Patents by Inventor Hong-sig Kim
Hong-sig 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).
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Publication number: 20120232421Abstract: A method of measuring skin moisture content, the method including: measuring a differential rate of a skin impedance of a predetermined skin area of a user for a predetermined period of time; and determining that the skin area is a moist area when the differential rate of skin impedance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value for a predetermined period of time, and determining that the skin area is a dry area when the differential rate of skin impedance is less than the predetermined value for the predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Woo Young JANG, Jeong Je Park, Jae Chan Park, Hong Sig Kim
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Patent number: 8208985Abstract: A sensor measuring skin impedance includes a reference electrode, a current carrying electrode, and a measuring electrode for measuring impedance for current flowing between the reference electrode and the current carrying electrode. The measuring electrode is recessed with respect to the reference electrode and the current carrying electrode, allowing the measuring electrode to make contact with a user's skin after the reference electrode and current carrying electrode make contact, resulting in greater measurement accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Sig Kim, Woo Young Jang, Jae Chan Park, Jeong Je Park
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Patent number: 8160691Abstract: A method of measuring skin moisture content, the method including: measuring a differential rate of a skin impedance of a predetermined skin area of a user for a predetermined period of time; and determining that the skin area is a moist area when the differential rate of skin impedance is greater than or equal to a predetermined value for a predetermined period of time, and determining that the skin area is a dry area when the differential rate of skin impedance is less than the predetermined value for the predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo Young Jang, Jeong Je Park, Jae Chan Park, Hong Sig Kim
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Publication number: 20120070008Abstract: A method of controlling a sound output apparatus is provided. The method includes determining frequency bands respectively corresponding to an audible band and an inaudible band in relation to a sound that is received via the sound output apparatus by referring to hearing characteristics of a user using the sound output apparatus, compensating for a perception degree in relation to the inaudible band by emphasizing information regarding the audible band of the sound based on a result of the determining, and outputting a sound obtained by reflecting the compensating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-il SOHN, Dong-wook Kim, Hong-sig Kim, Jong-keun Song, Yoon-seo Koo
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Publication number: 20120051553Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. A method of controlling a sound outputting apparatus includes extracting a noise signal and a desired signal, estimating a direction of arrival (DoA) of the extracted desired signal, and outputting sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-il Sohn, Dong-wook Kim, Hong-sig Kim, Jong-keun Song, Yoon-seo Koo
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Patent number: 8107059Abstract: A non-invasive probe for measuring body components, and a non-invasive body component measurement system including the non-invasive probe is provided. The non-invasive probe includes an input light transferring unit for transferring an input light emitted from a light source; a light splitting unit for splitting the input light into a plurality of living body incident lights; a light condensing unit for condensing the plurality of living body incident lights, so that the plurality of living body incident lights can be irradiated onto a plurality of measuring points, each measuring point corresponding to one of the plurality of living body incident lights; and an output light transferring unit for transferring a plurality of output lights, which each correspond to the one of the plurality of measuring points and, which are obtained by irradiating the plurality of living body incident lights, to a spectrometer that classifies the output lights by wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In-duk Hwang, Kun-kook Park, Hong-sig Kim, Soo-kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20110297497Abstract: Disclosed herein is an impact sensitive damper damping vibration transferred from a road surface to a vehicle, and more particularly, to an impact sensitive damper in which handling stability may be achieved in a low speed operating section of the damper and improvement of ride comfort may be achieved in a high speed operating section thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventor: Hong Sig KIM
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Patent number: 8065055Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shock absorber capable of controlling damping force characteristics. The shock absorber includes a cylinder filled with an operating fluid, a piston valve disposed inside the cylinder to divide an interior of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber, a piston rod having one end extending outside the cylinder and the other end coupled to the piston valve inside the cylinder, a hollow chamber formed inside the piston rod to communicate with the first and second chambers, a free piston disposed within the hollow chamber to move up and down and to divide the hollow chamber into upper and lower chambers, and a variable part configured to control the damping force characteristics by adjusting a vertical displacement of the free piston.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Mando CorporationInventors: Hong Sig Kim, Sung Min Kim
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Patent number: 8043226Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneously measuring at least two different bio signals without interference are provided. The apparatus includes a stimulus signal generating unit generating the stimulus signal to be applied to a human body, a sensing unit contacting the human body, including a plurality of electrodes to which the stimulus signal is applied and from which at least one intermediate signal containing the first and second bio signals is detected, configured to share at least one of the plurality of electrodes to apply the stimulus signal or to detect each intermediate signal, and a signal acquisition unit separating and acquiring the first and second bio signals from each intermediate signal detected from the sensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youn-ho Kim, Sang-kon Bae, Kyung-ho Kim, Hong-sig Kim
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Publication number: 20110190658Abstract: A method of testing hearing ability using a sound source reproducing apparatus, the method comprises outputting at least one test sound representing at least one frequency band, acquiring a response of a testee to a degree of audibility of the at least one test sound, and testing hearing ability of the testee in the at least one frequency band corresponding to each of the at least one test sound, respectively, according to the response of the testee.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-il SOHN, Dong-wook KIM, Yoon-seo KOO, Hong-sig KIM, Kyoung-ho BANG, Jung-hak LEE
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Publication number: 20110021932Abstract: A blood vessel pressing cuff includes a strap surrounding a body part, a first actuator disposed on the strap and including a first shape memory alloy which changes to a first shape memorized in advance, at a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature, and a second actuator disposed on the strap and including a second shape memory alloy which changes to a second shape memorized in advance, at a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. If the first shape memory alloy changes to the first shape, pressure applied to the body part surrounded by the strap is increased. Even when the first shape memory alloy changes to the first shape, if the second shape memory alloy changes to the second shape, the pressure applied to the body part surrounded by the strap is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Youn-ho KIM, Kun-soo SHIN, Hong-sig KIM, Byung-hoon KO
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Publication number: 20100326781Abstract: Disclosed is a piston valve assembly of a shock absorber. The shock absorber includes an inner cylinder completely filled with an operating fluid, an outer cylinder disposed outside the inner cylinder and partially filled with the fluid, and a piston rod. The piston valve assembly is provided to a lower end of the piston rod to divide the inner cylinder into rebound and compression chambers. The piston valve assembly includes a compression valve body having a compression fluid passage, a rebound valve body having a rebound fluid passage, an upper disc valve on the compression valve body, a lower disc valve below the rebound valve body, and a sliding piston sealingly adjoining the inner cylinder and having a penetration fluid passage. The sliding piston is slidably disposed between the compression and rebound valve bodies to slide while opening or closing a space between outer surfaces of the compression and rebound valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Hong Sig KIM
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Publication number: 20100305414Abstract: A method of transmitting biological information includes selecting a transmission mode from a plurality of transmission modes and transmitting biological information of a user to an external device using the selected transmission mode. Each of the transmission modes transmits different quantities of data to the external device based on a state of the biological information of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon-seo KOO, Hong-sig KIM, Jun-il SOHN
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Publication number: 20100267520Abstract: A method of estimating stress caused by an exercise includes receiving questionnaire data including body measurements from a user, measuring health measurement data, deducing an exercise target and an exercise prescription based on the received and measured data, and transmitting the exercise target and exercise prescription to the user. The questionnaire data is then received back from the user, including the body measurements from the user and measuring again the health measurements data; Parameters are designed based on the received and re-received questionnaire data and the measured and re-measured health measurement data and the parameters are converted to predetermined values. A regression analysis model is designed for estimating the exercise stress using the parameters and performing regression analysis and the exercise stress estimated through the regression analysis is transmitted to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo-young JANG, Hong-jun Eoh, Myung-hwan Yun, Young-bo Suh, Kyung-ho Kim, Hong-sig Kim
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Publication number: 20100249537Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneously measuring at least two different bio signals without interference are provided. The apparatus includes a stimulus signal generating unit generating the stimulus signal to be applied to a human body, a sensing unit contacting the human body, including a plurality of electrodes to which the stimulus signal is applied and from which at least one intermediate signal containing the first and second bio signals is detected, configured to share at least one of the plurality of electrodes to apply the stimulus signal or to detect each intermediate signal, and a signal acquisition unit separating and acquiring the first and second bio signals from each intermediate signal detected from the sensing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Youn-ho KIM, Sang-kon Bae, Kyung-ho Kim, Hong-sig Kim
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Patent number: 7758513Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneously measuring at least two different bio signals without interference are provided. The apparatus includes a stimulus signal generating unit generating the stimulus signal to be applied to a human body, a sensing unit contacting the human body, including a plurality of electrodes to which the stimulus signal is applied and from which at least one intermediate signal containing the first and second bio signals is detected, configured to share at least one of the plurality of electrodes to apply the stimulus signal or to detect each intermediate signal, and a signal acquisition unit separating and acquiring the first and second bio signals from each intermediate signal detected from the sensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youn-ho Kim, Sang-kon Bae, Kyung-ho Kim, Hong-sig Kim
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Publication number: 20100179394Abstract: A method of displaying bio-information on a screen includes outputting basic bio-information of a plurality of bio-parameters indicating a condition of a patient on one display screen, determining an occurrence of an event related to the plurality of bio-parameters, converting the basic bio-information into detailed bio-information about one of the plurality of bio-parameters based on a result of the determining an occurrence of an event, and outputting the converted detailed bio-information on the one display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-il SOHN, Yoon-seo KOO, Hong-sig KIM, Kyoung-ho KANG
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Patent number: 7753846Abstract: An apparatus for measuring skin moisture content, the apparatus including: an electrode unit comprising a reference (R) electrode, a current (C) electrode, and a measuring (M) electrode; an operational amplifier including an inverting input terminal that is supplied to a first voltage and connects with the R electrode, and an output terminal that connects with the C electrode; a switch controlling a connection between the output terminal and the C electrode; and a comparison control unit comparing the first voltage with a voltage at the output terminal, and controlling the switch to connect the output terminal and the C electrode when the voltage at the output terminal is less than or equal to a value that is acquired by multiplying the first voltage and a predetermined constant.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Je Park, Hong Sig Kim, Woo Young Jang, Jae Chan Park
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Publication number: 20090236194Abstract: A valve apparatus for a shock absorber includes a piston valve having rebound and compression passages, a sliding valve movably coupled to a piston rod to block and open the rebound passages, and at least one valve disc provided at a lower side of the sliding valve and separated a predetermined distance from a washer by a retainer. The valve disc can be bent while resiliently supporting an outer periphery of the sliding valve. The valve disc has an increased size, so that easy control of a damping force at low speed and a gradual increase of the damping force even at high speed can be obtained by the shock absorber having a decreased size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hong Sig Kim
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Patent number: D627475Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Han Chung, Hyun-Jee Im, Kun-Soo Shin, Hong-Sig Kim