Patents by Inventor Tae-Kwang Um
Tae-Kwang Um 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).
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Patent number: 10419877Abstract: A method of controlling a plurality of devices by an electronic apparatus includes receiving data from a plurality of devices, determining a correlation between at least two devices among the plurality of devices on the basis of the received data, determining a position of a first device on the basis of the correlation, grouping the first device and another device positioned in the vicinity of the first device into one group, and automatically creating group information, and controlling the devices included in the group. The name of the first device may be automatically set using the group information.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-kwang Um, Jeong-yi Park, Hyun-cheol Park, Si-jun Lee, Soo-in Jang
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Publication number: 20190272018Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Tae-kwang UM, Du-seok KIM, Hyun-cheol PARK, Ho-sik CHO, Cheol-ju HWANG
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Publication number: 20190260866Abstract: An artificial intelligence system and method are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor which implements the method, including: receiving by an input unit a first user input including a request to execute a task using at least one of the electronic device or an external device, transmitting by a wireless communication unit first data associated with the first user input to an external server, receiving a first response from the external server including information associated with at least one of the first user input and a sequence of electronic device states for performing at least a portion of the task, receiving a second user input assigning at least one of a voice command and a touch operation received by a touch screen display as the request to perform the task, and transmitting second data associated with the second user input to the external server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Il-Hwan CHOI, Sang-Wook KANG, Young-Hoon KIM, Seung-Hoon PARK, Hyun-Ju SEO, Tae-Kwang UM, Jae-Yong LEE, Jin-Ho CHOI, Da-Som LEE, Jae-Yung YEO
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Patent number: 10345116Abstract: A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-sik Cho, Jeong-jin Song, Il-kang Na, Sun-eung Park, Hyun-cheol Park, Tae-kwang Um, Cheol-ju Hwang, Ji-won Yang
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Publication number: 20190208020Abstract: A method by which a server controls a home device is provided. The method includes receiving a trigger signal generated by a sensor in a home in response to a mobile device being present at a specific location in the home, determining a home device corresponding to the specific location by using the trigger signal, selecting context information related to an operation of the determined home device from among context information received from the mobile device, and providing the selected context information to the home device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-kwang UM, Young-ki KIM, Jeong-yi PARK, Hyun-cheol PARK, Dong-hun SHIN
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Patent number: 10296072Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-kwang Um, Du-seok Kim, Hyun-cheol Park, Ho-sik Cho, Cheol-ju Hwang
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Patent number: 10250691Abstract: A method by which a server controls a home device is provided. The method includes receiving a trigger signal generated by a sensor in a home in response to a mobile device being present at a specific location in the home, determining a home device corresponding to the specific location by using the trigger signal, selecting context information related to an operation of the determined home device from among context information received from the mobile device, and providing the selected context information to the home device.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-kwang Um, Young-ki Kim, Jeong-yi Park, Hyun-cheol Park, Dong-hun Shin
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Publication number: 20190026074Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen display exposed through a first area of the housing, a microphone exposed through a second area of the housing, a wireless communication circuit, a processor electrically connected to the touch screen display, the microphone, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected to the processor and storing instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Kyu Young KIM, Tae Kwang UM, Jae Yung YEO
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Publication number: 20180330154Abstract: This electronic device comprises: a sensor including a plurality of pixels disposed in a first direction; a processor electrically connected to the sensor; and a memory electrically connected to the processor. When implemented, the processor uses sensing data sensed by the sensor and determine user position information, and the memory may store instructions for carrying out a movement corresponding to the user position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Sun-Eung PARK, Zhongwei LIU, Hyun-Cheol PARK, Tae-Kwang UM, Jeong-Yi PARK, Si-Jun LEE, Soo-In JANG
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Publication number: 20180293220Abstract: An electronic device includes a touchscreen display, a wireless communication circuit, a memory storing a framework, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive a first event or a second event, to provide the framework with a notification object associated with an event received among the first event and the second event, to parse the notification object to obtain one or more parameters, to select one or more tasks associated with the received event based on at least part of the one or more parameters by using the framework, to select a natural language expression indicating at least one task of the one or more tasks, to provide a user interface including the natural language expression, through the touchscreen display, and to execute the at least one task based at least partly on a user input of the natural language expression provided on the touchscreen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jae Yong LEE, Tae Kwang UM, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, Jae Yung YEO, Da Som LEE, Yong Joon JEON
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Publication number: 20180278740Abstract: An artificial intelligence system and method are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor which implements the method, including: receiving by an input unit a first user input including a request to execute a task using at least one of the electronic device or an external device, transmitting by a wireless communication unit first data associated with the first user input to an external server, receiving a first response from the external server including information associated with at least one of the first user input and a sequence of electronic device states for performing at least a portion of the task, receiving a second user input assigning at least one of a voice command and a touch operation received by a touch screen display as the request to perform the task, and transmitting second data associated with the second user input to the external server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Il-Hwan CHOI, Sang-Wook KANG, Young-Hoon KIM, Seung-Hoon PARK, Hyun-Ju SEO, Tae-Kwang UM, Jae-Yong LEE, Jin-Ho CHOI, Da-Som LEE, Jae-Yung YEO
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Publication number: 20170205244Abstract: A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-sik CHO, Jeong-jin SONG, Il-kang NA, Sun-eung PARK, Hyun-cheol PARK, Tae-kwang UM, Cheol-ju HWANG, Ji-won YANG
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Patent number: 9710803Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a short-range communicator, a security server and a payment method thereof, the mobile terminal including a short-range communicator which exchanges data by a predetermined short-range technology, a payment processor which performs a payment process corresponding to a preset standard in response to a user's request for payment, and a secure world which communicates with the payment processor, extracts secure information from data and stores the data therein and masks the secure information from the outside. Thus, the secure data may be masked at the time of communication with the outside.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun-eung Park, Do-jun Yang, Tae-kwang Um, Cheol-ju Hwang
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Publication number: 20170192101Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device. The method for controlling an electronic device may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is an obstacle in the first direction from the electronic device; if it is determined that there is an object in the first direction, determining that the electronic device is disposed indoors; and if it is determined that there is no obstacle in the first direction, determining that the electronic device is disposed outdoors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Ho-Sik CHO, Hyun-Cheol PARK, Jin-Goo SEO, Tae-Kwang UM, Cheol-Ju HWANG
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Patent number: 9631944Abstract: A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-sik Cho, Jeong-jin Song, Il-kang Na, Sun-eung Park, Hyun-cheol Park, Tae-kwang Um, Cheol-ju Hwang, Ji-won Yang
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Publication number: 20170105095Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method of controlling a plurality of devices by the electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of devices, determining a correlation between at least two devices among the plurality of devices on the basis of the received data, determining a position of a first device on the basis of the correlation, grouping the first device and another device positioned in the vicinity of the first device into one group, and automatically creating group information, and controlling the devices included in the group. The name of the first device may be automatically set using the group information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Tae-kwang UM, Jeong-yi PARK, Hyun-cheol PARK, Si-jun LEE, Soo-in JANG
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Patent number: 9563764Abstract: A method performed by a first application in a client apparatus to authenticate a second application in the client apparatus is provided. The method includes, when the first application receives an execution request from the second application, requesting authentication information of the second application from an authentication server, obtaining the authentication information of the second application from the authentication server, and authenticating the second application using the authentication information, wherein the authentication information of the second application is signed with a private key of the authentication server.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-kwang Um, Sun-eung Park, Jin-goo Seo, Do-jun Yang, Cheol-ju Hwang
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Publication number: 20160239069Abstract: A device and method of managing power are provided. The device includes a user input unit configured to receive a user input from a user, an output unit configured to output information based on the user input, and a controller configured to, when the user input is not received, determine whether or not an out-focus status in which the user does not use the device has started, determine, when it is determined that the out-focus status has started, a period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained based on information about a probability of the out-focus status according to a context of the device, and stop, when the period in which the out-focus status is to be maintained is equal to or greater than a reference time period, an application executed in the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Tae-kwang UM, Du-seok KIM, Hyun-cheol PARK, Ho-sik CHO, Cheol-ju HWANG
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Publication number: 20160198001Abstract: A method by which a server controls a home device is provided. The method includes receiving a trigger signal generated by a sensor in a home in response to a mobile device being present at a specific location in the home, determining a home device corresponding to the specific location by using the trigger signal, selecting context information related to an operation of the determined home device from among context information received from the mobile device, and providing the selected context information to the home device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-kwang Um, Young-ki Kim, Jeong-yi Park, Hyun-cheol Park, Dong-hun Shin
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Publication number: 20150330805Abstract: A system and method for providing location-based personalized information by using user location history information, whereby battery consumption of a computing device is reduced. The computing device includes: a location finder configured to obtain user location information of a user of the computing device; a display configured to display information indicating a route of the user of the computing device; and a controller configured to track a location of the user by controlling the location finder as the controller senses a change in the location of the user based on the obtained user location information, obtain information corresponding to an initial route of the user based on the tracked location of the user, detect a predicted route of the user from user location history information based on the information corresponding to the initial route of the user, and display on the display unit the predicted route.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-sik CHO, Jeong-jin SONG, Il-kang NA, Sun-eung PARK, Hyun-cheol PARK, Tae-kwang UM, Cheol-ju HWANG, Ji-won YANG