Samsung Electronics Patents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean electronics manufacturer and a part of the Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics manufactures and sells consumer electronics, including cell phones, televisions, tablets, digital cameras, computers, home appliances and home theater and audio components.

Samsung Electronics Patents by Type
  • Publication number: 20240155779
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine Van DIJK, Volker Barnhart VERSCHOOR, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan HAMERS, Michael Johannes Ana Maria WALTERS, Rik KRUIDHOF
  • Publication number: 20240155861
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an organic light-emitting device and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device. The organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, m light-emitting units stacked between the first electrode and the second electrode and each including an emission layer, and m?1 charge generation layers between adjacent ones of the m light-emitting units, wherein m is an integer of 2 or more, at least one of the emission layers of the light-emitting units includes a first emission layer and a second emission layer, the first emission layer includes a first host, a second host, a first dopant, and a second dopant, the second emission layer includes a third host and a third dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Naijo, Yunjee Park, Sungsoo Bae, Hojung Syn, Hyosup Shin, Jiyoung Lee, Changwoong Chu
  • Publication number: 20240155885
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. A display device includes a display area and a buffer area disposed around the display area, a pixel electrode disposed on a substrate and in the display area, a bank covering an edge of the pixel electrode, light emitting elements disposed on the pixel electrode and extending in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a buffer disposed on the substrate and in the buffer area. The bank and the buffer are disposed on a same layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Su Jin LEE, Bon Yong KOO, Ki Seong SEO, Ju Won YOON
  • Publication number: 20240155873
    Abstract: A display device includes a first capacitor electrode disposed on a substrate, a second capacitor electrode disposed on the first capacitor electrode and constituting a first capacitor together with the first capacitor electrode, a third capacitor electrode disposed on the second capacitor electrode and constituting a second capacitor together with the second capacitor electrode, a first voltage line including a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first and second capacitors in a plan view, and a first bridge pattern connecting the first portion and the second portion of the first voltage line. The first voltage line and the third capacitor electrode are disposed in different layers, and the first bridge pattern and the first voltage line are disposed in different layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: HYEONSIK KIM, YOOLGUK KIM, JAE-HYUN PARK, JINWOO LEE, HEEWOON IM
  • Publication number: 20240155898
    Abstract: A display panel includes a transistor, a light emitting device, an insulating layer including a first opening, and a connection wiring at least partially covered by the insulating layer and electrically connecting the light emitting device and the transistor. The connection wiring includes a first connection part electrically connected to the light emitting device and including a line opening, a second connection part electrically connected to the transistor, and a connection part extending from the first connection part to the second connection part. An inner side surface of the connection wiring, which defines the line opening, includes an opening portion overlapping the first opening and a cover portion covered by the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SUNHO KIM, YOOMIN KO, Hyewon KIM, JUCHAN PARK, PILSUK LEE, CHUNG SOCK CHOI, SUNGJIN HONG
  • Publication number: 20240155252
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device which includes a dynamic vision sensor that includes a first pixel sensing a change in light intensity and generates an event signal based on the sensed change in light intensity, an illuminance estimator that estimates illuminance of a light, and a time delay compensator that calculates a time delay between a first time at which the change in light intensity occurs and a second time at which the first pixel senses the change in light intensity, based on the illuminance of the light, and to compensate for the time delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minwon SEO, Jeongseok KIM, Hyunsurk RYU, Yunjae SUH, Chang-Woo SHIN, Woonhee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240155910
    Abstract: A pixel includes first, second, and third sub-pixels each including an emission area and a non-emission area. Each of the first, second, and third sub-includes a pixel circuit layer; a first electrode on the pixel circuit layer; a pixel defining layer on the first electrode and including an opening to expose an area of the first electrode; an emission layer on the pixel defining layer; a second electrode on the emission layer; a thin film encapsulation layer over the second electrode; a color filter on the thin film encapsulation layer; and an overcoat layer over the color filter. The overcoat layer has a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the color filter. A color filter of the second sub-pixel overlaps a color filter of each of the first and third sub-pixels in the non-emission area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho KIM, Hyeo Ji KANG, Oh Jeong KWON, Su Jeong KIM, Mi Hwa LEE, Hong Yeon LEE, Sung Gyu JANG, Seung Yeon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240148133
    Abstract: A brush for cleaning a wafer includes a core extending lengthwise in a first direction, a brushing roller arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the core and having a first region and a second region defined at an outer circumferential surface of the brushing roller, a plurality of first brushing bristles extending from the first region in a radial direction of the brushing roller, wherein the radial direction of the brushing roller is perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of second brushing bristles extending from the second region in the radial direction of the brushing roller. Each of the plurality of first brushing bristles has a first shape, and each of the plurality of second brushing bristles has a second shape different from the first shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongmin Na, Songyun Kang, Sungyong Park
  • Publication number: 20240155923
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area, a light emitting element disposed in the light emitting area on a substrate and including a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode, the pixel electrode, light emitting layer, and upper electrode being sequentially disposed, a light blocking layer disposed on the light emitting element in the non-light emitting area, and a reflection control layer disposed on the light emitting element, covering the light blocking layer, and including a recess depressed concavely from an upper surface in the light emitting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: MIHWA LEE, HYEOJI KANG, OHJEONG KWON, TAEHO KIM, HONGYEON LEE, SUNGGYU JANG, SEUNGYEON JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240148204
    Abstract: A roller assembly including a shaft, a first support body to which one end of the shaft is coupleable, a second support body to which another end of the shaft is coupleable, and a roller coupleable between the first support body and the second support body, having a cylindrical shape in which the shaft is insertable, and rotatably supported by the shaft. The first support body and the second support body respectively include a protrusion that protrudes toward side surfaces of the roller, the protrusion of the first support body and the second support body respectively protrude from the first support body and the second support body and are respectively insertable into spaces inside an outer circumference of the roller, and the roller includes accommodation grooves on both side surfaces of the roller and accommodate the protrusion of the first support body and the second support body with certain gaps, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taegwang KIM, Dongwoo HA, Sungwook KANG, Kihwan KWON, Yeonsu KIM, Jongwon MOON, Joongkyung PARK, Bonggyo SEO
  • Publication number: 20240155925
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel including a display area, transparent partitions disposed over the display panel, in the display area, a first layer surrounding a side surface of each of the transparent partitions and including an oxide of a first light-absorbing material, a second layer surrounding a side surface of the first layer and including the first light-absorbing material, and a third layer surrounding a side surface of the second layer, including the oxide of the first light-absorbing material, and having a uniform thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuneok Shin, Joonyong Park, Juhyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240148218
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; an input device to receive a selection of a washing course; and an automatic detergent dispenser including a storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable, an ejector to discharge a solid detergent outside of the storage compartment, a seating member on which a solid detergent discharged from the storage compartment is seatable, a detector to detect whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member, and a processor configured to control the ejector to operate so that, when a plurality of solid detergents are loaded in the storage compartment, one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents is discharged outside of the storage compartment to be seated on the seating member, and determine whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DAE CHANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju LEE, Seungyong YANG, Junghee LEE, Sungjin KIM, Jinhyok AN, Youngpyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240155934
    Abstract: A display device includes a support plate including a first area and a second area changed depending on a switch of an operation mode, and a display panel including first and second display areas respectively overlapping first and second areas. The second display area includes a first partial area including a pixel circuit of a first group, a pixel circuit of a second group, and a first light emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuit of the first group or the pixel circuit of the second group, and second partial areas each including a second light emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuit of the first group or the pixel circuit of the second group. The pixel circuit of the second group includes a first partial circuit and a second partial circuit, with a corresponding second partial area among the second partial areas therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JONGHYUN CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240148223
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser disposed on the door and including a storage compartment in which solid detergents are stackable along one direction, and a transporting member at one side of the storage compartment to move a solid detergent outside of the storage compartment, the transporting member including a hub portion configured to be rotatable in a first rotational direction around a rotating axis, and a body portion extending in a radial direction from a portion of an outer rim of the hub portion, and configured to rotate together with the hub portion, wherein the body portion is configured to, when rotated in the first rotational direction, press one solid detergent outside of the storage compartment, and guide a movement of at least one remaining solid detergent inside the storage compartment along the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DAE CHANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju LEE, Seungyong YANG, Sungwook KANG, Yeonsu KIM, Jinhyok AN, Youngpyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240155829
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction on a substrate, a plurality of active pillars respectively on the bit lines, a word line extending in a second direction along the plurality of active pillars, a plurality of landing pads respectively on the plurality of active pillars, and a plurality of data storage patterns respectively on the plurality of landing pads. Each of the plurality of active pillars may have a length extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. The word line has a wavy shape when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changsik KIM, Jae Won NA, Junhwa SONG, Dong-Sik PARK
  • Publication number: 20240148227
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes: a tub; a door configured to open or close the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser disposed on the door and configured to discharge a solid detergent toward an inside of the tub. The automatic detergent dispenser includes a storage compartment to allow a plurality of solid detergents to be stacked and loaded therein in a stacking direction, an ejector configured to move one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents to an outside of the storage compartment thereby discharging the one solid detergent from the storage compartment, and a holder configured to be movable toward the plurality of solid detergents in a stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents inside the storage compartment, to support the plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in the stacked state inside the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DAE CHANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju LEE, Seungyong YANG, Sungwook KANG, Yeonsu KIM, Junghee LEE, Sungjin KIM, Jinhyok AN, Youngpyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151987
    Abstract: Provided is a wearable electronic device comprising: a lens frame configured to accommodate a display member; a first wearing member and a second wearing member connected to opposite ends of the lens frame, and each of the first wearing member and the second wearing member comprising a first surface and a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface; seating areas comprising an opening in the first surface of the first wearing member and the second wearing member and a seating wall surrounding an inner space of an opening of the first wearing member and the second wearing member; and supporting structures provided in the seating areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeongjae HONG, Jinchoul LEE
  • Publication number: 20240149312
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a processing container including a processing space, a substrate support extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the second direction, and configured to support a substrate in the processing container, a fluid supply device configured to supply a processing fluid in a supercritical state to the processing space through a container supply pipe, and a shower head assembly configured to diffuse the processing fluid supplied from the fluid supply device into the processing space. The shower head assembly includes a first shower head having a first diameter, and a second shower head arranged between the first shower head and the substrate and having a second diameter. The processing container is separated from the shower head assembly in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, such that a flow path is formed between the processing container and the shower head assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjine Park, Jihwan Park, Kuntack Lee
  • Publication number: 20240155216
    Abstract: A camera module includes a plurality of lens modules having mutually different optical axes, a plurality of reflective members configured to change a path of light passing through at least one of the plurality of lens modules, and a housing having an internal space in which at least one of the plurality of lens modules is disposed. The plurality of lens modules include a first lens module including at least one lens disposed along a first optical axis, a second lens module including at least one lens disposed along a second optical axis, and a third lens module including at least one lens disposed along a third optical axis. The plurality of reflective members include a first reflective member opposing both the first lens module and the second lens module, and a second reflective member opposing both the second lens module and the third lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Seung HYUN, Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240148213
    Abstract: A robot includes: a communication interface; a sensor configured to obtain distance data; a driver configured to control a movement of the robot; a memory storing with map data corresponding to a space in which the robot travels; and a processor configured to: control the sensor to output a sensing signal for sensing a distance with an external robot, obtain position information of the external robot based on a time at which at least one echo signal is received from the external robot, control at least one of the driver or an operation state of the external robot based on the position information, transmit a control signal for controlling the operation state of the external robot through the communication interface, identify, based on an error occurring in communication with the external robot through the communication interface, a pose of the external robot based on a type of the at least one echo signal received from the external robot, identify a target position of the robot based on the pose of the extern
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyomuk KIM, Aron Baik
  • Publication number: 20240148225
    Abstract: A dishwasher having an automatic detergent dispenser including a first storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable in a stack, a second storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable in a stack, a first ejector configured to move one solid detergent in the stack in the first storage compartment so as to be discharged to an outside of the first storage compartment, a second ejector configured to move one solid detergent in the stack in the second storage compartment so as to be discharged to an outside of the second storage compartment, and a seating member between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment and configured to seat the one solid detergent discharged to the outside of the first storage compartment, and to seat the one solid detergent discharged to the outside of the second storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DAE CHANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju LEE, Seungyong YANG, Junghee LEE, Sungwook KANG, Sungjin KIM, Yeonsu KIM, Jinhyok AN, Youngpyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151218
    Abstract: A muffler that is mountable on a compressor, the muffler including a body portion including an inlet to which a fluid is introducible; and a base portion connected to the body portion, the base portion including an exit flow path, an outlet at an end of the exit flow path, and a barrier extending from the outlet through the exit flow path so as to divide an exit hole of the outlet and the exit flow path, wherein the fluid introduced to the body portion flows through the base portion via the exit flow path and is discharged through the exit hole of the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongtae KIM, Kio RYU
  • Publication number: 20240148226
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser including a storage compartment configured so that a plurality of solid detergents are stackable in the storage compartment so as to be loaded in a first direction, and to be dischargeable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, when the tub is closed by the door, a storage compartment cover configured to open and close the storage compartment, and a sealing member configured to form a seal between the storage compartment cover and the storage compartment when the storage compartment is closed by the storage compartment cover, wherein the storage compartment is configured to be open in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction when the storage compartment is opened by the storage compartment cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., DAE CHANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju LEE, Seungyong YANG, Junghee LEE, Sungjin KIM, Jinhyok AN, Youngpyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151409
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner including a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a main plate connectable to a rotation shaft of a motor, a plurality of blades, with one respective end to be bonded to the main plate and arrangeable at equal intervals from each other along a circumferential direction, a shroud, to be bonded to another respective end of the plurality of blades, to face the main plate, and a bell mouth arrangeable inside the shroud. An annular member arrangeable on an outer circumferential portion of the bell mouth with an inlet portion at the gap between the shroud and the bell mouth. The annular member including an annular flat plate portion spaced apart from and face the inlet portion, and a protrusion formed on an outer circumferential portion of a surface of the annular flat plate portion facing the shroud and being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu INOUE, Shinji GOTO, Seiji SATO
  • Publication number: 20240148230
    Abstract: A footwear care apparatus including: a heat pump; a cabinet comprising a care room formed therein; and a machine room divided from the care room, and configured to accommodate the heat pump; a plate configured to divide an inside of the care room and configured to support footwear to be placed on; a supply duct connecting the machine room to the care room to guide air passed through the heat pump to the care room; a supply port formed on a sidewall of the care room to discharge the air passed through the supply duct to the care room; and a supporter holder comprising a holder opening configured to communicate with the supply port; and a supporter detachably mountable to the supporter holder. The supporter forms an internal passage, to guide the air discharging from the supply port is introduced into the care room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonje KIM, Dongbum LEE, Jinyounggeul OH, Sejin YUN, Jungkyo JUNG, Minjung JO, Hongkwon CHUN
  • Publication number: 20240151460
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a cabinet, a door configured to open and close an opening of the cabinet, and an outside air heat inductor arrangeable inside the door to extend toward the cabinet from a front portion of the door. The outside air heat inductor includes a first heat transfer path forming member configured to transfer outside air heat from outside the refrigerator toward a surface of the cabinet, and a second heat transfer path forming member arrangeable between the first heat transfer path forming member and an inside of the cabinet such that while the second heat transfer path forming member is arranged between the first heat transfer path forming member and the inside of the cabinet, the second heat transfer path forming member receives the outside air heat and prevents cold air within the cabinet from being transferred to the first heat transfer path forming member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKASE, Ryota AOKI, Tomohiko MATSUNO, Makoto SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20240149921
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for more accurate autonomous driving, where the electronic device includes a sensor disposed in a moving object and configured to generate sensing data, and a processor configured to determine a predicted position of the moving object and a region of interest (ROI) based on a driving plan of the moving object, select a target position offset based on an available sensing region of the sensor in the ROI and the predicted position, and update the driving plan of the moving object based on the target position offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JAEMUK JEONG, JAHOO KOO, SEHO SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240151809
    Abstract: A method for specifying an object, includes: determining whether a pointing device is in a pointing mode or a control mode; determining a first position of a first locator and a second position of a second locator in the pointing device in a virtual space, when the pointing device is in the pointing mode; determining a pointing of the pointing device based on the first position of the first locator and the second position of the second locator; and determining a specified virtual object based on the pointing of the pointing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyan BAO, Weiyi Gu, Jie Fan, Leiming Li
  • Publication number: 20240150645
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method of manufacturing a quantum dot-containing complex that includes preparing quantum dots, reacting the quantum dots with a first ligand, and reacting a resultant product of the reaction between the quantum dots and the first ligand with a second ligand, wherein the first ligand is a compound having a pKa value less than or equal to about 8, and the second ligand is a compound having a pKa value greater than about 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaebok Chang, Kyungsig Lee, Seunghee Jang, Seihwan Ahn, Sanghee Yu
  • Publication number: 20240151550
    Abstract: A method of determining a signal state of a target traffic light includes: acquiring an isolated image of the target traffic light from an input image of the target traffic light, wherein the input image is captured when the vehicle is at a position, wherein the isolated image is acquired using image processing on the input image, the input image having been captured by a camera module of the vehicle; acquiring information about the target traffic light based on a map position in map data, the map position corresponding to the position of the vehicle when the input image is acquired; and determining the signal state of the target traffic light based on the isolated image of the target traffic light and based on the information about the target traffic light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jahoo KOO, Jaemuk JEONG, Seho SHIN, Dae Hyun JI
  • Publication number: 20240150113
    Abstract: A photovoltaic power generation module installation support system according to the present invention comprises: a conveyer device, which assembles a plurality of photovoltaic power generation modules into one string and moves same in one direction; and a loading cart including an accommodation space in which the string moved from the conveyer device is loaded in the direction that is horizontal to the ground, wherein the conveyer device includes one or more end stoppers for providing a vertical alignment line of the photovoltaic power generation module first arranged at one end of a conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Shik KIM, Ji Hwan YOON, Kuk Hwan KIM, Jae Seung CHO
  • Publication number: 20240152058
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic system may include a wafer stage configured to support a wafer, a projection optical system on the wafer stage and configured to irradiate light toward the wafer, a liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid between the wafer stage and the projection optical system to form an immersion lens through which the light is transmitted, and a vapor supply unit configured to supply vapors to the immersion lens. The immersion lens and the vapor supply unit may be aligned in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wonki LEE, Hyoungsoo KIM, Junill RYU, Namil KOO, Jongmin YOON, Suhwan PARK, Sangyeon OH, Gilgu LEE
  • Publication number: 20240151522
    Abstract: A method of calculating a thickness of a graphene layer and a method of measuring a content of silicon carbide, by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), are provided. The method of calculating the thickness of the graphene layer, which is directly grown on a silicon substrate, includes measuring the thickness of the graphene layer directly grown on the silicon substrate, by using a ratio between a signal intensity of a photoelectron beam emitted from the graphene layer and a signal intensity of a photoelectron beam emitted from the silicon substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunkyu LEE, Yeonchoo CHO, Sangwon KIM, Kyung-Eun BYUN, Hyunjae SONG, Hyeonjin SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240153208
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a camera sensor, disposed on a body, and configured to generate an image including image data by sequentially scanning scan lines; and memory storing instructions configured to cause a processor to: obtain a default mesh with vertices corresponding to positions of image pixels along a scan line of the camera sensor and back-projected onto a target plane, obtain a planar mesh from the default mesh according to motion of the body, and generate a scene view image from the image data based on the obtained planar mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kapje SUNG, Daeul PARK
  • Publication number: 20240151942
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of an image sensor, wherein TTL/(2*IMG HT)?0.67 is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor, and IMG HT is one half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane of the image sensor, and 15<v1-v3<45 is satisfied, where v1 is an Abbe number of the first lens, and v3 is an Abbe number of the third lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Soo SHIN, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20240151944
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power and a refractive index of 1.65 or more; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is convex; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having an object-side surface that is convex, wherein the first lens through the seventh lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, and two or more of the first lens and the third lens through the seventh lens have a refractive index of 1.6 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk HUH, Jae Hyun BAIK, Yong Joo JO
  • Publication number: 20240151945
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first through fifth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hag Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20240151947
    Abstract: There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect may be increased and a high degree of resolution may be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Hwa JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240151946
    Abstract: An optical system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens includes an object-side surface that is convex with a meniscus shape. The second lens includes an image-side surface that is convex. The third lens includes an image-side surface that is concave. The fifth lens includes an image-side surface that is concave. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Sik YOU
  • Publication number: 20240152250
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miseon HWANG, Hyelin YU, Hyungrae CHO, Heeyoung CHOO
  • Publication number: 20240151664
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a substrate includes providing a substrate on a test stage, the substrate including a plurality of regions, and scanning the substrate using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) column, where the scanning of the substrate includes scanning a first region of the plurality of regions of the substrate, after scanning the first region, scanning a second region of the plurality of regions of the substrate, the second region being spaced apart from the first region, and after scanning the second region, scanning a third region of the plurality of regions of the substrate, the third region being between the first region and the second region, and where the third region is adjacent to the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Eun KIM, Sewon KIM, SEO YOUNG PARK, JEONGHO AHN, SUNGEUN LEE
  • Publication number: 20240152156
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for controlling a robot cleaner and an operation method thereof. The electronic apparatus that obtains position information, by using a wireless communication interface, based on at least one of a position of a position tracking tag device, a position of at least one home appliance located around the robot cleaner, and a relative position between the robot cleaner and the electronic apparatus, determines a target cleaning region based on the obtained position information, and transmits information about the determined target cleaning region to the robot cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junghwi EUN
  • Publication number: 20240152753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a processor implemented method that includes calculating a quantization error for each channel of a neural network using activation data output from a first layer of the neural network and a quantization scale of a second layer connected to the first layer, calculating a final loss using a regularization loss term determined based on the quantization error for each channel, and updating a batch norm parameter of the first layer in a direction to decrease the final loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU(Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Jungwook CHOI, Seongmin PARK
  • Publication number: 20240152729
    Abstract: A convolutional neural network (CNN) processing method includes selecting a survival network in a precision convolutional network based on a result of performing a high speed convolution operation between an input and a kernel using a high speed convolutional network, and performing a precision convolution operation between the input and the kernel using the survival network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changyong SON, Jinwoo SON, Chang Kyu CHOI, Jaejoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20240152764
    Abstract: A method and electronic device with adversarial data augmentation are provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute instructions; and a memory storing the instructions, where the execution of the instructions by the processor configures the processor to, based on a biased feature within original data, train a biased model to generate biased prediction information using biased training data related to the original data; train a debiased model to generate debiased prediction information using debiased training data, less biased with respect to the biased feature than the biased training data, related to the original data and first adversarial data; and retrain the debiased model using second adversarial data generated based on the biased model and the debiased model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongin LIM, Byungjai KIM, Youngdong KIM, Seungju HAN
  • Publication number: 20240153144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for composing a traffic light image are provided, where the method includes separating a foreground and a background of each of the one or more actual images using a color separator, training a color transformation matrix configured to estimate a color value of the foreground, training a position estimator configured to estimate a position of a center of the foreground from a brightness value of each of the one or more actual images, and generating a target image based on inputting an input image to the position estimator and the color separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae Ung JO
  • Publication number: 20240155225
    Abstract: A lens module assembly optimization method includes: in preparing a lens module including assembled N lenses respectively formed in cavities: receiving characteristic information of at least N lenses respectively formed in N cavity groups each including a respective plurality of cavities; and processing information for selecting N cavities from the N cavity groups, based on the characteristic information. A past cavity selection result, a fitness function configured based on data of the assembled N lenses or data of the prepared lens module according to the past cavity selection result, and a genetic algorithm are received or stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., KYONGGI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hye Geun MIN, Ye Rim CHOI, Yeon Bin SON, Sung Hoon KIM, Eun Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240153035
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes generating an adjusted reference patch by adjusting a position of a reference patch in a reference image based on a pixel value of a ground truth (GT) patch of a GT image and a pixel value of the reference patch, wherein the GT patch corresponds to a specific region of an input image; generating a super-resolution (SR) image of the input image using a SR model provided an input that is based on the generated adjusted reference patch; and training the SR model based on the SR image and the GT image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Younghyun JO, Sehwan KI, Eunhee KANG, Hyong Euk LEE
  • Publication number: 20240152185
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a housing, a glass panel provided on the display, and a shielding printed layer provided on a second surface of the glass panel in a region corresponding to a space between a side face of the electronic device and an edge of the display. The glass panel includes a flat portion and a curved portion, which includes a first region having a curvature of the curved portion, a second region perpendicular to the first region and covered by the shielding printed layer, and a chamfer region constructed between the first region and the second region. A ratio of a height of the chamfer region with respect to the first region and a length of the chamfer region with respect to the second region has a value in a range of 2 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungjae JUNG, Jeongeun Kim, Sanghoon Han, Byungsun Kim, Dongjun Oh
  • Publication number: 20240152037
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a reflective member, and an image sensor sequentially arranged from an object side. The reflective member includes at least two reflective surfaces to change a path of light passing through the first to third lenses and incident on the reflective member at least twice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Jin JEONG, Jae Hyuk HUH, Byung Hyun KIM