Patents by Inventor Kwang-Tai Kim

Kwang-Tai Kim 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).

  • Publication number: 20200089302
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and a method for outputting content in an electronic device, the electronic device comprises: a display located inside a housing and exposed through a portion of a first plate; a pressure sensor circuit, which is located between the first plate and a second plate, and detects pressure applied to the first plate by an external force; a wireless communication circuit located inside the housing; a display driving circuit located inside the housing; at least one processor located inside the housing and electrically connected to the display, the pressure sensor circuit, the wireless communication circuit, and the display driving circuit; and a memory located inside the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein, the memory can be controlled, during execution, so as to store instructions for causing the processor to: perform control such that the display driving circuit displays at least one graphical element on a selected region
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Na-Young KIM, Daehwan KIM, Seung Wook NAM, Kwang-Tai KIM, Hyungsup BYEON
  • Patent number: 10559280
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device using a gamma voltage of a display panel are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, and a display driver integrated circuit. The display driver integrated circuit includes a source driver including source amplifiers to amplify output signals to be output through sub-pixels included in each pixel of the display panel, a gamma voltage output circuit that outputs one or more gamma voltages for correcting gray scales of the output signals depending on characteristics of the sub-pixels, a gamma adjustment circuit that provides reference voltages for the gamma voltages to the gamma voltage output circuit and includes signal lines connected with the gamma voltage output circuit, and switches connected between the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Kyoon Han, Dong Hwy Kim, Kyong Rok Kang, Dong Hun Kim, Jung Chul An, Joung Min Cho, Kwang Tai Kim, Hyung Sup Byeon
  • Publication number: 20200044003
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a housing and a display received in at least a portion of the housing, wherein the display comprises: a flexible substrate; a first light-emitting unit which is disposed on a first area of the substrate, has a first attribute, and includes a plurality of first pixels; and a second light-emitting unit which is disposed on a second area of the substrate, has a second attribute different from the first attribute, and includes a plurality of second pixels. Various other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Joung-Min CHO, Jong-Kon BAE, Kyongrok KANG, Dong Hun KIM, Taesung KIM, Hyunchang SHIN, Jungchul AN, Song Hee JUNG, Kwang-Tai KIM, Hyungsup BYEON
  • Publication number: 20200019804
    Abstract: A display arranged over a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a cover glass, a display panel arranged below the cover glass, a first driver that applies a signal to a first pixel group arranged in a first area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the display panel, a second driver that applies a signal to a second pixel group arranged in a second area that does not overlap the first area on the display panel, and a controller that causes the first driver to apply an enable signal to the first pixel group to enable the first driver to emit light when a finger touches a fingerprint sensing area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the cover glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Su Yeon KIM, Sang Seob KIM, Kwang Tai KIM, Ju Yeong LEE, Hyun Ju HONG
  • Patent number: 10528174
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen display; a pressure sensing circuit; a fingerprint sensing circuit at least partially overlapped with the pressure sensing circuit; a wireless communication circuit; at least one processor; and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect a touch input through the touch screen display and a pressure input through the pressure sensing circuit, in a first state of the electronic device, in which the finger print sensing circuit is deactivated; activate the fingerprint sensing circuit in response to the touch input or the pressure input; detect a fingerprint of a finger of a user by using the fingerprint sensing circuit while detecting pressure of the finger of the user to the first plate; and induce the electronic device to become in a second state or third state based at least partially on the detected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Na Young Kim, Dae Hwan Kim, Seung Wook Nam, Hyung Woo Shin, Hye Mi Lee, Jin Hoon Cho, Kwang Tai Kim, Hyung Sup Byeon, Pil Joo Yoon, Hae Dong Lee
  • Patent number: 10531580
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a transparent member forming at least part of the first surface, a display that is interposed between the first surface and the second surface of the housing and is exposed through the transparent member, and a force sensor that is interposed between the display and the second surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Won Kim, Eui Jin Kim, Han Vit Kang, Ho Kyung Kang, Byeong Cheol Kim, Hyung Sup Byeon, Jeong Sik Jeong, Eun Sung Cho, Kwang Tai Kim, Hyun Ju Hong
  • Publication number: 20190364186
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an image sensor including a first pixel subset with a first sensitivity and a second pixel subset having with a second sensitivity, and a processor to process image data generated through the image sensor. The processor obtains image data through each of the first pixel subset and the second pixel subset, select at least one sub-image data based at least on the attribute information of the first sub-image data and the second sub-image data of the image data, and obtain focus information corresponding to the external subject using the selected sub-image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Byeong Chan PARK, Min Soo KIM, In Koo KANG, Jong Hoon WON, Kwang Tai KIM, Dong Hyun YEOM, Ki Huk LEE
  • Patent number: 10484589
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first camera supporting a first FOV, a second camera supporting a second FOV, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first image having the first FOV using the first camera, to obtain a second image, which is associated with the first image and has the second FOV using the second camera, to adjust at least one operation attribute of the first camera based on the second image, and to obtain a third image having the first FOV based on the adjusted at least one operation attribute using the first camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Oh Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom, Yong Man Lee, Kwang Tai Kim, Soo Hyung Kim, Hyun Hee Park, Ki Huk Lee, Hyung Ju Chun
  • Patent number: 10469742
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method for converting a frame rate are provided. According to the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a memory, a first black-and-white image sensor, a second image sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to set different values as a first setting value for the first black-and-white image sensor and a second setting value for the second image sensor, if an illuminance value indicating an illuminance at an arbitrary time point does not satisfy a predetermined illuminance value, to acquire a black-and-white image of an object based on the first setting value using the first black-and-white image sensor, to acquire at least one color image of the object based on the second setting value using the second image sensor, to generate a color image by synthesizing the black-and-white image with a color determined based on at least part of color information of the at least one color image, and to store the generated color image as video data in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Ki-Huk Lee, Yong-Man Lee, Jee-Hoon An, Seul-Ki Jang, Hyung-Ju Chun, Jong-Bum Choi
  • Patent number: 10466822
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel, a partial region of the display panel including an active region configured to output light and including a cut in a thickness direction of the display panel, a touch sensor formed on the display panel, a partial region of the touch sensor corresponding to the cut region of the display panel, including a cut in a thickness direction of the touch sensor, and a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, a partial region of the polarizing plate corresponding to the cut region of the display panel, including a cut in a thickness direction of the polarizing plate, and a cut surface of the display panel, a cut surface of the touch sensor, and a cut surface of the polarizing plate are formed to coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Seob Kim, Su Yeon Kim, Kwang Tai Kim, Ju Yeong Lee, Hyun Ju Hong
  • Patent number: 10462272
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Su Jung, Jae Wan Kim, Sung Won Hong, Kwang Tai Kim, Seung Ah Oh, Jung Won Lee, Jong Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20190311172
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing including a transparent cover including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a touchscreen display interposed between the first region and a second surface of the housing and exposed through the first region, an opaque layer interposed between the second region of the transparent cover and the second surface and exposed through the second region, a fingerprint sensor interposed between the opaque layer and the second surface, and a pressure sensor interposed between the fingerprint sensor and the second surface and sensing a pressure of an external object against the opaque layer. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode substantially in parallel with the opaque layer, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode layer and extending substantially in parallel in the second direction, and a dielectric layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ho Kyung KANG, Young Tae JEONG, Han Vit KANG, Byeong Cheol KIM, Jung Won KIM, Jeong Sik JEONG, Kwang Tai KIM, Hyung Sup BYEON, Hyun Ju HONG
  • Publication number: 20190286321
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor, a touch sensor, and a touch controller including a register. The processor writes, into the register, data associated with a partial area of the touch sensor specified to sense an effective touch. When the effective touch is sensed in the partial area of the touch sensor, the touch controller writes data associated with the effective touch into the register, and the processor reads the data associated with the effective touch from the register when the data associated with the effective touch is written in the register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Chang Jin KIM, Man Sung KIM, Jong Kon BAE, Kwang Tai KIM, Min Uk KIM, Dong Hyun YEOM, Kyoung Taek LEE, Hoon Do HEO
  • Publication number: 20190278412
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing that comprises a first surface which faces a first direction and a second surface which faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that comprises a first transparent plate which forms at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; a display that is disposed between the first transparent plate and the second face of the housing, and comprises a second transparent plate which faces the first direction, and a third transparent plate which faces the second direction; a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode that are disposed between the second transparent plate and the third transparent plate; and a control circuit that is electrically connected to the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode, wherein the control circuit may be configured to detect the position of touch input with respect to the first transpare
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung-Sup BYEON, Jung-Won KIM, Han-Vit KANG, Ho-Kyung KANG, Kwang-Tai KIM, Byeong-Cheol KIM, Kyung-Wan PARK, Yo-Han LEE, Jeong-Sik JEONG, Eun-Sung CHO, Hyun-Ju HONG
  • Patent number: 10382665
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera module including a first lens set, a second camera module including a second lens set, and a processor connected to the first camera module and a second camera module. The processor is configured to move the first lens focus on a subject, resulting in an auto focus (AF) value and an image obtained by the first camera module, evaluate reliability of the AF value, based on the reliability of the AF value, calculate a movement parameter of the second lens set, corresponding to a movement parameter of the first lens set, and move the second lens set depending on the calculated movement parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Woon Sa, Byeong Chan Park, In Koo Kang, Seung Han Lee, Kwang Tai Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom, Jong Hoon Won, Ki Huk Lee
  • Patent number: 10335062
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which includes a housing including a first face that faces a first direction and a second face that faces a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, the housing including a transparent cover that forms at least a portion of the first face, a display disposed between the first face and the second face of the housing and exposed through the transparent cover, a fingerprint sensor disposed between the transparent cover and the display, a touch sensor disposed between the fingerprint sensor and the display, and a pressure sensor disposed between the display and the second face of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Han-Vit Kang, Ho-Kyung Kang, Byeong-Cheol Kim, Jung-Won Kim, Jeong-Sik Jeong, Kwang-Tai Kim, Hyung-Sup Byeon, Hyun-Ju Hong
  • Publication number: 20190171315
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various examples comprises: a housing, in an unfolded state, including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction and including at least one flexible portion; a touch screen display arranged between the first surface and the second surface of the housing, exposed through the first surface of the housing, and when viewed from above the first surface, including at least one flexible portion at a position corresponding to the flexible portion of the housing; and a pressure sensor arranged between the touch screen display and the second surface of the housing, and when viewed from above the first surface, including at least one flexible portion at a position corresponding to the flexible portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Kyungwan PARK, Han-Vit KANG, Ho-Kyung KANG, Byeong-Cheol KIM, Jung Won KIM, Jeongsik JEONG, Kwang-Tai KIM, Hyungsup BYEON, Hyun-Ju HONG
  • Patent number: 10310733
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor, a touch sensor, and a touch controller including a register. The processor writes, into the register, data associated with a partial area of the touch sensor specified to sense an effective touch. When the effective touch is sensed in the partial area of the touch sensor, the touch controller writes data associated with the effective touch into the register, and the processor reads the data associated with the effective touch from the register when the data associated with the effective touch is written in the register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Jin Kim, Man Sung Kim, Jong Kon Bae, Kwang Tai Kim, Min Uk Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom, Kyoung Taek Lee, Hoon Do Heo
  • Publication number: 20190158795
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung-Ju CHUN, Sung-Oh KIM, Hyun-Hee PARK, Yong-Man LEE, Jae-Moon KIM, Seul-Ki JANG, Jong-Bum CHOI, Jung-Jun LEE, Sung-Jun LIM, Kwang-Tai KIM, Soo-Hyung KIM, Dong-Hyun YEOM, Ki-Huk LEE
  • Patent number: 10284775
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operation method by the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a controller that controls to extract at least one frame of a plurality of preview frames inputted through an image capturing device and store an image captured through the image capturing device according to an image capturing request in association with the selected at least one frame; and a storage unit storing the captured image and the selected at least one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Oh Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Yong-Man Lee, Kwang-Young Kim, Kyeong Lee, Young-Seol Lee, Kwang-Tai Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Eun-Seok Ryu