Patents by Inventor Youngtack Shim

Youngtack Shim 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: 20100172509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves by countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units for electromagnetically-countered piezoelectric speaker systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by such counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, matching such counter waves with wavefronts of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing the counter units as well as counter waves. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, such counter units thereof, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100174218
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a pelvic exercise system for measuring at least one variable which represents physiologic state of a pelvic structure of an user and for providing a value of the variable to the user. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pelvic exercise system for measuring the pelvic variable during exercising various muscles of the pelvic structure by at least one sensor unit of the system and for providing at least one audio and/or visual feedback signal to the user, thereby allowing the user to monitor the physiologic state of her structure. Such a system may be arranged to monitor such a variable as the user maintains a preset posture of the pelvic structure or to measure variations in such a variable while the user changes the posture of the structure during exercise. The present invention also relates to various methods of measuring such a variable and for providing such a variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100170116
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to forced ventilation systems for various shoes. More particularly, the present invention relates to forced ventilation systems each including at least two air pumps disposed in preset areas of the shoes and capable of providing ventilation through the shoes during different steps of walking and running. Such ventilation systems typically includes at least one air pump in a shoe rear and at least another air pump in a shoe front such that the first pump provides the ventilation as an user presses the shoe rear area, while the second pump provides the ventilation as the user presses the shoe front, thereby maximizing the ventilation and minimizing a dead space in the shoe. The present invention also relates to various methods of operating such systems, disposing multiple air pumps thereof, and actuating such pumps. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, air pumps, and actuator units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100174135
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to pelvic relaxing systems capable of obtaining various audiovisual and/or control signals and synchronizing various relaxing operations of the systems with such signals. More particularly, the present invention relates to various pelvic relaxing systems which obtain pre-recorded and/or real-time audiovisual (or control) signals from an user and/or a third party, analyze various bases carried by such signals, and synchronize various operations of such systems with one or more of such signals. Therefore, the pelvic relaxing systems may provide various stimuli to one or multiple portions of a pelvic structure based on temporal and/or spatial synchronization with such signals. Conversely, the present invention relates to various pelvic relaxing systems which may generate audiovisual signals synchronized with various operations performed by such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100174212
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems for assessing quantitative quotients related to various static and dynamic characteristics of pelvic (i.e., vaginal) structures of females and penile structures of males associated with sexual activities. More particularly, the present invention relates to various systems capable of measuring one or multiple variables of such structures each of which represents a physiologic state of such structures, obtaining values of such variables, and assessing various sexual quotients such as vaginal quotients for females and penile quotients for males. Such a system may include at least one sensor unit for measuring such variables and at least one control unit for processing sensing signals generated by the sensor unit and assessing such quotients according to a preset format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100174137
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems capable of providing and delivering electric potential to a pelvic (i.e., vaginal) structure of a female to cause contraction of pelvic muscles and/or stimulation of pelvic nerves. More particularly, the present invention relates to various systems which include various power members and electrode members, where such power members are capable of providing electric power for such potential from various sources and where such electrode members are capable of delivering the potential along a preset direction or multiple directions. Therefore, such systems may also induce contraction of the pelvic muscles and/or stimulation of the pelvic nerves in a desirable order. Such systems may further induce the muscle contraction and/or nerve stimulation in synchronization with dynamic patterns of various variables of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100174136
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to pelvic relaxing systems for providing various stimuli to various portions of a pelvic structure such as, e.g., a clitoris, G spot, and various other intravaginal portions defined inside and/or around a vaginal cavity. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pelvic relaxing system which includes a body member including at least one part for engaging at least one portion of the pelvic structure and which includes at least one input unit capable of receiving various user inputs and controls its stimulator unit for providing similar or different stimuli to similar or different portions of the pelvic structure through the same part or different parts of the body member, without mandating an user to manually move the body member during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100166201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electromagnetically-countered speaker systems for generating acoustic sounds according to dynamic signals supplied thereto while minimizing irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves therefrom. More particularly, the present invention relates to various speaker systems which do not include speaker magnets but include driver members for generating the sounds while emitting such harmful waves and counter members for generating magnetic forces for providing such sound while emitting counter electromagnetic waves capable of canceling at least a substantial portion of the harmful waves based on their configurational and phase characteristics. The present invention also relates to various speaker systems which do not include speaker magnets but include various electric and/or magnetic shields in addition to such drive and counter members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100165215
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to various communication control systems capable of controlling operations of their target modules with their control modules. More particularly, the present invention relates various communication control systems including control modules and target modules and capable of controlling various operations of the target models with the control modules wirelessly. To this end, the control and target modules are preferably provided with various transmitters as well as receivers for receiving user inputs by the control modules, converting the user inputs to command signals, transmitting the command signals to the target modules, and then controlling the operations of the target module accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100165288
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to various lenses, lens assemblies, and devices using such lenses and/or lens assemblies, to various methods of fabricating and/or using such lenses, lens assemblies, and/or devices, and to various processes of making such lenses, lens assemblies, and/or devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to various lenses which may include multiple regions at least two of which may define different magnifications therethrough. Accordingly, various lens assemblies of the present invention may include multiple lenses at least one of which may define multiple magnifications and may translate, rotate or otherwise move laterally with respect to the other lens while overlapping or aligning with different portions of the other lens and while providing uniform magnifications across preset portions of overlapped or aligned regions of the lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100163552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered microwave heating system which includes at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves by the counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to counter units for such electromagnetically-countered microwave heating systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units such as, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of such wave sources, matching shapes of such counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves using the source and/or wave matching and various methods of providing the counter units and emitting suitable counter waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100163438
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to bottles containing fluids and agents while separating the agents from the fluids before use. More particularly, the present invention relates to bottles having fluids and various media with such agents, where the media are stored separately from the fluids and mixed with the fluids only upon use. To this end, the bottles are provided with storages for storing the media in various portions of the bottles, and also provided with seals for fluidly separating such media from the fluids before use and then mixing such media with the fluids upon receiving user inputs. The present invention also relates to various methods of including the media and fluids in the bottles while separating the media from the fluids and various methods of mixing the media with the fluids in various portions of the bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100162630
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to door safety systems incorporated into a gap formed between a rear end of a door and a matching frame and covering the gap while the door is open such that an user may protect his or her fingers or toes from being caught in the gap when the door may be shut unexpectedly. More particularly, the present invention relates to various covers of such systems which may extend across and cover at least a portion of the gap, may fill such a portion of the gap or otherwise isolate such a portion of the gap when the door is open. As will be described below, such door safety systems of this invention may be practiced by numerous embodiments each including one or more movable covers which may cover the portion of the gap in relation to movements of the doors and/or presence of an object in such a gap. The present invention also relates to various methods of covering the gap using such covers and various processes for providing the covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100169105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to discrete time expansion systems and methods for expanding a source signal while at least substantially preserving its frequency distribution and obviating a need to smoothen an expanded signal. Such a system may expand the source signal by a preset expansion ratio which is any integer or any real number represented by a ratio of (m+n)/m or (m+n+0.5)/m where m and n are positive integers. The present invention also relates to various methods of expanding the source signal by separating such a signal to multiple sub-signals each in a different frequency range, expanding each sub-signal using different expansion intervals, and generating the expanded signal by superposition of each expanded sub-signals. The present invention also relates to various algorithms and processes for such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100163298
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an electromagnetically-countered power grid system with multiple wave sources and at least one counter unit, where each wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves, while the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves and counters the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the wave sources with those of such counter units and/or by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those of such counter waves. In addition, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems with multiple power transmission lines each operating as the counter unit of the rest of the transmission lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100166236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered display system including at least one wave source and at least one counter unit, where such a wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves and the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to various counter units for the electromagnetically-countered display system and to various mechanisms to counter the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those the counter waves, and so on. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with such counter waves by source and/or wave matchings, various methods of providing the counter units for emitting the counter waves defining desired wave characteristics, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100163805
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to various media for protecting antioxidants contained therein from degradation before use. More particularly, the present invention relates to media which are to be dissolved in a fluid before use and to protect antioxidants contained therein from ultraviolet rays and from degradation caused by a prolonged period of dissolution in the fluid. To this end, such media include various fillers to protect the antioxidants from the ultraviolet rays. The present invention also relates to various media capable of promoting mixing of the antioxidants in the fluid. The present invention also relates to various methods of protecting such antioxidants contained in the media from such rays and various methods of promoting mixing between the fluid and antioxidants and/or fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100164673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves which are capable of countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units of various electromagnetically-countered transformer systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of such counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of the counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing such counter units as well as emitting the counter waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100164321
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to electric motor systems which minimize irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves by various means. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric motor system with one or more counter units which minimize the irradiation of such harmful waves by suppressing the harmful waves to their sources and/or by emitting counter electromagnetic waves capable of canceling a desired portion of the harmful waves. Such counter units may then be incorporated into various locations for opposing magnetic poles of basic rotor units and/or basic stator units of the system. The present invention also relates to various methods of minimizing irradiation of such harmful waves by various electric motor systems, various methods of suppressing the harmful waves toward their sources, and various methods of canceling such harmful waves by the counter waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20100052701
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to nanoscale measurement of displacement. In one embodiment, a measurement apparatus includes a first plurality of nanoparticles coupled to a first substrate electrically coupled to a second plurality of nanoparticles coupled to a second substrate with a guide or guides disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate that allow for the substrates to move relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim