the surface of the charging unit, wherein, if at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit is arranged to face at least one electronic device in a face-to-face manner, the at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit supplies a wireless power to the at least one electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dong-Zo Kim, Keum-Su Song, Sung-Bum Park, Do-Won Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 10135289
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver and a method for controlling the wireless power receiver are provided. The wireless power receiver includes a resonant circuit configured to receiving electromagnetic waves from a wireless power transmitter and output alternate current (AC) power, a rectifier configured to rectify the AC power received from the resonant circuit into direct current (DC) power, a DC/DC converter configured to convert the DC power received from the rectifier and output the converted DC power, a battery, a charger configured to charge the battery with the converted DC power, and a controller configured to, upon detection of an event indicating a change in impedance at an output end of the DC/DC converter, control the impedance at the output end of the DC/DC converter and keep the impedance constant by adjusting voltage at the output end of the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Chul Kim, Dong-Zo Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 10128690
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20180316225
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a receiving circuit configured to wirelessly receive power and output AC power, a rectifying circuit configured to rectify the AC power from the receiving circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit may include a first P-MOSFET configured to transfer a positive amplitude of power to an output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the positive amplitude and to prevent transferring a negative amplitude of power to the output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the negative amplitude, and a forward loss compensating circuit connected with the first P-MOSFET configured to reduce a threshold voltage of the first P-MOSFET while the AC power has the positive amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Ku YEO, Sang-Yun KIM, Jae-Seok PARK, Young-Ho RYU, Kang-Yoon LEE, Hamed ABBASIZADEH, Sang-Wook KWON, Thi Kim Nga TRUONG, Dong-In KIM, Sung-Bum PARK, Dong-Soo LEE
  • Patent number: 10109415
    Abstract: Disclosed is an external inductor that is connected to a wireless power receiver. The external inductor may include a conductor including at least one main slit, a first connecting unit that connects a first point of the conductor and the wireless power receiver with each other, and a second connecting unit that connects a second point of the conductor and the wireless power receiver with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Park, Young-Ho Ryu, Do-Won Kim, Sang-Wook Kwon, Dong-Zo Kim, Sung-Bum Park, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20180301940
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided for wirelessly receiving power. The electronic device includes a first core including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction, a first coil wound around the first portion and extending in the first direction, a second coil wound around the second portion and extending in the second direction, and a power processing circuit configured to process power wirelessly received, from a wireless power transmitter, through at least one of the first coil or the second coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Ku YEO, Dae-Hyun Kim, Young-Joon Kim, Kang-Ho Byun, Hyo-Seok Han, Ki-Young Kim, Ji-Hoon Jung, Jae-Hyun Park, Eun-Song Um
  • Publication number: 20180269725
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter may comprise: a signal generation unit which generates a differential signal; an amplifier which amplifies the differential signal with a predetermined gain; a resonance unit which generates an electromagnetic wave using the amplified differential signal and radiates the same; and a signal adjustment unit which senses at least one of the current and the voltage of the amplified differential signal at the input terminal of the resonance unit, and adjusts at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the differential signal output from the signal generation unit, on the basis of the result of the sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Ku YEO, Hyun-Jun AHN, Yun-Seong EO, Sung-Bum PARK
  • Patent number: 10075018
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver is disclosed. A wireless power receiver according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a resonant reception unit configured to receive wireless power by a resonance scheme; an inductive reception unit configured to receive wireless power by an induction scheme; and a power processing unit configured to process wireless power received at the resonant reception unit and the inductive reception unit. When the wireless power is received by the induction scheme, a current flowing in the inductive reception unit is greater than a current flowing in the resonant reception unit, and when the wireless power is received by the resonance scheme, a current flowing in the resonant reception unit is greater than a current flowing in the inductive reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Bum Park, Do-Won Kim, Young-Ho Ryu, Dong-Zo Kim, Jae-Hyun Park, Keum-Su Song, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 10069340
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power supplier includes a power receiver for receiving wireless power from the wireless power supplier and storing the wireless power for a first time period, a rectifier connected to the power receiver for rectifying the wireless power, a power adjuster connected to the rectifier and an output end, for adjusting a magnitude of the wireless power by enabling the power receiver to store the wireless power for the first time period and delivering the wireless power to the output end for a second time period, and a controller for determining the first and second time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Se-Ki Kim, Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Jun-Han Choi
  • Patent number: 10063099
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving a supply of power from a wireless power supplier is disclosed. The wireless power receiver includes a power reception unit for wirelessly receiving wireless power from the wireless power supplier; a rectifier for rectifying the wireless power into power including a DC waveform; a power adjustor for configuring a closed loop with the power reception unit for a first period and transferring the wireless power to the rectifier for a second period to adjust a size of the wireless power; and a controller for determining the first period and the second period, wherein the power adjustor is electrically connected to the power reception unit and the rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Se-Ho Park, Se-Ki Kim, Young-Min Lee, Jun-Han Choi
  • Patent number: 9973024
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter and a method for detecting a change in load during wireless charging in the wireless power transmitter is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power transmission unit configured to transmit power to a wireless power receiver, a current detection unit configured to measure a voltage value corresponding to a current that is output to the power transmission unit while the power is transmitted from the power transmission unit, and a controller configured to adjust the power transmitted by the power transmission unit based on the measured voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Yun-Seong Eo, Kyu-Sub Kwak, Sung-Bum Park, Hyun-Jun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20180006487
    Abstract: A charging device for charging one or more electronic devices is provided. The charging device includes a charging unit configured to include a first charging unit, and a second charging unit, the second charging unit protruding upward from a surface of the charging unit at an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined reference angle with respect to the surface of the charging unit, wherein, if at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit is arranged to face at least one electronic device in a face-to-face manner, the at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit supplies wireless power to the at least one electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Dong-Zo KIM, Keum-Su Song, Sung-Bum Park, Do-Won Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 9847668
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device is provided. The wireless power transmission device includes a resonance signal generator and a controller. The resonance signal generator is configured to transmit wireless power to a wireless power reception device. The controller is configured to adjust the wireless power transmitted to the wireless power reception device, when a predetermined condition caused by over-voltage protection operation at the wireless power reception device is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Kang-Ho Byun, Sung-Ku Yeo