Patents by Inventor Tae-Hee Cho

Tae-Hee Cho 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).

  • Patent number: 7497141
    Abstract: A control system of a starting motor for an automatic transmission vehicle includes a starting switch having a plurality of nodes and an ignition key for connecting the plurality of nodes to a battery, a position sensor detecting a shift lever position and generating a pulse width modulation signal corresponding thereto, a shift control module receiving the pulse width modulation signal from the position sensor and generating a starting control signal, and a starting relay electrically connected to the starting switch and the shift control module and applying the battery power to the starting motor, wherein the shift control module generates the starting control signal if the shift lever position is a P position or an N position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Tae Hee Cho
  • Patent number: 7447416
    Abstract: A light emitting assembly, a backlight unit, and a display are provided. The light emitting assembly includes: light emitting modules, wherein the light emitting modules include: a substrate having an electrical connecting portion; and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on the substrate, and wherein the light emitting modules can be assembled using the electrical connecting portion. The light emitting assembly can be assembled using the light emitting modules comprised of independent blocks and thus, can be freely used regardless of the size of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-yong Jung, Tae-hee Cho, Jong-min Wang, Ji-whan Noh, Su-gun Kim, Ki-burn Seong
  • Patent number: 7348091
    Abstract: Fuel cell including an electrolyte, an anode and a cathode on both sides of the electrolyte, a cathode side separator at an outer side of the cathode having a flow passage for flow of air, and a flow passage between the electrolyte and the anode, thereby improving an electricity generating performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Chul Ha, Tae Hee Cho, Myung Seok Park, Hong Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Myeong Ho Lee, Seoug Geum Heo, Seung Tae Ko
  • Patent number: 7318975
    Abstract: In a MEA (membrane electrode assembly) of a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane as an ion transfer medium arranged between a bipolar plate having a fuel side open groove in which fuel flows and a bipolar plate having an air side open groove in which air flows so as to form a fuel path with the fuel side open groove and form an air path with the air side open groove; and a catalyst electrode inserted into the fuel side open groove so as to be separated from the electrolyte membrane in order to form a fuel path with both sides thereof and induce electrochemical oxidation with the fuel, by activating action occurred on the fuel electrode in which fuel is supplied and the air electrode in which air is supplied, current generating efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seong-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo
  • Patent number: 7316858
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is provided which produces improved reaction speed and performance. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween. A fuel tank supplies hydrogen-based fuel to the anode of the fuel cell stack, and an oxidant supplying unit adds ozone to oxygen- including air supplies it to the cathode of the fuel cell stack. The ozone supplied to the cathode of the fuel cell stack accelerates a reaction speed in the fuel cell stack, thereby producing a relatively high current density and improving fuel cell performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo
  • Publication number: 20080003469
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel storage means (100) for storing a fuel; a DBFC (200); a fuel circulation supply means (300) for circulation-supplying a fuel to an anode of the DBFC from the fuel storage means (100); a PEMFC (400) for receiving hydrogen generated from the anode of the DBFC as a fuel; a hydrogen control means (500) for controlling hydrogen generated from the anode of the DBFC in correspondence to an amount required by the PEMFC and thereby supplying the hydrogen to the PEMFC (400); and an air supply means (600) for supplying air to a cathode of the DBFC and a cathode of the PEMFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo, Tae-Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20080003463
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell stack (100) where an anode (110) and a cathode (120) are arranged under a state that an electrolyte membrane is positioned therebetween; a fuel tank (300) for storing a fuel; a fuel circulation supply means (400) for circulation-supplying a fuel stored in the fuel tank (300) to the anode of the fuel cell stack; an air supply unit (200) connected to the cathode of the fuel cell stack (100) by an air supply line, for supplying oxygen, etc. to the cathode (120); a sensing unit (500) for measuring a concentration of at least one of fuels supplied to the anode (110) and a control unit for receiving a signal of the sensing unit (500) and informing replacement time of a fuel. According to this, a fuel usage is maximized by informing replacement time of a used fuel and a filter (450) for filtering impurity by detecting a fuel consumption degree and an impurity generation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo, Tae-Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20070287039
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises: a DBFC for generating a power by receiving a fuel; a PEMFC for generating a power by receiving hydrogen, a byproduct generated at an anode of the DBFC after a reaction, as a fuel; a supplementary power partially charged by a power generated at the DBFC and the PEMFC and discharging the charged power; a load sensing unit for sensing a load connected to the DBFC, the PEMFC, and the supplementary power; and a control unit for controlling a power of the DBFC, the PEMFC, and the supplementary power according to a load sensed by the load sensing unit and thereby selectively supplying to the load. According to this, hydrogen generated at the DBFC is recycled, and a load amount is sensed thus to stably correspond to a load variation, thereby maximizing a fuel usage efficiency and stably driving the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myung-Seok Park, Kyu-Jung Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo, Tae-Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20070141409
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fuel cell system and a control method thereof. The fuel cell system comprises: a main fuel cell stack (6) that an anode (2) and a cathode (4) are arranged in a state that an electrolyte membrane is interposed therebetween; a fuel supplying unit connected with the anode of the main fuel cell stack (6) by a fuel supplying line (16) for supplying hydrogen-including fuel to the anode; an air supplying unit (10) connected to the cathode of the main fuel cell (6) stack by an air supplying line (20) for supplying oxygen-including air to the cathode (4); and a sub fuel cell stack (14) for using hydrogen generated at the anode (2) during reaction as fuel. According to this, energy efficiency of a fuel cell can be increased and danger due to exhaustion of hydrogen generated at the fuel cell stack (6) can be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Myeong-Ho Lee, Kyu-Jung Kim, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo
  • Patent number: 7227488
    Abstract: Disclosed is a signal processing circuit which outputs a digital word corresponding to a current source controlled by a physical response. The signal processing circuit includes an analog integrated circuit for generating an analog signal in response to a time varying reference signal and a signal corresponding to the current source controlled by the physical response, a reference signal generator for generating a reference signal, a comparator for comparing the analog signal with the reference signal, an output circuit for generating the digital word indicating a time interval defined by a start signal and an end signal indicating a transition of an output of the comparator, and a controller inactivating the comparator in response to the end signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Hee Cho
  • Patent number: 7210839
    Abstract: A backlight system providing enhanced uniform brightness and a liquid crystal display (LCD) employing the same are provided. The backlight system includes: a light guide panel which forms a surface light source by guiding light; and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on at least one side of the light guide panel in the form of an array, wherein when the light emitting units in the array are divided into a first region, a second region and a third region and at least one of light emitting units is included in an edge of the first region and an edge of the third region, a quantity of current applied to the first region and the third region is controlled to be larger than a quantity of current applied to the second region in order to control the light guide panel to provide uniform brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-yong Jung, Tae-Hee Cho, Jong-min Wang, Jin-kyoung Oh
  • Publication number: 20070058393
    Abstract: A backlight unit and method of use are provided having a first light guide plate, a linear light source disposed along at least one side edge of the first light guide plate, a plurality of second light guide plates facing the first light guide plate, and a point light source disposed along at least one side edge of each second light guide plate. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a backlight unit using both a point light source and a linear light source at substantially the same time, and having superior color reproducibility and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Su-gun Kim, Tae-hee Cho, Ki-bum Seong, Jun-young Lee, Jung-hyeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20070052663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an LCD and a method for improving display thereof where a plurality of LED devices are mounted on a rear of LCD panel, and a partition which allows the plurality of the LED devices to be disposed in a plurality of partitioned areas is provided. The thickness of the partition narrows toward the LCD panel. A power supplier supplies power to the plurality of LED devices, and a controller controls the power supplier to supply the power to the LED device in each divided area sequentially and repeatedly. An LCD with improved contrast ratio while LED devices are separately driven in a plurality of partitioned areas is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Su-gun Kim, Tae-hee Cho, Ki-bum Seong, Jun-young Lee, Jung-hyeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20070052662
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and control method thereof, having a liquid crystal display panel, a light emitting diode device which is disposed on the rear of the liquid crystal display panel and which is divided into a plurality of partitioned areas that are capable of being driven independently, a light guide part disposed for each of the partitioned areas, an image calculating part for dividing the liquid crystal display panel into a plurality of regions and calculating the brightness of each region by using image data, and an inverter and an inverter controller to provide differentiated power to the partitioned areas based on the calculated brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Su-gun Kim, Tae-hee Cho, Ki-bum Seong, Il-yong Jung, Kye-hoon Lee, Jun-young Lee, Jung-hyeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20070047256
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight unit comprising a light source unit divided into a plurality of divisions which are driven independently each other, a light source driving group supplying electric power to the light source unit and comprising a multi-driving part which is connected to the divisions of at least two, and a light source controller controlling the light source driving group so as to selectively supply electric power to the divisions connected to the multi-driving part. The present invention also provides a method of controlling the backlight unit. Thus, the present invention provides a backlight unit and method for controlling a backlight unit comprising a light source unit which is divided into simple configurations and is efficiently driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Ki-bum Seong, Sang-hoon Lee, Tae-hee Cho, Jeong-il Kang, Su-gun Kim
  • Publication number: 20060292411
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack (6) including an anode (2), a cathode (4), and an electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween; a fuel supplying unit connected with the anode of the fuel cell stack (6) by a fuel supplying line (14) for supplying hydrogen-including fuel to the anode (2); an air supplying unit (10) connected with the cathode of the fuel cell stack by an air supplying line (48) for supplying oxygen-including air to the cathode of the fuel cell stack; and a heating unit (12) for heating fuel supplied to the fuel cell stack into a proper temperature. According to this, a power source for driving the heating unit (12) is not required thus to enhance a performance of a fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tae-Hee Cho, Myung-Seok Park, Hong Choi, Myeong-Ho Lee, Kyu-Jung Kim, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Jun Hwang, Seung-Tae Ko, Seong-Geun Heo
  • Publication number: 20060268574
    Abstract: A backlight system providing enhanced uniform brightness and a liquid crystal display (LCD) employing the same are provided. The backlight system includes: a light guide panel which forms a surface light source by guiding light; and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on at least one side of the light guide panel in the form of an array, wherein when the light emitting units in the array are divided into a first region, a second region and a third region and at least one of light emitting units is included in an edge of the first region and an edge of the third region, a quantity of current applied to the first region and the third region is controlled to be larger than a quantity of current applied to the second region in order to control the light guide panel to provide uniform brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Il-yong Jung, Tae-Hee Cho, Jong-min Wang, Jin-kyoung Oh
  • Publication number: 20060262079
    Abstract: A backlight unit and an LCD employing the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes: a plurality of division areas; a light source which is able to be lighted and is disposed on one sidewall surface of a barrier rib defining the plurality of division areas; and a heat radiation device disposed on an opposite wall surface of the barrier rib to the one sidewall surface, wherein each of the plurality of division areas is constructed to bi-divide light reflection and heat radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Ki-bum Seong, Tae-hee Cho, Jong-min Wang, Jin-kyoung Oh, Su-gun Kim, Il-yong Jung
  • Publication number: 20060256256
    Abstract: A backlight unit and an LCD employing the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes: a base substrate; a plurality of point light sources arranged in two or more lines on the base substrate; a diffusion plate disposed over the plurality of point light sources to diffuse and transmit incident light; and at least one barrier rib forming two or more division areas by being disposed between the base substrate and the diffusion plate to be upright with respect to the base substrate between the lines and having a wall surface reflecting light incident from the plurality of point light sources, at least a portion of an end portion of the barrier rib being inserted into the diffusion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ki-bum Seong, Tae-hee Cho, Jong-min Wang, Jin-kyoung Oh, Su-gun Kim, Il-yong Jung
  • Publication number: 20060239033
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a dynamic image and a display employing the same are provided. The backlight unit is used for a light source of a display and includes light-emitting devices located separately on a substrate, an image analyzer which analyzes an image signal and extracts position information on a region requiring the relative increase or decrease of brightness, and a control unit which independently drives and controls the light-emitting devices located in a region corresponding to the position information inputted from the image board. Accordingly, the display employing the backlight unit can provide a more dynamic and realistic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Il-yong Jung, Tae-hee Cho