Patents Assigned to Samsung.
  • Publication number: 20210241682
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes constituting a plurality of sub-pixels of the display panel and configured to be divided into a plurality of groups; and a plurality of LED driving circuits configured to: receive a PWM data voltage in a scanning period; and based on the PWM data voltage, drive the plurality of light-emitting diodes by providing drive current to the plurality of light-emitting diodes for a time corresponding to the PWM data voltage in an emission period, wherein each of the plurality of LED driving circuits is configured to be connected to light-emitting diodes included in respective groups of the plurality of groups, and drive the light-emitting diodes of the respective groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngki JUNG, Tetsuya SHIGETA, Jinho KIM, Chulgyu JUNG
  • Publication number: 20210241098
    Abstract: A processor-implemented neural network method includes: extracting, by a feature extractor of a neural network, a plurality of training feature vectors corresponding to a plurality of training class data of each of a plurality of classes including a first class and a second class; determining, by a feature sample generator of the neural network, an additional feature vector of the second class based on a mean vector and a variation vector of the plurality of training feature vectors of each of the first class and the second class; and training a class vector of the second class included in a classifier of the neural network based on the additional feature vector and the plurality of training feature vectors of the second class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Seong-Jin PARK, Sung Ju HWANG, Seungju HAN, Insoo KIM, Jiwon BAEK, Jaejoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20210240528
    Abstract: Provided is a method for scheduling of tasks for an operating system on a multi-core processor. The method includes receiving a system call for initiating a scheduling operation on a second core and invoking a scheduling instance to the second core, and the scheduling instance notifies the scheduling operation of an incoming high priority task. Further, the method includes deferring a switching context instance at the second core, and the deferring the switching context instance at the second core includes unblocking the first core to perform other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anup Manohar KAVERI, Vinayak HANAGANDI, Nischal JAIN, Rohit Kumar SARAF, Shwetang SINGH, Samarth VARSHNEY, Srinivasa Rao KOLA, Younjo OH
  • Publication number: 20210240925
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first memory configured to operate at a first speed and store compressed vectors corresponding to words, and scaling factors corresponding to the compressed vectors; a second memory that is faster than the first memory and is configured to store a first group of the compressed vectors, and store a first group of the scaling factors; and a processor configured to obtain a first compressed vector and a first scaling factor corresponding to an input word from the first memory or the second memory and process the obtained first compressed vector and the obtained first scaling factor by using a neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sejung KWON, Dongsoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20210239382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment provided to allow a front surface thereof to be open in the body and including a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment evaporator provided at a rear of the freezing compartment and configured to generate cold air supplied to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment, a fan including a first fan configured to guide cold air generated by the freezing compartment evaporator to the freezing compartment, and a second fan configured to guide the cold air generated by the freezing compartment evaporator to the refrigerating compartment, and a variable temperature compartment formed by a roll-bond evaporator disposed inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongnyeol RYU, Jongeun KIM, Sungsoo SHIN, Kihak HONG, Hyunho HA
  • Publication number: 20210242267
    Abstract: An image sensor with improved performance, and a method of fabricating the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon KIM, Kwan Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20210241818
    Abstract: A volatile memory device includes: a first sense amplifier connected to a first memory cell through a first bit line, and configured to sense 2-bit data stored in the first memory cell; a second sense amplifier connected to a second memory cell through a second bit line, and configured to sense 2-bit data stored in the second memory cell, the second bit line having a length greater than a length of the first bit line; and a driving voltage supply circuit configured to supply a first driving voltage to the first sense amplifier, and supply a second driving voltage to the second sense amplifier, the second driving voltage having a voltage level different from a voltage level of the first driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongil LEE, Younghun SEO
  • Publication number: 20210242302
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a plurality of pixels. At least one pixel is connected to a scan line receive a scan signal, a data line to receive a data signal, and voltage line to receive a driving voltage. The at least one pixel includes a switching transistor including a switching drain electrode to output the data voltage, a driving transistor including a driving source electrode connected to the switching drain electrode, and an organic light emitting diode connected to a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor. The driving source electrode is separated from the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi Hae KIM, Min Ho KO, Seung Woo SUNG, Ki Myeong EOM, Jin JEON
  • Publication number: 20210238792
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a main body having a washing space and an opening through which clothes are inserted and withdrawn into and from the washing space, a door to open and close the opening, and a sub-washing unit to form a sub-washing space separate from the washing space and separably provided from the door. By such configuration, sub-washing may be efficiently performed, and space utilization may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun PARK, Geun KANG, Sung Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20210243489
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a user interface window for receiving a letter input; a communication interface configured to receive a control instruction for inputting letters from a control device; and a controller configured to control the display to selectively display an on-screen keypad for inputting letters on the user interface window based on whether the control device includes letter keys for inputting letters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeo-ri YOON, Dae-hyun KIM, Han-soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210243403
    Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ha-Na KIM, Jee-hoon Park, Hyun-yong Choi, You-na Choo, Soo-hyun Whang
  • Publication number: 20210236007
    Abstract: Physiological parameter detecting apparatuses and methods of detecting the physiological parameters are provided. A physiological parameter detecting apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit a light onto a region of an object; an optical path converter configured to receive the light returning from the object and convert an optical path of the received light; an optical detector configured to detect the light that has the converted optical path; and a controller configured to extract physiological information of the object from the detected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexey Andreevich SHCHEKIN, Maxim Vladimirovich RIABKO, Anton Sergeevich MEDVEDEV, Alexey Dmitrievich Dmitrievich LANTSOV, Sergey Nikolaevich KOPTYAEV
  • Publication number: 20210242270
    Abstract: An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes first, second, third and fourth unit pixels. Each of the unit pixels includes a first transfer transistor structure, a second transfer transistor structure and a third transfer transistor structure, a first source follower transistor structure, a second source follower transistor structure and a third source follower transistor structure, and a first selection transistor structure, a second selection transistor structure and a third selection transistor structure, the fourth unit pixel includes a fourth transfer transistor structure and a reset transistor structure, and each of the transfer transistor structures includes a channel electrode and a gate structure that surrounds side surfaces of the channel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangmook LIM, Sungin KIM, Changhwa KIM, Yeoseon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210239543
    Abstract: A force sensing device includes: a frame; a plurality of contact blocks disposed on a first side of the frame; at least one force sensor disposed between adjacent contact blocks among the plurality of contact blocks; and at least one pressing member protruding outwardly from a second side of the frame, wherein the at least one pressing member is disposed in a region corresponding to one or more of the contact blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Gyun YIM, Sol Ji CHANG, Chang Ju LEE
  • Publication number: 20210242320
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a gate trench disposed in the substrate and crossing the active region; a gate dielectric layer disposed in the gate trench; a first gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer and including center and edge portions; a second gate electrode disposed on the first gate electrode; a gate capping insulating layer disposed on the second gate electrode and filling the gate trench; and first and second impurity regions disposed in the substrate opposite to each other with respect to the gate trench. A top surface of each of the center and edge portions contacts a bottom surface of the second gate electrode. The top surface of the second gate electrode is concave. The bottom surface of the gate capping insulating layer is convex, and a side surface of the gate capping insulating layer contacts the gate dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghwan HUH, Dongchan KIM, Dae Hyun KIM, Euiju KIM, Jisoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210242069
    Abstract: A wafer chuck includes a body portion; a vacuum barrier portion including a wall structure arranged at the same distance from a center point of the body portion; f protrusions arranged inside and outside the vacuum barrier portion, protruding from a top surface of the body portion and spaced apart from each other; and a vacuum portion including vacuum holes spaced apart from each other penetrating the body portion inside the vacuum barrier portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungil CHOI, Hyeondong SONG, Myeongshik SHIM, Jonghyun HONG, Bonggyo SEO
  • Publication number: 20210239386
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including a latch device configured to couple or separate the second door to or from the first door, wherein the latch device includes a fixing member disposed on the first door, a locking member provided on the second door to be coupled or separated from the fixing member, and an input member provided on the second door to be rotatable in the left and right directions, and wherein the locking member rotates in a direction of being separated from the fixing member when the input member rotates in the left direction, and the locking member rotates in the direction of being separated from the fixing member when the input member rotates in the right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jun YOON, Jin JEONG
  • Publication number: 20210242590
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a dielectric layer; a patch antenna pattern disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and including an upper surface having a polygonal shape, a plurality of feed vias respectively disposed to penetrate the dielectric layer by at least a portion of a thickness of the dielectric layer, respectively disposed to be biased toward a first side and a second side, different from each other, from a center of the polygonal shape of the patch antenna pattern, and respectively disposed to be spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern, and a plurality of feed patterns respectively electrically connected to an upper end of a corresponding feed via, among the plurality of feed vias, respectively disposed to be spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern, and configured to provide a feed path to the patch antenna pattern, wherein the polygonal shape of the patch antenna pattern has a structure in which the first side and a third side between the first and second sides form an obtuse
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Ki KIM, Jeong Ki RYOO, Won Cheol LEE, Jae Min KEUM, Dong Ok KO, Shin Haeng HEO
  • Publication number: 20210240342
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device includes storing a quality order for each of a plurality of communication methods different from each other, based on a plurality of applications being executed, identifying a priority order for each of the plurality of applications, identifying a communication method corresponding to each of the plurality of applications among the plurality of communication methods based on the priority order and the quality order, and communicating with a server corresponding to each of the plurality of applications by the identified communication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suhwan JIN, Seungil YOON, Eungsik YOON, Eunseok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210241408
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image data processing method and a sensor device performing the same. The sensor device includes an image sensor configured to acquire image data, an image buffer configured to store the image data, and an image processor configured to generate image-processed data by applying a filter corresponding to a storage pattern of the image buffer to the image data stored in the image buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangil JUNG, Changyong SON, Jinwoo SON, Jaehyoung YOO, Changin CHOI, Jaejoon HAN