Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics
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Patent number: 11196180Abstract: An electronic device including an antenna is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, the side member being coupled to the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, a printed circuit board that is disposed in the space and includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a ground, and an antenna structure that is disposed in the space.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehoon Jo, Dongyeon Kim, Hosaeng Kim, Seongjin Park, Taeyoon Seo, Sumin Yun, Myunghun Jeong, Jinwoo Jung, Jaebong Chun
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Patent number: 11194752Abstract: A memory card includes a card substrate on which a controller and a memory device are mounted, and a card enclosure that accommodates the card substrate and exposes terminals for electrical connection to an external device. The controller is operable in a universal flash storage (UFS) mode and in a first sub-mode other than the UFS mode. The terminals that are exposed include a UFS terminal group according to a UFS standard, and a first sub-mode terminal group. The UFS terminal group includes first row terminals arranged adjacent to an insertion side edge of the memory card and second row terminals arranged apart from the insertion side edge such that the first row terminals are provided between the second row terminals and the insertion side edge. The first sub-mode terminal group is adjacent to the first row terminals.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-nam Koh, Kyoung-bum Kim, In-jae Lee, Jae-heon Jeong
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Patent number: 11195833Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin type pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first gate electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction on the fin type pattern, a source/drain region on a side wall of the first gate electrode and in the fin type pattern, a separation structure extending in the first direction on the substrate, the separation structure including a first trench and being spaced apart from the fin type pattern and separating the first gate electrode, an interlayer insulating layer on a side wall of the separation structure and covering the source/drain region, the interlayer insulating layer including a second trench having a lower surface lower than a lower surface of the first trench, and a contact connected to the source/drain region and filling the first trench and the second trench.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joong Gun Oh, Sung Il Park, Jae Hyun Park, Hyung Suk Lee, Eun Sil Park, Yun Il Lee
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Patent number: 11194209Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing to a smart window system capable of controlling a state of a display element (e.g., at least one of transparency, color, pattern, gradation degree, and displayed information) through various kinds of input devices and a control method thereof. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a smart window system may include a display element; an input device configured to receive a control command for the display element; and a controller configured to determine at least one of transparency, color, pattern, and gradation of the display element and information displayed on the display element on the basis of the control command.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Cheol Bae, Hyun Min Song, Jong Hyun Ryu, Ji Su Jung, Yong Ho Kim, Hong Suk Kim, Byung Hwa Seo, Tatsuhiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 11196802Abstract: A contents management method and system, the contents management method including: generating contents; and transmitting the generated contents to a Web server, wherein the Web server receives the contents, stores the contents, manages the contents, and maintains a list of the contents so that the contents are easily accessible by a terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young-ho Rhee
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Patent number: 11194975Abstract: An electronic device executing an application through communication with a user input apparatus, the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a communication unit that is configured to communicate with the user input apparatus; an information generation unit that generates information about an exclusive controller that controls the application and is executed in the user input apparatus; and a controller that controls the information generation unit to generate the information about the exclusive controller when the electronic device is paired with the user input apparatus, and controls the communication unit to transmit the generated information about the exclusive controller to the user input apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae-Won Seo, Doh-Hyeong Lee
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Patent number: 11197337Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). An apparatus and an operation method of a base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method may include performing data communication with a terminal that is in a first sub-state of a radio connection state, and controlling to change the state of the terminal from the first sub-state to a second sub-state of the radio connection state on the basis of whether data related to the terminal is generated during a transfer duration. Here, the first sub-state is a state in which resources for terminal context information related to the data communication are allocated in a first layer and a second layer, and the second sub-state is a state in which the resource is allocated in the first layer and is released in the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwangjin Choi, Dongsook Kim, Hanseok Kim, Hwajin Cha
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Patent number: 11197347Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module supporting communication based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and a processor operatively coupled to the communication module. The processor is configured to transmit control information to request the communication module to operate in a first mode. Upon receiving an advertising Packet Data Unit (PDU) of predefined types from an external electronic device, the first mode corresponds to a mode of controlling the communication module so that a scan request is transmitted to the external electronic device in response to reception of the advertising PDU of the predefined types.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chunho Park, Namyong Kang, Ihlho Kim, Yunsik Bae
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Patent number: 11197264Abstract: A positioning reference signal (PRS) is transmitted by a first base station in a wireless communication system. A first PRS having a first PRS pattern is transmitted using a first subcarrier spacing (SCS). A user equipment (UE) receives information associated with positioning of the UE including the first PRS from the first base station and a second PRS from the second base station. The first SCS is different from a second SCS applied to the second PRS having a second PRS pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mythri Hunukumbure, Yinan Qi
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Patent number: 11195954Abstract: A semiconductor device may include semiconductor patterns, a gate structure, a first spacer, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor patterns may be formed on a substrate, and may be spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and may overlap in the vertical direction. The gate structure may be formed on the substrate and the semiconductor patterns. At least portion of the gate structure may be formed vertically between the semiconductor patterns. The first spacer may cover opposite sidewalls of the gate structure, the sidewalls opposite to each other in a first direction. The first semiconductor layer may cover the sidewalls of the semiconductor patterns in the first direction, and surfaces of the first spacer and the substrate. The first semiconductor layer may have a first concentration of impurities.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngdae Cho, Sunguk Jang, Sujin Jung, Jungtaek Kim, Sihyung Lee
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Patent number: 11197137Abstract: An example electronic device includes a communication interface; an embedded subscriber identity module; a processor electrically connected to the communication interface and the embedded subscriber identity module; and memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory, if during execution the processor determines the type of subscriber identification information stored in the embedded subscriber identity module and the subscriber identification information is the shared subscriber identification information according to the determination result, confirms at least one communication service providing server connectable in the electronic device among a plurality of communication service providing servers, and can store instructions for accessing a communication service providing server selected from at least one communication service providing server with has been confirmed, by means of the communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eung-Seo Shin, Dhiraj Jha, Jae-Hyeon Seo, Sang-Hwi Lee
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Patent number: 11196221Abstract: A semiconductor device for determining whether a foreign substance (e.g., water) is present and a method of operating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a receptacle including a plurality of pins according to a USB type-C receptacle interface; a first current source providing first current to a CC1 signal pin or a CC2 signal pin among the plurality of pins in a first operation mode; a second current source providing second current to the CC1 signal pin or the CC2 signal pin in a second operation mode; a third current source providing third current to at least two pins of other pins excluding the CC1 signal pin and the CC2 signal pin; and a power delivery integrated circuit (PDIC) controlling the first current source, the second current source and the third current source and detecting the voltage level of a signal outputted to the plurality of pins.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Je Kook Kim
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Patent number: 11196764Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 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). The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for handling a network attack in a software defined network (SDN). The method for handling a network attack in an SDN according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes detecting a first candidate of the network attack in a flow during a first time interval, in response to detecting the first candidate, changing quality of service (QoS) of the flow from first QoS to second QoS, detecting a second candidate of the network attack in the flow of the second QoS during a second time interval following the first time interval, and in response to detecting the second candidate, blocking the flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Hyunho Shin, Seung Won Shin, Seung Hyeon Lee, Kibeom Park
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Patent number: 11195261Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus. The present image processing apparatus comprises: an input unit for inputting an image; and a processor for shrinking the inputted image to a predetermined ratio, extracting a visual feature from the shrunken image, performing an image quality enhancement process reflecting the extracted visual feature in the inputted image, repeatedly performing, for a predetermined number of times, the shrinking, the extracting, and the image quality enhancement process on the image that has undergone the image quality enhancement process. The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system and an application thereof that simulate the functions of a human brain, such as recognition, judgment, etc., by using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo-hyun Nam, Il-jun Ahn, Tammy Lee, Ki-heum Cho, Yong-sup Park, Min-su Cheon
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Patent number: 11194153Abstract: Provided in a phase shifting device including a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of first dielectric layers, a metal layer of the plurality of metal layers and a first dielectric layer of the plurality of first dielectric layers being alternately stacked in a first direction, and a second dielectric layer disposed on a side surface of the stacked structure in a second direction, wherein the first dielectric layer includes a first material having a first dielectric constant and the second dielectric layer includes a second material having a second dielectric constant, and wherein the second dielectric constant is greater than the first dielectric constant.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jeongyub Lee, Reehyang Kim, Jonghwa Shin, Kiyeon Yang, Yongsung Kim, Jaekwan Kim, Changseung Lee, Narae Han
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Patent number: 11193871Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring particulate matter, the apparatus including an air inflow device configured to receive air including particulate matter particles, two or more light sources configured to respectively emit light of different wavelengths to the air received, a pattern measuring device configured to measure scattering patterns for each wavelength of light based on detecting light that is forward-scattered by the particulate matter particles and light that is back-scattered by the particulate matter particles, and a processor configured to obtain a size of the particulate matter particles and a concentration of the particulate matter particles based on the scattering patterns for each wavelength of light.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho Jun Chang, Yun S Park, Woo Chang Lee
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Patent number: 11193882Abstract: Provided is an ellipsometer including a polarizing optical device configured to separate light, reflected from a sample that is irradiated with illumination light comprising a linearly polarized light, into a first linearly polarized light in a first polarization direction and a second linearly polarized light in a second polarization direction that is orthogonal to the first polarization direction, and a light-receiving optical system configured to calculate an ? and ?, an amplitude ratio and a phase difference of the two polarized light respectively, from an interference fringe formed by interference between the first linearly polarized light and the second linearly polarized light after passing through an analyzing device with transmission axis different from the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Hidaka
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Patent number: 11194743Abstract: A method of accessing a dual line solid-state drive (SSD) device through a network interface and a PCIe EP simultaneously. The method includes: (1) establishing, by the dual line SSD device, a connection with a remote server through the network interface, (2) establishing, by the remote server, an administrative queue with the dual line SSD device, (3) establishing, by the remote server, an input/output queue with the dual line SSD device by posting a command in the administrative queue over the network interface to initiate transfer of data, (4) establishing, by the dual line SSD device, a connection with a local server over the PCIe EP, (5) establishing, by the local server, the administrative queue over the PCIe EP, and (6) establishing, by the local server, the input/output queue by posting the command in the administrative queue over the PCIe EP to initiate transfer of the data.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anil Desmal Solanki, Venkataratnam Nimmagadda, Prashant Vishwanath Mahendrakar
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Patent number: 11197340Abstract: A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, system information including information on a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle; transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a request message including information on a second DRX cycle based on the first DRX cycle; receiving, from the AMF, a response message about the request message, wherein the response message includes information determined based on whether the AMF assigns the second DRX cycle; and determining a DRX cycle of the terminal based on the response message.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangyeob Jung, Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim
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Patent number: 11197208Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A handover method of a terminal in a mobile communication system according to the present disclosure includes transmitting UE capability information including a random access-free handover indicator to a first base station, receiving a handover command message from the first base station, and transmitting, when the handover command message includes uplink resource information, a handover complete message to a second base station based on the uplink resource information.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Donggun Kim, Alexander Sayenko, Jaehyuk Jang, Soenghun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout