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Heo, Seoul

Chang Ryong Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100103918Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in human body communication system - An apparatus and a method for reducing wireless data transmission in a personal area network is configured to generate and transmit a packet including information discriminating between a synchronous channel and a data channel. The apparatus and method discriminate between the synchronous channel and data channel when receiving a packet in order to improve data transmission performance of a human body communication system. The apparatus and the method use a transmission channel whose frequency is lower than an antenna frequency as a synchronous channel, and use a transmission channel whose frequency is higher than the antenna frequency as a data channel.04-29-2010
20100295809METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING INPUT POSITIONS VIA ELECTRIC FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for tracking input positions via Electric Field Communication (EFC) are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of receiving electrodes for EFC and a receiver unit. The receiving electrodes detect strengths of input electric fields. The receiver unit compares the strengths of the input electric fields with each other and generates position information regarding the input electric fields.11-25-2010

Dong-Kyu Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090158168APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IDLE SCREEN - An apparatus and a method for configuring an idle screen, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for analyzing functions of a terminal according to a user's environmental state, and configuring an idle screen in accordance with the analysis. According to the apparatus and method, when a change in a current environmental state is sensed while performing the selected terminal function, the terminal determines an environmental state information item corresponding to a changed environmental state, and updates the selected terminal function in a terminal function item corresponding to the determined environmental state information item. When there is a request for displaying an idle screen, the terminal determines a current environmental state item corresponding to the currently environmental state, extracts one or more terminal functions corresponding to the determined environmental state information item, and configures the idle screen using the extracted terminal functions.06-18-2009

Doo-Yang Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011029COLORLESS AND TRANSPARENT ANTIBIOTIC MATERIAL INCLUDING SILVER, AND A METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF IT - Disclosed herein is a colorless and transparent antibiotic material including silver and a method of preparing the same. Specifically, the current invention pertains to a method of preparing a colorless and transparent antibiotic material including silver (Ag), which includes a) reacting a salt including a silver ion (Ag+) with a salt including a sulfate anion, to prepare a silver (Ag)-sulfate complex; and b) diluting the silver (Ag)-sulfate complex prepared in a) with water, and to an antibiotic material prepared using the method. Further, the current invention pertains to an antibiotic material including silver, which is harmless to the human body and exhibits disinfecting and antibiotic activities, and as well, is colorless and transparent and does not easily form colored oxides, unlike conventional silver-based antibiotic materials, and to a method of preparing such an antibiotic material. Thus, the colorless and transparent antibiotic material of this invention can be widely applied to manufacture industrial goods, such as nonwoven fabrics, packaging materials, etc., living goods, such as clothes, bedclothes, etc., and fiber goods.01-08-2009

Gyun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090059543ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING LDS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electronic device using LDS and an electronic manufacturing by the method, in which resin for LDS is adhered to an inner surface of an external case by double injection or insert injection so as to implement a circuit. The electronic device using LDS includes upper and lower external cases, wherein resin for LDS is adhered to an inner surface of the lower external case by double injection or insert injection. Components of the electronic device are mounted on the resin, and the upper and lower external case are assembled with each other.03-05-2009
20090191726Connecting device and method for electronic machinery - A connecting device and method for electronic machinery. The connecting device for electronic machinery includes a PCB provided with first contact points, a case provided with second contact points, on which electronic parts are mounted, and at least one connection member formed integrally with at least one of the PCB and the case such that the first and second contact points can be electrically connected. The connecting device for electronic machinery can electrically connect electronic parts having contact points easily without any additional part.07-30-2009
20110116778ZOOM SWITCH ASSEMBLY, IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ZOOM LENS - A zoom switch assembly for an image photographing apparatus includes a fixing member which includes a flat unit, a rotating member which is mounted rotatably with respect to the fixing member, an electric conductivity unit which is mounted on the rotating member to rotate opposite the flat member, and a position detection pattern which is formed along a rotation trace of the electric conductivity unit on the flat unit of the fixing member, and through which electricity flows selectively according to a rotation angle of the electric conductivity unit.05-19-2011
20110154661Method of fabricating printed circuit board assembly - Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating a printed circuit board assembly by adhering an element to a printed circuit board without using any solder. The printed circuit board may be fabricated by sequentially applying a conductor-containing first ink and an insulator-containing second ink onto a base substrate by ink-jet printing to form a printed circuit board, mounting an element on the printed circuit board such that an electrode of the element contacts a conductive layer and curing the conductive layer at a high temperature.06-30-2011

Hoon Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090135947METHOD OF SELECTING CANDIDATE VECTOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING TRANSMISSION SYMBOL - The present invention relates to a method of detecting a candidate vector and a method of detecting a transmission symbol using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system using spatial multiplexing (SM), a receiver selects candidate vectors corresponding to a layer located at a last row among a plurality of rearranged layers, and sequentially ranks constellation dots of a next layer for each of the selected candidate vectors. Then, a plurality of arbitrary constellation dots are selected from the ranked constellation dots, accumulated costs of the arbitrary constellation dots are calculated, and a candidate vector is selected in correspondence with a constellation dot having a minimal accumulated cost. Then, a new arbitrary constellation dot is selected in place of the constellation dot selected as the candidate vector, an accumulated cost of the selected arbitrary constellation dot is compared with accumulated costs of the other arbitrary constellation dots, and another candidate vector is selected.05-28-2009
20090135964METHOD OF CALCULATING LOG-LIKELIHOOD RATIO AND METHOD OF DETECTING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of calculating a log-likelihood ratio and a method of detecting a transmission signal. According to the present invention, when a transmission symbol candidate vector is detected on the basis of a received signal, a threshold value and an ML metric of each transmission symbol candidate vector are calculated and the ML metric that is larger than the threshold value is updated by the threshold value. Further, a log-likelihood ratio of the transmission signal bit is calculated using the updated ML metric and the threshold value, and a transmission signal is detected using the log-likelihood ratio.05-28-2009

Hyun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110261623METHOD OF ERASING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A method of erasing a semiconductor memory device comprises grouping a plurality of word lines of each memory block into at least two groups based on intensity of disturbance between neighboring word lines; performing an erase operation by applying a ground voltage to all word lines of a selected memory block and by applying an erase voltage to a well of the selected memory block; and first increasing the ground voltage of one group of the groups to a positive voltage during the erase operation.10-27-2011

In Kyung Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090253186MICROORGANISM PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR USING THE MICROORGANISM - The present invention relates to a microorganism producing L-methionine precursor, O-acetylhomoserine, and a method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism.10-08-2009
20090253187MICROORGANISM PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR USING THE MICROORGANISM - The present invention relates to a microorganism producing L-methionine precursor, O-succinylhomoserine, and a method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism,10-08-2009
20110053252MICROORGANISM PRODUCING O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCING O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE USING THE MICROORGANISM - Disclosed herein are a microorganism strain capable of producing the L-methionine precursor O-acetyl homoserine in high yield and a method of producing O-acetyl homoserine using the same. The microorganism strain is a strain of 03-03-2011
20110053253MICROORGANISM PRODUCING O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCING O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE USING THE MICROORGANISM - Disclosed is a strain of 03-03-2011
20110207184MICROORGANISM PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCING L-METHIONINE PRECURSOR USING THE MICROORGANISM - The present invention relates to a microorganism producing L-methionine precursor, O-acetylhomoserine, and a method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism.08-25-2011

Jaesung Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100077883Impact Reducing Device for Shift Lever - An impact reducing device for a shift lever is provided that enables more safely protecting a driver while effectively reducing impact applied to the driver by a shift lever, by moving the entire shift lever assembly downward while breaking a portion of a bushing by which the shift lever is mounted in a base bracket when impact is applied to the shift lever, a hinge shaft of the shift lever assembly is rotatably fitted and supported in the bushing, which is detachably mounted in the base bracket.04-01-2010

Jae Yong Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110297973LED WITH AN ADSORPTION PLATE - The present invention relates to an LED with an adsorption plate attached thereto, and more particularly, to an LED which is covered with a light transmitter made of a light-transmitting material to prevent light scattering and to restrict the light radiation range to the size of the light transmitter. The light transmitter has a thin film light-transmitting portion and a thick film light-transmitting portion to improve visibility at a short distance and at a long distance, and from the front and the side. Further, a user may freely combine LEDs with adsorption plates attached thereto to express words or sentences for advertisements, and may also easily change the words or sentences.12-08-2011

Jang-Eun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035877METHODS OF FORMING A FERROELECTRIC LAYER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of forming a ferroelectric layer is provided. A metal-organic source gas is provided into a chamber into which an oxidation gas is provided for a first time period to form ferroelectric grains on a substrate. A ferroelectric layer is formed by performing at least twice a step of providing a metal-organic source gas into the chamber during the first time period using a pulse method to grow the ferroelectric grains.02-05-2009
20090045453NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING GATE CONDUCTIVE LAYERS HAVING PEROVSKITE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A nonvolatile memory device includes a tunneling insulating layer on a semiconductor layer. A charge storage layer is on the tunneling insulating layer. A blocking insulating layer having a Perovskite structure is on the charge storage layer. A gate conductive layer having a Perovskite structure is on the blocking insulating layer.02-19-2009
20090061538Methods of forming ferroelectric capacitors and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same - In a method of forming a ferroelectric capacitor, a lower electrode layer is formed on a substrate. A first crystalline layer is formed on the lower electrode layer. A ferroelectric layer is formed on the first crystalline layer. The first crystalline layer one of prevents a component of the ferroelectric layer from diffusing into the lower electrode layer and mitigates fatigue of the ferroelectric layer. An upper electrode layer is formed on the ferroelectric layer.03-05-2009
20090302302METAL OXIDE RESISTIVE MEMORY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a metal-metal oxide resistive memory device including a lower conductive layer pattern disposed in a substrate. An insulation layer is formed over the substrate, including a contact hole to partially expose the upper surface of the lower conductive layer pattern. The contact hole is filled with a carbon nanotube grown from the lower conductive layer pattern. An upper electrode and a transition-metal oxide layer made of a 2-components material are formed over the carbon nanotube and the insulation layer. The metal-metal oxide resistive memory device is adaptable to high integration and operable with relatively small power consumption by increasing the resistance therein.12-10-2009
20100112752Method of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and method of manufacturing a phase-change memory device using the same - In methods of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and a phase-change memory device, after forming a first insulation layer on a substrate having a contact region, a contact hole exposing the contact region is formed through the first insulation layer. After forming a first conductive layer on the first insulation layer to fill up the contact hole, a first protection layer pattern is formed on the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is partially etched to form a contact and to form a pad on the contact. A second protection layer is formed on the first protection layer pattern, and then an opening exposing the pad is formed through the second protection layer and the first protection layer pattern. After formation of a first electrode, a phase-change material layer pattern and a second electrode are formed on the first electrode and the second protection layer.05-06-2010
20100264544Device including contact structure and method of forming the same - A device includes an insulating layer on a substrate having a lower conductive pattern, the insulating layer having a contact hole that penetrates the insulating layer and exposes a portion of the lower conductive pattern, a catalytic pattern having a first portion on the exposed portion of the lower conductive pattern and a second portion on a sidewall of the contact hole, a spacer on the sidewall of the contact hole, wherein the second portion of the catalytic pattern is disposed between the spacer and the sidewall, and a contact plug in the contact hole and contacting the catalytic pattern, the contact plug being a carbon nanotube material.10-21-2010
20100320434Method of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and method of manufacturing a phase-change memory device using the same - In methods of manufacturing a variable resistance structure and a phase-change memory device, after forming a first insulation layer on a substrate having a contact region, a contact hole exposing the contact region is formed through the first insulation layer. After forming a first conductive layer on the first insulation layer to fill up the contact hole, a first protection layer pattern is formed on the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is partially etched to form a contact and to form a pad on the contact. A second protection layer is formed on the first protection layer pattern, and then an opening exposing the pad is formed through the second protection layer and the first protection layer pattern. After formation of a first electrode, a phase-change material layer pattern and a second electrode are formed on the first electrode and the second protection layer.12-23-2010

Patent applications by Jang-Eun Heo, Seoul KR

Jeong Yun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273020MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile communication device, method and computer program product for controlling a displayed screen using a rotary input device and an operating method thereof. The mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment includes a first input key, a second input key, a third input key, and a controller The first input key generates a first signal when the first input key is turned. The second input key generates a second signal when the second input key is activated after the first signal is generated. The third input key generates a third signal when the third input key is activated after the first signal is generated. The controller controls a predetermined operation on a displayed screen based on at least one of the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal.11-06-2008
20090042547MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling an operation of the same. The method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal includes driving a web browser and access a specific website, displaying a web page provided by the specific website, and when any one of numeric enter keys is pressed, displaying an entry window for inputting a website address. Accordingly, a user interface of an intuitive and natural control fashion can be provided to a user.02-12-2009
20090186604MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING WEATHER INFORMATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a first screen image, receiving weather information, providing a semi-transparent filter effect corresponding to the weather information, and overlaying the semi-transparent filter effect onto the first screen image to create a second composite image, and displaying the second composite image. A mobile terminal is also provided, which includes a display module configured to display a first screen image as an idle screen background, a wireless communication unit configured to receive weather information through a communication network, and a controller configured to overlay a semi-transparent filter effect corresponding to the received weather information onto the first screen image to create a second composite image, and then to display the second composite image.07-23-2009

Jin-Ah Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110216893IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NOTIFICATION METHOD OF RECEIVING DATA BY FAX - An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a fax unit which receives fax data; a communication interface which searches for connectable control points; an address management unit which selects a control point to be notified of fax reception information from among the searched control points; and a DLNA stack unit which notifies the selected control point of the fax reception information through the communication interface.09-08-2011

Jin Gyu Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100082890Method of managing a solid state drive, associated systems and implementations - A solid state drive may include one or more memory cell arrays divided into a plurality of blocks. A first portion of the blocks may be designated for storing user data and a second portion of the blocks may be designated as reserved blocks for replacing defective blocks in the first portion. In one embodiment, the method includes reformatting, by a memory controller, the solid state drive to convert one or more blocks in the first portion into reserved blocks.04-01-2010
20110238900Method of managing a solid state drive, associated systems and implementations - In one embodiment, the method includes storing, by a status checking module, status information for a solid state drive, and determining a status state of the solid state drive based on the status information. The status state is one of a good state, an intermediate state and a bad state, and the intermediate state is a state between the good state and the bad state.09-29-2011
20110238971Method of managing a solid state drive, associated systems and implementations - One embodiment of a method includes loading, by a memory controller, a boot image from a solid state drive to an operating memory of a computing system during an initialization operation of the computing system. The initialization operation initializes components of the computing system.09-29-2011

Jong Gu Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110141400LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device is disclosed. The disclosed LCD device includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured to display images; a backlight unit configured to include a light source provided for emitting light and optical sheets provided for improving optical characteristics of light which is emitted by the light source; a bottom cover with a receiving portion configured to receive the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit; and a heat guide member disposed on a front surface of the receiving portion of the bottom cover and configured to guide the heat generated in the light source toward the liquid crystal display panel.06-16-2011

Jongwon Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110260673MOTOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a motor control apparatus and a method thereof. The operation efficiency of a compressor may be maintained by using a sensorless algorithm, sampling a current applied to a motor more than twice within a period of the triangular carrier wave for performing pulse width modulation to calculate a reference voltage, driving the motor according to the calculated reference voltage to improve control resolution, and performing a high-speed operation while reducing a volume of the compressor, without adding a separate hardware when controlling the operation of the motor provided in the compressor at a high speed.10-27-2011

Jun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273585Apparatus for Estimating Phase Error and Phase Error Correction System Using the Same - Provided are an apparatus for estimating a phase error and a phase error correcting system using the phase error estimating apparatus. The apparatus includes: a probability value estimating unit for estimating a negative log probability value for each transmission symbol by transforming a soft output information transferred from the outside to a log A posterior probability ratio (LAPPR) value; an APP value calculating unit for calculating a posterior probability (APP) value by applying a negative exponential function to the transmission symbol; an average value deciding unit for deciding an average value for each transmission symbol using the probability information entirely, partially, or selectively according to a probability information type; and a symbol phase estimating unit for estimating a phase of a symbol based on the decided average value.11-06-2008
20080310560Apparatus for Estimating Phase Offset of Multiple Survival Paths and Digital Wired/Wireless Communication System Using the Same - Provided is an apparatus for estimating phase offsets of multiple survival paths and a satellite communication system using the same. The apparatus includes: upper/lower decoding units for obtaining a phase offset estimation value and estimating phase offsets of each survival path based on a stored parameter estimation value of a previous state inputted from an external device; an interleaving/de-interleaving unit for minimizing correlation between data used to estimate a parameter according to the estimated phase offset value from the upper/lower decoding means; and a phase offset outputting unit for outputting the phase offset value estimated through the upper decoding unit and the de-interleaving unit.12-18-2008
20090060079METHOD FOR DETECTING A SYMBOL USING TRELLIS STRUCTURE ON THE MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for detecting a symbol using a trellis structure on a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mobile communication system. The method includes the steps of: setting a plurality of states by grouping symbols producible from a receiving signal in the unit of sub-states; calculating metric values for paths inputted to the sub-states and selecting paths having the calculated metric values smaller than a preset first threshold, as first surviving paths; setting a second threshold based on an accumulated metric value of a path having the smallest accumulated metric in each of the states; and selecting paths having metric value smaller than the second threshold, as second surviving paths, among the first surviving paths selected for each state.03-05-2009
20110083055DECODING METHOD FOR RAPTOR CODES USING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a decoding method for a raptor codes using system, which is capable of improving performance of the system and limiting increase in the amount of computation by grouping variable nodes if raptor codes are unsuccessfully decoded, to thereby increase a conjecture efficiency of variable node values. The decoding method is capable of improving performance of the system by making it possible to achieve performance improvement and additional reduction of the amount of computation even under an application of MP decoding by grouping variable nodes whose values cannot be known when decoded, dividing groups of variable nodes into sub groups, and conjecturing and recovering the variable nodes in a manner to exclude sub groups which do not satisfy check node equation.04-07-2011
20110126077COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A cooperative transmission method includes: a first operation of coding, by a source node, a message desired to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme to generate a first codeword and transmitting the first codeword to a relay node and a destination node; a second operation of decoding, by the relay node, the first codeword which has been received from the source node, coding the decoded message according to a second coding scheme to generate a second codeword, coding a part corresponding to parity of the second codeword according to the first coding scheme to generate a third codeword, and transmitting the third codeword to the destination node; and a third operation of decoding, by the destination node, the first codeword which has been received from the source node and the third codeword which has been received from the relay node, combining the message generated by decoding the first codeword and the parity part of the second codeword generated by decoding the third codeword to generate a fourth codeword according to the second coding scheme, and decoding the fourth codeword to estimate the message desired to be transmitted.05-26-2011

Patent applications by Jun Heo, Seoul KR

June Seok Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159592COMPOSITION FOR REPROGRAMMING SOMATIC CELLS TO GENERATE INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, COMPRISING Oct4 IN COMBINATION WITH Bmi1 OR ITS UPSTREAM REGULATOR, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a composition for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells, comprising: a) a Bmi1 (B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1) protein or a nucleic acid molecule coding for Bmi1; and b) an Oct4 protein or a nucleic acid molecule coding for Oct4. Also, a method is provided for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells using the composition. In addition to reducing the number of the genetic factors conventionally needed, the composition and method allow the generation of pluripotent embryonic stem cell-like cells which have high potential in the cell therapy of various diseases.06-30-2011
20110275157COMPOSITION FOR REPROGRAMMING SOMATIC CELLS TO GENERATE INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, COMPRISING Bmi1 AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SAME - Provided is a composition for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells, comprising: a) a Bmi1 (B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1) protein or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the Bmi1 protein; and b) at least one low molecular weight substance selected from the group consisting of a set of a MEK/ERK (mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular regulated kinase) inhibitor and a GSK (glycogen synthase kinase) inhibitor, a set of a G9a HMTase (G9a histone methyltransferase) inhibitor and a DMNT (DNA methyltransferase) inhibitor, and a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Also, a method is provided for reprogramming somatic cells to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells using the composition. In addition to reducing the number of the reprogramming factors conventionally needed, the composition and method allow the generation of pluripotent embryonic stem cell-like cells which have high potential in the cell therapy of various diseases.11-10-2011

Jung-Kwon Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273440OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING READ-ONLY STORAGE AREA AND WRITEABLE STORAGE AREA AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An optical recording medium having a read-only storage area and a writable storage area and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method therefor. The optical recording medium is a hybrid disc having both the read-only storage area, which is suitable for mass production of information having the same contents, and the writable storage area on which data can be recorded, updated or added at a user's option. The read-only storage area has a structure that is completely compatible with a digital versatile disc read only memory (DVD-ROM) specification, and the writable storage area is compatible with the recording/reproducing characteristics of a writable DVD specification so that an existing reproducing-only apparatus can read information from the read-only storage area, and data can be recorded in the writable storage area using an apparatus obtained by minimally changing an existing recording/reproducing apparatus while maintaining the physical recording characteristics of the existing recording/reproducing apparatus.11-06-2008
20090022478INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DATA STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ANGLE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium controls a multi-angle data reproducing apparatus by having a data structure including at least one clip for each angle, each angle clip being a data record unit of the multi-angle data for an angle. Each angle clip is divided into predetermined jumping units at jumping points and each is recorded in contiguous areas of the information storage medium. Using the clip jumping points as a link among the angle clips in which each angle clip is contiguously recorded provides efficient random access for reading the multi-angle data for angle change.01-22-2009
20090103425OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING READ-ONLY STORAGE AREA AND WRITEABLE STORAGE AREA AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An optical recording medium having a read-only storage area and a writable storage area and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method therefor. The optical recording medium is a hybrid disc having both the read-only storage area, which is suitable for mass production of information having the same contents, and the writable storage area on which data can be recorded, updated or added at a user's option. The read-only storage area has a structure that is completely compatible with a digital versatile disc read only memory (DVD-ROM) specification, and the writable storage area is compatible with the recording/reproducing characteristics of a writable DVD specification so that an existing reproducing-only apparatus can read information from the read-only storage area, and data can be recorded in the writable storage area using an apparatus obtained by minimally changing an existing recording/reproducing apparatus while maintaining the physical recording characteristics of the existing recording/reproducing apparatus.04-23-2009
20090129751INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-ANGLE DATA, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which multi-angle data is recorded includes at least two clips in each of which video object data for an angle of the multi-angle data is recorded. The at least two clips are recorded in contiguous areas of the information storage medium.05-21-2009
20100266262INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING SUBTITLE DATA FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES USING TEXT DATA AND DOWNLOADABLE FONTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which video data are recorded, includes: a plurality of clips that are recording units in which the video data are stored; and text data for subtitles which are recorded separately from the plurality of clips and overlappable with an image according to the video data and then outputtable, the text data including data for providing subtitles in at least one language.10-21-2010
20100266265INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING SUBTITLE DATA FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES USING TEXT DATA AND DOWNLOADABLE FONTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which video data are recorded, includes: a plurality of clips that are recording units in which the video data are stored; and text data for subtitles which are recorded separately from the plurality of clips and overlappable with an image according to the video data and then outputtable, the text data including data for providing subtitles in at least one language.10-21-2010
20110206347INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING SUBTITLE DATA FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES USING TEXT DATA AND DOWNLOADABLE FONTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information storage medium on which video data are recorded, includes: a plurality of clips that are recording units in which the video data are stored; and text data for subtitles which are recorded separately from the plurality of clips and overlappable with an image according to the video data and then outputtable, the text data including data for providing subtitles in at least one language.08-25-2011

Patent applications by Jung-Kwon Heo, Seoul KR

Jung-Shik Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080290446SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING WET ETCH BARRIERS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME - A semiconductor device includes a sidewall oxide layer covering an inner wall of a trench, a nitride liner on the sidewall oxide layer and a gap-fill insulating layer filling the trench on the nitride liner. A first impurity doped oxide layer is provided at edge regions of both end portions of the sidewall oxide layer so as to extend from an entry of the trench adjacent to an upper surface of the substrate to the nitride liner. A dent filling insulating layer is provided on the nitride liner in the trench to protect a surface of the first impurity doped oxide layer. Related methods are also disclosed.11-27-2008
20110201166METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate and a sidewall spacer on the gate electrode. Then, a portion of the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the sidewall spacer is partially etched to form a trench. A SiGe mixed crystal layer is formed in the trench. A silicon layer is formed on the SiGe mixed crystal layer. A portion of the silicon layer is partially etched using an etching solution having different etching rates in accordance with a crystal direction of a face of the silicon layer to form a capping layer including a silicon facet having an (111) inclined face.08-18-2011
20110220964SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial pattern that fills a depression region formed at a semiconductor substrate of one side of a gate pattern. The gate pattern is disposed on a body located at one side of the depression region. The sidewall of the depression region adjacent to the body includes inner surfaces of tapered recesses that taper toward the body, or has an inner surface of a taper recess and a vertical lower sidewall.09-15-2011

Jun Seok Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100070506Query Expansion Method Using Augmented Terms for Improving Precision Without Degrading Recall - A query expansion method that improves the precision without degrading the recall, uses augmented terms. The method steps expand an initial query by adding new terms that are related to each term of the initial query. The query is further expanded by adding augmented terms, which are conjunctions of the terms. A weight is assigned to each term so that the augmented terms have higher weights than the other terms.03-18-2010

Keun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100017564CONTROLLER, DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING VARIABLE COMMUNICATION SPEED - A main controller for use within a data storage device including a first data storage device and a second data storage device is disclosed. The controller includes a memory configured to store a plurality of protocol program data, and a processor configured to receive a host control signal from a host defining a primary operation, and to execute protocol program data selected from the plurality of protocol program data to define a first data communication protocol in accordance with the received host control signal. The processor is further configured to electrically store data in the first data storage device or magnetically store the data in the second data storage device during a secondary operation associated with the first operation, wherein the data is communicated from the processor to the first data storage device or the second data storage device during the secondary operation using a second.01-21-2010
20100302664DISK DRIVE DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING BACKUP POWER SOURCE CHARGED BY SPINDLE MOTOR - A data storage system includes data storage including at least one data storage disk driven by a spindle motor and a control circuit coupled to the data storage and configured to be coupled to a main power source and a backup power source. The control circuit is configured to detect failure of the main power source, to responsively write data to the data storage while powered by the backup power source, and to subsequently recharge the backup power source using the spindle motor. The control circuit may be configured to further write data to the data storage using the recharged backup power source. The data storage system may further include a head configured to read and/or write data to or from the at least one data storage disk, and the control circuit may be configured to park the head using the recharged backup power source.12-02-2010

Keunjae Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110107226MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to display information; a wireless Internet module configured to wirelessly access the Internet; and a controller configured to display an Internet access history including web page images of captured web pages previously accessed through the wireless Internet module in a first area of the display unit, to group the web page images by categories, and to display the grouped web page images in the first area.05-05-2011

Kwang Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100044777RECONFIGURABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A reconfigurable semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating material formed on the substrate, two channels having different polarities, a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the insulating material and coupled in common with the channels at their opposite ends, a second insulating material formed on the terminal electrodes, and a control gate formed on the second insulating material. The channels have different polarity and a charge storage layer is formed inside the second insulating material. The control gate is applied with a forward bias or a reverse bias and then the bias is cut off. The voltage-current characteristics of the semiconductor device are changed according to an electrical charge created in the charge storage layer.02-25-2010
20110210765RECONFIGURABLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A reconfigurable semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating material formed on the substrate, two channels having different polarities, a plurality of terminal electrodes formed on the insulating material and coupled in common with the channels at their opposite ends, a second insulating material formed on the terminal electrodes, and a control gate formed on the second insulating material. The channels have different polarity and a charge storage layer is formed inside the second insulating material. The control gate is applied with a forward bias or a reverse bias and then the bias is cut off. The voltage-current characteristics of the semiconductor device are changed according to an electrical charge created in the charge storage layer.09-01-2011

Myoung Man Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090127332SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PAYMENT EMPLOYING OFF-LINE TRANSACTION APPROVAL MODE OF MOBILE CARD AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a payment processing system and a method thereof employing an off-line transaction approval mode of a mobile card. Card information and off-line transaction approval information is contained in a mobile device such as a cellular phone which us used as a mobile card. A server in a card issuing company computer center registers a Black List (B/L) on a corresponding card of the mobile device through an On-The-Air (OTA) function at the time when a Black List (B/L) item occurs. Accordingly, the mobile device confirms whether or not the card is included in the Black List (B/L) at the time of using the card for transactions. The mobile device communicates with a card reader in a card affiliated shop only when the card can be used for payment of transactions. If the card transaction meets the off-line approval conditions such as an amount of transaction money and the number of times of using the card, the card transaction is approved, and then the transaction detail is stored in the card reader to then transfer the stored transaction detail to the card issuing company in a batch style for exact calculation. Accordingly, a card approval cost and a card approval time can be reduced. The card can be applied in a petty transaction market which made it difficult for the card issuing company to be applied because of an approval cost and time.05-21-2009

Rin Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100036350HYGIENIC BAND EQUIPPED WITH A MAGNET - A hygienic band with magnets attached or built in is disclosed. More particularly, the present invention is related to a hygienic band in which a plurality of weak magnets having magnetism are compactly attached in accordance with a predetermined principle, so as to not only solve or relieve premenstrual syndrome (PMS) including nausea, displeasure, and pains, but also prevent release of menstrual blood in a clot state by loosening clots of the menstrual blood, thereby relieving menstrual pains at each part of the body.02-11-2010

Rok Eun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100005521Method of Securing Password in Web Page and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Program for Executing the Same - Provided are a method of securing a password in a web page and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method. The method of accessing a web page provided by a specific web server through a web browser of a user terminal and then securing a password value input from a keyboard of the user terminal to a password input window provided by the web page includes encoding the password value input to the password input window, and then decoding the encoded password value at the same time when a log-in event of the web page occurs. According to the method, it is possible to prevent a password value input to a password input window of a web page from being intercepted by malicious programs before the password value is transmitted to the corresponding web server.01-07-2010

Seok Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110006683ELECTRODELESS LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electrodeless lighting system and its control method are disclosed. When the electrodeless lighting system starts, a larger amount of filament current of a magnetron is applied to stably drive the magnetron, and when the electrodeless lighting system operates normally, a smaller amount of filament current is applied, thus avoiding interference with a wireless LAN, lengthening a life span of the magnetron, reducing noise, and improving an operational efficiency of the electrodeless lighting system.01-13-2011

Seok-Joong Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100110875 MODIFIED SLM SCHEME WITH LOW COMPLEXITY FOR PAPR REDUCTION OF OFDM SYSTEMS - Provided are an apparatus and method for reducing a PAPR with less computation complexity without distortion using a selected mapping scheme (SLM) in an OFDM system. The method includes: generating a plurality of OFDM signal sequences by performing an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) operation on input symbol sequences, which are probabilistically independent and have identical information; linearly combining the plurality of OFDM signal sequences by using complex numbers; and generating different OFDM signal sequences based on the linear combination. Accordingly, the number of phase sequences can be increased without almost increasing a computation amount of SLM.05-06-2010

Seok-Won Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080222491FLASH MEMORY SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING READ PERFORMANCE AND READ METHOD THEREOF - A method of transmitting data from a flash memory device to a host includes: detecting whether the data includes an error or not; performing an error correction operation for correcting the data having the error when the error exists in the data; and sequentially storing the data having the error and a plurality of subsequent read data without outputting. The storing of the data is performed during the performing of the error correction operation.09-11-2008
20080250177MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING CONNECTOR FOR INDEPENDENTLY INTERFACING HOST AND MEMORY DEVICES - A memory device including a connector for independently interfacing a host and memory devices using a multimedia card (MMC) protocol is provided. The memory device includes an internal bus and a connector. The internal bus is configured to receive a command or data from the host via a plurality of input/output pins. The connector is electrically connected with the internal bus and connected with another memory device, which interfaces with the host through the internal bus using the MMC protocol.10-09-2008
20090316485MEMORY CARD USING MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING AND MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A memory card including a memory controller, a memory system and a method to control a memory are provided. The memory card includes a flash memory, a memory interface outputting a writing data signal to be written into the flash memory, and a multi-level converter transforming the writing data signal into a writing voltage signal to be provided to the flash memory. The writing voltage signal has one of different voltage levels in accordance with plural bits of the writing data signal.12-24-2009
20110119560Flash Memory Device Error Correction Code Controllers and Related Methods and Memory Systems - An ECC controller for a flash memory device storing M-bit data (M: a positive integer equal to or greater than 2) includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder generates first ECC data for input data to be stored in the flash memory device using a first error correction scheme and generates second ECC data for the input data using a second error correction scheme. The input data, the first ECC data, and the second ECC data are stored in the flash memory device. The decoder calculates the number of errors in data read from the flash memory device and corrects the errors in the read data using one of the first ECC data and the second ECC data selectively based on the number of the errors.05-19-2011
20110119561Flash Memory Device Error Correction Code Controllers and Related Methods and Memory Systems - An ECC controller for a flash memory device storing M-bit data (M: a positive integer equal to or greater than 2) includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder generates first ECC data for input data to be stored in the flash memory device using a first error correction scheme and generates second ECC data for the input data using a second error correction scheme. The input data, the first ECC data, and the second ECC data are stored in the flash memory device. The decoder calculates the number of errors in data read from the flash memory device and corrects the errors in the read data using one of the first ECC data and the second ECC data selectively based on the number of the errors.05-19-2011

Patent applications by Seok-Won Heo, Seoul KR

Seong-Jun Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090250752Methods of fabricating semiconductor device having a metal gate pattern - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a metal gate pattern is provided in which capping layers are used to control the relative oxidation rates of portions of the metal gate pattern during a oxidation process. The capping layer may be a multilayer structure and may be etched to form insulating spacers on the sidewalls of the metal gate pattern. The capping layer(s) allow the use of a selective oxidation process, which may be a wet oxidation process utilizing partial pressures of both H10-08-2009

Patent applications by Seong-Jun Heo, Seoul KR

Seong-Moo Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110055486RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION - A method of processing data in a resistive memory device comprises performing a write operation to store data into a resistive memory of the resistive memory device and to store program information of the data into a cache memory. The method further comprises performing a first read operation to read the program information from the cache memory during a program-to-active time, and a second read operation to read the data from the resistive memory after the program-to-active time if the program information is not read from the cache memory during the program-to-active time.03-03-2011
20110063904PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMMING METHOD - A method of programming a phase change memory device is disclosed. Write data is programmed in a plurality of phase change memory cells by applying write pulses to each of the plurality of phase change memory cells. Whether each of the phase change memory cells is programmed is verified by applying at least one verification pulse to each of the phase-change memory cells. A number of applications for the at least one verification pulse and the intervals between respective applications of the at least one verification pulse are varied in accordance with a verification result for each of the phase-change memory cells.03-17-2011

Seung Jin Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110049928SLIDING GUIDE RAIL FOR CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE - A sliding guide rail for a convertible vehicle may include a front rail, a middle rail into which the front rail slides to enter, a rear rail into which the middle rail slides to enter, a wire screw for supplying the sliding power to the front rail, a rolling member for facilitating the sliding movement, and locking means for locking the front rail to the middle rail and the middle rail to the rear rail, thus providing a sliding mechanism by a single driving device.03-03-2011
20110049929SLIDING ROOF FOR CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE - A sliding roof for a convertible vehicle may include front, middle, and rear roofs, guide rails for sliding the front, middle, and rear roofs, and lift links for lifting the front and rear roofs such that the guide rail of the middle roof slides toward the guide rail of the rear roof and packaged adjacent to the rear of the vehicle. The sliding roof may include a latch which fixes a side pillar of the front roof to a windshield frame during operation of a sunroof and fixes the side pillar to the sunroof during packaging of the roof, thus ensuring the space of a rear seat of the vehicle.03-03-2011

Sung Ho Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110104947CONDENSER CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a condenser connector for a vehicle, in which a condenser is installed at a position which is nearest or virtually nearest to a noise source, thus effectively eliminating or reducing noise. The condenser connector includes a housing having an insertion part. One end of a terminal is connected to a wire, and the other end thereof is fitted into and secured to one end of the insertion part. A holder is fitted into and secured to the other end of the insertion part. A condenser has a contact terminal which is in contact with the terminal, and is mounted to the holder.05-05-2011
20110111610CONNECTOR FOR USE IN VEHICLE - The present invention provides a connector for use in a vehicle, the connector including a male connector, a female connector and a connector cover mounted on the circumferential surface of the female connector thereby providing secure connection and removing/reducing noise of the vehicle. More specifically, the female connector includes a housing, a projection formed to project on top of the housing, an operating lever horizontally disposed over the housing in the forward and backward direction to perform a seesaw motion, and a locking projection formed at the front bottom of the operating lever. On the other hand, the male connector is configured to be inserted into the female connector and connected to the female connector by the locking projection. Furthermore, the female connector is double locked and the connector cover is molded with ferrite powder to remove or reduce noise of the vehicle.05-12-2011

Sung Joon Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110282546APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for identifying a plurality of tire pressure sensor modules. Data wirelessly transmitted from the tire pressure sensor modules are received by using a signal cable connected between a wheel speed sensor module and a control module. The control module identifies the pressure sensor modules mounted on vehicle tires according to the intensities of received signals.11-17-2011

Sung-Kwan Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080219253APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA STREAM - An apparatus and method are provided for variably transmitting a multimedia stream according to requirements of a client device and the state of a channel. The multimedia stream transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of virtual machines corresponding to the multiple client applications, each of the virtual machines determining a specific parameter set and obtaining a change value for the parameter set from network statistics and a requirement of a corresponding client application; a parameter adjustment unit which adjusts values of parameters used in a network interface by the change value; and the network interface which transmits the multimedia stream based on the adjusted parameters.09-11-2008
20080244206METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY ACCESS - Provided is a method of controlling memory access. In a system including a first layer element executed in a privileged mode having a first priority of permission to access the entire region of a memory and second and third layer elements executed in an unprivileged mode having a second priority of permission to access a partial region of the memory, the method of controlling memory access determines whether the memory is accessible for each page that is an address space unit, based on which mode a layer element currently accessing the memory is executed in between the privileged mode and the unprivileged mode; and determines whether the memory is accessible based on which one of the first, second and third layer elements corresponds to a domain currently being attempted to be accessed from among a plurality of domains of the memory. Accordingly, a memory domain allocated to a guest operating system kernel is effectively protected from an application executed in the unprivileged mode in which the guest operating system kernel is executed.10-02-2008
20090055918METHOD OF MUTUALLY AUTHENTICATING BETWEEN SOFTWARE MOBILITY DEVICE AND LOCAL HOST AND A METHOD OF FORMING INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) CHANNEL - A method of mutually authenticating between a local host and a software mobility device including an operating system virtualization layer, and a method of forming an input/output (I/O) channel. The method of authenticating a local host in the software mobility device includes requesting a certificate from the local host in which an integrity value of the local host is stored, and receiving the certificate from the local host; receiving an integrity value measured in the local host and comparing the measured integrity value with the integrity value included in the certificate to verify the local host; and when the local host is verified, encrypting a security profile of the software mobility device and transmitting the encrypted security profile to the local host so as to provide secure communication between the local host and the software mobility device.02-26-2009
20090216916METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING/OUTPUTTING DATA USING VIRTUALIZATION TECHNIQUE - A method and apparatus for inputting and outputting data by using a virtualization technique are provided. The method includes generating a virtual operating system (OS) for the external device, which is connected to a host, based on OS information stored in the external device, setting a partial area of a storage of the host as virtual storage for the external device, and storing the data in the virtual storage or a memory of the external device in response to a request for inputting and outputting the data from the virtual OS.08-27-2009
20090241110VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A virtual environment system and a method of operating the same, the virtual environment system including: a virtual operating system (OS) unit to operate a virtual OS installed in a mobile storage medium in a host OS installed in a host computer, to attach a virtual resource included in the virtual OS to the host OS, and to perform arbitration so that a virtual process operated in the virtual OS uses the virtual resource; and a user interface unit to provide a virtual desktop screen so that a user can use the virtual process in the virtual environment provided by the virtual OS.09-24-2009
20090271605METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING SYSTEM USING VIRTUALIZATION - A method and apparatus to restore a system using virtualization, the method including: if a system restoration at a target restoration time point from among at least one restoration time points is requested, generating a virtualization layer; if a use of a system is requested by an application layer, accessing the target restoration time point using the virtualization layer; and performing a system restoration at the accessed target restoration time point.10-29-2009
20100295990METHOD FOR SCALING VOLTAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is an operating voltage scaling method for a portable terminal. The method includes, if reproduction of a moving image is requested, acquiring DYNamicity (DYN) of the reproduction-requested moving image, determining whether frame skipping is possible for the moving image according to the acquired DYN of the moving image, and if it is determined that frame skipping is possible for the moving image, supplying a low operating voltage to a controller of the mobile terminal to control the mobile terminal to operate with a low-speed clock, and reproducing the moving image while skipping a frame.11-25-2010

Patent applications by Sung-Kwan Heo, Seoul KR

Sun-Wook Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110176022Image Sensor Devices Having Peripheral Circuits Therein that Use Light Guide Materials as Electrical Insulators - An image sensor includes an array of image sensor cells, on a substrate, and a peripheral circuit region extending adjacent the array of image sensor cells. The array of image sensor cells includes a plurality of lens elements and a plurality of color filters extending adjacent the plurality of lens elements. A plurality of photodiodes is provided in the substrate. The plurality of photodiodes are aligned to corresponding ones of the plurality of lens elements. An interconnection structure is also provided, which extends between the plurality of photodiodes and the plurality of color filters. The interconnection structure has an array of cavities therein that are aligned to corresponding ones of the plurality of photodiodes and are filled with a light guide material. The peripheral circuit region includes a metal interconnect pattern and an electrically conductive pad on the metal interconnect pattern. An electrically insulating layer extends on the electrically conductive pad. The electrically insulating layer is formed of the light guide material.07-21-2011

Ubeom Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110205435DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENTS ON THE SAME - A display terminal and a method for displaying content on the display terminal are embodied and broadly disclosed herein. The method may include displaying an indicator that indicates a presence of at least one new content available in a channel; displaying a list of the at least one new content in response to an acknowledgement request corresponding to the indicator; and connecting to the channel to display the at least one new content in response to an input, wherein the input is a selection of one or more of the at least one new content in the displayed list.08-25-2011

Won Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110285461MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DRIVING VOLTAGE OF A POWER AMPLIFIER THEREIN - A mobile terminal and method of controlling a driving voltage of a power amplifier therein are provided. The present invention includes a power amplifier module having a plurality of operative modes, the power amplifier module configured to amplify a power strength of an RF signal, a modem configured to deliver the RF signal to the power amplifier module, and to control the operative modes of the power amplifier module, a power detecting unit configured to output a reference voltage by detecting the power strength of the RF signal outputted from the power amplifier module, and a DC/DC converter configured to supply a driving voltage to the power amplifier module by adjusting a detected power value according to a gain corresponding to each of the operative modes of the power amplifier module.11-24-2011

Yoon-Hee Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100029892FLUORENE-BASED RESIN POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a fluorene-based resin polymer having a repeating unit of Formula 1 and a method for preparing the same. The fluorene-based resin polymer has a high molecular weight and low acid value, and has an excellent developing property, adhesive property, and stability.02-04-2010
20100085518PHOTO-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR BLACK MATRIX, BLACK MATRIX PRODUCED BY THE COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE BLACK MATRIX - The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition for a black matrix, a black matrix produced by the composition and a liquid crystal display including the black matrix. The resin composition for a black matrix comprising a fluorene-based resin polymer as a resin binder has high sensitivity and optical density, and excellent development adherence.04-08-2010
20100323295ALKALI-DEVELOPABLE RESINS, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE ALKALI-DEVELOPABLE RESINS - The present invention relates to a novel alkali-developable resin, a method of producing the alkali-developable resin, a photosensitive resin composition including the alkali-developable resin, and a device that is manufactured by using the photosensitive composition. In the case of when the alkali-developable resin is used as a component of the photosensitive composition, the photosensitivity, the developability and the film remaining rate of the pattern are improved.12-23-2010

Young Ku Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100196844DRILL FOR SINUS MEMBRANE LIFT - A drill for sinus membrane lift includes a contact surface for coming in face contact with sinus membrane, the contact surface having a curved periphery, and a bone-maintaining area connected to the contact surface for storing and discharging drilled bone fragments. The bone-maintaining area includes a first inside wall and a second inside wall connected to the first inside wall, the first inside wall oriented in a drilling direction, and the second inside wall opposite the first inside wall. The first inside wall has a drilling surface and is formed higher than the second inside wall so that the drilling surface is exposed in the drilling direction. The front end of the head comes into face contact with the sinus membrane at a wide area to prevent the sinus membrane from being torn or damaged even if the head completely penetrates the maxilla and contacts the sinus membrane.08-05-2010
20100304329IMPLANT FIXTURE REMOVER - An implant fixture remover is provided which includes: a remover screw including a coupling screw portion screwed to a female screw portion of a fixture, and a separating screw portion formed to extend from one end of the coupling screw portion to the outside of the fixture and having a thread formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; and a remover driver including a separating female screw portion into and to which the separating screw portion of the remover screw is inserted and screwed and in which a thread corresponding to the separating screw portion is formed in the inner circumferential surface thereof, a close coupling portion formed at the lower end of the separating female portion 12-02-2010
20110300510DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention discloses a dental implant which allows an immediate masticatory function just after being implanted in a bone structure, does not need a secondary operation, and can be effectively applied even in thin and short alveolar bone. The dental implant comprises a body portion to be inserted in the bone structure and a mounting portion integrally formed on an upper portion of the body portion, the body portion including a thin and short core, screw blades formed along an outer peripheral surface of the core in the shape of a wide and deep screw, and a connecting portion formed in the shape of a plurality of holes and grooves vertically passing through the circumference thereof and capable of containing bone growth factors. An outer circumference of a proximal portion, an uppermost portion of the body portion, is smaller than a maximum diameter of the body portion and the mounting portion is smaller than the maximum diameter of the body portion, and the mounting portion has a gum adhering portion to protect bone tissues and a post to be mounted with an abutment or a prosthesis thereon.12-08-2011

Patent applications by Young Ku Heo, Seoul KR

Young Moo Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080254409Method for Manufacturing Dental Scaler Tip Using Powder Injection Molding Process, Mold Used Therein and Scaler Tip Manufactured by the Same - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dental scaler tip using a powder injection molding process which can produce the article in large quantities to save the manufacturing cost and forms an eccentric discharge port of a scaler tip to operate the mould using only one core pin, a mould used for the same that is provided with slide cores having the various shapes machined according to the article to enable the uniform article to be manufactured rapidly to enhance a characteristic and design of the article, and a scaler tip manufactured by the same that is more excellent in shape-reliability and injects fluid to a front end thereof along a curved section of the tip section to perform effectively an operation. In order to embody the above structure, the method for manufacturing a dental scaler tip consisting a coupling section mounted to the equipment and having a fluid passage formed therein and a curved shaped tip section extended from the coupling section, through a powder injection molding process, comprises the steps of preparing feedstock for injection by means of mixing raw material powder for the powder injection molding process containing titanium (Ti) or stainless steel with high molecular binder; and injecting the feed stock into a mould to form a molding body, wherein, the mould comprise an operating section to which cylindrical shaped core pins having multi steps and an eccentric end formed at a front end thereof for forming the fluid passage of the scaler tip is mounted; and a pair of slide cores disposed for supporting the eccentric ends of the core pins such that the slide cores face to each other and are slid in the direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the core pins to form a cavity corresponding to a shape of an article to be formed by an injecting process.10-16-2008
20080316601Method for Manufacturing a Hybrid Microlens - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing hybrid microlenses of a light guiding plate using a semiconductor reflow process, comprising: a first step of aligning a mask on a substrate coated with a photoresist, wherein the mask is formed with a first region through which light can be transmitted and a plurality of second regions through which light cannot be transmitted, and the second regions have different sizes and shapes to form hybrid arrays; a second step of performing slant light exposure and vertical light exposure at least once in such a manner that light radiated from the top to the bottom of the second regions forming the hybrid arrays has an unsymmetrical inclination angle in at least one direction; a third step of developing the slant light-exposed substrate to obtain hybrid photoresist posts with various sizes and shapes; a fourth step of performing a reflow process to allow the hybrid photoresist posts to be curved so that a hybrid microlens pattern can be obtained; a fifth step of fabricating a depressed stamper with the hybrid microlens pattern engraved in a depressed fashion therein; and a sixth step of forming a light guiding plate by using the depressed stamper as a mold so that the hybrid microlens pattern can be formed in a raised pattern in the light guiding plate.12-25-2008
20100165251MICROLENS ASSEMBLY FORMED WITH CURVED INCLINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIGHT GUIDING PLATE, BACK LIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY USING THE SAME - Provided are a light guiding plate for providing a background light source to a non-emission display device, a back light unit, and a microlens used therein. The microlens having a curved incline formed therein is made of a light transmitting material to reflect and refract light emitted from a light source. Here, the microlens has a polyhedral shape including a bottom face, a top face opposed to the bottom face, and a plurality of side faces formed between the bottom face and the top face, wherein at least one side face crossing a traveling direction of the light emitted from the light source among the plurality of side faces is a curved face inclined about the bottom face.07-01-2010
20100178614METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LENS - In the present invention a mask (07-15-2010

Youn-Hwa Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100041586METHOD OF IMPROVING EFFICACY OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE-MODIFYING PROTEINS AND THE EXEMPLARY MUTEINS - Disclosed is a protein variant which substitutes valine for phenylalanine residue in a binding domain having a biological response-modifying function by binding to a receptor, ligand or substrate. Also, the present invention discloses a DNA encoding the protein variant, a recombinant expression vector to which the DNA is operably linked, a host cell transformed or transfected with the recombinant expression vector, and a method of preparing the protein variant comprising cultivating the host cell and isolating the protein variant from the resulting culture. Further, the present invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein variant and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.02-18-2010

Yu-Jung Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100173028PROCESS FOR PREPARING VITIS VINIFERA PIP EXTRACT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides an improved process for preparing a 07-08-2010

Yun-Jeong Heo, Seoul KR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100209349Phage Therapy Against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - This invention relates to a bacteriophage MPK6 (deposit number: KCCM 11044P) having a lytic activity to 08-19-2010