Patents by Inventor Tae-Soo Kim

Tae-Soo 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: 6878913
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed according to the set cooking instruction(s). A cook time required to perform a second cooking operation is set based on a time required to perform the first cooking operation. The second cooking operation is performed for the cook time while controlling the output power of the magnetron to perform a rapid cooking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6878912
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed while preventing water from boiling off/to overflow by controlling an output power of the magnetron according to the set cooking instruction(s). A time required to perform a later cooking is set according to a time required to perform the first cooking operation. A second cooking operation is performed for the later cook time while controlling the output power of the magnetron to reduce the overall cook time of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., LTD
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6875968
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed while preventing water from boiling off/to overflow by controlling an output power of the magnetron according to the set cooking instruction(s). A time required to perform a second cooking operation is set based on a time required to perform the first cooking operation. The second cooking operation is performed for the second cooking time while steam boiling the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6861631
    Abstract: A microwave oven which has a simple structure, and steams food placed in a cooking cavity without having a separate steaming container. The microwave oven includes the cooking cavity provided in a cabinet, a magnetron provided outside the cooking cavity to irradiate microwaves into the cooking cavity, and a microwave inlet hole formed on a predetermined portion of the cooking cavity to irradiate the microwaves from the magnetron into the cooking cavity. A steaming plate is provided in the cooking cavity so as to partition the cooking cavity into upper and lower sections, and blocks the microwaves and allows water vapor to pass therethrough. The microwave inlet hole communicates with a bottom of the steaming plate provided in the cooking cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hee Hahm, Tae-Soo Kim, Young-Won Cho
  • Publication number: 20050041334
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus of a hard disk drive which includes an actuator to move a read/write head to a predetermined position over a disk and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bracket installed in a corner of the base member. The filtering apparatus includes: a filter holder protruding from one side of the FPC bracket toward the read/write head; and a filter disposed in the filter holder which filters foreign materials in air flowing in the disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-wan Kim, Woo-cheol Jeong, Tae-soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20050041327
    Abstract: A disk drive comprises a cover plate with preload tension formed across the cover plate for increasing the stiffness of the cover plate. The preload tension is formed across the cover plate after the cover plate that was warped is secured to a base member of the disk drive to become un-warped. Such a cover plate with increased stiffness is not easily deformed and effectively minimizes propagation of noise generated from operation of the disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tae-Soo Kim, Chul-Woo Lee, Ki-Tag Jeong
  • Publication number: 20050033573
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice registration method for voice recognition, comprising the steps of analyzing a spectrum of a sound signal inputted from the outside; extracting predetermined language units for a speaker recognition from a voice signal in the sound signal; measuring the loudness of each language unit; collecting voice data on registered(background) speakers including loudness data of the plurality of background speakers as a reference onto voice database; determining whether the loudness of each language unit is within a predetermined loudness range based on the voice data base; learning each language unit by using a multi-layer perceptron in the case that at least a predetermined number of language units arc within the predetermined loudness range; and storing data on the learned language unit as data for recognizing the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Sang-jin Hong, Sung-zoo Lee, Tae-soo Kim, Tae-sung Lee, Byoung-won Hwang
  • Publication number: 20050030671
    Abstract: An end-tab extends from a suspension for an actuator within a data storage device such as a HDD (hard disk drive). A suspension body supports a read/write head, and the end-tab extends from the suspension body. At least one dimension, such as the width and/or the height, of the end-tab increases from toward a front end of the end-tab to toward the suspension body. Thus, the weight of the end-tab is minimized, and yet the stiffness of the end-tab is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Chul-Woo Lee, Ki-Tag Jeong, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040257709
    Abstract: An actuator latch for a disk drive comprises at least one damping structure disposed at a wall within a recess of a latch body. Such a damping structure absorbs impact force between the latch body and a distal end of the actuator to minimize noise at a transducer on the actuator and to preserve the integrity of the transducer and actuator over time. The recess of the latch body engages with the distal end of the actuator for maintaining the position of the transducer within a parking zone. The damping structure exerts force on the distal end of the actuator with the force being used toward stopping rotation of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Chul-Woo Lee, Ki-Tag Jeong, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040240112
    Abstract: A particle remover for a data storage device that removes particles attached to a surface of a disk, the particle remover including a fixed portion installed on a base plate of the data storage device; and pressure plates extending from the fixed portion toward the disk and respectively overlapping an upper surface and a lower surface of the disk, and having disk opposing surfaces with shapes that are convex toward the disk to form a space between the disk opposing surfaces and the surface of the disk that becomes narrower and then wider along a rotational direction of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Woo Lee, Ki-Tag Jeong, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040065568
    Abstract: A permanent flattened, inverted U-shaped retainer clip is provided for securing sheet-like sleeves to a binder for storing and protecting disc type objects such as records, compact disc, or DVD's. One embodiment of the retainer clip includes a body portion as well as downwardly extending legs on each end. Each leg terminates in a bifurcated coupling device having outwardly extending fingers having a notch on the outer surface of each finger. A pair of flanged receptacles is used in conjunction with each clip and is designed to receive the coupling devices and engage the notch on each finger to secure the clip within the receptacles. The receptacles are installed in the binder through the back side of apertures formed in a reinforcement strip provided on the inside of the spine. After the sleeves are threaded on the body portion of the clip the ends are inserted into the receptacles to permanently retain the sleeves and clip in the binder. One or more clips can be used in a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Tae Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040060927
    Abstract: An electrical oven and method of controlling the same includes a heater heating unit to heat food using an electric heater; an induction heating unit to heat the food using a high-frequency current, and a control unit to drive the heater heating unit and the induction heating unit simultaneously in a preheating cooking mode. The electric oven of the present invention carries out heating by the electric heater and induction heating by high-frequency current, so preheating time required for an inner temperature of a cooking cavity to reach a preheating temperature is decreased, thereby reducing a total cooking time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Soo Kim, Young-Won Cho, Kyung-Hee Hahm
  • Publication number: 20040050840
    Abstract: A microwave oven which has a simple structure, and steams food placed in a cooking cavity without having a separate steaming container. The microwave oven includes the cooking cavity provided in a cabinet, a magnetron provided outside the cooking cavity to irradiate microwaves into the cooking cavity, and a microwave inlet hole formed on a predetermined portion of the cooking cavity to irradiate the microwaves from the magnetron into the cooking cavity. A steaming plate is provided in the cooking cavity so as to partition the cooking cavity into upper and lower sections, and blocks the microwaves and allows water vapor to pass therethrough. The microwave inlet hole communicates with a bottom of the steaming plate provided in the cooking cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hee Hahm, Tae-Soo Kim, Young-Won Cho
  • Patent number: 6621226
    Abstract: A microwave oven comprises a magnetron having an anode, a cathode and a filament, and a high voltage transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil for supplying a high voltage to the magnetron. The microwave oven further comprises a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary coil of the high voltage transformer, forming a resonance circuit with the secondary coil. With this configuration, the performance of the magnetron is maintained by lowering the anode peak voltage applied thereto during the early non-oscillating period, and the circuit elements are protected from damage by removing the surge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Sung-ho Lee, Young-won Cho, Tae-soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030146209
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed while preventing water from boiling off/to overflow by controlling an output power of the magnetron according to the set cooking instruction(s). A time required to perform a later cooking is set according to a time required to perform the first cooking operation. A second cooking operation is performed for the later cook time while controlling the output power of the magnetron to reduce the overall cook time of the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030146208
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed while preventing water from boiling off/to overflow by controlling an output power of the magnetron according to the set cooking instruction(s). A time required to perform a second cooking operation is set based on a time required to perform the first cooking operation. The second cooking operation is performed for the second cooking time while steam boiling the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030146210
    Abstract: A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chamber. Cooking instruction(s) may be preset or set manually by a user. A first cooking operation is performed according to the set cooking instruction(s). A cook time required to perform a second cooking operation is set based on a time required to perform the first cooking operation. The second cooking operation is performed for the cook time while controlling the output power of the magnetron to perform a rapid cooking operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Chul Kim, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6544870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting device utilizing amorphous silicon quantum dot nanostructures, wherein the light-emitting device can be fabricated using the existing silicon semiconductor fabrication technology, is excellent in light-emitting efficiency, and can emit light in the visible region including short wavelength region such as green and blue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nae Man Park, Tae Soo Kim, Seong Ju Park
  • Publication number: 20030031766
    Abstract: A method of controlling a rice cooking operation in a microwave oven including setting up at least one rice cooking operation in the microwave oven based upon the amount of rice and water mixture; heating the rice and the water in a cooking chamber using a magnetron; computing the amount of the rice and the water by measuring a vapor concentration within the cooking chamber; and cooking the rice according to a cooking operation corresponding to the computed amount of rice and water. Further, the present invention provides a microwave oven having at least one rice cooking operation and a method of controlling the same, in which rice is cooked by automatically sensing the amount of rice and water content using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-ho Lee, Young-won Cho, Tae-soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6479806
    Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave oven capable of cooking food according to an output mode in response to an output level of its magnetron, including a fan motor having a low-speed node and a high-speed node to receive power, and having a turning speed variable in response to a node connecting state; an output mode selecting part through which one of output modes is selected; a switching part having at least one switch for switching power applied to the low-speed node or high-speed node of the fan motor; and a control unit controlling the switching part in response to an output mode selected by the output mode selecting part, thus preventing its electrical components from being overheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Lee, Young-Won Cho, Tae-Soo Kim