Patents by Inventor Sung Yang

Sung Yang 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).

  • LUMBAR SUPPORT BELT
    Publication number: 20200155336
    Abstract: A lumbar support belt includes a lumbar belt unit and two elastic supporting units. The lumbar belt unit has a lumbar belt body, two fixing portions and two mounting portions. The lumbar belt body has flexibility. The two fixing portions are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the lumbar belt body. The two mounting portions are respectively located between the two opposite ends and the middle portion of the lumbar belt body. The two elastic supporting units are respectively disposed on the two mounting portions and can provide an upward supporting force. Each of the elastic supporting units includes a supporting member capable of abutting against an armpit of a user. Accordingly, the weight of the upper body of the user can be transferred to the lumbar belt unit so as to provide support to the lumbar of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: CHIN-SUNG YANG
  • Semiconductor device including memory protector
    Patent number: 10657274
    Abstract: Provided are semiconductor devices. A semiconductor device includes processors performing an operation using data stored in a memory; and a memory protector dividing the memory into a first window area and a second window area. The first window area including a first fragment page, which is of a first size. The second window area including a second fragment page, which is of a second size, wherein the second size is smaller than the first size. The memory protector configured to protect the first fragment page and the second fragment page from being accessed by the processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Samsng Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Ho Cho, Woo-Hyung Chun, Dong-Jin Park, Seong-Min Jo, Jin-Sung Yang
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING FLARED SOURCE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20200144290
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a structure including gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on an upper surface of a substrate, trenches passing through the structure; and a groove passing through a portion of the structure. The gate electrodes include word lines, and first and second select lines. The word lines are stacked in a vertical direction upwardly from the upper surface of the substrate. The first and second select lines are on the word lines, and are spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate. The trenches include a first trench and a second trench spaced apart from the first trench. The groove is on the word lines. The groove and a portion of the first trench are between the first select line and the second select line. The second trench is spaced apart from the select lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Eun Ku, Jae Ho Jeong, Woo Sung Yang, Jung Hwan Lee, In Su Noh, Sun Young Lee
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBJECT INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20200134858
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting object information according to one embodiment includes: a padding image generator for generating a padding image including an original image; a partial image acquirer for acquiring a plurality of partial images of the padding image; an object classification result acquirer for acquiring an object classification result for each of the plurality of partial images using an object classification model; a confidence map generator for generating a confidence map having a size the same as that of the padding image and including a confidence value on the basis of the object classification result; and an object information acquirer for acquiring information on an object in the padding image on the basis of the confidence map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hee-Sung Yang, Seong-Ho Jo, Joong-Bae Jeon, Do-Young Park
  • BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200120974
    Abstract: Wrapper for cigarette manufacture includes transversely extending band regions applied by a printing technique, such as gravure printing. The band regions comprise starch, an anti-wrinkling agent such as 1,2 propylene glycol or glycerin, and optionally calcium carbonate. Any suitable printing technique can be used to apply the aqueous solution to the banded regions. The pattern of banded regions may be bands, stripes, two-dimensional arrays, undulated regions, and the like along and/or around the tobacco rod. The pattern can be applied in one or more layers. The pattern may be configured so that when a smoking article is placed on a substrate, at least two longitudinal locations along the length of the tobacco rod have film-forming compound located only on sides of the smoking article not in contact with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Li, Firooz Rasouli, Rajesh Garg, Randall E Baren, Marc W. Rose, Peter J. Lipowicz, Tony A. Phan, Timothy S. Sherwood, Szu-Sung Yang, Donald E. Miser, Milton E. Parrish
  • Substrate, display device including the same, and method of manufacturing the display device
    Patent number: 10613370
    Abstract: There is provided a display device. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. One of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a base substrate and a light blocking pattern disposed on a surface that faces the other surface of both surfaces of the base substrate, the light blocking pattern exposing a part of the base substrate. The light blocking pattern includes a semi-transmission reflective layer a disposed on the base substrate, a phase matching layer disposed on the semi-transmission reflective layer, and a reflective metal layer disposed on the phase matching layer. The phase matching layer and the reflective metal layer include materials having substantially the same etching rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Choung, Hong Sick Park, Seung Bae Kang, Ki Tae Kim, Joon Woo Bae, Hee Sung Yang
  • Chaos nanonet device, and chaos nanonet-based PUF security apparatus
    Patent number: 10574468
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a chaos nanonet device including a nanonet material having metallic and semiconductive properties dispersed on a substrate and an electrode array composed of a plurality of electrodes that has a selected domain size on the nanonet material, and a PUF security apparatus based on the chaos nanonet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sun Kook Kim, Ik Joon Chang, Joon Sung Yang
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PURIFYING RARE ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL POPULATIONS
    Publication number: 20200040293
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for antigen-specific T cell identification or neoantigen identification. Also disclosed herein are devices for separating and isolating antigen- specific T cells or other particles of a certain size from a population of particles of different sizes. Also describe herein are methods and devices for the separation and isolation of barcoded T cells from other nanoparticles containing barcodes for subsequent analysis and further processing of a viable T cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Songming Peng, James R. Heath, William Chour, Alphonsus H.c. Ng, Sung Yang, Jongchan Choi, Ji-Chul Hyun
  • Semiconductor devices including stacked electrodes
    Patent number: 10546876
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes first and second stacks of electrodes. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes first and second connection lines that connect the first and second stacks of electrodes. In some embodiments, the first connection lines have a first length and the second connection lines have a second length that is longer than the first length of the first connection lines. In some embodiments, the first connection lines connect inner portions of the first stack of electrodes to inner portions of the second stack of electrodes. In some embodiments, the second connection lines connect outer portions of the first stack of electrodes to outer portions of the second stack of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Min Lee, Woo-Sung Yang, Kwan-Yong Kim
  • Apparatus and method for measuring erythrocyte sedimentation rate
    Patent number: 10539491
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring an erythrocyte sedimentation rate based on a change in conductivity of blood over time. The apparatus for measuring an erythrocyte sedimentation rate may include: a chamber for holding blood; a pair of electrodes being partially or completely brought into contact with the blood; and a conductivity meter measuring the conductivity through the pair of electrodes. The apparatus and method according to the present invention are less time-consuming than the Westergren method and can acquire a variety of information (for example, hematocrit, dynamics of the sedimentation rate and aggregation of erythrocytes, a relationship between the sedimentation rate and aggregation of erythrocytes, and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Yang, Alexander Zhbanov
  • FORCE SENSING CUSHION
    Publication number: 20200018655
    Abstract: A force sensing cushion includes a force senor matrix and a calculating unit. The force sensor matrix is configured to detect stress distribution applied by a user sitting on the force sensing cushion. The calculating unit is connected with the force sensor matrix, and the calculating unit is configured to calculate a stress center of the stress distribution for tracking the posture of the user sitting on the force sensing cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ming-Shian Wu, Sung-Yang Wu
  • Semiconductor devices including flared source structures
    Patent number: 10529734
    Abstract: A semiconductor device can include a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell region and a pad region that is adjacent to the memory cell region, the pad region can include a first pad region, a second pad region between the memory cell region and the first pad region, and a buffer region that is between the first and second pad regions. A separation source structure can include a first portion and a second portion that are parallel to each other in a plan view of the semiconductor device. A first source structure and a second source structure can be disposed between the first and second portions of the separation source structure, where the first and second source structures can have end portions that oppose each other, the first source structure being disposed in the first pad region, and the second source structure being disposed in the second pad region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Eun Ku, Jae Ho Jeong, Woo Sung Yang, Jung Hwan Lee, In Su Noh, Sun Young Lee
  • HERRINGBONE-TYPE FLUID GUIDING UNIT AND APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING FLUID USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190382702
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a herringbone-type fluid guiding unit and an apparatus for concentrating fluid using same. The herring-bone type fluid guiding unit includes: a front member formed on a flow path and formed so that the width between the left side and the right side widens from a front end part toward the back, with respect to the flow direction of a fluid; and a rear member extending from the front member toward the back, wherein the rear member is provided with a recessed part that is recessed to a specific depth from the rear edge toward the front or with a protruding part that protrudes toward the back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Sung Yang, Ji Chul Hyun
  • ZIKA VIRUS VACCINES
    Publication number: 20190374633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccine for Zika virus, the vaccine comprising Zika virus membrane and envelope proteins. More specifically, the vaccine comprises nucleic acid molecules encoding modified Zika virus membrane and/or envelope proteins. When introduced into a cell, the encoded proteins are produced, which results in the production of a virus-like particle capable of eliciting an immune response against Zika virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Barney S. GRAHAM, Theodore C. PIERSON, Kimberly A. DOWD, John R. MASCOLA, Wing-pui KONG, Sung-youl KO, Eun Sung YANG, Wei SHI, Lingshu WANG, Christina R. DEMASO, Rebecca S. PELC, Adrian CREANGA, Julie LEDGERWOOD, Leda R. CASTILHO
  • Pump for circulating water
    Patent number: 10502224
    Abstract: A pump for circulating water includes an upper housing formed with an inlet and an outlet of fluid; a lower housing installed to fit in a lower side of the upper housing, having a receiving space formed therein; an inner housing having an edge part interposed between the upper housing and the lower housing, an impeller receiving groove formed therein, and a shaft support part formed at the center of the bottom of the impeller receiving groove; an impeller received in the impeller receiving groove to be rotatably installed, so as to form a flow pathway between the impeller and an inner surface of the inner housing for the flow of fluid; a rotor installed inside the impeller; and a stator installed in the lower housing to be positioned to face the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NEW MOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Cheol Jang, Kyoung Joo Lee, Byung Soo Kim, Hyun Sung Yang
  • Banded papers, smoking articles and methods
    Patent number: 10485265
    Abstract: Wrapper for cigarette manufacture includes transversely extending band regions applied by a printing technique, such as gravure printing. The band regions comprise starch, an anti-wrinkling agent such as 1,2 propylene glycol or glycerin, and optionally calcium carbonate. Any suitable printing technique can be used to apply the aqueous solution to the banded regions. The pattern of banded regions may be bands, stripes, two-dimensional arrays, undulated regions, and the like along and/or around the tobacco rod. The pattern can be applied in one or more layers. The pattern may be configured so that when a smoking article is placed on a substrate, at least two longitudinal locations along the length of the tobacco rod have film-forming compound located only on sides of the smoking article not in contact with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Li, Firooz Rasouli, Rajesh K. Garg, Randall E. Baren, Marc W. Rose, Peter J. Lipowicz, Tony A. Phan, Timothy S. Sherwood, Szu-Sung Yang, Donald E. Miser, Milton E. Parrish
  • Snap-off double-edged razor blade
    Patent number: 10478983
    Abstract: A double-edged razor blade including: a first unit blade having a first cutting edge; a second unit blade having a second cutting edge; a first connecting portion connecting one side of the first unit blade with one side of the second unit blade; a second connecting portion connecting the other side of the first unit blade with the other side of the second unit blade; a pair of first notches forming a boundary between the first unit blade and the first and the second connecting portions, and guiding breakage of the first unit blade; and a pair of second notches forming a boundary between the second unit blade and the first and the second connecting portions, guiding breakage of the second unit blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DORCO CO,. LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Sung Yang, Jae Young Lee, Hyun Ju Lee
  • Electronic device with self-protection and anti-cloning capabilities and related method
    Patent number: 10476680
    Abstract: An electronic device having anti-cloning function includes a first critical integrated circuit, which further includes a first security function block configured to authenticate an identity of a second critical integrated circuit in communication with the first critical integrated circuit, wherein the first security function block authenticates the identity of the second critical integrated circuit according to a chip identity of the second critical integrated circuit created using a non-volatile memory (NVM) physically unclonable function (PUF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: eMemory Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Zhe Wong, Ching-Sung Yang
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
    Publication number: 20190323984
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring an erythrocyte sedimentation rate based on a change in conductivity of blood over time. The apparatus for measuring an erythrocyte sedimentation rate may include: a chamber for holding blood; a pair of electrodes being partially or completely brought into contact with the blood; and a conductivity meter measuring the conductivity through the pair of electrodes. The apparatus and method according to the present invention are less time-consuming than the Westergren method and can acquire a variety of information (for example, hematocrit, dynamics of the sedimentation rate and aggregation of erythrocytes, a relationship between the sedimentation rate and aggregation of erythrocytes, and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sung YANG, Alexander Zhbanov
  • Wireless communication apparatus and method using transmission line for transferring signal
    Patent number: 10447376
    Abstract: A communication method in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by a resonator unit of a first signal transfer apparatus, a wireless signal transmitted from a transmission apparatus, acquiring resonance energy from the wireless signal using at least one of a matcher unit and the resonator unit of the first signal transfer apparatus, transferring the wireless signal to one end of a transmission line via the matcher unit of the first signal transfer apparatus using the acquired resonance energy, transferring the wireless signal to a second signal transfer apparatus connected to an opposite end of the transmission line, and transmitting the wireless signal to a reception apparatus having a wireless link established with the second signal transfer apparatus using a matcher unit and a resonator unit of the second signal transfer apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hak June Lee, Seung Il Myong, Hoe Sung Yang, Kang Bok Lee