Patents by Inventor Young-Soo Kim

Young-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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220240863
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biological information of a user may include a light source configured to emit light to an object of the user; an image sensor comprising a pixel array, and configured to acquire successive image frames by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object of the user; and a processor configured to: select a predetermined number of pixel-rows from among pixel-rows of the image sensor, detect signal intensities in the predetermined number of pixel-rows for each image frame of the successive image frames, correct the signal intensities, combine the signal intensities for each image frame of the successive image frames based on correcting the signal intensities, acquire a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal based on combining the signal intensities, and estimate the biological information of the user based on the PPG signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: Young Soo KIM, Sung-Min PARK, Youn Ho KIM, Vega Pradana RACHIM, Sang Yun PARK, JinHyeok BAEK
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20220233079
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating blood pressure is provided. The apparatus for estimating blood pressure according to an example embodiment includes: a sensor configured to measure a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal from an object; and a processor configured to detect a position of a dicrotic notch based on a local maximum point and a local minimum point of a second-order derivative signal of the PPG signal, to obtain a first value and a second value from a first section and a second section of the PPG signal divided based on the dicrotic notch of the PPG signal, to obtain a pulse pressure feature value based on the first value and the second value, and to estimate blood pressure based on a variation in the obtained pulse pressure feature value compared to a reference pulse pressure feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Dae Geun Jang
  • Computer Program For Performing Drawing-Based Security Authentication
    Publication number: 20220233963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program, in which when the computer program is executed by one or more processors. When the computer program is executed by one or more processors of a computing device, the computer program performs an operation for user drawing-based security authentication, and the operations may include: determining to transmit a first control signal to cause a user terminal to display a first drawing input display, which includes one or more subjects, if a lock display release signal is received from the user terminal; receiving a first drawing input information inputted in accordance with the first drawing input display from the user terminal; and determining whether to release the lock display of the user terminal by inputting the received first drawing input information to a drawing evaluation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Netmarble Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo KIM, Young Bak JO, Yeongtae HWANG
  • BLENDER
    Publication number: 20220225836
    Abstract: A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body to support the container body, and an air guide provided in the main body to guide discharging of air flowing through a motor assembly to below the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jun Ho SEOK, Jong Ho LEE, Jeong Hoon JEONG, Young Soo KIM
  • Computer program for performing drawing-based security authentication
    Patent number: 11358061
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program, in which when the computer program is executed by one or more processors. When the computer program is executed by one or more processors of a computing device, the computer program performs an operation for user drawing-based security authentication, and the operations may include: determining to transmit a first control signal to cause a user terminal to display a first drawing input display, which includes one or more subjects, if a lock display release signal is received from the user terminal; receiving a first drawing input information inputted in accordance with the first drawing input display from the user terminal; and determining whether to release the lock display of the user terminal by inputting the received first drawing input information to a drawing evaluation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Netmarble Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, Young Bak Jo, Yeongtae Hwang
  • EASILY FOLDABLE ROTARY STAND USED AS POT HANDLE
    Publication number: 20220160179
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a single button allows a pot handle to be used as a pot stand, and thus there is no need for a separate additional component or handle. Even when the invention is being used as a pot handle, a portion used in a folded state is protected by a holding projection and a protruding cover. Thus, the present invention can have the effect of improving product durability. In addition, a portion connected to a pot is spaced a certain distance from the pot, thus minimizing the amount of heat conducted when cooking food. Therefore, the invention can be used as a safe pot handle and pot stand. A lateral movement prevention member is provided at the outer diameter of the bottom surface of a fixing piece and minimizes the lateral movement of the pot handle when the pot handle is used as the stand, and thus the pot handle can be safely used as the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Young Soo KIM
  • Communication method of a terminal and an access point for power saving
    Patent number: 11337152
    Abstract: Provided is a communication technology of an access point and a terminal that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state when a data stream to be transmitted to the terminal is absent or has completed in a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Patil Sandhya, Anirudh Bhatt, Chunhui (Allan) Zhu
  • Fluid pump
    Patent number: 11326587
    Abstract: A fluid pump is proposed. The fluid pump includes: a housing having an operation space and having connection ports disposed at a side in the operation space to discharge working fluid and suctioning working fluid from the outside; a swash plate coupled to the housing at an opposite side to the connection ports and having an inclined surface on a top facing the operation space; a cylinder block disposed in the operation space to be rotated by a driving shaft and having several cylinder rooms therein that extend in parallel with the driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA HYACT INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Kwun Lee, Young Soo Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING BIO-INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220087556
    Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor including a light source and a detector. The light source is configured to emit multi-wavelength light to an object of interest and the detector is configured to detect light reflected from the object. In addition, the apparatus may include a processor configured to obtain a change in volume of a blood vessel based on one or more of quantity of detected multi-wavelength light and absorbance coefficients of respective wavelengths of the multi-wavelength light and obtain bio-information based on the measured change in volume of the blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Mok Choi, Byung Hoon Ko, Jong Wook Lee, Youn Ho Kim, Young Soo Kim, Jeong Eun Hwang
  • Audio device charging case with data connectivity
    Patent number: 11284181
    Abstract: An electronic device for charging earphones includes a housing, a processor, a power supply, a wireless communication device, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The housing is configured to couple with the earphones. The power supply is in electrical communication with the processor and with an electrical contact to provide electrical communication with earphones. The wireless communication device is in data communication with the processor and configured to be in wireless data communication with the earphones. The hardware storage device is in data communication with the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay, Young Soo Kim, Woo Ram Lee, Juha Eero Olavi Kuosmanen
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING REGULARITY OF BIO-SIGNAL, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220071568
    Abstract: A method of determining regularity of a bio-signal is provided. The method of determining regularity of a bio-signal according may include acquiring a plurality of pulse waveforms of the bio-signal, acquiring a plurality of slope waveforms corresponding to the plurality of pulse waveforms, binarizing the plurality of slope waveforms, acquiring synchronization information of the plurality of pulse waveforms based on binarizing the plurality of pulse waveforms; acquiring a synchronization rate of a reference interval based on the synchronization information, and determining whether the bio-signal is regular or irregular based on the synchronization rate of the reference interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Keun Yoon, Ui Kun Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Dae Geun Jang
  • Bio-signal feature scaling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11266357
    Abstract: A bio-signal feature scaling apparatus may include: a processor configured to execute instructions to: extract a feature from a bio-signal of an object; estimate a cause of change in a bio-state of the object; calibrate a scale factor based on the estimated cause of change in the bio-state; and scale the extracted feature by applying the calibrated scale factor to the extracted feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Dae Geun Jang, Young Soo Kim
  • ADAPTIVE BIO-SIGNAL FEATURE COMBINING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220008020
    Abstract: An adaptive bio-signal feature combining apparatus includes: a feature extractor configured to extract first feature values and second feature values from a bio-signal of an object; a stable interval determiner configured to determine at least one stable interval in the bio-signal; a statistical variable calculator configured to calculate a statistical variable value of a first feature and a statistical variable value of a second feature for each of the at least one stable interval based on the first and second feature values extracted from the at least one stable interval; and a feature combiner configured to calculate an integrated combining coefficient that is used to combine the first feature and the second feature, based on the statistical variable value of the first feature and the statistical variable value of the second feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Dae Geun Jang, Young Soo Kim
  • Apparatus and method for obtaining bioinformation
    Patent number: 11213216
    Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor including a light source and a detector. The light source is configured to emit multi-wavelength light to an object of interest and the detector is configured to detect light reflected from the object. In addition, the apparatus may include a processor configured to obtain a change in volume of a blood vessel based on one or more of quantity of detected multi-wavelength light and absorbance coefficients of respective wavelengths of the multi-wavelength light and obtain bio-information based on the measured change in volume of the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Mok Choi, Byung Hoon Ko, Jong Wook Lee, Youn Ho Kim, Young Soo Kim, Jeong Eun Hwang
  • Server, home appliance, and method for providing information therein
    Patent number: 11212388
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing information in a server. Said method for providing information in a server includes: a step for repeatedly receiving at preset intervals, data related to a plurality of sensors provided in an electronic device; a step for storing the data received at the preset intervals; a step for comparing data corresponding to a first period and data corresponding to a second period among the stored data, and thereby sensing a change in the performance of the electronic device; and a step for providing guidance information corresponding to the sensed change in performance to a user terminal device which corresponds to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-soo Kim, Ji-hye Jang
  • Power stabilization circuit which cancels noise of relay and display device to which same is applied
    Patent number: 11189236
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power stabilization circuit and a display device to which the power stabilization circuit is applied. The power stabilization circuit includes a thermistor provided on a first path through which an input power is supplied, to limit an inrush current of the power, a relay that provides a second path through which the power is supplied without passing through the thermistor, to allow the power to be transferred through the second path instead of the first path when a current is supplied, and a switching circuit that is switched to supply the current generated from the input power to the relay when an activation signal for activating at least one of a display and a backlight of the display is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Moon Seo, Young Soo Kim
  • Plunger pressing device for molding ingot
    Patent number: 11179773
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for pressing a plunger to form an ingot. The apparatus includes a base block having a tilted surface, a pair of guide rails disposed on left and right sides of the tilted surface of the base block, a support disposed on bottom ends of the guide rails and on which a molding frame is mounted, a sliding block which slides along the pair of guide rails and presses a plunger protruding upward from the molding frame, a pair of rotational frames coupled to be rotatable on hinges mounted below the pair of guide rails, and a pair of connection links having both longitudinal sides connected to the support and the rotational frames in a rotatable structure to move the sliding block downward when the rotational frames rotates downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Young Soo Kim
  • SEAMLESS TEXTILE COVERED ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20210337689
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a body panel, a cap layer affixed to the body panel, and a covering enclosing external surfaces of the body panel such that the covering has no visible or tactile seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Panos Costa PANAY, Young Soo KIM, James Alec ISHIHARA, Timothy ESCOLIN, Byungkwan MIN, Ralf GROENE, Trevor NOAH
  • Computer mounting dock
    Patent number: D934259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonne Aapi Harju, Young Soo Kim, Kae-Ling J. Gurr, Ryan Eugene Whitaker, Timothy G. Escolin, Yan Shang
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D941291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy G. Escolin, Young Soo Kim, Scott Schenone, Panos Costa Panay, Ralf Groene, Brian Min, Ryan Eugene Whitaker