Patents by Inventor Yong Wook Kim

Yong Wook 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).

  • Publication number: 20170158271
    Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle which includes a two-wheeled vehicle body, a front wheel and a rear wheel respectively rotatably installed at a front and a rear of the two-wheeled vehicle body, and a steering system steering the front wheel is disclosed. The two-wheeled vehicle includes auxiliary wheels connected to the front wheel on both sides of the two-wheeled vehicle body and steered together with the front wheel by the steering system, lifting devices configured to adjust distances of the auxiliary wheels from the ground, and gap adjusting devices configured to adjust lateral gaps of the auxiliary wheels from the two-wheeled vehicle body. The auxiliary wheels are spaced apart from the ground while traveling straight. And an inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle body while turning is limited as one of the auxiliary wheels comes into contact with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Yong Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 9575293
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20170041856
    Abstract: An electronic device implements a method for providing a service in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to provide short-range wireless communication, and a control module. The control module is configured to broadcast a service request for a service by short-range wireless communication through the communication module. The control module is configured to receive service information corresponding to the service from at least one external electronic device receiving the service request, and to execute at least one function related to the service based on at least one piece of the service information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Byoung-Joo Kim, Dong-Hoon Kim, Yong-Wook Kim, Dong-Ouk Moon, Tai-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9547219
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus includes: a main body having an image pickup device disposed therein; a middle cover disposed in a back side of the main body and includes a first opening disposed to correspond to a position of the image pickup device; a first connector formed on the middle cover and around the first opening, where the first connector is configured to couple to an external optical component and is disposed so that the an optical axis of the image pickup device coincides with an optical axis of the external optical component, when the external optical component is coupled to the first connector; and a rear cover disposed on the middle cover and includes a second opening disposed to correspond to the position of the image pickup device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-young Jang, Byung-deok Nam, Yong-wook Kim, Jang-hoon Yoo, Seon-jeong Lee, Tae-youn Lee, Eun-ho Choi, Sung-bin Hong
  • Patent number: 9547151
    Abstract: An imaging lens system is provided. The imaging lens system includes a first lens that includes a convex object side surface and has a positive refractive power; a second lens that includes a concave image plane side surface and has a negative refractive power; a third lens that has a positive or negative refractive power; a fourth lens that includes a convex image plane side surface and has a positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens that includes a convex image plane side surface and has a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power, wherein the first through sixth lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Jung-pa Seo, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20160209627
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a first lens having a convex surface toward an object and positive refractive power, a second lens having positive or negative refractive power, a third lens having positive or negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a convex surface toward an image plane and positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a concave surface toward an object and negative refractive power. The first through fifth lenses are arranged in order from an object to an image plane. The imaging lens satisfies the condition ?0.2?(Y?yp)/yp??0.05, wherein Y indicates an image height of a real chief ray, and yp indicates an image height of a paraxial chief ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jung-pa SEO, Tae-youn LEE, Yong-wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20160195702
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9341818
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20160130741
    Abstract: A washing machine for washing laundry is disclosed herein and includes a washing tub which has a water inlet port through which washing water flows into the washing tub, a filter guide unit which is installed to cover the water inlet port and has a filter mounting portion comprising a set of grooves, a filter unit which is mounted on the filter mounting portion and has a first set of ribs and a set of second ribs which are provided at the lateral sides of the filter unit, and the set of grooves which is provided in the filter mounting portion and allows the set of second ribs to be fastened thereto. A washing method using the washing machine is also disclosed. Foreign substances such as dust or lint are removed from the washing water using the filter unit and foreign substances are prevented from attaching to the laundry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Yong Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 9207431
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens that includes a convex object-side surface and has a positive refractive power; a second lens that includes a concave image plane-side surface and has a negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens that includes two spherical surfaces and has a negative refractive power; a fifth lens that includes a convex image plane-side surface and has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power, wherein the first through sixth lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Jung-pa Seo, Yong-wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9188769
    Abstract: A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus having the zoom lens are provided. The zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group including a shutter and having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth are arranged from an object side toward an image side, and when the zoom lens zooms from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the third lens group is fixed, and the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens groups are moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9189665
    Abstract: Contactless cards and a corresponding anti-collision coupling method are provided, where the method includes requesting that the cards transmit their unique identifiers that each include a fixed number of bytes, receiving the unique identifiers simultaneously as byte-wise positive pulses, counting the received positive pulses, and determining that more than one card responded if the number of received positive pulses exceeds the fixed number of bytes; and where the contactless cards each include a unique identifier having a number of bytes, a receiver for receiving an anti-collision command indicative of a desired identifier byte, a comparator in signal communication with the receiver for comparing the desired identifier byte with a corresponding byte of the unique identifier, and a transmitter responsive to the comparator for transmitting the unique identifier as byte-wise positive pulses if the desired identifier byte matches the corresponding byte of the unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 9063320
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20150168677
    Abstract: An imaging lens system is provided. The imaging lens system includes a first lens that includes a convex object side surface and has a positive refractive power; a second lens that includes a concave image plane side surface and has a negative refractive power; a third lens that has a positive or negative refractive power; a fourth lens that includes a convex image plane side surface and has a positive or negative refractive power; a fifth lens that includes a convex image plane side surface and has a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power, wherein the first through sixth lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Jung-pa Seo, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20150138425
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens that includes a convex object-side surface and has a positive refractive power; a second lens that includes a concave image plane-side surface and has a negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens that includes two spherical surfaces and has a negative refractive power; a fifth lens that includes a convex image plane-side surface and has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power, wherein the first through sixth lenses are arranged in order from an object side to an image plane side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Jung-pa Seo, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20150049385
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20140184838
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus includes: a main body having an image pickup device disposed therein; a middle cover disposed in a back side of the main body and includes a first opening disposed to correspond to a position of the image pickup device; a first connector formed on the middle cover and around the first opening, where the first connector is configured to couple to an external optical component and is disposed so that the an optical axis of the image pickup device coincides with an optical axis of the external optical component, when the external optical component is coupled to the first connector; and a rear cover disposed on the middle cover and includes a second opening disposed to correspond to the position of the image pickup device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-young Jang, Byung-deok Nam, Yong-wook Kim, Jang-hoon Yoo, Seon-jeong Lee, Tae-youn Lee, Eun-ho Choi, Sung-bin Hong
  • Publication number: 20140185141
    Abstract: A photographic lens and a photographic apparatus including the same are provided. The photographic lens includes a first lens including a convex surface toward an object side and having a positive refractive power, a second lens including a concave surface toward an image side and having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens including a convex surface toward the image side and having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens including a concave aspherical shape with respect to an optical axis toward the image side and having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses may be sequentially arranged from the object side to the image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-youn Lee, Yong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20140176778
    Abstract: A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus having the zoom lens are provided. The zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group including a shutter and having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth are arranged from an object side toward an image side, and when the zoom lens zooms from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the third lens group is fixed, and the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens groups are moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Yong-wook Kim
  • Patent number: 8564982
    Abstract: A power supply circuit to detect whether or not abnormal current is generated in a power factor compensation circuit and forcibly stop an operation of an interleaved power factor compensation circuit controller if abnormal current is generated. The power supply circuit includes a rectifier, a power factor compensation circuit including a plurality of reactors, a plurality of switches and a plurality of current detectors, a power factor compensation circuit controller to control switching of the switches and to control a power factor compensation operation, and a power factor compensation circuit protection circuit to receive the voltages output from the plurality of current detectors and to stop the operation of the power factor compensation circuit controller if at least one of the voltages output from the plurality of current detectors is abnormal. Thus, it is possible to prevent failure of the switches and the current detectors due to abnormal current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Gul Song, Kyoung Hoe Kim, Jong Hun Ha, Dae Hee Han, Yong Wook Kim