Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240155127
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and device. This specification provides a video decoding method comprising the steps of: acquiring a parameter indicating whether a multiple transform set is applicable to a block to be decoded, as well as information about the width of the block to be decoded and the height of the block to be decoded; determining the transform type of the block to be decoded on the basis of at least one of the parameter indicating whether a multiple transform set is applicable, or the information about the width and height of the block to be decoded, and setting a zero-out region of the block to be decoded; and inverse-transforming the block to be decoded on the basis of the zero-out region of the block to be decoded and the result of determining the transform type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Young LEE
  • WEARABLE DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240155037
    Abstract: Provided is a wearable device. The wearable device is configured to identify first profile information corresponding to an external electronic device. The wearable device is configured to request second profile information that is browsable by the user, from the external electronic device. The wearable device is configured to change the first profile information based on the first profile information and the second profile information received from the external electronic device. The wearable device is configured to display, through a display, at least a portion of the changed first profile information in the FoV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaewon BANG, Donghyun Yeom, Sanghun Lee, Moonsoo Chang
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING PDU SESSIONS USING A NETWORK SLICE
    Publication number: 20240155478
    Abstract: An apparatus for selecting network slices for servicing application requests, includes: a memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor operatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction to: receive an application request from an application for establishing a new protocol data unit (PDU) session with a network over a first network slice, wherein the application request comprises one or more PDU session requirements, identify a plurality of network slices other than the first network slice, based on the one or more PDU session requirements; select a second network slice from the plurality of network slices, based on a configuration related to the apparatus; and perform a service corresponding to the application request using the second network slice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jagadeesh GANDIKOTA, Danish Ehsan HASHIMI, Jyotirmoy KARJEE, Ankur POONIYA
  • Photosensitive compositions, preparation methods thereof, and quantum dot polymer composite prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 11977329
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition including a quantum dot dispersion, a reactive compound having at least two thiol groups, a photopolymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond, and a photoinitiator, wherein the quantum dot dispersion includes a carboxylic acid group-containing polymer and a quantum dot dispersed in the carboxylic acid group containing polymer, and wherein the carboxylic acid group-containing polymer includes a copolymer of a monomer combination including a first monomer having a carboxylic acid group and a carbon-carbon double bond and a second monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond and a hydrophobic moiety and not having a carboxylic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Hojeong Paek, Eun Joo Jang, Shin Ae Jun
  • Electronic device comprising flexible display having expandable display area
    Patent number: 11977418
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic device including a flexible display having an expandable display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chungha Kim, Sungkwon Kim, Sangmin Hyun, Geunyong Park
  • Drainage passage including filter and washing machine having the same
    Patent number: 11976401
    Abstract: A washing machine including a tub disposed inside a main body, a drainage pump configured to cause the received water inside the tub to flow to an outside of the washing machine through a drainage passage, a first filter, arrangeable along the drainage passage, to filter out foreign matter equal to or greater than predetermined size from the water, and a second filter, arrangeable along the drainage passage, to filter out foreign matter smaller than the predetermined size from the water. The drainage passage includes a first connecting hose to guide the water to flow from the tub to the first filter, a second connecting hose to guide the water to flow from the first filter to the second filter, and a drainage hose to guide the water to be discharged from the second filter to the outside of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanghyun Lee, Byoungyull Yang, Youngjin Cho, Sanggyu Jung
  • Frame module and motion assistance apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11974955
    Abstract: A frame module includes a frame configured to enclose a portion of a user, and at least one reinforcement belt of which both end portions are connected to both sides of the frame, thereby restricting a splaying level of the frame in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Minhyung Lee, Jeonghun Kim, Se-Gon Roh, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi, Yong-Jae Kim
  • Viewing angle adjusting member and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 11977311
    Abstract: A viewing angle adjusting member and an electronic device including the same are provided. The viewing angle adjusting member includes a first transparent film including a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent film including a second transparent electrode layer, and a blocking material provided between the first transparent film and the second transparent film and containing nanoparticles configured to block light. The viewing angle adjusting member may be configured to adjust a position of the nanoparticles according to an electrical signal applied to at least one of the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taesoon Park, Junyoung Kim, Kwansik Min, Sanghee Park
  • Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11978769
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a source/drain pattern disposed on a substrate and a source/drain contact connected to the source/drain pattern. The source/drain contact includes a lower contact structure extending in a first direction and an upper contact structure protruding from the lower contact structure. The upper contact structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall facing away from each other in the first direction. The first sidewall of the upper contact structure includes a plurality of first sub-sidewalls, and each of the first sub-sidewalls includes a concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Young Lee, Jin Wook Lee
  • Low latency SSD read architecture with multi-level error correction codes (ECC)
    Patent number: 11977743
    Abstract: A storage unit is disclosed. The storage unit may include storage for a component codeword. The component codeword may be stored in a block in the storage. The block may also store a block codeword. An interface may receive a read request for a chunk of data from a host and may send the chunk of data to the host. A circuit may read the component codeword from the block in the storage. An error correcting code (ECC) decoder may determine the chunk of data based at least in part on the component codeword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongwang Li, Jing Yang, Marie Mai Nguyen, Mehran Elyasi, Rekha Pitchumani
  • Semiconductor device having via protective layer
    Patent number: 11978688
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a via passivation layer disposed on an inactive surface of a substrate, a through-electrode vertically penetrating the substrate and the via passivation layer, a concave portion formed in the top surface of the via passivation layer and disposed adjacent to the through-electrode, and a via protective layer coplanar with the via passivation layer and the through-electrode and to fill the concave portion. In a horizontal cross-sectional view, the via protective layer has a band shape surrounding the through-electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jumyong Park, Solji Song, Jinho An, Jeonggi Jin, Jinho Chun, Juil Choi
  • Electronic device and operating method of the same
    Patent number: 11977699
    Abstract: Provided is a method of identifying a touch type of a user touch input with respect to an electronic device, the method including: obtaining touch data from a touch input received from a user; determining a touch recognition model set consisting of touch recognition models to be used to identify a touch type of the touch input of the user from among a plurality of touch recognition models corresponding to a plurality of partial time periods included in a time in which the touch input is maintained; obtaining touch type probability values with respect to the touch input of the user by applying the touch data to the touch recognition models included in the touch recognition model set; and identifying a touch type of the touch input, based on the obtained touch type probability values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Hwang, Dongchan Kim, Dongnam Byun
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11978728
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, an emission layer provided on the substrate and a reflective layer provided on the emission layer. The emission layer has an emission region that emits light, the reflective layer has a first opening, the emission region overlaps the first opening in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and a first width of the emission region is smaller than a second width of the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Ahn, Junhee Choi, Kyungwook Hwang, Jinjoo Park
  • Electronic device for acquiring biometrics using PPG sensor, and method therefor
    Patent number: 11974838
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a PPG sensor including a light emitter that applies a current in a specified range and emits a light signal corresponding to the current and a light detector that amplifies a received light signal by applying one of a plurality of gain values, a memory that stores a plurality of sets of PPG models corresponding to the plurality of gain values and including a current value and PPG level data corresponding to the current value, and at least one processor electrically connected to the PPG sensor and the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hansung Lee, Hwan Shim, Yongjin Lee, Jooman Han, Jongho Park, Gahee Jung, Seounghun Kim, Jihwan Kim, Choonghee Ahn, Hyungjoon Lim, Jiwoon Jung, Jeongmin Park
  • Semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11978695
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution substrate, a connection substrate on the first redistribution substrate and having a first opening and a second opening that penetrate the connection substrate, a semiconductor chip on the first redistribution substrate and in the first opening of the connection substrate, a chip module on the first redistribution substrate and in the second opening of the connection substrate, and a molding layer that covers the semiconductor chip, the chip module, and the connection substrate. The chip module includes an inner substrate and a first passive device on the inner substrate. In the second opening, the molding layer covers the first passive device on the inner substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-Uk Kim
  • Memory device, storage device including the same, and method of operating the storage device
    Patent number: 11977735
    Abstract: An operating method of a storage device includes detecting whether a reclaim event has occurred on a source memory area including a plurality of memory areas, setting a reclaim priority value to each of the plurality of memory areas, and performing a reclaim operation on the source memory area according to the reclaim priority value of each of the plurality of memory areas. The reclaim operation moves data stored in the source memory area to a destination memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sangsoo Cha
  • Capacitor, semiconductor device including the same, and method of fabricating capacitor
    Patent number: 11978761
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a bottom electrode; a top electrode over the bottom electrode; a dielectric film between the bottom electrode and the top electrode; and a doped Al2O3 film between the top electrode and the dielectric film, wherein the doped Al2O3 film includes a first dopant, and an oxide including the same element as the first dopant has a higher dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonggyu Song, Younsoo Kim, Jaeho Lee
  • Defocus measurement method, correction method, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device by using the correction method
    Patent number: 11977338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes selecting a diffraction based focus (DBF) mark that is unaffected by a pattern of a lower layer; manufacturing a mask including a mark pattern for forming the DBF mark; forming the DBF mark in a cell region of a wafer by using the mask; measuring the DBF mark and monitoring defocus; correcting the defocus on the basis of a result of the monitoring; and forming a pattern in the cell region of the wafer, after correcting the defocus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jieun Park, Youngmin Seo, Inbeom Yim
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11977808
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a plurality of display modules and a base module. The base module includes a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of image signals respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of display modules. A first display module is coupled to the base module to receive the image signals and to transmit at least a subset of the image signals to additional display modules, such as a second display module which is coupled to the first display module to receive the at least a subset of the plurality of image signals from the first display module. The plurality of display modules may be thereby coupled with each other to thus receive and further transmit the image signals to and from other display modules, thereby improving convenience in the manufacture, inspection, and repair of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsub Kim, Yongsik Kwon, Kibo Kim, Sejun Kim
  • Ultrasound apparatus and method of displaying ultrasound images
    Patent number: 11974882
    Abstract: An ultrasound apparatus includes: a first display; a second display including a touch panel receiving a user input; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain a first raw data and a first TGC information corresponding to the first raw data from a storage medium; obtain a first ultrasound image by applying the first TGC information to the first raw data; control the first display to display the first ultrasound image; control the second display to display the first TGC information and receive a user input for modifying the first TGC information to a second TGC information; update the first ultrasound image by applying the second TGC information to the first raw data; and control the first display to display the updated first ultrasound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Jin Cho, Eun-Ho Yang, Su-Jin Kim, Woong Lee