Patents Assigned to Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20230044798Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array and an electronic device including the color sensor. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels and having a two-dimensional array of unit pixels including the first pixel and the second pixel; and a color separating lens array configured to concentrate light of a first wavelength on each of the first pixels, and concentrate light of a second wavelength on each of the second pixels, wherein at least one pixel of the unit pixel includes a plurality of light sensing cells for independently sensing light by being electrically separated by a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure, and the color separating lens array includes a nanopost array, which does not include a nanopost provided on the DTI structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungmo AHN, Sookyoung ROH, Sangyun LEE, Sangeun MUN, Seokho YUN
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Publication number: 20230040733Abstract: Provided is an integrated circuit including standard cells arranged over a plurality of rows. The standard cells may include: a plurality of functional cells each implemented as a logic circuit; and a plurality of filler cells including at least one first filler cell and at least one second filler cell that each include at least one pattern from among a back end of line (BEOL) pattern, a middle of line (MOL) pattern, and a front end of line (FEOL) pattern, and wherein the at least one first filler cell and the at least one second filler cell have a same size as each other, and a density of one of the at least one pattern of the at least one first filler cell is different from a density of one of the at least one pattern of the at least one second filler cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jisu YU, Woojin RIM, Jungho DO, Jaewoo SEO, Hyeongyu YOU, Minjae JEONG
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Publication number: 20230045334Abstract: A method of an electronic device including obtaining a low-resolution input image by down-sampling a high-resolution input image; obtaining a low-resolution output image by performing image quality processing on the low-resolution input image; obtaining a low-resolution model from a conversion relationship between the low-resolution input image prior to the image quality processing being performed and the low-resolution output image subsequent to the image quality processing being performed; performing up-sampling of the low-resolution model; obtaining a high-resolution model by modifying the up-sampled low-resolution model, based on a difference between the high-resolution input image and the low-resolution input image; and obtaining a high-resolution output image from the high-resolution input image, by applying the high-resolution model to the high-resolution input image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Taegyoung AHN
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Publication number: 20230040505Abstract: A projector device comprises: an image projection unit for projecting a guide image including a plurality of first objects; a camera; and a processor for obtaining a captured image acquired by the camera, the captured image including a guide image projected through the image projection unit. The processor identifies first location information corresponding to a location of each of a plurality of first objects included in the obtained captured image, identifies second location information corresponding to a location of each of a plurality of second objects related to the plurality of first objects, respectively, on the basis of the obtained captured image, and acquires image correction information on the basis of the first location information and the second location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungho CHAE, Seungil YOON, Hyunkyu YUN
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Publication number: 20230037686Abstract: An electronic apparatus projecting an image is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a main body, a projector, a plurality of sensors including an acceleration sensor that detects a sensing value, and a plurality of distance sensors that detect a distance value between the electronic apparatus and a screen, a support connected to the main body, and a processor configured to identify a vertical angle by which the electronic apparatus is tilted, based on a sensing value detected by the acceleration sensor, identify a rotation angle by which the electronic apparatus is rotated based on a distance value detected by the plurality of distance sensors, perform a function corresponding to a keystone correction on an image to provide a modified image, identify a size of the modified image based on the vertical angle or the rotation angle, and control the projector to project the modified image based on the size of the modified image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.Inventors: Eunseok CHOI, Byungseok Soh, Sungho Chae
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Publication number: 20230043259Abstract: A video decoding method includes determining, based on an area of a current block, whether a multi-prediction combination mode for predicting the current block by combining prediction results obtained according to a plurality of prediction modes is applied to the current block, when the multi-prediction combination mode is applied to the current block, determining the plurality of prediction modes to be applied to the current block, generating a plurality of prediction blocks of the current block, according to the plurality of prediction modes, and determining a combined prediction block of the current block, by combining the plurality of prediction blocks according to respective weights.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seungsoo JEONG, Chanyul KIM, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
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Publication number: 20230044532Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing apparatus are provided to obtain input data for deblocking filtering based on deblocking filtering target pixels of at least one line perpendicular to a boundary line of blocks and encoding information about the deblocking filtering target pixels of at least one line, obtain a feature map of the input data by inputting the input data to a first neural network, obtain a deblocking filter coefficient by inputting the feature map to a second neural network, obtain a deblocking filter compensation value by inputting the feature map to a third neural network, obtain a deblocking filter strength by inputting the input data to a fourth neural network, obtain deblocking filtered pixels by performing deblocking filtering on the deblocking filtering target pixels of the at least one line using the deblocking filter coefficient, the deblocking filter compensation value, and the deblocking filter strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.Inventors: Quockhanh DINH, Kwangpyo CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Yinji PIAO
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Publication number: 20230038735Abstract: A modular refrigerator including a main cabinet, and a sub-cabinet selectively coupleable to a right side, an upper side, and a left side, of the main cabinet. The main cabinet includes a cooling unit, a first connection duct for cold air generated by the cooling unit to flow toward the right side, a second connection duct for the cold air to flow toward the upper side, and a third connection duct for the cold air to flow toward the left side. The sub-cabinet includes a first branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the right side, communicates with the first connection duct, a second branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the upper side, communicates with the second connection duct, and a third branch duct that, when the sub-cabinet is coupled to the left side, communicates with third connection duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jisook LEE, Changhyun KIM, Hyunjoo KIM, Hosang PARK, Eungryeol SEO, Wonjae YOON
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Publication number: 20230044621Abstract: An apparatus for gene amplification includes a gene amplification chip including a well configured to accept a sample that is loaded into the well; the gene amplification chip being configured to: thermally dissolve the sample in the well so that a microbe present in the sample is thermally dissolved in the well to release genes in the microbe; and amplify the released genes in the well. The apparatus for gene amplification also includes a temperature controller configured to control a thermal dissolution temperature and a gene amplification temperature of the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Won Jong JUNG, Kwon-Young CHOI, Kak NAMKOONG, Hyuna PARK, Hyeong Seok JANG
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Publication number: 20230038848Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method of applying a deblocking filter to neighboring pixels adjacent to a boundary of a current block, the video decoding method including selecting a deblocking filter to be applied to the neighboring pixels from among a plurality of deblocking filters according to pixel values of the neighboring pixels and a size of the current block, and applying the selected deblocking filter to the neighboring pixels, wherein the plurality of deblocking filters include three or more deblocking filters having different ranges of neighboring pixels to which deblocking filtering is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woong-il CHOI, Sun-il Lee, Ki-ho Choi
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Publication number: 20230039876Abstract: A refrigerator with reduced material costs and improved productivity by forming a partition space inside a storage chamber in a simple structure. A refrigerator includes an outer case provided to form an external appearance, an inner case arranged at an inner side of the outer case to form a storage chamber, a partition provided to partition the inner case to form a partition space in the storage chamber, a cover provided to open or close the partition space, and a damper mounted on the partition to reduce an opening speed of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seyeun CHANG, Myoungjin JANG, Eun HEO, Sungjin PARK, Jisick HWANG
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Publication number: 20230039507Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cell region and a peripheral circuit region. The cell region includes gate electrode layers stacked on a substrate, channel structures extending in a first direction, extending through the gate electrode layers, and connected to the substrate, and bit lines extending in a second direction and connected to the channel structures above the gate electrode layers. The peripheral circuit region includes page buffers connected to the bit lines. Each page buffer includes a first and second elements adjacent to each other in the second direction and sharing a common active region between a first gate structure of the first element and a second gate structure of the second element in the second direction. Boundaries of the common active region include an oblique boundary extending in an oblique direction forming an angle between 0 and 90 degrees with the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changbum KIM, Sunghoon KIM
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Publication number: 20230041221Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes a lower plate including a lower link arm and a lower support, the lower support being fixed to an upper surface of the lower plate, an upper plate on the lower plate and configured to support a wafer stacking box on an upper surface of the upper plate, the upper plate including an upper link arm, and an upper support that is fixed to the upper surface of the upper plate, and a fixing member that is connected to the upper link arm, the fixing member configured to selectively contact the wafer stacking box. The upper plate is aligned with the lower plate in a first horizontal direction, and is configured to perform linear movement on the lower plate in the first horizontal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangmin KIM, Youngwook KIM, Ginam PARK, Chuljun PARK, Jeongjae BANG, Jaesung BYUN, Yongjun AHN, Sangkyung LEE, Hyunwoo LEE, Junhyuk CHANG
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Publication number: 20230042014Abstract: A display apparatus, a control method thereof and a recording medium are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display; a communicator configured to communicate with at least one external apparatus; and a processor configured to: control a user interface (UI) to be displayed on the display, the UI including a first item corresponding to the display apparatus and a second item corresponding to the at least one external apparatus and being displayed to distinguish between an external apparatus connected to the display apparatus and an external apparatus disconnected from the display apparatus, and, based on one of at least one of the second item being selected, control the external apparatus corresponding to the selected item to be connected to or disconnected from the display apparatus through the communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Joo CHUNG, Woo Seok Kang, Doo Hyun Kim, Sang Kwon NA, Chul Woo Lee, Doo Chan Hwang, Ki Won Yoo
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Publication number: 20230037826Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium that stores computer program code which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to execute tools for designing an integrated circuit (IC). The tools include a placing and routing tool that generates layout data and wire data corresponding to a net included in the IC by placing and routing standard cells defining the IC, the wire data including physical information of a wire implementing the net, and a timing analysis tool that calculates a wire delay with respect to the wire corresponding to the net, based on the physical information, updates the wire delay based on process variation of the wire, and calculates a timing slack by using the updated wire delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-pil Lee, Bong-il Park, Moon-su Kim, Sun-ik Heo
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Publication number: 20230038306Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including: a cleaner main body configured to generate suction force; and a suctioner including a head having a suction inlet to suck dust by the suction force and a brush drum rotatably provided in the suction inlet to sweep dust on a floor. The brush drum includes convex portions projected from an outer circumferential surface of the brush drum and spirally extended in a rotational axial direction of the brush drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Taegwang KIM, Dongwoo HA, Kihwan KWON, Kyoungwoong KIM, Seokman HONG
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Publication number: 20230039542Abstract: Provided is a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photodiode configured to generate a photocharge in a frame including a plurality of unit frames, a floating diffusion node configured to receive the photocharge, a first storage capacitor configured to receive and store a first photocharge generated by the photodiode through the floating diffusion node during a first unit accumulation time period in each of the plurality of unit frames, and a second storage capacitor configured to receive and store a second photocharge generated by the photodiode through the floating diffusion node during a second unit accumulation time period in each of the plurality of unit frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minwoong SEO, Hyunyong JUNG, Daehee BAE, Myunglae CHU
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Publication number: 20230038006Abstract: An object detection method performed by an object detection apparatus, includes receiving an input image, obtaining, using an object detection model, a result of detecting a target candidate object from the input image, obtaining, using an error prediction model, a result of detecting an error object from the input image, and detecting a target object in the input image based on the result of detecting the target candidate object and the result of detecting the error object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kikyung KIM, INSOO KIM, JIWON BAEK, SEUNGJU HAN, JAEJOON HAN
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Publication number: 20230041187Abstract: A method of decoding an image based on cross-channel prediction using artificial intelligence (AI) includes obtaining cross-channel prediction information by applying feature data for cross-channel prediction to a neural-network-based cross-channel decoder, obtaining a predicted image of a chroma image by performing cross-channel prediction based on a reconstructed luma image and the cross-channel prediction information, obtaining a residual image of the chroma image by applying feature data of the chroma image to a neural-network-based chroma residual decoder, and reconstructing the chroma image based on the predicted image and the residual image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Quockhanh DINH, Kwangpyo Choi
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Publication number: 20230039410Abstract: A semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device package is provided. The semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device package includes: a semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device mounted on the first surface of the package substrate and configured to emit deep ultraviolet light including a wavelength in a range of 250 nm to 285 nm; a reflector disposed on the first surface of the package substrate to surround the semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device, and including an inclined sidewall that defines an opening of the reflector, the semiconductor ultraviolet light emitting device disposed within the opening; and a light transmitting cover including a lower surface covering the opening and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, wherein an antireflective layer is disposed on at least one from among the lower surface and the upper surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junghun Lee, Kyoungjun Kim, Sun Kim, Seolyoung Choi