Patents by Inventor Hee Hahm
Hee Hahm 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).
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Patent number: 8261572Abstract: Disclosed are a food heat-exchange device capable of rapidly freezing food stored in a refrigerator or thawing frozen food in the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a body in which a storage compartment is defined, and the food heat-exchange device is mounted in the storage compartment, to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food. The food heat-exchange device includes a heat-exchange plate, which is provided at a surface thereof with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at the other surface thereof with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nojima, Masaji Yamanaka, Kyung Hee Hahm, Jin Jeong
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Patent number: 8230342Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for deleting and/or restoring time-series contents stored in a recording medium. When the time-series contents are stored in the recording medium, deleting of data that is present in a first area of a recording medium includes periodically inserting a time stamp into the contents, generating deletion data positional information based on the time stamp, the deletion data positional information representing a relative position of the deletion data within the contents, storing the deletion data positional information and the deletion data in a second area of the recording medium, and designating the first area as overwritable on the recording medium. Even if the recording medium is reloaded in another disk drive and under another operating system, data deleted from the recording medium can be easily restored.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Choon-sik Jung, Cheul-hee Hahm
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Patent number: 8144791Abstract: An apparatus, method, and medium for video synchronization are provided. The apparatus may include a PTS register storing a presentation time stamp (PTS) of a picture to be reproduced and skip enable flag information indicating whether the picture can be skipped, by using a position of the picture in a video decoder buffer in which pictures to be decoded are stored; and a controller controlling the picture reproduction by skipping, repeating, or reproducing the picture with reference to the PTS and the skip enable flag information stored in the PTS register.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Choon-sik Jung, Cheul-hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7912297Abstract: A method of hierarchical image indexing which extracts representative images of a TV program and generates a hierarchical index image guide of the representative images, and an apparatus therefor. Respective images at predetermined times are extracted from a predetermined program. A hierarchical index is allocated to each extracted image and the indexes are mapped to locations of transport stream packets. A tree of images having the allocated indexes is constructed as a hierarchically indexed Image guide (HIIG). When a stored program is to be reproduced, a location desired to be watched is selected in the HIIG, and from the selected location, reproducing and trick plays (FF, rewind) are enabled such that a user easily searches the program and begins viewing the program at the searched for location.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Choon-sik Jung, Cheul-hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7856832Abstract: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Hak Lim, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7784298Abstract: A refrigerator which can control a supercooling degree corresponding to user's taste or kinds of food, and a cooling control method thereof are disclosed. The refrigerator has a function of supercooling a drink, and includes an input unit to select a slush level for adjusting a supercooling degree of the drink in response to a user's command, a memory unit to store information about a supercooling temperature of the drink corresponding to a selected slush level, and a controller to adjust the supercooling degree of the drink by controlling a temperature within the supercooling compartment based on the information about the supercooling temperature of the drink stored in the memory unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Chang Hak Lim, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7748314Abstract: The present invention relates to a fermentation apparatus comprising a storage compartment which is formed with an accommodating space for storing food and at least one of a heating part and a cooling part to ferment the food in the storage compartment, further comprising a sensor to sense a fermentation level of the food; an input part comprising a memory button allowing to memorize the fermentation level in a state that the food is fermented to an extent that a user wants to memorize; and a controller to control operation of at least one of the heating part and the cooling part, and store a fermentation value from the sensor as a custom fermentation value if the memory button is selected. Thus, the present invention provides a fermentation apparatus for customizing a fermentation level and a method thereof, which memorizes a desired fermentation level and repeatedly provides food at a desired fermentation level by selecting a memorized fermentation level.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-hee Hahm, Jae-seung Lee, Joo-young Ha
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Publication number: 20100071874Abstract: Disclosed are a food heat-exchange device capable of rapidly freezing food stored in a refrigerator or thawing frozen food in the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a body in which a storage compartment is defined, and the food heat-exchange device is mounted in the storage compartment, to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food. The food heat-exchange device includes a heat-exchange plate, which is provided at a surface thereof with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at the other surface thereof with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Nojima, Masaji Yamanaka, Kyung Hee Hahm, Jin Jeong
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Publication number: 20090314012Abstract: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Hak Lim, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7621139Abstract: A supercooling apparatus and a control method thereof. The method controls the supercooling apparatus having a storage compartment defined therein, and includes confirming beverages in the storage compartment, obtaining a proper supercooling temperature of each beverage, and controlling the storage compartment to have the proper supercooling temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Jae Seung Lee, Kyung Hee Hahm, Hye Ran Lee, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Chank Hak Lim, Won Jae Yoon, Jung Soo Lim, Yong Han Kim
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Patent number: 7596964Abstract: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Hak Lim, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Patent number: 7450774Abstract: An apparatus and a method of changing a bit rate of a compressed image bit stream by changing a codeword so as to easily change the bit rate and reduce a changing loss. The apparatus for changing a bit rate, in which an input bit stream generated by an image compression encoding method is changed into an output bit stream having a desired bit rate, includes a changing codeword determiner which selects codewords to replace the codewords of the input bit stream, and a codeword changer which changes the codewords of the input bit stream into the codewords selected by the changing codeword determiner. The method and the apparatus can be applied to image services provided through the Internet and receiving apparatuses supporting the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) function. Particularly, the method of changing the bit rate of a compressed image bit stream changes the codewords of input transform coefficients so as to easily change the bit rate and reduce the changing loss.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheul-hee Hahm, Jae Moon Jo
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Publication number: 20080066472Abstract: A refrigerator and a safety control method thereof, which is capable of ensuring protection from a high voltage applied to a shelf on which food is placed in order to improve food preservation. The safety control method of a refrigerator having a storage chamber which stores food, the method includes sensing a chamber temperature of the storage chamber, comparing the sensed chamber temperature with a predetermined setting temperature and generating a high voltage when the chamber temperature is less than the predetermined setting temperature, supplying the generated high voltage to the inside of the storage chamber to preserve the food, determining whether a high voltage cutoff condition occurs while the high voltage is supplied to the inside of the storage chamber, and cutting off the high voltage supplied to the inside of the storage chamber when the high voltage cutoff condition occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Taek Lee, Young Shik Shin, Jung Soo Lim, Jae Seung Lee, Kyung Hee Hahm, Hye Ran Lee, Jeong Han Kim, Chang Hak Lim, Sook Hyun Hong, Joo Young Ha, Hee Won Jin, Bong Su Son
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Publication number: 20080025503Abstract: A security method and a security apparatus are disclosed which use a self-generated encryption key. The security method includes the steps of: generating an encryption key; decrypting pre-encrypted data using a pre-stored manufacturer key; and re-encrypting the decrypted data using the encryption key. The security method and apparatus minimize external leakage of data by self-generating the unique encryption key. Since the encryption keys are unique in each set, set binding is possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun-ho Choi, Cheul-hee Hahm, Chang-yong Heo
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Publication number: 20070196543Abstract: A food storage apparatus to sterilize bacteria living in food and a method of controlling the same. The method includes starting an ordered fermentation (maturing) operation in response to a user's input including setting of a target degree of fermentation, detecting a present degree of fermentation of food stored in a storage container, and applying electric energy to the food stored in the storage container if the present degree of fermentation of the food reaches the target degree of fermentation set by the user, to sterilize fermentation fungi, and consequently, to restrict further fermentation of the food.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hye Ran Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Kyung Hee Hahm, Young Shik Shin, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Chang Hak Lim
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Publication number: 20070163286Abstract: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Hak Lim, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Publication number: 20070163287Abstract: A refrigerator which can control a supercooling degree corresponding to user's taste or kinds of food, and a cooling control method thereof are disclosed. The refrigerator has a function of supercooling a drink, and includes an input unit to select a slush level for adjusting a supercooling degree of the drink in response to a user's command, a memory unit to store information about a supercooling temperature of the drink corresponding to a selected slush level, and a controller to adjust the supercooling degree of the drink by controlling a temperature within the supercooling compartment based on the information about the supercooling temperature of the drink stored in the memory unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Yong Han Kim, Jeong Han Kim, Young Shik Shin, Won Jae Yoon, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jung Soo Lim, Chang Hak Lim, Kyung Hee Hahm
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Publication number: 20070163289Abstract: A refrigerator for supercooling beverage into supercooled liquid and a method of producing the supercooled liquid using the same. The refrigerator includes a mixing room provided in a main body to mix chilled air from a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment with each other and having a first suction port for suctioning the freezer compartment chilled air and a second suction port for suction the refrigerator compartment chilled air, and a supercooling compartment provided in the main body to be directly or indirectly refrigerated by the chilled air mixed in the mixing room. The mixing room and the supercooling compartment may be provided either in the refrigerator compartment or in the freezer compartment, or in an independent refrigerator compartment to form an independent refrigerating room separated from the freezer compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Hee Hahm, Jae Seung Lee, Hye Ran Lee, Jeong Han Kim, Chang Hak Lim, Jung Soo Lim, Joo Young Ha, Yong Han Kim, Won Jae Yoon, Young Shik Shin
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Patent number: 7210402Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a body, a pair of heating units, a grill unit, a heat reflecting unit, and a cooling fan. The heating units are arranged between the grill unit and the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit includes inner and outer reflecting plates that are inclined at certain angles to reflect heat radiated from the heating units toward the grill unit. The cooling fan is positioned in an inner space of the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit has front, rear, and side plates, which are provided with a plurality of through holes, so that air passes through the inner space of the heat reflecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae-Sung Han, Chul Kim, Yong-Woon Han, Seong-Deog Jang, Kyung-Hee Hahm, Joo-Yeong Yeo, Han-Seong Kang
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Patent number: 7168425Abstract: A cooking apparatus, which is provided with a cover having an air ventilation structure that ventilates air into and out of a cooking space to maintain a desirable temperature of the cooking space. Accordingly, the cooking apparatus has at least one heating unit, a grill unit, such that food laid thereon is cooked by heat from the heating unit, and the cover, covering the food, defining a cooking space thereunder, and having the air ventilation structure to ventilate air into and out of the cooking space during cooking. Food and oil are prevented from being burned, so that carcinogenic substances and smoke are not generated, and convenience of use is increased.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae-Sung Han, Chul Kim, Yong-Woon Han, Seong-Deog Jang, Kyung-Hee Hahm, Joo-Yeong Yeo, Han-Seong Kang