Patents by Inventor Jeong-Gwan Kang
Jeong-Gwan Kang 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).
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Publication number: 20220007955Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is a wearable electronic device, comprising: a first sensor configured to sense a movement of the electronic device; a second sensor configured to sense a biological signal for a user wearing the electronic device; and a processor configured to compute a movement value of the electronic device using the first sensor, to detect a resting state when the movement value lasts within a predetermined first threshold range during a first time period, and to configure biological information of the user based on a biological signal measured after detection of the resting state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jeong-Gwan KANG, Byung-Jun LEE, Hyun-Su HONG, Seung-Hyuck SHIN, Sun-Young PARK
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Patent number: 11202576Abstract: An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device can include a motion sensor, a heart rate monitor sensor, and a processor functionally coupled with the motion sensor and the heart rate monitor sensor. The processor can be configured to obtain first motion sensor data for a first duration using the motion sensor, obtain first heartbeat data for the first duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine an exercise type based on the first motion sensor data, determine a heartbeat prediction range based on at least one of the first motion sensor data, the exercise type, and the first heartbeat data, obtain second heartbeat data for a second duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine whether the second heartbeat data falls within the heartbeat prediction range, and determine heartbeat data of the second duration based on the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yunhwa Seo, Sun-Young Park, Byungjun Lee, Jeong Gwan Kang, Seung Hyuck Shin, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Min Park
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Patent number: 10900780Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a barometer sensor configured to measure a barometric pressure of the electronic device, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the electronic device, and a processor configured to obtain, using the barometer sensor, first data relating to a change of the barometric pressure, obtain, using the motion sensor while the first data is obtained, second data relating to the motion of the electronic device, and if the first data corresponds to the second data, determine the first data as data corresponding to the barometric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventors: Yunhwa Seo, Jeong Gwan Kang, Yanggu Jo, Byungjun Lee, Narin Kim, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Min Park
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Patent number: 10852841Abstract: A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Yong-gook Park, Han-joo Chae, Won-young Choi, Jeong-gwan Kang, Nam-hoon Kim, Hyun-su Hong, Jin La
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Patent number: 10702190Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments provide an electronic device configured to include one or more sensor modules, at least one memory, a display, and a first processor or second processor operatively coupled to the one or more sensor modules, the at least one memory, and/or the display, wherein the first processor is configured to acquire sensor data from at least one sensor module among the one or more sensor modules, calculate a difference between at least two data points in the acquired sensor data, determine user's activity information based on at least one of a period of the sensor data, a magnitude of the difference, and a change amount of the difference, and deliver the user's activity information to the second processor, and wherein the second processor is configured to display, on the display, a user interface related to the user's activity information delivered from the first processor. Other exemplary embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanggu Jo, Seungbeom Ryu, Byungjun Lee, Wonhee Lee, Jeong Gwan Kang, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Min Park
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Publication number: 20200133400Abstract: A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Yong-gook Park, Han-joo Chae, Won-young Choi, Jeong-gwan Kang, Nam-hoon Kim, Hyun-su Hong, Jin La
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Patent number: 10616762Abstract: A method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining first state information related to a motion of the electronic device by using a first sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in a first state, transitioning, if the first state information satisfies a first designated condition, the electronic device from the first state to a second state, obtaining second state information related to at least a part of a user's body corresponding to the electronic device by using a second sensor operatively coupled to the electronic device while the electronic device is in the second state, and transitioning, if the second state information satisfies a second designated condition, the electronic device from the second state to a third state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Gwan Kang, Byungjun Lee, Kyong-Ha Park, Hyunsu Hong, Yunhwa Seo
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Patent number: 10540013Abstract: A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu, Yong-gook Park, Han-joo Chae, Won-young Choi, Jeong-gwan Kang, Nam-hoon Kim, Hyun-su Hong, Jin La
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Patent number: 10390140Abstract: Disclosed is an output device that outputs an audio signal. An output device which outputs an audio signal includes a battery, a sensing module including a plurality of sensors, a communication circuit configured to communicate with at least one of an external electronic device and another output device coupled to the output device, and a processor electrically connected with the battery, the sensing module, and the communication circuit. The processor is configured to obtain information about a level of the battery, to obtain information about a level of another battery included in the another output device using the communication circuit, and to assign a task associated with one of the plurality of sensors to the output device and/or the another output device based on the information about the level of the battery and the information about the level of the another battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun Hwa Seo, Na Rin Kim, Byung Jun Lee, Jeong Gwan Kang
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Patent number: 10275200Abstract: An electronic device may measure a user's exercise or other activity and output intuitive information regarding the activity. The electronic device may include a sensor that senses a movement of the electronic device. A processor may determine types of activity states of specified unit times, and determine a specific activity state as a representative activity state of a specified time range based on distribution of the activity states of the specified unit times. The processor may output information corresponding to a determined representative activity state. Short bursts of secondary activity which occur during the specified time range may be omitted in the output information.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Gwan Kang, Byung Jun Lee, Yun Hwa Seo, Sun Young Park, Seung Hyuck Shin, Hyun Su Hong
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Publication number: 20180364040Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a barometer sensor configured to measure a barometric pressure of the electronic device, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the electronic device, and a processor configured to obtain, using the barometer sensor, first data relating to a change of the barometric pressure, obtain, using the motion sensor while the first data is obtained, second data relating to the motion of the electronic device, and if the first data corresponds to the second data, determine the first data as data corresponding to the barometric pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Yunhwa Seo, Jeong Gwan Kang, Yanggu Jo, Byungjun Lee, Narin Kim, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Min Park
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Publication number: 20180140204Abstract: An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device can include a motion sensor, a heart rate monitor sensor, and a processor functionally coupled with the motion sensor and the heart rate monitor sensor. The processor can be configured to obtain first motion sensor data for a first duration using the motion sensor, obtain first heartbeat data for the first duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine an exercise type based on the first motion sensor data, determine a heartbeat prediction range based on at least one of the first motion sensor data, the exercise type, and the first heartbeat data, obtain second heartbeat data for a second duration using the heart rate monitor sensor, determine whether the second heartbeat data falls within the heartbeat prediction range, and determine heartbeat data of the second duration based on the determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Yunhwa SEO, Sun-Young PARK, Byungjun LEE, Jeong Gwan KANG, Seung Hyuck SHIN, Taeho KIM, Jeong-Min PARK
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Patent number: 9973618Abstract: An electronic device and its operating method are provided. The method includes, while a display displays content, identifying, by a first processor, state information of the electronic device using a first sensor based on a first cycle, determining, by the first processor, whether the state information is maintained using the first sensor based on a second cycle, when determining that the state information is maintained based on the second cycle, providing, by the first processor to a second processor, first notification information corresponding to the determination, and changing, by the second processor, a state of the display in response to the first notification information.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jeong Gwan Kang, Byungjun Lee, Hyunsu Hong, Narin Kim, Yunhwa Seo
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Publication number: 20180132031Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an operating method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a motion sensor, an optical sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor determines whether the electronic apparatus is worn on a user's body using at least one of the motion sensor and the optical sensor. The processor obtains sensor data according to a motion of the electronic apparatus using at least one of the motion sensor and the optical sensor when determining whether the electronic apparatus is worn on the user's body. In addition, the processor compares the obtained data with at least one reference information stored in the memory, determines whether the electronic apparatus is normally worn based on the comparison, and performs at least one operation based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Yunhwa SEO, Narin KIM, Byungjun LEE, Jeong Gwan KANG
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Publication number: 20180116561Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments provide an electronic device configured to include one or more sensor modules, at least one memory, a display, and a first processor or second processor operatively coupled to the one or more sensor modules, the at least one memory, and/or the display, wherein the first processor is configured to acquire sensor data from at least one sensor module among the one or more sensor modules, calculate a difference between at least two data points in the acquired sensor data, determine user's activity information based on at least one of a period of the sensor data, a magnitude of the difference, and a change amount of the difference, and deliver the user's activity information to the second processor, and wherein the second processor is configured to display, on the display, a user interface related to the user's activity information delivered from the first processor. Other exemplary embodiments are also possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Yanggu JO, Seungbeom RYU, Byungjun LEE, Wonhee LEE, Jeong Gwan KANG, Taeho KIM, Jeong-Min PARK
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Publication number: 20180103321Abstract: Disclosed is an output device that outputs an audio signal. An output device which outputs an audio signal includes a battery, a sensing module including a plurality of sensors, a communication circuit configured to communicate with at least one of an external electronic device and another output device coupled to the output device, and a processor electrically connected with the battery, the sensing module, and the communication circuit. The processor is configured to obtain information about a level of the battery, to obtain information about a level of another battery included in the another output device using the communication circuit, and to assign a task associated with one of the plurality of sensors to the output device and/or the another output device based on the information about the level of the battery and the information about the level of the another battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Yun Hwa SEO, Na Rin KIM, Byung Jun LEE, Jeong Gwan KANG
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Patent number: 9756475Abstract: A mobile terminal and method for controlling place recognition are provided. The method includes collecting at least one of state information about a mobile terminal and user information stored in the mobile terminal, determining whether a current place of the mobile terminal is a major place that the user has previously visited at least a number of times using the collected information, determining, if it is determined that the current place of the mobile terminal is a major place, whether the current place has been registered using at least one signal received externally, and outputting a result of the determination as to whether the current place has been registered.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei UniversityInventors: Hyun-Su Hong, Sung-Bae Cho, Jeong-Gwan Kang, Nam-Hoon Kim, Young-Seol Lee, Yong-Joong Kim, Si-Hyuk Yi
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Publication number: 20170244827Abstract: An electronic device and its operating method are provided. The method includes, while a display displays content, identifying, by a first processor, state information of the electronic device using a first sensor based on a first cycle, determining, by the first processor, whether the state information is maintained using the first sensor based on a second cycle, when determining that the state information is maintained based on the second cycle, providing, by the first processor to a second processor, first notification information corresponding to the determination, and changing, by the second processor, a state of the display in response to the first notification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Jeong Gwan KANG, Byungjun LEE, Hyunsu HONG, Narin KIM, Yunhwa SEO
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Patent number: 9619626Abstract: A method and a user terminal for identifying exercise information of a user are provided. The method includes detecting air pressure information at a location of the user terminal; identifying a state of a topography at the location of the user terminal by using the detected air pressure information; analyzing vertical movement and horizontal movement of the user terminal to identify movement information of the user terminal; and identifying the exercise information of the user according to the identified movement information of the user terminal and the identified state of the topography at the location of the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jeong-Gwan Kang, Sun-Young Park, Nam-Hoon Kim, Hyeon-Seong Kim, Hyun-Su Hong, Myung-Sik Kim
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Patent number: 9602969Abstract: A method of recognizing an area by an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying area information for the electronic device and determining whether the electronic device enters a Point Of Interest (POI), using Access Point (AP) information included in the identified area information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chan-Soo Park, Jeong-Gwan Kang, Nam-Hoon Kim, Hyeon-Seong Kim, Sun-Young Park, Hyun-Su Hong