Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics and Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11004760
    Abstract: A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes: a first lower chip structure; and an upper chip structure on the first lower chip structure and having a pixel array region. The first lower chip structure includes: a first lower semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side opposing each other; a first portion on the first side of the first lower semiconductor substrate; and a second portion on the second side of the first lower semiconductor substrate, the first portion of the first lower chip structure includes a gate wiring, the second portion of the first lower chip structure includes a second side wiring and a heating element, and the heating element is on the same plane as that of the second side wiring and has a length greater than that of the second side wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Hyun Park, Jae Choon Kim
  • Patent number: 11004336
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a processor, and a memory operatively connected with the communication module and the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to, when executed, enable the processor to obtain driving-related information from each of a plurality of vehicles positioned within a designated distance from a roundabout using the communication module, determine driving expectation information about a time and direction in which each of the plurality of vehicles enters or exits the roundabout based on the obtained driving-related information, and transmit driving guide information produced based on the determined driving expectation information to each of the plurality of vehicles through the communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Choi, Yongjun Lim, Kyusung Kim, Dohyoung Kim, Soojung Bae, Juyeon You, Yeonee Choi
  • Patent number: 11006374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In addition, a method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, includes: receiving system information including first uplink waveform information for an initial access; transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message based on the first uplink waveform information; receiving an RRC connection response message including second uplink waveform information for uplink data transmission; and transmitting data based on the second uplink waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunheui Ryoo, Jungsoo Jung, Hyunjeong Kang, Hyunseok Ryu, Seunghoon Park
  • Patent number: 11003209
    Abstract: According to an embodiments, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a hinge module; a first housing connected to the hinge module and including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member; and a second housing. The first side member includes a first side surface having a first length; a second side surface extended toward the hinge module; a third side surface extended from the second side surface so as to at least partially coincide with the hinge module; and a processed area extended from the first side surface to the third side surface. A vertical distance between a first boundary line between the processed area and the first surface and a second boundary line between the processed area and the second surface is substantially equal across the first side surface, the second side surface, and/or the third side surface. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changyong Seo, Halim Choi, Sunghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11000143
    Abstract: A user equipment is provided. The user equipment includes a user interface, a transceiver and a processor. The user interface may receive an input of a food model including at least one of a shape, an ingredient, or a color of a food in accordance with a touch input of a user. The transceiver may transmit information of the food model to a cooking apparatus capable of shaping and heating the food. The processor may transmit the information of the food model to the cooking apparatus via the transceiver to allow the cooking apparatus to shape the food according to the food model. Further, the user interface may display an automatic cooking button, a draw button, a cooking method button, and an output button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Su Han, Boo-Keun Yoon, Yong Jong Park, Jong Sung Park, Eung Ryeol Seo, Han Jun Sung
  • Patent number: 11003474
    Abstract: Provided are semiconductor devices. A semiconductor device includes a processor which provides a virtualization function for a physical device to a first guest operating system and a second guest operating system; and an SFR (Special Function Register) which is electrically connected to the processor, and includes a first region allocated to the first guest operating system and a second region allocated to the second guest operating system, wherein information on a first data access request provided from the first guest operating system is stored in the first region, and information on a second data access request provided from the second guest operating system is stored in the second region, and the processor generates a first interrupt and a second interrupt designated to the first guest operating system and the second guest operating system, respectively, in response to the first data access request and the second data access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong-Hun Han
  • Patent number: 11004075
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen display, a biometric sensor, an audio interface, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to receive a selection of a first authentication scheme for a payment in a default scheme, to set the first authentication scheme as the default scheme, to receive a user utterance indicating a payment action task using a second authentication scheme, to transmit data associated with the user utterance to an external server, to receive a response including a state sequence of the electronic device for performing the payment action task and a parameter associated with the second authentication scheme, to perform the payment action task depending on the state sequence in the second authentication scheme, and to provide a user interface for changing the default scheme to the second authentication scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Min Lee, Yong Seok Park, Dong Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11004900
    Abstract: An MRAM device includes a first conductive pattern including a material generating a spin orbital torque, a torque transfer pattern contacting a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive pattern, an insulation pattern on a side of the torque transfer pattern and covering the first conductive pattern, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure on the torque transfer pattern, the MTJ structure including a free layer pattern, a tunnel barrier pattern, and a fixed layer pattern sequentially stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Ju Shin, Ung-Hwan Pi
  • Patent number: 11002599
    Abstract: A method of verifying repeatability of a spectroscope that irradiates light to a user sample, detects light reflected from the user sample, and measures spectrum data of the user sample, includes: verifying repeatability of the spectrum data, measured by the spectroscope, based on repeatability verification criteria; and controlling the spectroscope whether or not to remeasure the spectrum data, based on the verifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Sang Kyu Kim, Kun Sun Eom, Joon Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11004985
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drain, a source, a gate electrode, and a nanowire between the source and drain. The nanowire has a first section with a first thickness and a second section with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The second section is between the first section and at least one of the source or drain. The first nanowire includes a channel when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hun Lee, Dong Woo Kim, Dong Chan Suh, Sun Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11002451
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hyeonu Park, Woo Seog Song, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Moon Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jun Hwa Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11000168
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a motor configured to rotate at a speed of predetermined revolutions per minute (RPM) in a normal mode, a first switch configured to control a power on/off operation of the vacuum cleaner, a second switch configured to change an operation mode of the vacuum cleaner, a battery unit including a first processor configured to, based on the first switch being pressed, control a power of the vacuum cleaner to be turned on, and a second processor configured to, based on the power of the vacuum cleaner being turned on according to an operation of the first switch, control the vacuum cleaner to operate in the normal mode, and according to an operation of the second switch in the normal mode, control the vacuum cleaner to operate in a standby mode where power supplied to the motor is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-gu Lee, Seung-moo Lim, Bu-mun Jung, Gi-hyeong Lee, Jae-shik Jeong
  • Patent number: 11005675
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a communication unit for performing communication with at least one external electronic device; and a processor for receiving, from the external electronic device, interest information of a user in the external electronic device and system information in the external electronic device, comparing the received interest information and system information with notification service information of the electronic device, and determining whether the user registers a notification service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-hyun Cho, Jae-sick Shin
  • Patent number: 11006486
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a method for controlling the cooking apparatus are provided. The cooking apparatus includes induction heating coils that include a high power burner in which a first heating coil and a second heating coil are concentric. The cooking apparatus includes a low power burner that includes a third heating coil and a fourth heating coil, a power supply unit that includes a first AC power supply unit and a second AC power supply unit which have a different phase from each other, and a coil driving unit that provides power supplied by the first AC power supply unit to the first heating coil, and provides power supplied by the second AC power supply unit to at least one of the second heating coil, the third heating coil, and the fourth heating coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Sun Yun, Dong Oh Kang, Hong-Joo Kang, Ji Woong Choi
  • Patent number: 11006048
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to a variety of embodiments comprises: a rotation part for rotating a plurality of cameras; a memory for storing instructions; and a processor electrically connected to the rotation part and memory, wherein the memory can store, when being executed, instructions for the processor to: acquire at least one item of image data by means of the cameras; check in the image data whether at least a portion of an object is located in an overlap area; and, if at least a portion of an object is located in the overlap area, then modify the filming direction of the cameras by means of the rotation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsang Yun, Dongil Son, Jongchul Choi, Seungnyun Kim, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11004484
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cell strings, and a plurality of bit lines connected to at least one of the plurality of memory cell strings; and a plurality of page buffers connected to the plurality of bit lines, wherein each of the plurality of page buffers includes a plurality of latches sharing one data transfer node and exchanging data with each other through the data transfer node; and a pass transistor setting a connection between the data transfer node and another data transfer node of another page buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Sung Cho, Jeung Hwan Park, Jong Min Kim, Jung Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11005787
    Abstract: An example device for transmitting an answer message includes a display configured to display information, a communicator configured to receive a question message from another device, a processor configured to control the display to display graphics representing a plurality of pieces of recommendation information which are includable in an answer message for the received question message and relations between the plurality of pieces of recommendation information, and a user input unit configured to receive a user input that selects at least one of the plurality of pieces of recommendation information, wherein the communicator is further configured to transmit an answer message including the selected recommendation information to the another device according to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-hak Yu, Eun-jeong Ko, Deok-ho Kim, Hae-jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11005820
    Abstract: Management of a Security Association (SA) between an Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and a terminal in a communication system. A method of operating a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) device includes determining a need to establish an SA due to a loss of SA information of a terminal, and transmitting a message for informing the loss of the SA information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shijae Lee
  • Patent number: 11006108
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in response to an image including a plurality of frames being input, change a predetermined parameter to a parameter corresponding to a compression rate of each of the plurality of frames for each frame, and process the input image by using the parameter changed for each frame, and an output interface configured to output the processed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-heum Cho, Yong-sup Park, Jae-yeon Park, Chang-han Kim, Il-jun Ahn, Hee-seok Oh, Tammy Lee, Min-su Cheon
  • Patent number: D918902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Hun Ko, Myung-Kyu Kim, Min-Ki Ham