Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronic Co, Ltd.
  • Mobile device and method of pairing the same with electronic device
    Patent number: 10136460
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Jae-young Lee, Hyun-jung Kim
  • Chip-on-film semiconductor packages and display apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 10134667
    Abstract: Provided are a chip-on-film (COF) semiconductor package capable of improving connection characteristics and a display apparatus including the package. The COF semiconductor package includes a film substrate, a conductive interconnection located on at least one surface of the film substrate and an output pin connected to the conductive interconnection and located at one edge on a first surface of the film substrate, a semiconductor chip connected to the conductive interconnection and mounted on the first surface of the film substrate, a solder resist layer on the first surface of the film substrate to cover at least a portion of the conductive interconnection, and at least one barrier dam on the solder resist layer between the semiconductor chip and the output pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-woo Kim, Jae-min Jung, Ji-yong Park, Jeong-kyu Ha, Woon-bae Kim
  • Method for controlling security and electronic device thereof
    Patent number: 10133393
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling security in an electronic device are provided. The operating method of an electronic device includes detecting at least one touch input, detecting at least one of a touch area, a touch shape, or the number of touches, which correspond to each of the at least one touch input, and creating a reference pattern for the unlocking, based on at least one of the touch area, the touch shape, or the number of touches, which correspond to each of the at least one touch input. Other embodiments may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Danlei Yu
  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 10134838
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes active patterns extending in a second direction, a third device isolation layer disposed on an upper portion of the substrate that includes a PMOSFET region and an NMOSFET region, and a gate electrode that extends across the active patterns in a first direction that crosses the second direction. The active patterns extend across the PMOSFET region and the NMOSFET region. The third device isolation layer lies between the PMOSFET region and the NMOSFET region. The third device isolation layer comprises a first part that extends in the second direction and a second part that extends in a third direction that crosses the first and second directions. The second part has opposite sidewalls parallel to the third direction, in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung-Ho Kang, Jung-Ho Do, Giyoung Yang, Seungyoung Lee
  • Method, terminal, and system for reproducing content
    Patent number: 10135898
    Abstract: A method of reproducing content is provided. The method includes, when a sync terminal reproduces content by receiving the content from a source terminal via a certain network, reproducing the content in a mirroring mode during a certain time, buffering image data corresponding to the content to be reproduced after the certain time, during the certain time, and reproducing the content in a streaming mode after the certain time by using the buffered image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-il Hahm, Han-min Bang, Jin-guk Jeong
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring internet connection status in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10136376
    Abstract: A method and mobile station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether there is a packet that is at least one of transmitted and received for each of time intervals, determining a traffic status of at least one of transmission and reception based on a result of the determining of whether there is the packet that is the at least one of transmitted and received for each of the time intervals, and determining the internet connection status based on the determined traffic status of the at least on transmission and reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Jin Yoon, Jiangwei Xu, Hyeon-Jin Kang, Kill-Yeon Kim, Yong-Seok Park
  • Speaker device and audio output device including the same
    Patent number: 10136212
    Abstract: A coaxial speaker device using a P-type speaker and an audio output device including the same are provided. The speaker device includes a first speaker configured to output a high-pitched audio, a second speaker including a P-type magnet and configured to output a low-pitched audio, and a holder configured to coaxially couple the first speaker and the second speaker. The holder includes a first protrusion configured to be coupled to a lower end of the first speaker and a second protrusion configured to be coupled to an upper end of the second speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-sun Lee, Se-june Park, Ho-jin Yoon
  • Methods of forming a low-k dielectric layer and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same
    Patent number: 10134583
    Abstract: A method of forming a dielectric layer includes forming a preliminary dielectric layer on a substrate using a silicon precursor and performing an energy treatment on the preliminary dielectric layer to form a dielectric layer. In the dielectric layer, a ratio of Si—CH3 bonding unit to Si—O bonding unit ranges from 0.5 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., DNF Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunhye Hwang, Myong Woon Kim, Younjoung Cho, Sang Ick Lee, Sang Yong Jeon, In Kyung Jung, Wonwoong Chung, Jungsik Choi
  • Image display apparatus, method for driving the same, and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10134387
    Abstract: An image display apparatus, a method for driving the same, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The image display apparatus includes a speech acquirer configured to acquire a speech command created by a user, a speech recognition executor configured to acquire text information which has a phonetic symbol that is the same as or similar to a phonetic symbol of a text-based recognition result corresponding to the acquired speech command and is expressed in a form that is different from a form of the text-based recognition result, and an operation performer configured to perform an operation corresponding to the acquired text information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-shik Bouk, Kyung-mi Park, Nam-yeong Kwon
  • Antenna for portable device
    Patent number: 10135121
    Abstract: An antenna device of a portable device such as a smartphone includes a connecting member having a conductive case and mounted on a circuit board of the portable device in a manner such that the case is connected to a ground surface of the circuit board; a radiator spaced from the circuit board; and at least one connecting pin provided between the case and the radiator. The radiator is connected to the ground surface through the connecting pin and the case. The antenna device advantageously may be easily installed in the internal space of a miniaturized, lightened and/or slimmed portable device by practically using a conductive component, e.g., the case, of the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Park, Ho-Saeng Kim, Yeon-Woo Kim, Seong-Tae Jeong, Sang-Min Han
  • Method and apparatus for charging a battery
    Patent number: 10135263
    Abstract: A method is provided comprising: detecting a connection between an electronic device and a battery charger; transmitting to the battery charger a first request for at least one of a first voltage level and a first current level; receiving from the battery charger a signal; and charging a battery of the electronic device with the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Ku-Chul Jung, Erik Wilson Maier, Oscar Freitas, Kisun Lee, Chul-Eun Yun, Kwang-Sub Lee
  • Autonomous cleaner
    Patent number: 10130234
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaner includes a body having a first housing formed at a front and a second housing formed at a rear of the first housing; a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor; a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust inlet into the brush unit; a driving unit to drive the body and coupled to the second housing to be positioned at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit; and a power unit installed at the second housing and coupled to be positioned at a rear of the dust collecting unit. The miniaturization of the autonomous cleaner may be provided while at the same time the capacity of a dust collecting container and the capacity of a battery are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwi-Chan Jang, Tae Soo Kim, Hyun Soo Jung, Sang Hwa Choi, Sang Sik Yoon, Shin Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Yeon Kyu Jeong, Hak Bong Lee, Young Ho Ko, Kyoung Woung Kim
  • Method and apparatus for applying graphic effect in electronic device
    Patent number: 10134161
    Abstract: A method for applying a graphic effect in an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving an input of a filling line that indicates attribute information of a graphic effect to be applied to at least a partial area of an image displayed in a screen, identifying an attribute of the received filling line, and applying the graphic effect corresponding to the identified attribute of the filling line to at least the partial area of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyeon Kang, Sejun Song, Youngeun Han
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting signal in communication system
    Patent number: 10135637
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal in a communication system includes transmitting a signal using pre-generated matrix, wherein the pre-generated matrix is generated by repeating one matrix including zero elements by a predetermined number of times and a particular sequence is allocated to non-zero elements included in the pre-generated matrix. An apparatus for receiving a signal in a communication system includes at least one processor configured to make a control to receive a transmitted signal based on a pre-generated matrix and to receive the signal, wherein the pre-generated matrix is generated by repeating one matrix including zero elements by a predetermined number of times and a particular sequence is allocated to non-zero elements included in the pre-generated matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae-Won Kim, Hyun-Cheol Park, Eun-Hye Heo
  • Apparatus and method for achieving synchronization in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10136401
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal that is related to achieving synchronization in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving signals with a bandwidth comprising a plurality of channels, selecting at least one channel group to attempt to detect based on radio frequency level per a reception signal, wherein the channel group denotes a set of channels that belongs to one bandwidth, and performing a synchronization procedure on each of channels that belong to the at least one channel group selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kuk Choi, Kwang-Chul Kim, Hun-Kee Kim
  • Semiconductor chip, semiconductor package including the same, and method of manufacturing semiconductor chip
    Patent number: 10134702
    Abstract: The semiconductor chip including a semiconductor device layer including a pad region and a cell region, a plurality of uppermost wirings formed on the semiconductor device layer to be arranged at an equal distance in the cell region, a passivation layer formed in the cell region and the pad region, and a plurality of thermal bumps disposed on the passivation layer to be electrically insulated from the plurality of uppermost wirings may be provided. The semiconductor device layer may include a plurality of through silicon via (TSV) structures in the pad region. The plurality of uppermost wirings may extend in parallel along one direction and have a same width. The passivation layer may cover at least a top surface of the plurality of uppermost wirings in the cell region and includes a top surface having a wave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-kyoung Seo, Seung-kwan Ryu, Cha-jea Jo, Tae-Je Cho
  • Robot cleaner
    Patent number: 10130233
    Abstract: A robot cleaner that sweeps dust on the floor toward its center and absorbs the dust through a small-area inlet with a strong suction force, by a cleaning tool that integrates functions of side brushes and a main brush into one. The present disclosure also provides a robot cleaner that enables a large-diameter foreign material to be guided to and effectively absorbed through the inlet without interference by a cleaning tool. The robot cleaner includes a main unit including a fan motor and a dust collector and having an inlet arranged on a base to absorb foreign materials, and a cleaning tool arranged in the bottom of the base, extending to a front side of the base from the inlet and guiding a foreign material on a floor to a side of the inlet, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged to be movable by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hwi Jang, Jin Sung Kim, Sin Ae Kim, Won kuk Kim, Young Jae Park, Hyo Won Sin
  • Display apparatus
    Patent number: 10133381
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel; an image processing board configured to output a video signal to the display panel; and a support member provided between the display panel and the image processing board and configured to support the display panel, the support member including: at least two plates arranged along one side of the display panel; and at least one artificial muscle connecting the at least two plates and configured to be deformed to change a shape of the support member in accordance with a voltage applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Young Huh, Kyung Wan Park, Hee Seok Jeong, Seung Soo Kang
  • SSD storage device
    Patent number: D834025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: G. M Lim, Eun-jin Yun
  • Method and system for providing virtual messenger service
    Patent number: RE47137
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for providing a virtual messenger service between a mobile communication terminal and a computer. The method includes executing a virtual messenger program for controlling a function of a mobile communication terminal, and receiving a telephone directory provided within the mobile communication terminal; displaying a messenger window when receiving a request for activating the messenger window that collectively includes the telephone directory and menus; generating a communication event message related with a selected telephone number of the other party; and transmitting the generated event message to the mobile communication terminal, and displaying a notification of a communication event to an other party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Kim, Jae-Hwan Kim