Patents by Inventor In-Bok Song
In-Bok Song 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: 20240126308Abstract: A sanitaryware system may include sensors to determine a status or condition of one or more sanitaryware fixtures in the sanitaryware system and perform a particular function, such as, for example performing a flush, closing the flush valve and/or angle stop, sending an alert, initiating a service ticket. The sanitaryware system may automatically perform the function. The sanitaryware system may communicate the status or condition to an internet connected device and/or user, the device may perform the function or may instruct the sanitaryware to perform the function. The sensed information, sanitaryware system status or condition, and/or initiated response may be logged and monitored to improve the overall efficiency and operation of the sanitaryware system and the sanitaryware fixtures within the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Behnam Heydari, Eric B. Soberano, Robert M. Jensen, Verne Myers, Christopher Helmstetter, Mahendra Gunawardena, Claudia Marcela Jovel, Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon, Stanmir Stoynov
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Publication number: 20240117616Abstract: An automatic faucet assembly comprising a presence sensor and a temperature control assembly. A temperature control assembly may be coupled to a faucet body. An automatic faucet may comprise a digital display surface configured to display dispensed water temperature in real time and dispensed water time. A display surface may display steps for proper handwashing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventor: Ki Bok Song
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Publication number: 20240120274Abstract: A semiconductor device a first fin-shaped pattern provided at a first surface of a substrate and extending in a second direction, a first source/drain pattern disposed on the first fin-shaped pattern and connected thereto, a first source/drain contact disposed on the first source/drain pattern and connected thereto, a buried conductive pattern extending through the substrate and connected to the first source/drain contact, a contact connection via disposed between the first source/drain contact and the buried conductive pattern. The contact connection via is directly connected to the first source/drain contact and a back wiring line disposed on a second surface of the substrate and connected to the buried conductive pattern. A width of the contact connection via increases as the contact connection via extends away from the second surface. A width of the first source/drain contact decreases as the first source/drain contact extends away from the second surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Eui Bok LEE, Rak Hwan KIM, Jong Min BAEK, Moon Kyun SONG
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Patent number: 11952684Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe upper with an illuminating logo. The upper includes a main body part, a logo part, and a lighting unit, in which the logo part for illumination may be formed integrally with the upper, providing the upper with an illumination feature. In this way, the upper with an illuminating logo can be manufactured with a reduced amount of time, leading to an improved manufacturing efficiency. In addition, the logo part is much less likely to come off and there is no need for an adhesive or bonding, creating an aesthetically attractive appearance from outside.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: Soo Bok Song
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Publication number: 20240068218Abstract: A sanitary ware may include an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit UV light to illuminate a target disinfection volume. The sanitary ware may include a controller comprising one or more processors that is electrically coupled to the UV light source. The one or more processors may be configured to cause the controller to detect that one or more activation conditions have been met and, in response to detecting that the one or more activation conditions have been met, activate the UV light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventor: Ki Bok Song
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Patent number: 11886213Abstract: A sanitaryware system may include sensors to determine a status or condition of one or more sanitaryware fixtures in the sanitaryware system and perform a particular function, such as, for example performing a flush, closing the flush valve and/or angle stop, sending an alert, initiating a service ticket. The sanitaryware system may automatically perform the function. The sanitaryware system may communicate the status or condition to an internet connected device and/or user, the device may perform the function or may instruct the sanitaryware to perform the function. The sensed information, sanitaryware system status or condition, and/or initiated response may be logged and monitored to improve the overall efficiency and operation of the sanitaryware system and the sanitaryware fixtures within the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Behnam Heydari, Eric B. Soberano, Robert M. Jensen, Verne Myers, Christopher Helmstetter, Mahendra Gunawardena, Claudia Marcela Jovel, Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon, Stanmir Stoynov
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Patent number: 11840831Abstract: A sink that includes a door that is positioned to visually obscure the drain, wherein the door can be opened by the user to access the drain when needed. The door includes a door adjustment mechanism that can allow for the door to be opened by a user and then held open without requiring user intervention. The door adjustment mechanism can also be configured to release the door and allow it to close through the actions of the user. In one or more examples, the door can be positioned so that a gap exists between an edge of the door and a basin portion of the sink. The gap can be large enough to allow for water to flow from the basin of the sink to the drain, but small enough to allow for the drain to be visually obscured.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Alison Lyons, Jiekun Qian, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Emilie Williams
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Publication number: 20230366181Abstract: A user interface for controlling a shower system includes at least one control configured to be actuated by a user and generate one or more signals for controlling an operation of the shower system, and at least one indicator light configured to illuminate in different patterns which are matched to different operational stages of the shower system. The at least one indicator light may be configured to provide a first light pattern when the shower system is in a first operational stage, and a second light pattern that is different from the first light pattern when the shower system is in a second operational stage. The first operational stage may include when water in the shower system is being warmed to a predetermined temperature, and the second operational stage may include when a temperature of the water has reached the predetermined temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Jean-Jacques L′Henaff, Greg Reinecker
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Publication number: 20230335032Abstract: A display device of the present disclosure includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixel rows; a color controller configured to convert input grayscales for each of the pixel rows into output grayscales based on user setting parameters; and a data driver configured to supply data voltages corresponding to the output grayscales to each of the pixel rows, and the color controller includes a plurality of grayscale converters configured to convert the input grayscales for a plurality of target pixels corresponding to a part of a pixel row into the output grayscales in parallel, wherein the plurality of target pixels are most adjacent to each other; and a path determiner configured to match the output grayscales with the plurality of target pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Dale YIM, In Bok Song
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Publication number: 20230304273Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, and dispense fluid through an opening in a side wall of the sink basin to an interior surface of the sink basin. In some embodiments, the nozzle is configured to dispense fluid to the interior of a sink basin, such that substantially all surfaces of the interior of the sink basin are covered with a thin layer of fluid. In some embodiments, nozzle dispensing angle, duration of a cleaning cycle, flow rate or amount of dispensing fluid, or activation of a cleaning cycle may be manually or automatically controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Alison J. Lyons, Jiekun Qian, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Emilie Williams
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Patent number: 11753805Abstract: A user interface (120) for controlling a shower system (100) includes at least one control (140) configured to be actuated by a user and generate one or more signals for controlling an operation of the shower system (100), and at least one indicator light (154) configured to illuminate in different patterns which are matched to different operational stages of the shower system (100). The at least one indicator light (154) may be configured to provide a first light pattern when the shower system (100) is in a first operational stage, and a second light pattern that is different from the first light pattern when the shower system (100) is in a second operational stage. The first operational stage may include when water in the shower system (100) is being warmed to a predetermined temperature, and the second operational stage may include when a temperature of the water has reached the predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Greg Reinecker
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Publication number: 20230272606Abstract: A flush valve assembly for an automatic sanitaryware assembly, comprising a flush valve; a status sensor; a presence sensor associated with a presence sensor lens; an antenna associated with an antenna lens; a manual override actuator; and a controller. A status sensor may comprise an ultrasonic sensor or a capacitive sensor and is configured to be affixed to a sanitaryware assembly. The status sensor is configured to communicate with the controller, the controller is configured to determine a sanitaryware status, and the antenna is configured to transmit the sanitaryware status to a network gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Karl Torres, Claudia Marcela Jovel, Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon, Joseph John Ientile, Stanimir Stoynov
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Patent number: 11702828Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, and dispense fluid through an opening in a side wall of the sink basin to an interior surface of the sink basin. In some embodiments, the nozzle is configured to dispense fluid to the interior of a sink basin, such that substantially all surfaces of the interior of the sink basin are covered with a thin layer of fluid. In some embodiments, nozzle dispensing angle, duration of a cleaning cycle, flow rate or amount of dispensing fluid, or activation of a cleaning cycle may be manually or automatically controlled.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Alison J. Lyons, Jiekun Qian, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Emilie Williams
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Patent number: D991408Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Ki Bok Song, Jacob Nitz, Alison J. Lyons, Paul Flowers, Greg Reinecker
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Patent number: D996587Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Ki Bok Song, Jacob Nitz, Alison J. Lyons, Paul Flowers, Greg Reinecker
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Patent number: D1001975Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Ki Bok Song, Jacob Nitz, Alison J. Lyons, Paul Flowers, Greg Reinecker
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Patent number: D1012252Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Ki Bok Song, Jacob Nitz, Paul Flowers, Greg Reinecker
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Patent number: D1016220Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon
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Patent number: D1016995Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Ki Bok Song, Jacob Nitz, Soonjae Kwon, Paul Flowers, Greg Reinecker
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Patent number: D1022128Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon