Patents by Inventor Won-Sik Kim

Won-Sik 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).

  • Patent number: 8478316
    Abstract: A data connection between a server and an application running on a mobile telephone handset is used to provide caption text of a telephonic conversation between call participants to the mobile phone handset during an active telephone call. Prior to providing the captions, a communication session between the server and the application running on the handset, the means of transporting the caption text is determined. Transport may be by way of data socket connection or by way of SMS messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mobile Captions Company LLC
    Inventors: Adam Gould, Won-Sik Kim, Jonathan Masters
  • Publication number: 20130146376
    Abstract: An engine encapsulation structure of a vehicle may include an engine room encapsulation member disposed at an upper portion of an engine compartment and covering an upper portion of a power train having an engine and a transmission, an underbody encapsulation member disposed at a lower portion of the engine compartment and covering a lower portion of the power train, wherein the engine room encapsulation member and the underbody encapsulation member form an inner space and enclose the power train in the inner space when being assembled each other, and a front inlet formed at a front portion of the assembly to allow air through the front inlet and to cool the power train while the air passes through the inner space of the assembly, the air being discharged through a rear outlet formed to the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Woo NAM, Won Sik KIM, Han Shin CHUNG, Min Soo OH, Jae Yeon KIM, Jong Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 8418711
    Abstract: A collapsible canopy support includes beams for supporting a canopy with each beam having a plurality of elongated beam segments coupled together to form the beam. A segment coupler provides for pivotally coupling a first beam segment to a second beam segment. A segment locking assembly is adapted for selectively securing the first beam segment relative to the second beam segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: HKD International (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Bumjun Park, Won Sik Kim, Martin James Dotterweich, Rusty George Summar
  • Publication number: 20130038090
    Abstract: A center floor panel assembly for a vehicle may include a first center floor panel and a second center floor panel mutually engaged to form a tunnel portion of a closed section in which a center muffler unit that may be provided in a vertical direction of a vehicle body may be accommodated, and provided in a continuous shape along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a support member provided in the tunnel portion between the first center floor panel and the second center floor panel and enclosing the center muffler unit to support the center muffler unit against the tunnel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dae Gil Hwang, Cheol Ung Kim, Won Sik Kim, Chang Wook Park, Jae Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 8265671
    Abstract: A data connection between a server and an application running on a mobile telephone handset is used to provide caption text of a telephonic conversation between call participants to the mobile phone handset during an active telephone call. Prior to providing the captions, a communication session between the server and the application running on the handset, the means of transporting the caption text is determined. Transport may be by way of data socket connection or by way of SMS messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mobile Captions Company LLC
    Inventors: Adam Gould, Won-Sik Kim, Jonathan Masters
  • Patent number: 8013337
    Abstract: A thin film transistor including an active layer formed on an insulating substrate and having channel, source, and drain regions formed therein; a gate electrode formed over the channel region of the active layer; source and drain electrodes respectively formed over the source and drain regions of the active layer; and a body contact region formed in the active layer so that the body contact region is in contact with the channel region and separated from the source and drain regions, wherein a voltage is applied to the channel region through the body contact region, and the body contact region is connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Deog Choi, Sung-Sik Bae, Won-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 7977681
    Abstract: A photo sensor includes a light incidence unit including a plurality of light incidence layers, the light incidence unit having a varying light transmittance with respect to external light, and a photo sensing unit including a plurality of photo sensing elements, the photo sensing unit being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with an amount of light transmitted through the light incidence unit to determine intensity of the external light, each of the photo sensing elements being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with light transmitted through a respective light incidence layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Ju Im, Byong-Deog Choi, Won-Sik Kim, Hye-Hyang Park, Hui-Won Yang, Yun-Gyu Lee
  • Patent number: 7971085
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a display device includes a power unit for receiving commercial power, converting the commercial power into main power, supplying or cutting off a supply of the main power to the display device, and supplying the main power to a device installed in the display device, a user interface unit for receiving a power control signal from a user, and a control unit for, when the power control signal is inputted, supply or cutting off a supply of the main power to the display device, detecting a power control state of the device, and transmitting the power control signal to the device according to a detected power control state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 7952660
    Abstract: A method of fabricating black matrices of a color filter. The method includes forming a light-shielding layer of an organic material, which is repulsive to ink, on a transparent substrate, forming the black matrices by patterning the light-shielding layer, and hard-baking the black matrices to maintain a plurality of pores which are formed in the black matrices in the forming of the light-shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-woong Kim, Won-sik Kim, Kye-si Kwon, Sang-Ii Kim
  • Patent number: 7911966
    Abstract: A wireless device, system, and method that determines data rate capability for communicating packet data is described. The wireless device comprises a RF component, a controller, and a means for enabling communications. The RF component is configured to communicate a plurality of packet data at a first data rate capability and a second data rate capability, in which the second data rate is faster than the first data rate. The controller is communicatively coupled to RF component, and the controller is configured to monitor a physical layer data field value, a forward traffic channel data field value, and a reverse traffic channel data field value. The physical layer data field value is associated with the physical transmission of packets from the RF component. The forward traffic channel data field value is associated with forward channel communications, and the reverse traffic channel data field value that is associated with reverse channel communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Doosun Yoo, Won Sik Kim, Kotaro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20100323728
    Abstract: A data connection between a server and an application running on a mobile telephone handset is used to provide caption text of a telephonic conversation between call participants to the mobile phone handset during an active telephone call. Prior to providing the captions, a communication session between the server and the application running on the handset, the means of transporting the caption text is determined. Transport may be by way of data socket connection or by way of SMS messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Adam Gould, Won-Sik Kim, Jonathan Masters
  • Publication number: 20100287508
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides an apparatus for providing a search screen comprising: a data communication unit that performs a data communication with a storage medium in which at least one data is stored; a control unit that analyzes types of data for the at least one data provided through the data communication unit and sorts the provided at least one data based on the analyzed types of data; and a search screen generation unit that generates a search screen for the at least one data sorted based on the types of data, wherein the search screen generation unit generates virtual folders corresponding to the types of data and disposes the data corresponding thereto in the virtual folders for generated each type of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Won-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20100043856
    Abstract: A collapsible canopy support includes beams for supporting a canopy with each beam having a plurality of elongated beam segments coupled together to form the beam. A segment coupler provides for pivotally coupling a first beam segment to a second beam segment. A segment locking assembly is adapted for selectively securing the first beam segment relative to the second beam segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: HKD International (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Bumjun Park, Won Sik Kim, Martin James Dotterweich, Rusty George Summar
  • Patent number: 7664996
    Abstract: A visible diagnostic component for an electronic device having a form factor is described. The electronic component comprises a hardware interface component and a processor. The hardware interface component is configured to physically interface with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device having an operating system. The processor is configured to perform a first operation that tests the communications with a device driver that is related to the electronic device. The first operation generates a first signal that indicates the result of the first operation. The second operation performed by the processor tests the communications between the wireless device and the operating system of the computing device. The second operation is configured to generate a second signal that indicates the result of the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsuo, Won Sik Kim, Eugene Chekal, Haribalaji Kumar
  • Publication number: 20090291608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gasket having electric and adhesive properties as well as electromagnetic wave shielding functions and a method for manufacturing the same. The gasket includes an adhesive polymer sheet having electrical conductivity and being disposed in the longitudinal and transverse directions of an electroconductive substrate, so that the gasket has impact and vibration absorbing properties in addition to an adhesive property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Jeongwan Choi, Hun Jeong, Won-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20090032823
    Abstract: A photo sensor includes a light incidence unit including a plurality of light incidence layers, the light incidence unit having a varying light transmittance with respect to external light, and a photo sensing unit including a plurality of photo sensing elements, the photo sensing unit being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with an amount of light transmitted through the light incidence unit to determine intensity of the external light, each of the photo sensing elements being configured to output electrical signals in accordance with light transmitted through a respective light incidence layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Ki-Ju Im, Byong-Deog Choi, Won-Sik Kim, Hye-Hyang Park, Hui-Won Yang, Yun-Gyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20080298447
    Abstract: A wireless device, system, and method that determines data rate capability for communicating packet data is described. The wireless device comprises a RF component, a controller, and a means for enabling communications. The RF component is configured to communicate a plurality of packet data at a first data rate capability and a second data rate capability, in which the second data rate is faster than the first data rate. The controller is communicatively coupled to RF component, and the controller is configured to monitor a physical layer data field value, a forward traffic channel data field value, and a reverse traffic channel data field value. The physical layer data field value is associated with the physical transmission of packets from the RF component. The forward traffic channel data field value is associated with forward channel communications, and the reverse traffic channel data field value that is associated with reverse channel communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Doosun Yoo, Won Sik Kim, Kotaro Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20080222433
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a display device includes a power unit for receiving commercial power, converting the commercial power into main power, supplying or cutting off a supply of the main power to the display device, and supplying the main power to a device installed in the display device, a user interface unit for receiving a power control signal from a user, and a control unit for, when the power control signal is inputted, supply or cutting off a supply of the main power to the display device, detecting a power control state of the device, and transmitting the power control signal to the device according to a detected power control state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20080176520
    Abstract: A visible diagnostic component for an electronic device having a form factor is described. The electronic component comprises a hardware interface component and a processor. The hardware interface component is configured to physically interface with a computer hardware interface associated with a computing device having an operating system. The processor is configured to perform a first operation that tests the communications with a device driver that is related to the electronic device. The first operation generates a first signal that indicates the result of the first operation. The second operation performed by the processor tests the communications between the wireless device and the operating system of the computing device. The second operation is configured to generate a second signal that indicates the result of the second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Kotaro Matsuo, Won Sik Kim, Eugene Chekal, Haribalaji Kumar
  • Publication number: 20080149901
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymer resins, including polymer resin sheets, having good electroconductivity and a method for manufacturing the same. The polymer resins exhibit flexibility and show electroconductivity on their surface as well as along their thickness, and thus can be used as electromagnetic wave-shielding materials having impact- and vibration-absorbing properties as well as conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Jeongwan Choi, Un Nyoung Sa, Won-Sik Kim