Patents by Inventor Soon-cheol Kweon
Soon-cheol Kweon 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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Patent number: 11596159Abstract: A meat-aging apparatus is disclosed. The meat-aging apparatus comprises: a photographing unit for photographing meat stored in the meat-aging apparatus; an illumination unit for irradiating light to the meat; a storage unit for storing recipe information for aging the meat according to the type or state of the meat; and a processor for determining the type or state of the meat on the basis of a photographed image, and controlling the illumination unit to irradiate light to the meat according to the recipe information corresponding to the determined type or state of the meat in order to age the meat.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae-wook Park, Soon-cheol Kweon, Jin-hoon Kim, Hong-il Kim, Han-gil Moon, Ji-hwan Woo
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Patent number: 11193676Abstract: A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an inner wall for forming a cooking chamber; an outer wall for encompassing the inner wall; a microwave generating part for emitting a microwave at a passage, which is a space surrounded by the inner wall and the outer wall; and an absorbing layer absorbing the microwave to be propagated along the passage, so as to emit an infrared ray at the cooking chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soon-cheol Kweon, Joon-hyung Kwon, Hong-suk Kim, Myung-seob Song
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Patent number: 11083052Abstract: A cooking apparatus including a transmission antenna for irradiating a substance to be cooked with beamformed electromagnetic waves; a reception antenna for receiving reflected waves reflected from the substance to be cooked; and a controller for determining the temperature of the substance to be cooked corresponding to the received reflected waves on the basis of the property in which the electromagnetic waves, with which the substance to be cooked is irradiated, are reflected differently in accordance with the temperature of the substance to be cooked.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soon-cheol Kweon, Joon-hyung Kwon
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Patent number: 11067291Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a hood according to the disclosure may increase suction performance of a blower fan by arranging the blower fan beneath a cooking chamber to force air to be inhaled into the housing as a whirling current of air, and improve suction performance of the blower fan by arranging at least one auxiliary outlet around and outside the blower fan for some of the inhaled air to be discharged downward to form an air curtain around the inlet. Furthermore, a duct may be formed inside the housing of the cooking apparatus having the hood for an inhaled substance through the inlet to be easily moved to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soon Cheol Kweon, Hee Yuel Roh, You Seop Lee, Ki Hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 10676850Abstract: A washing machine may include a drum rotationally arranged for containing laundry, a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the laundry, and a controller configured to control rotation speed of the drum based on the detected motion such that the laundry shows a predetermined motion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soon Cheol Kweon, Hee Jin Park, Young Uk Yun, Seung Eun Chung
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Publication number: 20200138229Abstract: A cooking apparatus which includes a steam generator, and a water supply device to supply water to the steam generator, and a water supply control valve arranged between the water supply device and the steam generator and configured to adjust a level of water in the steam generator. The water supply control valve includes a housing, an inlet portion, and a float configured to move within the housing to open the inlet portion while a level of water in the housing is at a first level and move to move within the housing to close the inlet portion while the level of water in the housing is at a second level above the first level where the buoyancy of the float is greater than the gravity caused by the weight of the water supplied by the water supply device and to the water supply control valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soon Cheol KWEON, Sang Gyun YE, Seung Woo HAN
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Patent number: 10480111Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; and an ultrasound generator configured to emit ultrasonic waves to washing water loaded in the drum, and to generate bubbles. The ultrasound generator applies ultrasonic energy to the washing water to cause chaotic oscillation of the bubbles.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Myung-Seob Song, Dae Wook Park, Soon Cheol Kweon, Seung Kyung Park, Ho-Young Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Junhee Choi
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Publication number: 20190285284Abstract: A cooking apparatus having a hood according to the disclosure may increase suction performance of a blower fan by arranging the blower fan beneath a cooking chamber to force air to be inhaled into the housing as a whirling current of air, and improve suction performance of the blower fan by arranging at least one auxiliary outlet around and outside the blower fan for some of the inhaled air to be discharged downward to form an air curtain around the inlet. Furthermore, a duct may be formed inside the housing of the cooking apparatus having the hood for an inhaled substance through the inlet to be easily moved to the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Soon Cheol KWEON, Hee Yuel ROH, You Seop LEE, Ki Hwan KWON
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Publication number: 20190008173Abstract: A meat-aging apparatus is disclosed. The meat-aging apparatus comprises: a photographing unit for photographing meat stored in the meat-aging apparatus; an illumination unit for irradiating light to the meat; a storage unit for storing recipe information for aging the meat according to the type or state of the meat; and a processor for determining the type or state of the meat on the basis of a photographed image, and controlling the illumination unit to irradiate light to the meat according to the recipe information corresponding to the determined type or state of the meat in order to age the meat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Dae-wook PARK, Soon-cheol KWEON, Jin-hoon KIM, Hong-il KIM, Han-gil MOON, Ji-hwan WOO
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Publication number: 20180328594Abstract: A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an inner wall for forming a cooking chamber; an outer wall for encompassing the inner wall; a microwave generating part for emitting a microwave at a passage, which is a space surrounded by the inner wall and the outer wall; and an absorbing layer absorbing the microwave to be propagated along the passage, so as to emit an infrared ray at the cooking chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soon-cheol KWEON, Joon-hyung KWON, Hong-suk KIM, Myung-seob SONG
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Publication number: 20180270918Abstract: Disclosed is a cooking apparatus for heating a substance to be cooked. A cooking apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a transmission antenna for irradiating the substance to be cooked with beamformed electromagnetic waves; a reception antenna for receiving reflected waves reflected from the substance to be cooked; and a controller for determining the temperature of the substance to be cooked corresponding to the received reflected waves on the basis of the property in which the electromagnetic waves, with which the substance to be cooked is irradiated, are reflected differently in accordance with the temperature of the substance to be cooked.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soon-cheol KWEON, Joon-hyung KWON
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Patent number: 9828260Abstract: A softening apparatus in which resistance applied between electrodes is decreased to reduce power consumption. The softening apparatus includes a regeneration unit and a softening unit. The regeneration unit includes at least one anode and cathode in a first space which generate regeneration water containing hydrogen ions (H+). The softening unit is disposed in a second space partitioned from the first space and includes an ion exchange body regenerated by the regeneration water.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moon Il Jung, Hee-Jin Park, Soon Cheol Kweon, Da Eun Kim, Chang Bae Lim, In Jo Jeong
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Publication number: 20170254011Abstract: A washing machine may include a drum rotationally arranged for containing laundry, a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the laundry, and a controller configured to control rotation speed of the drum based on the detected motion such that the laundry shows a predetermined motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Soon Cheol Kweon, Hee Jin Park, Young Uk Yun, Seung Eun Chung
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Publication number: 20150225260Abstract: A softening apparatus in which resistance applied between electrodes is decreased to reduce power consumption. The softening apparatus includes a regeneration unit and a softening unit. The regeneration unit includes at least one anode and cathode in a first space which generate regeneration water containing hydrogen ions (H+). The softening unit is disposed in a second space partitioned from the first space and includes an ion exchange body regenerated by the regeneration water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moon Il JUNG, Hee-Jin PARK, Soon Cheol KWEON, Da Eun KIM, Chang Bae LIM, In Jo JEONG
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Publication number: 20150204001Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; and an ultrasound generator configured to emit ultrasonic waves to washing water loaded in the drum, and to generate bubbles. The ultrasound generator applies ultrasonic energy to the washing water to cause chaotic oscillation of the bubbles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Myung-Seob SONG, Dae Wook Park, Soon Cheol Kweon, Seung Kyung Park, Ho-Young Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Junhee Choi
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Patent number: 8837959Abstract: An image forming device includes a toner supplying unit to supply the toner to a storage unit. A mixer supplies developer in the storage unit to a developing roller, and a developer sensor detects the amount of developer on the surface of the developing roller. A toner concentration sensor detects toner concentration in the developer stored in the storage unit, and a control unit adjusts at least one of a developing bias and a rotation speed of the mixer based on a value detected by the developer sensor and a value detected by the toner concentration sensor, such that a printed image has uniform density.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Tatsuhiro Otsuka, Soon-cheol Kweon, Ki-hwan Kwon
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Patent number: 8592231Abstract: An LED package includes a substrate having an electrically conductive portion and an electrically non-conductive portion composed of an oxide of the conductive portion; an LED mounted on the conductive portion and electrically connected to the conductive portion; a first electrode disposed on the non-conductive portion and electrically connected to the LED by a wire; and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the LED.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Su-ho Shin, Soon-cheol Kweon, Kyu-ho Shin, Ki-hwan Kwon, Seung-tae Choi, Chang-youl Moon
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Patent number: 8334585Abstract: An LED package and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The LED package includes an upper metal plate having an LED-receiving hole therein; a lower metal plate disposed under the upper metal plate; and an insulator which the upper metal plate and the lower metal plate from each other. A portion of the lower metal plate is exposed via the LED-receiving hole and an LED is mounted on the exposed portion of the lower metal plate and is electrically connected to both of the upper and lower metal plates. A protective cover encloses and protects exposed surfaces of the upper and lower metal plates.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki-hwan Kwon, Kyu-ho Shin, Soon-cheol Kweon, Chang-youl Moon, Arthur Darbinian, Seung-tae Choi, Su-ho Shin
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Patent number: 8269806Abstract: A method of manufacturing an image forming element which can reduce a manufacturing time and a manufacturing cost with a simplified manufacturing process, an image forming element manufactured by the method, and an image forming apparatus having the same.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki-hwan Kwon, Soon-cheol Kweon, Chang-youl Moon, Seong-taek Lim
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Publication number: 20120170948Abstract: A developing device using a two-component developing agent including a toner and a carrier. The developing device includes a toner concentration sensor which detects a concentration of a toner contained in the developing agent within the accommodation unit by using electrostatic capacity. The toner concentration sensor includes a frame combined with a housing that forms the accommodation unit, a measuring groove formed in the frame to be concave with respect to an inner surface of the housing so that the developing agent conveyed by the agitator is flowed into the measuring groove, and a pair of opposite electrodes disposed on the measuring groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki-hwan Kwon, Tatsuhiro Otsuka, Soon-cheol Kweon, Dong-woo Ha