Patents by Inventor Samsick KIM

Samsick 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).

  • Patent number: 9547336
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure includes a body having a front surface and a rear surface, a display unit disposed on the front surface, a cover formed to allow at least part thereof to cover the front or rear surface, a window portion provided on the cover to expose at least part of the display unit in a state that the cover covers the front surface, and expose at least part of the rear surface in a state that the cover covers the rear surface, and a sensor unit provided with at least one sensor disposed at an edge portion of the window portion, wherein the sensor unit senses a user motion with respect to an inner side of the window portion in a state that the cover covers the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin Lee, Samsick Kim, Donghwan Yu, Sooyoung Her, Jeongyun Heo, Hyungtae Jang, Taekon Lee, Jinhae Choi
  • Patent number: 9502034
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; a memory; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick Kim, Sesook Oh, Younhwa Choi, Jongin Lim
  • Publication number: 20160248899
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture and voice input. The present invention includes a display unit, a microphone, a sensing unit configured to detect a gesture, and a controller configured to convert voice data, received based on the microphone, to a text in a first language, detect, using the sensing unit, a first gesture, and in response to detecting the first gesture, translate the text in the first language to text in a second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160239142
    Abstract: A watch-type terminal including a touch screen configured to display screen information; a bezel portion surrounding a periphery of the touch screen and configured to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to display an image object indicating a status associated with the displayed screen information in one region of the touch screen in response to a first touch input received at a first part of the bezel portion, apply a first function to the screen information in response to a second touch input received at a second part of the bezel portion while the first touch input is maintained at the first part of the bezel portion, and apply a second function different from the first function to the screen information in response to a touch area corresponding to the first touch input being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Jongin LIM, Sesook OH, Younhwa CHOI, Shinnyue KANG, Yoonseok YANG
  • Publication number: 20160205049
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a group chat window on the touchscreen including a history of messages transceived via the wireless communication unit with a plurality of counterpart terminals, receive a selection of a prescribed counterpart terminal for transmitting a private message to the prescribed counterpart terminal, receive an input message in the group chat window for the prescribed counterpart terminal, and transmit the input message as the private message to the prescribed counterpart terminal without switching to an individual chat window with the prescribed counterpart terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Sesook OH, Jongin LIM, Kyunghye SEO
  • Publication number: 20160180845
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; a memory; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Sesook OH, Younhwa CHOI, Jongin LIM
  • Publication number: 20160162112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a terminal body; a display located on a first side of the terminal body; a first touch sensor located at the display; a second touch sensor located on a second side of the terminal body, the second side being an opposite side of the first side; and a controller configured to cause the display to display screen information relating to a function corresponding to preset touches in response to the preset touches comprising a first touch applied to a first touch region including the first touch sensor and a second touch applied to a second touch region including the second touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Choonghwan SHIN, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160154559
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a body; a camera; a touchscreen provided to the front side of the body and having a plurality of corners; and a controller configured to operate the camera to capture an image upon reception of a first drag input applied to a first corner of the touchscreen and dragged to a center of the touchscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE, Samsick KIM
  • Publication number: 20160139766
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which facilitating management of contents saved in a clipboard. The present invention includes a touchscreen, a clipboard memory, and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display a screen associated with a first application, save, in the clipboard memory, content designated by a user displayed on the screen associated with the first application, and control the touchscreen to display the saved content together with a screen associated with a second application, in response to receiving a command to switch from displaying the screen associated with the first application to displaying the screen associated with the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Seojin LEE, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160132074
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal using a display unit and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a controller which displays first screen information corresponding to a first application on a first display region disposed on an inner surface when the mobile terminal is open, and converts the first screen information into second screen information when a folding event is generated. Further, the controller converts the first screen information or the second screen information into third screen information which is different from the second screen information when an angle between first and second regions of the first display region corresponding to the folding event is less than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE
  • Patent number: 9325828
    Abstract: A headset disclosed herein relates to a headset capable of sensing an insertion or separation of earphones, and includes a wireless communication unit provided in a body wearable on a user's body to receive a wireless signal from a connected mobile terminal, a microphone provided in the body to receive a user's voice, a plurality of earphones coupled to the body and insertable into the user's ears, respectively, and a controller configured to activate a function of controlling an operation of the mobile terminal based on the user's voice input through the microphone with connecting a call with respect to the mobile terminal, when one of the plurality of earphones inserted is separated during the call. Here, the controller may control the user's voice input through the microphone to be transferred to a counterpart terminal corresponding to the call when the one earphone is reinserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sesook Oh, Jongin Lim, Samsick Kim, Kyunghye Seo, Sungjin Kang, Yoonseok Yang
  • Publication number: 20160105542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal in which part of the display unit can be bent or flexed, and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal may include a display unit with flexibility configured to be placed in a first state in which a specific region is planar and a second state in which the specific region is protruded, and a controller configured to change the specific region from the first state to the second state when an event has occurred in an application, and display an icon indicating the event in the specific region. Here, the controller may execute at least one function associated with the event when the second state is restored to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160094698
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture. The present invention includes a touchscreen; a wireless communication device configured to communicate with an external terminal; a band configured to be worn on a user; a sensing device configured to sense movement of a physical object having the mobile terminal provided thereon; and a controller to detect a gesture based on the sensed movement, and to perform a prescribed function with respect to the external terminal based on the detected gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Donghwan YU, Samsick KIM
  • Publication number: 20160085327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a body having a front surface and a rear surface, a display unit disposed on the front surface, a cover formed to allow at least part thereof to cover the front or rear surface, a window portion provided on the cover to expose at least part of the display unit in a state that the cover covers the front surface, and expose at least part of the rear surface in a state that the cover covers the rear surface, and a sensor unit provided with at least one sensor disposed at an edge portion of the window portion, wherein the sensor unit senses a user motion with respect to an inner side of the window portion in a state that the cover covers the rear surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Sooyoung HER, Jeongyun HEO, Hyungtae JANG, Taekon LEE, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160085319
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided that is capable of effectively displaying information to users by utilizing characteristics of a flexible display unit. The mobile terminal includes a flexible display unit configured to display image information on an entire screen; a sensing unit configured to sense a folded state of the flexible display unit; and a control unit configured to divide an entire screen of the flexible display unit into a plurality of screens based on a folded position, rearrange image information according to the plurality of divided screens, and display the rearranged image information on at least one of the plurality of divided screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Seojin LEE, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160085266
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal of a watch type and controlling method thereof, by which a photographing device can be remotely controlled. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a photographing device, a display unit configured to display a preview image inputted through a camera of the photographing device before a photo is photographed through the photographing device, and a controller, if a preset user input is received while the preview image is outputted, controlling a remote photograph command to be transmitted to enable the photo to be photographed through the photographing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU
  • Publication number: 20160070304
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a flexible display unit; an elastically-deformable supporting member disposed below the flexible display unit and configured to be deformed together with the flexible display unit; a pressing member disposed below the supporting member and configured to change shape; and a controller electrically-connected to the pressing member and configured to control the pressing member to change shape and press against the pressing member to deform the supporting member together with the flexible display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Choonghwan SHIN, Byunghwa LEE, Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160070305
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile electronic device including: a display unit that is formed to be so flexible that 5at least one portion of the display unit is capable of being bent, and that is configured from a first segment of which one portion and the other portion are brought into contact with each other when the display unit is bent, and a second segment that is different from the first segment and extends from the first segment; a sensing unit that detects a shape change in the first segment due to an external force; and a controller that controls information that is output to the second segment, based on the shape change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160026219
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a flexible display unit including a first part; a second part rotatable based on a first boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part, and a third part rotatable based on a second boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part; and a controller configured to display information on the flexible display unit based the second and third parts covering or not covering the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160026381
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body having an inner surface, an outer surface and side surfaces, and configured to be opened into an open state and closed into a closed state; a touch screen having first and second regions disposed on the inner surface, a third region disposed on the outer surface, and a fourth region disposed on the side surface between the first and third regions, in the closed state; and a controller configured to display an execution screen to at least one of the first and second regions in the open state, display information related to the execution screen on at least one of the third and fourth regions, based on a closed type of the terminal body corresponding folding closed the terminal body, and execute a function related to the displayed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Samsick KIM, Donghwan YU, Seojin LEE