Patents by Inventor Yong-Sun Kim

Yong-Sun 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).

  • Publication number: 20120319387
    Abstract: An external air bag apparatus may include a bumper cover having a tear line in a front portion thereof, a cushion disposed behind the bumper cover, wherein the cushion expands outwards by tearing the tear line when the cushion may be expanded so that the cushion surrounds a front surface of the bumper cover, and an expansion guide arranged between the bumper cover and the cushion to guide the cushion to expand forwards to the bumper cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Sun Kim, Un Koo Lee, Seoung Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120320763
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a change of a relay operation type based on a link quality between a source node and a relay node, a link quality between the relay node and the destination node, and a link quality between the source node and the destination node, transmit a relay operation change (ROC) request message in response to a determination of the change of the relay operation type, and receive an ROC response message corresponding to the ROC request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Eun Hong, Kap-Seok Chang, Hyoung-Jin Kwon, Yong Sun Kim, Woo-Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20120314609
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method used for transmitting and receiving a relay in a wireless local area network system. The wireless local area network system according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a wireless communication method of setting a relay link through a relay and setting a transmission time point at which a data frame is transmitted in a source device by recognizing a propagation delay between devices, and the like when an operation mode of the set relay corresponds to a cooperating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Sung Geun Jin, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20120307673
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wideband short-range wireless communication using a directional antenna in a millimeter wave band, and the method for wideband short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment may determine a first time interval and a second time interval for a cooperated data frame transfer based on a packet transmission time at each transmission from a source node to a destination node, transmit a frame to a relay node through an antenna pattern directed towards the relay node at a start point of the first time interval, and transmit the frame to the destination node through an antenna pattern directed towards the destination node to after a predetermined period of time from a start point of the second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kap Seok Chang, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Sung Geun Jin, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Ku Chung
  • Patent number: 8325634
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transceiving an asymmetric point-to-point moving signal and securing an uplink channel using a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) in which a video signal transceiving apparatus can combine a plurality of HBIs and a plurality of active lines (ALs) into a single section, and when auxiliary data exists in a corresponding HBI, can change an order of the HBI to the last and transmit map information including arrangement information to a video signal display apparatus, and the video signal display apparatus can receive the map information and analyze the received map information to thereby acquire an uplink channel using HBI excluding auxiliary data and transmit control signal data via the acquired uplink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Kyeong Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Kyeongpyo Kim, Yong Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120298438
    Abstract: An external airbag module for a vehicle, installed to be located in a space formed between a back beam and a front bumper may include an inflator secured to a front of the back beam and accommodated in the back beam, and an airbag cushion surrounding the inflator and secured to the back beam together with the inflator between the back beam and the front bumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seoung Hoon Lee, Yong Sun Kim, Un Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 8295780
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive modulation scheme and apparatus thereof using an Analog/Digital (AJO) converter with variable bit resolution or clock frequency, the A/D converter including a transmitter including a modulator to modulate data to be transmitted according to a modulation scheme received from a receiver, an A/D converter to convert the modulated data into an analog signal using a bit resolution or a clock frequency received from the receiver, and a radio frequency (RF) processor to transmit the analog signal to the receiver through a wireless channel and a receiver including an RF processor to receive data through a wireless channel, a calculator to calculate a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) of the data received through the RF processor, and a modulation controller to search a predetermined setting table for a corresponding modulation scheme and bit resolution using the calculated SNR and to transmit to a transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyeong-pyo Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Jin Kyeong Kim, Yong Sun Kim, Hyoung Jin Kwon
  • Patent number: 8286747
    Abstract: A double shield exterior airbag device accommodated in an airbag housing mounted to a bumper of a vehicle, and deployed by gas supplied from an inflator may include an outer air cushion filled with the gas supplied from the inflator, and formed with a single cushion layer, an inner air cushion disposed in an internal space of the outer air cushion, and defining an inner chamber therein to receive the gas, and a plurality of partitioned chambers formed by a plurality of internal partitions that connect the outer air cushion with the inner air cushion, the partitioned chambers communicating with the inner chamber via a gas hole formed in the inner air cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Yong Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120253170
    Abstract: A method of generating an image of an organ includes generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of at least one organ of a patient based on a medical image of the at least one organ; generating a plurality of matched images by matching a plurality of images showing a change of a shape of the at least one organ due to a body activity of the patient to the 3-D model of the at least one organ; selecting one of the plurality of matched images based on a current body condition of the patient; and outputting the selected matched image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-bae Kim, Won-chul BANG, Young-kyoo HWANG, Yong-sun KIM
  • Patent number: 8229371
    Abstract: Provided are a transmission/receiving apparatus and method of switching a transmission antenna in a Transmission Switched Diversity (TSD) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyeongpyo Kim, Yong Sun Kim, Seung Eun Hong, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Woo Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 8219306
    Abstract: The present invention includes a traffic information collection unit for collecting weight information of a vehicle running on a road and vibration and noise information generated on the road; a traffic jam determination unit for determining a traffic jam and traffic jam type based on the collected weight information, the vibration and noise information; a traffic jam information transceiving unit for transmitting the traffic jam information or the received traffic jam information of a front road to a vehicle on a rear road by receiving the traffic jam information of a front road from another apparatus for providing traffic jam information installed on the front road; and a display unit for displaying the determination result of the traffic jam determination unit, or a traffic condition of the front road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin-Kyeong Kim, Woo-Yong Lee, Yong-Sun Kim, Kyeong-Pyo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120163218
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for spatial reuse of resources using a directional antenna based on a resource contention in a wireless network. An apparatus for multiple accesses based on a resource contention using a directional antenna may use a resource contention period efficiently in a medium access control (MAC) by calculating an optimal value of an objective function for a delay time and a throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Sun KIM, Mee Joung Kim, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20120140722
    Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyoung-Soo LIM, Woo-Yong Choi, Yong-Sun Kim, Jae-Young Ahn
  • Publication number: 20120132475
    Abstract: A double shield exterior airbag device accommodated in an airbag housing mounted to a bumper of a vehicle, and deployed by gas supplied from an inflator may include an outer air cushion filled with the gas supplied from the inflator, and formed with a single cushion layer, an inner air cushion disposed in an internal space of the outer air cushion, and defining an inner chamber therein to receive the gas, and a plurality of partitioned chambers formed by a plurality of internal partitions that connect the outer air cushion with the inner air cushion, the partitioned chambers communicating with the inner chamber via a gas hole formed in the inner air cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Yong Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120121162
    Abstract: A high speed filtering apparatus and a method for high precision restoration of a depth image are provided. The high speed filtering apparatus for high precision restoration of the depth image may include a block setting unit to set a first block including a target pixel, and to set a second block with respect to a central pixel distributed around the target pixel based on a size of the first block, a weight determining unit to determine a pixel weight with respect to each pixel in the second block, and to determine a block weight with respect to the second block by applying the pixel weight, and a processor to filter the target pixel based on the block weight, thereby accurately filtering the target pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sun Kim, Hwa Sup Lim, Kee Chang Lee
  • Publication number: 20120114225
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus may detect an occlusion boundary between objects within an input depth image by applying an edge detection algorithm to the input depth image. The image processing apparatus may classify the occlusion boundary into a foreground region boundary and a background region boundary using a depth gradient vector direction of the occlusion boundary, and may extract an occlusion region of the input depth image using the foreground region boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa Sup LIM, Seung Kyu Lee, Yong Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 8152196
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include a fastening unit mounted to a portion of a vehicle, a multi-ply airbag cushion fastened to the fastening unit, the multi-ply airbag cushion being formed by overlapping airbag cushion sheets on each other to form a multi-ply structure, and an inflator to provide gas to the airbag cushion sheets of the multi-ply airbag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Hyeong Ho Choi, Yong Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120082109
    Abstract: Provided are a method of performing contention based channel access by classifying a contention period into a beamformable contention period in which a beamforming is allowed and a non-beamformable contention period in which the beamforming is interrupted so as to resolve an issue regarding channel access occurring due to an introduction of a directional antenna for handling a path loss in a wideband wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a method for maximizing a spatial reuse gain by managing, for each direction, information about a transmission time of a message received from a dispersion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Eun HONG, Yong Sun Kim, Woo Yong Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20120082142
    Abstract: Provided is a data transmission method. The data transmission method may limit a use authorization for a contention time period so that a portion of data transmission devices among a plurality of data transmission devices may transmit data during the contention time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Sun KIM, Seung Eun HONG, Woo Yong LEE, Hyun Kyu CHUNG
  • Patent number: 8139532
    Abstract: The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyoung-Soo Lim, Woo-Yong Choi, Yong-Sun Kim, Jae-Young Ahn