Patents by Inventor Sin-ae Kim

Sin-ae 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).

  • Patent number: 10130227
    Abstract: There is provided a robot cleaner having an improved dust-collecting capability and an improved suction force and capable of being manufactured in a small size. The robot cleaner includes a main body comprising a fan motor and having a suction port provided in one side thereof; a plurality of cyclone units configured to separate foreign substances in air suctioned through the suction port; and a plurality of suction flow paths connecting the plurality of cyclone units and the suction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Young Jae Park, Keon Soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20180249878
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vacuum cleaner including: a base including a suction opening; a main frame including a dust collecting apparatus configured to remove dust from air sucked through the suction opening; and a wheel assembly including a forward wheel and a reverse wheel, and rotatably coupled with the base, wherein when the main frame slides with respect to the base, any one of the forward wheel and the reverse wheel contacts a floor. Therefore, the vacuum cleaner may understand a user's intention without adding a senor and a control circuit, and travel actively according to the user's intention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Youl JEONG, Dong Wook KIM, Sung Jin PARK, Sin-Ae KIM
  • Publication number: 20180213987
    Abstract: The robotic cleaner includes a cleaner body that is movable and a suction unit that is movable relative to the cleaner body in a vertical direction. The suction unit includes an inlet for sucking impurities from the surface to be cleaned, and at least one support unit for spacing the inlet and the surface to be cleaned. With the configuration, the foreign substance suction efficiency from the surface to be cleaned may be improved, and a constant gap between the suction portion and the surface to be cleaned may be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Man HONG, Dong Wook KIM, Sin Ae KIM, Ki Hwan KWON, Sung Jin PARK, Hyo Won SIN, Jin Wook YOON, Dong Woo HA
  • Publication number: 20180187897
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven including a display module. The oven includes a main body and a display module pivotably installed on the main body, wherein the display module includes a fixed module fixedly coupled to the main body, a moving module pivotably coupled to the fixed module and including a display panel provided to be manipulated by a user, a driving module and disposed on the fixed module and configured to generate a driving force such that the moving module is pivoted, and a detection module including a press pin configured to detect a position of the moving module depending on whether or not the press pin is pressurized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Sin-Ae KIM
  • Publication number: 20170265701
    Abstract: There is provided a robot cleaner having an improved dust-collecting capability and an improved suction force and capable of being manufactured in a small size. The robot cleaner includes a main body comprising a fan motor and having a suction port provided in one side thereof; a plurality of cyclone units configured to separate foreign substances in air suctioned through the suction port; and a plurality of suction flow paths connecting the plurality of cyclone units and the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Young Jae PARK, Keon Soo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170155347
    Abstract: A device and control method for driving a sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor, particularly related to a technology configured to increase the accuracy of detection of Zero Cross Point through a non-commutation period in a pulse width modulation (PWM) control. The device for driving a sensorless BLDC motor to switch a current applied to a stator winding based on a position of a rotor includes a three phase inverter configured to convert a DC input voltage into a three phase AC voltage and supply the three phase AC voltage to the BLDC motor; a terminal voltage detector configured to detect a three phase terminal voltage from an output terminal of the three phase inverter; and a controller configured to perform a PWM control of the terminal voltage based on a three phase back electromotive force (EMF) included in the detected terminal voltage. The PWM control includes a non-commutation control in which the switching of the current does not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Young Jae Park, In Gun Kim, Hyun Seok Hong, Min Jae Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 9532690
    Abstract: A robot cleaner capable of vacuuming foreign materials on a floor includes a main body to which a dust collector is mounted and a vacuuming unit provided at a front portion of the main body to clean a floor. The vacuuming unit is configured to move relative to the main body. If it is determined that the robot cleaner is located near a wall or an obstacle, the vacuuming unit moves to the wall or the obstacle. Since the vacuuming unit contacts the wall or the obstacle, a region of a floor near the wall or the obstacle may be cleaned. Further, a manual cleaner may be selectively connected to a channel connector of the robot cleaner so that a user may choose automatic or manual cleaning of a floor at the user's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwi Jang, Young Jae Park, Sin Ae Kim, Won Kuk Kim, Hyo Won Sin
  • Patent number: 9487371
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printing media holder and an image forming apparatus including the same. The printing media holder includes an printing media alignment unit capable of moving bidirectionally toward and away from the printing media loaded on the printing media holder, and includes a release mechanism that releases the printing media alignment unit, to allow the printing media alignment unit to move its position for aligning of print media of different sizes, in response to a force received thereto in any of the bidirectional directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sin-ae Kim
  • Patent number: 9239847
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for effectively managing image files are provided. The apparatus acquires a second image if a link information input signal is input. If a person is recognized from the second image, text information corresponding to the recognized person may be added to link information of a first image. Also, an image of the second image may be added to the link information of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, In-sik Myung, Seung-eok Choi, Nam-wook Kang
  • Publication number: 20150208891
    Abstract: A robot cleaner capable of vacuuming foreign materials on a floor includes a main body to which a dust collector is mounted and a vacuuming unit provided at a front portion of the main body to clean a floor. The vacuuming unit is configured to move relative to the main body. If it is determined that the robot cleaner is located near a wall or an obstacle, the vacuuming unit moves to the wall or the obstacle. Since the vacuuming unit contacts the wall or the obstacle, a region of a floor near the wall or the obstacle may be cleaned. Further, a manual cleaner may be selectively connected to a channel connector of the robot cleaner so that a user may choose automatic or manual cleaning of a floor at the user's convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwi JANG, Young Jae PARK, Sin Ae KIM, Won Kuk KIM, Hyo Won SIN
  • Patent number: 9086296
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing path information based on a status of a path and/or a purpose of the use of the path. A path information providing server collects environmental information from a sensing device. The path information providing server receives a path information request including a departure and a destination from a terminal device, and provides path information generated by mapping environmental data to a searched path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-woo Jung, Nam-wook Kang, Joo-kyung Woo, Sin-ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20150150428
    Abstract: A cleaning robot and a control method thereof may improve power consumption efficiency by using low-voltage power for a moving or inspecting operation and performing the moving or inspecting operation while operation of the cleaning unit is stopped when the operation of the cleaning unit is not needed. The cleaning robot includes a battery, a moving unit, a cleaning unit, a power converter which converts and outputs power supplied from the battery into a first voltage driving the moving unit and a second voltage driving the cleaning unit, and a controller which supplies power having the first voltage to the moving unit so as to drive the moving unit and supplies power having the second voltage to the cleaning unit so as to perform a cleaning operation. The controller continues driving the moving unit but stops driving the cleaning unit when the cleaning robot moves on an already cleaned area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Jae PARK, Won Kuk Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Jae Hwi Jang, Sin Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20150143658
    Abstract: A robot cleaner that sweeps dust on the floor toward its center and absorbs the dust through a small-area inlet with a strong suction force, by a cleaning tool that integrates functions of side brushes and a main brush into one. The present disclosure also provides a robot cleaner that enables a large-diameter foreign material to be guided to and effectively absorbed through the inlet without interference by a cleaning tool. The robot cleaner includes a main unit including a fan motor and a dust collector and having an inlet arranged on a base to absorb foreign materials, and a cleaning tool arranged in the bottom of the base, extending to a front side of the base from the inlet and guiding a foreign material on a floor to a side of the inlet, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged to be movable by an external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwi JANG, Jin Sung Kim, Sin Ae Kim, Won Kuk Kim, Young Jae Park, Hyo Won Sin
  • Patent number: 8977490
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing path information based on a status of a path and/or a purpose of the use of the path. A path information providing server collects environmental information from a sensing device. The path information providing server receives a path information request including a departure and a destination from a terminal device, and provides path information generated by mapping environmental data to a searched path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-woo Jung, Nam-wook Kang, Joo-kyung Woo, Sin-ae Kim
  • Patent number: 8965844
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sharing contents are provided. The apparatus and method may store contents; receive a selection signal for content selected from among the contents; classify the selected content into groups; and generate a service code for each respective group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Kyu Jin, Seung Eok Choi, Nam Wook Kang, Sin Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20150001792
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printing media holder and an image forming apparatus including the same. The printing media holder includes an printing media alignment unit capable of moving bidirectionally toward and away from the printing media loaded on the printing media holder, and includes a release mechanism that releases the printing media alignment unit, to allow the printing media alignment unit to move its position for aligning of print media of different sizes, in response to a force received thereto in any of the bidirectional directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sin-ae Kim
  • Patent number: 8882377
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printing media holder and an image forming apparatus including the same. The printing media holder includes an printing media alignment unit capable of moving bidirectionally toward and away from the printing media loaded on the printing media holder, and includes a release mechanism that releases the printing media alignment unit, to allow the printing media alignment unit to move its position for aligning of print media of different sizes, in response to a force received thereto in any of the bidirectional directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sin-Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140215367
    Abstract: A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on a screen of a device is provided. The method includes selecting, when an event occurs, a first object, which is related to the event, from among the one or more objects included in the UI, determining a second object for executing a second operation related to a first operation, the first operation being executed when the first object is selected by an input to the device, and changing the first object into the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-ae KIM, Young-sun KIM, Jae-young LEE, Seung-eok CHOI
  • Patent number: 8762844
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus including: a selecting unit receiving instructions for selecting progress bars; a storage unit storing information on the progress bars including marks for helping a user to search predetermined scenes of content; and a control unit extracting a scene corresponding to the mark of the selected progress bar from the storage unit, and displaying the extracted scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-Ae Kim, Hyun-Mi Park, Deok-Hee Jeong, Joo-Kyung Woo
  • Patent number: 8721779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceiling embedded type air conditioner having a filter cleaning device to clean a filter. The filter cleaning device includes a cleaning unit to remove dust from the filter and a dust storage unit to store the dust removed by the cleaning unit. The filter may automatically and periodically be cleaned by the cleaning unit and the removed dust may be stored in the dust storage unit, which eliminates a need to separate and clean the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Youl Jeong, Jin Wook Yoon, Sin Ae Kim, Na Ri Lee