Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co.
  • Method and system for providing sponsored information on electronic devices
    Patent number: 9792353
    Abstract: A system implementing a method for providing sponsored information on an electronic device determines information of interest to the user as relevant information, accesses sponsored information, and provides sponsored information based on said relevant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Messer, Anugeetha Kunjithapatham, Mithun Sheshagiri, Phuong Nguyen, Priyang Rathod
  • Electronic device and method for signal transmission and reception
    Patent number: 9794874
    Abstract: An electronic device, a gateway device, and signal transmission and reception methods thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is configured to transmit and to receive a signal to and from another communication entity. The control unit is configured to determine whether to activate a wireless local area network (WLAN), and to transmit information about activation or deactivation of the WLAN to a packet data network so as to maintain a created channel and authentication for data transmission and reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dukhyun Chang, Chaeman Lim, Jungwoo Lee, Hyoungjoo Lee
  • Heterogeneous unified memory
    Patent number: 9792227
    Abstract: Inventive aspects include a heterogeneous unified memory section, which includes an extended unified memory space across a plurality of physical heterogeneous memory modules. A cold page reclamation logic section can receive and prioritize cold pages from a system memory. The cold pages can include a first subset of memory pages having a first type of memory data and a second subset of memory pages having a second type of memory data. For example, the cold pages can include anon-type memory pages and file-type memory pages. A dynamic tuning logic section can manage space allocation within the extended unified memory space. An intelligent page sort logic section can distribute the cold pages among different pools of physical heterogeneous memory modules based on varying characteristics of the pools, and based on the assigned priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Seok Ki, Sheng Qiu
  • Image signal processor with image replacement and mobile computing device including the same
    Patent number: 9794469
    Abstract: A system, comprising: an image sensor including: a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion element of a first phase group and configured to have a first exposure and the second photoelectric conversion element of a second phase group and configured to have a second exposure; and a second pixel including a third photoelectric conversion element of the first phase group and configured to have the second exposure and a fourth photoelectric conversion element of the second phase group and configured to have the first exposure; and an image signal processor coupled to the image sensor and configured to: receive a first image from the image sensor; receive a second image from the image sensor; and configured to output an image based on at least one of the first image and the second image; wherein the first exposure is longer than the second exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Min Kyung, Seong Yeong Jeong
  • Washing machine and method of manufacturing door thereof
    Patent number: 9790637
    Abstract: A washing machine having a door with an improved structure may include a cabinet, a laundry port, a tub that is disposed in the cabinet, a drum that is disposed in the tub, and a door that opens and closes the laundry port. The door may include a door cover placed at an outer side of the door when the door closes the laundry port, and a decoration member coupled to the door cover so that at least a portion of the decoration member is projected onto the door cover. The door having the improved structure may be manufactured without the necessity of performing post-processing and a molding cost may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Young Kim, Han Kyu Choi
  • Flip-flop with zero-delay bypass mux
    Patent number: 9793881
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may disclose a flip-flop circuit for inserting a zero-delay bypass mux including a master circuit which is configured to receive a data input, an input clock signal, and a bypass signal, and output an intermediate signal to a first node; and a slave circuit which is configured to receive the intermediate signal at the first node, the input clock signal, and the bypass signal, and output an output clock signal. The bypass signal controls the slave circuit to output one of a buffered input clock signal and a stretched clock signal as the output clock signal based on a logic level of the bypass signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Christina Wells, Matthew Berzins, Min Su Kim
  • Method and apparatus for controlling aperiodic traffic in electronic device
    Patent number: 9794881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, healthcare, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an apparatus for controlling aperiodic traffic in an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a delay allowed time for first traffic associated with the first application based on a prediction time of generation of second traffic associated with a second application and processing the first traffic associated with the first application based on the delay allowed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyoung Kim, Jin-Ho Lee, Young-Ki Hong, Sang-Jun Moon, Yong-Seok Park, Kang-Jin Yoon
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 9791207
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a structure in which, when a first door or a second door is opened, a lamp installed at sidewalls of an opening in the first door emits light so that food stored in a door guard disposed in the opening can be illuminated. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment; a first door that is rotatably disposed in front of the main body and opens/closes the storage compartment, and has an opening formed therein, where at least one door guard is disposed in the opening; a second door that is rotatably disposed in front of the first door, opens/closes the opening, and is rotated in the same direction as the first door; and a lamp installed at the sidewalls of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joong Ho Kim, Youn Tae Shin, Wan Hyeong Lee
  • Apparatus and method for providing emotion expression service in mobile communication terminal
    Patent number: 9792602
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing an emotion expression service in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes performing a video call with another terminal, recognizing, by the mobile communication terminal, a shaking of the other terminal using images received from the other terminal, and generating a vibration of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the recognized shaking of the other terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hwi Eun, Hee-Won Seo
  • Apparatus and method for providing control service using head tracking technology in electronic device
    Patent number: 9791920
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic device using head tracking technology are provided. The method includes detecting face motion from an image captured through a camera of the electronic device and executing a control service corresponding to the detected face motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Hwa Kim, Kyung-Hwa Kim, Hong-Il Kim, Mi-Jung Park, Seock-Hyun Yu, Jo-Ah Choi
  • Cell information transmission/reception method and apparatus for use in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9794838
    Abstract: A cell information transmission/reception method and an apparatus are provided for use in a wireless communication system. A cell information transmission method of a base station in a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes transmitting, by the base station, system information to a terminal, the system information including a neighbor cell list having at least one cell Identifier (ID), and transmitting, by the base station, cell information on at least one cell selected according to a predetermined rule based on the neighbor cell list to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeyoon Kim, Heunchul Lee, Jonghan Lim
  • Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9793381
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a fin structure extending in a first direction on a substrate, forming a sacrificial gate pattern extending in a second direction to intersect the fin structure, forming a gate spacer layer covering the fin structure and the sacrificial gate pattern, providing a first ion beam having a first incident angle range and a second ion beam having a second incident angle range to the substrate, patterning the gate spacer layer using the first ion beam and the second ion beam to form gate spacers on sidewalls of the sacrificial gate pattern, forming source/drain regions at both sides of the sacrificial gate patterns, and replacing the sacrificial gate pattern with a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungin Choi, Dongwoo Kim, Chang Woo Sohn, Youngmoon Choi
  • POLISHING PAD-MEASURING APPARATUS AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING FACILITY USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170291278
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the inventive concepts provide a polishing pad-measuring apparatus and a chemical mechanical polishing facility using the same. The polishing pad-measuring apparatus includes a foreign material-removing part for removing a foreign material disposed in grooves extending from one surface of a polishing pad toward another surface, opposite to the one surface, of the polishing pad, and a distance measuring part for measuring depths of the grooves from which the foreign material is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangsung LEE, Ki-Roo Shin, Kwangchun Kim, Yeonjun Lim, Junghun Cho, Sangkyeong Han
  • RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170294007
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging control method includes combining a plurality of images by applying a first weight to the plurality of images, displaying a composite image, acquired by combining the plurality of images, newly receiving a second weight with respect to the composite image, recombining the plurality of images based on the received second weight, and displaying a recombined image, acquired by recombining the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Eui LEE, Hyun Hwa OH, Sung Su KIM, Young Hun SUNG
  • STANDARD CELL FOR REMOVING ROUTING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN ADJACENT PINS AND DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170294430
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a first standard cell including, first transistors, the first transistors being first unfolded transistors, a first metal pin, a second metal pin, and a third metal pin on a first layer, the first metal pin and the second metal pin having a first minimum metal center-to-metal center pitch therebetween less than or equal to 80 nm, a fourth metal pin and a fifth metal pin at a second layer, the fourth metal pin and the fifth metal pin extending in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, a first via between the first metal pin and the fourth metal pin, and a second via between the third metal pin and the fifth metal pin such that a first via center-to-via center space between the first via and the second via is greater than double the first minimum metal center-to-metal center pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Woo SEO, Jin Tae KIM, Tae Joong SONG, Hyoung-Suk OH, Keun Ho LEE, Dal Hee LEE, Sung We CHO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20170291067
    Abstract: A method to generate a personalized exercise program includes: receiving, at a processor, user information of a user generating, using the processor, personalized metabolic equivalent of task (MET) information based on the user information; calculating, using the processor, a target exercise amount based on a cumulative activity amount in a daily life of the user; and generating, using the processor, a personalized exercise program based on the personalized MET information and the target exercise amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Geun JANG, Byunghoon KO, SangKon BAE
  • COMPOUND AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170294589
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa SHIBUYA, Tatsuya IMASE, Rie SAKURAI, Xavier BULLIARD, Hyesung CHOI, Tadao YAGI, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yeong Suk CHOI
  • METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING EDGE CHIP AND RELATED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170294440
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a molding layer and a supporter layer on a substrate including an etch stop layer, forming a mask layer on the supporter layer, forming a first edge blocking layer on the mask layer, forming a mask pattern by etching the mask layer, forming a hole, forming a lower electrode in the hole, forming a supporter mask layer on the supporter layer, forming a second edge blocking layer on the supporter mask layer, forming a supporter mask pattern by patterning the supporter mask layer, forming a supporter opening passing through the supporter layer, removing the molding layer, forming a capacitor dielectric layer and an upper electrode on the lower electrode, forming an interlayer insulating layer on the upper electrode, and planarizing the interlayer insulating layer. The hole passes through the supporter layer, the molding layer and the etch stop layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunjung KIM, Sohyun PARK, Bong-Soo KIM, Yoosang HWANG, Dong-Wan KIM, Junghoon HAN
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170293996
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Jong-ho KIM, Hyun-hee PARK, Jae-hun CHO, Ho-jin KIM, Yong-man LEE, Won-hee CHOE, Dong-kyoon HAN
  • Wireless headset
    Patent number: D800088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junse Kim, James Chung, Taejoong Kim