Samsung Electronics Patent Applications

Samsung Electronics patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240085094
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body forming a storage compartment, and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes a door body rotatably coupled to the main body and including an insulator therein, a panel body positioned in a front of the door body, a first trim disposed at a first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body while being rotated with respect to the door body, and a second trim disposed at a second edge opposite to the first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body when the first trim is coupled to the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chomin LEE, Yang-Yeol GU, Dongyeong KIM, Byoungmok KIM, Yonghan KIM, Taecheol PARK, Yongman SEO, Jinyoung SONG, Yountae SHIN, Byungkwan YANG
  • Publication number: 20240081592
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaner including a dust container in which contaminants are collected and a dust container cover rotatably coupled to the dust container to open or close the dust container, and a docking station on which the cleaner is detachably mounted, the docking station including a collecting portion to collect the contaminants in the dust container in response to the mounting and a duct portion forming a channel to guide the contaminants in the dust container to the collecting portion in response to the mounting; a cover opening device configured to open the dust container cover, and a cover closing device configured to close the dust container cover, the cover closing device including a rotary lever configured to be movable between a first position forming a portion of the channel of the duct portion and a second position supporting the dust container cover in a closing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seehyun KIM, Hyeoncheol KIM, Hyunju LEE, Kihwan KWON, Hyunho LEE, Seungryong CHA, Ingyu CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240090240
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a peripheral circuit structure and cell array structure. The peripheral circuit structure includes a circuit substrate, a peripheral circuit, a first insulating layer covering the circuit substrate and the peripheral circuit, and a first bonding pad. The cell array structure includes an insulating structure having first and second surfaces opposing each other, a conductive plate on the first surface, a memory cell array on the conductive plate, a second insulating layer, a second bonding pad disposed on the second insulating layer, first and second wiring lines spaced apart from each other on the second surface, a conductive via passing through the insulating structure and connecting the conductive plate to the first wiring line, and a contact structure electrically connecting the first wiring line to the second bonding pad. The first bonding pad is in contact with the second bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: TAKUYA FUTATSUYAMA, Daeseok Byeon, Gyosoo Choo
  • Publication number: 20240090199
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern on a substrate, the first active pattern extending in a third direction having an acute angle with respect to a first direction and a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and substantially perpendicular to each other, a first conductive filling pattern on an upper surface of a central portion of the first active pattern, the first conductive filling pattern having a shape of a parallelogram, a gate structure extending in the first direction in an upper portion of the first active pattern, and a bit line structure on the first conductive filling pattern and extending in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingyu Park, Jongyoung Park, Taeyoung Koh, Kiyong Kim, Sundoo Kim, Jaehyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240084493
    Abstract: A washing machine including a plurality of washers may include a fixing bracket coupled to a front of a first housing in which a first tub is disposed and a front of a second housing in which a second tub is disposed, to prevent the first housing and the second housing from being separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek Gyu KWON, Dong-Won KIM, Do Yun LEE, Bo-Kyun KIM, Geon Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20240081663
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information and a method of determining whether a bio-signal is normal by the apparatus for estimating bio-information are provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor configured to measure a PPG signal from an object; and a processor configured to extract a plurality of pairs of local maximum points and local minimum points from a second derivative signal of the PPG signal, to select at least one reference pair from among the extracted plurality of pairs, and to determine whether the PPG signal is normal based on the selected at least one reference pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kum Kwon, Young Soo Kim, Hye Rim Lim
  • Publication number: 20240084494
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a pulsator, a motor assembly, including a rotor, to supply a driving force, a reduction gear module couplable to the rotor of the motor assembly so that a portion of the reduction gear module is rotatable at an angular velocity less than an angular velocity at which the rotor is rotated, a washing shaft couplable to the pulsator and the portion of the reduction gear module so that the pulsator is rotatable at an angular velocity less than the angular velocity at which the rotor is rotated, a spin-drying shaft couplable to the drum, and a coupler configured to be couplable to the spin-drying shaft and the rotor so that the spin-drying shaft is rotatable at the angular velocity at which the rotor is rotated, where the coupler includes a coupler body having a receiving space to receive the reduction gear module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbin LIM, Seungoh KIM, Jihye LEE, Yurim PARK
  • Publication number: 20240084956
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display, a support arm coupled to a rear surface of the display, and a support stand coupled to the support arm and configured to move the support arm along a vertical direction where the display is pivotally rotatable between a first orientation in which a long side of the display is laterally disposed and a second orientation in which the long side of the display is longitudinally disposed. The support stand is configured to upwardly move the display based on the display being rotated from the first orientation to the second orientation, and downwardly move the display based on the display being rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanggoo LEE, Sunggi KIM
  • Publication number: 20240084501
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus including a main body having a care compartment with an exhaust port and a supply port; a heat exchanger in the main body; a blowing fan in the main body to generate airflow supplied to the care compartment through the supply port; an exhaust flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust port to pass through the heat exchanger; a circulation flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust flow path to the fan; a bypass opening to connect the care compartment and the circulation flow path; and a bypass door to open and close the bypass opening. When the bypass opening is open, at least a portion of the airflow flows directly into the circulation flow path without passing through the exhaust flow path. When the bypass opening is closed, none of the airflow flows directly from the care compartment into the circulation flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donggi HAN, Dongwoo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240082881
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device may include a first roll member and a second roll member including a copolymer of a first water-soluble polymer and a second water-soluble polymer. The first roll member may include a first roll body extending in a first direction and first protrusions on a surface of the first roll body. The second roll member may include a second roll body extending in the first direction and second protrusions on a surface of the second roll body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghoon KWON, Juhyun LEE, Chungki MIN
  • Publication number: 20240085668
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens disposed in order from an object side. A refractive index of the second lens is greater than a refractive index of each of the first lens and the third lens. The optical imaging system satisfies TTL/(2×IMG HT)<0.6 and 0<f1/f<1.4, where TTL is a distance on an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane, IMG HT is half a diagonal length of the imaging plane, f is a total focal length of the optical imaging system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyuk JANG, Ji Su LEE, Il Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20240082904
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger including a refrigerant tube, the apparatus including a moving rod movable along a first direction; and a tube expansion body connected to the moving rod to be linearly movable along the first direction, the tube expansion body insertable into a tube base material of the refrigerant tub such that the tube base material is expanded outward when the tube expansion body is inserted into the tube base material of the refrigerant tube, wherein the tube expansion body includes a plurality of groove forming protrusions formed on an outer surface of the tube expansion body so as to extend along a direction inclined with respect to the first direction, the groove forming protrusions form a plurality of grooves on an inner surface of the tube base material, when the tube expansion body is moved to be inserted into the tube base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungmin CHO, Yurim PARK, Youngdeog KOH, Sangjun PARK, Sungtae PARK, Jungsoo LIM, Suhyeon HAN
  • Publication number: 20240085097
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body; a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open; a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space; a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap; a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap; and a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Heo, Huido Park, Kyoungsun Park, Jisick Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240083033
    Abstract: A robot includes: a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor; a plurality of directional microphones; and at least one processor configured to: identify, based on sensing data obtained through the LiDAR sensor, an object in a vicinity of the robot, identify, based on the type of the object, a weight to apply to an audio signal received through a directional microphone corresponding to a location of the object from among the plurality of directional microphones, obtain context information of the robot based on the sensing data, identify, based on the context information, a pre-processing model corresponding to each directional microphone of the plurality of directional microphones, apply the weight to an audio signal received through the directional microphone corresponding to the location of the object among a plurality of audio signals received through the plurality of directional microphones, obtain a plurality of pre-processed audio signals by inputting the audio signal to which the weight has been appli
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeontaek LIM, Saeyoung KIM, Yongkook KIM, Boseok MOON
  • Publication number: 20240085315
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus includes a main body including a clothes care chamber configured to accommodate one or more clothes items; an optical sensor module configured to photograph an inside of the clothes care chamber, the optical sensor module including a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in an array, each of the plurality of light receiving elements being sensitive to different wavelength bands; and a processor configured to: acquire, from the plurality of light receiving elements, a sensing value for the one or more clothes items accommodated in the clothes care chamber, acquire spectroscopic data for the one or more clothes items accommodated in the clothes care chamber based on the sensing value, acquire feature information corresponding to the one or more clothes items accommodated in the clothes care chamber based on the spectroscopic data, input the feature information into a trained neural network model, acquire, from the trained neural network model, information on materials of the on
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumee KIM, Soomin PARK, Jangpyo PARK, Joonho KIM, Yongwon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240085812
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber having an internal space configured to process a substrate loaded therein; a light source configured to emit light on the substrate to harden a photoresist pattern coated on the substrate; and a transparent division part provided between the substrate and the light source, wherein the transparent division part divides the chamber into a first space, in which the light source is provided, and a second space, in which the substrate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyuhee Han, Koungmin Ryu, Kyeongbeom Park, Jongmin Baek, Wookyung You, Woojin Lee, Juhee Lee
  • Publication number: 20240085040
    Abstract: An air cleaner including a first housing including a first suction port and a first discharge port; a first flow path extending from the first suction port to the first discharge port; a first fan and a dust collector filter in the first flow path; a second housing including a second suction port and a second discharge port; a second flow path extending from the second suction port to the second discharge port; a second fan in the second flow path; a light source in the second flow path to radiate ultraviolet rays; and a connection flow path extending from at least a first portion of the first discharge port to the second suction port and configured so that at least a first portion of air discharged from the first discharge port flows into the connection flow path and to the second flow path through the second suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euysung CHU, Taeyong LEE, Youngseok LIM
  • Publication number: 20240085282
    Abstract: There is provide a method for manufacturing analytical semiconductor samples by using an apparatus for manufacturing analytical semiconductor samples, which minimizes a feedback time by manufacturing a viewing surface that is environment-friendly and has a large area. The method comprising mounting the analytical semiconductor samples to a holder; discharging deionized (DI) water to an upper surface of a polishing plate through a DI water nozzle; grinding the analytical semiconductor samples with the upper surface of the polishing plat; determining whether a desired viewing surface of the analytical semiconductor samples has been acquired after the grinding of the analytical semiconductor samples; and transferring the analytical semiconductor samples to analyze the viewing surface of the ground analytical semiconductor samples based on a determination that the desired viewing surface of the analytical semiconductor samples has been acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul JO, Sang Hyun PARK, Su Jin SHIN, Gil Ho GU, Dae Gon YU, So Yeon LEE, Yun Bin JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240085665
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from an object side. At least two of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens include at least one inflection point. An object-side surface of the sixth lens is concave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phil Ho JUNG, Jae Hyuk HUH
  • Publication number: 20240085030
    Abstract: A cooktop including an upper plate on which to place a cooking vessel, and a suction port penetrating through the upper plate in a first direction; a duct; a chamber to connect the suction port and the duct; and a blower fan connected to the duct to generate airflow so that air around the upper plate is suctioned through the suction port and then through the chamber and then guided by the duct, wherein the chamber include a chamber body includes a chamber outlet arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to communicate with the duct, and an inner space formed so that air suctioned through the suction port flows through the inner space to the chamber outlet, and a guide rib arranged inside the chamber body to partition the inner space to guide the air suctioned through the suction port to the chamber outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangjin KIM, Sangjin LEE, Changhoon OH
  • Publication number: 20240086028
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first sensor configured to sense a user; a second sensor configured to sense light incident from an external light source; a mirror display; a memory; and a processor configured to: based on the first sensor sensing the user in front of the mirror display, obtain information about a first area in which a first image corresponding to a reflection of the user is located on the mirror display; determine a second area for displaying content to be provided to the user based on the information about the first area; based on information about light being obtained through the second sensor, determine luminance of the second area based on the information about the light; and control the mirror display to display the content with the determined luminance on the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungki CHO, Han KANG, Jaemun SIM, Changwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20240090305
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an optical control panel. The optical control panel includes a base film, a first transmissive layer disposed on the base film, a first organic layer disposed on the first transmissive layer, the first organic layer including first organic patterns that extend in a first direction, and a first light-shielding layer disposed on an upper and on side surfaces of the first organic patterns, the first light-shielding layer also including a plurality of grooves exposing at least a part of the first transmissive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuneok Shin, Joonyong Park, Juhyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240085674
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lenses in which a first lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, and a second lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hag Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20240085056
    Abstract: A window type air conditioner including an outdoor module including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an outdoor housing; an indoor module including an indoor heat exchanger, and an indoor housing spaced apart from the outdoor housing; a refrigerant pipe through which refrigerant moves between the indoor and the outdoor module; and a connection support module including a first connection rod having an inner circumferential surface, and a sealing member inside the first connection rod, wherein the connection support module connects, and supports a positional relationship between, the indoor and the outdoor module, the refrigerant pipe extends through the first connection rod so that an inner circumferential surface of the first connection rod is spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant pipe, and the sealing member is arranged to form a seal between the refrigerant pipe and the first connection rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munsub KIM, Duhan JUNG, Jaewoo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240085679
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The F number of the system is 2.0 or less. The following Conditional Expression is satisfied: OAL/(Img HT)<1.50. In the expression, OAL represents a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane, and Img HT represents a half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Phil Ho JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240085561
    Abstract: Provided are image sensors for distance measurement and camera modules. The image sensors for distance measurement include a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels, a readout circuit configured to read out pixel signals from the pixel array in units of sub-frames and generate raw data, a preprocessing circuit configured to preprocess the raw data to generate phase data, a memory configured to store the phase data, a calibration circuit configured to generate correction data by performing a calibration operation on the phase data, an image signal processor configured to generate depth information using the correction data, and an output interface circuit configured to output depth data including the depth information in units of depth frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiheon PARK, Seungchul SHIN, Myoungoh KI
  • Publication number: 20240085720
    Abstract: A folded module includes a housing, a carrier provided in the housing, and a rotation holder provided on the carrier and including a reflective member. The carrier is rotatable, with respect to the housing, around a first axis formed by one rotating shaft ball, the rotation holder is rotatable with respect to the carrier around a second axis formed by two ball members, and the first axis and the second axis intersect each other, and the one rotating shaft ball and the two ball members are provided together on a plane on which both the first axis and the second axis are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Hwan KWON, Nam Ki PARK, Young Bok YOON, Kyung Hun LEE, Soon Seok KANG
  • Publication number: 20240085672
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, wherein the second lens has a negative refractive power, wherein the third lens has a refractive power, wherein the fourth lens has a refractive power, wherein the fifth lens has a refractive power, and wherein 2.0<f/(2×IMG HT)<3.0, and 0.16<D2/|f2|<0.3, where f is an overall focal length of the first lens to the fifth lens, IMG HT is half of a diagonal length of an imaging plane, D2 is a distance along an optical axis from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens distance, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hyun KIM, Jong Pil KIM, Jae Hyuk HUH
  • Publication number: 20240085760
    Abstract: An aperture module includes a reference plate, including a protruded pivot pin; a first-stage blade unit including a pair of first blades forming a first-diameter aperture having a diameter smaller than that of the central opening when pivoted about the pivot pin; a second-stage blade unit including a pair of second blades, wherein the second-stage blade unit is disposed on a second planar surface different from a first planar surface of the first-stage blade unit, and the pair of second blades forms a second-diameter aperture having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the first-diameter aperture when pivoted about the pivot pin; and an aperture driver including a driving pin configured to insert into the guide slot, the first blade slot, and the second blade slot, and move along the guide slot. A curvature of the first blade slot and a curvature of the second blade slot form different angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Ho KIM, Sanghyun JI, Dooseub SHIN, Donghoon LEE, Dohwan KIM, Jongeun PARK
  • Publication number: 20240085675
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged from an object side to an imaging plane. An object-side surface of the fourth lens is convex, an object-side surface of the fifth lens is concave, and an angle of view of the optical imaging system is 100 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Phil Ho JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240085537
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device includes a laser light irradiator configured to irradiate a pulsed laser light towards an object, a laser light receiver configured to detect a pulsed laser reflected light signal based on receiving the pulsed laser light reflected from the object, a signal analyzer configured to determine whether the pulsed laser reflected light signal is a low signal to noise ratio (SNR) signal based on comparing a level of the pulsed laser reflected light signal with a reference signal level, and a processor configured to, in response to a determination that the pulsed laser reflected light signal is the low SNR signal, adjust a dynamic range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to sample the pulsed laser reflected light signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiro OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20240085039
    Abstract: An air conditioner including a housing including a suction panel; a fan disposed inside the housing and configured to generate an air flow which is sucked into the housing through the suction panel to flow in a first direction from upstream to downstream, the suction panel being perpendicular to the first direction; and an electrostatic precipitator disposed inside the housing and including a discharge electrode configured to receive a voltage and to generate ions toward the suction panel, and an upstream electrode disposed upstream of the discharge electrode with respect to the first direction, grounded to form an electric field with the discharge electrode, and disposed between the discharge electrode and the suction panel, wherein at least a portion of the ions generated from the discharge electrode are passed through the suction panel so as to charge aerosols in air outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myungsoo KANG, Hyongsoo NOH, Myungseob SONG, Kyuho SHIN, Joonoh SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240085763
    Abstract: A camera module includes a carrier supported on a housing and movable in an optical axis direction, at least one frame supported on the carrier and movable, relative to the carrier, in at least one direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a lens module supported on the frame. The frame is supported on the carrier such that attractive force acts in the at least one direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Sung SEO, Hong Joo LEE, Young Bok YOON, Jung Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20240086684
    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more processors and a memory storing instructions configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: implement a machine learning-based conditional generative model configured to reconstruct target data from latent vectors, the conditional generative model trained based on an existing data set for a target task; determine an extrapolation weight; generate an augmented latent vector and augmented condition data by extrapolating, based on the extrapolation weight, from a latent vector corresponding to the existing dataset and from existing condition data corresponding to the existing dataset; and generate a new dataset comprising augmented target data generated by the conditional generative model based on the augmented condition data and based on the augmented latent vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ki Soo KWON, Kyunghyun CHO, Hoshik LEE
  • Publication number: 20240085777
    Abstract: Provided is a process proximity effect correction method capable of efficiently improving the dispersion of patterns. There is a process proximity effect correction method according to some embodiments, the process proximity effect correction method of a process proximity effect correction device for performing process proximity effect correction (PPC) of a plurality of patterns using a machine learning module executed by a processor, comprising: training a sensitivity model by inputting a layout image of the plurality of patterns and a layout critical dimension (CD) of the plurality of patterns into the machine learning module; estimating an after cleaning inspection critical dimension (ACI-CD) sensitivity prediction value of the plurality of patterns by inferring an ACI-CD prediction value of the plurality of patterns; and determining a correction rate of the layout CD of the plurality of patterns using the estimated sensitivity prediction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Young PARK, Jeong Hoon KO, Seong Ryeol KIM, Young-Gu KIM, Tae Hoon KIM, Hyun Joong KIM, Young Ju LEE
  • Publication number: 20240086234
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a plurality of processing cores and a memory including a plurality of task queues respectively corresponding to the plurality of processing cores and a plurality of task relation tables respectively corresponding to a plurality of tasks. Each of the plurality of task relation tables includes: one or more entries representing a mapping relationship between an identifier of a waker task that wakes up a wakee task, and an occurrence count that is a number of times the wakee task is woken up by the waker task. At least one of the plurality of processing cores is configured to: execute a scheduler, search for a task set includes related tasks, based on the plurality of task relation tables, store a subset of tasks of the task set in at least one of the plurality of task queues, and schedule the task set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonglae Park, Eunok JO, Bumgyu PARK, Seyeong BYEON, Daeyeong LEE
  • Publication number: 20240085940
    Abstract: A storage device and a storage system including the same are provided. The storage device includes a reference clock pin configured to receive a reference clock signal from a host, a reference clock frequency determination circuitry configured to determine a reference clock frequency from the reference clock signal received through the reference clock pin, and a device controller circuitry configured to perform a high speed mode link startup between the host and the storage device according to the reference clock frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwanwoo NOH, Sungho SEO, Yongwoo JEONG, Dongwoo NAM, Myungsub SHIN, Hyunkyu JANG
  • Publication number: 20240087493
    Abstract: A display device includes a first gamma line providing a first gamma voltage; a second gamma line providing a second gamma voltage; a local tab point line; a first switch configured to connect the first gamma line to the local tab point line based on a tab division enable signal; and a second switch configured to connect the second gamma line to the local tab point line based on the tab division enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeksu Kwon, Dongwook Suh
  • Publication number: 20240086078
    Abstract: A storage device includes at least one nonvolatile memory device and a storage controller. The storage controller controls the at least one nonvolatile memory device based on a request from an external host. The storage controller adaptively adjusts an impedance of a transmission driver based on a change of an operating temperature of the storage device. The transmission driver transmits a transmission signal to the external host through a link. The storage device may increase an eye height of the transmission signal transmitted to the host through the link by decreasing impedance of the transmission driver as the operating temperature increases. Therefore, the storage device according to example embodiments may maintain reliability of the link even though the operating temperature of the storage device increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehwan LIM, Yeongyu Ahn, Hyunjung Yoo, Jungwoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20240087233
    Abstract: An electronic device presents a virtual behavior of a participant in a Metaverse. The electronic device determines a context of the Metaverse including the people meeting with the participant. The electronic device determines a real-world behavior of the participant while immersed in the Metaverse. The electronic device generates virtual behavior of the participant based on the context of the Metaverse and the real-world behavior of the participant while immersed in the Metaverse. The electronic device renders an avatar of the participant having the virtual behavior of the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ranjan Kumar SAMAL, Vivek Paul JOSEPH, Rajin BABU, Abhishek PANDEY, Nagaraj ADIGA, Somesh NANDA
  • Publication number: 20240086153
    Abstract: A multi-bit accumulator includes 1-bit Wallace trees each configured to perform an add operation on single-bit input data, tristate logic circuits each configured to output a result of the add operation of the 1-bit Wallace trees according to an enable signal provided to the tristate logic circuits, and a shift-adder configured to perform an accumulation operation on the result of the add operation of the 1-bit Wallace trees by a shift operation based on a clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungmeen MYUNG, Dong-Jin CHANG, Jaehyuk LEE, Daekun YOON, Seok Ju YUN
  • Publication number: 20240087252
    Abstract: Provided is a method for generating Augmented Reality (AR) content that includes: receiving a plurality of image frames of at least one scene captured by a plurality of participant devices in an AR or a Virtual Reality (VR) environment; storing the plurality of image frames and metadata associated with the plurality of image frames, in a database; receiving an AR content generation request to generate an AR content view of a user in the AR/VR environment, the AR content generation request including an identifier (ID) of the user and information of the at least one scene; retrieving a set of image frames from a plurality of stored image frames in the database based on the ID of the user, the information of the at least one scene, and metadata associated with the set of image frames, the set of images including the user in the at least one scene in the AR/VR environment; generating the AR content view of the user by combining the set of image frames retrieved from the database, based on the metadata associated
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sujoy SAHA, Rajas Jayant JOSHI, Rajat Kumar JAIN, Aditi SINGHAL, Amita BADHWAR, Sathyanarayanan KULASEKARAN, Sarthak SENGUPTA, Lokesh Rayasandra BOREGOWDA
  • Publication number: 20240082705
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a communication interface; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control a display to display content received from a server through the communication interface, obtain a control signal corresponding to a user input for controlling the content displayed, transmit the obtained control signal to the server through the communication interface; obtain an image output control signal corresponding to the obtained control signal while transmitting the obtained control signal to the server, process the content displayed based on the obtained image output control signal, control the display to display the content that was processed based on the obtained image output control signal while awaiting content processed by the server based on the transmitted obtained control signal, receive the content processed by the server, and control the display to display the received content processed by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bonggil BAK
  • Publication number: 20240088118
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip including a logic structure and a second semiconductor chip bonded to the first semiconductor chip may be provided. The first semiconductor chip may include signal lines on a first surface of a first semiconductor substrate and connected to the logic structure, a power delivery network on a second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and penetration vias penetrating the first semiconductor substrate and connecting the power delivery network to the logic structure. The second semiconductor chip may include a capacitor layer that is on a second semiconductor substrate and is adjacent to the power delivery network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manho LEE, Eunseok SONG, Keung Beum KIM, Kyung Suk OH, Eon Soo JANG
  • Publication number: 20240086342
    Abstract: A semiconductor system including a transmitter configured to output a plurality of data as a plurality of data input/output signals through a plurality of channels based on a matrix E, and a receiver configured to generate the plurality of data by differentially amplifying the plurality of data input/output signals received through the plurality of channels based on a matrix D, in which all components of the matrix E and the matrix D are integers, a product matrix of the matrix D and the matrix E is a diagonal matrix, a sum of the components of each row of the matrix D is 0, and a sum of absolute values of the components of each column of the matrix D is less than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
    Inventors: HYUN JUN PARK, WOO-SEOK CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240088165
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second pixels including first to third sub-pixels. Each of the first to third sub-pixels includes a first area disposed at a side of a pixel circuit, a second area disposed on another side of the pixel circuit, light emitting elements electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and an electrode electrically connecting the light emitting elements and the pixel circuit. The electrode of the first sub-pixel of the first pixel includes a first extension electrically connected to the pixel circuit in the first area and overlapping the second area in plan view, and the electrode of the first sub-pixel of the second pixel includes a second extension electrically connected to the pixel circuit in the second area and overlapping the first area in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hee SHIN, Sun Kwun SON, No Kyung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240086336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage device which communicates with a host device. The method includes allocating a secure region and a user region, storing first data encrypted by using a first encryption key in a first data block of the secure region, receiving a first request indicating a first secure delete operation of the first data from the host device, decrypting at least one valid data of the first data block by using the first encryption key based on the first request, wherein the at least one valid data do not include the first data, encrypting the decrypted at least one valid data by using a second encryption key different from the first encryption key, storing the encrypted at least one valid data in a second data block of the secure region, and deleting the first encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changhwan KIM, Mingon SHIN, Jisoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240088176
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein each of the pixels includes a photodiode, a transfer transistor, first to third floating diffusion nodes, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a first switch transistor, a second switch transistor, and a reset transistor. The second switch transistor is configured to turn off in a first period and to turn on in a second period of an exposure period of the photodiode, and the reset transistor is configured to turn on in the first period and to turn off in the second period of the exposure period of the photodiode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juyeong KIM, Changhyun PARK, Eunsub SHIM
  • Publication number: 20240086354
    Abstract: A system on chip, semiconductor device, and/or method are provided that include a plurality of masters, an interface, and a semaphore unit. The interface interfaces the plurality of masters with a slave device. The semaphore unit detects requests of the plurality of masters, controlling the salve device, about an access to the interface and assigns a semaphore about each of the plurality of masters by a specific operation unit according to the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DongSik CHO, Jeonghoon KIM, Rohitaswa BHATTACHARYA, Jaeshin LEE, Honggi JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240088239
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A first channel pattern is disposed on the substrate. The first channel pattern includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other in a first direction. A first gate electrode is disposed on the first side of the first channel pattern. A first source/drain electrode is disposed on the first side of the first channel pattern. A second source/drain electrode is disposed on the second side of the first channel pattern. The first gate electrode overlaps the second source/drain electrode in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Yong PARK, Jin-Hong Park, Ju-Hee Lee