Patents Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO.
  • Publication number: 20240068147
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus including an accommodating chamber to accommodate a target; a heat pump apparatus to dehumidify and heat air circulating through the accommodating chamber, the heat pump apparatus including a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant circulates and at least one of a compressor, a condenser, an expansion apparatus, or an evaporator; and a condensed water collecting apparatus configured to collect condensed water generated from the heat pump apparatus, and having a storage space in which the collected condensed water is stored, wherein a portion of the refrigerant pipe passes through the storage space so that, in an operating course for taking care of the target, the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant pipe passes through the portion of the refrigerant pipe while in a high temperature state, to evaporate the condensed water stored in the storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joongwon NA, Minsoo KIM, Kookjeong SEO
  • Publication number: 20240069386
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate behind the liquid crystal panel; a light source adjacent to a thickness surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit light toward the thickness surface of the light guide plate; a rear chassis behind the light guide plate; and a holder coupled to the rear chassis and supporting the light guide plate, wherein the holder includes: a first tooth; a first tooth groove next to the first tooth; a second tooth facing the first tooth; and a second tooth groove next to the second tooth, wherein in a first state, the first tooth is disposed outside the second tooth groove and the second tooth is disposed outside the first tooth groove, and in a second state, the first tooth is inserted into the second tooth groove and the second tooth is inserted into the first tooth groove, and wherein the holder is configured to elastically deform between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungpil CHOI, Byoungjin CHO, Yeonkyun PARK, Yonghwan PARK
  • Publication number: 20240069355
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image forming device configured to provide image light; a concave mirror configured to focus the image light provided by the image forming device; and a delivery optical system configured to deliver the image light provided by the image forming device to a field of view of an observer via the concave mirror, wherein the delivery optical system may include a beam splitter and at least one polarization control optical element, and wherein the at least one polarization control optical element is configured to block noise light incident to the delivery optical system from the field of view of the observer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun WON, Hyungki KIM
  • Publication number: 20240070453
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus with neural network (NN) training. A method of operating a neural network model includes predicting first latent target data based on source data and based on target data corresponding to the source data, predicting second latent target data based on the source data and based on constant data, and training the NN model based on the first latent target data and the predicted second latent target data; the first latent target data and the target data have a many-to-one relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Nam Soo KIM, Jiwon YOON
  • Patent number: 11917568
    Abstract: A method of a first UE comprises: determining a sidelink synchronization identity (SL-SID) and a set of resources; generating at least one sidelink synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (S-SSB) based on the SL-SID and the set of resources, wherein each S-SSB of the at least one S-SSB includes first two symbols for a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS) and second two symbols for a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS); generating a first sequence corresponding to the S-PSS, wherein the first sequence is determined based on a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated M-sequence with a 127 of sequence length and a low cross-correlation with a PSS; generating a second sequence corresponding to the S-SSS, wherein the second sequence is determined based on a BPSK modulated Gold-sequence with a 127 of sequence length; and transmitting, the at least one S-SSB over sidelink channels established with the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbo Si, Li Guo
  • Patent number: 11915641
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a driver configured to drive the display panel, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may, based on receiving content comprising video content and audio content, obtain sound location information based on multi-channel information included in the audio content, identify one area of the video content corresponding to the obtained sound location information, and control the driver to adjust brightness of pixels included in the identified one area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsung An, Sungju Lee, Seungsin Lee, Seoyoung Jung
  • Patent number: 11917545
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for power saving is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a serving cell, a set of configurations, receiving a power saving signal (PoSS) from a first downlink channel based on the received set of configurations, acquiring a first part of information for power saving from the PoSS, receiving, based on the received set of configurations, a second downlink channel that is a control channel, and acquiring a second part of information for the power saving from the received second downlink channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiongjie Lin, Hongbo Si
  • Patent number: 11915628
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display, a first power module that outputs a first power, and a second power module that outputs a second power. The first power and the second power are supplied to the display. The first power module is configured to cut off the first power when an amount of input current exceeds an overload criterion, to identify whether the second power module is abnormal based on the second power, and to change the overload criterion from a first threshold current amount to a second threshold current amount that exceeds the first threshold current amount, in an abnormal state of the second power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaeeun Kim, Sungyong Joo, Jiwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11913161
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a first housing, a second housing disposed on the first housing, a first tub included in the first housing, a second tub included in the second housing, a first drain path through which wash water from the first tub flows, a second drain path through which wash water from the second tub flows, a connector disposed at a portion where the first drain path and the second drain path are joined, and a third drain path through which the wash water introduced into the connector through the first drain path and the second drain path flows out from the connector. The connector is located at a position higher than a maximum water storage height of the first tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Haeng Kim, Young-Hyun Kim, Geon Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11917311
    Abstract: An image sensor with improved image quality is provided. An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels. Each of the unit pixels includes a first photoelectric converter configured to convert received light into charges, a first transfer transistor electrically connected between the first photoelectric converter and a first node, a connection transistor disposed connected to a second node and the first node, a dual conversion transistor electrically connected between a third node and the second node, a second transfer transistor electrically connected between a fourth node and the third node, a second photoelectric converter electrically connected to the fourth node and configured to convert the received light into charges, a first switch electrically connected to the second photoelectric converter and the fourth node, a first capacitor electrically connected to the fourth node, and a electrically second capacitor connected to the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Wook Lim
  • Patent number: 11916120
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first and second active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first and second gate electrode extending in a second direction to intersect the first and second active pattern, a first source/drain contact extending in the second direction and connected to a first and source/drain region of the first and second active patterns, respectively, a first source/drain via connected to the first source/drain contact, a first cell separation film extending in the second direction and crosses the first active pattern and the second active pattern, between the first source/drain contact and the second gate electrode, a first gate via connected to the second gate electrode and arranged with the first source/drain via along the first direction, and a first connection wiring which extending in the first direction and connects the first source/drain via and the first gate via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Su Yu, Hyeon Gyu You, Seung Man Lim
  • Patent number: 11917295
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a camera module, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to: obtain a magnification input corresponding to a first magnification; acquire first image data corresponding to a second magnification, which is different from the first magnification, from among image data obtained by an image sensor of a first camera module, based on the obtaining of the magnification input; determine second image data corresponding to at least a part of the acquired first image data; perform shaking correction on the generated second image data; and display a preview image having the first magnification on the display, based on the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonseok Song, Sehyun Lee, Hongseob Shin, Bohee Lee, Yookyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11917759
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing including a plate and a back plate facing a second surface of the plate and including a planar area facing a first direction, a display module including a display disposed on a first surface of the plate, a battery and a circuit board disposed on the second surface of the plate, a first flexible substrate extending from the display module, and a second flexible substrate extending from the circuit board to the first flexible substrate across the battery. The first flexible substrate includes a first connector, and the second flexible substrate includes a second connector. The first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate are configured such that the first connector and the second connector are coupled in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsoo Jun, Changho Park, Jinman Kim, Munjin Jeong, Wooyoung Jeong, Namjun Kim, Yonghwa Kim, Dongmyeong Park, Youngmoon Park, Youngkyu Kim, Minwoo Yoo, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11917330
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-wook Jeong, Sung-hye Lee, Sung-hyun Jang, Kwan-min Lee, Sang-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11916845
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from at least one base station (BS) of a group of (N) BSs, channel state information (CSI) configuration information including a number of uplink control information (UCI) parts for a CSI reporting; identifying the number of UCI parts for the CSI reporting; determining a CSI report based on the identified number of UCI parts; identifying one or more BSs in the group of (N) BSs to transmit the determined CSI report; and transmitting, to the one or more identified BSs, via an uplink channel, a UCI including the determined CSI report, wherein the UCI includes the identified number of UCI parts each of which includes a part of the determined CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11915718
    Abstract: A position detection method may include obtaining voice signals during a voice call by at least two voice collecting devices; obtaining position energy information of the voice signals; and identifying a position of the terminal device relative to a user during the voice call, from predefined positions based on the position energy information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Yang, Weiqin Wang, Lufen Tan, Lizhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11915048
    Abstract: In a method of scheduling jobs in a storage device, a first job is performed. While the first job is being performed, a first timestamp for the first job is pre-updated based on a pre-defined operation time table that represents a relationship between operations of the storage device and operation times. While the first job is being performed, scheduling requests are received that are associated with a second job to be performed after the first job. While the first job is being performed, a scheduling operation for selecting the second job is pre-performed based on the scheduling requests and the timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungbo Yang, Daehyun Kim, Dongik Jeon
  • Patent number: 11917151
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including: determining a first coding block and a second coding block corresponding to the first coding block; when a size of the first coding block is equal to or smaller than a preset size, obtaining first split shape mode information and second split shape mode information from a bitstream; determining a split mode of the first coding block, based on the first split shape mode information, and determining a split mode of the second coding block, based on the second split shape mode information; and decoding a coding block of a first color component which is determined based on the split mode of the first coding block and a coding block of a second color component which is determined based on the split mode of the second coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Chanyul Kim, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yin-Ji Piao
  • Patent number: 11917616
    Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration message to enable inter-UE co-ordination for a sidelink (SL) resource pool, determining a target UE for a SL transmission, and transmitting, to the target UE, a signal to activate or trigger transmission of inter-UE co-ordination information. The method further includes receiving the inter-UE co-ordination information, determining a set of candidate SL resources based on the inter-UE co-ordination information, selecting a SL resource within the determined set, and transmitting a SL channel on the SL resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Emad N. Farag
  • Patent number: 11916626
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates than 4G communication systems such as LTE systems. According to an embodiment, a method performed by a base station supporting beam training using a beamforming codebook may comprise storing a plurality of codebooks corresponding to a plurality of different beamwidths, receiving a beam adjustment request from a user equipment (UE), determining, among the plurality of codebook, a codebook including beam codebooks for beam coverages including a beamwidth corresponding to a channel state of the UE, in response to receiving the beam adjustment request, and transmitting, to the UE, signals that are beamformed based on the codebook through a plurality of transmission beams using digital beamforming matrixes of the codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Seunghyun Lee, Chahyeon Eom, Kwonjong Lee, Chungyong Lee, Jieun Yu, Hyungje Lee