Samsung Electronics Patents Granted

Patents granted to Samsung Electronics by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9917276
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving circuit layer including a thin film transistor, a display layer at the driving circuit layer and overlapping a portion of the driving circuit layer, a window at the display layer, a first adhesive member between the driving circuit layer and the window, and a second adhesive member between the display layer and the window and spaced from the first adhesive member in a plane view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeondeuk Hwang, Soyeon Joo, Hayoung Choi
  • Patent number: 9918230
    Abstract: In a method of performing secure communication, access information for navigating to a target site is received while a mobile system is in a normal mode. An operational mode of the mobile system is changed from the normal mode to a secure mode based on the access information. The access information is verified while the mobile system is in the secure mode. Access to the target site is either allowed or denied based on a result of the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-Hee Kang, Jung-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9916251
    Abstract: A cache managing method of a display driving apparatus may be provided. The display driving apparatus including an encoder to generate compressed data by compressing raw data, a memory to store the compressed data, and a decoder to restore the compressed data and including a payload cache may be provided. The cache managing method including requesting an access to the compressed data, and managing the payload cache using a linked list according to the access request to the compressed data may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyong Jung, Seok-Hoon Kim, Euicheol Lim, Jinseok Ha
  • Patent number: 9917919
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one of a contact list or a call list, a communication module configured to transmit a phone number, included in at least one of the contact list or the call list, to a server and receive company information, associated with the phone number, from the server, and a control module configured to estimate a user profile using at least one of a word included in the contact list or a word included in the company information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Jun Song, Joo Seuk Kim, Jong Eun Yang, Jin Ho Moon, Hee Seon Park
  • Patent number: 9915623
    Abstract: An optical inspection apparatus includes an inspection target unit on which an inspection target is loaded, an illumination optical unit configured to irradiate incident light to the inspection target, an objective lens unit disposed between the illumination optical unit and the inspection target unit, a detection optical unit configured to receive reflective light reflected from the inspection target to thereby detect a presence or absence of a defect on the inspection target, and a control unit configured to control the illumination optical unit and the detection optical unit. The illumination optical unit includes a light source part configured to irradiate the incident light, and a spatial filter array configured to modify a transmission region of the incident light irradiated from the light source part. The spatial filter array includes a spatial filter part, and a filter movement part configured to move the spatial filter part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Kim, Taejoong Kim, Byeonghwan Jeon, Yongsuk Choi, Youngduk Kim, Taeseok Oh, SangYun Lee, Yong-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9915980
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a front housing arranged in a front portion of the electronic device, and a bracket connected to the front housing, to which a plurality of electronic parts of the electronic device are affixed. The electronic device also includes a rear housing arranged in a rear portion of the electronic device and including at least one slider and at least one rail. Each of the at least one slider is connected to a respective rail. The at least one slider is slidable on and elastically supported by the at least one rail, without being released from the at least one rail. The rear housing is detachable from the bracket by the at least one slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seung-Hwa Park, Byung-Sun Kim, Hyun-Mi Cheong
  • Patent number: 9915801
    Abstract: An auto focusing (AF) module includes a fixed base, an AF barrel configured to support a focus lens, an AF base supported by the fixed base and configured to support the AF barrel such that the AF barrel that moves along an optical axis. A stepper motor is fixed to the AF base and provides a driving force to the AF barrel; a bonding member is arranged between the fixed base and the AF base, the bonding member being configured to bond the fixed base and the AF base to each other. The AF module may fix the AF base in an optimum location with respect to the fixed base, so that the assembling error of a first guide shaft assembled in the AF base may be compensated. The AF module may be fixed to the optimum location with respect to another component, such as the lens frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoon-seok Kang
  • Patent number: 9917676
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) in an un-licensed system. The UE includes at least one antenna configured to communicate with a base station. The UE also includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: send and receive data through the at least one antenna, in response to failing to decode a transport block transmitted by a first downlink carrier, transmit a negative acknowledgement message to the base station, and receive a re-transmission of the transport block from a second downlink carrier. The first downlink carrier comprises a unlicensed spectrum carrier and the second downlink carrier is different from the first downlink carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Boon Loong Ng, Aris Papasakellariou, Thomas David Novlan, Ying Li
  • Patent number: 9913590
    Abstract: A workout management method performed by a wearable device is provided. The workout management method includes receiving a first information about an amount of exercise to be performed by a user, obtaining a second information about a current fitness state of the user, comparing the first information and the second information, and outputting the result of the comparison to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangkyu Kim, Joonhyung Lee, Seongho Cho
  • Patent number: 9917235
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting diode (“LED”) provided above the substrate, an insulating layer provided above the LED, and a wire grid polarizer (“WGP”) provided above the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mugyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 9917304
    Abstract: A protected anode including: an anode including lithium or capable of reversibly incorporating lithium ions; and a lithium ion-conductive protective layer on the anode and including a ceramic composite represented by Formula 1: Li1+aAlbGe2?cMdP3+eO12+f??Formula 1 wherein M is at least one element selected from titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), and germanium (Ge), 0?a?1, 0?b?1, 0?c?1, 0?d?0.5, 0?e?0.1, and 0?f?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-joon Lee, Dong-min Im, Victor Roev, Sang-bok Ma, Min-sik Park, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Won-sung Choi, Yasuo Takeda
  • Patent number: 9915544
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus provides a service using a sensor and image recognition in a portable terminal that supports Augmented Reality (AR). The method includes determining whether the portable terminal is parallel to ground using an acceleration sensor. When the portable terminal is parallel to the ground, either a map including nearby Point Of Interest (POI) information or constellation information is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Myeon Lee, Hyun-Su Hong, Mi-Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 9916120
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device for providing a screen mirroring service are provided. The method includes connecting a control channel to at least one other electronic device when an electronic device executes a screen mirroring service, transmitting screen data comprising an added virtual key, to the other electronic device, and performing a function based on a control signal corresponding to using the virtual key received from the other electronic device over the control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Hyung Kim, Kwang-Hyun Ko, Alexander Larionov, Yong-Ha Choi
  • Patent number: 9916827
    Abstract: A method of updating a grammar model used during speech recognition includes obtaining a corpus including at least one word, obtaining the at least one word from the corpus, splitting the at least one obtained word into at least one segment, generating a hint for recombining the at least one segment into the at least one word, and updating the grammar model by using at least one segment comprising the hint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-hoon Ahn, Chi-youn Park, Kyung-min Lee, Jae-won Lee
  • Patent number: 9916091
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a module, comprising: a memory bus interface; circuitry; and a controller coupled to the memory bus interface and the circuitry, and configured to: collect meta-data associated with the circuitry; and enable access to the meta-data in response to a memory access received through the memory bus interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongzhong Zheng, Suhas, Chaohong Hu
  • Patent number: 9917512
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a user interface unit configured to receive an input of a user command, a controller configured to perform an operation according to the input user command and to control the user interface to display a screen according to the result of the operation, and a power supply configured to provide a power to the user interface and the controller, wherein the power supply includes a plurality of converters configured to supply the power to respective loads of the electronic device, and the plurality of converters output voltage values that correspond to levels of the respective loads connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-deok Cha
  • Patent number: 9916790
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a panel having sections and blocks, pixels included in the blocks to control an amount of current flowing from a first power source to a second power source via organic light emitting diodes; a data driver to receive data, and generate the data signals; a sensing unit connected to the power supply unit, and to detect an amount of current flowing in each of the blocks; and a timing controller to generate a correction value to adjust the data in view of the amount of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 9916016
    Abstract: Provided are a method of inputting a user input by using a mobile device and a mobile device using the method. The method of performing operations of the mobile device according to a plurality of input modes, the method being performed by the mobile device, includes operations of, determining whether the mobile device is placed on a surface, if the determining of whether the mobile device is placed on the surface indicates that the mobile device is placed on the surface, changing an input mode of the mobile device, and performing a preset operation that corresponds to the changed input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeo-jun Yoon, Ji-yeon Kwak, Joon-kyu Seo, Yong-yeon Lee, Young-joon Choi
  • Patent number: 9915068
    Abstract: A solid reinforced concrete column and a method of constructing the same are disclosed. The solid reinforced concrete column includes outer main reinforcing bars, inner reinforcing bars, inner transverse reinforcing bars, outer transverse reinforcing bars, and concrete. The outer main reinforcing bars are arranged in an axial direction. The inner reinforcing bars are each arranged to be placed between two or three of the outer main reinforcing bars inside the two or three outer main reinforcing bars in the axial direction. The inner transverse reinforcing bars are each arranged to connect the two or three outer main reinforcing bars and the inner reinforcing bar in a transverse direction. The outer transverse reinforcing bars are arranged to surround the outer main reinforcing bars outside the outer main reinforcing bars in the transverse direction. The concrete is placed to bury the reinforcing bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9918333
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneously communicating on at least two carrier frequencies, of which at least one carrier frequency is a licensed band and at least one carrier frequency is an unlicensed band, includes broadcasting an operating status of the unlicensed band to a receiver device, collecting feedback data regarding channel conditions from the receiver device for both the licensed band and unlicensed band, determining, when a bandwidth request is received from the receiver device, whether to use the unlicensed band based on the channel conditions, transmitting an unlicensed band scheduling indication to the receiver device, and communicating with the receiver device using both the licensed band and the unlicensed band according to the transmitted unlicensed band scheduling indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shan Cheng, Rakesh Taori
  • Patent number: 9918370
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device and a method of making an electroluminescent device that includes one or more optical spacers are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming an electroluminescent element on a substrate. The method further includes selectively thermally transferring an optical spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin B. Wolk, Robert L. Brott, Thomas R. Hoffend, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9918254
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system, User Equipment (UE) and method for preventing voice call (VoLTE) call drops in a communication network. A paging message is received as an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) invite message. The paging message includes a domain, or the UE establishes a connection with the network, in order to determine whether the IMS invite is for a voice call. A condition of non-sustenance of the voice call is detected based on a power level check for the UE and Extended Service Request (ESR) is triggered. The voice call is continued according to a success or a failure of the ESR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Srinivas Chinthalapudi, Ajay Kumar Kabadi, Prasad Basavaraj Dandra
  • Patent number: 9917298
    Abstract: A composite includes a carbonaceous material; a plurality of silicon structures disposed on the carbonaceous material; and a graphene layer, which comprises graphene and is disposed on the plurality of silicon structures, wherein a silicon structure of the plurality of silicon structures includes silicon and a silicon oxide of the formula SiOx which is disposed on a surface of the silicon, wherein 0<x<2. Also a method of preparing the composite, an electrode including the composite, and a lithium battery including the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inhyuk Son, Jonghwan Park, Seongyong Park, Jaeman Choi
  • Patent number: 9917262
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer; wherein the emission layer includes a first host represented by the following Formula 1, and a second host represented by the following Formula 2:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee Cho, Myeong-Suk Kim, Sung-Wook Kim, Jae-Yong Lee, Chang-Woong Chu
  • Patent number: 9917158
    Abstract: A semiconductor device can include a channel region with a first semiconductor material for a majority carrier in the channel region during operation (on state) of the device and a metal contact. A source/drain region can include a semiconductor material alloy including a second semiconductor material and at least one heterojunction located between the metal contact and the channel region, wherein the heterojunction forms a band-edge offset for the majority carrier that is less than or equal to about 0.2 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Kittl, Borna Josip Obradovic, Robert Christopher Bowen, Mark S. Rodder
  • Patent number: 9918253
    Abstract: Provided is a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB) service. The UE includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a first or second communication system that uses a different frequency; a receiver for receiving a signal from the second communication system; and a controller for controlling an operation of receiving signaling information for the CSFB service from the first communication system through the transceiver, and simultaneously measuring channel status of the second communication system using the signal received from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Jeong, Hee-Jeong Lee
  • Patent number: 9916806
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a gamma mapping unit configured to receive red, green, and blue image information from an external device. During the first field, the gamma mapping unit generates first to third data signals for controlling the first to third pixels based on the red, green, and blue image information in synchronization with the backlight unit. During the second field, the gamma mapping unit generates fourth and fifth data signals for controlling the first and second pixels based on at least one of the first to third data signals or based on the red, green, and blue image information. As the quantity of the second color light leaked is adjusted through the first and second color filters in the second field, a color reproduction range and brightness of the liquid crystal display panel are improved. Thus, the display quality of the liquid crystal display apparatus is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Jae Byung Park, Seon-Tae Yoon, Kwangkeun Lee, Jaehyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9911925
    Abstract: A carbazole-based compound represented by Formula 1A and 1B: wherein in Formulae 1A and 1B, ring A, groups L1, L2, L11, and L12, substituents R1 to R9 and R11 to R18, and variables a1 to a4 and b1 to b3 are the same as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Banglin Lee, Sangdong Kim, Sangyeob Lee, Ohyun Kwon, Youngkwon Kim
  • Patent number: 9910839
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided that includes a display part configured to display a document preparation window, an input part configured to receive a selection command for selecting a text in a document displayed in the document preparation window, a communication part configured to connect to a server, and a controller configured to control displaying of an activated search button in a region of the document preparation window when the text is selected, and to search for, when the search button is selected, at least one image corresponding to the selected text using the communication part, wherein the controller is further configured to control displaying of images searched for from at least one of the server and a storage part of the user terminal device, and to, when one of the searched images is selected, insert the selected image at a predetermined position of the document preparation window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-cheol Kang
  • Patent number: 9910305
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a polymer thin film layer on a substrate; forming a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate on the polymer thin film layer; forming a thin film transistor array on the thin film transistor substrate; forming an upper polarizing plate on the thin film transistor substrate on which the thin film transistor array is formed; applying a laser to the polymer thin film layer to remove a portion of the polymer thin film layer and the substrate; attaching an adhesive layer onto a rear surface of the polymer thin film layer from which the substrate is separated; and attaching the polymer thin film layer onto which the adhesive layer is attached and a lower polarizing plate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Hwan Kim, Myeong Hee Kim, Dae Ho Lee, Hee-Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 9911799
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of repairing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: an emission device comprising a plurality of sub-emission devices; an emission pixel circuit configured to supply a driving current to the emission device; a dummy pixel circuit configured to supply the driving current to the emission device; and a repair line coupling the emission device to the dummy pixel circuit, wherein the emission device is configured to receive the driving current from the emission pixel circuit or the dummy pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Jin Cho, Young-In Hwang, Dong-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9911706
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a main pad part and a sub pad part formed in a peripheral area of at least one side of the main pad part. The sub pad part is spaced apart from the main pad part. The sub pad part operates in a first state in which the sub pad part is short-circuited with the main pad part or in a second state in which the sub pad part is open from the main pad part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-hyun Cho, Jun-phyo Lee, Yong-hwan Jeong
  • Patent number: 9911764
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes separating a light-emitting diode (“LED”) chip from a base substrate; disposing the separated light-emitting diode chip in a solution; disposing a substrate including a first electrode thereon, in the solution; with the separated light-emitting diode chip and the substrate including the first electrode thereon in the solution, applying a negative voltage to the substrate to attract the separated light-emitting diode chip to the first electrode on the substrate; mounting the light-emitting diode chip attracted to the first electrode, on the first electrode; and removing the substrate with the light-emitting diode chip mounted on the first electrode from the solution and drying the removed substrate, to form the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongsung Bae, Mugyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 9912459
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving control channel resources of a relay by the relay is provided. The method includes receiving resource information including a resource block assignment information related to resource blocks allocated to the relay; and receiving control channel according to the resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Ju Ji, Joon Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9912430
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a CSI feedback report to a serving cell comprises for time division duplex, configuring at least one periodic CSI process with a CSI reference source defined by a single downlink subframe n?nCQI_ref, wherein nCQI_ref is a smallest value greater than or equal to a positive integer nCQI_ref_min, such that it corresponds to a valid downlink subframe, wherein nCQI_ref_min varies based on a number of at least one periodic CSI process. A method for CSI feedback reporting to a base station comprises configuring not to accommodate, by a user equipment, the one or more aperiodic CSI requests arrived from a serving cell except a CSI request of CSI processes with lower indexes for each serving cell, wherein a number of the one or more CSI processes with a lower index (es) is determined based on a number of pending CSI reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Krishna Sayana, Younsun Kim, Hyojin Lee, Young-Han Nam, Jin-Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 9912626
    Abstract: A method of transferring and receiving data by a mobility management entity (MME) in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving, from equipment, a message that includes the address of an XML configuration access protocol (XCAP) and is used to access an Internet packet data network (PDN); checking any one of subscription information on the equipment and a network carrier policy, on the basis of the received message; and delivering a create session request message to a gateway on the basis of the received message if the equipment is accessible to the PDN as the result of the check, wherein the create session request message includes an indicator that accesses the XCAP server. according to an embodiment, roaming equipment may transfer and receive an XCAP related message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Na Lim, Young Kyo Baek, Sang Soo Jeong, Song Yean Cho
  • Patent number: 9910312
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. A liquid crystal display comprising a first substrate which comprises a display area and a non-display area, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, a sealing member which is disposed in the non-display area between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a light-shielding pattern, a column spacer which is protruded from the light-shielding pattern toward the second substrate to maintain an interval between the first substrate and the second substrate, an opening which is disposed in the light-shielding pattern, and overlapping the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hee Yu, Byung Chul Kim, Won Gap Yoon, Jae Hong Park, Young Joo Jeon, Kyung Seon Tak
  • Patent number: 9909710
    Abstract: A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect bending of the flexible apparatus, a bending holder configured to maintain a bending state of the flexible apparatus, and, a controller configured to control operations of the flexible apparatus, wherein when a predetermined input is received while the flexible apparatus is manipulated, the controller controls the bending holder to maintain the bending state of the flexible apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-kook Yun, Geun-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9913258
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing random access and uplink transmission of a User Equipment (UE) supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) are provided. The method includes determining whether a Scheduling Request (SR) is pending, determining, when the SR is pending, whether an uplink transmission resource is available in a current Transmission Time Interval (TTI), determining, when the uplink transmission resource is not available, whether a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource is configured for transmission of the SR, and initiating, when the PUCCH resource is not configured, a random access process in a primary cell. The random access method and apparatus of the present invention is advantageous to reduce the waste of transmission resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng Hun Kim, Boon Loong Ng, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong, Joon Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9910059
    Abstract: A method is provided for analyzing motion of a subject. The method includes receiving multiple events from an event-based sensor, the events corresponding to a luminance change of the subject; calculating velocities of the events and directions of the events; generating a motion analysis table comprising an X axis classified into multiple velocity sections, a Y axis classified into multiple direction sections, and multiple cells representing frequencies of events corresponding to combinations of the velocity sections and the direction sections; and determining a motion of the subject based on the motion analysis table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Hyuk Bae, Kyu-Min Kyung, Tae-Chan Kim, Seong-Yeong Jeong, Shung-Han Cho
  • Patent number: 9910332
    Abstract: A display device, enhanced in luminance uniformity by forming a horizontal electric field and a fringe electric field, includes a first substrate, a first gate line on the first substrate, first and second data lines intersecting the first gate line, a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the first data line, a second thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and the second data line, a first passivation layer on the first and second thin film transistors, a lower common electrode on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer covering the lower common electrode, and a first pixel electrode including a first sub-pixel electrode connected to the first thin film transistor and a second sub-pixel electrode connected to the second thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonho Kim, Seongsu Lim, Taehyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 9912460
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communication. First offset information and second offset information are identified. A size of uplink data for a user equipment (UE) is identified. The uplink data is transmitted with at least one of acknowledgement/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) information and channel quality indicator (CQI) information on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). A number of symbols for the ACK/NACK information is determined based on the first offset information and the size of uplink data. A number of symbols for the CQI information is determined based on the second offset information and the size of uplink data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou, Joon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9910318
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The LCD comprises, a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes liquid crystal molecules, an alignment film disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate, a pixel electrode disposed between the alignment film and the first substrate, a photo-curable layer between the liquid crystal layer and the alignment films, a common electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, and a vertical alignment inducing layer between the common electrode and the liquid crystal layer. The vertical alignment inducing layer includes a self-aligned vertical alignment inducer, and the vertical alignment inducer includes a hydrophilic group, and an affinity liquid crystal group having high affinity with the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keun Chan Oh
  • Patent number: 9911809
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having an impurity region is provided. The semiconductor device includes a fin active region having protruding regions and a recessed region between the protruding regions. Gate structures overlapping the protruding regions are disposed. An epitaxial layer is disposed in the recessed region to have a height greater than a width. An impurity region is disposed in the fin active region, surrounds side walls and a bottom of the recessed region, has the same conductivity type as a conductivity type of the epitaxial layer, and includes a majority impurity that is different from a majority impurity included in at least a portion of the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Sasaki, Bong Soo Kim, Tae Gon Kim, Yoshiya Moriyama, Seung Hyun Song, Alexander Schmidt, Abraham Yoo, Heung Soon Lee, Kyung In Choi
  • Patent number: 9912924
    Abstract: An image processing method, including: receiving image content and metadata of the image content, the metadata content comprising flag information indicating whether to perform image processing on the image content and image processing information; determining whether to perform the image processing for each frame based on the flag information; performing, in response to determining to perform the image processing for an image frame, the image processing based on the image processing information on the image frame; and outputting the image processed image frame on which the image processing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-won Kim, Seung-hoon Han, Young-seok Han, Dong-hyun Kim, Jin-woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 9913117
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for exchanging information is an electronic device. Object data is received at an input unit. Object information associated with the object data is received at a communication unit via contact between a first medium and a second medium. The first medium directly contacts the electronic device. The object data is associated with the object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ken-Hyung Park, Kyung-Hee Lee, Chi-Hyun Cho, Chang-Ryong Heo
  • Patent number: 9911990
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack including a plurality of unit cells, which is stacked on one another in a predetermined direction, first and second end plates disposed on opposing ends of the stack, and a supply line disposed on a first surface of the first end plate to supply fuel or air to the plurality of unit cells, where an insertion hole is defined in a second surface of the first end plate to be adjacent to the supply line, and the second surface of the first end plate is substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the first end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-won Song, Jin-ho Kim, Jeong-sik Ko, Ji-rae Kim
  • Patent number: D812410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Jun Kim, Jae-Moon Lee, Hyeong-Ju Seo, Woo-Joo Choi, Jong-su Jeon, Hwan-Woong Choi
  • Patent number: D812608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeff Jones, Howard Nuk, Seounghyun Son, Jinseok Hwang
  • Patent number: D812758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Hyun Yoon