Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics and Co., Ltd.
  • Non-volatile memory device and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11004860
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device is provided. The method includes forming a channel hole and a first contact hole simultaneously, several times, in order to achieve a desired a high aspect ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Cheon Baek, Geun Won Lim
  • Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11006144
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding and decoding method and apparatus for obtaining, in a video encoding and decoding process, motion vector resolution information from a bit stream by using a high-level syntax which is a group of information that is applied to a predefined data unit group; determining a motion vector resolution of a current block included in the predefined data unit group based on the motion vector resolution information; determining a prediction motion vector of the current block to be a motion vector of a candidate block from among at least one candidate block, based on the motion vector resolution of the current block; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using the prediction motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong, Minwoo Park, Yumi Sohn, Kiho Choi
  • Apparatus and method for sensing event in smart plug device
    Patent number: 11002798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for sensing an event occurring from a target device in a smart plug installed on a supply route of power applied to the target device. To this end, a power measurement unit which comprises the smart plug measures power supplied to the target device, and an event determination unit predicts an event occurring from the target device on the basis of a power signal characteristic of the supplied power measured by the power measurement unit. The power signal characteristic indicates a variation characteristic of the supplied power caused by the occurrence of the event on the basis of supplied power before the event occurs from the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Mok Seo
  • Method and apparatus for executing application in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11006187
    Abstract: A first device in a wireless communication system is provided. The first device discovers a second device using a first application, and transmits to the second device information to request launch of a second application by the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Sun Ryu
  • Sensing apparatus and battery management system including the same
    Patent number: 11005274
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense a physical quantity of a battery, a memory configured to store one or both of physical quantity data corresponding to the sensed physical quantity and status information of the battery, a first interface configured to transmit one or both of the physical quantity data and the status information to a master processor and a second interface configured to provide an interface between a slave processor and the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyosun Hwang, DongKee Sohn
  • Method and apparatus for determining reference picture set of image
    Patent number: 11006120
    Abstract: A method of determining a reference picture set (RPS), which is a set of reference pictures used in predictive decoding of a current picture that is to be decoded includes: obtaining a flag indicating whether the RPS is determined based on picture order count (POC) values of the current picture and a previous picture or whether the RPS is determined based on an index of a reference RPS, which is an identification value of the reference RPS that is one of pre-defined RPSs and is referred to in determining the RPS, and a delta RPS that is a difference value between a POC vale of a reference picture included in the reference RPS and a POC value of a reference picture included in the RPS; and determining the RPS according to a value of the flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-koo Kim, Young-o Park
  • Printed circuit board and storage device including printed circuit board
    Patent number: 11006517
    Abstract: A printed circuit board may include a controller socket, first and second sockets provided on a top surface, third and fourth sockets provided on a bottom surface, and first, second, and third branching points. The first branching point may be spaced apart from the controller socket by a first distance in a horizontal direction parallel to the top surface and may be electrically connected to the controller socket. The second branching point may be spaced apart from the first branching point by a second distance longer than the first distance and may be electrically connected to the first branching point, the first and third sockets. The third branching point may be spaced apart from the first branching point by a third distance longer than the first distance and may be electrically connected to the first branching point, the second and fourth sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Ki Paek, KwangSoo Park, Heeju Kim
  • Speech recognition method and apparatus with activation word based on operating environment of the apparatus
    Patent number: 11003417
    Abstract: A speech recognition method and apparatus for performing speech recognition in response to an activation word determined based on a situation are provided. The speech recognition method and apparatus include an artificial intelligence (AI) system and its application, which simulates functions such as recognition and judgment of a human brain using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-ja Choi, Eun-kyoung Kim, Ji-sang Yu, Ji-yeon Hong, Jong-youb Ryu, Jae-won Lee
  • Washing machine and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 11001956
    Abstract: A washing machine and a method for controlling the same are provided. The washing machine includes a first rotary tub, a first driver configured to rotate the first rotary tub, a second rotary tub, a second driver configured to rotate the second rotary tub, and at least one processor configured to control the first driver and the second driver in a manner that the first rotary tub and the second rotary tub rotate. If a rotation speed of the first rotary tub is equal to or higher than a first reference speed, the at least one processor controls the second driver such that a rotation speed of the second rotary tub increases to a target speed and then decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Cho, Do-Yeon Kim, Suk Bae Kim, Ji Eun Jun, Woong Choi, Su Hwan Ji
  • ACK/NACK feedback method in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11006412
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an ACK/NACK feedback method in a wireless communication system, including: determining, by a UE, number of public sub-frames, all of which are uplink sub-frame in PCC and any SCC sub-frames of any radio frame in frame structure configurations according to the frame structure configurations of the PCC and any SCC; selecting, by the UE, a configuration, uplink sub-frames of which merely include sub-frames corresponding to the determined number of public sub-frames from existing seven kinds of frame structure configurations; and feeding back, by the UE, to a eNB ACK/NACK information corresponding to PDSCH in the SCC on the PCC adopting a timing relationship between the PDSCH and the ACK/NACK corresponding to the selected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong He, Yingyang Li, Chengjun Sun
  • Battery housing structure including plurality of elastic members, and battery apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11005122
    Abstract: Battery housing structures and battery apparatuses including the same are provided. A battery housing structure may include a case including an accommodation region in which a battery unit is accommodated, and an elastic member assembly provided in the case and configured to apply a pressure to the battery unit accommodated in the accommodation region. The elastic member assembly may include at least one first elastic member having an elastic coefficient that increases when a displacement increases and at least one second elastic member having an elastic coefficient that decreases when a displacement increases. The at least one first elastic member and the at least one second elastic member may have different structures or may be arranged in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngsuk Jung, Boksoon Kwon, Eunha Lee, Seongho Jeon, Heechul Jung, Sungnim Jo, Sungsoo Han
  • Antenna and wireless communication device including antenna
    Patent number: 11005169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, such as LTE. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device and a method. To this end, an antenna unit may comprise a dielectric substrate, a dielectric cover on the dielectric substrate, and a slot antenna array formed in a metal layer arranged on or in the dielectric substrate. The slot antenna array may be configured to generate a traveling wave which propagates in the dielectric substrate and the dielectric cover, and may have at least two groups (first and second groups) of slot elements. Each slot element of the second group may be shorter than any slot element of the first group, and slots of the first and second groups may be arranged to be opposite to each other so as to make pairs of slot elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Elena Aleksandrovna Shepeleva, Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Evtyushkin, Anton Sergeevich Lukyanov, Artem Yurievich Nikishov
  • Semiconductor device including MOS transistor having silicided source/drain region and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11004976
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
  • Antenna module including dielectric material and electronic device including antenna module
    Patent number: 11005183
    Abstract: An antenna module of a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna module includes a radiator comprising a top face to which a radio wave is radiated, a dielectric material disposed on a bottom face of the radiator, the bottom face of the radiator being opposite to the top face of the radiator, a feeding unit disposed on a bottom face of the dielectric material, the feeding unit being configured to supply an electric signal to the radiator through the dielectric material, and a support unit disposed on the bottom face of the dielectric material, the support unit comprising a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoongeon Kim, Seungtae Ko, Hyunjin Kim, Jungmin Park, Junsig Kum, Youngju Lee
  • Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
    Patent number: 11004732
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first and second pattern structures on first and second regions of a substrate, respectively; forming a preparatory first interlayer insulating layer covering the first pattern structure on the first region; forming a preparatory second interlayer insulating layer covering the second pattern structure on the second region, the preparatory second interlayer insulating layer including first colloid; and converting the preparatory first and second interlayer insulating layers into first and second interlayer insulating layers, respectively, by annealing the preparatory first and second interlayer insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-ki Min, Koung-min Ryu, Sung-soo Kim, Sang-koo Kang
  • Bubble generator and washing machine having the same
    Patent number: 11001955
    Abstract: A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub, a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwang-mook Cho, Geon-ung Lee, Eun-suk Bang, Dong-pil Seo, Eung-ryeol Seo
  • Method and electronic device for acquiring image by using camera comprising driving apparatus capable of rotating mirror
    Patent number: 11006030
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and a method of acquiring an image of the electronic device. The electronic device may include a first camera, a second camera which includes an image sensor, a mirror for transferring light incident from the outside to the image sensor, and a driving device capable of rotating the mirror in at least one direction along at least one rotation axis, and which has a view angle smaller than a view angle of the first camera, and at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinwon Lee, Kwang Seok Byon, Kiwoo Lee, Chongsam Chung
  • Speaker
    Patent number: D918869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gyoo-Sang Choi
  • Mobile phone
    Patent number: D918886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Song, Youn-Gun Jung, Yoonyoung Choi, Junyoung Lee
  • Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D918941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juhyun Seong, Ahyeon Shim