Patents by Inventor Young-Chul Sohn

Young-Chul Sohn 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: 10362005
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device which is included in a home network, the device includes a sensor, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external device which is included in the home network, and a processor configured to control the communication circuitry, to encrypt first data which is initially acquired from the sensor with a first encryption algorithm and transmit the encrypted standard data to the external device, determine third data based on the first data and a second data in response to the second data being acquired from the sensor after the first data is acquired, to encrypt the third data with a second encryption algorithm and to transmit the encrypted third data to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Wook Kim, Chul-joo Kim, Young-chul Sohn, Jun-bum Shin
  • Patent number: 10318277
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youl-woong Sung, Jong-baek Kim, Il-joo Kim, Young-chul Sohn, Soo-min Shin, Ho Jin
  • Patent number: 10283004
    Abstract: A multimedia apparatus and a method for providing content thereof are provided. In the method for providing content of the multimedia apparatus, user private information corresponding to authentication information of a user is acquired when the authentication information of the user for execution of content is received, a state of the user using at least one sensor is detected during reproduction of the content, a parameter of the content is changed according to the acquired private information and the state of the user, and the content is reproduced with the changed parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-sik Shim, Hyo-in Ahn, Young-chul Sohn, Ho-chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10218681
    Abstract: A network control apparatus and method is provided. The method includes operations of informing a server of capability information including an encryption/decryption method, wherein the server provides the network control apparatus with control information used to control a network device using a general-purpose control web application, transmitting to the server a control information requesting message that requests the control information, receiving from the server the control information which has been encrypted using the encryption/decryption method, decrypting the encrypted control information according to the encryption/decryption method, and transmitting a control command for controlling the network device according to the decrypted control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jin, Jong-wook Park, Young-chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 10171426
    Abstract: A network control apparatus and method is provided. The method includes operations of informing a server of capability information including an encryption/decryption method, wherein the server provides the network control apparatus with control information used to control a network device using a general-purpose control web application, transmitting to the server a control information requesting message that requests the control information, receiving from the server the control information which has been encrypted using the encryption/decryption method, decrypting the encrypted control information according to the encryption/decryption method, and transmitting a control command for controlling the network device according to the decrypted control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jin, Jong-wook Park, Young-chul Sohn
  • Publication number: 20180225076
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a display device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying an execution screen of an application which is divided into a plurality of regions; extracting source information related to a region, from among the plurality of regions, to be transmitted to a peripheral device; and transmitting the extracted source information to the peripheral device. Accordingly, the display device can more efficiently provide multi-UI services between a plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Chul-joo KIM, Yoon-kyung LEE, Young-chul SOHN, Sang-jeong LEE
  • Publication number: 20180122379
    Abstract: An approach for controlling method of an electronic device is provided. The approach acquires voice information and image information for setting an action to be executed according to a condition, the voice information and the image information being respectively generated from a voice and a behavior associated with the voice of a user. The approach determines an event to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action when the event is detected, based on the acquired voice information and the acquired image information. The approach determines at least one detection resource to detect the determined event. In response to the at least one determined detection resource detecting at least one event satisfying the condition, the approach executes the function according to the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-chul SOHN, Gyu-tae PARK, Ki-beom LEE, Jong-ryul LEE
  • Publication number: 20180024829
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youl-woong SUNG, Jong-baek KIM, Il-joo KIM, Young-chul SOHN, Soo-min SHIN, Ho JIN
  • Patent number: 9841967
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youl-woong Sung, Jong-baek Kim, Il-joo Kim, Young-chul Sohn, Soo-min Shin, Ho Jin
  • Patent number: 9798535
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youl-woong Sung, Jong-baek Kim, Il-joo Kim, Young-chul Sohn, Soo-min Shin, Ho Jin
  • Patent number: 9781372
    Abstract: A driver includes a first level shifting unit generating a second signal swinging in a second threshold range in response to a first signal swinging in a first threshold range, a second level shifting unit generating a third signal swinging in a third threshold range in response to the second signal, a first pull-up driving unit driving an output terminal with a first high-voltage in response to the second signal, a first pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a first low voltage in response to the third signal, a second pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a second low voltage higher than the first low voltage in response to the fourth signal, and a first path coupling unit coupling the second pull-down driving unit with the output terminal in response to the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Seok Shin, Young-Chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 9720749
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for expanding a remote procedure call (RPC) shared service between devices to an application level, in which a controlled device transmits to a controller device a list of shared applications which are remotely executable from among applications installed in the controlled device, and parameter information which is related to the shared applications, and the controller device remotely executes at least one of the shared applications by using the parameter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jin, Young-chul Sohn
  • Publication number: 20170201492
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device which is included in a home network, the device includes a sensor, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external device which is included in the home network, and a processor configured to control the communication circuitry, to encrypt first data which is initially acquired from the sensor with a first encryption algorithm and transmit the encrypted standard data to the external device, determine third data based on the first data and a second data in response to the second data being acquired from the sensor after the first data is acquired, to encrypt the third data with a second encryption algorithm and to transmit the encrypted third data to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sung-wook KIM, Chul-joo KIM, Young-chul SOHN, Jun-bum SHIN
  • Patent number: 9697294
    Abstract: Provided is a method of managing contents, the method including selecting at least one of the stored contents, generating a content tag including content information associated with the selected content, storing the generated content tag, transmitting the generated content tag to an external device, and deleting the selected content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-joo Kim, Ho Jin, Young-chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 9681084
    Abstract: Disclosed are a ramp signal generator capable of reducing the size of a feedback capacitor by using a current subtraction and a CMOS image sensor using the same. The ramp signal generator may include a current supply unit suitable for supplying a first current; a current subtraction unit suitable for subtracting the first current from a second current, or the second current from the first current; and a ramp signal generation unit suitable for generating a ramp signal according to a third current and a reference voltage. The third current is a result of the subtraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Young-Chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 9626178
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youl-woong Sung, Jong-baek Kim, Il-joo Kim, Young-chul Sohn, Soo-min Shin, Ho Jin
  • Patent number: 9516246
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in row and column directions; a row control portion suitable for controlling a part of a plurality of rows included in the pixel array by an unit of two or more sequential rows so that pixel signals are simultaneously outputted from the pixel array through the sequential rows; a first readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out a part of the pixel signals in row sequence order; a second readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out the rest of the pixel signals in row sequence order; and a storage portion suitable for storing on row by row basis the read out signals sequentially read out in row sequence order from the first and second readout circuit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Seok Shin, Young-Chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 9516247
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a unit pixel including one or more first sub-pixels of a white color and a plurality of second sub-pixels of a color other than the white color in a matrix, a row control block suitable for controlling the first and second sub-pixels to output sequentially first and second pixel signals during one row unit time, and an image process block suitable for processing the first and second pixel signal's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Seok Shin, Young-Chul Sohn
  • Publication number: 20160315602
    Abstract: Disclosed are a ramp signal generator capable of reducing the size of a feedback capacitor by using a current subtraction and a CMOS image sensor using the same. The ramp signal generator may include a current supply unit suitable for supplying a first current; a current subtraction unit suitable for subtracting the first current from a second current, or the second current from the first current; and a ramp signal generation unit suitable for generating a ramp signal according to a third current and a reference voltage. The third current is a result of the subtraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Young-Chul SOHN
  • Patent number: 9420350
    Abstract: A method of providing a remote user interface (RUI) includes receiving a RUI request including first preference format information, second preference format information, and transmission option information, the first preference format information being related to a format preferred by a client device with respect to the RUI, the second preference format information being related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to a video included in the RUI, and the transmission option information indicating whether to consider the second preference format information when transmission of the RUI is decided; comparing a format of the RUI with only the first preference format information, or comparing the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, based on the transmission option information; and selectively transmitting the RUI to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Jin, Young-Chul Sohn