Patents by Inventor Yong An

Yong An 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).

  • HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100147495
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat sink configured to contact a heat source, and a fan mounted to the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base with a bottom surface for contacting the heat source, and a plurality of radial fins angling upwardly from a top surface of the base to form a truncated conical space in the middle of the heat sink. A cross section area of the truncated conical space gradually increases from the top surface of the base to top of the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY(Shenzhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang-Liang Cao, Zhong-Yong Du, Yang Li, Lei Guo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TRAFFIC QUALITY IN DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20100147943
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system for measuring traffic quality in distribution using test mail into which a radio frequency identity tag is inserted. The system accepts at least one test distribution piece including a tag, and collects information of test distribution by sensing a tag included with the test distribution piece at measuring points for measuring a time from acceptance to delivery of a general distribution piece. The system generates a processing rate and a delivery rate of distribution based on information of the test distribution pieces collected from the measuring points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICIATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Gon Kim, Jong Heung Park
  • DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100153825
    Abstract: A digital broadcasting system and method, where the digital broadcasting system includes: a transmission stream generator multiplexing a normal stream and a turbo stream to generate a dual transmission stream; a transmitter inserting an supplementary reference signal (SRS) into the dual transmission stream, processing the turbo stream to reconstitute the dual transmission stream, and outputting the reconstituted dual transmission stream; and a receiver receiving the reconstituted dual transmission stream, separately turbo decoding the turbo stream, inserting the turbo decode turbo stream into the dual transmission stream, and decoding the dual transmission stream into which the turbo decoded turbo stream has been inserted, to restore normal stream data and turbo stream data. Thus, reception sensitivity of a digital broadcasting signal can be efficiently improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-pil Yu, Hae-joo Jeong, Eui-jun Park, Joon-soo Kim, Yong-sik Kwon, Jin-Hee Jeong, Yong-deok Chang, Kum-ran Ji, Jong-hun Kim
  • MAIN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUB IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100149120
    Abstract: Disclosed are a main image processing apparatus, a sub image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The control method of the sub image processing apparatus includes receiving a user's touch input through the sub image processing apparatus; determining which contents correspond to a touched area where the touch input occurs; sensing change in location of the touch input; and transmitting a control command for the contents to the main image processing apparatus in response to the sensed change in the location of the touch input. With this, it is more convenient for a user to control the main image processing apparatus through the sub image processing apparatus supporting the touch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-soo LEE, Yong-hwan KWON, Joon-hwan KIM, Heui-jin KWON, Jeong-yeon LEE, Victor SZILAGYI
  • OPTICAL RECEIVER, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF RECOVERING RECEIVED SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20100150561
    Abstract: An optical receiver is provided which can be applied to a wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM PON) based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier employing a wavelength reuse scheme. The optical receiver includes a photo diode to convert an optical signal to an electrical signal; a pre-amplifier to linearly amplify the electrical signal and convert the amplified electrical signal to a voltage signal; a post-amplifier, which is equipped with a gain control function, to convert the voltage signal to a signal with a constant output level and to control a decision threshold of the converted signal; and an offset voltage generator to generate a predetermined offset voltage for the decision threshold control of the post-amplifier and to provide the offset voltage to the post-amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Seung-hyun CHO, Byoung-shi KIM, Man-yong PARK
  • DOMAIN CROSSING CIRCUIT OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100148833
    Abstract: The domain crossing circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus for improving a timing margin includes a sampler that provides a sampling internal signal generated by delaying an internal input signal by a predetermined time in response to a clock and an edge information signal that defines an output timing of the sampling internal signal and an output stage that allows the sampling internal signal to be synchronized with the clock in response to the edge information signal to be output as a final output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Hae Rang CHOI, Yong Ju KIM, Sung Woo HAN, Hee Woong SONG, Ic Su OH, Hyung Soo KIM, Tae Jin HWANG, Ji Wang LEE, Jae Min JANG, Chang Kun PARK
  • Method and apparatus for decoding/encoding a video signal
    Publication number: 20100150235
    Abstract: A method of decoding a video signal is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining identification information indicating whether a coded picture of a current NAL unit is an inter-view picture group, obtaining interview reference information of the inter-view picture group, and constructing a reference picture list for inter-view prediction using the inter-view reference information according to the identification information, wherein the inter-view reference information includes view identification information of an inter-view reference picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Han Suh Koo, Yeon Kwan Koo, Byeong Moon Jeon, Seung Wook Park, Yong Joon Jeon
  • METHOD FOR PACKAGING CIRCUITS AND PACKAGED CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20100146780
    Abstract: A method for packaging integrated circuit chips (die) is described that includes providing a base substrate with package level contacts, coating a base substrate with adhesive, placing dies on the adhesive, electrically connecting the die to the package level contacts, and removing the backside of the base substrate to expose the backside of the package level contacts. Accordingly, an essentially true chip scale package is formed. Multi-chip modules are formed by filling gaps between the chips with an encapsulant. In an embodiment, chips are interconnected by electrical connections between package level contacts in the base substrate. In an embodiment, substrates each having chips are adhered back-to-back with through vias formed in aligned saw streets to interconnect the back-to-back chip assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Yong Poo Chia, Low Siu Waf, Suan Jeung Boon, Eng Meow Koon, Swee Kwang Chua
  • TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20100152179
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient suffering from disorders and deficits of the central nervous system associated with diabetes, associated with aging and neurodegeneration, comprising attention deficit disorder in general, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senile dementia, AIDS dementia, neurodegeneration, depression, and schizophrenia, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of a selective inhibitor of the 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: R. Scott Bitner, Kaitlin E. Browman, Michael E. Brune, Yixian Chen, Jurgen Dinges, Karla Drescher, Peer Jacobson, Hwan-soo Jae, Ravi Kurukulasuriya, James T. Link, David J. Madar, Jyoti R. Patel, Marina A. Pliushchev, Jeffrey J. Rohde, Lynne E. Rueter, Qi Shuai, Bryan K. Sorensen, Jiahong Wang, Karsten M. Wicke, Martin Winn, Dariusz Wodka, Vince Yeh, Hong Yong
  • INPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING OPTICAL POINTER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100149135
    Abstract: An input method for an electronic device and a related input system are provided. When an optical pointer irradiates light rays with a specific pattern, photo sensors disposed in a display unit of the device detect the irradiated light rays. The device determines and generates pattern information corresponding to a pattern of the light rays, a pattern direction, and a pattern movement. The device executes or controls a function according to the pattern information and a function table, which maps the pattern information to the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Gook PARK, Min Kyu PARK, Hyun Jin KIM, Hee Jeong CHOO, Hyun Ki KIM, Eun Young LIM, Soo Yeoun YOON
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING INTEGRATED PRESSURE SENDING UNITS
    Publication number: 20100149128
    Abstract: Capacitively actuated touch sensor units are integrated between subpixel light emitters of a liquid crystal display panel. In one embodiment, a sensor unit is monolithically integrated on a same substrate as are a plurality of associated subpixel units and the sensor unit includes a variable capacitor and a reference capacitor connected to define a voltage splitting circuit having a split voltage generating node. The sensor unit also includes a sensing transistor operatively coupled to the split voltage generating node and a voltage resetting transistor operatively coupled to the split voltage generating node. In one embodiment, one plate of the variable capacitor is defined by a touchwise flexed portion of a common electrode of the display and an opposed plate is defined by a spaced apart facing electrode provided on a TFT array substrate of the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Yong No, Sang-Youn Han, Young-Je Cho
  • RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFIER TAG AND METHOD OF FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20100147959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency identifier tag having a microchip with first and second contact nodes, an antenna formed by a conductive line connected between the first and second contact nodes, and first and second conductive line segments connected in parallel and to the first and second contact nodes to form a tail capacitance modifying the antenna capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuri TIKHOV, Younghoon MIN, Yong-Wook KIM
  • SOLAR LED LAMP
    Publication number: 20100149792
    Abstract: A solar LED lamp for lighting purpose includes a fixing box, a covering member mounted on the fixing box and a plurality of LED modules attached to a bottom of the covering member. The covering member includes a top plate fixed to a top of the fixing box, a solar panel disposed over a top surface of the top plate and a mounting bracket fixed to a bottom of the top plate and located in front of the fixing box. The LED modules are attached to a bottom of the mounting bracket. The solar panel is provided for receiving solar energy and converting the solar energy into electrical energy which is used to activate the LED modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHONG-LIANG LU, YONG-DONG CHEN, SHIH-HSUN WUNG
  • MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100147792
    Abstract: A magnetic recording head and a method of manufacturing the same. The magnetic recording head includes a stack containing a main pole and a return pole. The stack includes a first magnetic layer having a groove formed therein; an insulating layer covering a surface of the groove; and a second magnetic layer pattern filling the groove covered with the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoo-san LEE, Young-hun IM, Yong-su KIM
  • BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100149835
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate guiding light, one or more light sources disposed on a side of the light guide plate and generating and providing the light to the light guide plate, a housing including a bottom portion and sidewall portions which each extend from the bottom portion, and accommodating the light guide plate and the light sources, and a light source cover. The light source cover includes a flat portion which contacts a top surface of the light guide plate, a height-adjusting portion which extends upward or downward from the flat portion to form a stepped shape and has the light sources installed thereunder, and fixing portions which extend from the height-adjusting portion and are fixed to a corresponding one of the sidewall portions. A centerline of the light sources is aligned with a centerline of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-Woan CHO, Jae-Chang CHOI, Yong-Woo LEE
  • SEED LIGHT MODULE FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100150188
    Abstract: A spectrum-sliced seed light module for a wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM PON) is provided. The seed light module includes an optical amplifier to amplify seed light, an optical wavelength filter to transmit broadband light, which is output in opposite direction to an output direction of the seed light, at periodic frequency intervals, and a reflective mirror to reflect light which is spectrum-sliced through the optical wavelength filter to the optical wavelength filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Han-hyub Lee, Byoung-whi Kim, Jea-hoon Yu, Mahn Yong Park, Jai-sang Koh
  • SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING RESET CONTROL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20100149891
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device for use in a system includes a reset signal generator for generating a reset entry signal and a reset exit signal respectively in response to a start timing and a termination timing of a reset operation of the system; and a reset controller for performing a precharge operation in response to the reset entry signal and a refresh operation in response to the reset exit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Do, Yong-Ki Kim
  • ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100148163
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes an organic light emitting diode, a photo sensor, and a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion is at at least a side of the photo sensor so that light emitted from the organic light emitting diode is not directly incident on the photo sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Ki-Ju Im, Yong-Sung Park, Yong-Woo Park, Moo-Jin Kim, Han-Hee Yoon, Kwang-Hae Kim, Sung-Won Doh, Kyoung-Bo Kim, Gun-Shik Kim, Jun-Sik Oh
  • SENSOR
    Publication number: 20100148042
    Abstract: A sensor for angle measurement of a joint is disclosed. The sensor comprises a code strip, a linear encoder configured to detect relative movement between the linear encoder and the code strip, and a microcontroller configured to compute angular rotation of the joint from linear displacement obtained by the relative movement. The relative movement corresponds to rotation of the joint. A corresponding method and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: I-Ming Chen, Kwang Yong Lim, Young Koon Goh, Song Huat Yeo, Been-Lim Duh
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SCENE CHANGE
    Publication number: 20100149424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for scene change detection including a decoder decoding input digital video data into video data compressed by a single codec or uncompressed video data in a codec-independent format, a normalizer normalizing the video data decoded by the decoder in a temporally and spatially uniform format, and a scene change detector computing a mode ratio for each frame of the normalized video data through a mode determination, and determining, when a frame has a mode ratio higher than a preset threshold value, that a scene change has occurred at the frame. The decoder decodes video data compression-coded by various video codecs into uncompressed video frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Suk YOON, Wonyoung Yoo, Yong-Seok Seo, Sang Kwang Lee, Seunglae Lee, Young Ho Suh, Seunghwan Kim