Patents by Inventor Yong-Jin Kang

Yong-Jin 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).

  • Publication number: 20150301264
    Abstract: An optical sheet module consisting of optical sheets having different thicknesses, includes: a first base film having a predetermined thickness and transmitting light from a lower portion thereof through an upper portion thereof; an upper optical sheet formed on the first base film and having a first structural pattern in which the upper optical sheet protrudes upwardly and the cross-sectional area thereof decreases when progressing toward an upper portion thereof; a second based film laminated beneath the upper optical sheet so as to transmit light from a lower portion thereof to the upper optical sheet; and a lower optical sheet formed on the second base film and having a second structural pattern in which the lower optical sheet protrudes toward the upper optical sheet and the cross-sectional area thereof decreases when progressing toward an upper portion thereof. The first base film is relatively thicker than the second base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jee Hong Min, Young Il Kim, Sung Sik Cho, Woo Jong Lee, Tae Jun Lee, Hee Jeong Kim, Yong Jin Kang
  • Patent number: 9167238
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a 3D display method thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a display unit which outputs a plurality of image frames; a synchronization signal processor which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to the image frames; a controller which acquires period information of first and second sequences of the synchronization signal and determines whether the synchronization signal has been stabilized, according to change information of the period information; and a communicator which determines time information of the stabilized synchronization signal according to the determination result and transmits shutter control data, which is generated based on the time information, to 3D glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Yong-jin Kang
  • Publication number: 20150073633
    Abstract: A battery information display apparatus is provided. The battery information display apparatus includes a data storage unit storing battery capacity information according to temperature and current of a battery of an electric vehicle, an integrated power control unit providing power for charging the battery and driving a motor, a sensor measuring the temperature and current of the battery, and a display unit displaying a battery remnant. The integrated power control unit calculates the battery remnant from the battery temperature and current measured by the sensor on the basis of the battery capacity information according to the battery temperature and current stored in the data storage unit and provides the calculated battery remnant to the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Woon JANG, Hong Tae PARK, Jae Hoon JANG, Yong Jin KANG
  • Publication number: 20150061694
    Abstract: A method of detecting the states of power cables in an inverter system supplying power generated from an inverter to a motor by using three phase power cables is provided. The method includes: calculating the location of a current space vector for a first period when the first period arrives; using the calculated location of the current space vector for the first period to calculate the predicted location of the current space vector for a second period; calculating the actual location of the current space vector for the second period when the second period arrives; comparing the calculated predicted location with the actual location; and detecting the states of the three phase power cables according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Jin KANG
  • Patent number: 8854429
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Tae-don Hwang, Yong-jin Kang, Do-sung Jung
  • Patent number: 8836759
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Tae-don Hwang, Yong-jin Kang, Do-sung Jung
  • Publication number: 20140233755
    Abstract: A system and method of auto-pairing in a wireless network audio system is provided. The auto-pairing method including: entering, by an audio source device, an auto-pairing mode in response to power being supplied; retrieving, by the audio source device, a peripheral wireless speaker; and providing, by the audio source device, a home identifier (ID) for pairing with the wireless speaker in response to the audio source device retrieving the wireless speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-soo KIM, Yong-jin KANG, Woo-jin HAN, Sun-ho YANG
  • Patent number: 8811908
    Abstract: A wireless rear speaker expanding apparatus which allows wired rear speakers to expand as wireless rear speakers by attaching a card-type wireless module in a home theater system includes a main body unit to reproduce a multi-channel audio stream from a recording medium, to extract a rear channel audio stream, to detect whether a transmission module unit is mounted, and to switch the rear channel audio stream to a wireless transmission mode or a wired transmission mode, a transmission module unit to modulate the rear channel audio stream extracted from the main body unit into a wireless signal and to wirelessly transmit the signal, if mounted as a detachable card-type unit on the main body unit, and a reception module unit to decode the rear channel audio stream wirelessly transmitted from the transmission module, and to amplify the decoded signal as a rear channel audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eung-sik Yoon, Sung-han Lee, Yong-jin Kang
  • Publication number: 20140185842
    Abstract: A display apparatus connectable to a plurality of external sound output devices and a sound control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a wireless communication section which wirelessly communicates with a plurality of external sound output devices; a sound signal processor which processes a sound signal; a first sound output section and a second sound output section which output sounds corresponding to the sound signals; and a controller which determines positions of respective sound output devices based on distances between the first sound output section and the respective sound output devices and distances between the second sound output section and the respective sound output devices, and controls the sound signal processor so that the sound signals processed corresponding to the determined positions can be respectively transmitted to the plurality of sound output devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-suk KANG, Eung-sik YOON, Yong-jin KANG, Woo-jin HAN, Sun-ho YANG
  • Patent number: 8705780
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, an audio signal transmission method, and an audio system are provided. The audio signal transmission method includes: wirelessly receiving an audio signal from a first external device; converting the received audio signal into audio signals of multi-channels; and wirelessly transmitting an audio signal of at least one of the multi-channels to at least one of second external devices. Therefore, the audio apparatus wirelessly communicates with a plurality of external devices, and thus a user can connect an audio device to an external device without using wired cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eung-sik Yoon, Yong-jin Kang
  • Publication number: 20130251178
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, an audio signal transmission method, and an audio system are provided. The audio signal transmission method includes: wirelessly receiving an audio signal from a first external device; converting the received audio signal into audio signals of multi-channels; and wirelessly transmitting an audio signal of at least one of the multi-channels to at least one of second external devices. Therefore, the audio apparatus wirelessly communicates with a plurality of external devices, and thus a user can connect an audio device to an external device without using wired cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eung-sik YOON, Yong-jin KANG
  • Publication number: 20130235052
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan SEO, Tae-don HWANG, Yong-jin KANG, Do-sung JUNG
  • Patent number: 8457334
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, an audio signal transmission method, and an audio system are provided. The audio signal transmission method includes: wirelessly receiving an audio signal from a first external device; converting the received audio signal into audio signals of multi-channels; and wirelessly transmitting an audio signal of at least one of the multi-channels to at least one of second external devices. Therefore, the audio apparatus wirelessly communicates with a plurality of external devices, and thus a user can connect an audio device to an external device without using wired cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eung-sik Yoon, Yong-jin Kang
  • Patent number: 8441952
    Abstract: A dual-band wireless communication apparatus and a channel allocation method thereof, the channel allocation method of a dual-band wireless communication apparatus including a plurality of wireless communicators includes: receiving wireless environment information via at least one of the wireless communicators; changing, at a wireless communicator not allocated a channel among the wireless communicators, a frequency band according to a received signal strength; and scanning, at the wireless communicator not allocated the channel, channels in the changed frequency band and setting one of the scanned channels to a channel for communicating with an external device. Thus, the dual-band wireless communication apparatus can offer various wireless application services by minimizing interference caused when a plurality of wireless terminals operates within one wireless communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-jin Kang, Eung-sik Yoon
  • Publication number: 20130002836
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a 3D display method thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a display unit which outputs a plurality of image frames; a synchronization signal processor which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to the image frames; a controller which acquires period information of first and second sequences of the synchronization signal and determines whether the synchronization signal has been stabilized, according to change information of the period information; and a communicator which determines time information of the stabilized synchronization signal according to the determination result and transmits shutter control data, which is generated based on the time information, to 3D glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan SEO, Yong-jin KANG
  • Patent number: 8324888
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inductive angle sensor with improved common mode noise rejection and a signal processing method of the same, which can improve electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) characteristics and obtain an accurate output value by eliminating common mode noise. The signal processing method includes adding signals obtained from a pair of receiver coils by an adder, subtracting the signal obtained from one of the pair of receiver coils from the signal obtained from the other receiver coil by a subtracter, multiplying the value obtained from the adder by the value obtained from the subtracter by a first multiplier, multiplying the value obtained from the subtracter by itself by a second multiplier, and dividing the value obtained from the first multiplier by the value obtained from the second multiplier by a divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Truwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Yeop Kim, Kyu-Won Jung, Cho-Soo Lee, Sung-Tae Kim, Yong-Jin Kang
  • Publication number: 20120169852
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a system including the same. A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus includes a display unit; a video signal processor which extracts frame sync signals corresponding to a left-eye image and a right-eye image from a predetermined 3D video signal, and processes the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be alternately displayed on the display unit; and a first communication unit which communicates with an external 3D display apparatus, and transmits a display sync signal based on the extracted frame sync signal to the external 3D display apparatus so that a 3D image displayed in the external 3D display apparatus can be synchronized with order of the left-eye image and the right-eye image displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-Hwan SEO, Do-sung JUNG, Yong-jin KANG, Tae-don HWANG
  • Publication number: 20120174088
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for updating software thereof. The electronic device includes: a communication unit which includes predetermined software needed for communicating with an exterior; a first storage which stores user information set up in the electronic device; a user input unit; and a controller which updates the software with an update file needed for updating the software and sets up the stored user information again in the communication unit if receiving update instruction for the software through the user input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do-sung JUNG, Yong-jin KANG, Je-Hwan SEO, Tae-don HWANG
  • Publication number: 20120169854
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a control method thereof. The method of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a display apparatus includes: synchronizing clocks for communicating with the 3D glasses; generating drive timing information for driving shutters of the 3D glasses from the synchronized clocks and a frame sync signal of a displayed image; and transmitting a glasses control message, comprising the drive timing information, to the 3D glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Tae-don Hwang, Yong-jin Kang, Do-sung Jung
  • Publication number: 20110260714
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inductive angle sensor with improved common mode noise rejection and a signal processing method of the same, which can improve electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) characteristics and obtain an accurate output value by eliminating common mode noise. The signal processing method includes adding signals obtained from a pair of receiver coils by an adder, subtracting the signal obtained from one of the pair of receiver coils from the signal obtained from the other receiver coil by a subtracter, multiplying the value obtained from the adder by the value obtained from the subtracter by a first multiplier, multiplying the value obtained from the subtracter by itself by a second multiplier, and dividing the value obtained from the first multiplier by the value obtained from the second multiplier by a divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Truwin Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi-Yeop Kim, Kyo-Won Jung, Cho-Soo Lee, Sung-Tae Kim, Yong-Jin Kang