Patents by Inventor Taek Kim

Taek 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: 20250231810
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle is introduced. The apparatus may generate profiling data comprising an access count of each of a plurality of sections, wherein the plurality of sections are associated with at least one task performed for an operation control of the vehicle. The apparatus may determine, based on the profiling data, a priority for each of the plurality of sections. Further, the apparatus may assign, based on the priority, the plurality of sections to one or more of a plurality of storage devices included in the memory, output, based on the sequentially assigned plurality of sections, a signal for the operation control of the vehicle, and control, based on the signal, an operation of autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Ho Choi, Kyung Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 12355098
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a length direction; a plurality of insulation spacers; a cover member including an internal receiving space; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member, the top plate including ducts respectively corresponding to vents of the battery cells and having opening holes respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having discharge holes respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a temperature exceeding a reference temperature, the top cover including protrusion parts on a bottom surface thereof, the protrusion parts covering an exhaust region and being coupled to an exterior of each of the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Eun Ok Kwak, Jang Hoon Kim, Jin Bhum Yun, Jong Yeol Woo, Kwang Deuk Lee, Woo Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 12354960
    Abstract: Disclosed are three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory devices and electronic system including the same. The 3D semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including first and second regions, a stack structure including interlayer dielectric layers and gate electrodes alternately and repeatedly stacked on the substrate and having a stepwise structure on the second region, a mold structure adjacent to the stack structure on the first region and including interlayer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers alternately and repeatedly stacked on the substrate, a first separation structure crossing the stack structure and extending along a first direction from the first region toward the second region, and a second separation structure crossing the mold structure and extending in the first direction on the first region. A level of a top surface of the first separation structure may be higher than a level of a top surface of the second separation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haemin Lee, Byoung-Taek Kim, Hyeonjoo Song
  • Publication number: 20250212408
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a gate stacked body including interlayer insulating layers and conductive patterns that are alternately stacked on a substrate in a vertical direction, a channel structure penetrating at least a portion of the gate stacked body and having a first end protruding upward higher than the gate stacked body, a memory layer enclosing a sidewall of the channel structure, and a source layer formed on the gate stacked body. The channel structure includes a core insulating layer formed in a central region of the channel structure and extending in a vertical direction, and a channel layer enclosing a sidewall of the core insulating layer and formed to be higher than the core insulating layer and the memory layer in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Taek KIM
  • Publication number: 20250196580
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes an electrical component cooling apparatus and an air conditioner unit absorbing at least one of ambient air heat, a waste heat of electrical components, or the heat supplied from a heat storage device. The heat pump system is configured to efficiently heat the vehicle interior by using the high-temperature coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawan Kim, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 12336388
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film transistor comprises disposing a semiconductor layer including a channel area, and a first and second electrode areas, disposing a gate insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer, disposing a diffusion barrier layer covering the gate insulating layer, disposing first and second electrode holes corresponding to the first and second electrode areas, and disposing a gate electrode overlapping the channel area, first and second electrodes electrically connected to the first and second electrode areas through the first and second electrode holes. The disposing of the first electrode hole, and the second electrode hole includes patterning the diffusion layer with a patterning mask disposed on the diffusion barrier layer. The disposing of the gate electrode and the first and second electrodes may include disposing a conductive material layer covering the diffusion barrier layer, and patterning the conductive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Chan Lee, Jung Eun Hong, Jin Taek Kim, Hyun Kim, Jeong Su Park, Woong Hee Jeong
  • Publication number: 20250187406
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may increase the temperature of the coolant by selectively using the heat supplied from air conditioner unit where the refrigerant circulates, or the heat supplied from a heat storage device, and thus may efficiently heat the vehicle interior by using the coolant whose temperature is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawan Kim, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20250187626
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus may include a memory, and a control device. For example, the autonomous driving control apparatus may collect pieces of data regarding autonomous driving control of a host vehicle, may store first data, which is collected during a first period and which corresponds to a first trigger signal, in a first buffer among the at least one buffer, and may store, in a second buffer among the at least one buffer, second data of a second period corresponding to a second trigger signal identified at a time point within the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI AUTOEVER Corp.
    Inventors: Yu Ho CHOI, Jang Soon HAN, Kyung Taek KIM
  • Publication number: 20250191424
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus is configured to collect, during an operation of autonomous driving of a vehicle, pieces of data about autonomous driving control of the vehicle, store, in at least one buffer of a first memory of a first type, the pieces of data about autonomous driving control of the vehicle, wherein the pieces of data about autonomous driving control of the vehicle is configured to be stored in a first format, convert at least a portion of the pieces of data about autonomous driving control of the vehicle to a second format for storing in a storage of a second type, receive a triggering signal, and based on a reception time of the triggering signal, store, in the storage of the second type, driving data corresponding to a specified duration, wherein the specified duration is determined based on the reception time of the triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Ho Choi, Kyeng Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20250178415
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust a temperature of a battery module by using a chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat. Additionally, the heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently recollect ambient air heat and waste heat of electrical components to be used for heating the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim
  • Patent number: 12324313
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a passivation layer disposed on the substrate, a via layer disposed on the passivation layer, sub-pixels including electrodes disposed on the via layer and light emitting elements disposed on the electrodes in the display area, a first bank disposed on the via layer and surrounding the sub-pixels in the display area, a second bank disposed on the via layer and spaced apart from the first bank in the non-display area, a third bank disposed on the via layer and spaced apart from the second bank in the non-display area, and a first valley disposed between the first bank and the second bank in the non-display area and penetrating the via layer and the passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Ki Nyeng Kang, Ock Soo Son, Hee Keun Lee, Su Min Choi, Kwang Taek Hong
  • Patent number: 12324160
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device, includes a peripheral transistor, a first insulating layer covering the peripheral transistor, a source layer on the first insulating layer, and a stack structure on the source layer. The semiconductor memory device also includes a peripheral contact structure penetrating the stack structure and the source layer, the peripheral contact structure being electrically connected to the peripheral transistor. The stack structure includes a stepped structure including a step side surface and a step top surface. The peripheral contact structure is in contact with the step side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Taek Kim, Hye Yeong Jung
  • Publication number: 20250170875
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a compressor, a first condenser, a receiver dryer, a second condenser, a first expansion valve, an evaporator, a first refrigerant connection line, a chiller, a second expansion valve, and a gas injection device. The flow of the refrigerant is controlled based on at least one mode for a temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior or for a temperature adjustment of a battery module. As a result, the heat pump system is capable of cooling or heating a vehicle interior by using a high-temperature coolant and a low-temperature coolant. Additionally, the heat pump system is capable of improving a heating performance by employing a gas injection device selectively operating at the time of cooling or heating a vehicle interior to increase the flow amount of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawan Kim, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20250174818
    Abstract: An energy storage system configured to reduce damage caused by a flame in response to a battery igniting. The energy storage system includes a cabinet, a battery modules inside the cabinet and each including a vent, a first channel facing the vent and including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a second channel inside the cabinet and connected to the second end portion, a guide member in the first channel and configured to guide movement of a flame or gas discharged from the vent in the first direction, and a discharge member connected to the second channel and configured to discharge a gas introduced into the second channel to the outside of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventor: Soo Taek KIM
  • Publication number: 20250174814
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: a battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction, each of the battery cells having a vent; and a ventilation unit mounted on the battery module and configured to guide flames ejected from the vent of one of the battery cells in the first direction and to block debris ejected from the one of the battery cells from flowing into adjacent ones of the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Jeong Woo KIM, Jin Taek KIM, Jong Yul WOO
  • Patent number: 12315816
    Abstract: Disclosed are three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory devices and electronic system including the same. The 3D semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including first and second regions, a stack structure including interlayer dielectric layers and gate electrodes alternately and repeatedly stacked on the substrate and having a stepwise structure on the second region, a mold structure adjacent to the stack structure on the first region and including interlayer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers alternately and repeatedly stacked on the substrate, a first separation structure crossing the stack structure and extending along a first direction from the first region toward the second region, and a second separation structure crossing the mold structure and extending in the first direction on the first region. A level of a top surface of the first separation structure may be higher than a level of a top surface of the second separation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haemin Lee, Byoung-Taek Kim, Hyeonjoo Song
  • Patent number: 12300848
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member including an internal receiving space configured to accommodate battery cells each including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including ducts respectively corresponding to the vents of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top portion of the top plate and including discharge holes located in an exhaust area and respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet located between the top cover and the top plate, and configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a temperature exceeding a reference temperature, and the top cover includes protrusion parts located on a bottom surface of the top cover, covering the exhaust area, and coupled to an exterior of the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Eun Ok Kwak, Jin Bhum Yun, Jang Hoon Kim, Jong Yeol Woo, Kwang Deuk Lee, Woo Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 12296838
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device for managing autonomous driving data and a method thereof. The device includes a controller that receives a key and a query string from an autonomous driving controller of a vehicle, determines an authority level corresponding to the key, modifies the query string based on the authority level, and executes the modified query string, and a database that stores the autonomous driving data according to an execution of the query string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI AUTOEVER Corp.
    Inventors: Jang Soon Han, Kyung Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 12289908
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern including a lower pattern and a plurality of sheet patterns; a gate structure disposed on the lower pattern and surrounding the plurality of sheet patterns; and a source/drain pattern filling a source/drain recess formed on one side of the gate structure. The source/drain pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern extending along the source/drain recess and contacting the lower pattern, a second and third semiconductor patterns sequentially disposed on the first semiconductor pattern, a lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is disposed below a lower surface of a lowermost sheet pattern, a side surface of the third semiconductor pattern includes a planar portion, and a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is different from a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the planar portion of the side surface of the third semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seo Jin Jeong, Do Hyun Go, Seok Hoon Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Pan Kwi Park, Moon Seung Yang, Min-Hee Choi, Ryong Ha
  • Patent number: D1076488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventor: Taek Kim