Patents by Inventor Sung Min

Sung Min 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: 20250056843
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a lower interlayer insulating layer; first and second active patterns on the lower interlayer insulating layer; a gate electrode on the first and second active patterns; a first source region on a first side of the gate electrode; a second source region on a second side of the gate electrode; a third source region on the first side of the gate electrode; a drain region on the second side of the gate electrode; a first contact adjacent to the gate electrode, and connected to the first and third source regions; a second contact adjacent to the gate electrode, and connected to the second source region; a third contact adjacent to the gate electrode, and connected to the drain region; a lower wiring layer inside the lower interlayer insulating layer; and a through via connecting the lower wiring layer with the first contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jong Min SHIN, Heon Jong SHIN, June Young PARK, Jae Ran JANG, Sang Hee LEE, Kerm RIM, Sung Gyu HAN
  • Publication number: 20250050765
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of single-phase battery module systems including a plurality of battery modules, and provided in each phase of a motor, wherein each of the plurality of battery modules includes a battery and a power conversion module, and the power conversion module includes an inverter configured to convert a DC voltage stored in the battery into an AC voltage and to control the motor; and a control module, wherein the control module includes one or more processors; and a storage medium configured to store computer-readable instructions, and wherein, when a computer-readable instruction is executed by one or more processors, the one or more processors is configured such that a charging current provided from the charger is controlled by each of the plurality of single-phase battery module systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Min Hong, Yong Gyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20250051172
    Abstract: A silica sol, a silica aerogel blanket using the same, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a hydrophobizing agent, a base catalyst, an organic solvent, and water are included in a catalyst composition when manufacturing the silica aerogel blanket, so that a wet aging step which is performed under high-temperature conditions and increases the amount of a solvent used, surface modification step which uses a large amount of an organic solvent and an expensive surface modifier, resulting in a process that is complex and long and thus inhibiting economic feasibility and productivity, can be omitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Reon Lee, Se Won Baek, Hyun Woo Jeon, Mi Ri Kim, Sung Min Yu, Sang Woo Park, Bong June Kim
  • Publication number: 20250050764
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor comprising a plurality of motor windings, and a plurality of single-phase battery module systems connected to the plurality of motor windings, respectively, and including plurality of battery modules, wherein each of the plurality of battery modules includes a battery and a power conversion module, and the power conversion module includes an inverter configured to convert direct current voltage stored in the battery into alternating current (AC) voltage and to control a motor, wherein the inverter operates to transfer direct current (DC) power supply provided from a charger to the battery through the plurality of motor windings during DC charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Min Hong, Yong Gyu Lee
  • Patent number: 12223844
    Abstract: A method of managing identification information of a drone may include: generating an access message, wherein the access message includes an identifier for the ground identification device, which is a transmitter, an identifier for a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data; and transmitting the access message to an integrated management system corresponding to the identifier for the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Su Na Choi, Kyu Min Kang, Jae Cheol Park, Jin Hyung Oh, Dong Woo Lim, Sung Hyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 12220636
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Patent number: 12221498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyolefin. More specifically, the present invention relates to polyolefin having excellent dart drop impact strength, and exhibiting improved transparency, and such polyolefin has a density of 0.915 g/cm3 to 0.930 g/cm3 measured according to ASTM D1505; and has an ethylene sequence inhomogeneity (I) calculated by the following Equation 1 of 1.25 to 1.40, when analyzed by SSA (Successive Self-nucleation and Annealing): Inhomogeneity (I)=Lw/Ln??[Equation 1] in the Equation 1, Lw is weighted average (unit: nm) of ESL (Ethylene sequence length), and Ln is arithmetic mean (unit: nm) of ESL (Ethylene sequence length).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Lee, Sung Min Lee, Jeongkyu Lee, Hyojoon Lee, Seyoung Kim, Sung Ho Park, Seul Ki Im, Seok Hwan Kim, Daesik Hong
  • Patent number: 12220921
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle clogging defect compensating method for compensating for a nozzle clogging defect appearing in a binder jetting stack manufacturing means. The nozzle clogging defect compensating method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a defect occurrence region when a clogging defect of a nozzle used in the binder jetting stack manufacturing means occurs; determining whether compensation for the detect occurrence region is possible; when the compensation is possible, generating defect information and reflecting the defect information in an output code; setting a defect compensation region on the basis of the defect information; determining a defect compensation type of the defect compensation region; and reflecting a result of the determining in the output code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hwa Seon Shin, Sung Hun Park, Hye In Lee, Sung Hwan Chun, Jin Min Jang
  • Publication number: 20250048873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of improving color gamut and minimizing a thickness of a filling layer, and an optical device including the same. The display device includes a substrate; a transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the transistor; a light emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode; a common electrode disposed on the light emitting layer; a color filter disposed on the common electrode; a lens disposed on the color filer; and a filling layer disposed on the lens, wherein the color filter and the lens are in direct contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jung Hyun SON, Rae Young KIM, Jong Min OK, Sang Yeol KIM, Sung Soo LEE
  • Publication number: 20250044739
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic printer using a mechanical shutter having adjustable exposure time and no vibration. The holographic printer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light source; a modulator for generating a holographic fringe pattern in hogel units; a stage on which a hologram recording medium is placed; a driving part for moving the position of the stage in hogel units; and a shutter for periodically exposing an object light due to the holographic fringe pattern generated by the modulator to the hologram recording medium. The shutter comprises: a rotation plate having formed therein an arc-shaped opening which exposes the object light due to the holographic fringe pattern; and a motor for rotating the rotation plate. Therefore, the exposure period and exposure time of the shutter can be variously adjusted by adjusting the rotational state of the rotation plates having the arc-shaped opening formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Ji Soo HONG
  • Publication number: 20250044738
    Abstract: A holographic printer using a vibration-free mechanical shutter is provided. A holographic printer, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a light source which emits light; a modulator which modulates the light emitted from the light source to generate a holographic fringe pattern in a hogel unit; a stage on which a holographic recording medium, on which a holographic fringe pattern generated by the modulator is to be recorded in a hogel unit, is placed; a driving part which moves a position of the stage in a hogel unit; and a shutter which periodically exposes, to the holographic recording medium, object light generated by the holographic fringe pattern generated by the modulator, wherein the shutter includes a rotating plate having a slit that exposes the object light by means of the holographic fringe pattern, and a motor rotating the rotating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Sung Hee HONG, Young Min KIM, Ji Soo HONG
  • Publication number: 20250042746
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes to a method embodiment for preparing a carbon nanotube composite that includes performing a first ultrasonic treatment on a first mixture containing a carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber and an acid to form a carbon nanotube fiber swollen body, and performing a second ultrasonic treatment on a second mixture containing the carbon nanotube fiber swollen body, an aromatic monomer, and an initiator to form a carbon nanotube composite including a surface coated with an aromatic monomer-derived conductive polymer, and an embodiment of the carbon nanotube composite prepared therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Gwan Sik Kim, Kyong Hwa Song, Deok Woo Yun, Hyeon Su Jeong, Seung Min Kim, Nam Dong Kim, Sung Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20250046958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery, and more particularly, to a secondary battery including an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode assembly. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a pouch in which an electrode assembly is accommodated and an electrode lead electrically connected to the electrode assembly such that the electrode lead protrudes outward from the pouch. At least one of corners of the electrode lead, disposed inside the pouch, has a predetermined curvature radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Choel Choel Hwang, Sung Won Lee, Sang Min Baek
  • Patent number: 12218002
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Kang, Jong Min Baek, Woo Kyung You, Kyu-Hee Han, Han Seong Kim, Jang Ho Lee, Sang Shin Jang
  • Patent number: 12217390
    Abstract: An example device for correcting an image includes a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor, by executing the one or more instructions, is further configured to obtain an image including a plurality of objects, identify the plurality of objects in the image based on a result of using one or more neural networks, determine a plurality of correction filters respectively corresponding to the plurality of identified objects, and correct the plurality of objects in the image, respectively, by using the plurality of determined correction filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hoon Kim, Seong-min Kang
  • Patent number: 12213520
    Abstract: The liquid cartridge includes a storage portion which is configured to store an aerosol-generating substrate in a liquid state and includes an air hole through which air enters, a wick which is configured to absorb the stored aerosol-generating substrate, and a vaporizing portion which is configured to vaporize the aerosol-generating substrate absorbed through the wick to generate an aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chul Ho Jang, Gyoung Min Go, Sung Hwan Kim, Yong Joon Jang
  • Patent number: 12216027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire rope diagnostic device that is capable of being fastened or unfastened by means of battery packs, and more specifically, to a wire rope diagnostic device for performing safety diagnosis of a wire rope used for a lifting device such as a crane, an elevator, a water gate, and the like in real time that is capable of being fixedly fastened by means of battery packs so that it can be simply installed and separated and allow the battery packs to be easily exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NKIA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Soo Yoo, In Hwan Lee, Ki Hoon Shin, Eun Min Yoo, Jung Hwan Son
  • Patent number: 12218355
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anode active material for an all-solid-state battery in which a lithophilic material is deposited inside and on particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Kwang Lee, Yun Sung Kim, Ga Hyeon Im, Kyu Joon Lee, Hong Seok Min, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 12218078
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes: a gate stack structure including a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of conductive patterns, which are alternately stacked in a vertical direction; a dummy stack structure including a plurality of dummy interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of sacrificial layers, which are alternately stacked in the vertical direction, the dummy stack structure being disposed at a level at which the gate stack structure is disposed; a channel structure penetrating the gate stack structure; a memory layer disposed between each of the plurality of conductive patterns and the channel structure; and a dummy pillar penetrating a portion of the dummy stack structure with a length less than a length of the channel structure in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Hyuk Park, Kyung Min Park, Sung Gon Jin, Dong Won Choi
  • Patent number: D1061602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Grami Ryu, Insu Hwang, Youjoo Min, Junhee Yeo, Sung-Gul Hwang