Patents by Inventor Sung-pil HWANG

Sung-pil HWANG 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: 20240075798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle battery case including: a case body in which a vehicle battery is contained; and a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and coupled to a side of the case body, thereby protecting a side of the vehicle battery. The side portion includes: a lower panel extending outwards from the case body and having multiple first protrusions formed to protrude upwards; an upper panel disposed above the lower panel and extending outwards from the case body so as to form a closed section together with the lower panel; and a reinforcement panel disposed between the upper panel and the lower panel so as to extend outwards from the case body, thereby reinforcing rigidity of the side portion together with the lower panel and the upper panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY, SEOJIN INDUSTRIAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho YOON, Uk HEO, Han Young HWANG, Sang Pil PARK
  • Publication number: 20240046934
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Hee-seob Ryu, Hee-ran LEE, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Patent number: 11823682
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Choi, Hee-seob Ryu, Hee-ran Lee, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210152870
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including a microphone configured to receive a voice signal and a controller configured to generate a resulting screen corresponding to the voice signal different from a first displayed screen and according to a status of the content of the first displayed screen; to display the resulting screen on the display. Accordingly, the display apparatus provides a different resulting screen according to a status of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-ran LEE, Hee-seob RYU, Sung-wook CHOI, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200302935
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Hee-seob RYU, Hee-ran LEE, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Patent number: 10720162
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Choi, Hee-seob Ryu, Hee-ran Lee, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190341051
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Hee-seob RYU, Hee-ran LEE, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Patent number: 10395657
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Choi, Hee-seob Ryu, Hee-ran Lee, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Patent number: 10387227
    Abstract: A method for executing an application of a display apparatus is provided. The method includes: storing a first request list that includes items of data that an application requests from other applications; comparing the first request list with a second provision list that includes items of data provided from the other applications and acquiring data that corresponds to the items included in the first request list; and executing the application based on the acquired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min Shin, Seung-won Kim, Je-youn Dong, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Patent number: 10349121
    Abstract: An information providing method of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The information providing method includes setting a channel zapping section including a plurality of zapping channels, acquiring information regarding the channel zapping section, and displaying information regarding the channel zapping section during a zapping time while channel zapping between the plurality of zapping channels is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min Shin, Seung-won Kim, Je-youn Dong, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190057702
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Hee-seob RYU, Hee-ran LEE, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Patent number: 10140990
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Choi, Hee-seob Ryu, Hee-ran Lee, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Patent number: 10069769
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for providing a user preference program notification in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator, and a controller configured to collect a user viewing history, determine a user preference program according to the collected user viewing history, and selectively output, to a user, a notification indicating a start of the broadcasting of the determined user preference program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-youn Dong, Seung-won Kim, Seung-min Shin, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Patent number: 9749699
    Abstract: A server apparatus is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a text which corresponds to a voice signal input, and a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing from among a keyword included in a mapping table, search for content information belonging to at least one content genre mapped with a synonym of the text, provide a search result to a display apparatus through the communicator, and update the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword. Accordingly, the server apparatus may effectively perform search for content information according to voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-ran Lee, Yong-wook Shin, Sung-wook Choi, Seung-min Shin, Sung-pil Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170085943
    Abstract: An information providing method of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The information providing method includes setting a channel zapping section including a plurality of zapping channels, acquiring information regarding the channel zapping section, and displaying information regarding the channel zapping section during a zapping time while channel zapping between the plurality of zapping channels is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min SHIN, Seung-won KIM, Je-youn DONG, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170004027
    Abstract: A method for executing an application of a display apparatus is provided. The method includes: storing a first request list that includes items of data that an application requests from other applications; comparing the first request list with a second provision list that includes items of data provided from the other applications and acquiring data that corresponds to the items included in the first request list; and executing the application based on the acquired data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min SHIN, Seung-won KIM, Je-youn DONG, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Patent number: 9524714
    Abstract: There is provided a speech recognition controlling method which includes extracting a keyword by crawling a webpage, adding the keyword to a lexicon in which a plurality of words are registered and updating the lexicon, recognizing, in response to a user speech being input, the speech based on the updated lexicon, performing a search according to the recognized result, and displaying a result of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook Choi, Sung-pil Hwang, Ji-won Yoo
  • Publication number: 20160364096
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including a display; an interface configured to connect to an external device; a storage; and a controller configured to: while connected with the external device, control the display to display a first graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions, and perform a function corresponding to a menu item selected by a user from among the plurality of menu items, control the storage to store history information comprising information associated with the menu item and information on the external device connected through the interface when the menu item is selected, and in response to receiving a request for a GUI, control the display to display a second GUI comprising at least one menu item selected based on the history information and the external device connected through the interface when the request for the GUI is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG, Seung-won KIM, Je-youn DONG
  • Publication number: 20160364094
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a storage; and a controller configured to display a first GUI including a plurality of menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions respectively on the display, perform a function corresponding to a menu item selected by a user among the plurality of menu items, store history information including information on the selected menu item and information on a time when the menu item is selected, and in response to receiving a request for a GUI, display on the display a second GUI including at least one menu item selected based on the history information and a time when the request for the GUI is received. Thus, the user may easily select preferred function that the user uses at a specific time which results in an improvement of a usability of the functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG, Seung-won KIM, Je-youn DONG
  • Publication number: 20160366075
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for providing a user preference program notification in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator, and a controller configured to collect a user viewing history, determine a user preference program according to the collected user viewing history, and selectively output, to a user, a notification indicating a start of the broadcasting of the determined user preference program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-youn DONG, Seung-won KIM, Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG