Abstract: An electronic device includes a front case including a first battery slot that detachably receives a battery, and a first protruding part protruded from a first sidewall of the first battery slot, wherein the first protruding part is disposed at a predetermined height from a bottom surface of the first battery slot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2018
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Inventors:
Min Su Jung, Yong Seok Lee, Hong Moon Chun
Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC), a method of testing the IC, and a method of manufacturing the IC are provided. The IC includes analog circuitry, digital circuitry, at least one first connector, and a switching unit operatively coupled with the at least one first connector and configured to, if a first signal is received, couple the analog circuitry and the at least one first connector, and, if a second signal is received, couple the digital circuitry and the at least one first connector.
Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides service guide information transmission and reception methods and devices. The service guide information transmission method according to the one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: generating service guide information including information on broadcast services and content; encoding the generated service guide information; and transmitting the encoded service guide information.
Abstract: A device displays signed application cards. The device receives a card object that includes: an application function identifier that identifies an application function of a native application, a digital signature, and a certificate that comprises a public key. The device verifies the authenticity of the digital signature with the public key in the certificate. The device determines that the certificate is signed by a developer of the native application referenced by the card object. The device renders an application card on the display based on the information included in the card object. The application card includes a text string, an image, an audio, and/or an image. The device overlays an indicator onto the application card. The indicator indicates that the authenticity of the digital signature has been verified. The indicator also indicates that the developer of the native application authorized the rendering of the application card.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2018
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Russel Reed, Eric Glover, Joseph Barrientos
Abstract: A flexible display device and fabrication method thereof are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the flexible substrate, a display unit disposed on the buffer layer covering a part of the buffer layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the display unit and a rest part of the buffer layer. At least one of the buffer layer and the thin film encapsulation layer includes a self-healing layer comprising a self-healing polymer material.
Abstract: A static random access memory (SRAM) device includes an inverter including a ninth first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer which is formed on the semiconductor substrate and in which a first first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a first body region, a second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a first second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second body region, and a second second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer are formed from the substrate side in that order; a first gate insulating film formed around the first body region; a first gate formed around the first gate insulating film; a second gate insulating film formed around the second body region; a second gate formed around the second gate insulating film; and a first output terminal connected to the second first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the first second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer.
Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for transmitting a synchronization signal and a synchronization channel in a wireless communication system supporting Device-to-Device (D2D) communication; and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, a method for transmitting a D2D synchronization signal and a D2D synchronization channel in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication comprises mapping the D2D synchronization signal and the D2D synchronization channel to a physical resource; and transmitting the mapped D2D synchronization signal and D2D synchronization channel to a UE, wherein the D2D synchronization signal is mapped to 64 subcarriers in the frequency domain, and the D2D synchronization channel is mapped to the same resource block with the D2D synchronization signal.
Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for receiving and transmitting, by a mobility management entity (MME), tracking area update (TAU)-less power saving mode (PSM) related signals, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a terminal, a first TAU request message including information related to a TAU-less PSM entity; transmitting a TAU accept message in response to the first TAU request message; and receiving a second TAU request message including information related to release of the TAU-less PSM, wherein the second TAU request message including information related to release of the TAU-less PSM is regarded by the MME as an attach request.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 28, 2016
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventors:
Laeyoung KIM, Sungduck CHUN, Jinsook RYU, Hyunsook KIM, Jaehyun KIM, Taehun KIM
Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring an image comprising a guide member positioned in an area at which a display device is to be installed; displaying the acquired image; analyzing a background area of the acquired image, the background area being positioned within the guide member in the acquired image; and acquiring information about a background image that is to be displayed in the background area of the acquired image.
Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory that stores a specified criterion for classifying a type of a touch region according to an assigned function, and a processor that classifies at least one touch region as belonging to a palm region for assigning a first function or to a pen region for assigning a second function based on the specified criterion if a touch to a touch panel is detected, issues an individual identifier (ID) for the pen region, and issues a group ID after performing grouping for the palm region.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 29, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Sun Rock LEE, Yong Min JUNG, Jeong Shan NA, Han Jin PARK
Abstract: A touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first conductive film including a first sensor electrode on one surface thereof; a second conductive film including a second sensor electrode insulated from the first sensor electrode; and a transparent adhesive layer positioned between the first conductive film and the second conductive film. The first sensor electrode is positioned on one surface of the first conductive film, which faces the transparent adhesive layer, and the second sensor electrode is positioned on one surface of the second conductive film, which faces the transparent adhesive layer. The other surface of the first conductive film, which is opposite to the one surface thereof, is positioned on the top surface to constitute an outer surface.
Abstract: A semiconductor device including an isolation insulating film having a first thickness that is located between a drain region and a source region; a gate electrode formed over a region located between the isolation insulating film and the source region and that includes a part serving as a channel; an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the gate electrode; and a contact plug formed to reach the inside of the isolation insulating film while penetrating the interlayer insulating film, wherein the contact plug includes a buried part that is formed from the surface of the isolation insulating film up to a depth corresponding to a second thickness thinner than the first thickness.
Abstract: A laser radar system is installed in a moving body and includes a plurality of scanning type laser radar devices which detect distances to an object. The scanning type laser radar device has a first direction and a second direction in a scanning range. In the first direction, a detectable distance to an object having identical reflectance is longer. In the second direction, a detectable distance to an object having identical reflectance is shorter. The scanning range of one scanning type laser radar device overlaps with the scanning range of another scanning type laser radar device adjacent to the one scanning type laser radar device such that the detectable area in the first direction of the one scanning type laser radar device overlaps with the detectable area in the second direction of the other scanning type laser radar device.
Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for sharing and learning driving environment data to improve the decision intelligence of an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus for sharing and learning driving environment data to improve the decision intelligence of an autonomous vehicle includes a sensing section which senses surrounding vehicles traveling within a preset distance from the autonomous vehicle, a communicator which transmits and receives data between the autonomous vehicle and another vehicle or a cloud server, a storage which stores precise lane-level map data, and a learning section which generates mapping data centered on the autonomous vehicle by mapping driving environment data of a sensing result of the sensing section to the precise map data, transmits the mapping data to the other vehicle or the cloud server through the communicator, and performs learning for autonomous driving using the mapping data and data received from the other vehicle or the cloud server.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Kyoung Wook MIN, Jeong Dan CHOI, Jun Gyu KANG, Sang Heon PARK, Kyung Bok SUNG, Joo Chan SOHN, Dong Jin LEE, Yong Woo JO, Seung Jun HAN
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first board that time-divides each of a plurality of parallel data and generates a plurality of packets corresponding to each time period based on levels of each of the plurality of parallel data included in each time period in order to convert the plurality of parallel data into serial data; and a second board that determines levels of each of the plurality of parallel data in each time period to convert the serial data into the plurality of parallel data when the serial data are received from the first board, in which the first board may convert the data into a first signal or a second signal based on the levels of the data included in each time period in order to generate the packets.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 10, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
In-beom KIM, Seok-hun KANG, Bong-su KIM, Soo-hong KIM, Eun-jae LEE
Abstract: A method, performed by a device, of processing an image, may include obtaining a circular image generated by photographing a target space through a fisheye lens; generating metadata including lens shading compensation information for correcting color information of the obtained circular image; and transmitting the obtained circular image and the metadata to a terminal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 12, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jae-yun JEONG, Byeong-doo CHOI, Jae-kyeong LEE, Eric YIP, Jae-eun KANG
Abstract: A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load may include a rectifier circuit configured to receive a phase-control voltage and produce a rectified voltage. A power converter may be configured to receive the rectified voltage at an input and generate a bus voltage. An input capacitor may be coupled across the input of the power converter. The input capacitor may be adapted to charge when the magnitude of the phase control voltage is approximately zero volts. The power converter may be configured to operate in a boost mode, such that the magnitude of the bus voltage is greater than a peak magnitude of the input voltage. The power converter may be configured to operate in a buck mode to charge the input capacitor from the bus voltage when the magnitude of the phase-control voltage is approximately zero volts.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 7, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Taipale, Matthew Robert Blakeley, Johnathan Paul Ross, Russell L. MacAdam
Abstract: A method of providing a broadcast service, the method includes generating service data for a broadcast service and Service Layer Signaling (SLS) for signaling the broadcast service; generating a signaling table having information used for indicating a transport session carrying the SLS for the broadcast service; and transmitting the service data, the SLS and the signaling table via a broadcast network, wherein the SLS includes a Service-based Transport Session Instance Description (S-TSID) and a Media Presentation Description (MPD), wherein the S-TSID includes information for indicating transport sessions carrying service components and content items for the broadcast service, the MPD includes a period element having an event stream element, the event stream element includes a plurality of event elements, and each of the event elements includes an event ID for an event and timing information for indicating start time of the event.