Patents by Inventor Young Son

Young Son 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SLURRY FOR SECONDARY BATTERY
    Publication number: 20180191019
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for preparing slurry for a secondary battery. According to the present invention, a solvent is intermittently injected into a mixer for preparing the slurry to measure a torque value applied to the mixer and thereby to obtain a maximum value of the torque value applied to the mixer. Then, a kneading point that is a mixing ratio of the powder and the solvent, which are used for preparing the slurry, is calculated to determine an optimized kneading point without error and through an automatic process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Son, Hyung Suk Cho, Sang Hoon Choy
  • Semiconductor chip and stacked semiconductor package having the same
    Patent number: 10014278
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a substrate, through-electrodes passing through the substrate, and a dielectric layer formed between the substrate and the through-electrodes and having a dielectric constant decreasing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ho Young Son
  • GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING TEXTURE IN GRAPHICS PIPELINE
    Publication number: 20180150296
    Abstract: A method and a graphics processing apparatus for processing texture in a graphics pipeline determine a rendering level of a dynamic texture based on usage information of a target object and render the target object by texturing the target object with the dynamic texture rendered based on the rendering level. The graphics processing apparatus includes at least one cache memory, and at least one processor configured to: perform geometry processing of a dynamic texture to be mapped onto a target object, determine a rendering level of the dynamic texture based on usage information of the target object obtained by the geometry processing of the target object, render the dynamic texture based on the determined rendering level, and render the target object by texturing the target object with the rendered dynamic texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: MIN-YOUNG SON, KWON-TAEK KWON, JAE-DON LEE, MIN-KYU JEONG, SANG-WON HA
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TILE-BASED RENDERING
    Publication number: 20180144538
    Abstract: A method of performing tile-based rendering in a graphics processing apparatus may include: generating a bitstream representing a tile binning result by performing tile binning with initial tiles having initial sizes. A determining as to whether a primitive belonging to an initial tile additionally belongs to other initial tiles bordering the initial tile is made by using the generated bitstream. A determining of a rendering tile is made, in which the rendering tile has a dynamic size and is formed by at least one of the initial tiles that the primitive belongs to, based on a result of the determining of whether the primitive additionally belongs to the other initial tiles. Rendering is performed on the primitive included in the determined rendering tile by using the determined rendering tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: MIN-KYU JEONG, JAE-DON LEE, KWON-TAEK KWON, MIN-YOUNG SON
  • TILE-BASED RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180137677
    Abstract: A tile-based rendering method includes receiving a drawcall, determining a location of primitives in a frame based on the drawcall, dividing the frame into a plurality of tiles, and rendering the tiles, wherein the rendering includes determining a rendering order of the tiles based on primitives included in the tiles, and rendering the tiles according to the rendering order. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is configured to perform the tile-based rendering method, and may include a memory, a processor including at least one core and at least one cache. The GPU may execute a tile-based graphics pipeline for tile-based rendering of images, and allocate tiles including identical primitives to a core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: MIN-KYU JEONG, JAE-DON LEE, SANG-WON HA, MIN-YOUNG SON
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CRYSTAL PLANE OF POLYCRYSTALLINE METAL AND METAL-CARBON MATERIAL COMPOSITE INCLUDING METAL WHERE CRYSTAL PLANE IS CONTROLLED BY USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180105952
    Abstract: The growth of a specific crystal plane of a polycrystalline metal is induced or suppressed by forming a carbon material on the surface of the polycrystalline metal, and accordingly, the ratio of the crystal plane may be controlled, particularly, the crystal plane may be controlled so as for the polycrystalline metal to be similar to a single crystalline metal. Accordingly, a metal-carbon material composite where a crystal plane is controlled may be mass-produced at low costs through a continuous process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Han Ik JO, Sung Ho LEE, Su Young SON, Hae Na JO, Kyung-ae OH, Tae-Wook KIM, Dong Su LEE
  • Method of capturing iris image, computer-readable recording medium storing the method, and iris image capturing apparatus
    Patent number: 9922250
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byung-jun Son, Joo-young Son, Tae-hwa Hong
  • Valve apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 9915356
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a valve apparatus for vehicles that is configured such that the sealability of a valve body can be markedly enhanced. The valve apparatus includes a valve body, a valve member and a sealing unit. The valve body is provided with at least two ports and has an internal space communicating with the ports. The valve member is rotatably installed in the internal space so as to open or close the ports. The sealing unit is provided to seal at least one of the ports. The sealing unit includes a sealing body airtightly installed on an inner surface of the corresponding port, and at least one elastic element integrally provided on a first end of the sealing body. The elastic element axially applies elastic force to the sealing body so that a second end of the sealing body comes into airtight contact with the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: INZI CONTROLS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Yoon Chang, Jun Woo Kim, Seo Kyu Kim, Jae Young Son, Chang Hyun Park, Dong June Kang
  • Composite electric wire structure and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9905331
    Abstract: Provided are a composite electric wire structure wherein a carbon material island structure is formed on a surface of a metal wire and a method for manufacturing the same. The carbon material/metal composite electric wire is capable of solving stability problem and preventing a decrease in electrical properties, mechanical properties, etc. In addition, the composite electric wire structure may be produced in commercially viable large scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Han Ik Jo, Su Young Son, Sung Ho Lee, Dong Su Lee, Tae-Wook Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL SLURRY
    Publication number: 20180050365
    Abstract: An apparatus for coating electrode active material slurry includes: a transfer unit continuously transferring an electrode current collector in a predetermined process direction; and a coating die which is reciprocally movable in the process direction or an opposite direction to the process direction and coats the active material slurry on a predetermined coating area of the electrode current collector transferred by the transfer unit, wherein the coating die stands by at a predetermined coating start position and, when a balcony region corresponding to a leading end of the coating area reaches the coating start position, coats the active material slurry on the balcony region while moving from the coating start position to a main coating position that is spaced apart from the coating start position by a predetermined distance in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Young Son, Taek-Soo Lee, Hyun-Won Lee, Ki-Won Sung, Do-Hwa Jung
  • SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180040588
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a substrate, through-electrodes passing through the substrate, and a dielectric layer formed between the substrate and the through-electrodes and having a dielectric constant decreasing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Ho Young SON
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180032136
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-han KIM, In-Ho CHOI, Tae-hwa HONG, Hong-il KIM, Joo-young SON
  • Apparatus and method managing power based on data
    Patent number: 9870042
    Abstract: A processing apparatus for managing power based on data is provided. The processing apparatus may obtain, in response to an access request from a processor for particular data stored in a memory, existing power information having a predefined correspondence to the particular data, and control a power mode of the processor based on the existing power information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Young Son, Seung Won Lee, Shi Hwa Lee, Jae Don Lee, Chae Seok Im, Min Kyu Jeong
  • POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180006289
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery which uses a positive electrode active material containing secondary particles with a relatively weak particle strength to improve the adhesion between a positive electrode mixture layer and a current collector, and the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector; a primer coating layer including a first polymer binder and a first conductive material, having surface roughness (Ra) of 85 nm to 300 nm and formed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on an upper surface of the primer coating layer and including a positive electrode active material containing secondary particles with a compressive breaking strength of 1 to 15 MPa, a second polymer binder and a second conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Heon Seol, Jin-Young Son, Hyung-Suk Cho, Sin-Young Jung, Yoon-Jung Choi, Yo-Jin Kim, Je-Young Kim, Sung-Joon Park, Jung-Keun Yoo, Sang-Hoon Choy
  • Memory device and operating method of memory device
    Patent number: 9852061
    Abstract: A memory device may include a non-volatile memory and non-volatile RAM. The non-volatile memory may include a data block and a metadata block. Metadata information with respect to the data block may be included in the metadata block. A portion of metadata with respect to the data block or the metadata with respect to the metadata block may be stored in the non-volatile RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Don Lee, Choong Hun Lee, Gyu Sang Choi, Min Young Son
  • Context awareness-based screen scroll method, machine-readable storage medium and terminal therefor
    Patent number: 9842571
    Abstract: A context awareness-based screen scroll method is provided. The method includes detecting information about surrounding circumstances of a terminal, setting a screen scroll mode based on the surrounding circumstances, detecting occurrence of an event corresponding to the set screen scroll mode, and executing screen scroll according to the occurred event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Su Hong, Hong-Il Kim, Joo-Young Son, Woo-Jin Jung, Tae-Hwa Hong, Byung-Jun Son, Yun-Je Oh, Sun-Tae Jung
  • Display device including gray scale corrector and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 9812088
    Abstract: A display device includes a signal controller and a data driver. The signal controller processes an input image signal to generate an output image signal. The signal controller processes the input image signal using a correction unit. The correction unit corrects the input image signal to a first gray scale value greater than 0 gray scale value when the gray scale value of the input image signal is 0. The output image signal is based on the corrected input image signal. The data driver converts the output image signal into a data voltage to be applied to a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik Hyun Ahn, Yoon Gu Kim, Bong Im Park, Seon Ki Kim, Ah Young Son
  • Display apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 9804670
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-han Kim, In-Ho Choi, Tae-hwa Hong, Hong-il Kim, Joo-young Son
  • Fail safety coolant control valve
    Patent number: 9803764
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fail-safe coolant control valve. The fail-safe coolant control valve includes a valve housing, a valve member, an actuator, and a fail-safe unit. The valve housing is provided on an outer surface thereof with at least two ports. The valve housing has therein an internal space communicating with the ports. The valve member is rotatably installed in the internal space of the valve housing and rotates via an actuator. The fail-safe unit rotates the valve member depending on a temperature of a coolant in the valve housing when a failure occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: INZI CONTROLS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Yoon Chang, Jun Woo Kim, Seo Kyu Kim, Jae Young Son, Chang Hyun Park, Dong June Kang
  • VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RUNTIME SYSTEM, MULTI-CORE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING RUNTIME SYSTEM AND MULTI-CORE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170308410
    Abstract: A virtual architecture generating apparatus and method, a runtime system, a multi-core system, and methods of operating the runtime system and the multi-core system may include analyzing a requirement of an application, a feature of the application, and a requirement of a system enabling an execution of the application, and include generating a virtual architecture corresponding to the application, based on a physical architecture of a reconfigurable processor, the analyzed requirements and the analyzed feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Young SON, Shi Hwa LEE, Seung Won LEE, Jeong Joon YOO, Jae Don LEE, Young Sam SHIN, Hee Jin AHN