公开(公告)号：US20240315340A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18027155

申请日：2023-01-19

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/65

CPC classification number: A24F40/465 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, an article insertion portion positioned in the housing, configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article, and including a first end surface, a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, and an inner surface between the first end surface and the second end surface, and a heater module including a heating unit which is positioned in the article insertion portion and heats a medium accommodated in the aerosol generating article, and a deformable unit connected to the heating unit and formed of a material having a property of changing its shape as a temperature changes.

公开(公告)号：US20240261571A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18567879

申请日：2023-05-26

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Won Kyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/02

CPC classification number: A61N1/36025 ,  A61N1/025 ,  A61N1/3603

Abstract: A brain stimulation device includes a housing having at least one area attached to a body of a user, and including an accommodation space having an article accommodated therein, a battery arranged inside the housing, an output unit configured to apply a current to the body of the user on the basis of power supplied from the battery, and a processor electrically connected to the battery and the output unit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a type of the article accommodated in the accommodation space, and on the basis of the detected type of the article, apply a current to the body of the user via the output unit so that brain stimulation is applied to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20250082934A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18562065

申请日：2023-06-02

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Won Kyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/04

Abstract: A brain stimulation system includes a wearable electronic device including a display, a biometric information acquisition unit, and a first processor, and a brain stimulation device having at least one area that is attached to the body of a user and configured to apply brain stimulation to the user such that the user feels a smoking sensation. The biometric information acquisition unit detects changed biometric information of the user in response to the brain stimulation, and the first processor displays one of a virtual reality image and an augmented reality image including the detected biometric information of the user on the display.

公开(公告)号：US20250040604A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18276992

申请日：2023-05-04

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/70 ,  H05B3/46

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol by heating a cigarette includes a pipe including an opening into which the cigarette is inserted, a first surface enclosing at least a partial region of an outer circumferential surface of the cigarette when the cigarette is inserted, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a heater provided on the second surface of the pipe and configured to heat the pipe, and an insulating layer configured to provide electrical insulation and provided between the heater and the second surface of the pipe, wherein the heater includes a heating wire printed directly on the second surface and the insulating layer in a pattern enclosing at least a partial region of the second surface of the pipe.

公开(公告)号：US20250000148A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18275455

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Moon Sang LEE

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/70 ,  H05B3/00

Abstract: A heating structure configured to generate heat using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) includes a substrate, a plurality of metal particles disposed on the substrate and configured to generate heat by SPR, and a partitioning wall disposed between adjacent metal particles.

公开(公告)号：US20240366152A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18031110

申请日：2023-02-10

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Soung Ho JU

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/16 ,  A61M15/00

Abstract: A wearable device includes a housing, a biometric information obtainer that is provided on one surface of the housing and obtains biometric information of a user, a functional material cartridge that is accommodated in the housing and stores a functional material, a mouthpiece connected to the functional material cartridge and configured to discharge the functional material, and a controller that provides a recommendation on inhalation of a functional material based on the biometric information obtained by the biometric information obtainer.

公开(公告)号：US20240349800A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18271274

申请日：2023-03-31

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Soung Ho JU ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/46

CPC classification number: A24F40/46

Abstract: A heating structure includes a reflective layer configured to reflect light toward a substrate and/or a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) structure.

公开(公告)号：US20240061922A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18270783

申请日：2022-11-24

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: G06F21/35

CPC classification number: G06F21/35

Abstract: To authenticate a user of an electronic device, a user terminal receives tag information including target program information from a tag device using a near-field communication (NFC) sensor, stores a target program in the user terminal based on the target program information, performs user authentication based on the target program, and transmits a result of the user authentication to the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20220284083A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17268987

申请日：2020-10-06

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Jin Soo SEONG

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: A user authentication apparatus trains a user authentication model by using biometric data of a user which was used in previous user authentication as training data, and performs user authentication by using the trained user authentication model.

公开(公告)号：US20250106378A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18289248

申请日：2023-08-21

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: H04N13/361 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: To provide an additional image to a user, an electronic device receives data on a smoking event from an external device, generates image data including at least one graphic object corresponding to the smoking event based on data on the received smoking event, and provides an additional image to a user by outputting the image data on a display, wherein the additional image and a real scene corresponding to a field of view of the user are simultaneously observed by the user through the display.