Patents by Inventor Woong Hwang

Woong Hwang 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: 20250046301
    Abstract: A display device includes a diffusion layer providing a single well, an optical element configured to receive light and output the received image light including a concentric series of lens segments made up of active facets, and a waveguide having an in-coupling grating and a waveguide body optically coupled to the image light, where a polarizing component is disposed over an output surface of the optical element. A method to improve a yield of silicon backplane displays includes connecting a diode having a resolution to a backplane and repairing a defect on a pixel display area by dividing the pixel display area into at least one subcircuit, while improving geometry stylization transfer for 3D models of real-world environments. A method for suppressing crosstalk for user conversations includes receiving multiple speech signals captured by multiple microphones and generating directional data for the multiple speech signals based on spatial filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Balasubramanian Sivakumar, Min Hyuk Choi, Gang Chen, Gyungmin Kim, Ahmet Tura, Hai Jung In, Weiwei Wang, Suhui Lee, Woong Hwang, Wanyue Song, Wai Sze Tiffany Lam, Wanli Chi, Nikolaos Sarafianos, Rakesh Ranjan, Alexander Sorkine Hornung, Seonghyeon Nam, Hyunyoung Jung, Ruiming Xie, Ju Lin, Niko Moritz, Frank Torsten Bernd Seide
  • Patent number: 12217003
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing natural language according to an embodiment includes a collection module that collects documents having tags, a parsing module that extracts text from the collected documents and extracts tag-related information on the tag surrounding each extracted text, and a preprocessing module that generates tokens of a preset unit by tokenizing each extracted text, generates token position information for each token in full text of the document, and sets the token and the token position information as training data in matching with the tag-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-Kyu Hwang, Ju-Dong Kim, Jae-Woong Yun, Hyun-Jae Lee, Hyun-Jin Choi, Seong-Ho Joe, Young-June Gwon
  • Publication number: 20250026002
    Abstract: A muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a muscular strength assisting portion that assists a user's muscular strength and a first connecting link including one side connected to one side of the muscular strength assisting portion and an opposite side rotatable relative to a shoulder of the user about a first rotation axis. The muscular strength assisting portion includes an upper arm module that assists muscular strength of an upper arm of the user and a link assembly including one side connected to one side of the upper arm module to be rotatable about a second rotation axis non-parallel to the first rotation axis and an opposite side disposed adjacent to a portion of a body of the user to be supported on the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu Jung KIM, Sung Woo Park, Hyun Seop Lim, Ju Young Yoon, Beom Su Kim, Min Woong Jeung, Seong Taek Hwang, Hyeon Jeong An, Ho Jun Kim, Moon Ki Jung, Soo Kyung Kang, Dong Jin Hyun, Hyo Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20250029599
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for training a speech transformation model are provided. The method and the apparatus are capable of generating a natural speech suitable for context and improving accuracy of pronunciation by training the first encoder (e.g., a encoder of the flow-based model) and the second encoder (e.g., a encoder of the Tacotron 2 model) in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: Sung Woong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20250020445
    Abstract: Proposed are a wafer inspection apparatus and a method of inspecting a wafer using the wafer inspection apparatus. The proposed wafer inspection apparatus includes a horizontal magnetic field generation unit arranged proximate to a lateral surface of a wafer and forming a magnetic field in such a manner that lines of magnetic force propagate in a horizontal direction, a vertical magnetic field generation unit arranged under the wafer and generating a magnetic field in such a manner that lines of magnetic force propagate in a direction vertical to the wafer, an image measurement unit arranged over the wafer and measuring an image of the wafer, and a wafer movement stage moving the wafer in a first direction and a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Chan Yong HWANG, Kyoung Woong MOON, Chang Soo KIM, Sang Sun LEE, Seung Mo YANG
  • Publication number: 20250010890
    Abstract: Disclosed is an autonomous driving control apparatus. The autonomous driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a driving device, a memory, and a control device. For example, the autonomous driving control apparatus identifies host vehicle information including at least one of a real-time weight of a host vehicle, gear information of the host vehicle, a driving speed of the host vehicle, or a combination of the real-time weight, the gear information, and the driving speed by using the sensor device, identifies required driving torque required to drive on a hill placed on a driving route of the host vehicle through the driving device by using the host vehicle information, and provides a user with route change information, or provides a transition request for control authority for the host vehicle if output available torque of the host vehicle is less than the required driving torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Jeong Ki Hong, Kyung Joo Bang, Jae Woong Hwang, Dong Hyuk Kim, II Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20250017093
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes providing a display substrate including a base substrate having a pixel region and including a first surface and a second surface, which are placed opposite to each other, providing a donor substrate including a base layer and a transfer layer disposed on the base layer and including an organic material such that the transfer layer is spaced apart from the base substrate by a distance, aligning the donor substrate and the display substrate such that the transfer layer faces the first surface of the base substrate, and transferring the transfer layer to the display substrate by irradiating a laser toward the donor substrate on the second surface of the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: Sungsoon IM, Jong Kyu KIM, Jeong Hyeon PARK, Heemin PARK, Seungyong SONG, Hyeon Woong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240429774
    Abstract: A cleaner including a suction head; a main body; and a motor to form a suction airflow from the suction head to the main body. The motor includes a stator; a rotor; and an impeller coupled to the rotor and configured to generate an airflow by being rotated. The motor includes a housing that includes a base portion including a receiving space provided to accommodate the rotor and the stator; and a cover portion including a through-hole through which the rotor passes, the cover portion provided to cover the impeller. The base portion includes a bearing hole formed in an upper portion of the base portion to install a bearing provided to support the rotor; and a stator insertion hole formed to be open on a lateral side of the base portion to allow the stator to be inserted into the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonsoo KANG, Younmo KANG, Jimin KIM, Taesang PARK, Geonho LEE, Keeyeon CHO, Minshin CHO, Jinwoo HAN, Woong HWANG
  • Patent number: 12148228
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to apparatus and techniques for event state detection. One example method generally includes receiving a plurality of sensor signals at a computing device, determining, at the computing device, probabilities of sub-event states based on the plurality of sensor signals using an artificial neural network for each of a plurality of time intervals, and detecting, at the computing device, the event state based on the probabilities of the sub-event states via a state sequence model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mingu Lee, Wonil Chang, Yeonseok Kim, Kyu Woong Hwang, Yin Huang, Ruowei Wang, Haijun Zhao, Janghoon Cho
  • Patent number: 12135035
    Abstract: A motor assembly has a motor having a rotor and a stator. An impeller is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotor and a housing is disposed between the impeller and the motor and surrounding an upper side of the motor. A diffuser discharges air, which is suctioned by the impeller, along an outer surface of the housing. A heat dissipation cover covers an outer surface of the motor. The heat dissipation cover includes an inner cover spaced apart from the outer surface of the motor and forming an inside-cover flow channel that air flows through and an outer cover having a diameter greater than that of the inner cover and forming an outside-cover flow channel through which air flows along the outer surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woong Hwang, Hyunjoo Kim, Taesang Park, Wonsoo Kang, Jimin Kim, Keeyeon Cho, Jinwoo Han
  • Patent number: 12100994
    Abstract: A brushless direct current (BLDC) motor includes a rotor having a cylindrical permanent magnet to which a shaft is centrally coupled, and supported to rotate on the shaft. An annular stator surrounds the rotor and includes a plurality of teeth and a wound coil to generate an electromagnetic field. The permanent magnet includes a stress reducing portion, which is provided at opposite end portions thereof, and which has a shape having a mass or a volume which is smaller than a mass or a volume per unit length in an axial direction of a portion of the permanent magnet other than the opposite end portions, to reduce centrifugal stress caused by spinning of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Cho, Wonsoo Kang, Jimin Kim, Keeyeon Cho, Jinwoo Han, Woong Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240289454
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting meta data related to malicious code meta information, includes: an application programming interface (API) key setting unit configured to register as a member of a collection channel related to malicious code of cyber attacks, and set the API key as an initialization input; a collection channel access unit configured to, upon input of the set API key, access the collection channel; an execution command interpretation unit configured to, subsequent to accessing the collection channel, upon input of an execution command, interpret the input execution command; and a meta information management unit configured to, based on API information provided from the collection channel according to the interpreted execution command, extract at least one piece of meta information for identifying an attack group, and manage the at least one piece of meta information in a JSON format for each attack group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Korea Internet & Security Agency
    Inventors: Jae Han JEONG, Chan Woong HWANG, Jae Gyu JEON, Woong GO
  • Publication number: 20240290332
    Abstract: An example device includes memory configured to store a speech signal representative of speech and a streaming model. The streaming model includes an on-device, real-time streaming model. The device includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine one or more words in the speech signal based on one or more transfers of learned knowledge from a non-streaming model to the streaming model. The one or more processors are also configured to take an action based on the determined one or more words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kyuhong Shim, Jinkyu Lee, Simyung Chang, Kyu Woong Hwang
  • Patent number: 12039968
    Abstract: System and method for operating an always-on ASR (automatic speech recognition) system by selecting target keywords and continuously detecting the selected target keywords in voice commands in a mobile device are provided. In the mobile device, a processor is configured to collect keyword candidates, collect usage frequency data for keywords in the keyword candidates, collect situational usage frequency data for the keywords in the keyword candidates, select target keywords from the keyword candidates based on the usage frequency data and the situational usage frequency data, and detect one or more of the target keywords in a voice command using continuous detection of the target keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wonil Chang, Jinseok Lee, Mingu Lee, Jinkyu Lee, Byeonggeun Kim, Dooyong Sung, Jae-Won Choi, Kyu Woong Hwang
  • Patent number: 12041069
    Abstract: A method for detecting and classifying a domain generation algorithm (DGA) generation domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes entering a domain address expressed as a vector of sequence numbers in a TextCNN, and replacing the vector with a one-hot vector corresponding to sequence number vector elements to express image representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HOSEO UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Jin Lee, Chan Woong Hwang, Hyo Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20240223026
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a stator is formable in a band shape or an annular shape, and includes plurality of element stators adjacently arranged, each element stator of the plurality of element stators including a teeth portion and a body portion disposed at one end of the teeth portion. The stator includes a plurality of connecting portions, wherein, for adjacent element stators of the plurality of element stators, a respective connecting portion of the plurality of connecting portions connects a first lateral side of a first body portion of a first element stator of the adjacent element stators and a second lateral side of a second body portion of a second element stator of the adjacent element stators, and a recess is formed at a front end of the first lateral side or a front end of the second lateral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon HAN, Dongsuk KO, Taesang PARK, Woong HWANG, Younmo KANG, Jimin KIM
  • Publication number: 20240211793
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for processing streaming data using machine learning models. An example method generally includes generating a first feature map for a first set of streaming data using a machine learning model. To generate the first feature map, results of one or more operations performed on each respective item in the first set of streaming data are combined into the first feature map, and the results of the one or more operations performed for each respective item in the first set of streaming data are combined into the first feature map. A second feature map is generated for a second set of streaming data using the machine learning model. A result of processing the total set of data through the machine learning model is generated based at least on a combination of the first feature map and the second feature map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Duseok KANG, Yunseong LEE, Yeonseok KIM, Lee JOOSEONG, Kyu Woong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240171022
    Abstract: A motor comprising a stator; and a rotor surrounded in a circumferential direction of the rotor by the stator, wherein the rotor includes: a sleeve including an axial hole extending in a first direction, a plurality of rotor cores spaced apart from each other around the sleeve in the circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of permanent magnets respectively arranged, between each two adjacent rotor cores of the plurality of rotor cores, a plurality of bridges respectively corresponding to the plurality of rotor cores, a plurality of holes respectfully corresponding to the plurality of bridges, and a molding unit disposed between the sleeve and the plurality of rotor cores, wherein the molding unit connects the sleeve to the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of rotor cores
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woong HWANG, Wonsoo KANG
  • Publication number: 20240153486
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operating method of a speech synthesis system, which includes, inputting a first text and a first speech for the first text, and a second text and a second speech for the second text; generating a speech synthesis model trained by applying the first and second texts and the first and second speeches to curriculum learning; and outputting a target synthesis speech corresponding to a target text based on the speech synthesis model when inputting the target text for speech output, and the generating of the speech synthesis model includes generating a concatenation text in which the first and second texts are concatenated and a concatenation speech in which the first and second speeches are concatenated, and adding the concatenation text and the concatenation speech to the speech synthesis model when an error rate is smaller than a set reference rate when learning-concatenating the concatenation text and the concatenation speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joon Hyuk CHANG, Sung Woong HWANG
  • Patent number: 11965520
    Abstract: An airfoil journal bearing including a bearing housing having an inner surface forming a hollow so that a rotation shaft is insertable in the hollow; an airfoil in the hollow so that, when the rotation shaft is inserted in the hollow, the airfoil encloses at least 180 to 360 degrees of a circumference of the rotation shaft; and a ring member enclosing an outer surface of the bearing housing. The bearing housing includes an insert slit formed through the bearing housing from the inner surface of the bearing housing to the outer surface of the bearing housing. The airfoil includes an insert part bent from a circumferential direction of the airfoil to a radial direction of the bearing housing and extending, through the insert slit, to the outer surface of the bearing housing. The airfoil is engaged with an outer surface of the ring member through the insert part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NEUROS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Cho, Woong Hwang, Kyeongdong Kim