Patents by Inventor Yu-Su Kim

Yu-Su Kim 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: 10891005
    Abstract: A electronic device and a display method thereof are provided. A control method of the electronic device includes: detecting a touch input on an auxiliary display area; in response to a touch input being detected on a first area of the auxiliary display area in a and the electronic being in a state in which the electronic is gripped by a user, processing the touch input as a user input; and, in response to the touch input being detected on a second area of the auxiliary display area different from the first area and the electronic being in the state in which the electronic is gripped by the user, disregarding the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-dong Bae, Hyun-sub Park, Dae-myung Kim, Jin-hyoung Park, Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Hee-seok Jeong, Ho-seong Seo, Yu-su Kim
  • Publication number: 20210006096
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for are provided for a wireless power receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Woo-Ram LEE, Yu-Su KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Seung-Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20210006100
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device including a charging circuit is provided. The method includes receiving power wirelessly from a power transmitting device; rectifying the received power; based on a voltage of the rectified power being greater than or equal to an allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to convert the rectified power through a converting circuit of the electronic device and to output the converted power to the charging circuit for charging a battery of the electronic device, wherein the allowable voltage relates to a maximum voltage or a preferable voltage to be applied to the charging circuit; and based on the voltage of the rectified power being less than the allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to stop converting the rectified power and to output the rectified power to the charging circuit by connecting the rectifying circuit to the charging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Su KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Kang-Ho BYUN, Kyung-Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 10888005
    Abstract: A disclosed electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a roll mounted in the housing, a flexible display wound on the roll and being extendable and retractable through the opening based on a rotation direction of the roll, and a roll guide configured to guide the roll to move in a direction capable of constantly maintaining a proceeding direction of the flexible display toward the opening in the housing, based on a variation in a wound length of the flexible display on the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Sun Lee, Yu-Su Kim, Toshikazu Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 10824278
    Abstract: A electronic device and a display method thereof are provided. A control method of the electronic device includes: detecting a touch input on an auxiliary display area; in response to a touch input being detected on a first area of the auxiliary display area in a and the electronic being in a state in which the electronic is gripped by a user, processing the touch input as a user input; and, in response to the touch input being detected on a second area of the auxiliary display area different from the first area and the electronic being in the state in which the electronic is gripped by the user, disregarding the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-dong Bae, Hyun-sub Park, Dae-myung Kim, Jin-hyoung Park, Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Hee-seok Jeong, Ho-seong Seo, Yu-su Kim
  • Patent number: 10811910
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for are provided for a wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Seung-Woo Han
  • Patent number: 10797538
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wireless power receiver including a charging unit and a wireless power receiver are provided. The method includes receiving wireless power; rectifying the received wireless power and outputting Direct Current (DC) wireless power; and determining whether a voltage of the rectified wireless power is equal to or higher than an allowable voltage of the charging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 10797509
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a power receiver (PRx) that includes a receiver coil for receiving a power signal from a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless charging integrated circuit (IC) for converting the power signal into electrical energy, a power management circuit that is electrically connected to the PRx and configured to charge a battery using the electrical energy, and a processor that is electrically connected with the PRx and the power management circuit. The processor activates a power hold mode (PHM) if a charging level of the battery is a fully charged level and controls auxiliary charging of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Su Kim, Ji Young Kim, Se Ho Park, Woo Jin Jung, Young Joon Park, Jung Su Park
  • Patent number: 10797530
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20200313467
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power transmitter comprises: a power reception circuit receiving electromagnetic waves emitted from the wireless power receiver so as to output power having an alternating current waveform; a rectifier for rectifying the power, having an AC waveform, outputted from the power reception circuit into power having a direct current waveform; a DC/DC converter for converting, into a voltage of a preset level, a voltage of the power having a direct current waveform, the power being rectified by the rectifier; a charger for charging a battery by using the power having a DC waveform, converted from the DC/DC converter; an alternating current ground connected to the power reception circuit and/or the rectifier so as to receive at least a portion of the power having an alternating current waveform; and a direct current ground connected to the DC/DC converter and/or the charger so as to receive at least a portion of the power having a direct current
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Chong-Min LEE, Yu-Su KIM, Hyung-Koo CHUNG, Hyo-Seok HAN
  • Publication number: 20200287422
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20200259371
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Ho BYUN, Kyung-Woo LEE, Young-Min LEE, Se-Ho PARK, Yu-Su KIM, Sung-Ku YEO
  • Patent number: 10686326
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power transmitter comprises: a power reception circuit receiving electromagnetic waves emitted from the wireless power receiver so as to output power having an alternating current waveform; a rectifier for rectifying the power, having an AC waveform, outputted from the power reception circuit into power having a direct current waveform; a DC/DC converter for converting, into a voltage of a preset level, a voltage of the power having a direct current waveform, the power being rectified by the rectifier; a charger for charging a battery by using the power having a DC waveform, converted from the DC/DC converter; an alternating current ground connected to the power reception circuit and/or the rectifier so as to receive at least a portion of the power having an alternating current waveform; and a direct current ground connected to the DC/DC converter and/or the charger so as to receive at least a portion of the power having a direct current
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chong-Min Lee, Yu-Su Kim, Hyung-Koo Chung, Hyo-Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10658874
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for are provided for a wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Seung-Woo Han
  • Patent number: 10637299
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20200067342
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a power receiver (PRx) that includes a receiver coil for receiving a power signal from a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless charging integrated circuit (IC) for converting the power signal into electrical energy, a power management circuit that is electrically connected to the PRx and configured to charge a battery using the electrical energy, and a processor that is electrically connected with the PRx and the power management circuit. The processor activates a power hold mode (PHM) if a charging level of the battery is a fully charged level and controls auxiliary charging of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yu Su KIM, Ji Young KIM, Se Ho PARK, Woo Jin JUNG, Young Joon PARK, Jung Su PARK
  • Publication number: 20200028387
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wireless power receiver including a charging unit and a wireless power receiver are provided. The method includes receiving wireless power; rectifying the received wireless power and outputting Direct Current (DC) wireless power; and determining whether a voltage of the rectified wireless power is equal to or higher than an allowable voltage of the charging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Su KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Kang-Ho BYUN, Kyung-Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 10541564
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for are provided for a wireless power receiver. The method includes receiving power from a wireless power transmitter; measuring a temperature of a point in the wireless power receiver during reception of the wireless power; regulating the received power; identifying the temperature at a first time point; maintaining an amount of the regulated power to be provided to a battery with a first level if the identified temperature is lower than a preset temperature; decreasing the amount of the regulated power if the identified temperature is greater than or equal to the preset temperature; in response to decreasing the amount of the regulated power, identifying the temperature at a second time point after the first time point; and increasing the amount of the regulated power to the first level if the identified temperature at the second time point is lower than the preset temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Seung-Woo Han
  • Publication number: 20190379241
    Abstract: A power transmitting unit is provided. The power transmitting unit includes a signal generator configured to generate a signal of a first frequency band for wireless charging, a power generation circuit configured to generate a modulation signal for modulating the signal of the first frequency band generated by the signal generator, and amplify a transmit power of the signal of the first frequency band based on voltage supplied from the outside of the power transmitting unit, a power transmission circuit configured to transmit the amplified transmit power to a power receiving unit via a first antenna, a second antenna configured to receive information about a charging state from the power receiving unit through a second frequency band, and a control circuit configured to control a duty and frequency of the modulation signal based on the charging state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Zo KIM, Kyoung Won KIM, Han Seok PARK, Se Ho PARK, Yu Su KIM, Keum Su SONG, Ju Hyang LEE, Hyung Koo CHUNG, Kyung Min PARK, Yong Sang YUN
  • Publication number: 20190379242
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a controller to receive a signal from an external electronic device, and, based at least in part on the received signal, identify a wireless power scheme among at least two wireless power schemes. During the transmission mode, the controller controls the full bridge circuit to convert DC power to AC power based on a wireless power frequency corresponding to the identified wireless power scheme by controlling at least one transistor of the full bridge circuit, and controls to wirelessly transmit power based on the AC power to the external electronic device. During the reception mode, the controller controls to receive power from the external electronic device, controls the full bridge circuit to convert the received power to DC power by controlling transistors of the full bridge circuit, and controls to provide the converted DC power for the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku YEO, Dong-Zo KIM, Bong-Chul KIM, Yu-Su KIM