Abstract: An interactive 3D display apparatus and method are provided. The interactive 3D display apparatus includes a hand sensing module configured to acquire a hand image by detecting a hand of a user and a user interaction module configured to generate a virtual object adjustment parameter by analyzing user-intended information about the hand based on the hand image acquired by the hand sensing module and comparing an analysis result with predefined user scenarios, an image rendering module configured to set a scene according to the generated virtual object adjustment parameter, generate image data by rendering the set scene, and convert the generated image data into display data, and a 3D display configured to display a 3D image including a virtual object in which a change intended by the user has been reflected according to the display data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Hoon Song, Yuntae Kim, Juwon Seo, Hongseok Lee, Chilsung Choi
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of playing back a bitstream for transferring a group of pictures, the method comprising the steps of: parsing, when a random access occurs in a first picture, a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header of at least one second picture following the first picture and determining a NAL unit type of the at least one second picture; removing the at least one second picture from the bitstream on the basis of the determined NAL unit type; and decoding and displaying the bitstream from which the at least one second picture has been removed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Byeong-Doo Choi, Kyung-Mo Park, Jae-Hyeon Bae, Young-Wan So, Jae-Yeon Song, Hyun-Koo Yang
Abstract: A bonding wire includes a wire core including a silver-palladium alloy. A coating layer is disposed on a sidewall of the wire core. A palladium content of the silver-palladium alloy ranges from about 0.1 wt % to about 1.5 wt %.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Won-Gil Han, Sangho An, Yong Je Lee, Jae Heung Lee, Seungweon Ha
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric film on a substrate, first and second wires respectively extending in a first direction within the first interlayer dielectric film, the first and second wires being adjacent to each other in a second direction different from the first direction, a hard mask pattern on the first interlayer dielectric film, the hard mask pattern including an opening, and an air gap within the first interlayer dielectric film, the air gap including a first portion overlapping vertically with the opening and a second portion not overlapping with the opening in the first direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kyu Hee Han, Jong Min Baek, Viet Ha Nguyen, Woo Kyung You, Sang Shin Jang, Byung Hee Kim
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active fin protruding from the substrate, and an asymmetric diamond-shaped source/drain disposed on an upper surface of the active fin. The source/drain includes a first crystal growth portion and a second crystal growth portion sharing a plane with the first crystal growth portion and having a lower surface disposed at a lower level than a lower surface of the first crystal growth portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jongki Jung, Myungil Kang, Yoonhae Kim, Kwanheum Lee
Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an organic fluorinated ether compound represented by Formula 1: CH3—CH2—O—CF2—CHF—R1??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, R1 is a C1-C10 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C10 fluorinated alkyl group, or a C3-C10 fluorinated cycloalkyl group.
Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a sensor and methods for operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed on a surface of the housing, a sensor mounted under the display inside the housing to detect light received through the display, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to determine an illuminance of an outside of the housing using detection data obtained by the sensor while the display displays an image and relevant information between the display and the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Eun-Taek Jang, Eun-Sook Seo, Dong-Kyoon Han, Tae-Woong Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Hong-Kook Lee, Kwang-Tai Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for effectively transmitting or receiving paging in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of services. A method for transmitting paging by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of services according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: transmitting information on a paging slice corresponding to a service in which paging is transmitted to a terminal; and transmitting the paging to the terminal through the paging slice.
Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display, a biometric sensor disposed in the display, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the biometric sensor. The processor is configured to activate a pixel included in the display, acquire position information corresponding to the pixel through the biometric sensor, and identify a position of the biometric sensor disposed in the display based on the position information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract: The present specification relates to a communication method and a communication device, and a random access method of a user equipment (UE), according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: sensing a random access trigger in a connected state; determining the type of the random access trigger when the random access trigger is sensed; and performing congestion control if the type of the random access trigger is a preset type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Soeng Hun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Sang Bum Kim, Kyeong In Jeong
Abstract: A beam steering device includes a waveguide configured to transmit a beam therethrough; a cladding layer provided on the waveguide and including a material having a refractive index that varies according to a voltage applied thereto; and an electrode layer including at least two electrodes configured to independently voltages to at least two portions of the cladding layer.
Abstract: A method of measuring position information is provided. The method includes measuring position information including at least one of a position, a direction of movement, or a distance of movement of the electronic device by using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module, measuring at least one of the direction of movement, the distance of movement, or a change of speed of the electronic device by using at least one of a geomagnetic sensor or an accelerometer, calculating the position information based on the information measured by using the GNSS module, and the at least one of the direction of movement, the distance of movement, or the change of speed of the electronic device measured by using the at least one of the geomagnetic sensor or the accelerometer, and adjusting a position information measurement cycle using the GNSS module based on an error of the position information.
Abstract: A method of detecting a target includes generating an image pyramid based on an image on which a detection is to be performed; classifying candidate areas in the image pyramid using a cascade neural network; and determining a target area corresponding to a target included in the image based on the plurality of candidate areas, wherein the cascade neural network includes a plurality of neural networks, and at least one neural network among the neural networks includes parallel sub-neural networks.
Abstract: Clock generation and control in a semiconductor system having process, voltage and temperature (PVT) variation. A semiconductor device may include at least first and second ring oscillators, each disposed at locations respectively closest to first and second logic circuits of an operation circuit, and generating first and second oscillating signals. A detecting circuit is configured to perform a predetermined logic operation on the first oscillating signal and the second oscillating signal to generate a first clock signal. A calibration circuit is configured to receive the first clock signal from the detecting circuit and perform a delay control on each of the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator to generate a second clock signal for operating the operation circuit.
Abstract: A pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as long-term evolution (LTE), is disclosed. The system includes an apparatus of a base station. The apparatus may include: at least one transceiver, and at least one processor connected to the at least one transceiver, where the at least one processor is configured to transmit to a terminal, configuration information of reference signals for beam management regarding a transmit (Tx) beam of the BS or a receive (Rx) beam of the terminal, transmit the reference signals to the terminal, and the configuration information comprises information related to a number of repetitions of the reference signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Namjeong Lee, Taeyoung Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Jeongho Park, Hyukmin Son, Peng Xue, Hyunkyu Yu
Abstract: A portable electronic device, a wearable device and methods for operating the same are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display; a communication interface configured to communicate with a wearable device using wireless short-range communication; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the portable electronic device to establish, via the communication interface, a connection between the portable electronic device and the wearable device, identify a security status of the connected wearable device, limit access to at least one predefined setting item among a plurality of setting items and control the display to display an indication of the identified security status if the identified security status corresponds to a lock status, wherein the at least one predefined setting item relates to a passcode, and allow access to the at least one predefined setting item if the identified security status corresponds to an unlock status.
Abstract: A vertical semiconductor device including a plurality of interlayer insulating layer patterns spaced apart from each other on a substrate and stacked in a vertical direction; a plurality of conductive layer patterns arranged between the interlayer insulating layer patterns and each having a rounded end, wherein at least one of the conductive layer patterns is configured to extend from one side wall of each of the interlayer insulating layer patterns and include a pad region, and the pad region includes a raised pad portion configured to protrude from a surface of the at least one conductive layer pattern; an upper interlayer insulating layer to cover the interlayer insulating layer patterns and the conductive layer patterns; and a contact plug configured to penetrate the upper interlayer insulating layer to be in contact with the raised pad portion of the at least one conductive layer pattern.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jo-young Park, Chang-seok Kang, Chang-sup Lee, Se-mee Jang
Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) apparatus and a display method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a display configured to provide an image, an active element comprising a plurality of micro-mirrors and configured to reflect the image provided on the display, and a processor configured to detect a user's eyesight and adjust a focal length of the image provided on the display by controlling a gradient of at least some of the plurality of the micro-mirrors based on the detected user's eyesight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Tae-kyung Kim, Jae-woo Ko, Soon-seob Han
Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing a voice command in an electronic device. In an exemplary embodiment, a voice signal is detected and speech thereof is recognized. When the recognized speech contains a wakeup command, a voice command mode is activated, and a signal containing at least a portion of the detected voice signal is transmitted to a server. The server generates a control signal or a result signal corresponding to the voice command, and transmits the same to the electronic device. The device receives and processes the control or result signal, and awakens. Thereby, voice commands are executed without the need for the user to physically touch the electronic device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 19, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Subhojit Chakladar, Sang-Hoon Lee, Hee-Woon Kim
Abstract: A communication method for a terminal is disclosed, including creating a radio link failure (rlf)-report including information associated with an rlf with a first base station; connecting to one base station from among base stations including the first base station; and transmitting the rlf-report to the one base station. Furthermore, a communication method for a base station is also disclosed, including connecting to the terminal; and receiving an rlf-report including information associated with a previous rlf between the terminal and another base station. In an aspect, information including channel information is transmitted to a base station to which a terminal is initially connected even when the terminal has failed in performing random access thereto, to thus enable the efficient transmission of information, and the base station may control scheduling or the like in accordance with the information reported by the terminal, thereby enabling efficient communication.