Patents by Inventor Jong-chul Choi

Jong-chul Choi 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: 10317956
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device having a housing including three surfaces at least partially surrounding a space between a first and second surface, an opening formed to one portion of a side surface of the housing, and the portion extending to define a hole connected to the opening. The device includes a tray with four side surfaces and having a length capable of being entirely inserted into the hole, and detachable from the hole. The device further including a fixing structure disposed inside the hole in parallel with one side surface of the tray, and at least partially rotatable about an axis in a first direction about the hole. When inserted entirely into the hole, at least one portion of the tray contacts the fixing structure, and if the fixing structure at least partially rotates in the first direction, the tray is released from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungtae Kim, Hyukjae Jang, Byoung-Uk Yoon, Jong-Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20190171254
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein, including a first face oriented in a first direction, the first face formed having a curvature and disposed as to be visible from an exterior of the electronic device, a body including a second face oriented towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second face visible from the exterior, and a display module visible when viewing the first face, the display module including a flexible display disposed under a window, and the window including a central visible area formed in a substantially rectangular shape including first, second, third and fourth visible areas disposed adjacent to four respective edges of the central visible area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Hun KIM, Jung Sik PARK, Min Sung LEE, Chung Ha KIM, Joo Ho SEO, Han Gil SONG, Seung Ah OH, So Young LEE, Jung Won LEE, Jong Chul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190158641
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device and a glass plate forming at least half of one side of an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera disposed below the glass plate. The glass plate includes an outer surface facing a first direction. The glass plate also includes an inner surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The least one of the outer surface and the inner surface includes a first portion where at least a part of a lens of the camera is exposed, and the first portion includes a different curvature from a peripheral portion around the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Jung Hyun KIM, Kyung Min KWAK, Hyoung Do HEO, Jong Chul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190094906
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a display including a glass and a panel module; a frame including a first surface disposed under the display and a sidewall formed from an edge of the first surface; and a shock absorbing member disposed at the sidewall along of at least a part of an edge of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Min CHOI, Soon Woong YANG, Jong Chul CHOI
  • Patent number: 10219397
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first main body part at least one second main body part connected to the first main body part so as to be rotatable, or such that the first and second main body parts pivot relative to each other, and a connecting part that connects the second main body part to the first main body part or another second main body part adjacent thereto, wherein the connecting part includes a connecting member that rotatably connects the first and at least one second main body parts, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) that is surrounded by the connecting member and electrically connects at least one second main body part to the first main body part and a reinforcing member that is interposed between the connecting member and the FPCB and at least partially overlaps the FPCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyuk Choi, Jae-Woo Lee, Jee-Young Jung, Jong-Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20190058822
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an imaging device configured to obtain an image of a subject, a light source including light-emitting elements configured to emit light in different directions, and a controller configured to determine a position of the subject and a distance to the subject in the image, and control a luminance of the light-emitting elements based on the position of the subject and the distance to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-yeol RYU, Jong-chul CHOI, Mikhail POPOV, Ivan PANCHENKO, Jae-hyoung PARK, Hyun-seok HONG, Jong-tae KIM, Jin-sung KIM, Ju-hee KIM
  • Patent number: 10203724
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a fabrication method for fabricating an exterior member of an electronic device. The fabrication method may include a film disposing step of disposing a film on an exterior member in which one face is formed as a first curved face, and a lamination step of laminating the film on the exterior member. The fabrication method as described above may be variously implemented according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Uk Yoon, Min-Su Chang, Soon-Ho Han, Jong-Chul Choi, Jeong-Hoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20190012007
    Abstract: An electronic device for widening an active area of a display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate facing away from the first plate, a touch screen display including a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) layer interposed between the first plate and the second plate, a flexible layer including a first portion connected to the first surface of the second glass plate and bent around an edge of the second glass plate toward the second plate of the housing, and a second portion extending from the first portion and interposed between the second glass plate and the second plate of the housing, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on a first surface of the second portion of the flexible layer, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a portion mounted on a second surface of the second portion of the flexible layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Seong Hoon KIM, Jaewan KIM, Min-Sung LEE, Min-Su JUNG, Dohyung HA, Sung-Won HONG, Kwang-Tai KIM, Hyungsup BYEON, Donghyun YEOM, Seung Ah OH, Min-Woo YOO, Jungwon LEE, Jong-Chul CHOI, Hyun-Ju HONG
  • Patent number: 10168981
    Abstract: An electronic device for a head-mounted device (HMD) is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory configured to store virtual reality content, a processor configured to play back binocular image data based on the virtual reality content on the display, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external device. At this time, the processor is configured to determine whether the virtual reality content is stored in the external device and to determine data to be transmitted to the external device based on the determined result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Taek Song, Tae Kyung Lee, Dong Il Son, Chi Hyun Cho, Jong Chul Choi, Chang Ryong Heo
  • Publication number: 20180373370
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a window disposed in at least a partial area of the housing and forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device, a touch screen display including an active area and a non-active area and accommodated in the housing such that at least a portion of the touch screen display is visually exposed through the window, at least one processor accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the touch screen display, a memory accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, and an optical layer disposed between the touch screen display and the window. A portion of a surface area of the optical layer that faces the active area of the touch screen display is formed in a bumpy structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Min Su JUNG, Sung Won HONG, Jae Wan KIM, Kwang Tai KIM, Hyung Sup BYEON, Seung Ah OH, Jung Won LEE, Jong Chul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180354620
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle is provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a housing with a first housing structure and a second housing structure, a wireless communication circuit coupled to the housing or located inside the housing for wireless communication with an external controller, a plurality of propulsions systems coupled to the housing, and a navigation circuit configured to control the plurality of propulsion systems. At least one of the plurality of propulsion systems includes a plurality of folding arms pivotally coupled to one of the first housing structure and the second housing structure, a motor controlled by the navigation circuit, and a propeller coupled to the motor. The housing has at least one recess to accommodate at least part of the plurality of propulsion systems in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Seung-Chul BAEK, Sang-In BAEK, Min-Sung LEE, Jong-Chul CHOI
  • Patent number: 10146034
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cata-dioptric system. A cata-dioptric system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a reflecting optical system that reflects incident light through a plurality of reflective surfaces; and a refracting optical system that refracts the reflected incident light, wherein the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces are disposed on the same perpendicular line as the external diameters of other reflective surfaces adjacent to the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces, or at a closer distance from a perpendicular line including the top surface of the refractive optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-chul Choi, Kyong-tae Park
  • Patent number: 10142554
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an imaging device configured to obtain an image of a subject, a light source including light-emitting elements configured to emit light in different directions, and a controller configured to determine a position of the subject and a distance to the subject in the image, and control a luminance of the light-emitting elements based on the position of the subject and the distance to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-yeol Ryu, Jong-chul Choi, Mikhail Popov, Ivan Panchenko, Jae-hyoung Park, Hyun-seok Hong, Jong-tae Kim, Jin-sung Kim, Ju-hee Kim
  • Patent number: 10139601
    Abstract: Provided is a telephoto lens including a first lens group, the first lens group including: a first lens element including: an object side lens surface facing an object side; and an image side lens surface facing an image side; and a prism configured to bend an optical path within the first lens element, wherein the first lens element and the prism are formed as a single body, wherein an inclined surface of the prism is provided between the object side lens surface and the image side lens surface, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: 1.3?L1/Li, where L1 corresponds to a length of an optical path within the first lens element along an optical axis of the first lens elements and Li corresponds to a length of an optical path between an optical element provided closest to an image plane and the image plane along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Choi, Harpal Singh Khing
  • Patent number: 10129989
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise a housing including two opposite open ends and at least a portion comprising a light-transmitting material, a bracket disposed inside the housing and having a shape corresponding to the housing, a flexible display device disposed between the housing and the bracket and configured to display information to an outside through the light-transmitting portion of the housing, and a plurality of covers closing the open ends of the housing and supporting two opposite ends of the bracket, wherein the bracket may include an inner space for mounting electronic parts, and the bracket is length-adjustable in at least one direction. The housing may be formed of a glass tube. Thus, the housing may be formed into a desired shape by processing the glass tube. A stretchable bracket structure may be implemented inside the housing to come in tight contact with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Kim, Tae-Kon Kim, Seung-Taek Oh, Jong-Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20180319490
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle according to various embodiments includes: a housing; a communication circuit, wherein the communication circuit establishes wireless communication with an external controller; and a plurality of propulsion systems connected to the housing, wherein the propulsion systems include: a motor; a rotation shaft having an axis extending in a first direction, wherein a first end is connected to the motor, and wherein the rotation shaft is rotates in a first direction by the motor; a cap structure fixed to the second end of the rotation shaft, a propeller including: a hub including a through-hole formed in the first direction, such that the rotation shaft rotatably passes through the through-hole, wherein the propeller is detachably connected to the cap structure, such that, when an external force is exerted on the blade, the propeller is released from the cap structure to be freely movable along the axis toward the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Seung-Chul BAEK, Wonhee CHOI, Sang-In BAEK, Min-Woo YOO, Byoung-Uk YOON, Min-Sung LEE, Jong-Chul CHOI
  • Patent number: 10114414
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member a first band detachably mounted to the side member, and shaped to wrap around a wrist of a user; a display exposed through the first plate; a processor a memory and a mounting structure configured to connect the first band to the side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwan Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Hyungwoo Lee, Seungyeon Kim, You-Sub Shim, Jong-Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 10109946
    Abstract: An apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a first circuit board; a first connector provided on one face of the first circuit board; a second circuit board disposed on the one face of the first circuit board, and electrically connected to the first circuit board; a second connector provided on one face of the second circuit board, and engaged with the first connector to electrically connect the second circuit board to the first circuit board; a sealing member disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board to seal a space between the first connector and the second connector; and a coupling member coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok Lee, Dae-Young Noh, Chan-Keun Song, Min-Sung Lee, Min-Su Jung, Sung-Joo Cho, Young-Sik Choi, Jin-Young Park, Min-Woo Yoo, Byoung-Uk Yoon, Jong-Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20180292915
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an input/output interface capable of being electrically connected to a 3-dimensional movable accessory and a processor electrically connected to the input/output interface. The processor is configured to sense an event generated in the electronic device and to transmit a command to operate the accessory to the accessory through the input/output interface in response to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Soo LEE, Byung Soo KWAK, Li Yeon KANG, Jin Heung KIM, Min Jong LIM, Jae Hoon CHOI, Jin Keun PARK, Jong Chul CHOI, Chang Ryong HEO
  • Publication number: 20180295222
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface defining an internal space of the housing, a touch screen display interposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a sensor module disposed under the touch screen display and including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, wherein the third surface includes a plurality of through holes each including optical structures, wherein a portion of light emitted from the light emitting unit is guided to an exterior of the electronic device through a first optical structure of a first through hole, and wherein at least a portion of light introduced from the exterior of the electronic device is guided to the light receiving unit on a second optical structure of a second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Min Su JUNG, Jae Wan KIM, Sung Won HONG, Kwang Tai KIM, Seung Ah OH, Jung Won LEE, Jong Chul CHOI