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).
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Publication number: 20250026023Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Byoung In LEE, Dong Woo HA, Seok Man HONG, Dong Jun KIM, Ji Won CHOI
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Patent number: 12138782Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Byoung In Lee, Dong Woo Ha, Seok Man Hong, Dong Jun Kim, Ji Won Choi
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Patent number: 12042118Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Jin Na, Hakbong Lee, Bosang Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Yong-Seok Kim, Yeonkyu Jeong
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Publication number: 20230271334Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Byoung In LEE, Dong Woo HA, Seok Man HONG, Dong Jun KIM, Ji Won CHOI
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Patent number: 11667041Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Byoung In Lee, Dong Woo Ha, Seok Man Hong, Dong Jun Kim, Ji Won Choi
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Publication number: 20230056726Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Jin NA, Hakbong LEE, Bosang KIM, Sin-Ae KIM, Yong-Seok KIM, Yeonkyu JEONG
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Patent number: 11517164Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Jin Na, Hakbong Lee, Bosang Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Yong-Seok Kim, Yeonkyu Jeong
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Patent number: 11304576Abstract: A cleaning system, including a robot cleaner and a station are provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner including a dust collector, the dust collector provided with a dust outlet, and an outlet door configured to open and close the dust outlet. The robot cleaner further includes a station including a lever device configured to open the outlet door and communicate with the dust collector when the lever device is pressed by the robot cleaner, and a collector configured to communicate with the lever device, and generate a suction force to suction dust collected in the dust collector.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Youl Jeong, Sin-Ae Kim, Woo Jin Na, Hyoun Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11129509Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sin Ae Kim, Young Jae Park, Keon Soo Choi
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Patent number: 10914472Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sin-Ae Kim
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Publication number: 20200405107Abstract: Provided is a cleaning system including: a robot cleaner including a dust collecting device having a dirt outlet and an outlet door configured to open and close the dirt outlet; and a station including a collecting device configured to generate a suction force to suction dirt of the duct collecting device and a lever device provided with a lever configured to be fixable to the outlet door as the outlet door is being opened to allow the collecting device and the dust collecting device to communicate with each other, and a lever driving source configured to generate power for driving the lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Jin NA, Hakbong LEE, Bosang KIM, Sin-Ae KIM, Yong-Seok KIM, Yeonkyu JEONG
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Patent number: 10768796Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, Young-sun Kim, Jae-young Lee, Seung-eok Choi
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Patent number: 10765288Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Youl Jeong, Dong Wook Kim, Sung Jin Park, Sin-Ae Kim
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Patent number: 10716443Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20200187736Abstract: A cleaning system, including a robot cleaner and a station are provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner including a dust collector, the dust collector provided with a dust outlet, and an outlet door configured to open and close the dust outlet. The robot cleaner further includes a station including a lever device configured to open the outlet door and communicate with the dust collector when the lever device is pressed by the robot cleaner, and a collector configured to communicate with the lever device, and generate a suction force to suction dust collected in the dust collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Jae Youl JEONG, Sin-Ae KIM, Woo Jin NA, Hyoun Soo KIM
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Publication number: 20200139561Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Sin Ae KIM, Byoung In LEE, Dong Woo HA, Seok Man HONG, Dong Jun KIM, Ji Won CHOI
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Publication number: 20190324628Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sin-ae KIM, Young-sun KIM, Jae-young LEE, Seung-eok CHOI
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Patent number: 10387006Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sin-ae Kim, Young-sun Kim, Jae-young Lee, Seung-eok Choi
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Patent number: 10348226Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (IUCF-HYU)Inventors: Young Jae Park, In Gun Kim, Hyun Seok Hong, Min Jae Kim, Sin-Ae Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Ju Lee
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Patent number: 10285557Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Jae Park, Won Kuk Kim, Hyo Won Sin, Jae Hwi Jang, Sin Ae Kim