Patents by Inventor Sun Woo Kim

Sun Woo Kim 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: 20260206225
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a gate structure, a channel structure extending through the gate structure, a first hydrogen supply layer disposed on the gate structure, having a first hydrogen concentration, and comprising an oxygen vacancy, and a hydrogen blocking layer disposed on the first hydrogen supply layer and having a second hydrogen concentration lower than the first hydrogen concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Hyun Sub KIM, Sun Woo KIM, Jin Ho BIN
  • Patent number: 12606190
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle control apparatus includes a first controller configured to control communication associated with a vehicle, a controller configured to control one or more hardware components of the vehicle, and memory storing power state information. The first controller is configured to send, based on the vehicle being in a first mode, a first signal for requesting first information associated with the first mode. While the vehicle is in the first mode, the one or more hardware components are operable by the second controller. The first controller is further configured to store, based on receiving the first information from the second controller, power state information, and perform a function to a state of the second controller as indicated by the power state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Joon Lee, Hae Yun Kwon, Sun Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 12604473
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a gate structure, a channel structure extending through the gate structure, a first hydrogen supply layer disposed on the gate structure, having a first hydrogen concentration, and comprising an oxygen vacancy, and a hydrogen blocking layer disposed on the first hydrogen supply layer and having a second hydrogen concentration lower than the first hydrogen concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Sub Kim, Sun Woo Kim, Jin Ho Bin
  • Publication number: 20260094418
    Abstract: A method for training a machine learning model and a computing system performing same, wherein the machine learning model is trained to analyze biological tissue slide images stained by a immunohistochemical staining method for staining tissues expressing specific biomarkers and thus can be used to further elaborately analyze expression levels of biomarkers, etc., whereby a determination can be made on pathological specimen images by analyzing expression levels of biomarkers, etc. A method and system for training a machine learning model using training data, corresponding to immunohistochemically stained images, generated from multiple feature vectors calculated based on various staining intensity criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2024
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Tae Yeong KWAK, Hyeon Seok YANG, Joon Young CHO, Sun Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 12581918
    Abstract: A fabricating method for a test element group is provided. The fabricating method for a test element group includes fabricating test areas generated in a scribe lane area, wherein fabricating of the test areas includes forming a plurality of fins protruding in a first direction on a substrate, covering at least some of the plurality of fins with a masking material, and performing selective epitaxial growth by injecting a gas onto the plurality of fins. The gas is not injected onto the at least some of the plurality of fins that are covered with the masking material, such that the epitaxial growth does not occur on the fins covered with the masking material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Woo Kim, Min Hyung Kang, Min Seob Kim, Chan Geun Ahn
  • Patent number: 12576862
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a faulty electronic control unit (ECU) on a vehicle network are disclosed. The system includes a monitoring controller configured to detect an identification (ID) of a controller area network (CAN) message first transmitted on a vehicle network and transmit the ID of the CAN message to a gateway controller. The gateway controller performs a wake-up when a vehicle engine is turned off, enables the monitoring controller and detects an ECU corresponding to the ID of the CAN message as the faulty ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sun Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20260068268
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a support substrate; a bonding layer on the support substrate; a first frontside wiring structure on the bonding layer; a second frontside wiring structure on the bonding layer, wherein the second frontside wiring structure is spaced apart from the first frontside wiring structure in a first direction; a frontside wiring pattern on the first frontside wiring structure and the second frontside wiring structure, wherein the frontside wiring pattern extends in the first direction; a frontside source/drain contact on the frontside wiring pattern; a source/drain pattern on the frontside source/drain contact; a backside wiring pattern on the source/drain pattern; a backside wiring structure on the backside wiring pattern; and a first via extending into the bonding layer, wherein the first via is in contact with the second frontside wiring structure, wherein the first via overlaps the second frontside wiring structure in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: SUNG WAN LIM, HEON JONG SHIN, SEO WOO NAM, SUN WOO KIM, JUNE YOUNG PARK, HYE YOUNG PARK, DO WON SONG, SOO HEE SHIN, JUN KYU JUNG, SUNG GYU HAN
  • Publication number: 20260048731
    Abstract: A method of controlling driving includes receiving information about a current driving road, when existence of at least one of a first section and a second section where exhaust gas emissions are limited is determined based on the received information, determining whether driving is possible in a first mode of driving using only an electric motor in the section determined as existing, and outputting information about the section determined as existing in consideration of whether driving is possible in the first mode, wherein the first section is set by a driver and the second section is set in advance based on information set in advance in an external server or a memory of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom CHO, Chi Ho MOON, Gyu Ri LEE, Seok Cheon JEON, Sun Woo KIM, Ji Hoon KANG, Dong Hyeon WOO
  • Patent number: 12556333
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a method and a device for reducing an overhead of positioning reference signal transmission, the method comprising the steps of: receiving configuration information for a positioning reference signal from a base station; receiving, from the base station, a plurality of wide beams through which the positioning reference signal is transmitted, on the basis of the configuration information; reporting information on an optimal wide beam determined from among the plurality of wide beams to the base station; and receiving, from the base station, a plurality of narrow beams through which the positioning reference signal is transmitted, on the basis of the optimal wide beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Sun Woo Kim, Jeongwan Kang, Taekyoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20260014292
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Su YOO, Jung Sang YOU, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, So Young YOO, Sun Woo KIM, Ho Sub LIM, Hwa Jun LEE, Bum Jin KIM, Byung Wuk KIM, Do Young GOO
  • Publication number: 20260011804
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-destructive method of recycling secondary battery electrode materials using a plasma process, and specifically to a method of recycling electrode materials by separating and recovering them from unused lithium secondary batteries. More specifically, the surface of an electrode separated from a lithium secondary battery is treated with plasma and the current collector is separated and recovered with no deformation in a non-destructive manner, and cathode or anode active materials are recovered intactly through an organic solvent treatment step. If necessary, impurities are removed through an additional heat treatment step to increase crystallinity, and thus electrode materials can be recovered in a form capable of being used directly with no additional process and reused for manufacturing lithium secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Dong Han SEO, Sun Woo KIM, So Young LEE, Ki Ho BAE, Seonwoo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250381950
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance control method includes determining a crosswind force acting on a host vehicle in a direction crossing the direction of travel of the host vehicle based on the steering angle and acceleration of the host vehicle, and controlling, upon detecting at least one other vehicle within a predetermined distance from the host vehicle and the magnitude of the determined crosswind force being greater than a predetermined first threshold value, the driving of the host vehicle based on the direction of the determined crosswind force and the position of the at least one detected other vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hyeon Woo, Jin Kyeom Cho, Sun Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20250376151
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle includes detecting an object satisfying preset object conditions and driving conditions for approaching the vehicle. The method also includes determining a first control time according to the driving conditions and a second control time after the first control time. The method additionally include performing first vehicle stability control at the first control time. The method further includes performing second vehicle stability control in the opposite yaw-rate control direction to the first vehicle stability control at the second control time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom Cho, Hyun Dong Her, Hyun Su Kim, Kyoung Soo We, Hong Bae Jeong, Dong Hyeon Woo, Hye Yeon Lee, Seok Cheon Jeon, Sun Woo Kim, Jung Mo Koo, Gyu Ri Lee
  • Publication number: 20250333073
    Abstract: Proposed is a method of controlling a vehicle for preventing traffic accidents by sensing objects using a wireless communication technology and by outputting a warning in accordance with a preset reference, and a vehicle using the method. The method of controlling a vehicle includes sensing whether there is an object, which can be positioned, around a subject vehicle based on a short-range wireless communication protocol that supports spatial positioning and direction recognition, and outputting a warning in response that an object is sensed around the subject vehicle and at least one of position and behavior of the sensed object satisfies a preset warning condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Hoon LEE, Jin Kyeom CHO, Sun Woo KIM, Han Seung MYOUNG, Dong Hyeon WOO
  • Patent number: 12440595
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Han Su Yoo, Jung Sang You, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, So Young Yoo, Sun Woo Kim, Ho Sub Lim, Hwa Jun Lee, Bum Jin Kim, Byung Wuk Kim, Do Young Goo
  • Publication number: 20250298064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system including a multifunctional DC power quality (PQ) meter, and an operation method thereof, the system comprising: the PQ meter; and a manager terminal, in particular, wherein the PQ meter includes: a first signal generation circuit that includes a current transformer and a voltage transformer, which are connected to both ends of an alternate current (AC) wire disposed at one end of AC/DC power converter, and applies first signals in connection with AC current and AC voltage, respectively, from the current transformer and voltage transformer; a second signal generation circuit that is connected to a DC wire disposed at the other end of the AC/DC power converter and applies second signals in connection with DC voltage and DC current, respectively, from the DC wire; a communication circuit; and a control circuit that generates PQ data based on applied signal, when at least one among the first and second signals is applied, and then transports the PQ data to the manager te
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: DONGWOO ELECTRIC CORP.
    Inventors: Sun Woo Kim, Hong Jun CHAE, Yeo Hyuck YOON
  • Publication number: 20250276581
    Abstract: A braking control method for electric vehicles, involving a non-linear deceleration profile for enhanced automatic braking, includes generating the present profile by a control device, assessing the feasibility of motor-alone braking, and implementing braking based on the profile using only the motor when appropriate. Additionally, the control device evaluates if the motor speed stays within a predetermined range during a set time before the expected stop. If the speed is within the range, the vehicle is brought to a complete stop using only the motor. This approach aims to optimize energy efficiency and ensure safe braking performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom CHO, Dong Hoon LEE, Sun Woo KIM, Dong Hyeon WOO, Seok Cheon JEON
  • Patent number: 12356384
    Abstract: A method for providing a V2X service in a next generation wireless access technology (New RAT) comprises: receiving sidelink control information transmitted from other terminal through a sidelink control channel; and receiving sidelink data information transmitted by the other terminal on a sidelink data channel configured in the same slot based on the sidelink control information, wherein the sidelink control information and the sidelink data information are received in N same symbols among 14 symbols constituting the same slot, and the sidelink data information is received in all of the 14 symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Sun Woo Kim, Yong Min Song
  • Publication number: 20250205697
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a highly efficient photocatalyst material for decomposing organic hazardous substances, the highly efficient photocatalyst material including: silica having micropores formed; and a quantum dot substance surrounding the silica, wherein the quantum dot substance is coexistence of a TiO2 quantum dot and a TiO2?x quantum dot, and the X is a real number greater than 0 and less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Han SEO, Sun Woo KIM, Jae Muk LIM, Jun Sub KIM, Young Jin KIM, Abouelanwar Ali Mahmoud Mohamed, Jong Min OH
  • Publication number: 20250121835
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a faulty electronic control unit (ECU) on a vehicle network are disclosed. The system includes a monitoring controller configured to detect an identification (ID) of a controller area network (CAN) message first transmitted on a vehicle network and transmit the ID of the CAN message to a gateway controller. The gateway controller performs a wake-up when a vehicle engine is turned off, enables the monitoring controller and detects an ECU corresponding to the ID of the CAN message as the faulty ECU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sun Woo Kim