Patents by Inventor Paul Joon SUNWOO

Paul Joon SUNWOO 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).

  • Apparatus for generating aerosols and method for cleaning the same
    Patent number: 11944128
    Abstract: Provided is a method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method including: receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation; obtaining information about a performance history of the cleaning operation in response to the user input; setting a mode of the cleaning operation to one of a plurality of cleaning modes based on the information about the performance history; and performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han, Paul Joon Sunwoo
  • Aerosol generating device and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 11925214
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material to generate aerosol; a controller configured to: calculate a current flowing through the heater based on a predefined resistance of the heater and power supplied to the heater, measure the current flowing through the heater, and control the power supplied to the heater based on a difference between the calculated current and the measured current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Kyeong Lee, Paul Joon Sunwoo, Sung Wook Yoon, Dae Nam Han
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING USER
    Publication number: 20240061922
    Abstract: To authenticate a user of an electronic device, a user terminal receives tag information including target program information from a tag device using a near-field communication (NFC) sensor, stores a target program in the user terminal based on the target program information, performs user authentication based on the target program, and transmits a result of the user authentication to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Paul Joon SUNWOO
  • AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230096029
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material to generate aerosol; a controller configured to: calculate a current flowing through the heater based on a predefined resistance of the heater and power supplied to the heater, measure the current flowing through the heater, and control the power supplied to the heater based on a difference between the calculated current and the measured current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Kyeong LEE, Paul Joon SUNWOO, Sung Wook YOON, Dae Nam HAN
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20220284083
    Abstract: A user authentication apparatus trains a user authentication model by using biometric data of a user which was used in previous user authentication as training data, and performs user authentication by using the trained user authentication model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Joon SUNWOO, Jin Soo SEONG
  • APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOLS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200359699
    Abstract: Provided is a method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method including: receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation; obtaining information about a performance history of the cleaning operation in response to the user input; setting a mode of the cleaning operation to one of a plurality of cleaning modes based on the information about the performance history; and performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Jong Sub LEE, Dae Nam HAN, Paul Joon SUNWOO