Patents by Inventor Jong Rak Lim
Jong Rak Lim 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: 7499390Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 7191460Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 7055164Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 7007293Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Publication number: 20040216155Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6757240Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Publication number: 20040066735Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6676477Abstract: A toy having a detachable central processing unit is disclosed and includes a central processing unit having a growth algorithm for learning purposes, a driving unit for exhibiting learned actions and functions, and a link unit for linking the central processing unit and the driving unit. When the central processing unit is detached from the driving unit, the toy can learn via a cyber character or can be utilized as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), mobile phone, or a personal computer. When the driving unit is linked to the central processing unit, the toy's learning abilities are improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee Il Wang, Nam Woong Kim, In Sang Song
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Publication number: 20030090992Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2003Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6529471Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When the disc holder is inserted into the casing body, a shoulder on the elastic member contacts a guide member in the casing body and the elastic member releases a disc supported thereby.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6522622Abstract: A disc cartridge that can simultaneously adjust a plurality of functional holes indicating whether or not the disc cartridge for receiving a double-sided disc has an opened or closed experience, and a disc driving apparatus for sensing the open and close state of the functional holes. In the disc cartridge, a body is provided with at least one of opened or closed experience confirming hole indicating whether or not the cartridge has an opened or closed experience. An opening and closing member allows a confirmation of an opened or closed state with respect to each face of the disc by an opening or closing of any one of the opened or closed experience confirming holes. Accordingly, the opened or closed state of the plurality of opened or closed experience confirming holes corresponding to the double-sided disc can be simultaneously adjusted, so that a user's convenience can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1999Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6496473Abstract: A disc cartridge that can provide various driving modes for a disc received within the cartridge and allows a user to select the driving modes efficiently. A disc recording/reproducing method and apparatus employing the disc cartridge is disclosed. In the disc cartridge, a recording prohibition mode, a verification preceding recording mode and a direct recording mode are used. A mode selector can select each mode. The disc cartridge can provide various driving modes at a user's request and permits a user to select the driving modes efficiently by a single selector.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1999Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: LG ElectronicsInventors: Won Hyoung Cho, Jong Rak Lim
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Patent number: 6477138Abstract: A disc cartridge that is adapted to receive a small-size optical disc and is compatible with a large-size disc cartridge. In the disc cartridge, first and second shutters open and close an opening. A connector links the first shutters to the second shutters as any one of the first and second shutters is driven.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1999Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Won Hyoung Cho, Hong Soo Park, Jong Rak Lim
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Patent number: 6426938Abstract: The disc protection casing includes a casing body and a disk holder. The casing body has a receiving space therein and an access port formed in a first side of the casing body. The disk holder is insertable into an interior of the casing body via the access port, and one of the disk holder and the first side of the casing body is structured such that the disk holder is prevented from being incorrectly inserted into the casing body.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Rak Lim, Won Hyoung Cho
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Patent number: 6407981Abstract: A disc cartridge adapter that is capable of driving a different size of disc cartridges with the same disc driver. In the adapter, a driving power transfer device absorbs a difference in a shutter travel range having a different size from each other to drive shutters of a small-scale disc cartridge. A body is provided with a receiving space for receiving the small-scale cartridge. Accordingly, the small-scale cartridge can be driven with a disc driver for driving a large-scale cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1999Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Won Hyoung Cho, Jong Rak Lim, Hong Soo Park
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Publication number: 20020061702Abstract: A toy having a detachable central processing unit is comprised of a central processing unit with a built-in growth algorithm for having the toy grow, a driving unit for exhibiting action according to growth or outputting an audio information and a link unit for linking the central processing unit and the driving unit. Therefore, in case of using just the central processing unit, the toy with which the toy can grow or to which application programs are installed using the cyber character so as to utilize as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), mobile phone and a computer for home-use. Also, in case the toy is combined with the central processing unit, it can perform more improved actions thus to give a variety of learning chances and attract a variety of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee ll Wang, Nam Woong Kim, In Sang Song
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Publication number: 20020059153Abstract: A toy learning apparatus using a cyber community and a method thereof comprising a cyber community having a cyber character which grows by learning in online, and a toy which grows by receiving experience of the cyber character or experience of a user's learning can increase the interest of the user, promote the sale of the toy and supply the program update of the toy, contents and various kinds of information smoothly by connecting the actual toy and the cyber character which acts in the cyber community.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee II Wang, Nam Woong Kim, In Sang Song, Wae Yeul Kim
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Publication number: 20020059386Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for operating toys through a computer communication, an apparatus for operating toys through a computer communication comprises a communication server supplying message information through a computer communication in a network, an operation device interpreting the message information inputted from the communication servers, and a toy being inputted the message information from the operation device and performing a certain motion or outputting character information/audio information/image information corresponded to the inputted message information, accordingly a user can perform a computer communication with reality and have better interaction between users.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee ll Wang, Nam Woong Kim, In Sang Song
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Publication number: 20020049606Abstract: A system for programming an interactive learning device, such as electronic toy, using a web server includes a first processing unit having a web server for providing a control module used for remote processing, a second processing unit linked to the first processor through the communication medium to exchange data with the first processor, an interactive device, such as a robot toy pet, having at least a processor and a memory and adapted to communicate with the first processing unit. The interactive device includes a sensor for collecting data and formulating a learned module. The interactive device receives the control module from the first processing unit and sends the learned module. The control module is updated with more advanced function to be performed by the interactive toy in response to the content of the learned module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee Il Wang, Nam Woong Kim, Wae Yeul Kim, Mun Chae Joung, In Sang Song
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Publication number: 20020022523Abstract: A learning/growing system of a toy using real living goods to solve problems of conventional art, that is, that the method of conventional art is too simple and related to real life little, whereby the growing of the toy is monotonous and the user can not be interested in the toy continuously, comprises a learning/growing toy expressing desires for eating, learning, and playing at a certain time point, and grown intellectually and physically by being inputted products and goods information corresponding to satisfaction of the desires; a personal computer for downloading the goods information for satisfying the desires of the toy and inputting the information into the learning/growing toy; and a web server recognizing the desire generations of the toy and including advertising banners for various products of many companies and detailed information according to the banners.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byung Ju Dan, Jong Rak Lim, Jae Ho Na, Jang Won Boo, Hee Il Wang, Nam Woong Kim, In Sang Song