Patents by Inventor Kyung Nam Kim

Kyung Nam 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).

  • Publication number: 20230367355
    Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a vehicle, includes a pedal pad rotatably coupled to an upper end portion of a foldable pedal arm so that a contact area may be increased when a driver's foot comes into contact with the pedal pad, which makes it possible to improve convenience and safety for the driver when the driver performs the pedal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Kyung Nam Kim, Dae Yeon Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim
  • Publication number: 20230338957
    Abstract: Provided is a reaction well cartridge device and a reaction well cartridge system. The reaction well cartridge device may include a cartridge body in which a reaction well container for accommodating reaction wells, wherein the cartridge body includes one or more of a dispensing tip container, a sample container for accommodating samples, a reagent container for accommodating reagents, a mixture container for accommodating a mixture containing the samples and the reagents, a diluent container for accommodating a diluent, a washing solution container for accommodating a washing solution, and combinations thereof; a temporary storage formed in the cartridge body and configured to temporarily store waste generated after reaction in the reaction wells; and a non-return valve device installed in a waste passage formed on one side of the temporary storage to prevent inflow of the waste from flowing backwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 11788049
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture system capable of mixing a medium for culturing animal or plant cells. The cell culture system includes a body, a movable plate including an accommodation space accommodating a culture bag accommodating a medium to mix the medium, and being tiltable in multiple directions by a central joint mounted at a first location of the body, a first actuator mounted between the body and a second location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, a second actuator mounted between the body and a third location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, and a controller for applying a control signal to the first and second actuators, wherein a first angle between a first reference line extending from the first location to the second location, and a second reference line extending from the first location to the third location is 120°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MICRO DIGITAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Yong Bok Lee, Chong Myung Kim, Sun Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20230313101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable cell culture bag capable of facilitating cell culture by using a flexible transparent resin film, the disposable cell culture bag including a body having a sealed space for accommodating a medium, and made of a flexible transparent resin film usable for disposable products, and one or more tubing lines extending from an inside to an outside of the body, wherein the body includes a bottom-side integrated part provided by extending one or more side surfaces from a bottom surface of the body to be spread in a radial shape, in order to obtain continuously smooth four edges of the bottom surface, and a top surface fusion bonded to the side surfaces of the bottom-side integrated part after the side surfaces are fusion bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20230301503
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based gastroscopic image analysis method including a step of configuring training data and training the plurality of image classification models, a step of observing or photographing respective parts of a stomach from the oral cavity and the laryngopharynx to the second part of the duodenum using a gastroscopic probe, a step of automatically classifying and recognizing the anatomical location of the stomach with respect to an image captured during photographing using the plurality of image classification models, automatically storing or reporting the location of a lesion, and a step of segmenting an image of a specific part in the captured gastroscopic image for each region by a region segmentation model and outputting the same number of segmented maps as the number of target classes as the result of segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: WAYCEN INC., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kyung Nam KIM, Jie-Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230294954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a moving device. A moving device for moving a tubular member according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a housing through which the tubular member passes, a first roller and a second roller arranged to face both sides of the tubular member inside the housing and having outer circumferential surfaces that presses the tubular member, an actuator that provides a driving force for rotating the first roller, a sensor that measures a movement amount of the tubular member, and a controller that controls the actuator on the basis of the movement amount of the tubular member, wherein, when the first roller rotates, the tubular member between the first roller and the second roller moves by a frictional force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Byung Gon Kim, Kyung nam Kim, Ye Chan Seo
  • Publication number: 20230151318
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture system capable of mixing a medium for culturing animal or plant cells. The cell culture system includes a body, a movable plate including an accommodation space accommodating a culture bag accommodating a medium to mix the medium, and being tiltable in multiple directions by a central joint mounted at a first location of the body, a first actuator mounted between the body and a second location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, a second actuator mounted between the body and a third location of the movable plate to move the movable plate, and a controller for applying a control signal to the first and second actuators, wherein a first angle between a first reference line extending from the first location to the second location, and a second reference line extending from the first location to the third location is 120°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kyung Nam KIM, Yong Bok LEE, Chong Myung KIM, Sun Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20220373455
    Abstract: Provided is a spectrophotometric device including a base plate including a first surface to accommodate a sample thereon, a rotatable plate including a second surface corresponding to and spaced a certain distance apart from the first surface, a test beam radiator connected to the first surface through a first beam guide to radiate a test beam to the sample accommodated on a beam path between the first and second surfaces, a spectrophotometer connected to the second surface through a second beam guide to analyze spectroscopic properties of the sample by analyzing a characteristic beam having passed through the sample accommodated on the beam path, and a state determiner provided near the beam path to determine whether the sample accommodated between the first and second surfaces is in a state in which analysis of optical properties is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 11381417
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a sleep management method includes obtaining sleep data of a user, obtaining a sleep state of the user on the basis of the sleep data, and controlling at least one home appliance on the basis of the sleep state of the user, and the sleep data includes signals corresponding to a heart rate, respiration rate, and movement of the user detected by a piezoelectric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Sup Lee, Hyun Cheol Oh, Kyung Nam Kim, Yeon A Hwang, Dong Hyuk Shin
  • Publication number: 20220184603
    Abstract: Provided are a reaction well cartridge device and reaction well cartridge system suitable for biochemical or biological reaction, the reaction well cartridge device including a cartridge body including at least one of a reaction well container containing a reaction well where biological reactions occur, pipette tip containers containing at least pipette tips, a sample container containing a sample, reagent containers containing reagents, a mixed solution container containing a mixed solution of the sample and the reagents, a diluent container containing a diluent, washing solution containers containing washing solutions, and combinations thereof, and a temporary storage provided on the cartridge body to temporarily store wastes produced after the reactions occur in the reaction well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 11141358
    Abstract: A foam made of a specific material having superior properties and cosmetic products including the foam are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Ha Jin Jung, Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11040224
    Abstract: Provided is a water-in-oil cosmetic composition comprising one or more thickening agents selected from the group consisting of sodium polyacrylate starch, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, xanthan gum and locust bean gum in an inner phase. The water-in-oil cosmetic composition of the present invention brings improvements to time-related changes in preparation stability by means of inner phase thickening controlling the flow properties of an aqueous phase, and controls the size of emulsified particles by means of inner phase thickening, and as a result the invention has outstanding thixotropic characteristics and outstanding initial spreadability and has outstanding durability and, in addition, the invention provides both a fresh-cream-like soft feel in use and a liquid-like light feel in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 10925812
    Abstract: Provided is a polyether-based urethane foam for impregnating a cosmetic composition. The polyether-based urethane foam has excellent touch feel, portability and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Min Kyung Shim, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 10918188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic product and a method for producing same, wherein the cosmetic product comprising a screen mesh includes: one or more materials selected from a group consisting of polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), polyester, polyether, acryl and olefin; and an absorbing material adjacent to the screen mesh. The cosmetic product of the present invention enables a user to appropriately adjust the degree of discharge of contents during use of the contents and to use the residual quantity of the carried contents as much as possible by means of the elasticity of the absorbing material. The cosmetic product of the present invention provides a wide variety of choices of absorbing materials compared with conventional cosmetics in which choices of absorbing materials are restricted by the types and pore sizes of the absorbing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hae Won Jeong, Kyung Ho Choi, Kyung Nam Kim, Min Kyung Sim, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20200399572
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable cell culture bag capable of facilitating cell culture by using a flexible transparent resin film, the disposable cell culture bag including a body having a sealed space for accommodating a medium, and made of a flexible transparent resin film usable for disposable products, and one or more tubing lines extending from an inside to an outside of the body, wherein the body includes a bottom-side integrated part provided by extending one or more side surfaces from a bottom surface of the body to be spread in a radial shape, in order to obtain continuously smooth four edges of the bottom surface, and a top surface fusion bonded to the side surfaces of the bottom-side integrated part after the side surfaces are fusion bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Kyung Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20200351177
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ji Hyun JEON, Hye Jung CHANG, Young Sun SHIN, Sun Young SEO, So Young YUN, Ji Yoon YOON, Eun Kyung HONG, A Ra CHO, Kyung Nam KIM, Jae Seok LEE, Eun Hwa JANG
  • Patent number: 10764157
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Hye Jung Chang, Young Sun Shin, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Ji Yoon Yoon, Eun Kyung Hong, A Ra Cho, Kyung Nam Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Eun Hwa Jang
  • Publication number: 20200230030
    Abstract: A foam made of a specific material having superior properties and cosmetic products including the foam are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ha Jin JUNG, Kyung Nam KIM, Jung Sun CHOI, Kyung Ho CHOI, Yeong Jin CHOI
  • Patent number: RE48906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foam made of a specific material having superior properties and to cosmetics comprising said foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Ha Jin Jung, Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: RE49062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foam made of a specific material having superior properties and to cosmetics comprising said foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Ha Jin Jung, Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi