Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics
  • Patent number: 11361757
    Abstract: A processor-implemented decoding method in a first neural network is provided. The method predicts probabilities of candidates of an output token based on at least one previously input token, determines the output token among the candidates based on the predicted probabilities; and determines a next input token by selecting one of the output token and a pre-defined special token based on a determined probability of the output token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Joong Lee
  • Patent number: 11362068
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a base substrate having a first semiconductor substrate, and a first protective layer covering a top side thereof. A first semiconductor chip is on the first protective layer. A first fillet layer fills a space between the first protective layer and the first semiconductor chip. A first side surface of the base substrate extends in a first direction, and second and third side surfaces extend in a second direction. The base substrate includes two corner regions and a side region between the corner regions. A first protective layer in the side region includes a first side trench which overlaps the first semiconductor chip. A part of the first fillet layer fills the first side trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Sick Park, Min Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11361521
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a camera; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to: acquire an image of a user of the electronic device using the camera, generate an avatar corresponding to the user using the image, identify attribute information corresponding to the avatar using the image, identify at least one item corresponding to the attribute information among a plurality of items applicable to the avatar, and display the at least one item with the avatar through the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Chanhee Yoon, Chanmin Park, Donghwan Seo, Yonggyoo Kim, Junyoung Park, Jiyoon Park, Jungeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11363569
    Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising: a parameter indicating that uplink duplication is configured for a bearer corresponding to a first logical channel and a second logical channel; first mapping restrictions of the first logical channel to at least one first cell; and second mapping restrictions of the second logical channel to at least one second cell. A control element indicating activation or deactivation of duplication for the bearer is received. If the control element indicates activation of the duplication, the first mapping restrictions are applied to the first logical channel and the second mapping restrictions are applied to the second logical channel. If the control element indicates deactivation of the duplication, the first mapping restrictions are lifted from the first logical channel and the second mapping restrictions are lifted from the second logical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alireza Babaei, Esmael Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Hyoungsuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 11363193
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a communication interface, and a processor configured to capture an image of a background of a display device through the camera, to divide the captured image into a plurality of blocks, to compare a target gradation value with gradation values of the each of the plurality of blocks, to adjust the gradation values of the each of the plurality of blocks, and to transmit an image of which the gradation values are adjusted, to the display device through the communication interface, wherein the sizes of the plurality of blocks are identified based on a background pattern of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soo-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 11363230
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensor module which includes a pixel array including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, an analog to digital converter connected to the pixel array through a plurality of data lines and converting signals output from the plurality of sub-pixels into digital signals, a row decoder connected to the pixel array through a plurality of selection lines, a plurality of transfer lines, and a plurality of reset lines, and a control logic circuit controlling the analog to digital converter and the row decoder to allow a plurality of sub-frames to be sequentially outputted from the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein each of the plurality of sub-frames is generated based on signals output from different sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohwan Noh, Chaesung Kim
  • Patent number: 11361785
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a memory; and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: determining whether a voice is detected in a first sound signal detected by the first microphone; determine whether a present recording period is a voice period or a silent period based on the determination, when the present period is the silent period, receive a second sound signal via the second microphone and analyze a noise signal included therein, remove noise signals from one of the first and second sound signals, based on characteristics of the voice period or the analyzed noise signal, and combine the first and second sound signal into an output signal and transmit the output signal to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan Shim, Kyuhan Kim, Hangil Moon, Gunwoo Lee, Jaemo Yang, Aran Cha
  • Patent number: 11363711
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first plate and a second plate; a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface; and a communication circuit arranged inside the housing. The printed circuit board may include: a plurality of insulating layers laminated on each other between the first surface and the second surface; an antenna element arranged in a first region above the second surface of the printed circuit board or between a first pair of insulating layers of the printed circuit board, when seen from above the second surface of the printed circuit board; and a plurality of first electroconductive patterns arranged in a second region that at least surrounds one surface of the first region. Various embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Jo, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun, Myunghun Jeong, Jehun Jong, Jinwoo Jung, Jaebong Chun, Eunseok Hong
  • Patent number: 11363522
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes, based on a user input for registering an external device being received, performing capturing through a camera of the electronic apparatus and obtaining an image, identifying a registrable device from among at least one device included in the image based on a signal received from an external device, displaying a graphic object indicating the registrable device in the image, and based on a user input for registering the registrable device being received, registering the registrable device as a controllable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-joo Cho, Hyeon-ji Lee, Chang-seog Ko
  • Patent number: 11362105
    Abstract: A vertical memory device includes gate electrode structures, channels, first to third division patterns, and a first support layer. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, and extends in a second direction. The gate electrode structures are spaced apart from one another in a third direction. The first division pattern extends in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The second and third division patterns are alternately disposed in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The first support layer is on the gate electrode structures at substantially the same height as upper portions of the first and second division patterns, and contacts the upper portions of the first and second division patterns. The upper portions of the first and second division patterns are arranged in a zigzag pattern in the second direction in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungmin Song, Kangmin Kim, Joongshik Shin, Geunwon Lim
  • Patent number: 11362452
    Abstract: A multi-connection device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing; and a first or a second connection terminal for electrical connection, the first and second connection terminals protruding in first and second directions from the housing, respectively. Various other embodiments may also be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Hyupjinconnector Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Hyup Lee, Jae-Woon Lee, Yong-Seok Lee, Yang-Jean Park, Jin-Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11362182
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first active pattern extending upward from the first region, a first superlattice pattern on the first active pattern, a first active fin centrally disposed on the first active pattern, a first gate electrode disposed on the first active fin, and first source/drain patterns disposed on opposing sides of the first active fin and on the first active pattern. The first superlattice pattern includes at least one first semiconductor layer and at least one first blocker-containing layer, and the first blocker-containing layer includes at least one of oxygen, carbon, fluorine and nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilgyou Shin, Minyi Kim, Myung Gil Kang, Jinbum Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Keun Hwi Cho
  • Patent number: 11363189
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to an electronic device are disclosed, and an electronic device according to one embodiment comprises: a camera; at least one microphone; at least one motor for rotating the camera around at least one axis; and at least one processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: receive a voice through at least one microphone and an image through the camera; perform a first control on at least one motor on the basis of at least a first motor control mode; use at least one motor on the basis of at least the first control so as to perform first face tracking using the received image; perform a second control on at least one motor on the basis of a second motor control mode during the first tracking; and perform voice recognition or face recognition by using at least one motor on the basis of at least the second control. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungeun Kim, Suckho Seo, Soonhee Jo
  • Patent number: 11361995
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a via including a first conductive material on an inner wall of a trench on a substrate. The method further includes forming a first insulating interlayer on the substrate. The first insulating interlayer covers the via and partially fills the trench, and the first insulating interlayer has a non-flat upper surface. The method further includes forming a polishing stop layer on the first insulating interlayer, forming a second insulating interlayer on the polishing stop layer, in which the second insulating interlayer fills a remaining portion of the trench, planarizing the second insulating interlayer until the polishing stop layer is exposed, and etching the polishing stop layer and the first and second insulating interlayers using a dry etching process until remaining portions of the polishing stop layer except for a portion of the polishing stop layer in the trench are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hoon Choi, Ja-Eung Koo, Kwan-Sik Kim, Dong-Chan Kim, Il-Young Yoon, Man-Geun Cho
  • Patent number: 11362141
    Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes lower conductive lines on a substrate, upper conductive lines on the lower conductive lines to cross the lower conductive lines, and memory cells between the lower conductive lines and the upper conductive lines. The lower conductive lines are extended in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the lower conductive lines include a first line portion extended in the first direction, a second line portion offset from the first line portion in the second direction and extended in the first direction, and a connecting portion connecting the first line portion to the second line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehong Ha, Jaerok Kahng
  • Patent number: 11362136
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting device provided on the substrate, a driving transistor device configured to control the light-emitting device, a first power supply line electrically connected to a source region of the driving transistor device, a conductive pattern electrically connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor device, and a second power supply line electrically connected to the first power supply line, wherein the conductive pattern and the first power supply line constitute a first capacitor, and the conductive pattern and the second power supply line constitute a second capacitor, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiho Kong, Junhee Choi
  • Patent number: 11360542
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for operating a processor in an electronic device. The method includes identifying an average throughput for a first set of subframes, predicting a load of the processor for a second set of subframes based on the identified average throughput, determining an operating frequency of the processor for the second set of subframes based on the predicted load, and operating the processor on the determined operating frequency for the second set of subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahantesh Kothiwale, Satyam Namdeo, Yunas Rashid, Srinivasa Rao Kola, Manjunath Jayram
  • Patent number: 11363497
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multi-path end-to-end connectivity in a wireless communication system. A BS apparatus includes a processor configured to identify congestion in the wireless communication network experienced by the BS. The processor is further configured to generate congestion feedback information indicating the congestion in the wireless communication network. The BS also includes a transceiver operably connected to the processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit the congestion feedback information to at least one other BS in the wireless communication network. The processor is configured to identify multiple of the paths that respective portions of the data are split between to be transferred between a gateway and a UE. The multiple paths are determined based at least in part on the congestion feedback information. The transceiver is configured to transfer, via the wireless communication network based on the identified multiple paths, data between the UE and the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Jeon, Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam, Joonyoung Cho
  • Patent number: D954705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyung-Sup Shim
  • Patent number: D954708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyung-Sup Shim