Patents by Inventor Jihe SUK

Jihe SUK 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: 11962934
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Sangjin Ahn, Jihe Suk
  • Patent number: 11902627
    Abstract: A television having an Internet browsing function including: a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet, a display, a memory, a user interface configured to receive command signals from a remote controller; and a controller. The controller is configured to access a webpages through a web-browser, and store corresponding URLs and accessed screens of the webpages. While displaying a broadcast program in the first area, the controller displays a thumbnail list in a second area, the thumbnail list including thumbnails generated from the accessed screens, wherein the second area is overlaps at least a portion of the first area. The controller displays, in response to a command signal for selecting a thumbnail, the corresponding webpage on an entire screen of the display through the web-browser, based on the corresponding URL stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gowoon Choi, Jihe Suk, Changkyoon Kim, Ryoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220286747
    Abstract: A television having an Internet browsing function including: a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet, a display, a memory, a user interface configured to receive command signals from a remote controller; and a controller. The controller is configured to access a webpages through a web-browser, and store corresponding URLs and accessed screens of the webpages. While displaying a broadcast program in the first area, the controller displays a thumbnail list in a second area, the thumbnail list including thumbnails generated from the accessed screens, wherein the second area is overlaps at least a portion of the first area. The controller displays, in response to a command signal for selecting a thumbnail, the corresponding webpage on an entire screen of the display through the web-browser, based on the corresponding URL stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Gowoon CHOI, Jihe SUK, Changkyoon KIM, Ryoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20220247968
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung LEE, Sangjin AHN, Jihe SUK
  • Patent number: 11388479
    Abstract: A television having an Internet browsing function including a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet; a display module; a memory configured to store a URL of the accessed webpage; a user interface configured to receive a command signal from a remote controller; and a controller configured to control the display module to display a broadcast program in a first area, in which the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner, control the display module to display a thumbnail list in a second area while displaying the broadcast program in the first area, wherein the thumbnail list includes a captured image of the accessed webpage, and the second area is within the first area, and control the display module to display a webpage corresponding to the accessed webpage based on the URL stored in the memory in response to a command signal for selecting the captured image of the accessed webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gowoon Choi, Jihe Suk, Changkyoon Kim, Ryoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11323651
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Sangjin Ahn, Jihe Suk
  • Publication number: 20210185269
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung LEE, Sangjin AHN, Jihe SUK
  • Patent number: 10986302
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung Lee, Sangjin Ahn, Jihe Suk
  • Patent number: 10986406
    Abstract: A television controlled by a remote controller, the television including a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata includes a thumbnail image, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content, and a controller configured to control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, control the display to display related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, and when the related content information is selected, control the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ryoung Kim, Jihe Suk, Gowoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10593302
    Abstract: A flexible TV is disclosed. The flexible TV includes a housing, a user interface configured to receive at least one command, a flexible display positioned in the housing, and a controller configured to control a door and a motor. In particular, the controller determines a range of the flexible display exposed to an outside of the housing by controlling at least one of the door or the motor according to a type of the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihe Suk, Heesoo Park, Wonbin Jang, Gowoon Choi, Hanseok Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20200059695
    Abstract: A television having an Internet browsing function including a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet; a display module; a memory configured to store a URL of the accessed webpage; a user interface configured to receive a command signal from a remote controller; and a controller configured to control the display module to display a broadcast program in a first area, in which the broadcast program is received via the network interface, an external device interface or a tuner, control the display module to display a thumbnail list in a second area while displaying the broadcast program in the first area, wherein the thumbnail list includes a captured image of the accessed webpage, and the second area is within the first area, and control the display module to display a webpage corresponding to the accessed webpage based on the URL stored in the memory in response to a command signal for selecting the captured image of the accessed webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gowoon CHOI, Jihe SUK, Changkyoon KIM, Ryoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20190355328
    Abstract: A flexible TV is disclosed. The flexible TV includes a housing, a user interface configured to receive at least one command, a flexible display positioned in the housing, and a controller configured to control a door and a motor. In particular, the controller determines a range of the flexible display exposed to an outside of the housing by controlling at least one of the door or the motor according to a type of the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihe SUK, Heesoo PARK, Wonbin JANG, Gowoon CHOI, Hanseok HWANGBO
  • Patent number: 10484744
    Abstract: A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gowoon Choi, Jihe Suk, Changkyoon Kim, Ryoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180376210
    Abstract: A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gowoon CHOI, Jihe SUK, Changkyoon KIM, Ryoung KIM
  • Patent number: 10085065
    Abstract: A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gowoon Choi, Jihe Suk, Changkyoon Kim, Ryoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180262708
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeseung LEE, Sangjin AHN, Jihe SUK
  • Publication number: 20170366852
    Abstract: A display device can include a tuner to receive a broadcast signal; a network interface to receive an application; an external device interface; a display module to display a broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller to display the received broadcast program in a first area, receive a request for displaying a list from a remote controller, and display the list in a second area within the first area, the list includes a first item including information identifying a recently accessed application, a second item including information identifying a recently accessed broadcast program, or a third item including information identifying an external device recently connected to the display device or an access path of the external device, and a specific information item including a main screen of a last accessed webpage is included in the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gowoon CHOI, Jihe SUK, Changkyoon KIM, Ryoung KIM
  • Patent number: 9762969
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device for processing video data, a tuner configured to receive at least one of broadcast program; an network interface configured to receive at least one of application; an external device interface configured to connect at least one of external device; a display module configured to display the received broadcast program, the received application or video data received from the external device interface; and a controller configured to control the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gowoon Choi, Jihe Suk, Changkyoon Kim, Ryoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20170078746
    Abstract: A television controlled by a remote controller, the television including a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata includes a thumbnail image, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content, and a controller configured to control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen, control the display to display title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, control the display to display related content information relates to another content corresponding to the specific content based on the received metadata, and when the related content information is selected, control the display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the another content, a first item to identify a first source providing the another content a
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ryoung KIM, Jihe SUK, Gowoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 9516254
    Abstract: A television controlled by a remote controller and including includes an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from the remote controller; a radio frequency (RF) module to receive an RF signal from the remote controller; a network interface to receive metadata corresponding to a content to be displayed on a screen, the metadata including thumbnail image information, title information, actor information, genre information and synopsis information corresponding to the content; and a controller configured to change a power-off state of the television into a power-on state of the television based on the received IR signal and control a display to display a thumbnail image corresponding to the content based on the received metadata on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ryoung Kim, Jihe Suk, Gowoon Choi