Patents by Inventor Sun-Mi Lee

Sun-Mi Lee 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: 20250225775
    Abstract: A control method of an image signal processor for an artificial neural network may be configured to include a step of acquiring an image, a step of determining at least one image characteristic data corresponding to the image, and a step of determining an image correction parameter (SFR preset) for improving an inference accuracy of an artificial neural network model based on the at least one of image characteristic data and an inference accuracy profile of an artificial neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Lok Won KIM, Sun Mi LEE, Il Myeong IM
  • Patent number: 12288386
    Abstract: A control method of an image signal processor for an artificial neural network may be configured to include a step of acquiring an image, a step of determining at least one image characteristic data corresponding to the image, and a step of determining an image correction parameter (SFR preset) for improving an inference accuracy of an artificial neural network model based on the at least one of image characteristic data and an inference accuracy profile of an artificial neural network model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won Kim, Sun Mi Lee, Il Myeong Im
  • Patent number: 12228496
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for cell particle sorting based on microfluidic-chip flow, by using a design in which Dean flow focusing occurring in a spiral channel and hydrodynamic filtration are coupled. The apparatus comprises a first substrate including a spiral channel having an inner surface and an outer surface based on a radius of curvature, a sample solution inlet, a medium inlet, and a spiral inner-outlet and a spiral outer-outlet both for discharging the particles, and a second substrate including a main channel in which the sample solution discharged from the first substrate and passing through an inter-substrate way flows and a cut-off width WC is set, a side channel allowing a medium introduced into the medium inlet to flow to focus the sample solution on a sidewall of the main channel, a plurality of branch channels connected to the sidewall of main channel and configured to receive the particles from the main channel, a main channel outlet, and at least one branch channel outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Myung-Suk Chun, Sun Mi Lee, Jae Hun Kim, Chansung Park
  • Patent number: 12146879
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting an antibiotic and a method for determining antibiotic sensitivity using the same is provided. The antibiotic susceptibility inspection time which has conventionally taken longer than 24 hours is shortened to about 2 hours or less, the efficacy of the target substance is monitored in real time, the identification of the microorganism, the kind of the antibiotic capable of treating the microorganism, and the minimum dosage thereof are quickly confirmed. Microbial infections requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment can be effectively treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kyung Hwa Yoo, Nal Ae Han, Bong Jun Kim, Sun Mi Lee, Kook Jin Lim, Jeseung Oh
  • Publication number: 20240352401
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a strain having resistance by neutralizing furfural, an inhibitor derived from lignocellulosic biomass, based on a technique using aldehyde dehydrogenase and a method of using the same. According to the present disclosure, furfural, an inhibitor derived from lignocellulosic biomass, is neutralized based on a technique using aldehyde dehydrogenase, so that a resistant strain overexpresses aldehyde dehydrogenase (EcAldH) in Yarrowia lipolytica, which has the ability to produce yeast oil, and has resistance to furfural, a biomass-derived inhibitor. Accordingly, even in the medium containing furfural, it can provide excellent strain growth and yeast oil production ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Sun Mi LEE, Jiwon Kim, Hyeoncheol Son, Ja Kyong Ko, Gyeongtaek Gong, Jung Ho Ahn, Youngsoon Um
  • Publication number: 20240226143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yoo, Jun Ho Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sun-Mi Lee, Chin Hee Min, Taejun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240193922
    Abstract: A control method of an image signal processor for an artificial neural network may be configured to include a step of acquiring an image, a step of determining at least one image characteristic data corresponding to the image, and a step of determining an image correction parameter (SFR preset) for improving an inference accuracy of an artificial neural network model based on the at least one of image characteristic data and an inference accuracy profile of an artificial neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won KIM, Sun Mi LEE, Il Myeong IM
  • Publication number: 20240131057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yoo, Jun Ho Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sun-Mi Lee, Chin Hee Min, Taejun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240117389
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a method capable of producing an organic acid in high yield from an acetic acid strain using synthesis gas as a substrate. According to the present disclosure, the productivity of metabolites with C2 to C6 carbon atoms derived from synthesis gas and the selectivity of hexanoic acid production among metabolites can be improved through a first fermentation step of simultaneously providing a substrate comprising synthesis gas and sugar; and a second fermentation step of semi-mixotrophic fermentation of providing only the substrate comprising the synthesis gas. Therefore, the disclosure can contribute to sustainable chemical production using synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Youngsoon UM, Deurim YUN, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO, Jung Ho AHN
  • Patent number: 11941871
    Abstract: A control method of an image signal processor for an artificial neural network may be configured to include a step of acquiring an image, a step of determining at least one image characteristic data corresponding to the image, and a step of determining an image correction parameter (SFR preset) for improving an inference accuracy of an artificial neural network model based on the at least one of image characteristic data and an inference accuracy profile of an artificial neural network model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won Kim, Sun Mi Lee, Il Myeong Im
  • Patent number: 11932895
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing hexanol or butanol and a method for preparing hexanol or butanol using ethanol and synthesis gas, wherein the composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a medium composition containing ethanol as an active ingredient, and by culturing a strain producing hexanol or butanol after inoculating with a medium containing the composition and supplying synthesis gas, hexanol or butanol can be prepared economically using inexpensive synthesis gas, and hexanol or butanol can be prepared with high efficiency by focusing the flow of a carbon source consumed in a fermentation process to the production of hexanol or butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Oh, Youngsoon Um, Sun Mi Lee, Gyeongtaek Gong, Ja Kyong Ko
  • Patent number: 11896609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yoo, Jun Ho Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sun-Mi Lee, Chin Hee Mun, Taejun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11894506
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a pad spaced away from an encapsulating element. The pad can have a stacked structure of a pad electrode layer and a pad cover layer. A side surface of the pad electrode layer can be covered by the pad cover layer. Thus, in the display apparatus, damage of the pad electrode layer due to a subsequent process can be prevented and as such, the reliability of an external signal transmitted through the pad can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Mi Lee, Chang-Hoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20230383317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing 2,3-butanediol by using ethanol and synthetic gas and a 2,3-butanediol production method. A composition according to an aspect of the present invention includes ethanol as an active ingredient. In the case where a 2,3-butanediol production strain is inoculated into a medium containing the composition and cultured and a synthetic gas is added thereto, 2,3-butanediol, which is a biofuel and a chemical substance, can be economically produced with ethanol serving as a substrate. In the metabolism process, the carbon flux can be concentrated on the production route of the target material, whereby the composition has an excellent effect of increasing the production efficiency of 2,3-butanediol and enhancing the productivity of 2,3-butanediol by controlling only fermentation conditions such as amounts of the synthetic gas or ethanol and stirring speeds of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hyunju OH, Youngsoon UM, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO
  • Publication number: 20230313241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recombinant microorganism for producing PHBV, a method for preparing the same, and a method for producing PHBV using the microorganism. The present disclosure may provide a recombinant microorganism capable of producing PHBV, which is a biodegradable plastic material with superior physical properties, directly from an inexpensive single carbon source with high efficiency without supplementation of organic acid. The present disclosure can enhance the utilization of PHA, which is expensive and has limited physical properties, and can also provide a technology more effective for industrialization using an inexpensive single carbon source. The PHBV produced according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can be used not only for general-purpose inexpensive products such as ecofriendly packing materials but also as a high-value-added medical biopolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ja Kyong KO, Youngyun JO, Gyeongtaek GONG, Jung Ho AHN, Sun Mi LEE, Youngsoon UM
  • Patent number: 11744108
    Abstract: A display apparatus including two lines is provided. The two lines may extend in a first direction. A light-emitting device may be disposed between the two lines. Each line may be bent or extended in the direction of the device substrate which supports the light-emitting device. Thus, in the display apparatus, mixing of light emitted to the outside through the device substrate may be prevented. Therefore, in the display apparatus, the quality of realized image may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Joo Lee, Jung-Ho Bang, Jung-Sun Beak, Sun-Mi Lee, Tae-Hwan Kim, Hyeon-Chul Im
  • Publication number: 20230242948
    Abstract: The present specification describes a culture of a microorganism, which comprises an increased content of oleic acid, or a microbial oil comprising the same. In addition, the present specification describes a method for producing oleic acid and lipids comprising the same by culturing a microorganism. Since the present disclosure enables the production of lipids comprising oleic acid at a high concentration without genetic manipulation of a lipid-producing microorganism, it may be utilized in various industrial fields requiring oleic acid, such as foods, cosmetic materials, biofuels, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sun Mi LEE, Yeon-Ho CHOI, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyoung KO, Jung Ho AHN, Youngsoon UM
  • Publication number: 20230093685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing hexanol or butanol and a method for preparing hexanol or butanol using ethanol and synthesis gas, wherein the composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a medium composition containing ethanol as an active ingredient, and by culturing a strain producing hexanol or butanol after inoculating with a medium containing the composition and supplying synthesis gas, hexanol or butanol can be prepared economically using inexpensive synthesis gas, and hexanol or butanol can be prepared with high efficiency by focusing the flow of a carbon source consumed in a fermentation process to the production of hexanol or butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun Ju OH, Youngsoon UM, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO
  • Publication number: 20230080524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yoo, Jun Ho Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sun-Mi Lee, Chin Hee Mun, Taejun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230061884
    Abstract: A control method of an image signal processor for an artificial neural network may be configured to include a step of acquiring an image, a step of determining at least one image characteristic data corresponding to the image, and a step of determining an image correction parameter (SFR preset) for improving an inference accuracy of an artificial neural network model based on the at least one of image characteristic data and an inference accuracy profile of an artificial neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: DEEPX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lok Won KIM, Sun Mi LEE, Il Myeong IM