Patents by Inventor Jae Woo Ko

Jae Woo Ko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11376923
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which makes it possible for an upper case and a lower case to be assembled in correct position without minute misassembly between the upper case and the lower case, thereby making operation of a sliding door smooth. The air conditioner, which includes an air-conditioning case having a plurality of cases and a door disposed inside the air-conditioning case to be able to slide, further includes: a shape-matching part where the plurality of cases are matched each other in shape; and a guide part crossing the shape-matching part to guide a sliding action of the door, wherein a cross section of the guide part at the shape-matching part is formed to be eccentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Heon Hur, Jae Woo Ko, Young Keun Kim, Jong Min Lee, Gyu Ik Han
  • Patent number: 11307870
    Abstract: A wearable device includes first and second electronic modules, a connection module configured to electrically connect the first electronic module to the second electronic module, and a length adjusting module of which length is adjustable to bring the connection module in contact with a user. The length adjusting module comprises first and second fastening units configured to be assembled and disassembled and configured to be locked together in a fastened position when assembled. When the first and second fastening units are assembled, the first fastening unit is electrically connected to the second fastening unit and a length of the length adjusting module is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Dong-wook Kwon, Jeong-hoon Park, Ga-hyun Joo
  • Patent number: 11230160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can prevent misassembly of doors and prevent damage of gears when one rack gear operates two sliding doors and increase the degree of mounting freedom of actuating means. The air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an air-conditioning case having a heat exchanger, and a door disposed inside the air-conditioning case and sliding to adjust the degree of opening of an air passageway, includes: shafts having a first gear part geared with gear teeth formed on the door. One or more misassembly preventing parts are formed on the shafts and the first gear part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jong Min Lee, Jae Woo Ko, Young Keun Kim
  • Patent number: 11119571
    Abstract: Provided is a virtual image display device including: an image generator outputting a virtual image; a filter transmitting light in a first polarization state in the output virtual image; a multipath optical element guiding the transmitted light in the first polarization state; a first optical element arranged on a first side of the multipath optical element and allowing the guided light in the first polarization state and real-world light to pass therethrough; a second optical element arranged on a second side opposite to the first side of the multipath optical element and allowing the real-world light to pass therethrough; and a processor controlling the image generator, the first optical element, and the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-yul Yoon, Jae-woo Ko, Ji-woon Yeom, Kyu-sub Kwak, Jae-Eun Kang
  • Patent number: 11051147
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method of outputting content. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection with a second electronic apparatus, receiving apparatus information of the external apparatus from the second electronic apparatus, requesting the second electronic apparatus to establish a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus, receiving a response to the requesting from the second electronic apparatus, establishing a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on the response; and outputting content by using an executed second application of the first electronic apparatus via the wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park, Do-young Kim
  • Publication number: 20210191680
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: left and right displays that are spaced apart from each other; left and right lens groups respectively located at the rear of the left display and the rear of the right display; left and right display housings configured to surround the left and right displays and the left and right lens groups; a main frame provided between the left and right display housings; a connection structure capable of adjusting an angle between the main frame and a connector electrically connected to an external electronic device; and electronic components provided inside the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-seob HAN, Chang-yeong KIM, Jae-woo KO, Yong-gyoo KIM
  • Patent number: 11013045
    Abstract: Example methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Jae-young Lee, Hyun-jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11004091
    Abstract: A method and apparatus configure a network between users in a communication system. In a server, the method includes receiving user information from a terminal for purchasing contents, storing information on a purchaser for each of a plurality of contents, and configuring the network including users who purchase identical contents. Accordingly, the network can be automatically configured between user terminals on the basis of a contents purchase history of the user terminal in the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Woon Kang, Jae-Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 10991462
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to control one or more external apparatuses by executing the program. The program includes commands which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify the one or more external apparatuses communicable with and controllable by the mobile device, from a plurality of external apparatuses; provide apparatus information of the one or more external apparatuses, to a server; receive, from the server, control information for controlling the one or more external apparatuses for a user's intention; and transmit a control command to the one or more external apparatuses based on the received control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park, Yang-wook Kim, Hae-in Chun, Jae-ho Jung
  • Patent number: 10953720
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle. The present invention provides an air conditioner for a vehicle capable of introducing indoor air and outdoor air simultaneously or selectively by forming a double-layer flow in an air conditioner case and capable of separately controlling the temperatures of a front seat and a rear seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jae Woo Ko, Seong Seok Han, Young Keun Kim, Gyu Ik Han, In Keun Kang
  • Patent number: 10939281
    Abstract: A method of executing an application by a first terminal is provided. The first terminal executes an application with at least one external device connected to the first terminal, and the first terminal transmits, to a second terminal, information about the application and connection information regarding the at least one external device. The second terminal establishes a connection with respect to the at least one external device based on the connection information, and executes the application with the at least one external device connected to the second terminal based on the information about the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park
  • Publication number: 20210049899
    Abstract: A method of controlling an external apparatus includes receiving a user input information; obtaining apparatus information regarding a plurality of external apparatuses; selecting one or more external apparatuses, from the plurality of external apparatuses, which is communicable with and controllable based on the user input information; generating a control information for controlling the one or more external apparatuses based on a user's input and the apparatus information; and transmitting a control command to the one or more external apparatuses, the control command being generated based on the received control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang-sik SHIN, Jae-woo KO, Se-jun PARK
  • Publication number: 20210037581
    Abstract: A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park
  • Patent number: 10847024
    Abstract: A method of controlling an external apparatus includes receiving a user input information; obtaining apparatus information regarding a plurality of external apparatuses; selecting one or more external apparatuses, from the plurality of external apparatuses, which is communicable with and controllable based on the user input information; generating a control information for controlling the one or more external apparatuses based on a user's input and the apparatus information; and transmitting a control command to the one or more external apparatuses, the control command being generated based on the received control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hang-sik Shin, Jae-woo Ko, Se-jun Park
  • Publication number: 20200359437
    Abstract: Example methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jae-woo KO, Jae-young LEE, Hyun-jung KIM
  • Patent number: 10813151
    Abstract: A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park
  • Publication number: 20200324626
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes an air-conditioning case having a plurality of passages divided by a partition wall, and an ion generator configured to emit anions and cations into the passages. The ion generator includes a plurality of discharge electrodes installed to extend into the passages of the air-conditioning case and configured to emit anions and cations into the passages. The partition wall of the air-conditioning case includes a communication portion configured to bring the passages into communication with each other so that the discharge electrodes installed in the passages face each other in the same space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Woo KO, Jong Min LEE, Yong Wook JANG
  • Patent number: 10791586
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Jae-young Lee, Hyun-jung Kim
  • Patent number: 10789582
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for using a device to determine an item, such as, for example, a card based on an interaction environment, such as, for example, a settlement environment, are provided. The method by which a device determines a card to be used in a settlement includes: acquiring a card use history of a card, which is stored in the device; acquiring information which relates to a settlement environment of the device; determining a card to be used in the settlement, based on the acquired information relating to the settlement environment and the acquired card use history; and providing settlement information which relates to the determined card to a point of sale (POS) terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon-hee Roh, Eun-young Lim, Young-shil Jang, Jae-woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20200298660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can enhance air-conditioning performance through uniform upper and lower pressure control since compensating and supplementing different air resistances between an upper scroll case and a lower scroll case. The blower unit of the two-layered air conditioner for a vehicle, which separates and blows indoor air and outdoor air, includes: a first scroll in which a first blower wheel is disposed and a first air passageway is formed; and a second scroll arranged below the first scroll, and having a second blower wheel and a second air passageway, wherein a diameter of the second blower wheel and a diameter of the first blower wheel are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hwan Kyu CHO, In Keun KANG, Jae Woo KO, Young Keun KIM, Tae Yeong PARK, Chang Soo BAE, Sung Hoon SONG, Jong Min LEE, Ki Man JEON, Gyu Ik HAN, Heon HUR