Patents by Inventor Seung-Wook Nam

Seung-Wook Nam 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: 10605961
    Abstract: A flexible window for a display panel, the flexible window including a flexible transparent base film attachable to the display panel; and a hard coating layer attached to the transparent base film, the hard coating layer having a concave first side opposite the flexible transparent base film when the hard coating layer is separated from the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Cheol Jeong, Seung Wook Nam
  • 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: 10560565
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of an electronic device. The operating method includes acquiring phase information of the electronic device while a first application is executed; determining whether the electronic device is rotated based on the phase information; and executing a second application when the electronic device is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junwon Jung, Jeong-Won Ko, Joong-Hun Kwon, Chang-Hwan Kim, Sangdeuk Nam, Seung Wook Nam, Myoung-Soo Park, Sunyoung Park, Kyungjun Lee, Dong Oh Lee, Huichul Yang, Hyunyeul Lee, Soojin Jeong Lim, Joonhwan Kim, Hyungsok Yeo, Jae-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10546527
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels positioned in a first pixel area, second pixels positioned in a second pixel area that has a different width from a width of the first pixel area, and a data compensating unit configured to compensate for image data. The data compensating unit sets a first compensation area and a second compensation area that is different from the first compensation area, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the first compensation area on a first block unit basis, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the second compensation area on a second block unit basis that is different from the first block unit basis, and the first compensation area includes the second pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si Beak Pyo, Seung Wook Nam, Jong Kwang Hwang
  • 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: 10522599
    Abstract: A foldable, flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel which displays an image and includes a display side on which the image is displayed and of which portions thereof face each other in a folded state of the flexible display apparatus; a cover window on the display side of the flexible display panel and including: a window film comprising a transparent plastic film having a modulus of elasticity of about 6.3 gigapascals or more; and a coating layer on the window film, and configured to be transparent and to protect the window film from physical damage thereto; and an adhesive layer between the window film and the display side of the flexible display panel, and configured to have elasticity and bond the window film and the flexible display panel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Cheol Jeong, Seung-Wook Nam, So-Yeon Han, Kyu-Young Kim, Ah-Young Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Kyu-Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20190391690
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sun-Young PARK, Jeong-Won KO, Joong-Hun KWON, Chang-Hwan KIM, Sang-Deuk NAM, Seung-Wook NAM, Myoung-Soo PARK, Kyung-Jun LEE, Dong-Oh LEE, Jun-Won JUNG, Hui-Chul YANG, Hyun-Yeul LEE, Soojin JEONG LIM
  • Patent number: 10498988
    Abstract: Image processing devices and methods thereof use different color conversion data of an image obtained in a black-and-white mode under a low illuminance condition than that of an image obtained in a color mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Seon Park, Jung Won Pac, Joo Hyun Yoon, Seung Wook Nam
  • Patent number: 10466819
    Abstract: A flexible display device including: a flexible display panel displaying an image; a touch sensing layer provided on the flexible display panel; and a window provided on the touch sensing layer and including a flat area and a bending area. The window includes a flexible film and a hard coating film provided on the flexible film, the thicknesses of the flexible film in the flat area and the bending area differ, and the thicknesses of the hard coating film in the flat area and the bending area also differ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Nam, Kyu Young Kim, Ah Young Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Kyu-Taek Lee, Ji Hyuk Im, Yong Cheol Jeong, So Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 10444920
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Young Park, Jeong-Won Ko, Joong-Hun Kwon, Chang-Hwan Kim, Sang-Deuk Nam, Seung-Wook Nam, Myoung-Soo Park, Kyung-Jun Lee, Dong-Oh Lee, Jun-Won Jung, Hui-Chul Yang, Hyun-Yeul Lee, Soojin Jeong Lim
  • Patent number: 10416721
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes: a display panel having a folded portion bendable along a fold line; and a cover window disposed on the display panel, wherein the cover window includes: at least a soft pattern disposed on the folded portion of the display panel; and a hard coating layer disposed on the display panel having the soft pattern formed thereon, and the soft pattern has a triangular cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heon Jung Shin, Ah Young Kim, Seung Wook Nam, Yong Cheol Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190235687
    Abstract: Disclosed in various examples of the present invention are a method and a device for enabling a system function using a system button to be used according to a user input, when displaying a picture related to an application through the entire area of a display without displaying a system button (provided transparently or translucently). According to various examples of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a display, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured so as to sense, on the display, a user input through a touch region including the system button, identify the user input, and execute a system function by means of the system button or an application function according to the user input in the touch area including the system button. Various examples are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Seung Wook NAM, Youngmi KIM, YoungSeong KIM, Hyo-Sang BANG, Sangsu LEE, Youngjay LEE, Jae Myoung LEE, Kyungsoo LIM, Soe-Youn YIM, Martin JUNG, Jinhoon CHO, Hyunyeul LEE, Jongmoo LEE, Seung-Min CHOI
  • Patent number: 10295870
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for operating thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen having a display region of a first ratio, and a processor operatively coupled with the touch screen, and configured to perform a set function in response to a preset first touch input that occurs on another region, where content is not displayed, of the display region in a state where the content of a second ratio is displayed on a partial region of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Won Ko, Joong-Hun Kwon, Chang-Hwan Kim, Sangdeuk Nam, Seung Wook Nam, Myoung-Soo Park, Sunyoung Park, Kyungjun Lee, Dong Oh Lee, Junwon Jung, Huichul Yang, Hyunyeul Lee, Soojin Jeong Lim
  • Publication number: 20190130825
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels positioned in a first pixel area, second pixels positioned in a second pixel area that has a different width from a width of the first pixel area, and a data compensating unit configured to compensate for image data. The data compensating unit sets a first compensation area and a second compensation area that is different from the first compensation area, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the first compensation area on a first block unit basis, and compensates for the image data corresponding to the second compensation area on a second block unit basis that is different from the first block unit basis, and the first compensation area includes the second pixel area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Si Beak PYO, Seung Wook NAM, Jong Kwang HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190019845
    Abstract: A foldable, flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel which displays an image and includes a display side on which the image is displayed and of which portions thereof face each other in a folded state of the flexible display apparatus; a cover window on the display side of the flexible display panel and including: a window film comprising a transparent plastic film having a modulus of elasticity of about 6.3 gigapascals or more; and a coating layer on the window film, and configured to be transparent and to protect the window film from physical damage thereto; and an adhesive layer between the window film and the display side of the flexible display panel, and configured to have elasticity and bond the window film and the flexible display panel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yong-Cheol Jeong, Seung-Wook Nam, So-Yeon Han, Kyu-Young Kim, Ah-Young Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Kyu-Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20180329560
    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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    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
  • Publication number: 20180292974
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a touch screen and a processor that is configured to display a first object among a plurality of sequentially arranged objects on the touch screen, display, when a first user input that satisfies a designated condition is detected via the touch screen while the first object is displayed, a second object arranged subsequent to the first object according to an arrangement order among the plurality of objects on the touch screen, and display, when a second user input that does not satisfy the designated condition is detected via the touch screen while the first object is displayed, a third object designated regardless of the arrangement order among the plurality of objects on the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jae-Myoung LEE, Young-Mi Kim, Young-Seong Kim, Seung-Wook Nam, Hyo-Sang Bang, Sang-Su Lee, Youngjay Lee, Kyung-Soo Lim, Soe-Youn Yim, Martin Jung, Jin-Hoon Cho, Hyun-Yeul Lee
  • Patent number: 10093074
    Abstract: A flexible window and flexible display are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible window includes a first film having a first Young's modulus, a second film positioned over the first film and having a second Young's modulus that is greater than the first Young's modulus, and a first adhesive layer interposed between the first film and the second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Nam, Ah Young Kim, Yong Cheol Jeong, Heon Jung Shin
  • Patent number: 10084152
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display, which is foldable about a folding central axis, and in which a folding area including the folding central axis and a non-folding area except for the folding area are defined, the organic light emitting diode display including a first panel having flexibility; a second panel on the first panel and having flexibility; a third panel on the second panel and having flexibility; a first adhesive layer between the first panel and the second panel to bond the first panel and the second panel to each other; and a second adhesive layer between the second panel and the third panel to bond the second panel and the third panel to each other, wherein at least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer includes a first reinforcing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Nam, Yong Cheol Jeong, Ah Young Kim, Kyu-Taek Lee, So Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 10074701
    Abstract: A foldable, flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel which displays an image and includes a display side on which the image is displayed and of which portions thereof face each other in a folded state of the flexible display apparatus; a cover window on the display side of the flexible display panel and including: a window film comprising a transparent plastic film having a modulus of elasticity of about 6.3 gigapascals or more; and a coating layer on the window film, and configured to be transparent and to protect the window film from physical damage thereto; and an adhesive layer between the window film and the display side of the flexible display panel, and configured to have elasticity and bond the window film and the flexible display panel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Cheol Jeong, Seung-Wook Nam, So-Yeon Han, Kyu-Young Kim, Ah-Young Kim, Gui-Nam Min, Kyu-Taek Lee