Samsung Electronics Patents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean electronics manufacturer and a part of the Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics manufactures and sells consumer electronics, including cell phones, televisions, tablets, digital cameras, computers, home appliances and home theater and audio components.

Samsung Electronics Patents by Type
  • Patent number: 11929550
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector includes an insulating portion configured in a cylindrical shape; an outer conducting portion configured in a cylindrical shape and disposed to surround an outer circumferential surface of the insulating portion; and an inner conducting portion disposed inside the insulating portion in a hollow shape and having both ends protruding from the insulating portion, the insulating portion electrically separating the outer conducting portion from the inner conducting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiwei Ma, Rongbiao Su, Yuanwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11930638
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a first structure and a second structure bonded to the first structure. The second structure includes a low-resistance conductive layer, a common source line layer on the low-resistance conductive layer, a stack structure above the common source line layer, a plurality of channel structures passing through a cell region of the stack structure and contacting the common source line layer, a dummy channel structure passing through a step region of the stack structure and contacting the common source line layer, a second insulating structure on the stack structure, a plurality of second bonding pads on the second insulating structure, and a second interconnect structure in the second insulating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moorym Choi, Jungtae Sung, Sanghee Yoon, Wooyong Jeon, Junyoung Choi, Yoonjo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11929384
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a first photo-sensing device on a semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light of a first wavelength spectrum, and second and third photo-sensing devices integrated in the semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light of a second and third wavelength spectrum, respectively. The first photo-sensing device may overlap each of the second and third photo-sensing devices in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. The second and third photo-sensing devices do not overlap in the thickness direction and each have an upper surface, a lower surface, and a doped region therebetween. The third photo-sensing device includes an upper surface deeper further from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate than the upper surface of the second photo-sensing device and a doped region thicker than the doped region of the second photo-sensing device. The image sensor may omit the first photo-sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Yong Wan Jin, Sung Young Yun, Sung Jun Park, Feifei Fang, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11930639
    Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include horizontal patterns disposed on a peripheral circuit structure and spaced apart from each other, memory structures provided on the horizontal patterns, respectively, each of the memory structures including a three-dimensional arrangement of memory cells. Penetrating insulating patterns and separation structures may isolate the horizontal patterns from one another. Through vias may extend through the penetrating insulating patterns to connect logic circuits of the peripheral circuit structure to the memory structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woosung Yang, Dong-Sik Lee, Sung-Min Hwang, Joon-Sung Lim
  • Patent number: 11930461
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for extending the capture range of frequency offset error detection are described. For instance, the present disclose describes efficient frequency estimation structures (e.g., zero crossing minimum/maximum (min/max) structures) that may extend carrier frequency offset error capture range by running a bank (e.g., a set) of parallel capture range structures trialing different frequency errors. In some aspects, a set of frequency offset estimation circuits and a set of correlation circuits (e.g., 1-bit correlators) may be used on parallel streams to perform correlation operations on each branch of a received bit stream to determine correlations with known preamble patterns (e.g., to accurately estimate large frequency offset errors).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Farshid Nowshadi, Jacob Christopher Sharpe
  • Patent number: 11930641
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes circuit elements on a first substrate; gate electrodes on a second substrate and stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction; sacrificial insulating layers on a lower through-insulating layer penetrating the second substrate, stacked to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and having side surfaces opposing the gate electrodes; channel structures penetrating the gate electrodes, extending vertically on the second substrate, and including a channel layer; a first separation pattern penetrating the gate electrodes and including a first barrier pattern and a first pattern portion extending from the first barrier pattern in a second direction; and a second separation pattern penetrating the gate electrodes, disposed to be parallel to the first separation pattern, and extending in the second direction. Some of the side surfaces of the sacrificial insulating layers may overlap the first barrier pattern in a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonggil Lee, Taisoo Lim, Hauk Han
  • Patent number: 11929392
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a capacitor and methods of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a capacitor that include a lower electrode, an upper electrode on the lower electrode, and a dielectric layer extending between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The lower electrode may include a doped region that contacts the dielectric layer, and the doped region of the lower electrode is configured to increase a capacitance of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gihee Cho, Jungoo Kang, Sangyeol Kang, Hyunsuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11930652
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a pixel electrode on the substrate; an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode, the opposite electrode transmitting light; an organic light emitting layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the organic light emitting layer emitting a first light toward the opposite electrode; a light emitting layer on the opposite electrode, the light emitting layer absorbing a portion of the first light and emitting a second light; and a sealing layer on the light emitting layer, the sealing layer sealing the pixel electrode, the opposite electrode, the organic light emitting layer, and the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-O Cho, Byungchoon Yang, Young-Jun Seo, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 11929393
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a capacitor structure, wherein the capacitor structure includes: a bottom electrode over a substrate; a supporter on a sidewall of the bottom electrode; a dielectric layer on the bottom electrode and the supporter; and a top electrode on the dielectric layer and covering the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode comprises: a base electrode layer over the substrate and extending in a first direction that is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and a conductive capping layer including niobium nitride that is between a sidewall of the base electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and also between a top surface of the base electrode layer and the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungoo Kang, Hyunsuk Lee, Gihee Cho, Sanghyuck Ahn
  • Patent number: 11930656
    Abstract: A foldable display device assembly includes a rigid film having first and second sections spaced apart from each other, the rigid film being foldable about a folding axis disposed between the first and second sections of the rigid film; an adhesion structure having first and second adhesion sections spaced apart from each other, the first and second adhesion sections being disposed on the first and second sections of the rigid film, respectively; a lower flexible module disposed on the adhesion structure; a flexible display module disposed on the lower flexible module; and an upper flexible module disposed on the flexible display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 11928769
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by an electromagnetic device, emitting optical radiation on one or more objects disposed inside an interior of the electronic device, where the optical radiation is emitted by one or more radiation sources, capturing a set of 2D images of the one or more objects illuminated by the optical radiation, where variation of illumination or of an imaging process permits the set of 2D images to be combined into a representation of the one or more objects, determining whether the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, in response to determining that the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, generating a three-dimensional (3D) spectral data cube of the one or more first objects based on spectral information of the first set of images, and storing the 3D spectral data cube for processing by the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian David Parker, Brian R. Patton, Pedro Martinez Lopez, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sajid Hassan Sadi
  • Patent number: 11930658
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a main display area and a component area. The component area includes an auxiliary display area and a transmission area. Main display elements are disposed in the main display area. Auxiliary display elements are disposed in the component area. A thin-film encapsulation layer covers the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements. An optical functional layer is disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer and includes a polarization layer. The polarization layer includes a first portion disposed in the transmission area and a second portion disposed in the main display area and the auxiliary display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngki Chai, Seonggeun Won, Kwanhee Lee, Youngji Kim, Yiseul Um, Younghoon Lee, Youngseo Choi
  • Patent number: 11928793
    Abstract: A video quality assessment apparatus and method are provided. The video quality assessment apparatus includes a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: identify whether a frame included in a video is a fully-blurred frame or a partially-blurred frame based on a blur level of the frame, obtain, in response to the frame being the fully-blurred frame, an analysis-based quality score with respect to the fully-blurred frame; obtain, in response to the frame being the partially-blurred frame, a model-based quality score with respect to the partially-blurred frame; and process the video based on at least one of the analysis-based quality score or the model-based quality score to obtain a processed video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anant Baijal, Hoshin Son, Eunae Cho, Sangshin Park, Seungwon Cha
  • Patent number: 11930081
    Abstract: A display apparatus, an electronic apparatus, and operating methods thereof. The display apparatus includes a display, a memory to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes the one or more instructions to receive a request for a connection with an electronic apparatus, identify a host address in an Internet protocol (IP) address of the display apparatus by referring to a subnet mask of the display apparatus, convert the identified host address into a string comprising one or more characters according to a predefined scheme, display the string on the display, receive a connection request from the electronic apparatus based on representation of the IP address of the display apparatus according to the string displayed on the display, and establish the connection with the electronic apparatus having transmitted the request for the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donguk Kim, Donghoon Seo, Jungyon Cho, Junhae Choi
  • Patent number: 11928799
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of cameras, and at least one processor connected to the plurality of cameras. The at least one processor is configured to, based on a first user command to obtain a live view image, segment an image frame obtained via a camera among the plurality of cameras into a plurality of regions based on a brightness of pixels and an object included in the image frame; obtain a plurality of camera parameter setting value sets, each including a plurality of parameter values with respect to the plurality of regions; based on a second user command to capture the live view image, obtain a plurality of image frames using the plurality of camera parameter setting value sets and at least one camera among the plurality of cameras; and obtain an image frame by merging the plurality of obtained image frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ashish Chopra, Bapi Reddy Karri
  • Patent number: 11930490
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an apparatus for an RRC idle mode related operations in wireless communication system are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11929768
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing having an inner space, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space of the housing, a first antenna structure disposed at a position spaced apart from the PCB, and transmitting and/or receiving a radio signal in a first frequency band, at least one second antenna structure disposed at a position spaced apart from the PCB, and transmitting and/or receiving a radio signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and a flexible substrate electrically connecting the PCB and the first antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoondo Lee, Sigwan Kim, Hyelee Song, Dongryul Shin, Dongmin Shin, Yoonjae Lee, Handug Lee, Woosik Cho, Weonjai Choi, Taewook Ham, Kyunggu Kim, Hongpyo Bae, Jinwoo Jung, Youngjun Cho
  • Patent number: 11930491
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) apparatus for wireless communication with a base station is provided. The UE includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit, to the base station, via the transceiver, at least one uplink (UL) data packet in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state based on a preconfigured UL resource (PUR) configuration, wherein the PUR configuration is defined according to a set of PUR parameters, wherein the set of PUR parameters include at least one of a control resource set (CORESET) configuration including an aggregation level and repetition types; a physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) repetition configuration including a frequency hopping pattern; or a UL narrow beam direction for frequency range 2 (FR2) or a transmission reception point (TRP) association, and wherein the set of PUR parameters is associated with new radio (NR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Liang Hu, Jung Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11929772
    Abstract: An electronic circuit converts a receive signal being analog into reception data being digital. The electronic circuit includes a delay circuit that receives a first receive signal and outputs a reference signal, the reference signal being generated by delaying the first receive signal as much as one of a plurality of different timing delays respectively set to a plurality of loops, a sampler that receives a second receive signal and samples the second receive signal based on the reference signal in each of the plurality of loops, a timing skew estimation circuit that outputs a compensation signal for compensating for a timing skew by extracting a statistical characteristic of a plurality of sample data sampled through the sampler and estimating the timing skew based on the statistical characteristic, and a controller that controls an operation of the timing skew estimation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changkyu Seol, Byung-Suk Woo, Sucheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11930542
    Abstract: A method and a device is provided for switching a source device through sharing of Bluetooth connection information, the device comprising a communication module, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the communication module or the memory, wherein the processor is configured to connect with an external device via the communication module through a first network, broadcast device information of the external device through a second network, transmit connection information associated with the first external device to an external electronic device responsive to a connection request received from the external device for a connection with the first external device through the second network, release a connection between the first network and the first external device, without processing a reconnection message received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jubyung Lee, Hyeonjin Kang, Inshik Shin, Kyusang Ryu, Hyungseoung Yoo, Wonjun Jang, Bokun Choi
  • Patent number: 11929800
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for multi-stage UL precoding are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information about resource allocation for an uplink (UL) transmission, the configuration information indicating: allocated resources for an UL transmission, and UL precoding information for the UL transmission on the allocated resources, wherein the UL precoding information indicates: an update precoding matrix V, and basis vectors and coefficients for the update precoding matrix V; determining an UL precoding matrix for the UL transmission based on the update precoding matrix V and a previous UL precoding matrix; and performing UL transmission on the allocated resources using the UL precoding matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gilwon Lee, Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11930697
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device is provided to include: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer; and at least one organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M1M2L,??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M1 is a first metal center, M2 is a second metal center, and L is a ligand including a first ligand site coordinated to the first metal center and a second ligand site coordinated to the second metal center, and the first ligand site and the second ligand site are linked by an indoloindole derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Han, Soobyung Ko, Sungbum Kim, Sujin Shin, Eunsoo Ahn, Eunyoung Lee, Jaesung Lee, Hyunjung Lee, Mina Jeon
  • Patent number: 11929821
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with 5G communication systems designed to support a higher data transfer rate beyond 4G systems, and a system therefor. Provided is a method for operation of a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system, including identifying a timing advance (TA) value for transmitting an uplink signal and transmitting the uplink signal, with the TA value identified based on a first value, a second value, and a third value NTA. The first value is based on a random access response or a timing advance medium access control control element, the second value is derived from higher layer parameters, and the third value is obtained by the UE based on a position of the UE and a position of a satellite connected to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Jeongho Yeo, Youngbum Kim, Seho Myung, Cheolkyu Shin, Seunghoon Choi, Hyunseok Ryu
  • Patent number: 11930506
    Abstract: A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from at least one of transmission and reception points (TRPs), downlink control information (DCI) including first information on transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and second information for antenna ports, identifying whether each of the TRPs repeatedly transmits same data via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on a number of code division multiplex (CDM) group indicated by the second information for antenna ports, and receiving data from the TRPs based on a result of the identifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhyun Park, Hoondong Noh, Jeongho Yeo, Heecheol Yang, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 11929827
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing time synchronization between wiredly or wirelessly connected terminals by expanding a function for supporting a Time Sensitive Network (TSN) in a 5G System (5GS) of 3rd. Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjun Moon, Yoonseon Han, Sangsoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11930536
    Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method of a terminal, including receiving random access resource configuration information and quasi co-location (QCL) information from a base station, measuring a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), identifying a random access resource based on the CSI-RS, the QCL information and the random access resource configuration information, and transmitting a random access preamble based on the random access resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byounghoon Jung, Anil Agiwal, Jungmin Moon, Seunghoon Park
  • Patent number: 11929914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a method for performing a routing ID (RID) update in user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lalith Kumar, Nitesh Pushpak Shah, Shweta Madhurapantula
  • Patent number: 11930492
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than that of a beyond-4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like) based on 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. In addition, the disclosure provides a method and apparatus for power control of an IAB node in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jinyoung Oh, Min Jang, Younsun Kim, Hyoungju Ji
  • Patent number: 11930377
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose a method for enabling distributed caching in a wireless network. The method includes receiving, by an edge node (100) in the wireless network, a plurality of contents from a core network (1000) and determining, by the edge node (100), popular content from the plurality of contents. Further, the method also includes caching, by the edge node (100), the popular content in the edge node and transferring, by the edge node (100), at least one segment of the popular content for caching to at least one UE (200) of a plurality of UEs associated with the edge node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vinay Kumar Shrivastava, Diwakar Sharma, Rohan Raj
  • Patent number: 11930277
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display; a camera; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the display, the camera, and the memory where the memory stores instructions which, when executed, enable the processor to determine a number of at least one source frame per unit second based on a specified maximum exposure time, receive light reflected from an external object by using the camera, for an exposure time determined according to a specified exposure value, generate source frames based on the received light, and generate a time-lapse image including at least one target frame indicating movement of the external object based on source frames, and the instructions cause the processor to generate the source frames at a speed different from a speed at which the time-lapse image including the at least one target frame is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghun Kim, Jonghun Won, Haesun Lee
  • Patent number: 11930361
    Abstract: A method of a wearable device displaying icons is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of circular icons comprising a first circular icon located in a center area of a touch display in a first size and a second circular icon located outside of the center area of the touch display in a second size smaller than the first size, and based on a direction of a touch input received on the touch display, moving the plurality of circular icons such that the first circular icon is moved to a first position located outside of the center area of the touch display and the second circular icon is moved from a second position located outside the center area of the touch display to the center area of the touch display and enlarged in size from the second size to the first size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Young-joon Choi, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11930281
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera module, a sensor module, at least one processor configured to be operatively connected to the camera module and the sensor module, and a memory configured to be operatively connected to the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangyong Lim, Kyungheum Yi, Seongsin Kwak, Sungoh Kim, Daekyu Shin, Dasom Lee, Sanghun Lee, Seoyoung Lee, Daiwoong Choi, Jihwan Choe
  • Patent number: 11930592
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board comprising a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a connection part electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and connected to the second printed circuit board, and a coupling part including a bent part extending from the connection part and capable of being at least partially bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seonghun Seo
  • Patent number: 11930104
    Abstract: In a method of generating a secret key according to an embodiment, a share of each of a user and a plurality of other users for a secret key of the user are generated, the share of each of the plurality of other users is provided to a user terminal of each of the plurality of other users, a share of the user for a secret key of each of the plurality of other users is received from the user terminal of each of the plurality of other users, and a new secret key of the user is generated using the share of the user for the secret key of the user and the shares of the user for the secret key of each of the plurality of other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Eunkyung Kim, Hyo Jin Yoon, Jung Hee Cheon, Jinhyuck Jeong
  • Patent number: 11930606
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display module comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; a first plate under the display module at the first non-folding area; and a second plate under the display module at the second non-folding area and spaced apart from the first plate, at least one of the first or second plates comprising: a first support layer; a second support layer facing the first support layer; and an encapsulation layer between the first and second support layers along an edge of the first and second support layers and encapsulating a separation space formed between the first and second support layers in a corresponding non-folding area of the first and second non-folding areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsang Ahn, Hyun Chul Jeong, Wonju Choi
  • Patent number: 11930344
    Abstract: An audio device according to an embodiment set forth in the present document comprises: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface that faces the first surface, and side surfaces that surround the space between the first surface and the second surface; a vibration element disposed on the first surface; a microphone which acquires sound generated by the vibration of an external object by the vibration element; a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing; a processor disposed on the printed circuit board; and a communication circuit which is electrically connected to the processor, and receives a first audio signal from an external electronic device, wherein the processor, when the vibration element is attached to an external object, generates a second audio signal such that the vibration element vibrates the external object, causes the microphone to acquire a third audio signal generated by the vibration of the external object, corrects the first audio signal on the basis of the deviation b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Oanjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11930660
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a display panel including a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a bendable area between the first area and the second area; a window disposed on the display panel overlapping the first area; a protective layer disposed on the window including a first portion overlapping the bendable area; and an adhesive disposed between the window and the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boyun Kim, Ji Hyuk Im, Eungil Choi, Jiyun Jung, Sungwon Cho, Inwook Cho
  • Patent number: 11930355
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5th (5G) generation) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th (4G) generation communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus of a user data management (UDM) for a first cellular network in a wireless communication system may include at least one transceiver, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor may be configured to receive a request message for security of a second cellular network from an access and mobility management function (AMF) for the first cellular network, and transmit to the AMF a response message for transmitting a security key for an eNB of the second cellular network to the eNB, and the security key may be obtained from the base security key of the second cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyungjoo Suh, Sangjun Moon, Kisuk Kweon, Youngkyo Baek
  • Patent number: 11930629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells each including an access transistor, a pull-up transistor, and a pull-down transistor on a substrate, a first line layer on the memory cells and including a first lower landing pad and a second lower landing pad, a second line layer on the first line layer and including a ground line having an opening and an upper landing pad in the opening, and a third line layer including a word line on the second line layer. The ground line is electrically connected through the first lower landing pad to a terminal of the pull-down transistor. The word line is electrically connected through the upper landing pad and the second lower landing pad to a terminal of the access transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Bum Hong, Yongrae Cho
  • Patent number: 11930551
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for managing system information in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11930646
    Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a plurality of first conductive lines in a first area and a second area on a substrate, a plurality of second conductive lines in the first area and the second area, the plurality of second conductive lines being apart from the plurality of first conductive lines in a vertical direction, and a plurality of memory cells connected to the first and second conductive lines at a plurality of intersections between the plurality of first and second conductive lines in the first area and the second area. The plurality of memory cells include an active memory cell in the first area and a dummy memory cell in the second area. The active memory cell including a first resistive memory pattern having a first width and the dummy memory cell including a second resistive memory pattern having a second width greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghee Park, Jonguk Kim, Byeongju Bae
  • Patent number: 11930685
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a housing; a display viewable through a portion of the housing; and a camera overlapping the display and configured to capture an image based on external light passing through the display. The display may include: a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera; a substrate; a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels; wherein a color filter layer may include first color filters overlapping pixels of the first area, second color filters overlapping pixels of the second area, and a black matrix disposed between the second color filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungyoung Shin, Minsuk Uhm
  • Patent number: 11930128
    Abstract: There is provided a dual camera apparatus, an electronic apparatus including the same, and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The dual camera apparatus includes a first camera that acquires an entire image of a subject; and a second camera different than the first camera. The second camera includes a first light source, an optical element concentrates light emitted from the first light source onto a portion of a region of the subject and an image sensor that records spectrum information with respect to the portion of the region of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngzoon Yoon, Hyuck Choo
  • Patent number: 11930691
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an organic material includes an outer tube including an internal accommodating space, and at least one loading inner tube and at least one collecting inner tube disposed in the accommodation space, the loading inner tube including a mesh boat disposed in a first direction in which the loading inner tube extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Hee Han, Jong Woo Lee, Myung Ki Lee, Suk Ki, Jeong Hyeon Son
  • Patent number: 11930659
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate defining an opening therein; a plurality of light-emitting diodes in a display area surrounding the opening; an encapsulation layer on the plurality of light-emitting diodes, the encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and at least one organic encapsulation layer; a first partition wall and a second partition wall in a non-display area between the opening and the display area in a direction from the display area to the opening; and a plurality of grooves defined above the at least one inorganic insulating layer in the non-display area. The at least one inorganic insulating layer is on the substrate. At least one of the plurality of grooves is defined between the first partition wall and the second partition wall and is covered with the organic encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongho Lee, Swaehyun Kim, Hun Kim, Youhan Moon
  • Patent number: 11930127
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure, a second mid-plate disposed on one side of the second housing structure, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending between the first mid-plate and the second mid-plate, a first sealing member that seals a first opening formed in the first mid-plate, and a second sealing member that seals a second opening formed in the second mid-plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Moohyun Baek, Minsung Lee, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11930661
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area having a display area and a peripheral area disposed around the central area are defined. The display apparatus includes a display area inorganic layer on the display area and extending to a portion of the peripheral area; and an encapsulation inorganic layer covering the display area, on the display area inorganic layer, and having an edge that is in parallel with or extending over an edge of the display area inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongryong Lee, Sangwon Seo
  • Patent number: 11930670
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate; a driving transistor including a first active layer and a switching transistor including a second active layer, the first active layer and the second active layer being disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor; first and second gate electrodes disposed on the first gate insulating layer to overlap the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor, respectively; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; and a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer to overlap the first active layer without overlapping the second active layer in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University ERICA Campus
    Inventors: Sang Woo Sohn, Saeroonter Oh, Joon Seok Park, Young Joon Choi, Su Hyun Kim, Jun Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 11930189
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising segmenting an input video into a first video chunk and one or more subsequent video chunks. The method further comprises, for each subsequent video chunk, generating a corresponding window of overlapped frames by selecting a subsequence of frames from a different video chunk immediately preceding the subsequent video chunk. The method further comprises generating metadata corresponding to each video chunk by processing each video chunk in parallel. Each subsequent video chunk is processed based in part on a corresponding window of overlapped frames. The method further comprises, for each subsequent video chunk, discarding a portion of metadata corresponding to the subsequent video chunk, where the portion discarded is specific to a corresponding window of overlapped frames. The method further comprises merging each video chunk into a single output video. Each video chunk merged is associated with any remaining corresponding metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hunsop Hong, Seongnam Oh
  • Patent number: 11930678
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a substrate including a display area, a first component area where first pixel groups including first auxiliary sub-pixels and first transmitting portions are located, and a second component area where second pixel groups including second auxiliary sub-pixels and second transmitting portions are located, first display elements, and second display elements, wherein one of the first pixel groups is spaced apart by a first distance in a first direction from a first center of the first component area, and is spaced apart by a second distance in a second direction intersecting the first direction from the first center, and one of the second transmitting portions is spaced apart by the first distance in the first direction from a second center of the second component area, and is spaced apart by the second distance in the second direction from the second center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heechul Jeon