Patents by Inventor Jin-sang Whang

Jin-sang Whang 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).

  • Patent number: 8620439
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and medium for generating electrical stimulation, including an electromyogram detector detecting an electromyographic signal of a body, a fatigue index calculator calculating a fatigue index indicating a degree of muscle fatigue by converting the electromyographic signal detected by the electromyogram detector during a predetermined time unit into a frequency-domain electromyographic signal, and an electrical stimulation signal generator adjusting an electrical stimulation signal according to the calculated fatigue index and generating the electrical stimulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Kun-soo Shin, Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang
  • Publication number: 20090240305
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and medium for generating electrical stimulation, including an electromyogram detector detecting an electromyographic signal of a body, a fatigue index calculator calculating a fatigue index indicating a degree of muscle fatigue by converting the electromyographic signal detected by the electromyogram detector during a predetermined time unit into a frequency-domain electromyographic signal, and an electrical stimulation signal generator adjusting an electrical stimulation signal according to the calculated fatigue index and generating the electrical stimulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Kun-soo Shin, Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang
  • Patent number: 7359744
    Abstract: In a body surface bio-potential sensor, and an apparatus for detecting biomedical signals having the same, the body surface bio-potential sensor includes a flexible membrane having a wire layer, a plurality of electrodes attached on a first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height, and a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Eectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Jin-sang Whang, Kun-soo Shin, Kyung-ho Kim, Hyung-sok Yeo
  • Publication number: 20060107331
    Abstract: An objective management apparatus, medium, and method with group organization that can efficiently manage a degree of objective achievement by effectively organizing a group and giving rise to competition among group members of a group or among groups. The objective management apparatus may include a plurality of communication terminals receiving objective data including personal objectives of a plurality of users and actual result data which are results of the users' execution for achieving the personal objectives, and an objective management server connected to the plurality of communication terminals through a network and supplied with the objective data and the actual result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-sig Kim, Jae-chan Park, Youn-ho Kim, Jin-sang Whang
  • Publication number: 20050283205
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and medium for generating electrical stimulation, including an electromyogram detector detecting an electromyographic signal of a body, a fatigue index calculator calculating a fatigue index indicating a degree of muscle fatigue by converting the electromyographic signal detected by the electromyogram detector during a predetermined time unit into a frequency-domain electromyographic signal, and an electrical stimulation signal generator adjusting an electrical stimulation signal according to the calculated fatigue index and generating the electrical stimulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Kun-soo Shin, Wan-taek Han, Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang
  • Publication number: 20050171451
    Abstract: In a system and method for managing growth and development of a user, e.g., a child, the system includes a biological information measuring module for acquiring at least two biological signals to be used for analyzing growth and development of the user, and for identifying the user by analyzing at least one biological signal of the at least two acquired biological signals and a biological information processing module for evaluating a development state and a growth level of the user according to the biological signals, for storing and managing personal data and the results of the evaluation of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hyung-sok Yeo, Jin-sang Whang, Kyung-ho Kim, Jeong-hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20050154273
    Abstract: In a body surface bio-potential sensor, and an apparatus for detecting biomedical signals having the same, the body surface bio-potential sensor includes a flexible membrane having a wire layer, a plurality of electrodes attached on a first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height, and a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jeong-hwan Lee, Jin-sang Whang, Kun-soo Shin, Kyung-ho Kim, Hyung-sok Yeo
  • Publication number: 20050080353
    Abstract: An electronic device for measuring body fat, a method of measuring the body fat using the electronic device, and a health management system using the electronic device and method, wherein the electronic device for measuring body fat includes an electronic appliance, two pairs of electrodes provided on the electronic appliance, the two pairs of electrodes being able to be contacted by a subject, and a measuring portion for measuring a bio-impedance of the subject and calculating body fat data of the subject using the measured bio-impedance when the subject contacts the two pairs of electrodes. The health management system includes an Internet server for comparing data of the subject to a standardized set of data and outputting health information based on the comparison result to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Jin-sang Whang, Hyung-sok Yeo, Kyung-ho Kim, Jeong-hwan Lee, Jae-chan Park