Patents by Inventor Sin-ae Kim

Sin-ae Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230271334
    Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Byoung In LEE, Dong Woo HA, Seok Man HONG, Dong Jun KIM, Ji Won CHOI
  • Patent number: 11667041
    Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Byoung In Lee, Dong Woo Ha, Seok Man Hong, Dong Jun Kim, Ji Won Choi
  • Publication number: 20230056726
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Jin NA, Hakbong LEE, Bosang KIM, Sin-Ae KIM, Yong-Seok KIM, Yeonkyu JEONG
  • Patent number: 11517164
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Jin Na, Hakbong Lee, Bosang Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Yong-Seok Kim, Yeonkyu Jeong
  • Patent number: 11304576
    Abstract: A cleaning system, including a robot cleaner and a station are provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner including a dust collector, the dust collector provided with a dust outlet, and an outlet door configured to open and close the dust outlet. The robot cleaner further includes a station including a lever device configured to open the outlet door and communicate with the dust collector when the lever device is pressed by the robot cleaner, and a collector configured to communicate with the lever device, and generate a suction force to suction dust collected in the dust collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Youl Jeong, Sin-Ae Kim, Woo Jin Na, Hyoun Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11129509
    Abstract: There is provided a robot cleaner having an improved dust-collecting capability and an improved suction force and capable of being manufactured in a small size. The robot cleaner includes a main body comprising a fan motor and having a suction port provided in one side thereof; a plurality of cyclone units configured to separate foreign substances in air suctioned through the suction port; and a plurality of suction flow paths connecting the plurality of cyclone units and the suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Young Jae Park, Keon Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10914472
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven including a display module. The oven includes a main body and a display module pivotably installed on the main body, wherein the display module includes a fixed module fixedly coupled to the main body, a moving module pivotably coupled to the fixed module and including a display panel provided to be manipulated by a user, a driving module and disposed on the fixed module and configured to generate a driving force such that the moving module is pivoted, and a detection module including a press pin configured to detect a position of the moving module depending on whether or not the press pin is pressurized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sin-Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20200405107
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Jin NA, Hakbong LEE, Bosang KIM, Sin-Ae KIM, Yong-Seok KIM, Yeonkyu JEONG
  • Patent number: 10768796
    Abstract: A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on a screen of a device is provided. The method includes selecting, when an event occurs, a first object, which is related to the event, from among the one or more objects included in the UI, determining a second object for executing a second operation related to a first operation, the first operation being executed when the first object is selected by an input to the device, and changing the first object into the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, Young-sun Kim, Jae-young Lee, Seung-eok Choi
  • Patent number: 10765288
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vacuum cleaner including: a base including a suction opening; a main frame including a dust collecting apparatus configured to remove dust from air sucked through the suction opening; and a wheel assembly including a forward wheel and a reverse wheel, and rotatably coupled with the base, wherein when the main frame slides with respect to the base, any one of the forward wheel and the reverse wheel contacts a floor. Therefore, the vacuum cleaner may understand a user's intention without adding a senor and a control circuit, and travel actively according to the user's intention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Youl Jeong, Dong Wook Kim, Sung Jin Park, Sin-Ae Kim
  • Patent number: 10716443
    Abstract: The robotic cleaner includes a cleaner body that is movable and a suction unit that is movable relative to the cleaner body in a vertical direction. The suction unit includes an inlet for sucking impurities from the surface to be cleaned, and at least one support unit for spacing the inlet and the surface to be cleaned. With the configuration, the foreign substance suction efficiency from the surface to be cleaned may be improved, and a constant gap between the suction portion and the surface to be cleaned may be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Man Hong, Dong Wook Kim, Sin Ae Kim, Ki Hwan Kwon, Sung Jin Park, Hyo Won Sin, Jin Wook Yoon, Dong Woo Ha
  • Publication number: 20200187736
    Abstract: A cleaning system, including a robot cleaner and a station are provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner including a dust collector, the dust collector provided with a dust outlet, and an outlet door configured to open and close the dust outlet. The robot cleaner further includes a station including a lever device configured to open the outlet door and communicate with the dust collector when the lever device is pressed by the robot cleaner, and a collector configured to communicate with the lever device, and generate a suction force to suction dust collected in the dust collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Youl JEONG, Sin-Ae KIM, Woo Jin NA, Hyoun Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200139561
    Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Byoung In LEE, Dong Woo HA, Seok Man HONG, Dong Jun KIM, Ji Won CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190324628
    Abstract: A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on a screen of a device is provided. The method includes selecting, when an event occurs, a first object, which is related to the event, from among the one or more objects included in the UI, determining a second object for executing a second operation related to a first operation, the first operation being executed when the first object is selected by an input to the device, and changing the first object into the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin-ae KIM, Young-sun KIM, Jae-young LEE, Seung-eok CHOI
  • Patent number: 10387006
    Abstract: A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on a screen of a device is provided. The method includes selecting, when an event occurs, a first object, which is related to the event, from among the one or more objects included in the UI, determining a second object for executing a second operation related to a first operation, the first operation being executed when the first object is selected by an input to the device, and changing the first object into the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, Young-sun Kim, Jae-young Lee, Seung-eok Choi
  • Patent number: 10348226
    Abstract: A device and control method for driving a sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor, particularly related to a technology configured to increase the accuracy of detection of Zero Cross Point through a non-commutation period in a pulse width modulation (PWM) control. The device for driving a sensorless BLDC motor to switch a current applied to a stator winding based on a position of a rotor includes a three phase inverter configured to convert a DC input voltage into a three phase AC voltage and supply the three phase AC voltage to the BLDC motor; a terminal voltage detector configured to detect a three phase terminal voltage from an output terminal of the three phase inverter; and a controller configured to perform a PWM control of the terminal voltage based on a three phase back electromotive force (EMF) included in the detected terminal voltage. The PWM control includes a non-commutation control in which the switching of the current does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (IUCF-HYU)
    Inventors: Young Jae Park, In Gun Kim, Hyun Seok Hong, Min Jae Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 10285557
    Abstract: A cleaning robot and a control method thereof may improve power consumption efficiency by using low-voltage power for a moving or inspecting operation and performing the moving or inspecting operation while operation of the cleaning unit is stopped when the operation of the cleaning unit is not needed. The cleaning robot includes a battery, a moving unit, a cleaning unit, a power converter which converts and outputs power supplied from the battery into a first voltage driving the moving unit and a second voltage driving the cleaning unit, and a controller which supplies power having the first voltage to the moving unit so as to drive the moving unit and supplies power having the second voltage to the cleaning unit so as to perform a cleaning operation. The controller continues driving the moving unit but stops driving the cleaning unit when the cleaning robot moves on an already cleaned area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jae Park, Won Kuk Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Jae Hwi Jang, Sin Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20190029483
    Abstract: There is provided a robot cleaner having an improved dust-collecting capability and an improved suction force and capable of being manufactured in a small size. The robot cleaner includes a main body comprising a fan motor and having a suction port provided in one side thereof; a plurality of cyclone units configured to separate foreign substances in air suctioned through the suction port; and a plurality of suction flow paths connecting the plurality of cyclone units and the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Young Jae Park, Keon Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10146402
    Abstract: A user terminal device including a screen processor which creates home screen divided into a plurality of spaces provided with different features from each other, a storage which stores data and programs that can be matched with at least one space, a display which displays one space from among the plurality of spaces, and a controller which controls the display to convert the space displayed on the display to another space according to a user's manipulation is provided. The controller controls the screen processor to constitute the plurality of spaces by using data and programs matched with the plurality of spaces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, Nam-wook Kang, Young-sun Kim, Jong-hyun Ryu, Seung-eok Choi
  • Patent number: 10130233
    Abstract: A robot cleaner that sweeps dust on the floor toward its center and absorbs the dust through a small-area inlet with a strong suction force, by a cleaning tool that integrates functions of side brushes and a main brush into one. The present disclosure also provides a robot cleaner that enables a large-diameter foreign material to be guided to and effectively absorbed through the inlet without interference by a cleaning tool. The robot cleaner includes a main unit including a fan motor and a dust collector and having an inlet arranged on a base to absorb foreign materials, and a cleaning tool arranged in the bottom of the base, extending to a front side of the base from the inlet and guiding a foreign material on a floor to a side of the inlet, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged to be movable by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwi Jang, Jin Sung Kim, Sin Ae Kim, Won kuk Kim, Young Jae Park, Hyo Won Sin