Patents by Inventor To-On Kwan

To-On Kwan 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: 20160085690
    Abstract: A host includes a cache including a plurality of cache lines, a command descriptor list configured to store a command transmitted from one of the plurality of cache lines, a host controller including a direct memory access (DMA) device that accesses the command descriptor list, and a processor configured to determine a size of the command descriptor list based on a size of the one of the plurality of cache lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: SEOK-MIN KIM, KWAN-HO KIM, MI-KYUNG KIM
  • Publication number: 20160087328
    Abstract: An antenna element forms a ring slot antenna comprising a first slot and second slot. The antenna element is located on a first surface of a conductive chassis that encases a body or a volume for wireless communication signals to be received or transmitted. A coupling component is located on an opposite side of the conductive chassis and behind the antenna element. The coupling component facilitates a coupling between a communication component and the antenna element as a function of the orientation and geometric shape of the coupling component to facilitate different resonant frequencies via the first and second slots of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kwan Ho Lee, Songnan Yang, Anand Konanur, Ulun Karacaoglu
  • Publication number: 20160088346
    Abstract: A content reproducing method and system for performing seamless playback of contents between devices is provided. The contents reproducing system includes a portable device which, when a short distance communication with a remote control which is configured to control an electronic device occurs during reproducing of contents, generates data required by the electronic device for reproducing the contents that are being reproduced, and which transmits the generated data to the remote control; the remote control which receives the data from the portable device and which transmits the received data to the electronic device, in conjunction with the occurrence of the short distance communication with the portable device; and the electronic device for receiving the contents from a contents provider and reproducing the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-jeong JEON, Youn-gun JUNG, Kwan-min LEE
  • Publication number: 20160082929
    Abstract: A wiper blade. In one aspect, the wiper blade includes a wiper strip which directly wipes a wiping surface; a lever assembly which supports the wiper strip; and a cover which receives the lever assembly, wherein the lever assembly includes at least a pair of first levers supporting the wiper strip, and a pair of second levers hinge-coupled to the first levers respectively and coupled to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tae Kyeong KIM, Kwan Hee KIM, Jae Hyuck AN
  • Publication number: 20160083238
    Abstract: A refrigerator capable of dispensing water adapted to an individual user's body temperature and a control method thereof. The refrigerator includes a selection unit for the user to select form body temperature water, cold water, and hot water. A temperature detecting unit is configured to detect a temperature of an external object through contact, for example a user's finger. The detected object temperature is interpreted as the user's body temperature. A controller is configured to receive a signal from the selection unit and a signal from the temperature detecting unit. Water stored in the refrigerator can be heated to the detected external object temperature before dispensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Kwan Seo KOO
  • Patent number: 9290535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new uridine nucleoside-based amphiphilic gadolinium complex and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent including the gadolinium complex. The MRI contrast agent has high relaxivity, high binding affinity for and stability in human serum albumin, pH response, and high liver specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Korea University Researchand Business Foundation, Korea Basic Science Institute
    Inventors: Jong-Seung Kim, Sankarprasad Bhuniya, Sumin Lee, Kwan Soo Hong, Hyunseung Lee, Hyeyoung Moon
  • Patent number: 9293245
    Abstract: A particular device includes a coil and a discontinuous magnetic core. The discontinuous magnetic core includes a first elongated portion, a second elongated portion, and at least two curved portions, where the portions are coplanar and physically separated from each other. The discontinuous magnetic core is arranged to form a discontinuous loop. The discontinuous magnetic core is deposited as a first layer above a dielectric substrate. A first portion of the coil extends above a first surface of the magnetic core. A second portion of the coil extends below a second surface of the magnetic core. The second portion of the coil is electrically coupled to the first portion of the coil. The second surface of the magnetic core is opposite the first surface of the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Jason Stephanou, Jitae Kim, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Kwan-yu Lai
  • Patent number: 9293515
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display device. The organic light-emitting display device is a dual emission display capable of displaying differing images on either side of the display, and includes a facing electrode that is selectively deposited in the first area but not in the second area, the selectivity being brought about by a varying an underlying material having differing adhesive forces with the material of the facing electrode. In addition, the underlying materials of the facing electrode and other intermediate layers of the organic light emitting diode device provide extra distance between the organic light emitting layer and a reflective electrode, so that exciton quenching is reduced, resulting in improved light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Choi, Jin-Koo Chung, Kwan-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9289021
    Abstract: Protective gear such as a helmet includes multiple layers including an outer ball bearing layer and/or one or more energy and impact transformer layers. The ball bearing layer exposes multiple ball bearings on the outer surface of the protective gear to deflect and diminish shear forces and other rotational forces imparted onto the outer surface. In many examples, the ball bearings on the outer surface prevent the transfer of shear and rotational forces from the surface of a helmet onto a skull. The energy and impact transformer layers may also include various structures and materials used to dissipate mechanical energy applied to an outer layer or outer shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Brainguard Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Avery A. Kwan, Robert T. Knight
  • Patent number: 9293807
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing and may include an electrically conductive layer defining a ground plane. The mobile wireless communications device may further include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an electrically conductive shorting member coupled between the electrically conductive continuous ring and the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem
  • Publication number: 20160074657
    Abstract: A head-wearing wireless control transcranial electrical stimulation device includes a head-wearing part and a remote control part. An integrated circuit board is arranged within a cavity of a first end of the head-wearing part. The integrated circuit board controls a microcontroller. The microcontroller is connected with and controls a plurality of electrodes for contacting a human body through circuit modules. The microcontroller receives a control instruction from the remote control part through a Bluetooth communication terminal, and then controls the plurality of the electrodes to exert an alternating current or a direct current having preset density and frequency to a cerebral cortex. The microcontroller receives an electrode feedback signal, and sends the electrode feedback signal after being pre-processed to a display module of the remote control part to be displayed through the Bluetooth communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Pui Tong Kwan, Xiang Hui KONG, Yu ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20160079541
    Abstract: Fullerene surfactant compounds useful as interfacial layer in polymer solar cells to enhance solar cell efficiency. Polymer solar cell including a fullerene surfactant-containing interfacial layer intermediate cathode and active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Kwan-Yue Jen, Hin-Lap Yip, Chang-zhi Li
  • Publication number: 20160074324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slow and controlled released liposomal gel composition for subcutaneous administration comprises insulin or exenatide as active ingredient for reduction of blood sugar level and method of preparation thereof. Said controlled released composition has high bioavailability and is demonstrated to be able to sustain release therapeutically effective concentration of drug over a period of time and without rapid release of drug after initial administration. Method of preparing the controlled released composition of the present invention comprises the following steps: mixing insulin or exenatide, lipid and aqueous dispersion medium together; then mixing with poloxamer (e.g. F127 or P123) and/or gelatin and hyaluronic acid (HA) or the like gel solution so as to form a protective layer on surface of every lipid micro vesicles or nano-vesicles for use in intramuscular, abdominal and subcutaneous administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Zhijun YANG, Aiping LU, Zhaoxiang BIAN, Xiaoyu CHEN, Blenda Chi Kwan WONG
  • Publication number: 20160078477
    Abstract: An example method includes: receiving data from a first computing device indicating that a visitor to a Web page has obtained a good or service; removing the visitor from a first audience segment corresponding to the good or service, where computing devices associated with members of the first audience segment store a first cookie, where the first cookie includes data indicating an interest in a good or service associated with the first audience segment; and instructing removal of the first cookie from a second computing device that the visitor used to visit the Web page, where the first cookie includes data stored on the second computing device indicating that the visitor has an interest in the good or service. The method also includes outputting a second cookie for storage on the second computing device. The second cookie includes data indicating that the visitor has obtained the good or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Alex Kwan Yeung Chik
  • Publication number: 20160079524
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory that includes: a variable resistance element formed over a substrate; and a carbon-containing aluminum nitride layer formed on sidewalls and in an upper portion of the variable resistance element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kwan-Woo Do, Ki-Seon Park, Ga-Young Ha, Gil-Jae Park
  • Patent number: 9287160
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, and a method of fabricating the same, include a substrate including two-dimensionally arranged active portions, device isolation patterns extending along sidewalls of the active portions, each of the device isolation patterns including first and second device isolation patterns, gate patterns extending across the active portions and the device isolation patterns, each of the gate patterns including a gate insulating layer, a gate line and a gate capping pattern, and ohmic patterns on the active portions, respectively. Top surfaces of the first device isolation pattern and the gate insulating layer may be lower than those of the second device isolation pattern and the gate capping pattern, respectively, and the ohmic patterns may include an extending portion on the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-hyung Nam, Pulunsol Cho, Yong Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9287531
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device is provided. A plurality of anodes and an auxiliary electrode are formed on a substrate. The auxiliary electrode is separated from the plurality of the anodes. An organic layer is formed on the plurality of the anodes and the auxiliary electrode. An opening is formed in the organic layer by applying a voltage to the auxiliary electrode. The opening exposes the auxiliary electrode. A cathode is formed on the organic layer and the exposed auxiliary electrode. The cathode is electrically connected to the exposed auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwan Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9287295
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels each comprising a plurality of sub pixels, a plurality of scan wires, and a plurality of scan lines branching off from each of the scan wires and extending in a first direction. The number of scan lines from each scan wire equals the number of sub pixels for each pixel, and each scan line connects one of the scan wires with one of the sub pixels of each of a plurality of unit pixels. The apparatus also includes a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and which are connected to the plurality of sub pixels. The apparatus also includes a first power supply line extending in the second direction and connected to the sub pixels, and a plurality of test pads, each connected to the scan lines of one of the scan wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: June-Woo Lee, Jae-Beom Choi, Kwan-Wook Jung, Sung-Soo Choi, Seong-Jun Kim, Guang-Hai Jin, Ga-Young Kim, Jee-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9288804
    Abstract: An example method for facilitating almost blank sub-frame (ABS) based orthogonal resource allocation in a wireless network environment is provided and includes receiving at a serving Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) nodeB (eNB), ABS patterns from a plurality of neighboring eNBs in a orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing based network, each neighboring eNB transmitting a separate ABS pattern, setting a maximum duty cycle of physical downlink control channel in a frame to be transmitted by the serving eNB within its serving cell, and computing an optimal ABS pattern at the serving eNB subject to the maximum duty cycle and based on the ABS patterns received from the plurality of neighboring eNBs. In specific embodiments, computing the optimal ABS pattern includes identifying neighboring eNBs transmitting at each sub-frame of the frame, identifying sub-frames transmitted by a least number of neighboring eNBs, and selecting each identified sub-frame for configuring as an ABS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Takahito Yoshizawa, Raymond Kwan
  • Patent number: D752013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Benedetti, Kevin Kei Kwan Lee