Patents by Inventor Joo-kyung Woo

Joo-kyung Woo 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: 11822730
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. A method includes displaying a stereoscopic screen including a left-eye screen and a right-eye screen through a display of the electronic device, moving a pointer object in the stereoscopic screen, based on a movement of the electronic device sensed by a sensor of the electronic device, identifying whether the pointer object is positioned at a first position for a predetermined time in the stereoscopic screen, based on information obtained from the sensor, and based on identifying that the pointer object is positioned at the first position for the predetermined time, moving at least one object included in the stereoscopic screen into the first position at which the pointer object is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Young-Ri Kim, Sung-Hyo Jeong, Oh-Yoon Kwon, Seo-Young Yoon, Yoo-Jin Hong, Joo-Kyung Woo, Eun-Jung Lee
  • Publication number: 20220300086
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. A method includes displaying a stereoscopic screen including a left-eye screen and a right-eye screen through a display of the electronic device, moving a pointer object in the stereoscopic screen, based on a movement of the electronic device sensed by a sensor of the electronic device, identifying whether the pointer object is positioned at a first position for a predetermined time in the stereoscopic screen, based on information obtained from the sensor, and based on identifying that the pointer object is positioned at the first position for the predetermined time, moving at least one object included in the stereoscopic screen into the first position at which the pointer object is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Ri KIM, Sung-Hyo JEONG, Oh-Yoon KWON, Seo-Young YOON, Yoo-Jin HONG, Joo-Kyung WOO, Eun-Jung LEE
  • Patent number: 11360569
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. The method includes sensing a movement of the electronic device, outputting a stereoscopic image on a display of the electronic device, moving a first object from a first position to a second position corresponding to the sensed movement in the stereoscopic image, and moving one of the first object and a second object into a position of the other object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Ri Kim, Sung-Hyo Jeong, Oh-Yoon Kwon, Seo-Young Yoon, Yoo-Jin Hong, Joo-Kyung Woo, Eun-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 11017458
    Abstract: A user terminal device includes a display, a sensor, and a controller configured to control the display to display a screen comprising information on a product, and, based on a user input for defining a closed area by drawing a curve around the information on the product being sensed through the sensor, obtain price information of the product from at least one object included in the defined closed area, and add the obtained price information to a wish list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-young Lim, Hyun-young Kim, Yeon-hee Roh, Joo-kyung Woo, Young-shil Jang
  • Patent number: 10984466
    Abstract: A user terminal device includes a display, a sensor, and a controller configured to control the display to display a screen comprising information on a product, and, based on a user input for defining a closed area by drawing a curve around the information on the product being sensed through the sensor, obtain price information of the product from at least one object included in the defined closed area, and add the obtained price information to a wish list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-young Lim, Hyun-young Kim, Yeon-hee Roh, Joo-kyung Woo, Young-shil Jang
  • Publication number: 20210048890
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. The method includes sensing a movement of the electronic device, outputting a stereoscopic image on a display of the electronic device, moving a first object from a first position to a second position corresponding to the sensed movement in the stereoscopic image, and moving one of the first object and a second object into a position of the other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Ri KIM, Sung-Hyo Jeong, Oh-Yoon Kwon, Seo-Young Yoon, Yoo-Jin Hong, Joo-Kyung Woo, Eun-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 10824236
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. The method includes sensing a movement of the electronic device, outputting a stereoscopic image on a display of the electronic device, moving a first object from a first position to a second position corresponding to the sensed movement in the stereoscopic image, and moving one of the first object and a second object into a position of the other object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ri Kim, Sung-Hyo Jeong, Oh-Yoon Kwon, Seo-Young Yoon, Yoo-Jin Hong, Joo-Kyung Woo, Eun-Jung Lee
  • Publication number: 20190259089
    Abstract: A user terminal device includes a display, a sensor, and a controller configured to control the display to display a screen comprising information on a product, and, based on a user input for defining a closed area by drawing a curve around the information on the product being sensed through the sensor, obtain price information of the product from at least one object included in the defined closed area, and add the obtained price information to a wish list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-young LIM, Hyun-young KIM, Yeon-hee ROH, Joo-kyung WOO, Young-shil JANG
  • Patent number: 10311503
    Abstract: A user terminal device including a display, a sensor configured to detect a user input on the display, a controller configured to extract objects displayed within an area on the display indicated by the user input on the display and add the objects to a wish list, and a memory configured to store the wish list. The user terminal device executes a method for providing an electronic shopping service, the method including receiving a user input at a user terminal device, determining a selection area on a screen of the user terminal device corresponding to the user input, determining a shopping object within the selection area, extracting information of the shopping object within the selection area, and adding the information to a wish list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-young Lim, Hyun-young Kim, Yeon-hee Roh, Joo-kyung Woo, Young-shil Jang
  • Publication number: 20170123504
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling objects displayed through the electronic device. The method includes sensing a movement of the electronic device, outputting a stereoscopic image on a display of the electronic device, moving a first object from a first position to a second position corresponding to the sensed movement in the stereoscopic image, and moving one of the first object and a second object into a position of the other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Young-Ri KIM, Sung-Hyo JEONG, Oh-Yoon KWON, Seo-Young YOON, Yoo-Jin HONG, Joo-Kyung Woo, Eun-Jung LEE
  • Patent number: 9086296
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing path information based on a status of a path and/or a purpose of the use of the path. A path information providing server collects environmental information from a sensing device. The path information providing server receives a path information request including a departure and a destination from a terminal device, and provides path information generated by mapping environmental data to a searched path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-woo Jung, Nam-wook Kang, Joo-kyung Woo, Sin-ae Kim
  • Patent number: 8984066
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a message service are provided. The apparatus includes an input unit through which a user inputs a message and a list of recipients who will receive the message; a transmitter multicasting the message input by the user and identification information of the user to the recipient in the list; a receiver receiving answer messages from the recipients in the list; and a packet generating unit generating a combined message by combining the received answer messages with the message input by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-jung Lee, Young-ho Rhee, Young-kyu Jin, Joo-kyung Woo
  • Patent number: 8977490
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing path information based on a status of a path and/or a purpose of the use of the path. A path information providing server collects environmental information from a sensing device. The path information providing server receives a path information request including a departure and a destination from a terminal device, and provides path information generated by mapping environmental data to a searched path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-woo Jung, Nam-wook Kang, Joo-kyung Woo, Sin-ae Kim
  • Patent number: 8972847
    Abstract: A picture sharing apparatus and method are provided. The picture sharing apparatus includes technology for providing pictures differentiated according to sharing levels. The picture sharing technology may receive a picture request from a user's terminal and determine that user's sharing level and provide a picture differentiated in a predetermined form according to the user's sharing level. The picture sharing technology fulfills the two conflicting tasks of privacy protection and picture sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-kyu Jin, Jong-woo Jung, Joo-kyung Woo
  • Patent number: 8875037
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method of performing a function thereof are disclosed. A list is scrolled in response to a grab-and-drag operation occurring in a scroll direction in a state in which the list is displayed, a particular object is moved in a dropped area in response to a particular object of the list being dragged and dropped in a direction perpendicular to the scroll direction of the list, and an object which is pressed during equal to or more than a predetermined time in a state in which an application is displayed is moved by a drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-young Kwon, Jong-woo Jung, Young-wan Seo, In-sik Myung, Joo-kyung Woo, Yeo-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8793625
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying a communication log using a graphical user interface (GUI) image are provided. The apparatus for displaying a communication log using a GUI image includes a storage unit that stores information relating to events which have been generated through a mobile terminal as data, a statistical analysis unit that uses a statistical analysis application to analyze the data so as to obtain statistical data, and an output unit that outputs a GUI image in which a ranking of communication amounts of the mobile terminal is displayed using the statistical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-ho Rhee, Young-kyu Jin, Joo-kyung Woo
  • Patent number: 8762844
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus including: a selecting unit receiving instructions for selecting progress bars; a storage unit storing information on the progress bars including marks for helping a user to search predetermined scenes of content; and a control unit extracting a scene corresponding to the mark of the selected progress bar from the storage unit, and displaying the extracted scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-Ae Kim, Hyun-Mi Park, Deok-Hee Jeong, Joo-Kyung Woo
  • Publication number: 20130332228
    Abstract: A user terminal device including a display, a sensor configured to detect a user input on the display, a controller configured to extract objects displayed within an area on the display indicated by the user input on the display and add the objects to a wish list, and a memory configured to store the wish list. The user terminal device executes a method for providing an electronic shopping service, the method including receiving a user input at a user terminal device, determining a selection area on a screen of the user terminal device corresponding to the user input, determining a shopping object within the selection area, extracting information of the shopping object within the selection area, and adding the information to a wish list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Eun-young LIM, Hyun-young KIM, Yeon-hee ROH, Joo-kyung WOO, Young-shil JANG
  • Patent number: D763889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Kyung Woo, Su-Kyung Lee, Sung-Hyo Jeong, Bong-Hee Han
  • Patent number: RE49187
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a short message thereof are provided. The mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a short message interpretation unit which extracts a phone number of a sender from a header of a short message, a short message processing unit which obtains an image mapped to the extracted phone number and generates a screen on which the image is combined with the text of the short message, a mapping unit which maps the image to the phone number of the sender, a storage unit which stores the phone number of the sender and the image and an output unit which outputs the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo-ho Cho, Young-ho Rhee, Young-kyu Jin, Hyun-joo Kang, Joo-kyung Woo