Patents Assigned to In-Electronic
  • Patent number: 10041718
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator may include sensing whether a door of a refrigerator compartment is open, determining whether a compressor of the refrigerator is being driven, continuing driving a fan of the refrigerator if the door is open and the compressor is being driven, and driving the fan until the compressor is driven if the door is open and the compressor is not being driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10043983
    Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, X1 to X8, X11 to X18, Y11, and Z11 to Z14 are the same as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soonok Jeon, Sangmo Kim, Hyunjung Kim, Yeonsook Chung, Yongsik Jung, Miyoung Chae, Dalho Huh, Jongsoo Kim, Myungsun Sim
  • Patent number: 10045006
    Abstract: There are provided a mobile terminal including light emitting devices and a method for controlling the same. A mobile terminal includes a camera, a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting devices, the light emitting unit emitting light toward a space corresponding to an image received through the camera, and a controller for controlling light emitting devices, which emit light toward a space corresponding to a portion of the image among the plurality of light emitting devices, to be used in extracting depth information of the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ayoung Cho, Yunsup Shin, Salkmann Ji, Jinwon Kang
  • Patent number: 10041716
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body including a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a machine room defined in a lower portion of the main body and in which a base is disposed, a compressor placed on the base to compress a refrigerant, a condenser placed on the base, the condenser being disposed at one side of the compressor, a valve device into which the refrigerant condensed in the condenser is introduced, the valve device including a plurality of discharge parts for discharging the refrigerant, a plurality of expansion devices connected to the plurality of discharge parts, and a plurality of evaporators including a first evaporator and a second evaporator which are connected to the plurality of expansion devices. The valve device is disposed inclined at a set angle toward one discharge part of the plurality of discharge parts with respect to a virtual line that is perpendicular to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangbong Lee, Hyoungkeun Lim, Myungjin Chung
  • Patent number: 10042391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of operating an electronic device having a foldable display by displaying information on a screen of the foldable display, determining that the screen is folded into a plurality of layers, altering an attribute of the information in response to the determining that the screen is folded into the plurality of layers; and displaying the information with the altered attribute on the screen being folded into the plurality of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsang Yun, Soyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10043382
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of displaying a message are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to communicate with at least one home appliance; a storage configured to store a user setting message; and a controller configured to control the communicator to communicate with a home appliance selected by a user, and to display the user setting message on the display according to a preset condition satisfaction signal in response to the preset condition satisfaction signal being received from the home appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-joong Noh
  • Patent number: 10040994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a phosphor represented by the following formula: K2[Ge1-xF6]:Mnx4+, wherein 0<x<0.2. The phosphor has a hexagonal phase of a P63mc space group. The present invention also provides a method for fabricating the above phosphor. The present invention further provides a light-emitting device and a backlight module employing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Che Lin, Ling-Ling Wei, Huan Jiao, Ru-Shi Liu, Ching-Yi Chen, Yu-Chun Lee, Tzong-Liang Tsai
  • Patent number: 10043803
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active pattern thereon, a gate electrode intersecting the active pattern, and a spacer on a sidewall of the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a first metal pattern adjacent to the active pattern. The first metal pattern has a first portion parallel to the sidewall and a second portion parallel to the substrate. A top surface of the first portion has a descent in a direction from the spacer towards the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonkeun Chung, Gigwan Park, Huyong Lee, TaekSoo Jeon, Sangjin Hyun
  • Patent number: 10042551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefor. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen configured to display information on a screen of a circle form and a controller configured to control two or more touch keys to which at least one or more characters different from each other are respectively assigned to be arranged along with a border of the screen and when a first touch input is received on at least one or more keys among the touch keys, the controller configured to control an operation relevant to the at least one or more characters assigned to the at least one or more keys. A user can easily input a character and watch a currently used screen at a glance at the same time in a manner of displaying each of the touch keys of a keypad along with the border of the touch screen of the circle form in a size capable of being easily touched by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyukjae Jang, Boram Kim, Dongsu Han, Gukchan Lim, Yoonwoo Lee, Sungho Woo, Hongjo Shim, Seonghyok Kim
  • Patent number: 10044506
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a cover; a sensing unit; a memory; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory and the cover, configured to: acquire authentication information by using the sensing unit; detect a current state of the cover; and disable a locking function in response to detecting that the cover is in a closed state and the authentication information satisfies a first condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 10039434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a home appliance provided with a drying apparatus, capable of improving the drying performance. The home appliance includes a body, a dishwashing tub provided in the body and in which a washing operation and a drying operation are conducted, and a drying apparatus provided in the dishwashing tub, and configured to suction air inside the dishwashing tub and discharge the suctioned air to the inside of the dishwashing tub again. The drying apparatus includes a drying duct communicating with the dishwashing tub, a heat pump unit including an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve, and the evaporator and the condenser are disposed inside the drying duct such that air in the dishwashing tub passes through the evaporator first and then the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Park, Eung Ryeol Seo, Hyun Joo Jeon, Jun Kyu Jung, Joo Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 10042246
    Abstract: A photomask includes a transparent substrate, a mask pattern formed on the substrate, and a protective layer pattern covering side walls of the mask pattern, wherein a top of the protective layer pattern is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Keun Oh, Hyung-Ho Ko, Byung-Gook Kim, Jae-Hyuck Choi, Jun-Youl Choi
  • Patent number: 10042482
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Patent number: 10044272
    Abstract: A transmitting device including: a modem configured to generate a baseband signal and an envelope data corresponding to the baseband signal; a supply modulator including a first switched-mode power supplier and a second switched-mode power supplier, the supply modulator configured to provide a modulated voltage to an output node based on the envelope data; and a power amplifier configured to amplify a carrier wave signal by using the modulated voltages, the carrier wave signal being associated with the baseband signal, wherein the first switched-mode power supplier includes: a pulse input node to receive a pulse signal generated in association with the envelope data; and a plurality of stages sequentially connected between the pulse input node and the output node, the plurality of stages configured to adjust the modulated voltage by filtering certain frequency band of the pulse signal, and the plurality of stages includes at least one variable impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Seon Paek, Dongsu Kim, Younghwan Choo
  • Patent number: 10042490
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate. A common electrode layer and multiple gate lines and data lines are arranged above the substrate. Multiple pixel units are defined by intersecting the gate lines with the data lines insulatively. The multiple pixel units include thin-film transistors and pixel electrodes. Electrode block wires and wire shielding electrodes are arranged above the substrate. The common electrode layer includes electrode blocks arranged in a matrix. In a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the electrode block wire is arranged opposite to the electrode block, and is electrically connected to the electrode block to provide a touch signal or display signal to the electrode block; and the electrode block wire partially overlaps with the wire shielding electrode, and is arranged between the wire shielding electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Conghua Ma, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10044703
    Abstract: A password registration method of a user device which uses a password-based authentication manner is provided. The password registration method includes combining a salt to an input password to generate a combination password; expanding the combination password to generate an expanded password of which a data length is increased; compressing the expanded password to output authentication data; and storing the authentication data in an authentication database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jesang Lee, Sunghyun Kim, Minja Han
  • Patent number: 10041706
    Abstract: An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor device; an electric heat pump (EHP) outdoor device connected to the at least one indoor device, configured to drive a first compressor using electric power, and having a first outdoor heat exchanger for heat exchange of a refrigerant; a gas heat pump (GHP) outdoor device connected to the at least one indoor device, and having an engine configured to drive a second compressor using a burned gas, a second outdoor heat exchanger for heat exchange of the refrigerant, and a waste heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the refrigerant using waste heat of the engine; and a low pressure refrigerant common pipe configured to connect the first outdoor heat exchanger with the second outdoor heat exchanger and to supply a low pressure refrigerant of the GHP outdoor device to the EHP outdoor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kwangho Shin, Hojong Jeong, Minho Chung, Song Choi
  • Patent number: 10042906
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus for data processing, the apparatus including a receiving module configured to receive first data; a data processing module configured to process the first data received from the receiving module, to generate second data including meta data of the first data, and third data including the first data with its data type changed to an array type; and a mapping module configured to change a system of the first data and second data received from the data processing module to generate fourth data and fifth data, and to generate sixth data including mapping data of between the first data and fourth data and between the second data and fifth data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyeon Park, Dae Heon Park, Hyun Hak Kim, Eun Ju Lee, Tae Wook Heo
  • Patent number: 10044120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector. Aforementioned connector includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a third connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first case, a first insulator, and a first conductive terminal, wherein the first case defines a first receiving chamber therein, the first insulator is received in the first receiving chamber, an external sidewall of the first case is provided with a first step. The second case defines a containing hole, the PCB board is received in the containing hole, a first end and a second end of the second case each defines a latching groove, the latching grooves is in communication with the containing hole. The third connecting member includes a third case, a second insulator, and a second conductive terminal, wherein the third case defines a second receiving chamber therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHENTAI WEIXIANG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Ping Chen
  • Patent number: D824870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihoon Shin, Youngho Kim, Hyoni Kim