Patents by Inventor Junhui KIM
Junhui 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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Patent number: 12346058Abstract: A process cartridge (2) includes: a photosensitive unit (100) including a photosensitive drum (21); and a development unit (200). The development unit includes: a developing roller (22); a toner chamber (203); a toner receiving unit (300) extending from the toner chamber to form a toner supply path (302) to the toner chamber; and a toner inlet (301) provided in the toner receiving unit. The development unit comprising the toner receiving unit is pivotably supported by the photosensitive unit, the development unit pivotable in a direction in which the developing roller approaches or is separated from the photosensitive drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sanghoon Lee, Junhui Kim, Donguk Kim
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Publication number: 20250181023Abstract: A cartridge unit detachable from a main body of an image forming device includes: a rotation member; a driven coupler arranged at one end portion of the rotation member in an axial direction of the rotation member; and a coil spring arranged to be expandable and compressible in the axial direction, a first end portion of the coil spring being fixed onto the driven coupler, and the coil spring being wound in a first direction from the first end portion toward a second end portion. When a rotational force is transmitted to the second end portion of the coil spring in the first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a portion of the transmitted rotational force is converted into a force that decreases or increases a diameter of the coil spring, and the first end portion of the coil spring presses the driven coupler in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Seungchan Park, Junhui Kim, Youngkwang Shin
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Patent number: 12271120Abstract: A toner refill cartridge includes a housing having an opening; a toner storage portion arranged inside the housing and to store a toner; a toner discharge portion at an end of the toner storage portion and to discharge the toner; a pump including a variable volume member capable of retracting and expanding, the pump to provide pressure, through a volume change of the variable volume member, for discharging the toner; a driving force input portion rotatable by a driving force received from outside; and a driving force transmission portion to receive a rotational force of the driving force input portion, convert the rotational force into driving force for changing a volume of the variable volume member, and transmit the driving force to the pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Shinhyup Kang, Yongnam Ahn, Jinhwa Hong, Junhui Kim
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Publication number: 20240427283Abstract: A process cartridge (2) includes: a photosensitive unit (100) including a photosensitive drum (21); and a development unit (200). The development unit includes: a developing roller (22); a toner chamber (203); a toner receiving unit (300) extending from the toner chamber to form a toner supply path (302) to the toner chamber; and a toner inlet (301) provided in the toner receiving unit. The development unit comprising the toner receiving unit is pivotably supported by the photosensitive unit, the development unit pivotable in a direction in which the developing roller approaches or is separated from the photosensitive drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sanghoon LEE, Junhui KIM, Donguk KIM
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Publication number: 20240393735Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a main body including a cartridge chamber, a toner cartridge movable between a mounting position in which the toner cartridge is mounted in the cartridge chamber and a pop-up position in which the toner cartridge protrudes from the cartridge chamber, and a chamber door to open and close the cartridge chamber, wherein the chamber door is to switch to an open position to open the cartridge chamber in association with a pop-up operation of the toner cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Jongin KIM, Junhui KIM, Jeonghyun LEE
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Publication number: 20240345507Abstract: A toner refill cartridge includes a housing having an opening; a toner storage portion arranged inside the housing and to store a toner; a toner discharge portion at an end of the toner storage portion and to discharge the toner; a pump including a variable volume member capable of retracting and expanding, the pump to provide pressure, through a volume change of the variable volume member, for discharging the toner; a driving force input portion rotatable by a driving force received from outside; and a driving force transmission portion to receive a rotational force of the driving force input portion, convert the rotational force into driving force for changing a volume of the variable volume member, and transmit the driving force to the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Shinhyup Kang, Yongnam Ahn, Jinhwa Hong, Junhui Kim
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Publication number: 20240345518Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a body comprising a developing device, and a mounting unit from which a toner refill cartridge is detachable and which is connected to the developing device and delivers toner accommodated in the toner refill cartridge to the developing device. The body includes a housing having a communication hole so that the toner refill cartridge is mounted on the mounting unit from outside the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a drive unit to provide a driving force to the toner refill cartridge so that toner is supplied from the toner refill cartridge to the developing device: a detecting unit to acquire a detected value corresponding to an amount of toner in the toner refill cartridge; and a controller to control an operation of the drive unit based on the detected value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Seongho Jeong, Jongwon Han, Sungchul Ahn, Junhui Kim
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Patent number: 12111604Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a main body including an opening and an accommodation portion, a development cartridge detachable from the main body, a tray on which to mount the development cartridge, the tray being movable between a mounting position inserted into the main body through the opening, a withdrawal position extracted from the main body, and an accommodation position at which the development cartridge is accommodated in the accommodation portion, and an elastic support member to elastically support the development cartridge with respect to the tray while the tray moves between the mounting position, the withdrawal position, and the accommodation position.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Younghoon Kim, Wontaek Kim, Hohyun Hwang, Hwanghee Ryu, Saehoon Han, Seongho Park, Seunggweon Lee, Woongyong Choi, Sungjin Kim, Junhui Kim
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Patent number: 12085885Abstract: An example connection structure to couple with a toner cartridge includes a connector to be located at a driving position to contact a coupler provided in a toner cartridge, or a tilting position to be tilt with respect to the driving position, and a position maintaining portion to maintain the connector at the tilting position when the connector is separate from the coupler. The connector located at the tilting position is tilted toward a direction opposite to a direction in which the coupler moves when making contact with the connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jaeil Yu, Changwoo Lee, Junhui Kim
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Patent number: 12085886Abstract: An example connection structure includes a connector and a connector support body. The connector is to engage with a coupler of a toner cartridge at a driving position when the toner cartridge is located at an operable position. The connector support body is rotatable about a rotation axis. The connector is also to support the connector to allow the connector to be inclined toward one side or another side with respect to the rotation axis while moving along the rotation axis with respect to the driving position.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Changwoo Lee, Jaeil Yu, Junhui Kim
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Patent number: 12027172Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that includes a first processor for receiving an audio signal, performing first voice recognition on the audio signal, and transferring a driving signal to a second processor based on a result of the first voice recognition. The second processor performs second voice recognition based on a voice signal by the first voice recognition or the audio signal, in response to the driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Taejin Lee, Subhojit Chakladar, Sanghoon Lee, Kyungtae Kim, Yuna Kim, Junhui Kim, Eunhye Shin, Jaegeun Lee, Hyunwoong Lim
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Publication number: 20230375974Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a main body including an opening and an accommodation portion, a development cartridge detachable from the main body, a tray on which to mount the development cartridge, the tray being movable between a mounting position inserted into the main body through the opening, a withdrawal position extracted from the main body, and an accommodation position at which the development cartridge is accommodated in the accommodation portion, and an elastic support member to elastically support the development cartridge with respect to the tray while the tray moves between the mounting position, the withdrawal position, and the accommodation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Younghoon KIM, Wontaek KIM, Holyun HWANG, Hwanghee RYU, Saehoon HAN, Seongho PARK, Seunggweon LEE, Woongyong CHOI, Sungjin KIM, Junhui KIM
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Publication number: 20230375973Abstract: An example connection structure includes a connector and a connector support body. The connector is to engage with a coupler of a toner cartridge at a driving position when the toner cartridge is located at an operable position. The connector support body is rotatable about a rotation axis. The connector is also to support the connector to allow the connector to be inclined toward one side or another side with respect to the rotation axis while moving along the rotation axis with respect to the driving position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Changwoo LEE, Jaeil Yu, Junhui KIM
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Publication number: 20230350337Abstract: An example connection structure to couple with a toner cartridge includes a connector to be located at a driving position to contact a coupler provided in a toner cartridge, or a tilting position to be tilt with respect to the driving position, and a position maintaining portion to maintain the connector at the tilting position when the connector is separate from the coupler. The connector located at the tilting position is tilted toward a direction opposite to a direction in which the coupler moves when making contact with the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Jaeil YU, Changwoo LEE, Junhui KIM
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Patent number: 11636861Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing a voice command in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the electronic device includes a microphone, a memory, and a processor operatively coupled to the microphone and the memory. The processor may be configured to wake up on the basis of detection of a voice call command, calculate a score related to recognition of the voice call command, share the score with an external device, decide whether to execute a voice command on the basis of the score, and process the voice command on the basis of the decision result. Various embodiments are possible.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junhui Kim, Subhojit Chakladar, Tae-Jin Lee, Sanghoon Lee
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Patent number: 11397390Abstract: An example toner refill cartridge includes a body including a toner accommodating portion to accommodate toner and a toner discharge port provided at an end portion of the body in a longitudinal direction to be in communication with the toner accommodating portion, a first member rotatably supported by the body and having a spiral portion extending in the longitudinal direction, a second member located inside the first member and having a guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction, and a plunger having a guide protrusion which passes through the guide groove to engage the spiral portion, to push the toner inside a toner accommodating portion toward a toner discharge port while being moved in the longitudinal direction as the first member is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Junhui Kim, Sanghoon Lee
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Patent number: 11353807Abstract: An example toner cartridge includes a housing to accommodate toner and having a toner discharge port at one side, a conveying member inside the housing to rotate to convey the toner toward the toner discharge port, a driven coupler to rotate by a rotational force, and an ejector to rotate by the driven coupler. Either one of the driven coupler and the ejector is rotatably supported by a side wall of the housing in the longitudinal direction and connected to the conveying member to rotate the conveying member. The other one of the driven coupler and the ejector moves in a direction spaced apart from the side wall with respect to either one of the driven coupler and the ejector when the driven coupler rotates in a reverse direction which is an opposite direction to a forward direction in which the toner is conveyed toward the toner discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Seungchan Park, Youngchae Kim, Junhui Kim
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Publication number: 20220171309Abstract: An example toner refill cartridge includes a body including a toner accommodating portion to accommodate toner and a toner discharge port provided at an end portion of the body in a longitudinal direction to be in communication with the toner accommodating portion, a first member rotatably supported by the body and having a spiral portion extending in the longitudinal direction, a second member located inside the first member and having a guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction, and a plunger having a guide protrusion which passes through the guide groove to engage the spiral portion, to push the toner inside a toner accommodating portion toward a toner discharge port while being moved in the longitudinal direction as the first member is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Junhui Kim, Sanghoon Lee
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Publication number: 20220121150Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a main body including a cover, a location determining member coupled to the main body to settle a toner cartridge in an image forming location, a sliding member slidably coupled to the main body to move the toner cartridge between a first location outside the main body and a second location inside the main body, and a holder connected with the cover to move the toner cartridge located in the second location to a third location contacting the location determining member according to a movement of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mintae Kim, Junhui Kim
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Publication number: 20220043369Abstract: An example toner cartridge includes a housing to accommodate toner and having a toner discharge port at one side, a conveying member inside the housing to rotate to convey the toner toward the toner discharge port, a driven coupler to rotate by a rotational force, and an ejector to rotate by the driven coupler. Either one of the driven coupler and the ejector is rotatably supported by a side wall of the housing in the longitudinal direction and connected to the conveying member to rotate the conveying member. The other one of the driven coupler and the ejector moves in a direction spaced apart from the side wall with respect to either one of the driven coupler and the ejector when the driven coupler rotates in a reverse direction which is an opposite direction to a forward direction in which the toner is conveyed toward the toner discharge port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Seungchan Park, Youngchae Kim, Junhui Kim