Patents by Inventor Sung-Min JANG

Sung-Min JANG 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 10862015
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device package includes a lead frame structure including a first lead frame and a second lead frame. A resin portion is adjacent to side surfaces of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. A semiconductor light-emitting device is mounted on the first lead frame and the second lead frame, in the form of a flip chip, by eutectic bonding. Each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame has a plurality of first grooves extended in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS., LTD.
    Inventors: In Hyung Lee, Sung Min Jang, Soon Won Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190280176
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device package includes a lead frame structure including a first lead frame and a second lead frame. A resin portion is adjacent to side surfaces of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. A semiconductor light-emitting device is mounted on the first lead frame and the second lead frame, in the form of a flip chip, by eutectic bonding. Each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame has a plurality of first grooves extended in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: IN HYUNG LEE, SUNG MIN JANG, SOON WON JEONG
  • Patent number: 9401348
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including: a heat dissipation structure including one or more of materials among a metal, a ceramic, a semiconductor, and a resin; a flexible insulating layer directly in contact with the heat dissipation structure; a conductive layer laminated on the flexible insulating layer; and a light emitting device mounted on the conductive layer, wherein the light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and first and second electrodes connected to the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, respectively, and the first electrode includes a plurality of conductive vias connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer through the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jeong Yoon, Yeon Woo Lee, Sung Min Jang
  • Patent number: 9265108
    Abstract: There is provided a light source apparatus including at least one light emitting diode (LED) string including at least one light emitting diode and at least one inductance unit generating an induced current according to a change in a current applied to the light emitting diode, a main switch controlling power applied to the LED string according to an on/off switching operation, and a capacitor charged with a voltage of the power applied to the LED string when the main switch is switched on and applying the charged voltage to the LED string when the main switch is switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Woo Lee, Sun Ki Kim, Kyung Pil Nam, Sung Min Jang, Ki Won Choi
  • Patent number: 9155146
    Abstract: There is provided a light source apparatus including at least one light emitting diode (LED) string including at least one light emitting diode and at least one inductance unit for generating an induced current according to a change in a current applied to the light emitting diode. A main switch controls power applied to the LED string according to an on/off switching operation A capacitor is charged with a voltage of the power applied to the LED string when the main switch is switched on, and applies the charged voltage to the LED string when the main switch is switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Woo Lee, Sun Ki Kim, Kyung Pil Nam, Sung Min Jang, Ki Won Choi
  • Publication number: 20150170120
    Abstract: A method of providing payment services and a messenger server providing the payment services using the method are provided. Also, provided are a messenger application providing payment services and a method of providing the payment services using the messenger application. According to embodiments, when a messenger server receives a request for a payment of goods selected by a user from a seller server, it is determined whether payment information of a user previously registered before the payment is sharable by the seller server. When the payment information is sharable, a signal requesting the payment of the goods is transmitted to a payment server using the payment information of the user, thereby allowing the payment of the goods selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Sung-Min JANG
  • Patent number: 9041858
    Abstract: An image photographing apparatus capable of maintaining the size of a sensor plate even in a case when the size of a shutter assembly is increased, the image photographing apparatus including a shutter assembly configured to control an amount of light entered, an image sensor disposed at a rear of the shutter assembly to change the light to an electrical signal, a sensor plate configured to support the image sensor, and a main frame configured such that the shutter assembly and the sensor plate are be mounted thereon, wherein the main frame includes a frame base, and a shutter mounting portion protrudedly formed from the frame base such that the shutter assembly is mounted in a sliding manner on the shutter mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Min Jang, Byeong Woo Yi
  • Publication number: 20150001557
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including: a heat dissipation structure including one or more of materials among a metal, a ceramic, a semiconductor, and a resin; a flexible insulating layer directly in contact with the heat dissipation structure; a conductive layer laminated on the flexible insulating layer; and a light emitting device mounted on the conductive layer, wherein the light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer; and first and second electrodes connected to the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, respectively, and the first electrode includes a plurality of conductive vias connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer through the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jeong YOON, Yeon Woo LEE, Sung Min JANG
  • Publication number: 20140070714
    Abstract: There is provided a light source apparatus including at least one light emitting diode (LED) string including at least one light emitting diode and at least one inductance unit for generating an induced current according to a change in a current applied to the light emitting diode. A main switch controls power applied to the LED string according to an on/off switching operation A capacitor is charged with a voltage of the power applied to the LED string when the main switch is switched on, and applies the charged voltage to the LED string when the main switch is switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Woo LEE, Sun Ki KIM, Kyung Pil NAM, Sung Min JANG, Ki Won CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140070712
    Abstract: There is provided a light source apparatus including at least one light emitting diode (LED) string including at least one light emitting diode and at least one inductance unit generating an induced current according to a change in a current applied to the light emitting diode, a main switch controlling power applied to the LED string according to an on/off switching operation, and a capacitor charged with a voltage of the power applied to the LED string when the main switch is switched on and applying the charged voltage to the LED string when the main switch is switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Woo LEE, Sun Ki KIM, Kyung Pil NAM, Sung Min JANG, Ki Won CHOI
  • Patent number: 8611577
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal including a microphone hole formed to perforate from an outer wall of a housing to an inner wall of the housing, a duct groove extending from an inner side of the housing and being open on a top surface thereof, a microphone holder coupled with the top surface of the duct groove, and a microphone coupled with the microphone holder, in which a duct connected to the microphone hole is formed by coupling the microphone holder with the duct groove, and the microphone is connected with the microphone hole through the duct. The duck is formed by coupling the duct groove formed in the housing of the terminal with the microphone holder coupled with the microphone, thereby smoothly delivering input sound such as user's voice to the microphone and contributing to the slimness of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Young Jung, Sung-Min Jang, Hoon Namkoong
  • Patent number: 8411002
    Abstract: A display system includes a system module, a connector connected to the system module, and a display module connected to the system module through the connector. The display module includes a liquid crystal panel which displays an image, and a first printed circuit board (“PCB”) which drives the liquid crystal panel. The first PCB includes a ground layer having a first ground region electrically connected to the display module, and a second ground region electrically isolated from the first ground region and electrically connected to the connector. The system module is configured to transmit communication signals to the display module and/or receive communication signals from the display module. The system module is further configured to transmit a noise component, which is independent of the communication signals, to the display module through the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Lee, Sung-Min Jang, Tae-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20120128191
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal including a microphone hole formed to perforate from an outer wall of a housing to an inner wall of the housing, a duct groove extending from an inner side of the housing and being open on a top surface thereof, a microphone holder coupled with the top surface of the duct groove, and a microphone coupled with the microphone holder, in which a duct connected to the microphone hole is formed by coupling the microphone holder with the duct groove, and the microphone is connected with the microphone hole through the duct. The duck is formed by coupling the duct groove formed in the housing of the terminal with the microphone holder coupled with the microphone, thereby smoothly delivering input sound such as user's voice to the microphone and contributing to the slimness of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee-Young JUNG, Sung-Min JANG, Hoon NAMKOONG
  • Publication number: 20090219239
    Abstract: A display system includes a system module, a connector connected to the system module, and a display module connected to the system module through the connector. The display module includes a liquid crystal panel which displays an image, and a first printed circuit board (“PCB”) which drives the liquid crystal panel. The first PCB includes a ground layer having a first ground region electrically connected to the display module, and a second ground region electrically isolated from the first ground region and electrically connected to the connector. The system module is configured to transmit communication signals to the display module and/or receive communication signals from the display module. The system module is further configured to transmit a noise component, which is independent of the communication signals, to the display module through the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bum LEE, Sung-Min JANG, Tae-Hoon KIM