Patents by Inventor An Ji

An Ji has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9760266
    Abstract: A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hee Han, Jun-hyung Kim, Jack Lee, Joo-Yeol Lee, Ji-hye Lee
  • Patent number: 9757923
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, a first adhesive layer attached on one surface of the display panel, a polymer layer attached on the display panel via the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer attached on a surface other than a surface of the first adhesive layer which has been attached on the one surface of the display panel, and a heat sink layer attached on the polymer layer via the second adhesive layer, wherein the at least one of the first adhesive layer, the polymer layer, and the second adhesive layer includes a color changing ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Myung Shin, Seong Geun Won, Young Ji Kim, Hyo Young Mun
  • Patent number: 9761838
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display structure, and a conductive line. The substrate includes a display region having a plurality of pixel regions and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. Each of the pixel regions has sub-pixel regions and a transparent region. The display structure is disposed in each of the pixel regions of the display region. The conductive line is disposed in the peripheral region, and is electrically connected to the display structure. The conductive line has at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Koo Chung, Ji-Hun Ryu, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jeong-Woo Moon, Young-Woo Song, Jun-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9762052
    Abstract: A device includes a first power node, a second power node, a first input node, a second input node, a protected circuit, and a switch circuit. The protected circuit is coupled between the first power node and the second power node, and the protected circuit is further coupled with the second input node. The switch circuit is coupled with the first power node, the second power node, the first input node, and the second input node. The switch circuit is configured to electrically decouple the first input node and the second input node after (a) the first power node is floating or electrically coupled to the second power node and (b) a voltage level at the first input node is greater than a voltage level at the second power node by a predetermined voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Chu, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Patent number: 9759943
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin Kim, Jung-Im Hwang, Ji-Na Jeon, Kyung-Su Ha, Min-Geun Choi
  • Patent number: 9760191
    Abstract: A plate member for touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch panel are provided. The plate member for touch panel includes: a base substrate; an intermediate layer disposed on a first side of the base substrate; and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Keun Sik Lee, Chung Won Seo, Ji Won Jo, Hyuk Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 9762697
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing content by using context information. A content recommendation server for recommending content to a device includes a context information receiving unit configured to receive position information of a first device from the first device. The server also includes a content registering unit configured to receive a request for registration of content from the first device and register the content together with the received position information. The server further includes a content recommendation unit configured to recommend the registered content to a second device in response to determining that the second device is within a region associated with the received position information of the first device. The region is allocated to the first device and a size of the region is determined based on a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-young Shin, Ji-hyeok Kim, Woo-jin Park
  • Patent number: 9760268
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a storage unit that stores information of previously registered electrical devices and an application for monitoring and controlling the previously registered electrical devices, a communication unit that communicates with the previously registered electrical device, a user interface unit that includes an overview part and a widget part, outputs an operation status of the previously registered electrical device, and receives an operation command of at least one of the previously registered electrical devices, a control unit that controls the user interface unit so that the operation status of the previously registered electrical device is output when the application is executed, and controls an operation of the at least one electrical device based on the operation command input to the user interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Young Sun Shin, Eun Kyung Hong, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Jiyoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9761182
    Abstract: A foldable display apparatus that may realize one seamless screen by using two display panels is discussed. The foldable display apparatus can include a first display panel having a first display area; a second display panel having a second display area; and a panel supporter supporting the first and second display panels to mutually fold or unfold the first and second display panels, wherein boundary portions of the first display area of the first display panel and the second display area of the second display panel are matched with each other in a state that the first and second display panels are unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dal Jae Lee, Ji Sun Park
  • Patent number: 9760475
    Abstract: An automated testing system is described for efficient testing of software applications. Locators are used by the test to find user interface elements in an application's graphical user interface during testing. If during a test a user interface element is not found, which may be due to a changed locator during code refactoring, the system finds the user interface element based on the element's type and on previously stored information about the element. Such information can be a snapshot image of the element, the coordinates of the element's location, dimensions of the element, or other information. Once the missing element is found, a new locator for the element is read and the test is performed using the new locator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zhang, Benniu Ji, Jing Gong
  • Patent number: 9763225
    Abstract: The subject technology provides for performing clear channel assessment (CCA) in LTE-U. Transmissions may be monitored in a resource reserved for CCA. An energy of the transmissions is detected over a shorter duration than an assigned slot in the resource reserved for CCA. A beacon may be transmitted in a slot assigned to a wireless entity for CCA in response to detecting a clear channel based on the monitoring. In another aspect, a beacon transmission for CCA and a timing for the monitoring are adapted in response to detecting the transmissions for a consecutive number of CCA periods. Further, the subject technology provides for adjusting to a maximum power for transmission of a beacon in a slot assigned to a mobile station for CCA in response to detecting a clear channel based on the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tingfang Ji, Naga Bhushan, Yongbin Wei, Peter Gaal, Tao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Durga Prasad Malladi, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Kiran Kumar Somasundaram, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 9759962
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mee-Hye Jung, Ji-Won Sohn, Jae-Jin Lyu, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 9763105
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for determining a coverage hole of a communication network along a road. The method includes: retrieving typical speed information on the basis of connection history that at least one first mobile device moves along the road; in response to detecting a connection drop when at least one second mobile device moves along the road, estimating a drop position of the at least one second mobile device on the basis of attribute information of the at least one second mobile device and the typical speed information; and determining the coverage hole on the basis of the drop position of the at least one second mobile device. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Li Li, Jie Song, Chunhua Tian, Ji Zheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9762425
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of primary cell indication for enhanced control channel demodulation method and apparatus are disclosed. Control information receiving method in a multi-distributed node system includes demodulating a first cell identification (ID) based on a synchronization signal (SS), demodulating information indicating a second cell ID based on a radio resource control (RRC) message and demodulating enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) based on the second cell ID, Accordingly, it may be possible to reduce complexity that occurs when the optimal prediction motion vector is induced and to enhance efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kang, Jin Young Chun, Ki Tae Kim, Su Nam Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Sung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9759876
    Abstract: A multi-channel optical module includes a stem configured to allow an optical active element transmitting and receiving an optical signal to be installed thereon, an optical module frame connected to the stem and configured to have an optical element forming an optical path corresponding to the optical active element, and an external housing configured to house the optical module frame therein and coupled to the stem, wherein the optical element includes a lens and a filter unit disposed in the optical path and an optical waveguide element to which an optical fiber is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Hyoungjun Park, Keo-Sik Kim, Ji Hyoung Ryu, Eun Kyoung Jeon, Young Soon Heo
  • Publication number: 20170255312
    Abstract: In a method for switching between text input assistant an electronic device, a touch force of a touch operation is sensed by a force sensor of an input device and converted into a first electrical signal. The touch force works to formulate the first electrical signal. The text input assistant associated with such touch force is determined according to a preset relationship table. The determined text input assistant is determined to be the same as or different from a current text input assistant, and if the determined text input assistant is different from the current text input assistant, the device switches the current text input assistant to the determined text input assistant. An input interface associated with the new text input assistant is also displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: JI-LIN DAI
  • Publication number: 20170255038
    Abstract: Provided is a set of techniques for measuring different properties or parameters of liquid crystal mixtures by applying a driving waveform and measuring the response current and/or the optical response. This may be done by using specific liquid crystal test cells. Also provided are the optimized test cell parameters that are used in the algorithms for calculating the properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Zhong ZOU, Lianhua JI
  • Publication number: 20170251710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactobacillus plantarum HAC01 strain having anti-inflammatory efficacy and metabolic disease improving efficacy, a probiotic preparation, an anti-inflammatory composition, and a health food composition for improving a metabolic disease, which comprises, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from the group consisting of the strain, a culture product of the strain, a concentrate of the culture product, and a dried material of the culture product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm HOLZAPFEL, Hyeunkil SHIN, Chang-kee HYUN, Yosep JI, Soyoung PARK, Jihee KANG
  • Publication number: 20170256594
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible display device includes forming a base substrate on a first sacrificial layer formed on a first supporting substrate, forming a display device array on the base substrate, forming a second sacrificial layer on a second supporting substrate, forming a touch array on the second sacrificial layer, adhering the first supporting substrate onto the second supporting substrate using an adhesive, irradiating laser energy onto the first sacrificial layer to remove the first sacrificial layer and separate the first supporting substrate from the base substrate, and irradiating laser energy onto the second sacrificial layer to separate interfaces of the second supporting substrate and the second sacrificial layer from each other, such that the second sacrificial layer is fixed on the touch array, The second sacrificial layer includes at least one of oxidized molybdenum, lead zirconate titanate, gallium nitride, and an amorphous silicon based inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: In Jun BAE, Ji Hye PARK, Jae Hwan OH
  • Publication number: 20170257026
    Abstract: Voltage converter control circuits and methods. In some embodiments, a voltage converter can include a voltage conversion circuit having an inductor configured to be charged and discharged to facilitate conversion of an input voltage to an output voltage. The voltage conversion circuit can further include a switch configured to allow the inductor to be charged and discharged. The voltage converter can further include a logic drive unit configured to provide a drive signal to the switch to control the charging and discharging of the inductor. The voltage converter can further include a mode control unit configured to provide a mode-switching signal to the logic drive unit to control switching between a continuous control mode and a discontinuous control mode based on an inductance current associated with the inductor and a constant load-current threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tao PENG, Ji-Ming CHEN