Patents by Inventor Woong KANG

Woong KANG 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: 12240526
    Abstract: An embodiment is a side sill assembly for a vehicle including a side sill inner part coupled to a floor of a vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the side sill inner part having an accommodation space formed by recessing a partial section toward an inside of the vehicle and configured such that a link mechanism connected to a door of the vehicle is rotatably accommodated in the accommodation space, a side sill center part having a cross-section extending from the side sill inner part to an outside of the vehicle, the side sill center part extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the side sill inner part, and a side sill cover configured to define a closed cross-section by connecting the side sill center part and an upper portion of the side sill inner part in a section except for the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Hak Kang, Chan Woong Jeon, Sang Kyoung Han, Hae Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20250063181
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding that support a plurality of layers. The method for image decoding that supports a plurality of layers includes decoding information of a first layer which a picture of a second layer including a current decoding target block refers to; mapping the information of the first layer to a picture size of the second layer, configuring a reference picture list for the picture of the second layer by adding the mapped information of the first layer and generating prediction samples of the current decoding target block by predicting the current decoding target block of the second layer based on the reference picture list, and the information of the first layer includes at least one of a sample value and motion information of the first layer picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Jung Won KANG, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20250063872
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second circuit boards connected to a display panel defining a display area and a non-display area, and including a first sub-base layer overlapping the display area and the non-display area, a second sub-base layer above the first sub-base layer, a connection electrode between the first sub-base layer and the second sub-base layer, and electrically connected to a signal line, and pad electrodes exposed through an opening in the first sub-base layer, electrically connected to the connection electrode, and including first pad electrodes electrically connected to the first circuit board, and extending in a direction, and second pad electrodes electrically connected to the second circuit board, spaced apart from the first pad electrodes in the direction, and extending in an opposite direction, and a circuit layer including a transistor, and at least one signal line connected to the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: DAEHYUK IM, YOUN-WOONG KANG, DONGHYUN LEE
  • Publication number: 20250062451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch film laminate body capable of manufacturing a high-strength battery case with excellent resistance to external stress and a battery case manufactured using the same. The pouch film laminate body of the present invention includes a gas barrier layer having a thickness of 60 ?m or greater, a base layer disposed on one surface of the gas barrier layer, and a sealant layer disposed on the other surface of the gas barrier layer. The pouch film laminate layer has a tensile strength of 10 kgf/15 mm to 20 kgf/15 mm in a TD direction and an elongation of 150% to 235% in the TD direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Hyeong Kang, Sang Hun Kim, Hyung Kyun Yu, Soo Ji Hwang, Dae Woong Song, Hun Hee Lim
  • Publication number: 20250062481
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of overlapped battery cells and an insert panel inserted between the overlapped battery cells. The battery module further includes a top flange extended in an overlapping direction of the battery cells above the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Chang Kang, Ji Woong Jung, Yu Ri Oh, Jun Young Kang, Sun Keun Park, Byung Su Kim, In Gook Son
  • Patent number: 12227228
    Abstract: An embodiment front vehicle body structure of a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes an under body and an upper body coupled to the under body, and the front vehicle body structure includes side sills respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the upper body based on a vehicle width direction and wheel arch members respectively connected directly to front ends of the side sills in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a front part of the under body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Hak Kang, Chan Woong Jeon, Chulhee Heo, Haehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12231864
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Ju Lee, Jeong Il Seo, Seung Kwon Beack, Kyeong Ok Kang, Jin Woong Kim, Jae Hyoun Yoo
  • Publication number: 20250054224
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for representing dynamic neural radiance fields from unsynchronized videos. A method of acquiring a video at an arbitrary viewpoint based on a dynamic neural radiance fields model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: inputting one or more videos acquired from one or more views for one scene into the dynamic neural radiance fields model; inputting a time embedding for the one or more videos into the dynamic neural radiance fields model; and rendering the video at the arbitrary viewpoint based on color information and density information output by the dynamic neural radiance fields model. Herein, time synchronization related to the time embedding may be performed by applying an individual time offset learned for each view, for the one or more views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Gun Bang, Soo Woong Kim, Ji Hoon Do, Seong Jun Bae, Jin Ho Lee, Jung Won Kang, Young Jung Uh, Seo Ha Kim, Jung Min Bae, Young Sik Yun
  • Publication number: 20250048861
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including an open portion, a first barrier insulating layer disposed on the first substrate and including a first contact hole overlapping the open portion, a first fan-out line disposed on the first barrier insulating layer, a pad part integrally formed with the first fan-out line and exposed through the open portion, a second substrate disposed on the first fan-out line, a connection part disposed on the second substrate and connected to the first fan-out line, a second fan-out line disposed on a layer between the first fan-out line and the connection part and connected to the connection part, a data line disposed on the same layer as the connection part and electrically connected to the second fan-out line, a flexible film including a lead electrode, and a contact part electrically connecting the lead electrode and the pad part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Si Joon SONG, Youn Woong KANG, Eui Jeong KANG, Min Sang KOO, Tae Oh KIM, Seok Hyun NAM, Jeong Jin PARK, Dong Hyun LEE, Jae Hak LEE
  • Patent number: 12216317
    Abstract: A multi-channel optical sub-assembly includes a printed circuit board with a signal processor mounted thereon, a package window mounted on the printed circuit board, the package window including a transparent material, a package mounted on the package window, and an optical device accommodated into an inner space of the package and configured to convert an electrical signal, input from the signal processor, into an optical signal, wherein the electrical signal sequentially passes through a window through electrode buried in the package window and a package through electrode buried in the package and is input to the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Eun Kyu Kang, Jong Jin Lee, Dae Seon Kim, Sang Jin Kwon, Won Bae Kwon, Soo Yong Jung, Hae Chung Kang, Dae Woong Moon, Gye Sul Cho
  • Publication number: 20250031955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for examining defects and deformities of the central visual field. The present invention may include: a display on which an examination image divided into a plurality of examination regions by reference lines is shown and in which examination patterns are shown in the examination regions; an input device to which pattern recognition values of an examinee's recognition of the examination patterns are input; and a control device that derives an abnormal region of the examinee on the basis of the pattern recognition values and preset values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Se Woong Kang, Yun Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20250039367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video decoding method, according to embodiment of the invention, image decoding method comprises, acquiring a reconstructed luma block of a current block, determining whether a cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block, acquiring a reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which an adaptive loop filter is applied, when the cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block and acquiring a final reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which the cross-component loop filter is applied, using the reconstructed luma block and the reconstructed chroma block, to which the adaptive loop filter is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Jung Won KANG, Soo Woong KIM, Gun BANG, Jin Ho LEE, Ha Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250039376
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes acquiring a partitioning index of a current block from a bitstream, and generating a prediction sample of the current block by weighted-summing a prediction sample of a first subblock of the current block and a prediction sample of a second subblock of the current block based on the partitioning index. The partitioning index indicates a partitioning distance and a partitioning direction included in a predefined table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Ho LEE, Jung Won KANG, Soo Woong KIM, Gun BANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Sung Chang LIM
  • Patent number: 12211499
    Abstract: A method and electronic device for a vehicle are disclosed herein. The electronic device is mounted in the vehicle and includes a display, a memory storing voice commands, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: obtaining at least one of vehicle driving information, occupant information, or display output information, generating one or more short commands by shortening one or more of the voice commands, based on the obtained at least one of the vehicle driving information, the occupant information and the display output information, and controlling the display to display one or more voice command guidance user interface (UI) displaying the one or more short commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsu Jung, Hyunwoo Kang, Taejun Kim, Jonghee Choi, Woong Lee
  • 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: 20250024719
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a non-display area, a first base layer and a second base layer, each including an organic material, and a barrier layer having a first surface contacting the first base layer and a second surface contacting the second base layer, and including an inorganic material. The display device further includes a light emitting element disposed on the second base layer in the display area, and a contact structure formed in the non-display area and including a conductive connection portion. An entirety of the first surface of the barrier layer contacts the first base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Hyun LEE, Youn Woong KANG, Si Joon SONG
  • Publication number: 20250009224
    Abstract: A method of standardizing a fundus image on the basis of an artery and a vein includes receiving, by an image processing device, an initial fundus image, determining, by the image processing device, reference regions in the initial fundus image, and correcting, by the image processing device, color of the initial fundus image on the basis of a difference between color values of a first reference region and a second reference region among the reference regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Se Woong Kang, Yun Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20250014664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage device which includes a storage controller and a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing, by the storage controller, the non-volatile memory device with a first request indicating a wordline selection operation of a target memory block, obtaining, by the non-volatile memory device, distribution information of a plurality of wordlines of the target memory block based on the first request, determining, by the non-volatile memory device, a deterioration wordline among the plurality of wordlines based on the distribution information, and providing, by the non-volatile memory device, the storage controller with wordline information indicating the deterioration wordline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Minji Cho, Hee-Woong Kang, Jin-Young Kim, Se Hwan Park, Ji-Sang Lee, Heewon Lee, Su Chang Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240414963
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a display layer, a folding area extending from the display area and at which the display device is bendable, and a signal wire which is connected to the display layer and extends across the folding area. The signal wire includes within the folding area a first signal wire layer which crosses the folding area, a second signal wire layer which is on the first signal wire layer and electrically connected to the first signal wire layer, the second signal wire layer including a plurality of patterns spaced apart from each other along the signal wire, and a metal layer which is on the second signal wire layer and electrically connected to the second signal wire layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Hyun LEE, YOUN-WOONG KANG, Si Joon SONG, JAEHAK LEE
  • Patent number: 12166157
    Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and at least one pixel disposed in the display area, and comprising at least one pixel including an emission area that emits light. The at least one pixel may include: at least one sub-electrode extending in a direction on the substrate; at least one branch electrode extending in a direction and spaced apart from the sub-electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the at least one sub-electrode and the at least one branch electrode; first electrodes disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected with the at least one sub-electrode; second electrodes disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected with the at least one branch electrode; and at least one light emitting element aligned between at least one of the first electrodes and at least one of the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Mi Moon, Jae Woong Kang, Sin Chul Kang, Won Sik Oh, Yo Han Lee