Patents by Inventor Ku-Young Son

Ku-Young Son 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).

  • Patent number: 8695232
    Abstract: A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Jin Choi, Sang Hun Bae, Yang Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Min Ji Kim, Ku Young Son
  • Patent number: 8616008
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-freezing refrigerator which can keep the contents in a non-frozen state by an electric field. The non-freezing refrigerator includes a setting unit for selecting and setting a magnitude and frequency of a voltage, a generating unit for generating an electric field according to the voltage having the set magnitude and frequency, and applying the electric field to a storing space for storing the contents, and a freezing cycle for cooling the storing space. The contents are kept in the non-frozen state below a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Patent number: 8572989
    Abstract: A Kimchi refrigerator is provided for storing and fermenting foods, such as Kimchi, soy, or bean paste at a low temperature. The Kimchi refrigerator displays a set special mode with a corresponding avatar, or displays various information of a special function of the set special mode, such as operation information and power information with corresponding avatars. As a result, a user can easily recognize each special mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ku-Young Son, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park
  • Patent number: 8196424
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of maMng slush thr?gh supercooling which generate a supercooled liquid by supplying cool air and energy, control the state of the supercooled liquid, store and supply the supercooled liquid, generate slush by applying an external force to the supercooled liquid, maintain the state of the slush, and supply the slush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Patent number: 8151576
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator including a liquid, cool air supplied to supercool the liquid, and a preventing means for preventing the liquid from existing as a solid phase, and a method of operating the refrigerator. The preventing means is at least one of an energy generator for supplying energy to the liquid supplied with the cool air to maintain the liquid in the supercooled state, a restricting member for interrupting the motion of the liquid, and a heater for converting the liquid converted into a solid phase into the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Patent number: 8061150
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of operating the same which can solve supercooling release of a supercooled space and prevent external exposure of energy such as an electric field. The apparatus for supercooling includes a space cooled by cool air, for maintaining an inside object in a supercooled state by supply of energy preventing the object from being converted into a solid phase, a sensing unit for sensing supercooling release of the space or the object, and a heater engaged with the sensing unit, for applying heat to the space or the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20110239480
    Abstract: A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chul Jin CHOI, Sang Hun BAE, Yang Hwan KIM, Tae Hee LEE, Min Ji KIM, Ku Young SON
  • Patent number: 7925976
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided having a user avatar display function which can store avatars of each user, identify users, and display the avatars corresponding to the identified users. The refrigerator includes a photographing device that photographs images of users, a storing device that stores user information for identifying the users and avatar information having avatars corresponding to the users and/or user information, a display that displays the avatars, and a controller that reads the user information, compares the user information with the images of the users photographed by the photographing device, reads the avatar information according to the comparison result, and displays the avatars of the users included in the read avatar information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong-Min Shin, Sun-Cheol Bae, Su-Won Lee, Jae-Seng Sim, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park, Deok-Hyun Youn, Yong-Chol Kwon, Byung-Koo Kong, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20100229571
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-freezing refrigerator which can keep the contents in a non-frozen state by an electric field. The non-freezing refrigerator includes a setting unit for selecting and setting a magnitude and frequency of a voltage, a generating unit for generating an electric field according to the voltage having the set magnitude and frequency, and applying the electric field to a storing space for storing the contents, and a freezing cycle for cooling the storing space. The contents are kept in the non-frozen state below a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20100218510
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of maMng slush thr?gh supercooling which generate a supercooled liquid by supplying cool air and energy, control the state of the supercooled liquid, store and supply the supercooled liquid, generate slush by applying an external force to the supercooled liquid, maintain the state of the slush, and supply the slush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20100186431
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for supercooling and a method of operating the same which can solve supercooling release of a supercooled space and prevent external exposure of energy such as an electric field. The apparatus for supercooling includes a space cooled by cool air, for maintaining an inside object in a supercooled state by supply of energy preventing the object from being converted into a solid phase, a sensing unit for sensing supercooling release of the space or the object, and a heater engaged with the sensing unit, for applying heat to the space or the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Patent number: 7716935
    Abstract: Refrigerator for managing food by using RFID including a plurality of storage portions divided in the refrigerator for storing food, RFID devices each having storage information of each kind of food stored in the storage portions, and controller for reading the storage information and setting up the storage portion which maintains a storage condition suitable to the storage information read thus, thereby permitting easy storage of food in a storage portion having the storage condition by using the RFID device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Eun Jeong Kim, Jong Min Shin, Sun Cheol Bae, Ku Young Son, Yong Chol Kwon, Jae Seng Sim, Su Won Lee, Deok Hyun Youn, Byung Koo Kong, Eun Young Park
  • Publication number: 20090165467
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ice maker including an ice tray (51) for containing water and making ice, and at least one energy generator (54) disposed to supply energy to at least one of the water contained in the ice tray and the ice made in the ice tray, and a method of making ice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chul Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20090126393
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator including a liquid, cool air supplied to supercool the liquid, and a preventing means for preventing the liquid from existing as a solid phase, and a method of operating the refrigerator. The preventing means is at least one of an energy generator for supplying energy to the liquid supplied with the cool air to maintain the liquid in the supercooled state, a restricting member for interrupting the motion of the liquid, and a heater for converting the liquid converted into a solid phase into the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20090113745
    Abstract: A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Chul Jin Choi, Sang Hun Bae, Yang Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Min Ji Kim, Ku Young Son
  • Publication number: 20090064689
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for supercooling which can stably maintain the contents in a supercooled state for an extended period of time by controlling energy. The apparatus for supercooling includes a means for taking energy from the contents, and a means for causing at least one of rotation, vibration and translation to water molecules of the contents, by supplying energy smaller than the taken energy. The contents arc maintained in a liquid state below a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronic Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20090044544
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can keep the contents in a non-frozen state by an electric field generated by a radio frequency voltage. The refrigerator includes a setting unit for setting a amplitude and frequency of a voltage, a generating unit for generating an electric field according to the voltage having the set amplitude and frequency, and applying the electric field to a storing space for storing the contents, and a freezing cycle for cooling the storing space. The contents are kept in a non-frozen state below a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Cheong Kim, Jong-Min Shin, Su-Won Lee, Cheol-Hwan Kim, Yong-Chol Kwon, Ku-Young Son
  • Patent number: 7296459
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator for storing foods at a low temperature. An avatar refrigerator and a method for sensing contamination of the same receive measurement values from various sensors installed around the refrigerator in a contamination sensing mode, decide kinds and degrees of contamination in each position by analyzing the measurement values of the sensors by a control means, decide contamination solving methods, and display the kinds and degrees of contamination in each position and the contamination solving methods through a display means formed at the refrigerator door side with avatars. As a result, the avatar refrigerator and the method for sensing contamination of the same maintain the clean air environment and improve health by notifying the air contamination in the peripheral regions of the refrigerator installed at the center of the residential space and the contamination solving methods as well as freshly maintain the foods by storing the foods at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ku-Young Son, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park
  • Publication number: 20070039376
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator for storing foods at a low temperature. An avatar refrigerator and a method for sensing contamination of the same receive measurement values from various sensors installed around the refrigerator in a contamination sensing mode, decide kinds and degrees of contamination in each position by analyzing the measurement values of the sensors by a control means, decide contamination solving methods, and display the kinds and degrees of contamination in each position and the contamination solving methods through a display means formed at the refrigerator door side with avatars. As a result, the avatar refrigerator and the method for sensing contamination of the same maintain the clean air environment and improve health by notifying the air contamination in the peripheral regions of the refrigerator installed at the center of the residential space and the contamination solving methods as well as freshly maintain the foods by storing the foods at a low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ku-Young Son, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park
  • Publication number: 20070039333
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a Kimchi refrigerator for storing and fermenting foods such as Kimchi or soy and bean paste at a low temperature. The Kimchi refrigerator displays a set special mode with a corresponding avatar, or displays various information of the special function of the set special mode such as operation information and power information with corresponding avatars. As a result, the user can easily recognize each special mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ku-Young Son, Eun-Jeong Kim, Eun-Young Park