Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics
  • CONNECTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150064956
    Abstract: A connector device includes one or more connection terminals, and a shell housing provided with a body receiving one or more connection terminals, and fixing portions formed as one piece with the body and fixed to a substrate. A standard mode typed connector device includes the connection terminals mounted to be close to an upper surface in the body. A reverse mode typed connector device includes the connection terminals mounted to be close to a bottom surface of the body. Also other embodiments of the connector device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Seob Kim, Jun-Hwan Lee, Myung-Keun Seo, Jung-Je Bang, Eun-Seok Hong, Ji-Nyeon Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT IMAGE PAINTING AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150067526
    Abstract: A method of providing image painting information is provided. The method includes: displaying a paintable first image on a screen of a terminal; receiving a user input requesting reference painting information about the first image; requesting painting information of a second image related to the first image from a server, based on the user input; receiving the painting information of the second image from the server; and displaying the received painting information of the second image on the screen of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong-hyun KIM
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150060988
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices, and methods of fabricating the same, include forming a trench between a plurality of patterns on a substrate to be adjacent to each other, forming a first sacrificial layer in the trench, forming a first porous insulation layer having a plurality of pores on the plurality of patterns and on the first sacrificial layer, and removing the first sacrificial layer through the plurality of pores of the first porous insulation layer to form a first air gap between the plurality of patterns and under the first porous insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Young LEE, Jongwan CHOI, Myoungbum LEE
  • IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CALIBRATION USING A PATCH IMAGE
    Publication number: 20150061967
    Abstract: An image adjusting apparatus is provided. The image adjusting apparatus includes: a first interface configured to be connected to a plurality of display apparatuses; a second interface configured to be connected to a calibrator; and a controller configured to generate a plurality of different patch images and provide the generated plurality of different patch images to each of the plurality of display apparatuses through the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-yong KIM, Su-ryun JIN
  • USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL APPARATUS THEREOF, AND EXPANDED DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150061968
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus, method for controlling the user terminal apparatus, and an expanded display system thereof are provided. The method includes in response to the user terminal apparatus being paired with an external display apparatus while an execution screen of an application is being displayed, obtain information on the display apparatus; and display a first screen of the application based on at least one piece of information on the application that the user terminal apparatus is executing and the obtained information on the display apparatus, and transmit data of a second screen of the application to the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-seok PARK, Byung-chul KIM, Sang-young PARK
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING SMART HOME GATEWAY FIREWALL
    Publication number: 20150067762
    Abstract: A secured smart home system having (a) a smart-home gateway with a firewall protection; (b) plurality of appliances connected to the gateway and located at a secured side of the firewall; and (c) a remote environment classification server located at a non-secured side of the firewall, for providing a firewall policy to the gateway. The gateway submits a list of the appliances to the remote environment classification server, and the classification server provides in response the firewall policy to the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Evgeny BELENKY, Evgeny BESKROVNY
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING TEMPERATURE CHANGE OF REGION OF INTEREST BY USING PERIODIC BIO-SIGNALS OF OBJECT
    Publication number: 20150065878
    Abstract: A method of generating an image by using ultrasound waves. The method includes acquiring a first bio-signal of an object, generating at least one first ultrasound frame by using at least one echo signal obtained from at least one first ultrasound wave transmitted to a preset region of interest (ROI) of the object, generating a second ultrasound frame by using an echo signal obtained from a second ultrasound wave transmitted to the preset ROI, and acquiring a second bio-signal of the object at a time when the second ultrasound wave is transmitted to be used for generating the second ultrasound frame, and determining a reference frame from among the generated at least one first ultrasound frame based on the generated second ultrasound frame and the acquired second bio-signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-ho SEO, Sun-kwon KIM, Won-chul BANG, Jong-bum SON
  • METHOD FOR VIDEO RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150062436
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device capable of video recording is provided. The method includes combining a plurality of frames of video being recorded, displaying the combined frame via a preview screen, and encoding the combined frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Wook AN, Woo-Hyun BAEK
  • RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150062127
    Abstract: A rendering method includes determining, at a geometry processor, if a previous draw command from among previous draw commands is identical to a current draw command; in response to the previous draw command being identical to the current draw command, selecting a primitive list indicating a result of geometry processing performed on the previous draw command; and performing pixel processing using the primitive list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kwon-taek KWON, Seok-yoon JUNG
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150063869
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus may mechanically synchronize eccentricity and run-out deviation for each photosensitive drum of an image forming apparatus that does not individually drive the photosensitive drums. The image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums in which electrostatic latent images are formed, a single motor configured to rotate the photosensitive drums, driving gears configured to transmit a rotating force of the single motor to the plurality of photosensitive drums, and couplers interposed between the photosensitive drums and the driving gears and configured to enable the photosensitive drums and the driving gears to be synchronized with each other in such a manner that any one of the photosensitive drums and the driving gears follows a phase of the other one thereof when the photosensitive drums are coupled to the driving gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Ki CHO, Young Jae PARK
  • VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150062435
    Abstract: A video signal processing device may include a signal converter configured to generate a video output signal based on a video input signal and a reference signal, a reference signal generator configured to generate the reference signal. The reference signal may be adjusted to accommodate changes in the video input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiho Lee
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING MULTI-LAYER VIDEO, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING MULTI-LAYER VIDEO
    Publication number: 20150063463
    Abstract: A multi-layer video decoding method includes receiving a plurality of multi-layer image streams that constitute a multi-layer video, obtaining, from a data unit header including information of a second random access point (RAP) picture that corresponds to a first RAP picture included in a first layer image stream and is included in a second layer image stream from among the plurality of multi-layer image streams, first picture order count (POC) information for determining a first partial value of a POC of the second RAP picture that is set to be the same as a POC of the first RAP picture, obtaining, from the data unit header, second POC information about a second partial value of the POC of the second RAP picture, and obtaining the POC of the second RAP picture by using the first POC information and the second POC information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-doo Choi, Young-o Park, Jae-hyun Kim, Jeong-hoon Park
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ORTHOGONAL CODES WITH WIDE RANGE OF SPREADING FACTOR
    Publication number: 20150063424
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating an orthogonal set in a quasi-synchronous spread spectrum system, the method including selecting a two-level autocorrelation sequence at a sequence selector, selecting a first indices set and a second indices set from the two-level autocorrelation sequence, and generating two quasi-orthogonal sets using the first indices set and the second indices set, at an orthogonal code generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sujit JOS, Jinesh P. NAIR
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING FUNCTIONS RELATED TO HANDWRITTEN USER INPUT ON LOCK SCREEN
    Publication number: 20150062041
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for executing a function corresponding to a handwritten user input at the same time as providing a handwritten unlock command on a lock screen of an electronic device. The apparatus includes a touch screen that displays a lock screen including a first layer for unlocking the lock screen and a second layer that is laid over the first layer, and a controller that verifies that an unlock command is the same as a predetermined unlock command in response to the unlock command being input to the first layer, to display the second layer in response to the unlock command being the same as the predetermined unlock command, and to search for a command corresponding to a handwritten user input that is input to the second layer to execute the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho KIM, Mu-Sik KWON, Do-Hyeon KIM, Dong-Hyuk LEE, Seong-Taek HWANG
  • MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20150063723
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus and a medical image management method provide information regarding image deletion to a user upon deleting stored images, thus allowing the user to intuitively recognize a storage capacity and to select a data capacity to be deleted. The medical imaging apparatus includes a storage unit storing images, a controller calculating a residual capacity among the storage capacity of the storage unit and determining whether or the residual capacity is less than a predetermined reference value, and a display unit displaying an auto deletion popup window receiving setting regarding a reference date for deletion of the stored images, if the residual capacity is less than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Jeong OH, Jong Hyun Shin, Woo Sup Han
  • Method for displaying marker in a map service
    Patent number: 8972176
    Abstract: A method for displaying a marker in a map service is provided. In the method, a plurality of markers each representing information are displayed differentially in a propagation range set according to importance of a user in the map service, and when the plurality of markers are displayed overlapped, only a marker representing information of highest importance is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Il Sung, Han-Kyung Jeon, Chan-Su Ahn, Young-Il Oh, Je-Sang Yoon
  • Method of attaching and sending file through webmail from image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus to perform the method
    Patent number: 8970869
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which logs into an external webmail server by using a web browser included in the image forming apparatus, the webmail is written on a webpage of the webmail server, a file to be attached to the webmail is selected, and the selected file is attached to the webmail so as to send the webmail to the webmail server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-wook Park
  • Method of manufacturing large area gallium nitride substrate
    Patent number: 8969178
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a large area gallium nitride (GaN) substrate includes forming a buffer layer on a silicon substrate, forming an insulation layer pattern on a rim of a top surface of the buffer layer, growing a GaN layer on the buffer layer, and removing the insulation layer pattern and a portion of the GaN layer and the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-sang Lee, Sung-soo Park, Young-soo Park
  • Electrochromic materials and electrochromic devices using the same
    Patent number: 8970937
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel electrochromic materials. The electrochromic materials produce various colors. The electrochromic materials can be used to form red electrochromic layers in a simple manner. Therefore, the electrochromic materials are suitable for use in the fabrication of RGB full-color electrochromic devices. Also disclosed herein are electrochromic devices fabricated using the electrochromic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Uk Son, Chang Ho Noh, Ji Min Lee
  • Portable computer
    Patent number: D723542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Sohn, Anders P. Jensen