Samsung Electronics Patents Granted

Patents granted to Samsung Electronics by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11969234
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes a bio-signal obtainer configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object; and a processor configured to: obtain function values by applying a predetermined function to sections of the bio-signal, corresponding to respective windows of a predetermined size, while sliding a window on a time axis of the bio-signal, obtain an oscillometric waveform envelope based on the obtained function values, and estimate bio-information of the object based on the oscillometric waveform envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Geun Jang, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Patent number: 11974494
    Abstract: A polymer compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujiyama, Keisuke Korai, Katsunori Shibata, Daeyoung Chung, Eunjoo Jang, Taehyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11974492
    Abstract: A display device includes a first region, a second region adjacent to a side of the first region, and a third region adjacent to another side of the first region; a display panel in the first region, the second region and the third region; a window on and overlapping the display panel; and a bonding member between the display panel and the window and in the first region, the second region and the third region. The bonding member includes a first bonding part having a first elastic modulus and in the first region, a second bonding part having a second elastic modulus and in the second region, and a third bonding part having a third elastic modulus and in the third region. The first elastic modulus is greater than each of the second elastic modulus and the third elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ah Lee, Min Gu Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Hyo Yul Yoon, Eui Yun Jang
  • Patent number: 11974490
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device, the apparatus comprising: a droplet discharger comprising a nozzle configured to discharge a droplet; a first detector on a falling path of the droplet that falls from the droplet discharger and configured to detect a shape of the droplet; a second detector spaced apart from the first detector and configured to detect the shape of the droplet that falls from the droplet discharger; and a controller configured to calculate at least one of a volume of the droplet, a falling speed of the droplet, the falling path of the droplet, or a discharge angle, at which the droplet is discharged from the nozzle, based on results detected by the first detector and the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeongwon Han
  • Patent number: 11974487
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting substrate including a base substrate having a non-display area and a display area that surrounds the non-display area; an input sensing unit disposed on the light-emitting substrate; and a hole penetrating front and rear surfaces of each of the light-emitting substrate and the input sensing unit, wherein the light-emitting substrate includes a plurality of recesses, the non-display area includes a hole area which overlaps with the hole, a recess area in which the plurality of recesses are disposed and surrounds the hole area, and a peripheral area which surrounds the recess area, and the input sensing unit includes a plurality of first sensor members overlapping the display area and a first connector connecting the first sensor members and overlapping the groove area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jun Jang, Sung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11974488
    Abstract: A display device including a base layer, a circuit layer, a light emitting device layer, an organic layer, and a touch sensing unit. The base layer includes a display area and a non-display area. A plurality of insulation patterns overlaps the non-display area. The organic layer is disposed on the light emitting device and overlaps the plurality of insulation patterns and the organic light emitting diode. At least a portion of the plurality of touch signal lines overlaps the plurality of insulation patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-ho Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Ji-eun Lee, Yohan Kim, Dong-seop Park, Kwangsik Lee, Jaesun Lee, Sungho Cho
  • Patent number: 11974481
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area; a main sub-pixel and a main pixel circuit, the main sub-pixel being in the main display area on the substrate, and the main pixel circuit being connected to the main sub-pixel; a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels in the component area on the substrate; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits in the peripheral area on the substrate; a plurality of connecting lines connecting the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels to the plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits, respectively; and a dummy line extending in a direction in which the plurality of connecting lines extend in the component area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunyoung Jung, Hyunho Kim, Chungsock Choi, Gunhee Kim, Donghwan Shim, Sanghee Jang
  • Patent number: 11969130
    Abstract: A rack assembly of a dish washer is disclosed. A rack assembly of a dish washer according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a frame including a plurality of wires separately arranged on a bottom surface configured to house cutlery, and a plurality of tine blocks detachable from the plurality of wires, each of the plurality of tine blocks respectively includes a holding surface supporting the cutlery, and a plurality of tines formed on the holding surface, wherein the plurality of tine blocks include a first time block including a plurality of first tines separately arranged by a first interval in a first direction, and a second tine block including a plurality of tines separately arranged by a second interval narrower than the first interval in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jusik Kim, Kitae Park, Daeseon Yeom, Junho Lee, Minho Jung
  • Patent number: 11974485
    Abstract: A display device include a light-emitting panel having first to third light-emitting diodes and a color panel on the light-emitting panel. The color panel includes first to third color areas that transmit light of different colors and a light-blocking area. The light-emitting panel includes two first power lines spaced apart from each other, connecting electrodes electrically connected to the two first power lines, and an insulating layer on the connecting electrodes, the insulating layer having openings each of which exposing a respective one of the connecting electrodes. The first light-emitting diode, the second light-emitting diode, and the third light-emitting diode are spaced apart from one another between the two first power lines. The second color area is smaller than each of the first color area and the third color area in size. The second color area is disposed between the first color area and the third color area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangmoon Jo, Sungjae Moon, Ansu Lee
  • Patent number: 11971610
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The second lens group includes a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system satisfies TTL/2Y<1.3, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 11972453
    Abstract: An advertisement mediating system includes: a communicator configured to receive, from a first device, information about content into which an advertisement is to be inserted and information about an inventory included in the content, and transmitting, to one or more second devices, the information about the content and the information about the inventory; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more instruction to perform, when a request for inserting the advertisement into the inventory is received from the one or more second devices, a control operation of selecting advertisement content from among a plurality of pieces of advertisement content corresponding to the one or more second devices, receiving the selected advertisement content, and transmitting the advertisement content to a third device that executes the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHEIL COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuck Shin, Sanghyo Kim, Changsoo Moon, Kichan Ryu, Daewon Cho
  • Patent number: 11969238
    Abstract: Physiological parameter detecting apparatuses and methods of detecting the physiological parameters are provided. A physiological parameter detecting apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit a light onto a region of an object; an optical path converter configured to receive the light returning from the object and convert an optical path of the received light; an optical detector configured to detect the light that has the converted optical path; and a controller configured to extract physiological information of the object from the detected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexey Andreevich Shchekin, Maxim Vladimirovich Riabko, Anton Sergeevich Medvedev, Alexey Dmitrievich Dmitrievich Lantsov, Sergey Nikolaevich Koptyaev
  • Patent number: 11969260
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a body component according to an example embodiment includes: a sensor configured to detect a bio-signal of an object according to a contact pressure that gradually changes between the object and the sensor; and a processor configured to determine a time point, at which an amplitude of an alternating current (AC) component of the bio-signal is maximum or a slope of a direct current (DC) component of the bio-signal is maximum, and to detect a body component of the object based on the determined time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Joo Kwon, Yeol Ho Lee, Joon Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11974476
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, pixels, a pixel defining layer (PDL), a first via layer, a second via layer, first lines, and a second line. The pixels are arranged on the substrate in a first direction (D1) and a second direction (D2) intersecting one another, and include organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The OLEDs include pixel electrodes (PEs). The PDL covers edges of the PEs and defines light-emitting regions via openings partially exposing the PEs. The first and second via layers are between the PEs and the substrate. The first lines extend in the D2 between the first via layer and the substrate. The second line is between the second and first via layers. The second line at least partially extends around the light-emitting regions. The second line contacts the first lines through via holes. Each via hole is provided every two pixels arranged in the D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Youngjin Cho, Yangwan Kim, Joongsoo Moon, Keunsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11971299
    Abstract: A hyperspectral image sensor includes an optical irradiator configured to irradiate light to a partial region of an object, an optical detector configured to receive detection light generated in the partial region in response to the irradiated light and generate spectrum signals, each of the spectrum signals corresponding to a respective sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions included in the partial region, and a processor configured to generate a hyperspectral image of the partial region based on the spectrum signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CHUNG ANG University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Unjeong Kim, Jeongsu Han, Hyungbin Son, Suyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11969232
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information includes an image sensor configured to acquire a first contact image of an object, based on the object being in contact with the image sensor, an actuator, and a processor configured to determine a contact position and a direction of the object, based on the acquired first contact image, and control the actuator to adjust a position of the image sensor, based on the determined contact position and the determined direction of the object so that a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor moves to a predefined measurement area on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11971179
    Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner including: a housing; an outlet configured to discharge air introduced into the housing; a discharge panel arranged in front of the outlet and having a plurality of discharge holes to discharge air; and a support member arranged between the outlet and the discharge panel and on which the discharge panel is to be supported. The support member includes a first frame to support one side of the discharge panel and formed to extend in a first direction, a second frame to support another side of the discharge panel and arranged parallel with the first frame, and a third frame arranged between the first frame and the second frame and formed to extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the third frame is formed of a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungdae Lee, Buyoun Lee, Wangbyung Chae, Jongwhal Kim, Hyeonu Park, Kyeongae Lee, Chang-Woo Jung, Sung-June Cho
  • Patent number: 11970763
    Abstract: Provided are a hybrid-type mask stick and a mask frame assembly adopting the same. The mask frame assembly includes a mask frame; and a mask stick including a first mask stick extending in a first direction, a second mask stick extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of third mask sticks connected to the first mask stick and the second mask stick, the at least one first mask stick, the at least one second mask stick and the plurality of third mask sticks defining a plurality of deposition areas, wherein the first mask stick includes a first stick and a second stick arranged on the first stick, and at least one of the first stick and the second stick includes a partially-recessed portion in which the first mask stick is connected to the second mask stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lee, Jaesoo Ha, Kwangtae Yu, Jinbaek Choi, Sangwoo Pyo
  • Patent number: 11971257
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus with localization. The method includes determining a sensor-based reference position using a position sensor of the vehicle, determining an image-based reference position of the vehicle based on image information of the vehicle captured using a camera of the vehicle, setting an acceptance range for the image-based reference position based on a driving situation of the vehicle, and comparing an error level of the image-based reference position to the acceptance range and estimating a current position of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Cheol Jeon, Chul Woo Kang, Kyungboo Jung
  • Patent number: 11970810
    Abstract: A washing machine includes communicator, a display, a sensor for detecting a water temperature of residual water of the washing machine, and a processor. When the water temperature is equal to or lower than a first temperature, the processor is configured to receive data regarding a temperature of an area where the washing machine is located from an application server. The processor is configured to transmit the received data regarding the temperature to a data server so that the received data regarding the temperature is transmitted to a user terminal device. When the water temperature is equal to or lower than a temperature that is lower than the first temperature, the processor is configured to display a notification regarding freezing of the washing machine. The processor is configured to transmit the notification to the application server so that the notification is transmitted to the user terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongwon Hahn, Romon Son
  • Patent number: 11971751
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device, including: providing an object to be processed; forming a linear portion of the object to be processed by performing a first laser processing for the object to be processed; and forming a curved portion of the object to be processed by performing a second laser processing different from the first laser processing for the object to be processed. A laser processing apparatus, is also provided, including: an irradiation unit applying a laser onto an object to be processed; and a controller controlling an operation of the irradiation unit. The controller controls the irradiation unit to form a linear portion of the object to be processed by applying the laser onto the object according to a first condition and forming a curved portion of the object by applying the laser onto the object according to a second condition different from the first condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geun Woo Yug, Ku Hyun Kang
  • Patent number: 11971348
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; and a processor configured to perform the calibration of the optical sensor while the electronic device is disposed to oppose or in contact with the reference object by controlling the optical sensor to emit and detect the reference light, and estimate bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object by the optical sensor, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Seok Moon, Yoon Jae Kim, Jin Young Park, Kun Sun Eom, Myoung Hoon Jung, Jeong Eun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11971764
    Abstract: A storage device includes a solid state drive (SSD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a power sensor and a global controller. The SSD stores data and receives power through a power rail connected to a host device. The FPGA processes data read from the SSD or data to be stored in the SSD and receives power through the power rail. The power sensor is connected to the power rail and generates a measured power value corresponding to a total power consumed by the SSD and the FPGA by measuring the total power. The global controller determines one of the SSD and the FPGA as a priority component operating with a fixed performance and determines the other of the SSD and the FPGA as a non-priority component operating with a variable performance in a priority mode based on power control information provided from the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongin Lee, Hyuk Lee, Seunghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11972136
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory system, which includes a memory controller and at least one non-volatile memory, includes storing, in the memory system, temperature-dependent performance level information received from a host disposed external to the memory system, setting an operation performance level of the memory system to a first performance level, operating the memory controller and the at least one non-volatile memory device according to the first performance level, detecting an internal temperature of the memory system, and changing the operation performance level of the memory system to a second performance level that is different from the first performance level. The operation performance level is changed by the memory controller of the memory system, and changing the operation performance level is based on the temperature-dependent performance level information and the detected internal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Kim, Dae-Ho Kim, Yong-Geun Oh, Sung-Jin Moon
  • Patent number: 11972762
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a microphone, a communication interface including circuitry and a processor configured to, based on identifying that a trigger word is included in a first sound signal received through the microphone, enter a voice recognition mode, identify a gain value for adjusting an intensity of the first sound signal to be in a predetermined intensity range based on the intensity of the first sound, adjust an intensity of a second sound signal received through the microphone in the voice recognition mode based on the identified gain value, and control the communication interface to transmit a user command obtained based on voice recognition regarding the adjusted second sound signal, to an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shina Kim, Jongjin Park, Wonjae Lee, Minsup Kim
  • Patent number: 11973088
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. An embodiment of a display device includes a substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer through a first contact hole in the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer filling an inside of the first contact hole; and a third insulating layer disposed on the second conductive layer and the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first region that overlaps the second conductive layer and a second region that does not overlap the second conductive layer, and a top surface of the first region of the first insulating layer is positioned higher than a top surface of the second region of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sugitani, Hye In Kim, Gwui Hyun Park, Chul Won Park, Pil Soon Hong
  • Patent number: 11971618
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area, a display panel disposed on the substrate and including a first light-emitting diode emitting a first light having a first color and overlapping the first pixel area and a second light-emitting diode emitting a second light having the first color and overlapping the second pixel area, a first pixel electrode which is disposed on the display panel and overlaps the first pixel area, and in which first slits are defined, a second pixel electrode which is disposed on the display panel, is spaced apart from the first pixel electrode, and overlaps the second pixel area, and in which second slits extending in a direction different from the first slits are defined, a common electrode layer and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second pixel electrodes and the common electrode layer and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huigyeong Yun, Ji-Hyun Ka
  • Patent number: 11972327
    Abstract: A method for action automation includes determining, using an electronic device, an action based on domain information. Activity patterns associated with the action are retrieved. For each activity pattern, a candidate action rule is determined. Each candidate action rule specifies one or more pre-conditions when the action occurs. One or more preferred candidate action rules are determined from multiple candidate action rules for automation of the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vijay Srinivasan, Christian Koehler, Hongxia Jin
  • Patent number: 11972111
    Abstract: A memory device for improving the speed of a program operation and an operating method thereof is provided. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a voltage generator configured to generate voltages for one or more program operations and a verify operation performed on the plurality of memory cells, a control logic configured to perform a control operation on the plurality of memory cells so that a first program and a second program loop are performed, a second program operation being performed based on a compensation voltage level determined based on a result of the first verify operation, and a plurality of bit lines connected to the memory cell array, wherein the first verify operation includes first even sensing and second even sensing on even-numbered bit lines, and first odd sensing and second odd sensing on odd-numbered bit lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyong Park, Minseok Kim, Jisu Kim, Ilhan Park, Doohyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11972361
    Abstract: Provided is a method including receiving object IOs for a target device, grouping the object IOs using a first plurality of input parameters, associating a tracking parameter with the first plurality of input parameters and a performance parameter corresponding to the first plurality of input parameters, storing a first data entry including the tracking parameter, the first plurality of input parameters, and the performance parameter in a database, extracting a plurality of data entries from the database, the plurality of data entries including the first data entry, training a training model using one or more of the plurality of data entries, cross-validating the training model to determine a degree of error reduction of the training model, performing a model check to compare the training model to an inferencing model, and updating the inferencing model based on the model check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Somnath Saha, Jian Liang, Ramaraj Pandian
  • Patent number: 11972168
    Abstract: A display module configured to form a portion of a modular display device including a plurality of display modules includes first to third I2C communication interfaces and a processor. The processor is configured to: receive, via the first I2C communication interface from a first display module adjacent in a first direction, an x coordinate value of the first display module; receive, via the second I2C communication interface from a second display module adjacent in a second direction, a y coordinate value of the second display module; identify x and y coordinate values of the display module based on the received x and y coordinate values; transmit, via the third I2C communication interface, the identified x coordinate value to a third display module adjacent in a third direction; and transmit, via the third I2C communication interface, the identified y coordinate value to a fourth display module adjacent in a fourth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghun Yi, Sangwon Kim, Youngkook Kim
  • Patent number: 11971698
    Abstract: Methods and systems for ascertaining factors contributing to the temperature of a device. A method includes monitoring a plurality of parameters that are contributing to a temperature of the device. The method also includes estimating a degree of contribution of internal factors to the temperature of the device based on the monitored plurality of parameters and a battery temperature of a battery of the device. The method further includes estimating a degree of contribution of external factors to the temperature of the device, based on the monitored plurality of parameters and a battery temperature of a battery of the device. A neural network can be used for estimating the temperature of the ambience of the device and the impacts of internal and external factors on temperature of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aditya Jhawar, Aditi Jaiswal, Jaitirth Anthony Jacob, Nikhil Sahni, Hakryoul Kim, Jongwoo Kim, Sungyong Bang, Sunghun Jung, Suraj Jha, Vaisakh Punnekkattu Chirayil Sudheesh Babu, Renju Chirakarotu Nair
  • Patent number: 11972169
    Abstract: A processing method for a first device connected with a plurality of external devices in a first communication mode and sharing a screen with the plurality of external devices, includes determining a second device from the plurality of external devices, in response to satisfying a first preset condition, continuing to share the screen with the plurality of external devices in a second communication mode, and sending screen data or data associated with a screen display content to the second device in the first communication mode, to cause the second device to replace the first device to continue to share the screen with another external device other than the second device in the plurality of external devices, and disconnecting a connection with the plurality of external devices in the second communication mode, in response to the second device successfully continuing to share the screen with the other external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenhui Wu, Hancheng Wen, Xieming Guo, Juanjuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11971756
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a support plate disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, and a connection structure disposed beneath the support plate and connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other, the connection structure includes a pin member comprising at least one pin coupled to the support plate through the support plate, and an elastic member comprising an elastic material configured to be compressed or tensioned based on the first housing and the second housing being folded or unfolded to provide an elastic force to the pin member, and the pin member is configured to provide a force in a first direction toward the connection structure to the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jongyoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11972185
    Abstract: A method of estimating aging of an integrated circuit (IC) includes: obtaining a first process design kit (PDK) including a plurality of first device models corresponding to a plurality of devices provided by a process of fabricating the IC; obtaining values of aging parameters of device instances included in a netlist defining the IC, by performing a first circuit simulation based on the netlist and the first PDK; and obtaining aging data of the IC by performing a second circuit simulation based on the values of the aging parameters and the netlist, wherein each of the plurality of first device models includes at least one measurement command to be executed in the first circuit simulation to calculate an aging parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehee Choi, Udit Monga, Ken Machida, Uihui Kwon, Yonghee Park
  • Patent number: 11971757
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel, and an optical sensor module. The display panel is disposed in an inner space of the housing and is at least partially visible from an outside through the housing, the display including a display area, a first non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the display area, and a second non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the first non-display area. The optical sensor module is disposed in the inner space at least partially overlapping the display panel, and includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a light emitting structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the first non-display area when the display panel is viewed from above, and a light receiving structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the display area when the display panel is viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongah Kim, Jeongho Cho, Heewoong Yoon, Donghan Lee
  • Patent number: 11972065
    Abstract: An example electronic device may include a display module, a communication module, a physical input device, and a processor. The processor may detect a trigger related to external device control from the electronic device and identify a capability to be controlled by the external device, based on the detection of the trigger. The processor may change a first function configured to cause a designated physical input device of the electronic device to operate, to a second function related to control of the identified capability of the external device and control the capability of the external device on the basis of detection of a user input through the physical input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bonheon Koo, Seoyoung Ko, Kyoungae Kim, Hyungjoo Nam, Semin Park, Sooah Park, Dasom Lee
  • Patent number: 11971758
    Abstract: A communication device insertable into an external electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisang Kim, Jinsu Kim, Chunsoo Lee, Soonin Jeong, Jinchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11972510
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of generating a tomography image and an X-ray imaging apparatus operating according to the method, whereby when a material with a high X-ray attenuation rate is inserted into an object, an image quality may be improved by reducing ripple artifacts and/or undershoot artifacts that may occur in a tomography image that is a captured X-ray image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jongha Lee, Hyeongseok Kim, Seungryong Cho, Namuk Kim, Jonghwan Min
  • Patent number: 11971769
    Abstract: A context hub receives and processes data from multiple sensors. An operation method of the context hub includes identifying a pattern of context data input to the context hub from at least one of the sensors, determining a dynamic voltage-frequency scaling (DVFS) level corresponding to the identified pattern of the context data, and processing, at the context hub, the context data by using a clock signal or a driving voltage corresponding to the determined DVFS level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Lee, Taekkyun Shin
  • Patent number: 11972240
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mapping a location in a source code to a location in a machine code are disclosed. An identifier of the source code and an identifier of a first location of the source code are received. A marker is inserted in association with the source code based on the identifier of the first location. The source code is compiled into machine code. A second location associated with the marker is identified in the machine code. A third location is returned based on identifying the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ramzi Ammari, Changho Choi
  • Patent number: 11972960
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging ellipsometry (IE)-based inspection method including selecting a mode from among a first mode of an IE-based inspection device having a first field of view (FOV) and a second mode of an IE-based inspection device having a second FOV, measuring an inspection target by the IE-based inspection device based on the selected mode, and determining whether the inspection target is normal based on a result of the measuring, wherein the measuring of the inspection target comprises simultaneously measuring patterns included in a plurality of cells provided in a region of the inspection target, the region corresponding to an FOV of the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myungjun Lee, Wookrae Kim, Jaehwang Jung, Myoungki Ahn
  • Patent number: 11971924
    Abstract: A processor-implemented liveness test method includes detecting a face region in a query image, the query image including a test object for a liveness test, determining a liveness test condition to be applied to the test object among at least one liveness test condition for at least one registered user registered in a registration database, determining at least one test region in the query image based on the detected face region and the determined liveness test condition, obtaining feature data of the test object from image data of the determined at least one test region using a neural network-based feature extractor, and determining a result of the liveness test based on the obtained feature data and registered feature data registered in the registration database and corresponding to the determined liveness test condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngjun Kwak, Byung In Yoo, Youngsung Kim, Chang Kyu Choi, Jaejoon Han
  • Patent number: 11972966
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, a plurality of semiconductor chips are encapsulated in a carrier to provide encapsulated semiconductor chips. A first surface of the encapsulated semiconductor chips includes chip pads exposed from a first surface of the carrier. An alignment error of each of the semiconductor chips with respect to the carrier is measured. A redistribution wiring structure may be formed on the first surface of the carrier. Correction values for each layer of the redistribution wiring structure may be reflected while forming the redistribution wiring structure in order to correct the alignment error while forming the redistribution wiring structure. The redistribution wiring structure may have redistribution wirings electrically connected to the chip pads on the first surface of the carrier. Outer connection members may be formed on the redistribution wiring structure and may be configured to be electrically connected to the outermost redistribution wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyujin Choi, Changeun Joo
  • Patent number: D1025061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggu Do, Chulyong Cho, Jihae Lim
  • Patent number: D1025129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Ro, Naeun Kim, Soyoung Yun, Hyeyoung Jang
  • Patent number: D1025146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Il Lee, Choongeun Lee, Jungeun Park
  • Patent number: D1025336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwanwoong Choi, Youngmin Park, Kyungseob Yang, Deoksang Yun, Jaemin Lee, Gisung Han
  • Patent number: RE49957
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and using content advisory (CA) information on Internet contents. A method of providing CA information by using a CA information server, includes receiving a request for the CA information on a content, from an Internet Protocol television (IPTV); searching for CA information on the content; and transmitting the found CA information to the IPTV. A method of using CA information when an IPTV reproduces a content not having the CA information, according to the present invention, includes transmitting a request for CA information, to a CA information server; receiving the CA information from the CA information server; analyzing the CA information; and applying the CA information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-shin Park, Kwang-hyuk Kim, Sung-wook Ahn, Sung-wook Byun, Sang-woong Lee, Eun-Hee Rhim, O-hoon Kwon, Sung-jin Park, In-chul Hwang, Mun-jo Kim
  • Patent number: RE49958
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a stretchable substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed over the stretchable substrate and including a plurality of electrodes, an OLED electrically connected to the TFT and including a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of interconnection lines connected to the electrodes of the OLED and the TFT. At least one of the interconnection lines is configured to move in a stretching direction and rotate an electrode selected from the electrodes of the OLED and the TFT connected to the at least one interconnection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minjae Jeong, Gyungsoon Park, Jongho Hong