Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140154986
    Abstract: An information providing method using a mobile terminal is provided. The information providing method includes placing the mobile terminal within a communication range of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device previously registered in the mobile terminal, receiving identification information from the BLE device, extracting previously set notification information corresponding to the received identification information of the BLE device, and outputting a notification message to the mobile terminal based on the extracted previously set notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-youn LEE, Sang-hyup LEE, Min-jeong KO, Kwang-choon KIM, Jung-won SUH, Seung-hyuck SHIN, Sung-jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20140156890
    Abstract: A method of performing collective communication in a collective communication system includes processing nodes, including: determining whether a command message, regarding one function among a broadcast function, a scatter function, and a gather function, is generated by a processor; determining a transmission order between the processing nodes by giving transmission priorities to processing nodes that do not communicate, based on a status of each of the processing nodes if it is determined that the command message regarding the one function among the broadcast function, the scatter function, and the gather function, is generated by the processor; and performing communication with respect to the command message based on the determined transmission order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-young CHUNG, Yong Surk LEE, Jong-su PARK, Ha-young JEONG
  • Publication number: 20140157438
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for obtaining a digital right management (DRM) function for playing DRM contents on a user device according to need. To this end, the present invention comprises the steps of, when a user device requests a specific DRM contents or accesses a service system, a user device obtaining a rights object corresponding to a request; determining information on a current DRM function using the rights object; and when a new DRM function is required, installing a new DRM function or upgrading the standard DRM function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolayevich Seleznev, Byung-Rae Lee, Bo-Gyeong Kang
  • Publication number: 20140152623
    Abstract: An electronic device for hovering input effects and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes displaying an input area on a display of the electronic device, sensing at least one of a position of an input means on the display and a height of the input means above the display, and displaying a hovering input effect, corresponding to a hovering input using the input means, in the input area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Jin LEE, Sung KWON
  • Publication number: 20140151829
    Abstract: A magnetic element and a magnetic memory utilizing the magnetic element are described. A contact is electrically coupled to the magnetic element. The magnetic element includes pinned, nonmagnetic spacer, and free layers and a perpendicular capping layer adjoining the free layer and the contact. The free layer has an out-of-plane demagnetization energy and a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy corresponding to a perpendicular anisotropy energy that is less than the out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned and free layers. The perpendicular capping layer induces at least part of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The free layer is switchable between magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic element. The free layer includes ferromagnetic layers interleaved with capping layer(s) such that a ferromagnetic layer resides at an edge of the free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Steven M. Watts, Zhitao Diao, Xueti Tang
  • Publication number: 20140157119
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for editing memo contents of a user in a user terminal including a user interface are provided. When a part or all of the memo contents on a screen are damaged based on a memo function by using a prearranged pattern, the damaged part or all of the memo contents are deleted and a memo where the part or all of the memo contents have been deleted is displayed on the screen. At this time, the memo displayed on the screen has gone through an edit for filling a blank generated due to the deletion of the damaged part or all of the memo contents by moving successive memo contents to the deleted memo contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Soo LIM
  • Publication number: 20140152797
    Abstract: The confocal optical inspection apparatus that acquires a confocal image of an object and inspects the object includes a light source that emits illumination light; a first opening member that divides the illumination light emitted from the light source into illumination light beams, the first opening member having openings; an imaging device that acquires an image according to the respective illumination light beams reflected by the object; and an information processor that acquires a corrected confocal image in which distortion of an optical transmission path of the confocal optical inspection apparatus is removed from a time delayed integration (TDI) image obtained by a TDI operation of the imaging device, using a pre-measured point spread function (PSF) indicating optical characteristics of the confocal optical inspection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Togashi MITSUHIRO, Numata MITSUNORI, Ueyama SHINJI
  • Publication number: 20140152781
    Abstract: A display apparatus that may generate a high density light field image is provided. The display apparatus may identify an eye position of a user and set a virtual viewing window around the eye of the user. The display apparatus may generate a directional light corresponding to the viewing window and generate a high density light field image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyung Nam, Ju Yong Park, Kyu Young Hwang, In Woo Ha
  • Publication number: 20140153513
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for a client device to be allocated an Internet Protocol (IP) address by a Group Owner (GO) device, for direct communication between the client device and the GO device. The method includes transmitting, by the client device, an Association Request message to the GO device, receiving an Association Response message from the GO device, in response to the Association Request message, and receiving, by the client device, an IP address of the client device allocated by the GO device, during an authentication process between the client device and the GO device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyo LEE, Ji-Hye Lee, Se-Hee Han, Jae-Eun Han, Chil-Youl Yang, Myoung-Hwan Lee, Chun-Ho Lee, Tae-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20140156286
    Abstract: A method of encoding an audio signal, where signals including two or more channel signals are downmixed to a mono signal, the mono signal is divided into a low-frequency signal and a high-frequency signal, the low-frequency signal is encoded through algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP) or transform coded excitation (TCX), and the high-frequency signal is encoded using the low-frequency signal. A method of decoding of an audio signal, a low-frequency signal encoded through ACELP or TCX is decoded, a high-frequency signal is decoded using the low-frequency signal, the low-frequency signal and the high-frequency signal are combined to generate a mono signal, and the mono signal is upmixed by decoding spatial parameters regarding signals including two or more channel signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-sang SUNG, Eun-mi OH, Jung-hoe KIM, Ki-hyun CHOO, Mi-young KIM
  • Publication number: 20140157135
    Abstract: A method of controlling, by using a mobile terminal, at least one Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device is provided. The method includes searching for at least one BLE device, displaying a BLE device list, including the at least one searched for BLE device, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, receiving an input of selection of a BLE device from the BLE device list, receiving an input of user added information from a user regarding the selected BLE device, and mapping and storing property information and the user added information regarding the selected BLE device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-youn LEE, Sang-hyup LEE, Min-jeong KO, Kwang-choon KIM, Jung-won SUH, Seung-hyuck SHIN, Sung-jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20140151837
    Abstract: An image sensor includes an objective lens arranged on an optical axis; a substrate including a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices; and a micro lens layer including a plurality of micro lenses corresponding to each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, respectively, wherein the plurality of micro lenses includes a central micro lens corresponding to a central portion of the objective lens, and an edge micro lens corresponding to an edge portion of the objective lens, and the plurality of micro lenses are configured such that focal lengths of the micro lenses increase from the central micro lens toward the edge micro lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han-Sung RYU
  • Publication number: 20140152853
    Abstract: A terminal for generating an augmented reality and a method thereof are provided. The terminal includes a camera property information providing server configured to store camera property information associated with one or more cameras, and the terminal is configured to receive, from the camera property information providing server, camera property information associated with a camera included in the terminal and generate an augmented reality based on the stored camera property information when an augmented reality-based application is driven and thus, may provide an augmented reality in which a virtual object is accurately matched to an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Sung CHO, Dae-Kyu SHIN, Ik-Hwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20140155099
    Abstract: A method is provided including recording, at a mobile terminal, information relating to a service that is provided to the mobile terminal by a communications network; detecting a deterioration of the service that is provided to the mobile terminal by the communications network to a first service level; generating, based on the recorded information, travel directions form a current location of the mobile terminal to a past location of the mobile terminal where the service provided to the mobile terminal by the communications network is expected to improve to a second service level, the second service level having greater communication capabilities than the first service level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaewan CHO
  • Publication number: 20140157125
    Abstract: A method of outputting a includes detecting a touch on a shortcut icon of a plurality of shortcut icons displayed on a touch screen, executing an application corresponding to the shortcut icon in response to the touch, detecting an angle between a first housing including a first touch screen and a second housing including a second touch screen by using a sensor, and determining an output mode based on the angle and a property of the application, and outputting a sound through a plurality of speakers according to the output mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seok-weon SEO
  • Publication number: 20140153900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video processing apparatus and method. The video processing apparatus includes a first video capture unit that captures an image of a user. The video processing apparatus further includes an analysis unit that recognizes the user's face from a first video captured by the first video capture unit, and analyzes a feature of the user's face. The video processing apparatus further includes an evaluation value calculation unit that calculates an evaluation value based on the analyzed feature of the user's face, when capturing or displaying a second video. The video processing apparatus also includes a recording unit that records the evaluation value to be mapped to a timeline of the second video. The video processing apparatus also includes a video editing unit that extracts a partial video from the second video based on the evaluation value to generate a video summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140154863
    Abstract: A method of forming semiconductor device includes forming a landing pad, forming a stopping insulating layer on the landing pad, forming a lower molding layer including a first material on the stopping insulating layer, forming an upper molding layer including a second material different from the first material on the lower molding layer, forming a hole vertically passing through the upper molding layer and the lower molding layer and exposing the landing pad, forming a first electrode in the hole, removing the upper molding layer to expose a part of a surface of the first electrode, removing the lower molding layer to expose another part of the surface of the first electrode, forming a capacitor dielectric layer on the exposed parts of the surface of the first electrode, and forming a second electrode on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Woo Seo
  • Publication number: 20140154987
    Abstract: A method of controlling a function of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes placing the mobile terminal within a communication range of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device previously registered in the mobile terminal, receiving identification information of the BLE device from the BLE device, extracting function information corresponding to the received identification information of the BLE device, and performing a previously set function corresponding to the extracted function information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-youn LEE, Sang-hyup LEE
  • Publication number: 20140151859
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate in which a plurality of wires are formed; at least one semiconductor chip electrically connected to portions of the plurality of wires; and a shielding can mounted on the substrate, surrounding the at least one semiconductor chip, electrically connected to at least one wire of the plurality of wires and including a soft magnetic material. The semiconductor package can prevent or substantially reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-hoon Kim, Hee-Seok Lee, Jin-ha Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140153162
    Abstract: A docking station for an electronic device includes a station body to which the electronic device is detachably docked, at least one locking unit comprising a hook member to move between a first position in which the station body and the electronic device are connected and a second position in which the station body is separated from the electronic device, and a lock maintaining unit to maintain the hook member in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae-young KIM, Yun-pil YEOM, Jin-gyu CHOI