Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first main body, a guide member disposed on a side surface of the first main body, and a connecting member disposed on the first main body. The second connector is configured to be combined with the first connector. The second connector includes a second main body, a fixing member disposed on a side surface of the second main body and rotatably connected to each side surfaces at an end portion of the second main body, and a connecting pad disposed on the second main body to contact with the connecting member. Thus, the first connector and the second connector may combine and separate easily, so that a damage of the connector assembly may be prevented.
Abstract: Content playback that includes maintaining a connection between an electronic device and a content source. Content is prefetched prior to attempting to play one or more stations on the electronic device. Scanning a multiple stations and listening to a particular one station is distinguishable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Patrick H. Lim, Harvey Tang, King-Sun Wai, Alissa W. Bell, Adnan M. Agboatwalla, Daren Teh Chuan Tsui, Willy Lai, Jeffrey Lui, Kelly McMichael, Samir Safi, Yen Ma, Olchi Skant, Neil Everette, Cheryl Sedota, Maverick Valesco, Rachel Kobetz, Edwin Ho, Shawn Hwang
Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other. The first substrate includes a gate line which defines a gate electrode; a passivation layer on the gate line; a pixel in which are disposed, a pixel electrode and a common electrode which overlap each other with an insulating layer therebetween; and a first auxiliary wire and a second auxiliary wire each disposed between the passivation layer and the insulating layer, the first and second auxiliary wires extended parallel to a direction in which the gate line extends, the extended first and second auxiliary wires spaced apart from each other by a gap. The second substrate includes a column spacer. In a plan view a center point of the column spacer of the second substrate is disposed in the gap between the first auxiliary wire and the second auxiliary wire of the first substrate.
Abstract: A flexible display comprises a flexible substrate made of plastic material, a display element on a first surface of the flexible substrate, and a surface residual film containing at least one of a metal material or a metal oxide material. The surface residual film is bonded to at least a part of a second surface of the flexible substrate. The second surface is opposed to the first surface. A method for manufacturing a flexible display comprises preparing a glass substrate, forming adhesive material film on the glass substrate, the adhesive material film being made of at least one of a metal material or a metal oxide material, and forming a flexible substrate from plastic material on the adhesive material film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 28, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Tae-Woong Kim, Sung-Guk An, Dong-un Jin, Hyung-Sik Kim, Young-Gu Kim, Sang-Joon Seo
Abstract: A method for controlling a screen of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of subscreens by dividing a screen, the plurality of subscreens comprising an overlapping region of a certain area with a neighboring subscreen, selecting one of the plurality of subscreens, displaying the selected one of the plurality of subscreen in a mirroring region, and displaying, when receiving a user drag from the selected one of the plurality of subscreens displayed in the mirroring region to a neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, the neighboring screen comprising the overlapping region with the selected one of the plurality of subscreens, in the mirroring region according to the drag.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Se-Hoon Kim, Ye-Ni Lee, Jong-Pil Yi, Ji-Hwa Lee
Abstract: Semiconductor devices may include a semiconductor substrate with a first semiconductor fin aligned end-to-end with a second semiconductor with a recess between facing ends of the first and second semiconductor fins. A first insulator pattern is formed adjacent sidewalls of the first and second semiconductor fins and a second insulator pattern is formed within the first recess. The second insulator pattern may have a top surface higher than a top surface of the first insulator pattern, such as to the height of the top surface of the fins (or higher or lower). First and second gates extend along sidewalls and a top surface of the first semiconductor fin. A dummy gate electrode may be formed on the top surface of the second insulator. Methods for manufacture of the same and modifications are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Byoung-Ho Kwon, Cheol Kim, Ho-Young Kim, Se-Jung Park, Myeong-Cheol Kim, Bo-Kyeong Kang, Bo-Un Yoon, Jae-Kwang Choi, Si-Young Choi, Suk-Hoon Jeong, Geum-Jung Seong, Hee-Don Jeong, Yong-Joon Choi, Ji-Eun Han
Abstract: A touch display device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an image, and a touch screen panel disposed on the display panel and configured to sense at least one touch. The touch screen panel includes a touch substrate at which the touch can be generated; sensing electrodes provided on the touch substrate and spaced apart from one another, each of the sensing electrodes being formed of a piezoresistive material having a resistance value that varies according to an applied force; and a touch processor electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The touch processor extracts a touch coordinate based on time constants of sensing signals applied to the sensing electrodes, and calculates a touch force of the touch based on resistance values of the sensing electrodes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Kangwon Lee, Won-ki Hong, Moonsung Choi, Seungho Nam
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base substrate; a through via formed to penetrate through the base substrate; and circuit patterns formed on one side and the other side of the base substrate and formed to be thinner than an inner wall of the through via.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Seung Wook Park, Young Do Kweon, Jin Gu Kim
Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a blend solution that includes a block copolymer and an adsorbent is prepared. The block copolymer is synthesized by a copolymerization between a first polymer unit and a second polymer unit having a hydrophilicity greater than that of the first polymer unit. The adsorbent on which the block copolymer is adsorbed is extracted. The block copolymer is separated from the adsorbent. The block copolymer is collected. The block copolymer may be used to form a mask on an object layer on a substrate and the mask used to etch the object layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jun Won Han, Su-Jin Kwon, Hye-Ryun Kim, Jae-Hyun Kim, Jung-Sik Choi
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting adaptive streaming mechanism-based content. Representations, which include content components, are combined into a group. At least two of the group, a representation, and a content component type are combined into a subset. The subset is transmitted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Inventors:
Sung-Ryeul Rhyu, Seo-Young Hwang, Jae-Yeon Song
Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an electromagnetic sensing unit to sense an electromagnetic field. The apparatus also includes a shielding layer to shield at least a portion of the electromagnetic field, the shielding layer including a magnetic material.
Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided, which includes an image capturer configured to generate a plurality of short-exposure images by performing continuous imaging for a first time in a first imaging mode in which imaging is performed through exposure over the first time, a processor configured to control the image capturer to generate at least one short-exposure image by performing additional imaging after the first time if an imaging command is input in a state where the first imaging mode and an HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode are set, and an image processor configured to synthesize the short-exposure images generated by the image capturer by successively accumulating the short-exposure images.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kyoung-hwan Moon, Young-geol Kim, Jae-young Roh, Na-youn Park, Je-seung Yeon
Abstract: Provided are a memory device and a memory module, which perform both an ECC operation and a redundancy repair operation. The memory device repairs a single-bit error due to a ‘fail’ cell by using an error correction code (ECC) operation, and also repairs the ‘fail’ cell by using a redundancy repair operation when the ‘fail’ cell is not repairable by the ECC operation. The redundancy repair operation includes a data line repair and a block repair. The ECC operation may change a codeword corresponding to data per one unit of memory cells including the ‘fail’ cell, and may also change the size of parity bits regarding the changed codeword.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Young-soo Sohn, Kwang-il Park, Chul-woo Park, Jong-pil Son, Jae-youn Youn, Hoi-ju Chung
Abstract: A phosphine oxide-based compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic light-emitting device including the phosphine oxide-based compound. wherein Ar1 through Ar3, and a, b, and c are defined as in the specification.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignees:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Mi-Kyung Kim, Kwan-Hee Lee, Chang-Woong Chu, Yun-Hi Kim, Soon-Ki Kwon, Seung-Jin Yoo
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing information between mobile communication systems in order to prevent the degradation of user-experienced performance when different types of mobile communication networks are used. The method for processing information at user equipment (UE) to improve user-experienced performance of a mobile communication system includes performing a data communication through a first network and receiving, from a policy server, a routing policy including a validity condition which is information about a condition of designating a UE status for handover. The method further includes, in the handover, if a searched second network satisfies the validity condition, performing the data communication through the second network. Accordingly, a network for data transmission can be selected using a routing policy created in consideration of a UE status or a network status, thereby enhancing user-experienced performance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Sang Soo Jeong, Song Yean Cho, Beom Sik Bae, Jung Je Son, Han Na Lim
Abstract: A radio frequency switch circuit may include a first switch circuit unit connected between a signal port and an antenna port, a second switch circuit unit connected between the signal port and a ground, and a third switch circuit unit connected between the antenna port and the ground. An operation reference voltage of the third switch circuit unit is lower than an operation reference voltage of the first switch circuit unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Dae Seok Jang, Yoo Hwan Kim, Hyun Hwan Yoo, Yoo Sam Na, Jong Myeong Kim, Hyun Jin Yoo
Abstract: A ceramic dielectric composition contains a base material powder represented by one or more of (Ca1?xSrx)(Zr1?yTiy)O3, Ca(Zr1?yTiy)O3, Sr(Zr1?yTiy)O3, (Ca1?xSrx)ZrO3, and (Ca1?xSrx)TiO3, in which x and y satisfy 0?x?1.0 and 0.2?y?0.9, respectively. The ceramic dielectric composition may have high room-temperature permittivity and excellent ESD protection characteristics and may secure withstand voltage characteristics while implementing relatively high capacitance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jae Sung Park, Seok Hyun Yoon, Chang Hoon Kim, Doo Young Kim, Soo Kyong Jo
Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission are provided. An output power of a source device may be wirelessly transmitted to a target device via a resonator. The source device may detect a change in a current of the output power, and may request the target device to verify a state of the target device. The source device may determine a state of a wireless power transmission based on the change in the current and the state of the target device. The source device may control wireless power transmission based on the determined state of the wireless power transmission.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2017
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Nam Yun Kim, Sang Wook Kwon, Yun Kwon Park, Young Tack Hong
Abstract: A method is provided for sharing user information in an electronic device. User information is determined. A sharable item is displayed for the determined user information. A setting is provided for the sharable item indicating whether to restrict sharing for the sharable item. It is determined whether to share the user information based on the setting for the sharable item.