Patents Assigned to Samsung Electronics
  • Publication number: 20250056158
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for audio sharing. In some embodiments, a method of audio sharing method to be performed by a first user device includes advertising an audio sharing message including a predetermined set identification, based on an indication from a user to share an audio content. The method further includes receiving, from a second audio playing device, an audio sharing confirmation message indicating that the second audio playing device has switched from an original set identification to the predetermined set identification. The method further includes establishing a third short-range wireless connection with the second audio playing device. The method further includes sending an audio data packet of the audio content to the first audio playing device, using the first short-range wireless connection, and the second audio playing device, using the third short-range wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin PAN, Dong XU, Shaoying ZHAO, Yajun ZHI
  • Publication number: 20250056827
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor includes a channel layer, a channel supplying layer causing generation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on respective sides of the channel supplying layer, a depletion forming layer provided on the channel supplying layer to form a depletion region in the 2DEG, a gate electrode provided on a portion of the depletion forming layer, and a current limiting layer provided to contact the gate electrode on another portion of the depletion forming layer. The current limiting layer limits a current flow from the gate electrode to the depletion forming layer according to a voltage applied to the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaejoon OH, Jongseob KIM
  • Publication number: 20250053322
    Abstract: There is provided a memory device including a processing-in-memory (PIM) dynamic random access memory (DRAM) die(s) and PIM-high bandwidth memory (HBM) devices. The memory device includes a core peripheral circuit structure including a bank core circuit including a row decoder and a sense amplifier of each of a plurality of banks, and a cell array structure disposed on the core peripheral circuit structure. The bank core circuit includes a plurality of sub core circuits correspondingly connected to the plurality of sub cell blocks, respectively. Each of the plurality of sub core circuits includes a sense amplifier segmented to be connected to a corresponding sub cell block, and a processing element connected to the segmented sense amplifier and configured to perform a logical operation on an operand that is data loaded into the segmented sense amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonil LEE, Jinwoo HAN, Seryeun YANG
  • Publication number: 20250052578
    Abstract: There is provided a tag device including a first sensor, a second sensor, a pre-processor and a neural network processor. The pre-processor generates first position data of the tag device based on time information sensed by at least one of a third sensor included in each of the one or more anchor devices and the first sensor of the tag device, generates second position data based on first speed data of the tag device sensed by the second sensor and the first position data, and generates an image based on a path of movement of the tag device based on the second position data in an operation period, and the neural network processor classifies the image into one of a plurality of movements by using a trained neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research And Business Foundation
    Inventors: Hyunsoon KIM, Hwangnam KIM, Jun KIM, Seungchull SUH, Kyeonghyun YOO, Dongjae LEE
  • Publication number: 20250052488
    Abstract: A refrigerator may comprise a main body including a storage compartment, a door rotatably connectable to the main body, a water container mounting part disposed in the door, a water container coupleable to and decoupleable from the water container mounting part, and an optical sensor disposed on one surface of a side of the water container mounting part configured to detect whether the water container is coupled to the water container mounting part or detect a water level of the water container. The water container may include a reflection mirror disposed to face the optical sensor and configured to guide light emitted from the optical sensor to a bottom side of the water container or light reflected from the bottom side and guide light reflected by water stored in the water container to the optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongsu HAN, Gwangjin JUNG, Taegyoon NOH
  • Publication number: 20250053291
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a single physical button and a processor configured to control the display to display a guide user interface (UI), a selection UI and a plurality of menu items, based on a user input received via the single physical button being identified as a short click input, move the selection UI from one menu item among the plurality of menu items to another menu item among the plurality of menu items, based on the user input being identified as a long press input, select the one menu item and execute a control function corresponding to the selected one menu item, and based on an execution of the control function, control the display to display a setting UI indicating a current setting value of the control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hyuk KIM, Seung-hyun MOON, Dae-hyun JANG
  • Publication number: 20250052877
    Abstract: An apparatus for distance measurement using ultrasonic waves may include: a memory configured to store an applied voltage profile that indicate voltages to be applied to a transducer at a plurality of different operational frequencies of transducer, a transducer including a transmitter configured to generate ultrasonic waves with a frequency modulated waveform, and a receiver configured to receive an echo signal reflected back from a measurement object; and a processor configured to control the transducer based on the applied voltage profile, and measure a distance to the measurement object based on the echo signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ko, Jin Woo Choi, Seung Woo Noh, Sang Yun Park
  • Publication number: 20250051993
    Abstract: A washing machine including a detergent supply device to supply a detergent together with water to a tub. The detergent supply device includes a detergent housing installed within the main body and a detergent accommodation box movably installed within the detergent housing, and the detergent accommodation box is divided into automatic detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied automatically and manual detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied manually, and the detergent supply device supplies the detergents through an automatic detergent supply method and a manual detergent supply method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weon Jin SONG, Song Yik LEE, Hyun Woo SONG
  • Publication number: 20250052486
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a body comprising a storage chamber; a door coupled to the body; a camera located on the body; and at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute one or more instructions stored in the memory, in which the one or more instructions cause the refrigerator to: based on detecting opening of the door, control the camera to capture the image of at least a part of the inside of the body and the door, identify, based on the image, whether at least one of a first area of the inside of the body included in the image or a first line included in the door included in the image satisfies a predetermined condition, and based on identifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied, store the image as an optimal door bin image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungjun HWANG, Minsoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20250054773
    Abstract: A method of forming a plating pattern includes forming a first plating layer on a substrate, forming a photosensitive material layer on the first plating layer, patterning the photosensitive material layer to have a trench exposing a portion of the first plating layer, forming a superhydrophobic film on a surface of the photosensitive material layer, forming a second plating layer in the trench by immersing the photosensitive material layer and the first plating layer in a plating solution, and simultaneously removing the superhydrophobic film and the photosensitive material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuseon HEO
  • Publication number: 20250053208
    Abstract: A system includes a main board and sub-board units connected thereto. Each sub-board unit includes: a first sub-board connected to the main board and first chips arranged on a side of the first sub-board; a second sub-board connected to the main board and second chips arranged on a side of the second sub-board; and a cooling structure between the first sub-board and the second sub-board. The first sub-board and the second sub-board are arranged such that the side of the first sub-board and side of the second sub-board both face the cooling structure. A first region of the first sub-board defined by an outline of a first chip is directly opposite an identical second region of the second sub-board, and at least a portion of a second chip that corresponds to the first chip is outside the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungeun JO, Byungwoo BANG
  • Publication number: 20250054100
    Abstract: A supersampling method includes generating a current rendered image frame by performing jittered sampling on a three-dimensional (3D) scene, based on sub-pixels of low-resolution pixels for the current rendered image frame; generating a current warped image frame by warping a previous output image frame, based on a motion vector map corresponding to a difference between the current rendered image frame and a previous rendered image frame; generating a current shifted image frame by shifting pixels of the current warped image frame, based on a change in sampling positions based on the jittered sampling; and generating a current output image frame, based on the current rendered image frame and the current shifted image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Moon, Nahyup Kang, Minjung Son, Hyeonseung Yu, Inwoo Ha, Seokpyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20250054435
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel; a first storage storing first driving data for a plurality of panel types, a second storage storing driving information of the display panel, a third storage storing third driving data to drive the display panel, a timing controller that drives the display panel based on the third driving data stored in the third storage, and a main controller that updates the third driving data stored in the third storage based on second driving data corresponding to the driving information of the display panel stored in the second storage among the first driving data for the plurality of panel types stored in the first storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihye KIM, Sungjin LIM, Kyeongjin LEE
  • Publication number: 20250052482
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a body including a first insulating panel having a first coupler and a second insulating panel having a second coupler, wherein the first coupler and second coupler are coupled together, a compartment inside the body, a door to open and close the compartment, and a cooling device to cool the compartment, wherein the first insulating panel, first coupler, second insulating panel, and second coupler are configured so that, to couple the first coupler and second coupler together, the first insulating panel and first coupler are movable in a first direction toward the second insulating panel and second coupler so that the first coupler and second coupler become engaged, and, after the first coupler and second coupler are engaged, the first insulating panel and first coupler are movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so that the first coupler and second coupler become coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonwoo JEONG, Sunghyun KIM, Keonpyo KOO
  • Publication number: 20250052667
    Abstract: An optical measurement apparatus includes a first light emitter configured to emit a first light on a surface of a sample, a second light emitter configured to emit a second light on the surface of the sample on which the first light is focused, a physical property detector configured to obtain physical property information of the sample by detecting a change in an amount of light of the second light due to a photothermal effect of the first light on the surface of the sample, and at least one structure detector configured to obtain structural information of the sample by detecting a reflected light of at least one of the first light and the second light that is reflected from the surface of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jooyoun KANG, Gideok KIM, Kwangsoo KIM, Wookrae KIM, Jaeseok SON, Eunjoo LEE, Soonhong Charles HWANG
  • Publication number: 20250056926
    Abstract: Provided is a nanorod light-emitting device including a support layer, a first-type semiconductor nanocore protruding from an upper surface of the support layer and including a semiconductor material doped as a first conductivity type, a mask layer on an upper surface of the support layer and extending to a first height of the first-type semiconductor nanocore in a vertical direction and adjacent to a surface of the first-type semiconductor nanocore, a light-emitting layer having a multi-quantum well structure adjacent to a portion of the first-type semiconductor nanocore above the first height in the vertical direction, and a second-type semiconductor layer adjacent to a surface of the light-emitting layer and including a semiconductor material doped as a second conductivity type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhee CHOI, Joosung KIM, Dongchul SHIN, Junghun PARK
  • Publication number: 20250056683
    Abstract: A sensor device according to an embodiment, mountable on a cooking vessel to measure a temperature of a food item in the cooking vessel heated by a heating device. The sensor device includes a heat transfer portion to receive heat from the heated cooking vessel while the sensor device is mounted to the cooking vessel, a thermoelectric element to generate a current and electrical energy based on the heat transferred from the heat transfer portion, a printed board assembly (PBA) to which the current generated by the thermoelectric element is applied, an energy storage portion electrically connected to the PBA to store the electrical energy received from the PBA, a sensor body on which the PBA and the energy storage portion are disposed, a probe mountable on the sensor body, the probe including a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the food item in the cooking vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjoon CHOO, Sanguk PARK, Jungsu HA, Geun KANG, Jaeyong KO, Youngkun KWON, Chulyong JUNG, Jonghun HA
  • Publication number: 20250057055
    Abstract: A superconducting device includes a frequency tunable device comprising a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad that are connected to each other by a Josephson junction, a ferromagnetic structure disposed at a predetermined distance apart from the first and second conductive pads, a control line located below the ferromagnetic structure, and a control circuit configured to control a resonant frequency of the frequency tunable device by controlling current flowing through the control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Yun KIM, In Su JEON, Hyeok Shin KWON
  • Publication number: 20250052691
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a semiconductor measurement apparatus includes extracting an interference pattern using a microsphere, and measuring a distance between a specimen and the microsphere, based on the interference pattern. A semiconductor measurement apparatus includes a light source configured to output at least one light, a scanner having a microsphere-objective lens, the scanner configured to allow the at least one light to be incident on a specimen, a spectrometer configured to obtain a spectrum of light reflected from the specimen; and a distance measurement apparatus configured to calculate a microsphere-to-specimen distance by analyzing a change in the spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngsun CHOI, Soonyang KWON, Kwangrak KIM, Jangryul PARK, Jiwoong KIM, Youngjun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250054774
    Abstract: According to aspects of the inventive concepts, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method including forming a conductive layer on a first redistribution substrate, forming, on the conductive layer, a resist film having an opening, wherein the opening extends through the resist film to expose an organic residue, and wherein an oxide film is provided between the conductive layer and the organic residue, removing the organic residue by adding an alcohol solution into the opening, removing the oxide film by adding an acid solution into the opening, and forming a conductive post in the opening, wherein the oxide film is provided on the conductive layer, and the oxide film and the conductive layer include a same metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyeyeong Jo, Jaejeong Kim, Soowoong Park