Patents by Inventor Ki Hong Min
Ki Hong Min 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: 20240067535Abstract: A water purifier includes: a filter module for providing purified water by filtering raw water; a fitting valve module detachably fastened to the filter module to provide at least one of a flow path for a flow of raw water supplied to the filter module and a flow path for a flow of the purified water discharged from the filter module; and a frame including a valve support for movably supporting the fitting valve module to be movable. The fitting valve module is selectively placed in a separated state in which the fitting valve module is separated from the filter module by moving in a direction away from the filter module, or a coupled state in which the fitting valve module coupled to the filter module by moving toward the filter module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Hong MIN, Man Uk PARK, Yong Yeon NOH, Dae Hwan KIM, Doo Won HAN
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Publication number: 20230234828Abstract: An ice-making water purifier includes a water tank unit, an instantaneous heating device, an extraction member, an ice-maker, a supply pump, an ice-making water inlet passage, an ice-making water supply valve, a flow rate sensor, and a controller configured to control driving of the supply pump and the opening and closing of the ice-making water supply valve such that purified water corresponding to a predetermined supply amount of ice-making water is supplied to the ice-maker on the basis of a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor. The controller controls the opening and closing of the channel such that purified water is preferentially supplied to the instantaneous heating device among the instantaneous heating device and the ice-maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: COWAY CO., LtdInventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
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Publication number: 20230191329Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
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Patent number: 10768736Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to recognize a fingerprint received through the display, and a processor. The processor is configured to implement the method, which includes detecting a fingerprint using a fingerprint recognition sensor of the electronic device through a display of the electronic device; and controlling the display to display at least one object based on the fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Do-Hyoung Chung, Jae-Yub Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Seung-Geol Baek
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Patent number: 10622664Abstract: Provided is a pouch type secondary battery including an electrode assembly accommodated in an accommodating part of a pouch exterior part. A vertex part of an inner surface of the accommodating part is rounded. The electrode assembly includes a unit stack part that has a structure (a) in which a type of radical units are repeatedly disposed, wherein electrodes and separators are alternately disposed and are integrally coupled in the radical units, and the number of the electrodes is the same as the number of the separators, or a structure (b) in which two or more types of radical units are disposed in a predetermined order, wherein electrodes and separators are alternately disposed and are integrally coupled in the radical units, and the number of the electrodes is the same as the number of the separators. Distal ends of neighboring ones of the separators are not adhered to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ki Hong Min, Seung Ho Na, Jin Ho Ban
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Patent number: 10576558Abstract: Disclosed is a device for notching, at an interval of a unit electrode, a continuous electrode sheet in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, to form a plurality of unit electrodes from the electrode sheet, the device including a press to press notches on the top and the bottom of the electrode sheet at a set position, and two or more grippers arranged at the rear of the press based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet, the grippers drawing and transporting the electrode sheet by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode according to operation of the press, wherein while one of the grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet, the remaining grippers move to a position for drawing.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Ki Hong Min, Sung Min Hwang, Jihoon Cho, Taeyoon Jung, Jeong Sam Son, Changmin Han, Jae Hoon You, Su Taek Jung, Hyeong Kim, Hyun-sook Baik, Ki Hun Song, Sang Hyuck Park, Han Sung Lee, Byeong Geun Kim
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Patent number: 10521575Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first processor, a second processor, a display, and a first sensor. The first processor receives an input through the first sensor while the display is in a deactivated state, and transmits the input to the second processor, when biometric data is detected in the input, and the second processor authenticates the biometric data included in the input, and activates the display if the authentication succeeds.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. LtdInventors: Seunggeol Baek, Ki Hong Min, Hee-Woong Yoon
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Publication number: 20190384440Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to recognize a fingerprint received through the display, and a processor. The processor is configured to implement the method, which includes detecting a fingerprint using a fingerprint recognition sensor of the electronic device through a display of the electronic device; and controlling the display to display at least one object based on the fingerprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Jeong-Ho CHO, Do-Hyoung CHUNG, Jae-Yub KIM, Ki-Hong MIN, Seung-Geol BAEK
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Patent number: 10452178Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to recognize a fingerprint received through the display, and a processor. The processor is configured to implement the method, which includes detecting a fingerprint using a fingerprint recognition sensor of the electronic device through a display of the electronic device; and controlling the display to display at least one object based on the fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Do-Hyoung Chung, Jae-Yub Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Seung-Geol Baek
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Patent number: 10031218Abstract: A method for sensing a fingerprint, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a sound wave signal that is reflected from an object; detecting at least one echo signal that is associated with the object for each reception period in a plurality of reception periods, wherein the at least one echo signal is detected based on the sound wave signal; and detecting the fingerprint based on the at least one echo signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki Hong Min, Jong-Seok Kim, Jeong-Min Park, Dohyoung Chung
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Patent number: 10005157Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery, and more specifically to a lithium secondary battery having a multi-directional lead-tab structure. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly which is formed by alternately laminating an electrode plate having a current collector, an active material, and a tab, and an isolation layer; a lead which is electrically connected to the tab; and a battery case, wherein the lead is divided into an anode lead and a cathode lead, and at least two or more anode leads and cathode leads are provided. The battery of the present invention uses the same lead-tab size as the prior art and is suitable for use with high current.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Tae Su Kim, Ki Eun Sung, Sang Ik Lee, Jin Soo Lee, Jin Ho Ban, Dae Han Seo, Bu Gon Shin, Ki Hong Min, Young Min Yuk, Chang Bum Ahn
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Patent number: 9922235Abstract: Provided is a method for authenticating a user in an electronic device. In illustrative embodiments, a fingerprint input from the user is be detected by receiving detection signals for respective sample points across an area of the fingerprint input. A determination value may be computed, which represents a degree of distribution of the detection signals according to signal strengths. It is then determined whether the determination value falls outside a preset reference range. If the determination value falls outside the preset reference range, the method determines that the fingerprint input from the user is invalid.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Won Huh, Jae-Yub Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Jeong-Min Park, Seung-Geol Baek, Do-Hyoung Chung
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Patent number: 9897693Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling a gesture sensor of the same are provided. The electronic device includes a gesture sensor and a threshold determining module configured to receive a light amount measurement with respect to light incident to the gesture sensor, to compare the light amount measurement with a light amount reference value, and to determine a light amount threshold that is used based on object recognition of the gesture sensor by adding the weight value to the light amount measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Seung-Geol Baek, Dong-Han Lee, Jae-Yub Kim, Jong-Woo Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Hyeon-Chang Son, Ki-Hun Eom, Kyeong-Mun Jo
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Patent number: 9893376Abstract: Provided are a method of preparing an electrode assembly suitable for preparing a secondary battery having a structure that may increase a degree of freedom in the design of a device in which the secondary battery is installed, and a method of preparing a secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Young Joo Yang, Ki Hong Min, Chang Bum Ahn
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Publication number: 20170308215Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to recognize a fingerprint received through the display, and a processor. The processor is configured to implement the method, which includes detecting a fingerprint using a fingerprint recognition sensor of the electronic device through a display of the electronic device; and controlling the display to display at least one object based on the fingerprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Jeong-Ho CHO, Do-Hyoung CHUNG, Jae-Yub KIM, Ki-Hong MIN, Seung-Geol BAEK
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Publication number: 20170293749Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first processor, a second processor, a display, and a first sensor. The first processor receives an input through the first sensor while the display is in a deactivated state, and transmits the input to the second processor, when biometric data is detected in the input, and the second processor authenticates the biometric data included in the input, and activates the display if the authentication succeeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Seunggeol Baek, Ki Hong Min, Hee-Woong Yoon
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Patent number: 9733740Abstract: A electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a fingerprint recognition sensor configured to recognize a fingerprint received through the display, and a processor. The processor is configured to implement the method, which includes detecting a fingerprint using a fingerprint recognition sensor of the electronic device through a display of the electronic device; and controlling the display to display at least one object based on the fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Do-Hyoung Chung, Jae-Yub Kim, Ki-Hong Min, Seung-Geol Baek
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Patent number: 9633248Abstract: According to a fingerprint authentication method, fingerprint data is obtained through a fingerprint sensor, a degree of rotation of an electronic device including the fingerprint sensor when the fingerprint data is obtained is detected, a pattern of minutiae is extracted from the fingerprint data, a registration pattern for a registered fingerprint is rotated based on the degree of rotation, the pattern of minutiae is matched to the registration pattern, and the fingerprint data is authenticated on the basis of a match result.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Hyun Kyoung Kim, Seong Sig Kang, Ki Hong Min
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Patent number: 9569087Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a plurality of fingerprint drags after a touch on a portion of the electronic device, wherein each of the plurality of fingerprint drags is a consecutive drag from a previous drag and each of the plurality of fingerprint drags has a different orientation from each other; and identifying a fingerprint based on a plurality of images acquired from the plurality of fingerprint drags, wherein each of the plurality of images is compared with corresponding portion of a reference image.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jeong-Ho Cho, Jeong-Min Park, Do-Hyoung Chung, Ki-Hong Min, Dong-Han Lee
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Publication number: 20160372783Abstract: Provided is a pouch type secondary battery including an electrode assembly accommodated in an accommodating part of a pouch exterior part. A vertex part of an inner surface of the accommodating part is rounded. The electrode assembly includes a unit stack part that has a structure (a) in which a type of radical units are repeatedly disposed, wherein electrodes and separators are alternately disposed and are integrally coupled in the radical units, and the number of the electrodes is the same as the number of the separators, or a structure (b) in which two or more types of radical units are disposed in a predetermined order, wherein electrodes and separators are alternately disposed and are integrally coupled in the radical units, and the number of the electrodes is the same as the number of the separators. Distal ends of neighboring ones of the separators are not adhered to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ki Hong MIN, Seung Ho NA, Jin Ho BAN