Patents by Inventor Yu-shik WHANG

Yu-shik WHANG 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: 11079926
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin Cho, Yu-shik Whang, Hyun-gyoo Yook
  • Publication number: 20190121514
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin CHO, Yu-shik WHANG, Hyun-gyoo YOOK
  • Patent number: 10156979
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin Cho, Yu-shik Whang, Hyun-gyoo Yook
  • Patent number: 9652145
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin Cho, Yu-shik Whang, Hyun-gyoo Yook
  • Patent number: 9417788
    Abstract: The apparatus includes: a memory which maintains an application driving a list of a plurality of items; a display controller which controls the list to be displayed on the screen which is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the plurality of items is located in each of the plurality of areas; a processor which detects a change of an operation progress status of the plurality of items, wherein the display controller provides a visual feedback corresponding to the operation progress status of at least one of the plurality of items in the area of a corresponding item, whose change of the operation progress status is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin Cho, Yu-shik Whang, Hyun-gyoo Yook
  • Publication number: 20160179332
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin CHO, Yu-shik WHANG, Hyun-gyoo YOOK
  • Publication number: 20130012268
    Abstract: An interface device is provided for a mobile communication terminal for persons who may be elderly, blind or have compromised vision. The interface device includes a directional key for navigating an object in a corresponding region, a controller for determining texts or contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region, a converter for converting the texts or the contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region into voice, and a speaker for outputting the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Shik WHANG
  • Publication number: 20110131537
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface for displaying a graphic and a hidden graphic in a first area; displaying a set of contents corresponding to the graphic in a second area distinguishable from the first area; detecting a user's gesture for selecting a part of the first area; enlarging the first area to include a part of the second area; displaying a plurality of graphics including the graphic and the hidden graphic in the extended first area in response to the user's gesture; detecting a user's additional gesture for moving a first graphic among the plurality of graphics; and moving the first graphic to a part of the extended first area in response to the user's additional gesture, and moving a second graphic of the plurality of graphics to an area from which the first graphic is moved out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin Cho, Yu-shik Whang, Hyun-gyoo Yook
  • Publication number: 20110131521
    Abstract: The apparatus includes: a memory which maintains an application driving a list of a plurality of items; a display controller which controls the list to be displayed on the screen which is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the plurality of items is located in each of the plurality of areas; a processor which detects a change of an operation progress status of the plurality of items, wherein the display controller provides a visual feedback corresponding to the operation progress status of at least one of the plurality of items in the area of a corresponding item, whose change of the operation progress status is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Berm-jin CHO, Yu-shik WHANG, Hyun-gyoo YOOK